3. First Team Meeting Of TPRN and RWBY

After the team naming ceremony, we were shown our dorm rooms. It was explained that our scrolls would serve as our keys to get inside. (Fortunately, a quick test of my Iphone showed that it was compatible with the lock system.) As all of the teams began moving their luggage into their dorms, I caught Ruby's eye and made a spinning gesture with my finger, held up four fingers, then the universal 'talking' gesture. Ruby furrowed her brows for a moment then she nodded in understanding.

Thirty minutes later, while Pyrrha and I were unpacking (Well, me helping her unpack given how little I had) and Ren was trying to get Nora to stop bouncing on her bed and do the same, there was a knock on our door. Quickly walking over and opening it, I saw Team RWBY in the hallway and I stepped back and gestured for them to enter. Thankfully their appearance made Nora FINALLY hop off of her bed.

Gesturing at the beds, I said "Ladies, take a seat please."

"Ruby stated that you wished to speak with us Mr Arc, may I ask what requires a meeting between our teams so soon?" Weiss asked, sitting primly next to Pyrrha. I mentally rolled my eyes at her placement before I made my way to my own bed and gestured for Ruby to join me. Blake meanwhile took a spot on Ren's bed, quickly joined by Yang when it became clear that Nora was not going to let Ren sit anywhere but with her.

Once we were seated, I looked around the room before I pointed my right hand up to the ceiling and said "Bunker." My Spell Sigil flashed green and a shell of shimmering light appeared covering all four walls, ceiling, and floor. The shell contracted a centimeter inwards, lifting everything in the room the slightest bit and I said "Alright, we're secure. Even if someone's trying to use audio spying equipment, they shouldn't be able to detect any vibrations."

"And what might I ask requires such security measures?" Weiss asked with narrowed eyes.

"Yeah Tac, what's with all of the secrecy?" Yang asked. Blake's eyes meanwhile narrowed suspiciously.

I took in a slightly deep breath and said "Ladies, Ren, what I'm about to tell you does not go past any of you, in fact, this is to be considered Top Secret. Lives could quite literally be at stake here, both the members of our Teams and those of Vale in general."

"Seriously?" Yang asked with a raised eyebrow.

"Yes, what pray tell, could you possibly know that requires such confidence keeping?" Weiss asked with a frown.

"Quite a bit actually. For starters, there's an immortal Witch named Salem using the Grimm as soldiers in her grudge match with a constantly reincarnating Wizard that she was once married to, their four daughters were the original Maidens of Seasons, a mantle which transfers to a new female whenever the previous user dies. Oh, and this Witch is the reason why the planet is called Remnant and the Moon was shattered by the Brother Gods when they left this planet." I said with crossed arms.

"You must be joking." Weiss stated, everyone but Ruby giving me incredulous looks. Seeing Ruby's acceptance of my statements, Weiss turned her gaze on her partner and asked "Surely you don't believe that someone is actually in control of the Grimm, an immortal being at that!"

"Ozpin seems to be leading a group against someone named Salem, and he didn't correct Tac when he called her a literal witch that is thousands of years old." Ruby said with a slight frown.

"And why would you know about some group the Headmaster of this school was leading?" Weiss asked, clearly still disbelieving.

"Well, it's mostly because I'm not a Remnatian, but a Terran, or Earthian if you're one of those Planetarian Naming Nazis. And yes, Earth literally means dirt, my ancestors weren't exactly creative when they got around to naming the celestial bodies of our Solar System."

I got seven disbelieving looks, well okay, six and a raised eyebrow from Ren, as Yang asked "You saying you're an alien?"

"Yep!" I chirped.

"That makes even LESS sense! If you're not even from this planet then how in the Brothers' names would you even know about that?" Weiss asked with hands thrown up.

"Ever hear of the Multiverse Theory?" I asked with a small smile.

Weiss' eyebrows furrowed as she frowned and said "I am afraid that that is not a Theory that I am familiar with."

Everyone else either shook their head or stated the negative. Except for Ren who cocked his head and asked "Multiple versions of the Universe, multiple possibilities, right?"

At everyone else's look, Ren shrugged and said "What? It fits with the name. And if Tac has witnessed this reality in some form of media then it would make sense that he knows some of this world's history."

"Someone get this man a cookie!" I said, pointing at Ren with a grin.

All of a sudden, one of those individually wrapped giant chocolate chip cookies that were about as wide as two adult hands held side by side appeared in Ren's lap startling everyone, even me.

"What the?!" Yang asked with wide eyes.

"COOKIE!" Ruby and Nora shouted, stars in their eyes as they dived for the treat in Ren's lap only to bounce back as they hit a force field. As the two clutched their heads, mad cackling filled the room.

