Opal was still very suspicious about the contents of the bottle but decided that leon didn't really need to lie to her about it and downed it like bad medicine. after having had her semblance [endurance] for decades she was extremely familiar with how it operated. to her surprise however she felt her aura reserves drop drastically to about the same level it was when she graduated the academy. the most surprising thing is she could immediately tell that the abilities her semblance gave her had increased dramatically. the easiest change to notice was that she could feel a sort of energy entering her body from the ground now.
Leon meanwhile quickly arrived the edge of the forest where he landed and walked out from between the trees as ten water logged individuals trudged out of the water looking miserable. leon felt his face muscles twitch in irritation as he immediately recognized all of them despite one of them being technically new to him face wise. it was a boy about thirteen or fourteen years old with semi-dark skin and brown hair with freckles all over his face. leon's sharingan however showed him the persons aura and he couldn't help but burst into laughter while pointing at the boy which grew the large groups attention to him.
"Ozpin you look so fucking adorable HAHAHA i feel like i'm going to die! HAHAHAHA!" leon shouted between laughs. the boy looked confused for a moment before zoning out for a second and having his eyes start glowing slightly. "so you already knew about my curse this it seems leon." ozpins voice said from the boys mouth sending a shiver down leon spine. "man that is creepy as fuck , just so you are aware." leon said seriously. "I know right!" yang exclaimed in agreement as she wrung out her hair of sea water.
"So i have an idea how you lot managed to get here , but just in case can someone explain what happened on your end of that little space jump?" leon asked while setting up some crude chairs with his magic. the ten people all gratefully sat down before qrow started to narrate the events that followed the last time they saw leon. apparently weiss's dad tried to recall her to atlas which obviously didn't happen since she refused to leave the others.
Besides that the two teams were headed to vacuo after picking up ozpin's latest incarnation oscar while in a village. It was only today when they were halfway there that they were suddenly sucked into the spatial disturbance and spat out in the sea nearby. leon nodded in understanding before raising his hand to the sky and holding up a single finger. it came as a surprise to the ten others however as a bolt of lightning struck him out of nowhere despite there not being a cloud in the sky. "stay out of my life ya bastard!" leon ignored his scorched clothes as he yelled at the sky.
"Um, are you alright leon? no one is up there you know?" ruby asked worried. leon chuckled "yeah i'm fine , i was having a bit of an argument with god is all." he said honestly. everyone except ozpin thought leon was joking but no one knew his thoughts on the matter. "anyways welcome to poison island where literally everything from the forest inwards is toxic." leon said with a grin. "why have i never heard about an island like this before? not to brag but i am pretty in the know about stuff like this." qrow said confused.
"That is because my companion and i were the ones who discovered it about three days ago. she should be here shortly since it's a bit of a hike from where i left her to here." leon explained honestly. "she?" yang asked with a raised eyebrow. leon shook his head " nothing like that , opal is an explorer type hunter that decided to tag along with me after i left vale on my journey." leon said giving yang a scolding look for her dirty mind.
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