#anyway we enter a bedroom with coincidentally the perfect amount of beds for the group

[kingofkrispyness]

(ok crap I ran out of tags so don't read this until you read the tags)

(if you even care)

(also it's kinda graphic so read at your own risk.)

So anyway I'm here on the floor, alone in this room with weird chemicals in me.

So here's the weirdest and grossest thing that happens in the entire thing:

I can see the top and bottom of the inside of my mouth. But there both below my eyes?? Idk how that works.

The skin if my bottom lip suddenly all sheds(?) off. It sits on a pile on the floor. And I can see what is underneath, and it looks like a ton of yellow, white and red bumps. Looking back I hope it was like, a ton of little teeth like some kind of shark but I don't think so... It was fleshy and like a ton of pimples.

So I'm on the floor, with my lips doing wack stuff. When the same thing happens to my top lip. Now this legit scared me to death. Not the guy and lady injecting crap into me, no. This. (Fair enough I guess)

So after that I'm just looking around the room, and I see the window we came in through. So I get up and check if it's locked. And by some amazing luck, its not.

I head down stairs where the rest of the group is at. They are all sitting around a dinner table calmly for some reason. So I sit with them and play along.

When that breakfast meal was over, we rushed up stairs and I opened the window and we escaped once again.

That's where it ends.

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[teamvnla]

Cutscene : Reunion Bouquet

When Van, Kash, Russ, and Lye had first arrived in Mistral the concern of where they were going to stay didn't have time to cross their minds, Van had assured them he had it covered something about a friend owing him a favor. It was a furnished loft apartment, with how dusty it was the group figured it hadn't been used in a while. The boys insisted on Lye having the bed, she had gladly accepted. It wasn't often where she would get up and not find the boys piled up together on the pull out couch, they seemed used to it. It was her first time seeing them like that but her gut was telling her it wasnt their first time.

They had quickly made work of getting settled, not having really discussed what they planned to do. However, it was unspoken among them that the point of of going to Mistril was to wait for what happened with Amorette to die down some, they had to regroup and make a plan. They had to get stronger, so they started taking up different jobs with people who would turn a blind eye to their lack of liscense if it came down to it they could forge a thing or two.

A few weeks of this routine passed before the team gathered into the bedroom, it was a day off they all shared which meant the best time for a meeting.

"You want to go after Bruno?" Kashmere's brows furrowed at what had just left Van's mouth. "I thought we came here to get away from him?"

"Yeah, but we both know Bruno and we both know he's angry. He going to send people after us so I figured we go after him first." Van began running a hand through his hair. "I'm not sayin' we go tomorrow, I'm not even sure when yet."

"I get where you're comin' from, but we aren't exactly in the best position. Like you said, we know Bruno's angry. That limits out connections and what strings we can pull around here." Russ pointed out, his left ear twitched as he spoke, a good amount of their connections that were in Mistral were originally through Bruno. Sure they knew there were probably people they could trust, but now wasn't the time to risk it they had to be careful.

"We could hop around some more? Farther, with the towers how they are it'll take longer for any info on us to spread. It would buy us more time at the very least." Lye suggested sitting up.

"That's an option...we just don't have to means right now. We need to figure out where Bruno is first. Russ could figure that out easy."

"Yeah, if I had a computer. All I've got is a scroll and theres only so much even I can do on it." Big purchases weren't in the groups radar at the momment, they already had to get Russ and Kash new scrolls since they had to abandon their previous ones.

"Aren't you guys buddy-buddy with that clothing heiress?" Kashmere had gone quiet from thinking before speaking up, they had done research about the members of Van's Beacon team when he had first been assigned.

"Nava?" The twins spoke in unison, neither seemed to have consider her as an option, both for different reasons. Lye was so focused on their current team and her current condition that she hadn't thought of bring the brunette into the fold, Van on the other felt a bitterness at Nava's sudden departure after the fall. He felt that way about both the missing members of VNLA, he could mask it well but he knew it was there in his chest.

"I dunno, it might be hard to get around her folks. They're pretty strict the last we heard." Van tried to dismiss the topic with a nonchalant shrug.

"Then we just have to find a time when they're not there, they're bigshots I doubt they're always watching her. Plus it's Nava, she's the perfect person to ask for help." A smile tugged at Lye's lips as she talked about their teammate.

"It's a connection not tied to Fang in anyway so I don't think it'd hurt to try." Russ backed up the idea.

"You guys could even try going tomorrow, to scope out the place. You could disguise yourselves as staff to get in." Kash began to propose possible ideas of entry.

"Why don't we just try a head on approach? We could just ask to see her?" Lye suggested earning a doubtful look from Russ and Kash. "Just me and Van, we could say it has something to do with our team and some paperwork we need Nava's signature on." She added, they three of them continued planning giving Van no room to protest. He sat back in silence, red eyes watched on as the optimist and pessimist in his head fought it out.