As everyone else looked around in confusion, I said "And that would be the Random Omnipotent Being who brought me here."

"GUILTY AS CHARGED." a multitude of voices said. The air in the center of the room swirled and Taifun appeared in all of his cloaked glory causing all of the others, even Ruby to quickly scuttle backwards, most of them falling off the beds. Taifun let out another cackle before he turned towards me and said in a much more normal voice "Sorry to barge in unannounced, but I realized that I had forgotten a very important thing when I was sending you here Matthew."

"And that would be?" I asked with a raised eyebrow.

"Why, setting your Semblance! It was all well and good giving you War Mage Spell Sigils, but they aren't actually your soul's unique manifestation."

"Riiight, you sure you just didn't do it before so that way you would have an excuse to scare the bajeebies out of the others?" I asked, eyebrow remaining raised.

I just KNEW Taifun was smirking under his cloak as he said "I will neither confirm nor deny that statement." Clapping his gloved hands, he asked "SO, what should we give you? Gas Creation, where if you think it, you can convert your exhale into it, that nifty Gamer skill ID Creation, or Ocular Augmentation, which allows you to enhance your vision to see different spectrums as well as magnification."

"What are the catches?" I asked with narrowed eyes.

Now I knew that Taifun had a pleased grin under his hood as he said "Quick on the uptake as always, Matthew. Obviously, all three will require some amount of Aura to use, but for specifics, for the Gas Creation Semblance, the air that you breathe in then convert will not go into your bloodstream, and of course, you would have to be careful not to breathe in what you just exhaled. ID Creation will take half of your total Aura Reserves to initiate, no matter how large said reserves become. For Ocular Augmentation, the longer you use it, the more of a strain you put on your eyes."

"I'm sorry to interrupt, I know that this is a major decision Tac must make, but what is an 'ID'?" Pyrrha asked.

"Illusionary Dimension. It's basically your own pocket dimension. In most fics where a Gamer has access to them, they can generate enemies to fight against to gain experience for leveling up, and when the enemies are killed they leave various loot drops. Some Gamers can also have buffs such as time dilation and money multiplier effects for their IDs." I said.

"Then what are you waiting for dude, take that one!" Nora said eagerly.

I frowned though and said "Did you not hear the part about taking half of my maximum aura capacity to create the thing in the first place? I'd have to use it in the morning to get full use out of it and if I waste all of my aura inside it and get into to a fight later on in the day or need to heal someone then I won't be as useful to the rest of the team."

"True, as useful as this ability sounds, it does put much greater limitations on you than the other two seem to." Weiss said, moving around the bed to sit down and cross her right leg over her left, face resting in her right hand.

"But think of all of the loot he could get us!" Nora said, hopping back on her bed eagerly.

"Nora, he wouldn't be as helpful in a fight afterwards." Ren said, moving to sit next to her in a much calmer manner. He then proceeded to partially unwrap his cookie and took a bite into it, though not before breaking off a small chunk for Nora who happily accepted it with a hug.

"So let's consider the pros and cons of the other two options." Blake said as she too sat down, the others all doing the same.

"Well, while I could make any kind of gas I imagined, I have a limited lung capacity. And while it's true that I could always accumulate the gas in canisters, I would have to actually buy said gas canisters. Also, there's the chance I could accidently breathe in whatever gas I made so I would also have to buy a respiratory system." I said with a frown.

"Yeah, but think about all of the breath attacks you could have! Frost, Flame, Atomic..." Nora said.

"I can substitute those with my Spell Sigils though." I said with a shrug.

"Well then, it seems like there's really only one choice doesn't it? Still let's keep going with this little exercise. What could you do with Ocular Augmentation?" Weiss asked.

I raised an eyebrow and asked "You want that list in alphabetical order or by type?"

"You make it sound like there are a lot of eye powers out there." Blake said with a cocked head.

"Over a hundred, if you want to get specific." I said with a shrug.

"One hundred and sixteen in fact." Taifun said, idly buffing his gloved fingers on his cloak.

"Holy." Yang said, looking at me with wide eyes.

"Yes well, as amusing as it would be to watch him shoot a laser beam out of his eyes that could fuse two or more of you into one being, Ocular Augmentation, like his Spell Sigils, would be locked to the basic Perception abilities, though like the Spell Sigils, he could unlock a few of the more...esoteric ones." Taifun said before he cocked his head and asked "I assume that that is the Semblance you want Matthew?"

I nodded and said "Yeah, it's really the only one that makes sense to have in conjunction with the Spell Sigils." I then frowned and asked "I'm not going to have to be unconscious for this like last time am I?"

