The REDS of war

Volume Four Chapter Three

Weiss Schnee sits in a cushioned chair with her hands folded in her lap. She only turns away when she hears a knock on the door.

"Yes?" She asks.

A wide shot of the room reveals a large, open space on two levels. On the upper level are two arched bookcases built into the walls and a picture of a knight resembling the Arma Gigas hangs between them. A gilded mirror hangs above the mantle of a fireplace on the lower level. The door opens and Klein Sieben, a butler, enters.

"Pardon the interruption, Miss Schnee, but your father wishes to speak to you and mister Kai."

Weiss turns away sighing. "Thank you, Klein." Weiss looks out the window once more before getting up and walking out. Her heels clank across the floor and the door slams shut.

Meanwhile at the same time a limousine rolls up to the front entrance of the Schnee Manor, the door opens on its own. "I won't be long." A males voice is heard exiting from the vehicle. "Tell Glossy and Rai to keep a look out for any notifications from Rei or Scarlet." He closes the door and approaches the mansion.

Weiss Schnee walks down a long, carpeted hallway of blue, white and gray. Protruding columns from the walls are decorated with black sconces and lit candles. Nature paintings are hung in an alternating pattern between the columns. There is also the occasional cushioned chair or round coffee table placed along the walls.

Next, she is seen walking along an upper-level balcony above a large dining hall. A white and green floral centerpiece decorates the white-clothed table. Every column both above and below bears a sconce, but these candles are not lit. Beside Weiss on the balcony are large arch-shaped openings with white gauze curtains. Through one of the curtains, a crystal chandelier can be seen in another room. There is a shut, brown wooden door in the direction Weiss is heading.

Weiss walks down a wide stairway with curving balconies on either side above it. Large armor statues fill the space on either side of the bottom stairs. Behind Weiss, a paned triptych of arched windows lets in the sun, casting her shadow onto the blue-carpeted steps in front of her. The floor at the bottom of the stairs has a blue and white oval design in its center. Both levels have open archways leading to other rooms. Dusk stands at the center of the room, with a sigh his gaze turns to Weiss.

"Hello Weiss." He says politely bowing to his friend,

"Oh, I didn't know you were already here." She says.

"Yeah, just got here, so, shall we meet with the devil?"

Weiss nods the pair begin walking in another room with blue and white floor patterns, Weiss and Dusk stride past a life-size statue of a King Taijitu without looking up. Once again, both the lower level and the balcony level have open archways and unlit sconces. A chandelier hangs from the ceiling.

An upward view shows that the chandelier is in the middle of a blue and white circular pattern that matches the floor pattern from the previous room.

From the point of view of a music room, Weiss is seen walking down another hallway, Dusk trailing behind. In the music room is a large grand piano with open sheet music. A portrait on the wall shows Whitley Schnee.

Weiss walks with Dusk, neither speaking to each other in the hallway, never having looked up the entire time until she has a startled reaction to hearing her brother's voice coming from right in front of her.

"Good afternoon, sister, Dusk." A teenage boy, somewhat younger than Weiss, stands before her. He's got his hand on his chest and he affects a bow. "A pleasure to see you out of your room for a change."

Weiss sidesteps him and turns to speak, and since he moves to face her the effect is that of the two of them briefly circling each other, Dusk however now stands behind Whitley crossing his arms.