RWBY – The madness of Lappland

Pov 3 person

Ozpin : " Footage ? "

Asks Ozpin with feigned surprise looking at the scroll in Qrow's hands . On the scroll there was a stopped footage . This footage was taken from inside the store in front of the alley . Qrow and Ozpin could not see much on it because the camera was focused on the interior of the store , not on the street . However, even without paying any more attention to where this video was recorded from , the quality of the recording was terrible itself . 

The bars in front of the store window made it difficult for the camera to capture the full picture . The camera itself also does not have the best sharpness . Qrow already knew that this is one of the older models mounted mainly to scare potential burglars and thieves . However, what made the quality of an already bad recording even worse , was the darkness .

After all , the whole event happened after sunset so it was already quite dark outside as well as in the store . The only lights allowing you to see anything were those on the street as well as in the alley . Nevertheless , the camera to some extent managed to capture the street in front of the store along with the entrance to the alley . 

It was this paused recording that was on the scroll held by Qrow . Despite the terrible quality of the recording , the footage shows part of the street in front of the store and the entrance to the alley . It is in front of this alley that the blurred figure can be seen with her back turned to the camera .

Because of the terrible quality of the recording , to determine the identity of the silhouette , it was necessary to use moments of recording with the best quality . This moment turned out to be , a paused two-second frame of the recording displayed on the scroll . 

At this point in the recording , the recorded blurred figure was in the between the bars which allowed the camera to capture her perfectly . If that wasn't enough, the light in the alley fell perfectly on her head, making her the center of the recording. Such a positioning allowedou special programs to establish several features of this character despite the quality of the recording .

Thanks to these programs , on the paused recording , highlighted several features of the blurred silhouette . This allowed to establish that the figure is a woman , with long white hair , white wolf ears and a tail . Unfortunately, at no point in this video could the face of the white-haired wolf woman be captured .This is due to the fact that eithe the bars obstructed the view or the footage was too blurry and dark  .

However, the face was not needed for Qrow and Ozpin to determine the identity of the mysterious female figure . Only by the determination of height , physique and the obvious very rare double animal trait , it is known for both Ozpin and Qrow who she is . 

As for the rest of the video , there was not much more to see . After the wolf girl entered the alley where she disappeared from the camera's vision , several silhouettes visible through the bars stopped in front of the alley to observe the situation inside . After a while some of the silhouettes left , while the other silhouettes entered the alley .

From the stopped frames of the footage , Qrow could recognize that these blurry silhouettes were the owners of the now dead bodies . After a while , on the recording Qrow saw several flashes coming from the alley, but because of the lack of sound on the recording Qrow could only conclude that this is when the conflict began. Unfortunately, after a few seconds the camera stopped working .

The last thing recorded , have been the situation after the reboot . The recording already showed the situation after the incident . The police were just beginning to deal with the whole mess inside the building. However, standing in the middle of them was Ozpin, he was not interested in the mess, but rather looked at the freshly reset camera. After a few seconds of looking between the camera and the alley, Ozpin decided to go deeper into the store, most likely to go through the footage, understanding that the camera may have recorded the situation.

Ozpin : " Oh this........ unfortunately , this footage burned due to short circuit which happened in this area. Unfortunately nothing could be saved . "

Said Ozpin with a regret that only Qrow recognized as feigned .

Ozpin : " And before you ask , yes I already tried to find her through cameras , unfortunately there are not many around this place . But when there were some , they were generally in buildings and because of the rain on the windows they became useless . Now I am looking for other recordings in which I could find her , but there are millions of cameras in the Vale and even with access to half of them , it is difficult to trace her possible routes or location . "

Said Ozpin, taking his scroll from Qrow's . Then Opzin dleted the footage . Despite this action, Qrow guessed that Ozpin already has a backup saved somewhere. Smiling while tucking the scroll into his pocket , Ozpin looked at one of the dead bodies in the water . At that moment his smile disappeared .

Ozpin : " As for the lone surviving team member . He is too drunk to know what happened . But even if he had something to say on the matter , no one would take his words seriously . Not after what was found with him and his team "

Said Ozpin looking back at Qrow .

Ozpin : "  Cut animal ears , tails and horns were found next to him . The same was found with some of the bodies here . From the size I already known that they belong to faunus , nevertheless analysis is needed to initiate any proceedings. And when the analysis confirms everything  ......... "

Ozpin : " Even if we don't prove to him that it was he himself who cut them from someone else or confirm to whom these ears and tails belong . The mere fact that he has them will put him in jail for several years . However, I am sure that with my help he will get a life sentence . "

Said Ozpin in a very cold tone . His always calm and experienced eyes looked at the bodies in the water without mercy . Well except for the body of the youngest . Ozpin already guessed that the boy was not at fault and rather he only got into this whole mess because of his team . The young man , who not long ago lost his old team with whom he had bonded over the years at the academy, was entrusted to these experienced hunters as a new member of their teams. Unfortunately, these hunters did not deserve such trust.

Meanwhile , listening to Ozpin , Qrow did not react significantly to what Ozpin said . Unfortunately flying all over the world on missions , visiting the darker corners of cities , villages and settlements , Qrow more than once encountered terrible things . Besides , cutting off animal parts of faunus is unfortunately quite common among staunch racists . As for the fact that the hunters did it , Qrow was not surprised either . After all , hunters are people too . Becoming a hunter does not mean that a person becomes some kind of knight in shining armor .

When Qrow finished his train of thought , his eyes rested on the same body that Ozpin was observing . Qrow after seeing the file of this young hunter earlier , had the same opinion about this situation as Ozpin . For Qrow the kid was just unlucky . Of course this does not mean that he deserved such a fate .  It was just the opposite , for Qrow this kid was deserving of something more than what has happened to him now . With his skills, this kid could have saved many life's in the future. Unfortunately, his lifeless body now lies in a dirty, dark and forgotten alley. A truly tragic fate .

