Ayers snagged a chunk of fish off Davros's drumstick. "Thankee, pardner." Ayers pointed to the TV as a projectile flew right by the two women, narrowly missing them. He popped the fish into his mouth and swallowed. "Hey, y'all see that? I was busy rescuin' some people from some wreckidge, but I managed to help a little bit! Threw some ree-bar!"
"Don't know." Pius replied to Seth as he took the remote.
"But with causing that much damage to the streets, and fighting that much and that close to the princess—" He was gesturing at the screen, where the news kept playing the footage as he pressed "rewind" and "play" on the remote to review what had been captured on film.
"—it was definitely not friendly."
edited 1st Apr '14 9:13:42 PM by Insano
Allurand and surrounding world loading, 28%..."Y'all know whut we gon' do, right y'all?" Ayers holstered Wiglaf. "We gon' fight an' win! We gon' beat these... Goldflame an' Silvertongue! Won't be nothin, all that metal armor looks easy enough to shock from hereta fare-thee-whell!" He flexed Hrunt and Naeg. "An' should my luck continue to be as gud as it's been, they may have to deal with a third arm in the future! So I dunno whutchall're sayin' 'bout how y'all dunno enough, when it's clear y'all got enough! They're White Fang're Choppaz're whatever Vale's bein' menaced with, an' as Hunters we gon' kick their asses!"
"Wait, wait! Be quiet!" Pius said as he focused on the snippet in the footage that no one had noticed yet.
"Did anyone else hear that, or am I going crazy?"
In any case, security cameras in Vale have some damn good audio reception going on.
edited 1st Apr '14 9:42:54 PM by Insano
Allurand and surrounding world loading, 28%..."Military secrets, prolly." Ayers replied, sitting back down. "I figger the less the baddies know bout their enemy, the better. Not that it matters to us, an' their test run bullshit's weren't nuthin. We're so gat dang strong, it won't be no thang at all to beat those carpetbaggin' scallywags so bad they're gonna have their shins up in their lungs!"
"Ayers, as wonderful as that prospect sounds..." Pius put down the remote, the footage paused where Alice spoke to Beth. "...we may not have all the data we need to face those two again. They performed this attack as an opportunity to test out their new weapons, and we gave them exactly what they wanted: test subjects and training data to improve their weapons. We should tell Ozpin what we've found out; he'll know what to do with this info, right?"
edited 1st Apr '14 10:05:19 PM by Insano
Allurand and surrounding world loading, 28%...Jack chuckled admiringly, "Whoever this organization, they got balls. Sending in the test drive as a possible attack on the princess. It certainly wasn't out of desperation." He commented, "I mean, they're new players. Not White Fang, Not Grimm...Not one of Junior's either...." He shook his head. "So, I'm going to guess, is that, they're either going to lay low, or, another high profile event, possibly testing out another member."
Good to be backOf course Raqib would say something about me. Pius thought when Seth spoke. Why am I not surprised?
"The armor that they're using is definitely similar to Dies Irae, who himself was inspired by a project in Schnee Dust's R&D department. Whoever made that armor might have known about the project." Pius pulled out his Scroll.
"I'll try contacting Headmaster Ozpin, give him a summary of what we've figured out so far." He spoke while he typed out his message. He checked it for any errors or gaps, then he pressed "Send," addressing the message to Headmaster Ozpin.
Allurand and surrounding world loading, 28%...Jack turned to Pius. "Honestly, it seems like a waste of armor to give it to some Hunter still in school. It makes sense that they'd have extras...But, were they stolen, or given away?" He thought aloud, "Perhaps this is some kind of political attack. Give these guys armor, they kill the princess and you can say the suits were stolen. Simple. Clean. No Muss No Fuss."
edited 1st Apr '14 10:37:49 PM by TroyandHawk
Good to be back"That's a possible idea," Pius replied as he put his Scroll to the side. "but the attackers themselves said that they were on a test run. Killing the princess was not their priority. If anything, their priority was to attract fighters like you guys and test their weapons against you."
edited 1st Apr '14 10:44:08 PM by Insano
Allurand and surrounding world loading, 28%..."No. That can't be. Lady Schnee fought against them with us. Besides, Princess Alexia is a good friend of hers." Chelsea told Jack.
"Heeeeey. Wasn't a Schnee R and D scientist fired a few years back? They wouldn't say why...." said Seth.
The call went through, and Ozpin's voice echoed from the Scroll. "Is there a problem, Mister Nobel?"
Pius twitched a little at the notice of a Schnee scientist leaving the company for any reason, reminded of the fate of the man who had inspired Dies Irae for the Ashen orphan. But the memory was put to the side when he picked up his Scroll once more as Ozpin's voice came through.
"No, sir." He answered. "We've just come across information that you might find to be useful in your investigation of the attack last Saturday." The gray-eyed Nobel informed his superior of the attackers' goal and possibilities for where their armor came from.
"Is that of any help at all, sir?"
edited 1st Apr '14 10:49:02 PM by Insano
Allurand and surrounding world loading, 28%..."There are other big families aside Schnee...And that still doesn't make sense, Why would they want to test themselves against students? Are we their punching bag? I mean, it makes sense." He paused, when Seth mentioned the fired scientist. "So...revenge? Not a bad motive." Jack sat down, leaning against the wall. "So, if the guy's fired and this is his revenge, we're his punching bags, practice for his goons. So, what's next?" He thought for a second before asking Ozpin. "Hey, can we get a list of dust raids not attributed to the W Hite Fang? Particularly on Schnee?"
edited 1st Apr '14 10:48:58 PM by TroyandHawk
Good to be backOzpin sighed. "Very well. I will contact Lord Schnee and the palace as well. Thank you."
To Jack's question he answered. "I'm afraid that that is classified. I am not affiliated with the Schnee, therefore I have no acess to that kind of intel."
There was a pause. "Hang on. There's a call from another line."
A longer pause. ".....What?! Nobel, I have to go meet agents of the Queen. We have something to discuss."
edited 1st Apr '14 10:54:11 PM by GrimHelm
"You. Pius. I must go." Ozpin hung up.
"You think they will attack the noble council?" Ozpin asked the holographic projection of the cloaked male figure from before.
He sat in his office, holoprojector filled with the images of four shadowed figures. "That...is a valid concern. I...have also received what might be vital intel from some perceptive students. I shall send it to you."
edited 1st Apr '14 11:00:03 PM by GrimHelm

Chelsea looked thoughtful. "Could be."
She sighed. "This so frustrating, we don't know anything about them! Did anyone hear anything they said?"