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"Well whaddya know? Not everyone hates you Glen." Belle said rather bemusedly after being taken off guard by Mau.

Main Chamber

"Maybe you shouldn't see it ... it's pretty bad. You might not even recognize her," said Ai.

"The fight was over. She was frozen in a block of ice, there's no way she could fight back. Apparently that wasn't good enough for Glen Whorple. It was an execution. Nothing more, nothing less. I was taking care of Charisse — I couldn't stop him in time. I should've known better."

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"...understood." Reluctantly, she returned the fistbump. She was glad that Ayers and Yun were behind her on this, but at the same time she felt guilty roping them into this. At least Ayers had as much of a reason to go down there. Yun... didn't see it yet. She thought. Considering that apparently Beacon students visited this place once...

"...regretfully I brought no salt to consecrate the place with." She added in a small grumble.

"No need!" Ayers mashed the buttons on the elevator, trying to descend. "We got enough from Rufus, fer sure!"

Jack stood. Staring quietly in shock at Shane. Epsilon. A fucking kid. He had wanted to kill a fucking kid.

Jack suddenly felt sick.

Clone Disposal

Well, here they were. Piles of bodies scattered all over the place, all of them failed clones that Epsilon and earlier Luna, apparently, deemed useless.

She was through with this place.

"I'm going to blow this place all the way to high hell." She spoke slowly, drawing Deliverance and twirling it in her hand. "Anybody too squeamish to take in the foul odor of decaying, burning bodies... please return up."

This was it then. Her little moment to unwind.

And she was going to savor it.

Clone Disposal

Yun was silent, looking at the corpses with a stony gaze before nodding at Hope to continue.

The End

And the flames swallowed the dead clones as the mission in Amaterasu came to a close. Shane disconected himself and Beryl from the Luna Network. Permanently.

The two children of Luna vanished as the flames ravaged the entire mountain. All of Epsilon's work, destroyed, blown up...

The students reported to Alexandros.

Epsilon was dead. You could say that this was not a lie, for the weapon known as Epsilon truly did not exist anymore. In his place was Shane Mauve, looking for a purpose in life.

The students were sent back to Beacon, Alexandros's men went on their way to report to their employer.

Alice, Beth and Carol woke up at the exact moment that Amaterasu was destroyed.

...And in Imuka was Shane's final gift. The plans and data on Weapon Sigma.

It was a victory. They had done their mission, and no one had died...

So...why did no one feel like celebrating?

Welcome To Beacon Ultimate: End of Volume 2

Welcome To Beacon: Volume 3

Dorm White Rose, Crystallum 28, 12:00 Midnight, We-are-having-a-Doubal-moment-do-not-argue

Alexia couldn't sleep. If she tried, feelings of hate and sorrow would simply overwhelm her.

Her sister. Her sister was dead. She couldn't even go for a few seconds without thinking about it...

Simply put, the princess was...lonely. Which was why Alexia found herself nervously knocking at the door of team TNAC's dorm room.

"Ah...hello? I'm sorry...I...want to talk to Alfred..."

Crystallum 29, Sunday, 5:30 AM

It had been exhausting. As soon as they arrived at the dorm yesterday, they had debriefed each other on what had happened in the mountain.

After that...well, most of them went off to brood.

Alexia was still asleep. But the princess was not lying on her own bed. She was in Alfred's.

It seemed that it was her knight that comforted her and finally allowed her to rest last night. A soft smile was on her face as she lay there, feeling his warmth...

At that moment, their Scrolls rang. A message from Ozpin.

"All First Years, please pack for a three-day trip and assemble at the skydocks by 8:00 AM today. Bring a swimsuit."

Crystallum 29

"Aw year! Err'one giddyup and go!" Ayers grabbed his Scroll—fuck! In his excitement the mechanical boy sent a crack racing across the screen. "Aw c'mon, seriously? I figgered I'd been done with—whut ever." He scowled and pocketed his Scroll. First decision: arms. Ayers currently had Naegling dangling from his shoulder to answer his Scroll, but he had two other arms to pick.

He rolled out of bed and strode over to his closet, checking the racked up arms. "This's prolly gonna be the last time I use these things in their current setup; these here arms're gonna git pimped way out after we crack open Alexandros's setup." He scratched the back of his head, feeling the bits of stubble coming in. "And swimsuits. Y'all got some, right?" Ayers scrambled through his closet one-handed, looking for his duffle-bag in the back of all his clothes.

MAIN's dorm room.

Medus looked blearily with one eye at the scroll message. "Why? What does Ozpin have against sleep? If we're going somewhere that requires a swimsuit, we-" A yawn interrupted his speech. "-should be much more lazy about than we are being."

Crystallum 28th: Double Awkward

Stormer answered the door to his team's room clad in his black pajamas, with his hair all messy and suspiciously fedora-less.

"Oh, hi Alexia. Alfred's in here being mopey. What do you need to talk to him about?", the Aurion asked.