However, this does not mean that Qrow will now hate the White Wolf because of this . The situation has made it clear that the girl was a victim in all this . As for the boy he was a victim of the environment in which he found himself . Ozpin and Qrow rather already knew that the whole situation was the fault of hunters from Atlas . The footage blatantly shows them watching the alley where the girl was . From their records they also knew that they were not very friendly to the faunus . 

These guys have repeatedly been in trouble with the law in other cities for racially motivated assaults on faunus. However, this is what has been recorded . Ozpin , looking at the " collection " found with them delved more into these teams , only to find that they had already been caught skinning faunus alive , because of the scales on his body . Ozpin does not yet know how they escaped responsibility , but he intends to find out . 

Unfortunately the whole situation is giving Ozpin an even bigger headache . What he found by delving into the doings of the two , now dead teams , makes him realize again how big the problem is between humans and faunus . Unfortunately , Ozpin himself knows that he can not control the actions of all hunters , more so when they are not Vale hunters . But what Ozpin has already decided to do, however, is changes im some rules of Beacon academy . In addition, some changes in the education process of future hunters will also be needed . 

Obviously Ozpin is not stupid enough to believe that this will change anything . Opin has lived a lot longer than it may seem , he has met a lot of people hence his knowledge of how people act is quite extensive . Ozpin is aware that the few changes he will make to his academy will not change anything . Unfortunately this also makes situations like this will happen . There will always be someone somewhere who hates faunus . Thinking about it, Ozpin sighed.

Ozpin : " The situation is difficult ....... If people found out that the girl was attacked by two teams of hunters just because she is a faunus , it would put us in a bad light . On the other hand , even if people found out that this girl is a legitimate white wolf for which there was no evidence and was not the reason for the attack on her . "

Ozpin : " The very fact that one girl single-handedly killed practically two teams of trained hunters , will make the confidence of the people as to the protection of the City and hunters would fall even more . Not to mention that regardless of the version , hatred between humans and faunus will again have a reason to grow . "

Said Ozpin with fatigue knowing that he must be very careful with this situation , because a wrong approach will only cause more problems .

Qrow : " Of course, as always with Atlas there are only problems . If Ironwood had finally addressed the issue of faunus in atals , half the problems of today's world would have been solved ." 

Said Qrow in a sour tone . Hearing this, Ozpin sighed .

 Ozpin : " Ironwood is trying his best  Qrow . Atlas is a city managed by the council and Ironwood can not do more than what he has already done in the army . "

Ozpin wanted to continue but Qrow couldn't take it anymore .

Qrow : " What has he done ? What has changed ? Nothing has changed Ozpin ! Don't pull the wool over my eyes ! He didn't do shit , don't defend him . He is the same as the rest of the buffoons in Atlas . He only cares about his own interest , he is supposed to be an ally and yet he does nothing but demand . "

Qrow : " Where is the weapon that he has promised ? Where is the technology ? We didn't get them because they are in the hands of the SDC ....... When people die Ironwood is only interested in the affairs of Atlas , and even then he is only interested in the things in the sky not the people dying under it !!! Not once did he help our cause . All information gathering and spy missions , I do myself ! "

Qrow : " Atlas military supposedly has such great resources , they are such a strong army .......... And yet not once have they used those resources to help !!! Ironwood is just taking advantage of our hard work and that pisses me off . Even Lionheart does more than Ironwood ! For fucks sake Ozpin , he is the reason we lost Luna and Summer !!!!!! .

Shouted Qrow in undisguised flustration and anger . He did not hide the venom and malice in his words . And yet when he mentioned the last two names there was sadness and regret in his voice . Even his eyes previously filled with flustration lost their anger . Now they were filled with guilt . Perhaps it was just fault of the rain , but Ozpin could see a tear gathered in Qrow eyes .

Ozpin looking at Qrow , only opened his mouth as if with the intention of saying something , but in the end he could not say anything . Pressing his lips together , he only sighed .

Qrow : " Do you really believe that Ironwood does not know what happened to Luna ? She was on a bloody mission to Atlas , on a fucking flying island on which he should have full authority !!!!! So where did she disappear ???? a warrior with silver eyes ??!! In Ironwood own words , the most valuable human resource in this war !!! He is hiding something Ozpin , and I don't like it . I'm sure he knows what happened but he doesn't say it ! "

Said Qrow increasingly frustrated by the fact that Ozpin is again silent on the matter .

Qrow : " If it wasn't for Luna's disappearance , Summer wouldn't have had to go alone that day !!!! Perhaps she would have returned home Opzin !!! We lost them both . Two warriors with silver eyes , don't you feel anything about it ? Rubi and Yang lost their mother , Tai lost his wife . The world lost Luna , the ever joyful and energetic woman . Despite what the world would throw at her feet due to the fact that she was a faunus , Luna always found the energy to help even those who hurt her . "

Qrow : " Both Summer and Luna were saints . They do not deserve the fate that befell them . The world did not deserve them . In all this darkness they were the glimmers of hope ......... that glow is now gone . Now it will be Rubi who will have to take on the burden ."

Listening to this Opin stood in silence . Thinking that nothing more will come of it Qrow just shook his head and left . Knowing him and seeing his mood Ozpin knew that , probably Qrow will now go to the nearest bar to drink his sorrow .

Yet , Ozpin continued to stand still without saying a word . In the end he knew that Qrow was right . Unfortunately the cooperation with Atlas was needed , and Ozpin knows it . However, this does not mean that Ozpin will not talk to Ironwood about today's situation . And well it certainly won't be a nice  conversation .