"Nah, I'll just pause time for this one." Taifun said.

"Pause time?!" Weiss asked startled.

"Well I am a ROB." Taifun said nonchalantly.

Before she could say anything to that, I clasped my hands over my eyes as I let out a loud "YEOW! Warn a guy before you do that!"

As I quickly used Recover on my eyes Taifun chuckled and said "Come now Matthew, it's just like popping back in a dislocated joint, it would have hurt more if you tensed up before I started."

"Somehow I doubt me tensing my limbs would have mattered when it comes to changing my eyes." I muttered, rubbing the tears of pain away before I blinked a couple of times. A moment later, my eyes turned violet and I glanced around before stopping my gaze on Weiss and said "Huh. Weiss, were you aware that the pin in your hair acted as an amplifier for the surrounding electromagnetic waves?"

"Well, it does have a small Dust coating for emergencies." Weiss said, lightly fingering said hair ornament.

"Welp, looks like Matthew's Microwave Vision is working just fine. Now, I do believe that you lads and lasses were having an important discussion before I popped in so I shall take my leave. Toodles!"

The next instant, he was gone without a trace startling the others, Ruby asking "Uh, is he always like that?"

"Random Omnipotent Being Ruby." I said, blinking my eyes as I cut off my new Semblance turning them back to their original blue color. I then frowned to myself and pulled out my phone when it let out a gong sound. Looking at the screen, I said "At least he added a list of what my eyes can do to the app that shows my Spell Sigil abilities."

"I believe that looking through that list should wait until after we finish our previous discussion Tac." Pyrrha said.

"Right, fair enough. Where were we?" I asked, putting my phone away.

"Multiverse." Ren said, breaking off another piece of his cookie for Nora before taking another bite himself causing Ruby to pout.

"Right. So like Ren said, multiple realities so multiple possibilities. Basically, if someone's thought of it, then it's happened somewhere. This world is no different. In my world, RWBY is a web series created by a now unfortunately deceased Monty Oum. The pilot episode showed Ruby disrupting the robbery of the Dust store Dust to Dawn by Roman Torchwick and follows her team and Team JNPR as they attend Beacon."

"Hold up, JNPR?" Yang asked.

Ruby and I both winced as I said "Well, given how I'm originally from another world, someone else was going to be the partner of Pyrrha but unfortunately in this variant he couldn't take that position so Taifun had me take his spot."

Pyrrha frowned and asked "Why couldn't this person come here?"

Ruby winced again and looked at me and asked "Should we show them?"

I sighed and said "They're going to learn eventually." Pulling out my phone again, I went to my text messages app and brought up the picture Ozpin sent. Pausing for a moment, I glanced around the room and said "Fair warning, what you're about to see isn't pretty."

With that warning given, I handed my phone over to Pyrrha who hesitantly took the phone and looked at the picture on it. She let out a short distressed gasp, free hand going up to her mouth as she took in the image. Passing the phone to Weiss, she asked "What's his name?"

"Jaune, Jaune Arc." I said, watching as the others all gained frowns and other sad looks as they saw what had happened to the teen who was supposed to be their schoolmate.

"Arc?" Pyrrha asked and I nodded as I said "I thought it would be fitting to use his last name when I adopted a name appropriate for this world."

"I was wondering why that Taifun character was calling you Matthew, I suppose it would make sense for you to take a new name that fit here. If I may ask, what was your last name?" Weiss asked.

"Bandstra." I said and Nora made a funny face at the word.

"Hm, definitely something that would be odd here." Weiss acknowledged.

Once my phone had made the rounds and was back in my possession, I said "Alright, we've covered how I know what I do and why I am here, let's get to some of the personal knowledge that I have. Now, while I've only actually watched the first season out of seven of RWBY, I have seen various video clips of the rest of the seasons, though admittedly videos where combat was involved. I've also read several fanfictions which included common variables from the source material as well as done reading on the information websites for the show so we can be at least 95% confident in my information. I'll start with Ruby then work my way through the rest of her team."

Turning my head to Ruby, I said "First off, your Silver Eyes aren't just a rare color, they're anti grimm weapons that can petrify or even atomize them. They're powered by the will to preserve life, and would normally take an emotional stress to activate. I believe though that we can work around the stress activation with a bit of hypnosis aided meditation. If you agree, in about a week or so we can try it, with Ozpin, Yang and your father supervising of course."

"You better believe we'll be supervising you hypnotizing her mister." Yang said with crossed arms and narrowed eyes.

