Neo exited the Bullhead and entered the warehouse hideout finding Roman there directing White Fang grunts.
"No, no, no! You stupid animals, I said move the crates over there, are you trying to blow us up!" Roman shouted, Neo rolling her eyes at his behavior
She didn't personally hate or have a problem with Faunus, only if they get in her way or try attacking her will they have a problem.
"Hey Roman." Neo greeted with her sign
"Hey Neo, how'd the Dust shop go?" Roman asked, Neo making an iffy motion with her hand
"Eh, pretty good. Junior's guys weren't worth the Lien, they got beaten up by a little girl. Then a Huntress showed up, but we managed to escape with the Dust." Replied Neo, Roman nodding
"That's good. I don't have anything else for you right now, so you can head on out. I'll call if anything comes up though." Roman said, Neo nodding leaving with a retreating wave
I wonder what the cutie is doing. Neo wondered heading to her apartment
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Neo dried her hair as she stepped out of the shower, just in time to hear her Scroll ringing.
Who could be calling this late? Neo thought with a frown
It couldn't be Roman, he knew better to call when she's turning in for the night, and other than him not many people had her Scroll number. Neo swore if it was Cinder or one of those two brats she keeps, nothing will stop her from skewering them.
Consequences be damned.
Grabbing Neo frowned when it said unknown, pressing answer Neo waited until whoever it was answered.
"Hello?"
Neo was surprised when she heard Ruby's voice, though also pleased she had called her instead of simply throwing her number away.
"This is a surprise, what do I owe the pleasure cutie? Though as this hour I have a few idea~" Neo typed adding a few kissing faces and hearts at the end
"N-no! No-nothing like… that! I wanted to know why you kissed me!?"
"Isn't it obvious? Two reasons, the first was obvious to distract you so I could escape. And the second was because I'm the type of girl that takes what she wants and I wanted to take your lips for myself, and they were positively sweet. I wonder what I'll take next cutie~" Neo typed before looking down at herself and got a wicked smile.
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Ruby was sure if she wasn't blushing before she sure is now after reading the message from Neo. The first part Ruby already figured out on her own, but the second part blew her away.
Before she could think further on this she saw Neo sent a photo to her. Opening it only to immediately regret it as Ruby gained a full body blush nearly dropping her Scroll in shock.
The reason being the photo Neo sent was of herself wearing nothing but a towel that hung loosely off her body barely covering her decency with drops of water dripping down her and blowing a kiss at the camera. It also came with a message.
Can't wait to see you again.
Ruby hurriedly hung up and pocketed her Scroll before rushing off to catch an airship back to Patch, while trying to block out the images the picture conjured.
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Neo mentally cackled when Ruby hung up, likely after seeing the picture she sent. Sure Neo might be rather forward, but she learned from her mistake with her feelings for Pyrrha, if she saw something she wanted she'll take it.
And right now Neo wanted an innocent silver-eyed rose, if only to corrupt that innocence into a naughty girl.
Thinking about her first crush still hurts Neo, though now only a dull thud in her heart. She still kept up on news concerning her though, Neo saw her win the Mistral Tournament three more years earning herself the nickname "The Invincible Girl" as no matter what none of her opponents could touch her.
Neo also heard some rumors out of Mistral that Pyrrha was going to be attending Beacon, that worried her as she didn't want her getting caught up in the attack when it happened. Even if they weren't friends anymore Neo still cared about Pyrrha.
I get the feeling that things are about to get really hectic here, really fast. Neo thought pulling a nightgown over her head
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Neo's face scrunched up as she turned in her sleep as she began seeing flashes in her mind.
Four objects, a crown, a staff, a sword, and a lantern.
A large tree in a cavern.
A girl in a pod, under Beacon before a fiery aura enveloped her.
Neo sat up gasping for air as the last vision appeared.
Getting up Neo grabbed her umbrella in shaky hands and went to the bathroom and began splashing cold water on her face. Drying her face Neo looked in the mirror only to see something behind her, whirling around with her umbrella blade already out Neo breathed heavily when didn't see anything.
Backing into the wall Neo slid to the floor pulling her legs against herself.
They're getting worse. Neo thought
This wasn't the first time she's been having these visions and hearing voices in her dreams. She didn't know what they meant or what was causing them, only that she wanted them to stop.
What do they means, why am I showed these things? Thought Neo
They were always the same, four objects, the tree, and the girl.
Under Beacon. Neo realized
Is that what these visions are trying to tell her, to find that girl under Beacon. If that's what it took to get these visions to stop then so be it.
Besides sneaking in should be easy enough, just disguise myself as a student and go with all the others that'll be attending this year. Then find the girl, figure out what I'm supposed to do, then sneak out. Neo thought, going back to bed.