#YL! ozpin

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For the young leaders AU 👀

"What did you just say to me?"

Sure! :)

This is a small one so bear with me here, anyways Eira go offfffffffff

An Ember

After a while of putting up with Ozymandias’s constant ridicule, Eira finally works up the nerve to say something after the king let’s a particular comment slip.

They were walking back from another training session in Mr. Rose’s class. Or, well, he was walking, Ozymandias was floating alongside him.

He was scowling, Eira was looking away from him.

Once they reached the quieter side of the school is when Ozymandias started in on his usual tangent.

“It was one singular punch! And you managed to screw it up somehow. You can’t even throw a damn punch right, what makes you think you can fight without me?”

“Leave me alone…”

“Yes, because that’s worked with me and with the countless others you let walk all over you.”

“I’m not in the mood. I already know what you’re going to say. I’m too weak, I’m too fragile, I’m too much of a doormat, too much this not enough that. Just save it, I’m already tired from class…”

He feels his wrist be yanked, and he’s spun around to face the man, whose now enraged.

“You have the audacity to speak to me that way you fool?! You will follow my guidance or you will get yourself murdered. And I wouldn’t so much have an issue with that if it wasn’t for the fact that you would merge with me!”

Eira yanks his wrist out of Ozymandias’s hand. He then turns around, and continues walking.

Ozymandias scoffs, “It’s no wonder you ran. You run from everything, just like this time. You probably even ran from your parents just because they said something you didn’t like. I hope they find you eventually.”

An image of a beaten and battered Eira, curled up in the corner of his room, shoots through his mind before disappearing as quickly as it came. Ozymandias is stunned into silence, not knowing where it came from.

“What did you just say to me?” He’s stopped walking.

Ozymandias stays silent as Eira turns around, a rage filled look on his face. He’d seen many negative emotions from the boy, embarrassment, fear, sadness, but never anger.

“You know nothing about how my parents treated me. You know nothing about how my life was before I ran.”

“. . .”

“But because I’m an actually decent person, unlike someone else I know, I’ll tell you, seeing as you apparently have the respect to not go digging through my memories. My parents only had me because they needed an heir to their stupid weapons company. Yes, I heard them say that, to my face. They permanently disabled me by fucking up my right leg, they beat me within an inch of my life any chance they could, and forced me into studying so debilitating and hard to do that I would pass out from exhaustion because they wouldn’t let me rest.”

“…I-“

“I don’t need your input. As you said, in your own damn words, I am in the same position that you and the others were in when they found out they were another incarnation. You’d think you’d have a little compassion to that. But no, you just are a sad pathetic excuse for a king who gets off on harassing a kid when you know nobody would believe him if he told anyone of the literal abuse you put him through.”

Ozymandias looks away.

“Leave. Me. Alone.”

Eira promptly begins blocking Ozymandias out of his mind after that. No emotional empathy between them, no memory sharing, nothing. He watches as Eira leaves, unable to discern where he plans to go.

It would be better if he didn’t follow him, that’s what he thought.

It would seem both of them have some thinking to do.

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Fear (Ozpin and Ironwood)

When Ironwoods saw the gold glint in Oscar's eyes he paused. It was only for a second, it'd be unnoticed by most but Ozpin was something else. "Don't..." He paused, turning away. He didn't have time for this, he had a Kingdom to save.

Ozpin frowned, it looked out of place on Oscar's innocent face and highlighted just how in pain he was. "Please... James... Listen to me what your proposing..." Ozpin couldn't even finish, he'd lived this moment a thousand times and it never got easy. Every time it would pierce his heart and he was forced to remember, that even with all his lives he was but a man.

"It's all we have, we tried it your way oz but that's gotten us no where...but this way we can save Atlas." Said Ironwood, their was some softness to his tone as if he understand where Ozpin was coming from. It was nostalgic of the many times they'd laugh and talk plans in his office, it should've made Oz feel warm...but a chill shot through him.

Ironwood smiled, it was neither gentle nor kind. He wondered why he did it all he got was that the motion felt appropriate. Smiling... At Ozpin... His friend. It took effort, and dropped as quickly as a house of cards. "Right, well I'll send Winter and Oscar up to ami-" He scowled, hating that he was been interrupted and turned around. Oz was looking at him, gobsmacked and appalled.

"You can't be serious... They'll die!" Ozpin was screaming, no... He couldn't... No... His old friend seemed so unbothered that Ozpin thought maybe they'd completely remade him in wires. "Ozpin... Now isn't the time. The situation is growing dire as we wait, Salem is at our doorstep" He sighed, running a hand through his hair as if he was scding a child. "Winter knew what she was signing up for... And well he's just another life, you'll find a more suitable one soon more equipped for battle."

Ozpin felt cold, as if he'd been throw headfirst with no aura into the heart of Solitos. "Excuse me..." Said Ozpin, his voice low and quiet and yet it got Ironwoods attention for the first time since they came to the vault. Ironwood for his part paused, "Oz? I meant nothing by it but you know its true." His false apology only grew Ozpin's ire.