I waved my hand at her and said "Yeah, yeah, save the overprotective big sister routine for later Yang." Cocking my head at an understandably excited Ruby, I said "You're also going to have to work on your unarmed combat. In the show, you got separated from Crescent Rose at least once so you need to be able to last long enough to get back to it if such a thing happens here."

Ruby pouted at that but nodded and I turned my gaze to Weiss as I said "On the combat side Weiss, you need to work on your endurance. We're going to be getting into a lot of knock down drag out fights within a year or so. Given how stamina intensive your Semblance is, you need to work on being able to metaphorically run a marathon, not merely a quick hundred meter race." Weiss frowned slightly but nodded her understanding and I continued "I've also got some intel for you about a highly likely raid on a Dust shipment. In the show, when it was about time for the students from the other schools to start arriving for the Vytal festival, Roman Torchwick and a group of extremist White Fang members took a shot at a cargo ship transporting several shipping containers worth of Dust to Vale. Team RWBY and a couple of non Beacon allies were on hand to stop it but a little bit of extra security couldn't hurt."

Weiss' eyes narrowed and she nodded again as she said "Thank you for the head's up, I shall pass along this intel of a possible robbery attempt to my father."

I nodded and said "Speaking of him, try to stay in contact with him at least once a week. In the show, he cut you off during the Vytal Festival because you never talked with him, maybe even ignored his calls." Weiss' frown grew slightly but when she nodded a third time, I turned by gaze to Blake.

Said cat girl had her fists clenched, bunching up the bed sheets she was sitting on top of and I said "First off Blake, I strongly suggest you have a one on one discussion with Weiss. It doesn't have to be now, hell, it doesn't even have to be this week. But a lot of hassle can be avoided if the two of you explain to each other where you're coming from." Blake scowled at that and Weiss' frown turned to one of confusion as she looked at her teammate but I didn't linger on that, and instead said "Also, get with Ruby about upgrading your weapon, its durability if nothing else. Gambol Shroud's blade portion got sliced in half when you and Yang took on Adam the second time."

Blake's eyes widened and a slight look of fear came on her face so I gave her what I hope was a reassuring smile and said "Don't worry, you two beat him that time."

I then turned my look to Yang and my smile turned to a grimace as I said "Yang, I'm not going to sugar coat things. Combat wise, you're in for a rough time of it."

"Okay?" Yang asked with a slightly worried look. A moment later, she firmed her resolve and said "Alright, hit me."

"Alright, for starters, learn how to deal with kick and counter based styles better. Roman Torchwick's partner is a four foot ten slip of a girl and she absolutely wrecked you with her combat style of using a strengthened umbrella and kicks to counter you. Also, your final opponent in the Vytal Festival used leg prosthetics to fight. Speaking of the Vytal Festival, in it, you used your Semblance to win every fight after the qualifiers."

"So?" Yang asked, eyes narrowed. "How's me using my Semblance to win a fight any different than when others use theirs?"

"You know, in the show you asked the exact same question to your dad. He said it's because with you, your Semblance is basically just you having a temper tantrum." Ruby began giggling at that as I continued "Once you take damage, you can dish it back twice as hard but that doesn't make you invincible. It's great when you're in a bind, but what happens when you miss? Or if your opponent is stronger? What then? Now you're just weak and tired." Giving Yang a narrowed look of my own, I said "Yang, your Semblance is a good fall back, but you cannot count on it to win every fight, and you CANNOT allow yourself to let anger take control of you. Because if you do, then you will literally lose a limb."

"What?" Yang asked with wide eyes, the others sharing similar expressions, Ruby's the absolute worse as she put her hands to her mouth with a startled "No."

"Remember that Adam character I just mentioned? In the show, he was kicking Blake around like a crumpled trash can. You went all rage mode and launched a frontal attack at him, and before you could even throw the first punch he sliced your right arm off halfway up your bicep." I said with a frown.

Yang gave a hard swallow at that, left arm grasping her right bicep desperately. Giving her a serious nod, I said "Thankfully, if that DOES happen here, I can use my Regenerate spell to bring your limb back, but I think we can all agree that we want to avoid that outcome."

"Y-yeah." Yang said.

"One last thing that your dad had said in that conversation before we move on. You and your mother both act like the easiest way to tackle an obstacle is through it, that strength is all that matters in a fight. But if you just take a second look, then maybe you see, there's a way around as well."

"That does sound like something dad would say." Ruby said.

There was silence in the room for a few moments before Yang looked up at me and asked "You mentioned mom in that. Do...do you know anything about her?"

I gave a deep sigh and said "Raven Branwren, yeah, I know a bit about her." Locking gazes with her daughter, I said "Fair warning Yang, it's nothing good."