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The following day the twins station themselves nearby the Lavender estate watching the main gate for staff that would come and go, with the staff scurrying in and out of the estate it seemed that an event or something along the lines was being prepared. They had done some research about the staff the night prior to figure out who they should target, yet the staff that they saw didn't appear to be the ones who worked under Nava.

"Sitting around is what I planned when I started the meeting." Van commented under his breath idly thumbing one of the chains connected to his outfit, the pair had dressed up in their civilian clothes to blend in more.

"I don't get why you're so butthurt about it, Russ and Kash are looking for other options anyways." Lye responded rolling her eyes, her rabbit ears had picked up on the comment form her twin. Van looked to Lye and scrunched his nose making effort to continue the topic.

"Excuse me.." The new voice grabbed the twins attention, the turned and were met with a short women with round amber eyes, long brown hair. A pair of round mouse ears sat atop the women's hair, the deep wine uniform she wore only further confirmed who she was to the twins.

This was Nava's personal caretaker, Cinnamon Laveau.

The twins looked to the women expectantly.

"This might be a but presumptuous of me but, are you Van and Lye Marigold?"

The twins were surprised to say the least, they had a whole plan about how to "coincidentally" bump into one of the staff. They hadn't expected one of the higher up staff to approach them first.

"Yeah, that's us how do you..." Lye trailed off looking curiously at the mouse Faunus, but instead Van answer her.

"Nava reports." He stated as Cinnamon nodded confirming.

"Being her personal caretaker I was also granted access to them, she always wrote fondly of the two of you." She smiled warmly, the pair looked different than the pictures she had previously. That was expected with what happened at Beacon, she knew from seeing Nava that the toll wasn't just physical. "What brings you two to Mistral? You two originally hail from Vacuo, dont you?"

"Well we were actually hoping to see Nava." Lye begin, before being able to go along with their original script Van cut in.

"We were in town and we figured it wouldn't hurt to try to see her to catch and stuff, it's been a while." He gave a smile and brought a hand up scratching the back of his neck, he could see that Cinnamon actually cared for Nava and knew an emotional angle would benefit them more than a technical one. He had been on enough grifting jobs with the White Fang to know how to adjust the dialogue to get what they wanted.

Cinnamon's eyes practically lit up, this was perfect. She had seen how hard it was for Nava to readjust to being home under the strict regime her parents had. She remembered how heartbroken the young girl was the night she returned and her parents had confiscated her staff and any other training equipment, Cinnamon found she had no other power but to hold Nava in her sorrow.

"That sounds great, the staff is preparing for an event tonight, but Nava should be free. Come with me." She smiled gesturing with her free hand for the twins to follow her, she led them to the main gate and into the vast estate.

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They had followed Cinnamon who traversed the winding halls with ease, soon they found themselves in a tea room with a large window and balcony overlooking the garden in the back. The pair took a seat, despite the casual demeanor he presented Van felt uncomfortable in the chair. Lye on the other hand was visibly excited at the chance to see their friend.

"Can I get you two anything, tea? Coffee?" Cinnamon offered.

"Oh, tea please." Lye answered polite with a soft smile, this was the most at ease and happy Van had seen her in a while. It would've been nice had he not been so focused on the thoughts that crawled over his shoulder and into the back of his head.

"I'm good, thanks."

"Alright then I'll be just a moment." She quickly left the room, she quickly made her way to one of the smaller kitchens to prepare the tea and a few pastries. She grabbed three cups, two for the girls and one for if Van changed his mind. As she was setting up the tray a familiar figure enter the kitchen.

"Oh, you're back already. How did it go?" A tall man with black hair and gray blue eyes, looked down at the mouse Faunus. He wore a similar deep wine uniform. Slate was also Nava's personal caretaker, however he managed more of Nava's schedule and saw her to and from where she needed to go.

"Pretty good, I delivered the last requests so they should be done far before the party. Is Nava done with lesson?" She asked as she placed the tea to steep.

"Just about, I was just about to prepare her tea. Though it appears you already have that covered...do we have guest?" He quirked a brow taking note of the number of teacups on the tray.

"It's a surprise, just bring Nava to the tea room with the white leather chairs." She picked up the tray and began to make her way of the kitchen.

"Which one?"

"The one overlooking the garden." She called over her shoulder.

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When Cinnamon enter the tea room Van had been walking around the room examining the decor, he was mainly trying to see what information he could get from it. Lye on the other hand, still sat in her chair patiently waiting for the mouse Faunus to return.