Team MAIN's Room

"Just once. Just once. Is it impossible to deliver these announcements after breakfast?" Pius asked in a deadpan tone that conveyed his absolute frustration. He'd been consulting Imuka about Shane's gifts to her, but they'd been moving slowly through the end-of-year holidays.

With a huff he got up out of bed, stretching himself out when he saw that Alexia's bed was empty. A cursory touch on the mattress left no warmth on his palm.

She's been out of bed for a while. Maybe she visited Alfred. It was of no concern to the Nobel anymore. What mattered right now was properly energizing his body for the day.

"All first years?" He muttered as he descended to the kitchen wearing his pants and his undershirt. "What is he planning for us now? Can't we spend the last days of the year in peace?" He would be found by his classmates rifling through the pantry, searching for the cereal that he knew he bought before that whole Epsilon debacle.

That was yesterday, he reminded himself. What a time to be alive.

Pius Workshop

Imuka was actually not in her dorm to receive the announcement nor be awoken by Ayers, instead the fox had fallen asleep in the workshop of one Pius Ashen Nobel while she was working with him on the gifts.

She had ulterior motives then just helping Pius though, she also intended to use Shane's gift for a bit of self improvement, she had been completely worthless back at Mt. Ameterasu, just like as far as she was concerned she had always been, always the one to help clean up afterwords, but never able to help her friends when it counted, she was hoping to change that.

While he was eating the cereal that he finally found, Pius suddenly looked up from his half-finished bowl and remembered something.

Right. I let Imuka sleep in my workshop. Should probably check on her. Taking the bowl and spoon with him, the Nobel quietly ascended the staircase and opened the door quietly to peer into his workshop.

"Imuka, are you awake?"

Workshop

Imuka continued to sleep through this, the combination of a late night, and the previous few days had completely drained her, and she had little idea of what adventure awaited.

Jack wandered into the kitchen, he didn't have his arm. He opened the fridge, grabbed the milk jug and sat across from Pius.

Pius' Workshop

Pius let out a breath through his nostrils at the sight of Imuka sleeping. She was almost like a little sister to him, though Sarah would probably be the first on his mind if the word "sister" was spoken to him to produce an image. He placed the bowl on the desk near his computers and made sure Imuka was tucked in comfortably.

Then the Nobel turned to his monitor and turned it on, dimming the lights to avoid disturbing the Faunus' rest. Sitting down on his rolling chair, Pius continued eating as he reviewed their progress from last night, his eyes darting across the screen as he seemed to almost absorb the data by sight alone.

Workshop

Imuka had shared every thing about epsilon wit Pius, since she was pretty sure he would be the one person in the dorm that would also be able to make any thing of it, and did not entirely trust some of the others to not go on a dangerous technology upgrade spree.

She had seen what just traces of Luna tech could do, she was determined to make sure it spread to no one but those who had it already.

Just sharing the data however, was not enough, she had fallen asleep before they were able to do much deciphering.

SCLR Dorm

Sophie stirred out of bed lazily, her video game pajamas loose and ruffled up. She wondered if Yun was a little jealous that she scared a dorm with three other boys. But she didn't really like any of them like that, so he probably didn't have anything to worry about. She heard the announcement and grimaced. A swimsuit? That meant water, the archenemy of video games. Still, she was excited for time to relax, and also to see her favorite people showing some skin. She hugged her pillow, giggling at the thought of Hope bikini'd up.

The Island of Zanz

Elsewhere, there was someone more excited for the arrival of the White Rose Dorm than anyone else. Shuri◊, the princess of the Jungle island of Zanz was a lot like the familiar princess of Vale. She was a young girl, eager to learn and grow and make friends. But she was strong, and was raised to fight and kill whenever necessary. She was a sad and curious girl. It wasn't often that she got to enjoy the small pleasures a girl can. She adjusted her necklace, the only thing left from the passing of her birth parents, admiring the beauty in the mirror.

Leaving her room, she was of course created by her gaurds. "Ugh...I told father I didn't want you men standing outside of my room at night. I don't need protection."

The younger of the two guards was obviously uncomfortable. "Milady, your father's orders..."

"I'd like to think the country is well aware of how little I care about my father's orders by now..."

The guards escorted Shuri to the grand Chief's room, the throneroom of her father. The island nation of Zanz was a curious one. They were cultured, yet slightly technologically dormant, someone at fault were the generations of king's who had a desire to maintain the safe mainstays of the culture and tradition, leaving to a country of tribal people with a strong desire to grow and experience the pleasures of other nations like Vale, but were too far away to do so.

Shuri's father was a large, portly man, whose size did well to disguise his strength and fighting ability. His body was covered in tribal tattoos. "Daughter! Come to your father!"

"Hi, daddy." She walked to him, hugging him gently. She glanced at the scantily-clad woman sitting on the side of his throne as she did. One of his many consorts from one of the smaller villages. Shuri was innocent, in her ignorance. Her father had gifted her with books and village tutors on all manner of maths, sciences, language and geography, but Shuri was woefully unaware of the world's history, society and psychology of its people. She was stuck, unhappy, and she knew. She wanted to learn, and know about people. She wasn't even allowed to spend time with boys with supervision. Anytime she would ask what her father's consorts did for him, the question was avoided. Shuri was able to deduce that it was most likely something lewd, but she wasn't sure what exactly, or why.