"Please, I have to know." Yang said.

I studied her for a moment before I let out another sigh and said "Raven and Qrow Branwren grew up in a bandit tribe. They were sent to Beacon academy to learn how to handle any Hunter opposition that the tribe would run into. They were half of Team STRQ, the other half composed of Ruby's mother Summer Rose and the father of the two of you Tai Xiao Long, who you obviously share the last name of. Obviously your Uncle has remained around but for reasons that I do not know she returned to the bandit tribe and is now its leader, believing that only the strong should survive."

"I, I see." Yang said, looking down and closing her eyes as she continued "I guess she never really cared about us after all."

"That or she felt that those feelings of caring were a weakness. However, there is one more thing Yang. That partner of Roman's I mentioned? When she had you dead to rights Raven appeared and chased her off. She left immediately after before you recovered but the fact is that she DID save you."

"At least there's that." Yang muttered.

I took in a deep breath through my nose and let it out through my mouth before I gave a sharp shake and pointed at Nora and said "Nora, for you I have only one piece of advice."

"Yes?" Nora asked, perking up.

"Piezo Crystals, find some, have Ruby help you rig them to the smashing end of your weapon and wire them to your grip."

"Ooookay? But what are piezo crystals?" Nora asked in confusion.

"Piezo, short for piezoelectricity is the electric charge that accumulates in certain solid materials in response to applied mechanical stress. A common example is quartz." Weiss stated factually.

I pointed at her before I turned back to Nora and said "Basically, the harder you smash things, the more charge you get, the more souped up you are, the harder you can hit things. In short, you start hitting things, and your strength will only grow during the entire fight."

Nora gasped and said "That's GENIUS!"

"That's terrifying." Ren countered with a slightly scared look in his eyes, probably having a day terror about an unstoppable Nora playing wackamole with anything that moved.

"And it has the benefit of being an inbuilt security system. Someone else grabs your weapon and the first time they swing, ZAP!" Ruby said with an eager grin before she perked up even more and said "Oooh! What if we added a storage option, a battery that you can charge up for when you really need a boost in a hurry?"

"I LIKE HOW YOU THINK SISTER!" Nora said with a megawatt grin.

Ren put his head in his hands and said "Congratulations Team Leader, you've created a Monster."

"Good, that means we've got a Monster Trio in our team." I said. Ignoring the confused looks that term drew from the others, I continued "Ren, you've got the same problem as Weiss: Excellent Aura control, bad endurance. I'd recommend you two setting up a time where you could run some laps together or something." The pair let out a slight grimace at that but looked at each other and nodded.

"Which just leaves you Spartan." I said, turning a diabolical grin on her.

"Uh, yes?" Pyrrha asked, looking like she was a little bit afraid of my suggestion for her.

"Two things. First, see if you can work miniature kinetic motors with your Semblance. If the answer is yes, strap them to your sword and shield to add a proper zap to them in combat. Second, get you some magnetic filings. I can't stress enough how much you will throw an enemy off their game if you suddenly hit them in the eyes with metallic sand."

Pyrrha winced and asked "Isn't that second one a bit underhanded?"

I turned dead serious and said "Pyrrha, in the show you fought a woman that took on Ozpin and won, I don't think I need to spell out how THAT turned out for you. If it means keeping you alive then I want you doing more than just blinding someone, I want you manipulating the iron in their damn bloodstream and make them do the Kazotsky Kick if you can get away with it."

Pyrrha flinched at my words, looking down as she nodded and said "Alright Tac, I'll look into both."

"Good. I'm going to TRY and make it so that situation doesn't even have a chance to come about but you know what they say about the plans of mice and men."

Pyrrha nodded again and there was silence for a few moments before I clapped my hands and said "Right, enough with the depressing bit. Let's cover the bad guys you girls will be facing. And no Ren, that's not an insult to you. Team RWBY is a bonafide trouble magnet, comes with being the title team I suppose. First one you'll most likely encounter is Roman Torchwick. Ruby and I had a run in with him a few days before school started and he will continue to be a pain in our asses. This is because like I said before he's allied with the fanatic faction of the White Fang and working indirectly under Salem, taking orders from her chess 'queen' Cinder Fall, more on her later. I'm sure you all have seen him on the news before but just in case here's his bio: He's a Human Male, Six foot three inches, Orange hair with green eyes, weapon is a cane that fires explosive flares called Melodic Cudgel, and he's right handed. Semblance is unknown, he might not know what it is. He normally wears a red lined suit with long black pants and black shoes, accessories are a small gray scarf, black gloves with buckled sleeves, and a black bowler hat. Finally, the guy is a chronic smoker, almost always has a cigar in his mouth."