The man was no stranger to insults, to pain, to suffering... He was an awful man who'd caused his fair share of it. Made more mistakes than every man, woman and child on this planet... But Oscar? He did not bare his sins... He was innocent, as every child should be allowed yl be... And here was his old friend, saying the opposite. That Oscar was merely armour Oz had dawned himself in so he could live and would discard just as easily.

It made him feel sick, his entire being was repulsed. He was trembling, anger rolling off him in waves. "You... Dare... You dare to reduce everything Oscar is... To a corpse on a ladder to send you forward?!" He spat, Ironwood glared. He supposed he understood where Oz was coming from, he had grown fond of Oscar during their training sessions. He was fond of Winter, her death would weigh heavily on him... But it was the price that needed to be paid.

"Sacrifices must be made." Was all Ironwood said, Ozpin glared. But through his angered eyes were unshed tears. "You think I don't know that!..." He yelled, edging towards Ironwood who stepped back. "You think I haven't sacrificed everything for the world... Your plan is despicable, what happened to creating robotic huntsman to reduce the loss of life." Ironwood bristled but Ozpin wasn't done.

"You've sacrificed nothing... You led through peace and all you've known is peace... I've never known peace!" He cried, all his lifes were spent fighting this war, he'd lost everything... Countless times and Ironwood having the fall to say he had no idea about sacrifices. "I couldn't... I wouldn't want anyone to fight if I didn't have too...and you want to so callously commit genocide. Losing your honour, your values, your morality... All because you're afraid" ." Ironwood glared "I am not afraid! You are!" He spat.

Oz smiled. He recalled Oscar saying something similar, and placed a hand over his...no their heart. "I am afraid" said Ozpin, the words carrying more than its fair share of weight. "And that's okay, for it is what we do when we're most afraid that reveals who we are." He felt Oscar's mind gently tapping his, his way if saying that he was with him.

The only one who had yet to abandon him.

Oz looked down, a tear rolling down his cheek. Mourning the memory of his friend, his college... His brother in arms. For she had won yet again, fear clouded Ironwood... The James he'd known and that man would be gone forever. "And I don't see you anymore James..." He said, the words cracking and more tears falling as Long Memory clicked open.

"Do you intend to fight me?" Whispered Ironwood, dangerously. It was a warning. "I won't allow you to do this. I won't watch you fall further than she ever had... General." Said Oz, as the words left his mouth the two were flung into a fight. It was vicious as the two clashed, they fell into a rhythm born from countless sparrs and friendly fights.

This wasn't one of them.

And yet Oz was hesitant.

All to quickly he was thrown on defence, for all his talk he hesitated. His mind reeling, even when he was fighting the man he didn't want to believe that he had fallen so hard....that was until a sharp gasp was heard, his mind was thrown back and their was a gun shot.

Oz took over instantly, a horrified scream on his lips. Already activating Oscar's aura, terror on his face. From the fact Oscar had been shot, and Ironwood had known it was him...or that he knew and he still did it... Oz wasn't sure which was worse. He felt sick as the familiar smell of blood filled the air, Oscar's blood.

He wanted to vomit.

Instead he screamed, green energy crackled through the air. "You're a traitor... I won't allow you to stop me... No matter what it takes." Said Ironwood steely and unfazed. "You... Became the traitor when you stopped wanting to protect the very people you swore to serve.. When you lost all moral integrity and rights when you shot a defenceless child...." Glared Oz, the energy grew and grew as did his strikes.

Just because he deserved suffering didn't mean Oscar did. "And for hurting him...you'll pay." He roared, sounding inhuman as he charged towards Ironwood in a burst of green light.

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THINKS ABOUT YOUNG LEADERS AU SO HARD SOMEONE PLEASE SEND ME AN ASK ABOUT THEM OR SOMETHING

(For stuff you can ask: interactions between characters for example ozpin and Glynda interacting, characters individually such as Alloy or Summer, what the journey looks like for the YL! Kiddos, etc.)

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*hands YL!Oz a frog* Here's a bumpy lad :)

Y. Ozpin: o-oh! Another friend!

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YL!Oz, what do you think of Ozymandias? Is he a good mentor? Is he intimidating? Is he nice to you?

Y. Ozpin: ……he’s…pretty mean… he says I don’t have time to explore the world around me or make friends.

Tries to force me to use magic….

He’s super bitter and angry at me all the time…he’s scary….

…….

He….reminds me of my dad…..

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YL!Oz and Qrow, do you guys like snails?

Y. Qrow: oh I actually know what that is! Yeah I used to watch them all the time when I was back at the tribe!

Y. Ozpin: I’ve never seen them before but I have read books about them, I think they’re neat.

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YL!Oz, what do you mean by "if you could even call it that?"

Y. Ozpin: ……my family and house wasn’t exactly very…..homely…..

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YL!Oz do you have any coping mechanisms? (Cause this lad probably needs them)

Y. Ozpin: “coping mechanisms”? I don’t think I know what that is, s-sorry…….I-I probably should and I’m just being stupid again…

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YL!Oz have you ever committed a crime? Or at least did something that just felt wrong to do? If you have, what was it?

Y. Ozpin: uh…..well, I stole long memory from the museum which was probably a crime……

Something that felt wrong though? Leaving home…….even if I hated it….