The Knights of Grimm - Act 4 - Whispers of Arkhonex

Chapter 34 - Showtime

Jaune

Jaune sits on the sofa still with his sister and her wife as they speak, and he looks at Pyrrha with a smile. Saphron holds Terra's hand gently and affectionately as she speaks with Qrow. "Are you sure this is okay? Letting us stay here? We don't want to risk your safety, with everything that has been happening lately." Qrow asks her as he gestures to the television which turns off. Terra however does not seem worried in the slightest to the danger that surrounds them by housing these people, they have not deigned to share some of the information with them but that is all to protect them. Sometimes secrets must be kept to prevent their enemies from targeting the people that they love, and both Saphron and Terra understand this fact.

Terra chuckles softly before she answers Qrow's question. "Of course, even before everything began to...happen...Saph and I would always allow refuge for Huntsmen and Huntresses. And since you are all friends and family to my brother-in-law, well how could we say no?" Terra asks, and Jaune chuckles as he shrugs his shoulders.

"I wouldn't blame you if you did." Jaune admits, in which Terra chuckles with a playful slap on his shoulder. Qrow nods his head with a smile and Saphron looks at him, then Ruby and pretty much at all of them. She can sense the pain that flows through them, that feeling of loss and defeat that just seems to exist within their hearts. She looks at Jaune, or glances, and that same feeling can be sensed from him as well. Same as Pyrrha, but she does not pry into it, but she would be lying if she said she was not worried for their health right now.

At the end of the day the world is falling apart, all the politicians being wiped out, Atlas being invaded and the White Fang turning, and Vacuo falling to the Horridus Morbus Plague. Their enemies are powerful, and they are far from beating their foes. "And besides, you don't need to worry about us not being safe here." Terra promises with a smile, and they all look down at the floor. Her confidence just shows how out of the loop the two of them are, because if they truly knew the nature of Vir Nominis Umbra then they would be certain that he could burn their home to cinders.

Speaking of Cinder, the door opens up again, and they all turn to see Ozpin returning with Cinder, who almost shyly, walks in behind him. Her eye looks to Jaune at first, seeing him glance at her before looking away. "Professor Ozpin...I heard you were here, I must have missed you when I came in." Terra says, almost like she is apologetic about it. Ozpin chuckles with a polite and welcoming smile as he walks in with his cane.

"Our mission has brought us a long way from where we started." Ozpin says as he walks in, and Cinder stands in the corner with her arms crossed as she listens to what Ozpin has to say. Saphron nods her head and she looks at them all as they sit there, waiting to begin their planning for their mission.

"Y'know I was about to ask. With how busy you all must be, I can't imagine the reason why you came here was just for our company. As good as it may be." Saphron jokes with a playful smile, and they all look at each other in silence, and that truly does set the mood for Jaune's sister and her wife. "Oh...so that's the tone we're going with?"

"I'm afraid our mission has indeed brought us here, we did not want to risk your safety coming here." Ozpin says, repeating what they have all said, but Terra holds her hand up to stop him right there.

"Please, if I hear one more, we wanted to keep you safe I will explode." Terra warns as she sits there, and her dominance actually seems to intimidate the old Knight of Grimm to the point where he retracts his statement. The saying truly does go, never scorn a woman unless you wish to be burned. Ozpin avoids bringing that side of the topic up and he continues to explain the situation to her.

"I cannot disclose any sensitive details with you, end of the day that information is classified." Ozpin says as he holds both hands atop his cane, and the two nod their heads.