"That's pretty detailed." Yang said slightly staring at me, as were the others barring Ruby.

"I was a fanfiction author before I came here Yang, the good ones tend to do their research." I said with a shrug before I continued "Next up is his partner Neo, short for Neopolitan. Human female, Four foot ten inches, Normal hair color is a combination of pink and brown, hence her name, eye color has been shown to be Brown, Pink and Cream normally though she has used other colors. Usual outfit is a white tail jacket with a pink interior, broad tail on the back, brown pants, black gloves, and black and white boots with very high heels that are buttoned on the side up to just below her knees. She wears a brown corset under her jacket and likes to wear a lot of necklaces. Weapon is a cane sword hidden inside of a heavily reinforced umbrella and she's right handed. On top of her excellent combat ability that mixes kicks with her umbrella, her Semblance is a goddamned nightmare to go against. Her wiki page called it Overactive Imagination and a fitting name it is. Basically, she's able to create physical illusions that can be seen by everyone, which shatter like glass when broken. They are highly realistic and she uses them in her role as an infiltration specialist, altering her appearance to avoid detection, and they're not limited to just disguising herself, I saw a video clip once where she used her semblance to change the appearance of an entire bullhead."

"Next up we have Salem's piece on the Vale game board. Cinder Fall is as deadly as she is beautiful. She's Five feet and eleven inches of femme fatale and she knows it. Her hair's black, and her eyes are amber. Unlike Neo and Roman, she doesn't stick with just one outfit but she does have a preference for a red shoulder less dress, if only for the fact that it has Dust sewn into it. Her Semblance is called Scorching Caress. It gives her a bit of pyrokinesis as well as making molten glass weapons. She likes to make two swords which she can then combine into a bow, which she can fire up to three arrows from with superb accuracy. Also, she's not afraid to block high impact rounds with just her aura, as proven when Ruby tried to shoot her when we and Professor Goodwitch faced her a few nights ago." I looked around the room with serious eyes and said "If any of you come across her one on one, my advice is to avoid direct confrontation until you get backup of at LEAST team strength, and even then to exercise extreme caution. In the show, this woman took Ozpin on head to head and came out top. I can literally NOT stress how dangerous this woman is. She's so dangerous that if I wind up in a fight against her I'm ninety nine point nine nine percent sure I'll be using my Water Hole spell right out the gate to convert her body into water, need for intel on Salem be damned."

There was silence from the others for a few moments before Nora said "Damn dude."

"Right, see black haired chick throwing around fire balls stay the hell away." Yang said with a nod, the others nodding in agreement. Pyrrha had a troubled look on her face but remained silent.

I gave my partner a quick glance before I shook my head and said "Cinder has two subordinates who follow her around. The first one is Emerald Sustrai, and she is as big a pain in the ass to go against as Neo. She's five foot eight with mint green hair and red eyes. Her weapons are called Thief's Respite, and are a pair of revolver sickles, more specifically Kusarigama with the chain ends connected to the handles. But while she has a rather long reach when using them in melee, it's her Semblance that's the real problem. It's called Hallucinations, and as you can guess by the name, it allows her to modify the sensory information in a person's head while their brain is processing it."

"So in other words, instead of generating an illusion that everyone nearby can see like Neo, she affects the target's mind directly." Weiss said.

I nodded and said "Exactly. In fact, in the Vytal Festival one on one rounds, she made Yang think that her partner was attacking her after the match was already decided causing her to shoot him in the leg."

"What?!" Yang asked, eyes turning red. Ruby also clenched her fists, a rather harsh look in her eyes as she let out a low growl.

"Easy you two, Ozpin has already been told of that happening in the show, and now that you yourself know about it Yang, you can avoid falling for the trick here." I said, rubbing a hand along Ruby's back to help calm her down.

"I don't suppose I could break this bitch's legs when we run into her?" Nora asked.

"Tempting, but no. She might just make it so that you actually broke someone else's legs instead. Leave her to me, once I level up my Spell Sigils I'll have multiple sensory techniques that I can use to track her that she won't know about and thus can't affect."

The two teams didn't look completely happy about that but they nodded anyways and I continued "Speaking about her partner, his name is Mercury Black. He's five foot ten inches with Silvery Gray hair and eyes, though in the first volume of the show both were violet, but I'm running on the assumption that he died his hair and were color changing contact lenses during that time. He's right handed though that doesn't really have anything to do with his weapons. They're called Talaria and they are a large pair of boots with firing mechanisms built into them, similar to Yang's Ember Celica. However, Talaria are only half of his weapon arsenal. The other half are his prosthetic legs which are capable of shooting air blasts. Best way to limit his ability to contribute to a fight would be either Pyrrha ripping them out with her polarity, Weiss trapping his legs with really thick ice, or me shocking him through them with my Static Field spell." I then grinned at Nora and said "Breaking his legs work as well."