"Today is a grand ocassion."

Shuri smiled, back in reality. It was a big day. Something Shuri had been waiting for for a long long time."It is!"

Students from Beacon, the famous Hunter school in Vale were coming on a three-day trip to Zanz. The island has had many relations with Vale and its hunters throughout history. They were well-acquainted and generally peaceful, trade routes established, and little fighting. A few hunters have visited the island before, enjoying the general peace and entertainment of the Grand Village, or the exciting danger of the jungle. The few natives who left the island for something more to become Hunters or Scientists or Businessmen usually never returned. Not because they were shunned, but because they could no longer relate with their home. Shuri envied them.

But this was a very important occasion for her. She was finally going to meet foreigners. People who weren't from Zanz. Strangers with strange personalities, and looks, and stories to tell. She'd heard many stories from her older companions and sitters in the palace. From her perspective, people from Vale were exciting, and loud, but civilized and rarely fought, and most of them had never even KILLED before. The thoughts were so baffling to her. She wondered how they would act, what they would say, and what they would think of her. But deep down, secretly...she wondered if this was her chance. Her chance to finally leave the island and learn about the world. Obviously, she could never leave on her own. She didn't know how to use a boat, and she was being watched so often, that sneaking out and leaving was no where as easy as it was when she was a little girl. But with people coming here, and not just people, but teenagers, people her age, maybe the intelligence students of Vale could convince her father that she needed something more...

"We are doing everything we can to prepare for their visit. Oh my belly quakes with excitement! AHAHAHA!" He slapped his large jiggling stomach, bellowing in a way Shuri was very familiar and content with. "The Festival of Invitation with be Grand! The Feast of Kings will be Grand! Everyone and everything is ready. I'm very proud to be the King welcoming the students of Beacon to my country."

"And that isn't just because of how they can help us?"

"Hmm...a trivial detail. The people of the small villages that that terrible monster have killed will not have died in vain, for now we will have the warriors strong and smart enough to defeat them."

"Father, if you would just let me hunt the beast—"

"Enough. I've told you many times before, I will hear none of this talk. My daughter, the princess of Zanz will not be hunting any Beasts."

"But daddy—"

"I said ENOUGH." She voice echoed in the halls, momentarily stopping the work and commotion of the people.

"Now. I have more work to prepare for the arrival of the students. They shall be arriving later by the noon. Please, stay in the palace."

Shuri sighed as her father left her.

Pius' Workshop

"Hm." The scant amount of deciphering they had managed to do in barely twenty four hours since their confrontation with Epsilon left Pius a little frustrated. With her more intimate connection to data, Imuka might be able to hasten the process.

But I shouldn't stress her, he reminded himself as he ate his cereal and surveyed the screen again. This data holds some bad memories from her.

Flashback: Main Chamber

"No, you misunderstand me. I still mean for you, for all of us to go down there and then-" And then Ayers got in his face. Rufus felt a hot rush of vindictive annoyance that blossomed into a sort of petty anger. Anything really, after all this.

The Juggernaut Stance blossomed and Rufus leaned forward, teeth grit, "Ayers!" Rufus closed his eyes and leaned back, the phantom armor disappearing, "You are right, I apologize for overstepping my bounds or anything that could be interpreted as that. But I meant to propose is why we all go down there, together. However, you are correct, I cannot make orders to everyone."

"But who wants to come?" He called out to the rest, "To give this place a pyrrhic rest?"

He looked at Hope, Yun and Ayers, nodding in turn, "I do. I want to come."

Flashback: Clone Disposal

"Good Gaia," He growled in the same monotone as he looked over the gruesome scene, "No fucking wonder the boy's insane.

"Welp, oh nameless souls, I consign you back to the bosom of the Emerald Mother.

"Your pain is at end. May your next life be a better one."

Flashback: ???

"Sshhane, is it, sweetheart?" He growled the pet name mockingly.

"I have a question I've been meaning to ask you.

"How much do you know about Steiner's hybrids?"

And that can continue in PM!

Today

"Hmph," Rufus rose up, looking over the Scroll, "Blast and damn. What madness is Ozpin attempting now?"

Jack looked up from guzzling down the milk jug. "HM?" Weary tired eyes looking at Rufus.

Workshop

The fox yawned a bit, and began to stretch, sleepily surveying where she was, before quickly darting to partial awareness, "Sorry, Sorry, verry sorry"

MAIN room

Ieria yawned weakly as she stirred beneath Medus' covers, pulling them up to her nose as she curled her legs up beneath them. "Medus...would you pick out my swimsuit? Seeing as you do have your favorites..." She said, somewhat teasing as she smiled up at him

Pius' Workshop

"Hm?" Pius turned an ear towards the Faunus while keeping his eye on the screen. "Are you awake, Imuka?"

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