A Beacon of Hope in a Castle of Ice.

Re-Stocked, and Re-Kindled

            "So, why did you want to go to Vale so early, Weiss? And why drag Blake with you?" I ask while we sit on the airship that has just recently departed.

            "I need to get something from Vale, and Blake is the only person who can assist me with that." Weiss says in that matter-of-fact attitude of hers. "Speaking of which, how is she?" I shake my head and point down to Blake who is laying her head on my lap and half asleep.

            "I don't know how you would have gotten her here if I didn't need to come to restock on my ammo for Ember Celica. I practically had to carry her here for you."

           "I am aware of that, Yang, and thank you."

            "So, what is it that you need to buy precisely?"

            "Scrunchies and . . . something else. Blake will show me where the store I want is." I give a shrug of my shoulders and nod my head, reaching down to rub Blake's shoulder to help my partner get another half an hour of rest before we reach Vale's shopping district.
On arriving I give Blake a gentle shake of her shoulder, repeating the soft motion to let her get up peacefully. Weiss is already out the door and waiting for the two of us, but I continue to gently shake Blake with only getting grunts of disapproval from her.

            "Bla~~~~ke. If you don't get up Weiss is going to take a picture of you napping on me and send it to Nora."

            Sure enough that response gets Blake to move off my lap with a reluctant groan. She takes a moment to look around, not seeing Weiss anywhere and quickly shoots me one of her signature Death Glares. We make our way out the docked airship and look at Weiss who is standing with her arms crossed and tapping her foot impatiently.

            "Can we get a move on? I don't want to be here longer than needed." She says with a rushed voice.

            "No need to rush, Heiress." Blake whispers, finally snapping out of her groggy spell. "You and I will take care of our thing. Yang can go buy her supplies for Ember Celica, and some dust cartridges for your rapier."

            "Wait, how did you know I was low? I forgot about it myself."

            "Ruby mentioned it to me on Thursday. You'll be surprised how observant she can be. When it comes to her precious 'Princess' anyway."

            I place a hand over my mouth to hide a smile and giggle when Blake's words make Weiss go red in the face.

            "Alright, I'll leave you two to do your thing. I'll go order my shells and have them delivered. Goodwitch said they'll keep 'em in storage until I go take 'em, right?"

            "Yes." Both say in perfect sync.

            "Wait, how am I going to pay for Weiss' dust? I don't have enough for that as well."
"You're going to From Dust 'Till Dawn, correct?" Weiss asks me with a roll of her eyes.

            "Well, that's the only dust shop I know about in the area."

            "Then just tell him you need dust for Myrtenaster. Then just type in the code 1652 when he asks. Every dust shop in Vale has my credit card on file."

            "Alrighty! Have fun you two!" I shout and take off in a jog. From Dust 'Till Dawn is five blocks ahead of me at the end of a 3-way intersection. I can go there, make a right at the intersection and go another block to the local ammunition store "Mo'shells." I decide to go get my order placed first so I don't need to carry around a suitcase of dust the extra distance.