As Ozpin set up the King Taijitu and Ladders board, he looked up to see Salem and Pyrrha chatting away with each other. He smiled and continued setting up.
"Why would you want to destroy Remnant? We were in a time of peace!" Pyrrha said to Salem with a concerned look.
"It's nothing against Remnant… I'm doing it because of him." Salem said as she pointed at Ozpin.
Ozpin tried to ignore Salem by humming to himself.
"What he did to me all those years ago… It can't be forgiven. I will destroy everything he loves and watch his world burn." Salem said with a devilish grin.
Pyrrha's face went blank. "So… You're doing this just to spite him?"
Salem paused to think. "Well… When you put it like that…" She looked down awkwardly, trying not to make eye contact with Pyrrha.
Pyrrha sighed in annoyance and clenched her fist. "Oum give me strength…" She muttered to herself as she walked away from Salem and over to Ozpin.
Ozpin waited eagerly at the board. "Ah. Finished your little gossip session, ladies?"
"Bite me." Salem snapped as she sat down next to the game.
"You two are like children, honestly." Pyrrha noted as she also sat down.
Ozpin and Salem looked at Pyrrha then back at each other.
"Well… He starts it most of the time!" Salem said while glaring at Ozpin.
"I do not!" Ozpin replied.
"Yes you do!" Salem snapped.
"Don't." Ozpin said with a smirk.
"DO!" Salem shouted, now getting angrier.
"Hmmm… No I don't." Ozpin was now winding Salem up.
"YES YOU DO, YOU STUPID SON OF A-"
"ENOUGH!" Pyrrha screamed, cutting off Salem. "You two are the most immature adults I have EVER met! Always bickering, teasing and getting on each other's and my nerves! Now can we just start the game without anyone else argueing!?"
There was a long, awkward pause for about a minute.
"…Yes…" Ozpin and Salem both said in unison.
"Good." Pyrrha said with a smug smile.
Ozpin sighed. "Ok… Simple enough rules. You roll and try to reach square 100. You land on a King Taijitu? Move down it. You land on a ladder? Move up it. Is that clear?"
Pyrrha and Salem both nodded.
"Excellent. Pyrrha? Youngest first." Ozpin said as he handed Pyrrha the dice.
"Oldest mentally…" Pyrrha muttered to herself as she took the dice. She rolled them and got a 9. "Oh. Wonderful!" She exclaimed as she moved her piece up 9 spaces. She passed the dice to Salem.
"Come on! Come on! Big numbers!" Salem rolled the dice only to receive a three. "DAMMI- Oh? Ohoho! Brilliant!" Salem had landed on a ladder. She placed her piece over the ladder. Salem stared at Ozpin with a grin as she moved her piece up the ladder and on to space 51. "Suck it, old man!"
Ozpin merely rolled his eyes and took the dice. He rolled and received a ten. "Nice." He said as he moved past Pyrrha on the board.
"Aw…" Pyrrha frowned. She picked up the dice and rolled a two, also landing on a ladder. "YES!" Pyrrha exclaimed happily as she moved her piece up the Ladder and on to space 70.
"What!? How!?" Ozpin asked in disbelief.
"Luck of the dice, Ozzy." Salem winked as she rolled the dice to receive a five. She moved to space 56.
"Oh really?" Ozpin swiftly rolled and received a 12. "There's your luck! Double turn!" He shouted as he moved his piece to space 22. "Luck is finally coming my way!" Ozpin exclaimed happily. He rolled the dice and received a three. Ozpin's smile melted. He had just landed on a King Taijitu.
"Pfffffff HAHAHAHAHA!" Salem began laughing hysterically, rolling onto her back on the ground. "Such luck, you old fool! HAHAHAHA!"
Pyrrha couldn't help but giggle too. The timing of all this was just too perfect.
Ozpin sat there, looking at his piece on the snake head. His eye twitched as he moved down back to space five.
Pyrrha, seeing that Oz wasn't moving anytime soon, picked up the dice and rolled, receiving a seven and moving herself to space 77. She smiled and handed the dice over to Salem who was still laughing uncontrollably at Ozpin's misery.
"Oh… Oh my stomach… Ahem Sorry." Salem said as she sat up and grabbed the dice from Pyrrha. She rolled and received a 12. Salem moved her piece and suddenly realised she had landed on a ladder. Her face lit up. "YES! LADDER TIME!" Salem moved up it, putting her on space 95.
"Double turn, Salem. You got two sixes." Pyrrha smiled.
"Gasp You're right!" Salem rolled the dice again, this time receiving a five. Salem moved to space 100, winning the game. Salem jumped up in the air. "YES! SALEM WINS! SALEM WINS! EVERYONE ELSE BURNS! NO VICTORY IN STRENGTH, OZ! NONE FOR YOU!" Salem exclaimed loudly while pointing at Oz.
Meanwhile, Ozpin was holding the dice. He was still on space five.
"Um… Professor? Are you going to roll?" Pyrrha asked as Salem celebrated in the background.
Ozpin sighed. "I suppose I should, shouldn't I?" He said as he rolled the dice, receiving a two and moving to space seven.
Pyrrha looked on as Oz played the game, clearly angry at his bad luck. She picked up the dice without saying a word and rolled a nine. She moved to space 86.
"FASTEST WIN IN HISTORY! SALEM WINS!" Salem continued cheering for herself as Ozpin and Pyrrha continued playing.
Ozpin's eye twitched. The mix of having bad luck and Salem actually beating him was too much.
Pyrrha tapped Ozpin's shoulder. "Professor? Are you o-"
Suddenly, Ozpin leapt up and started stomping on the board. "AH! AH! AH!" He screamed with every stomp. Oz then picked up the board and snapped it over his knee. He then threw it off the cliff and stormed away in a huff.
Pyrrha and Salem sat there in stunned silence.
Pyrrha looked at Salem. "Will he be ok?"
"Oh don't worry about him. He's just salty." Salem smirked. "Now then… What else do we have here?" Salem asked as she started searching through the case of games.
Pyrrha watched on curiously to see what would be pulled out next.
Salem stood there motionless. "Pyrrha. I hope you brought a change of clothes." As Salem turned around, she held in her hand a box labelled… Twister.