Nora snickered while Ren sighed and said "Please don't encourage her Tac."

"Hang on, what about this guy's Semblance?" Blake asked.

"He doesn't have one." I said. At their looks, I shrugged and said "Or rather, his was stolen. When he unlocked it, his bastard of a father somehow used his own Semblance to steal Mercury's and claimed that he would get it back when he got stronger. However, Mercury never did get it back, partly because he wound up killing said father."

"And I thought that my father was a poor role model." Weiss said with a frown.

I gave her a quick glance before I said "There's one final enemy I want to tell you guys about. Adam Taurus is the leader of the Whit Fang's Vale branch of the White Fang and he is a real piece of work." Blake clenched her fists into the bed sheets again but I ignored that as I said "He's a bull faunus that's an impressive six foot four inches tall, has reddish brown hair with two swept back bull horns, a blue right eye, and a gray iris with red sclera for the left. The reason for WHY his left eye is like that is due to the SDC logo that was branded on his face when he was part of the Faunus labor force of the Schnee Dust Company." I gave Weiss a pointed look at that and she recoiled with a horrified look on her face, an expression most of the others mimicked, though Blake's had anger in hers as well. Shaking my head, I said "Adam hides this brand with a mask that covers his entire upper face above his nose. Moving on from appearance to weapons, his weapons are called Wilt and Blush, a red sword, I think a chokuto, and a scabbard that doubles as a rifle respectively. His Semblance is Moonslice and it works in a manner rather similar to Yang's. He stores any energy that comes into contact with Wilt and then releases it all at once. I'm pretty sure that he can hold onto the energy for as long as he wants though I doubt it's easy to do so while he's asleep if that's the case. Also, everything that's red on him glows when he absorbs the energy so if you see him glowing, stay the hell away from him. In the show, he used it to slice right through Yang's aura like it wasn't even there. However, Adam is far from unstoppable. Get his sword away from him and he's practically helpless. Also, he's got an incredibly bad case of tunnel vision syndrome. If the object of his fixation of the time can last against him long enough it's possible for others to be gathered to gang up on him. Also Ruby, I read a fanfic where you managed to go one on one against him and the end result was him cowering in a river bank for an hour with a bit of skin from the back of his neck on your scythe blade. Now, this story was after a time skip period and it WAS fanfiction, but given your experience with Yang's own Semblance, it's possible that given enough training you have a decent chance at taking him on. However, unless there are no other options do NOT try to test that."

"I second that Ruby, unless there's no other choice I want you staying the hell away from this guy." Yang said, eyes red. Blake and even Weiss nodded in enthusiastic agreement and Ruby nodded her own agreement as she said "Right, stay away from the pissed off bull unless there are no other options."

"That goes for you three as well, I don't want you three anywhere near Adam in a fight. Given her track record, Pyrrha might have a good shot at holding him off but even her blocking his sword with her shield would help power up his Semblance so I don't want any of you taking any chances with him."

"What about you? I notice that you didn't say that you would avoid him." Ren asked with narrowed eyes.

I let out a grin that had Ruby quickly scooting away from me and the others letting out flinches as I said "Oh that's easy, if I ever run into the guy then right out the gate I'm either going to use Water Hole to turn him into H2O or if we're outside use Reverse on him."

"I'm almost scared to ask but, 'Reverse'?" Weiss asked.

"It reverses the effect the planet's gravity has on a person. Six seconds after using it on a target they'll be outside the planet's atmosphere." I said.

"Damn." Yang and Nora said together, eyes wide.

"That's certainly an...effective ability." Weiss allowed.

"Terrifying is more like it." Blake said, shaking her head as she continued "I imagine even using it indoors could be devastating."

"Yeah, but clean up wouldn't exactly be easy." I said with a shrug.

"Oh gods." Ruby said, quickly putting a hand over her mouth and looking decidedly green, a hue that the others matched to some degree or another.

"Tac, as your partner, I'm requesting that you DON'T use that spell indoors." Pyrrha said with a shudder.

"I'll keep your request in mind." I said giving another shrug. It wasn't like I didn't have any other options to use.

"Moving on," Weiss said, shaking her head slightly before she continued "Tac, you have covered where we can improve our combat ability and enemies we should be aware of, is there anything else you wished to inform us of?"