"I brought some pastries as well, everyones preparing for the gala but these are still made fresh by the house's pâtissière." She informed as she set the items from the tray down onto the table, she poured Lye a cup of tea. As she took a step back, the door to the room opened.

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Slate opened the door for Nava, usually he would tell her why he chose the particular room for her break but this time he didn't. Instead their idly small talk stopped at how her lesson went. When the door was fully opened fully she saw why.

The shock was visible of the brunette face, faster than she could cover it up with her usual calm demeanor. She recovered her stood straight.

"What are you two doing here?" She questioned, her gaze looked the pair over, they hadn't been separated for that long. How had they changed so much?

That wasn't the reaction they had expected to say the least, they had expected a bit more excitement at their reunion. Even Van did, but upon seeing Nava's appearance as she stepped into the room made him feel something was off. She was well put together, not that she wasnt put together before. This felt more meticulous, but not in Nava's sort of way.

"We were in the neighbor hood and thought we'd stop by for a visit." Van stated taking a seat next to Lye as Slate pulled out a chair for Nava across from them, Cinnamon stepped forward filling a cup for her.

She gave a small hum in acknowledgement as she went about adding milk and sugar to her tea.

"How have you been, it feels like forever since we last saw each other." Lye spoke softly, a soft smile resting on her lips.

"Busy, there had been a lot of catching up to do." Nava gave a short and to the point reply.

"I would assume so, huh?" She laughed lightly. "Are you able to manage your business studies with your Hunteress ones? You were always really smart, so I bet it's not a problem."

Nava paused bring the tea cup to her lips. "Oh dear, of course not." She shooks her head, Lye was surprised but what followed surprised her more. "All the Hunteress nonsense went out the window the moment I returned home, after what happened at Beacon?"

"Nonsense?" Lye's ears wavered as her brows furrowed, Cinnamon seemed surprised while Slate's stoic expression shifted with only a quirk of his brow.

"Nonsense. Here, allow me to put it in layman's terms. Someone of my status and position has no reason to run amok trying to play hero. I should be focusing on where a belong, I'll be the head of the Bundles of Lavender soon enough."

The long white rabbit ears atop Lye's head wavered, slowly falling as Nava spoke down to her.

"..what do you mean? This doesn't sound like you..." She spoke softly, she set down her teacup as a snicker came from the brunette across from her.

"Doesn't sound like me? Since when do you know that?"

"Nava, we lived together for four years. We've been friends for four years!"

"You didn't truly think we were friends did you?"

The shock and hurt on Lye's face was all the answer she needed.

"Oh my! You did! I was someone of higher status in a completely unfamiliar environment. I need atleast someone willing to take the blame if I ever got into trouble, you were just the easiest to cozy up to. You took to it so easily, desperately really."

Lye could felt as though she had been stabbed through her chest as her ears fell to lay against her head curling to her chin.

"Aryl was far too stoic, it'd take too much work. With all the resentment and anger Van practically vibrated with, I knew better than to try. You were the perfect groundwork for the both of them, you were just the most convenient at the time." She glanced to Van for a moment, his expression surprised her. Her expression nearly faltered.

Van sat back in his chair, head tilted to one side a lazy smile on his lips. He seemed absolutely unfazed by every of hers that dropped with that condescending tone. However, when she spoke he unconsciously scratched at his forearm. He was completely unaware of this tick, and unaware of what was triggering it.

Lye having taken reigns of the conversation made it easier for Van to sit back and watch Nava as she spoke. He had seen conversation similar to this, the whole 'big reveal' after all the set up and tricks. This wasn't it though, it didn't sit right in the bottom of his gut. He should've been able to take what she was saying and use it as validation for his bitterness towards her, but something just wasn't right. Had he just gone soft? Had his senses dulled?

"Ah who knew the Lavender heiress was such an actresses." He clapped his hands though his tone presented sarcasm. "Well I guess we were too presumptuous with this vist. I think it's the right time to get outta here." He stood up, walking around Lye chair before grabbing her hand. He pulled her out of the chair and began to lead her to the door.

"I'll see you out."

"Nah, I got it. I've got a good memory don't trouble yourself with us." Van called over his shoulder, Slate looked to Nava who simply continued to sip her tea.

A tension remained in the air even after the door shut. Slate took out his scroll notifying the front guards to tell him when the twins were seen leaving the premises.

"I thought you'd be excited, I'm sorry I didn't know..." Before Cinnamon could finish Nava's familiar soft voice spoke up.

"Don't apologize...it's better this way. I have to let go of the hope I could still be a Hunteress, it would've been impossible with the two of them around. I made a deal with my parents." She stared at the reflection in the teacup, her grip tightened on the handle.

"I'll cancel your lessons for the rest of the day. You should rest up for the gala tonight." Slate laid heavy hand on Nava's head who nodded silently.