Chapter 2: A beacon of hope

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As the airship landed, the airsick boy would thunder out first, expelling the contents of his stomach into a nearby trashcan as Perturabo, Ruby and Yang exited near the end, Yang and Ruby in awe at the feat of architectural engineering, Perturabo only seeing how it was built and hundreds of way to improve it, simply grunted as Yang said;

Yang: The view from Vale's got noting on this!

Ruby: Ohmygosh, sis! That kid's got a collapsible staff! And she's got a fire sword!

As Ruby got excited and tried getting very close to said sword, Yang would pull her back by the hood, this made her turn and suddenly notice the gun barrels on Perturabos forearms, her eyes suddenly filled with stars and joy as she escaped her sisters grasp to inspect the guns the size of her arm, tracing the ammunition belts to his back, following them as she rambled on about how cool they were, how big the bullets were and other things, Perturabo would simply take her by the shoulder bring her back around front and say;

Perturabo: They are Twin-linked mounted bolters; seventy five caliber auto-guns that fire self-propeled munitions with an air-burst charge that causes shrapnel to hit the target.

Ruby: OHMYGOSH THAT'S SO COOL!

She shouted as Yang walked off, leaving the two, Ruby then started rambling off about her weapon, named 'Crecent rose' how she made it herself, this peaked Perturabos interest as he gazed at it, surprised at the delicate mechanisms, the cleverness of its construction and, furthermore, it's munitions as suddenly registered surprise as he felt the joy of discovery, something he had never felt before, as Ruby walked backwards talking with him, she fell, knocking over a luggage cart which flung its contents around the now mostly empty courtyard, a girl with snow white hair in a white and blue dress standing over her in a flash, Perturabo walking on, still slightly in a daze, acutely aware of his surroundings, but simply not caring enough to pay attention, before there was a sudden explosion, which Perturabo recognized, and quickly spun around, leveling his wrist-mounted bolters at the source, a multi-elemental malestrom of smoke which soon cleared to show a soot-covered but otherwise unharmed Ruby who promptly started apologizing as the girl in white got up in her face, at which point Perturabo stepped in between the two, glaring down at the girl in white as she scoffed and asked;

White girl: Do you even know who I am you big brute? I'm Weiss Schnee, Heiress to the Schnee dust company, so you better get out of my way so I can finish yelling at this idiot who knocked over my luggage!

Perturabo: And I am Perturabo, Primarch of the Iron Warriors, Lord of Iron, and combat instructor at this academy, and I will not step aside.

Weiss would look mortified at this revelation turning even paler when a voice called out;

???: The Schnee Dust company, the largest producers of energy propellant in the world. The same company infamous for its controversial labor forces and questionable business partners.

Weiss would run off leaving her two helpers trembling as Ruby and Perturabo turned to the person who spoke, a girl with black hair and a black bow, who walked off without another word, leaving Perturabo alone with Ruby, the latter just falling on her back in the grass, the former staring off into the distance in the direction the girl went, as the same boy who had earlier emptied his stomach offered his hand to Ruby, saying;

Airsick boy: Hey, I'm Jaune.

Ruby: Ruby, aren't you the kid that got sick on the ship?

-Timeskip-

The auditorium was filled to the brim, most having found seats as Ruby, Jaune and Perturabo walked in, Yang waving Ruby over, saying;

Yang:Ruby! Over here! I saved you a spot!

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