RoR: Tales Of Monarchia (A RWBY Fanfic)

2. The Agent

A Monarchian male with short hair wearing a grey officer's uniform stands in a hallway with green and red carpeting on the floor. His arms are behind his back as he waits. He looks around and notices a lion with large letters on the wall across from him. "ISB," the initials to the Intelligence and Security Bureau, Monarchia's main intelligence department.

??: Lieutenant?

The man turns his head back to the door to see it opened with a woman in a black officer's uniform standing at the doorway. She wears rank pins on her uniform to indicate her rank as Colonel, while the man she is calling has rank pins to indicate his rank as Lieutenant.

Lieutenant: Colonel Aurora.

Aurora: Come in, Lieutenant.

The Lieutenant follows the Colonel into her office, a fairly medium-sized room with some bookshelves, lamp tables, with a desk at the end of it. Aurora sits behind the desk as the Lieutenant approaches it before the Colonel gestures for him to sit. As he does so, Aurora pulls up a holographic file from her desk's projector and she starts to examine it. The Lieutenant notices his name on the file as he sits quietly and emotionlessly, like a good Monarchian.

Aurora: I see that after your mandatory service, you chose to work with the ISB to be economic Agent. Graduated from your training fifth in your class. And it seems you have an affinity in filing and accounting.

Lieutenant: Yes ma'am.

Aurora nods at the Lieutenant before looking at his file some more.

Aurora: Hmm, you have a rather spotless record, which is good. You have the personality traits needed to be an Agent. You can lie when you need to and you are capable of handling a tough situation and still maintain your cover. You have an addiction to coffee and have a fondness for dogs I see.

Lieutenant: I don't know about "addiction" ma'am, I'm just very fond-

Aurora: It was a joke, Lieutenant.

Her face doesn't show that she was being playful, however that is typical with Monarchians. Jokes by Monarchians usually need a moment to process as it is hard to tell if they're being serious or trying to be funny.

Lieutenant: Understood, ma'am.

Aurora looks at the file one more time before closing it.

Aurora: I am satisfied with what I see and have read about you Lieutenant. I think you are capable of being a fine agent. And I know just the assignment for you.

Lieutenant: Is that so, Colonel?

A new holographic file appears in front of the Lieutenant, this time he can actually read it. It is a file on the Schnee Dust Company in the Kingdom of Atlas.

Aurora: We have been wanting to get an agent into the SDC for years now since they gained a global monopoly on the Dust trade. The company has been reeking havoc on several proxy companies we established involved in Dust. In fact, last year the Mistral Mining Guild was bought out by the SDC and now the Vacuoan Energy Corporation is being eyed for expansion.

Lieutenant: So you want me to infiltrate the SDC so that I may be able to slip out information that can keep them from taking down the VEC and the other Dust-related proxies. Is that correct, ma'am?

Aurora: Yes, you will ship out in a week. During that time, we will ready you a cover identity and prepare accomodations for you.

Lieutenant: Very good, ma'am.

The Colonel nods at him.

Aurora: Dismissed Agent.

The Lieutenant stands up and starts walking out the door. Aurora watches him leave before pulling up another file involving other operations by her agents.