"Yes, call signs. Whether or not Team RWBY has them is completely up to its leader of course but TPRN will be using call signs while out in the field. Now, if you have something you'd rather use you can run it by me but for now I thought that I would go by War Mage, WM for short, Pyrrha would be Spartan, SP, for short, Nora would be Lady Thor, LT, for short, and Ren would be Zen Monk, ZM for short."

Nora raised her hand and asked "Question: Who's Thor?"

"Thor is the god of thunder and lightning in Norse mythology, associated with strength, storms, hallowing and fertility. Also uses an incredibly dense hammer as his weapon." I said.

"Huh, neat." Nora said. A moment later, she shrugged and said "Sure, I'll take Lady Thor for a codename."

"Ren?" I asked, turning my gaze to him.

"Zen Monk shall be fine as a call sign." Ren said with a slight nod.

"Code Name Ren, it's much cooler than call sign. Makes it sound like we're spies or secret agents." Nora said, nudging her together but not together together friend.

"Nora, those are the same thing." Ren said calmly.

As the two bantered, Ruby hummed in thought and said "I guess our team should have call signs as well."

"Hey, you won't get any argument from me, Call Signs are cool." Yang said with a smile.

"It would be wise to prevent any enemies that obtain access to our communications from learning our names." Blake said, also nodding.

The three girls looked at Weiss who sighed slightly, though her lips were subtly twitching upwards as she said "Oh fine, we can use Call Signs. However! I reserve the right of choosing my own as well as what I will call the rest of you if I do not approve the chosen names."

"Alright." Ruby said happily before she put a finger to her chin and said "Hm, I think that I'll go with Red Reaper!"

I crossed my arms and made a buzzer sound before I said "It's not a good idea to use words that share first letters with your names, makes it easier for any enemies listening in on your coms to figure out which name goes with who if they happen to have intel on who you are."

"Oh, I guess that makes sense." Ruby said. A few moments of more thought, she nodded and pointed her thumb at herself "Crimson Cutter, CC for short." Pointer finger at her partner "Silver Lady, SL for short." Pointing at Blake she continued "Nightshade, NI for short." Finally, she pointed at Yang and said "And Sunflower, SF for short."

Weiss nodded her head and said "I find these names adequate."

"That means she likes them." I said with a fake yet low whisper causing Ruby to giggle and Yang to chuckle. I then continued in a normal voice "I think they're good too though I would have called Blake Kunoichi and Yang Fireball."

"Ooh, those are good ones." Ruby said.

"Yeah, but I'll stick with the one you gave me sis. After all, sunflowers last a lot longer than fireballs do." Yang said. If she did so in order to gain points with her sister, she succeeded going by the beaming look Ruby gave her.

"I believe that I shall stick with Nightshade as well. Kunoichi brings to mind seduction missions." Blake said, seemingly tonelessly.

I gave a slight wince and said "Right, forgot about that part of the job description for a moment there, sorry."

Blake nodded and said "Anything else?"

"No, I think that's everything. I need to secure a method of using the Primary spells of my different Elements a hundred times each but that's a me problem and not a team problem so I do believe that we can call this meeting to an end." I said. Seeing as how no one was stepping up with anything themselves, I dropped the barrier and said "Alright then. TPRN, start unpacking, RWBY, don't forget classes start at nine o'clock tomorrow morning."

"Understood, come along girls, we should also unpack our things." Weis said, standing up and smoothing down her shirt before making her way out of the room, the other three members of RWBY doing the same.

Once they were outside, I rubbed at my face with my hands and said lowly to myself "This is going to be a LOOONG four years. And that's IF we manage to keep things from happening the way they did in the show and actually stay here for the full four years."

"Don't worry Tac, now that we know who we need to break the legs of it'll be much easier! Besides, we have a War Mage now. That's gotta make it even better for us right?" Nora asked eagerly.

My lips ticked upwards and said "Fair enough, after all, I believe the technical term for my Spell Sigils is Bull Shit."

"While I don't approve of the language, you are correct that they shall provide us quite the edge." Pyrrha said before she stood up from her bed and said "Now then, I believe we should get to unpacking."

"Right." I said as the rest of us also stood up and moved to our luggage. Some of the classes were sure to be quite boring, especially Professor Port's. At least there will be a Grimm fight to watch...

END

Author's Notes: Phew, Three Weeks between finishing this and the latest two chapters of Sensors. I do apologize for that, it took me a while to decide which story to write and then even more to even get STARTED on it. Doesn't help that I slept for twelve hours straight the night before I finished writing it...

Anyways, you guys know the drill, Version 2 is next and should be a lot quicker to get out so see you again in a few days.