[Arc 1]Chapter 2

Arno F. Fabian's POV

I opened my eyes, as I saw--

"--An unfamiliar ceiling.", I muttered.

The ceiling I was staring at seemed so unfamiliar, it was as if it was from the 21st century.

"Your awake.", I heard a petite voice call out to me.

I turned my head to see a brunette haired girl who donned fancy clothing.

'Did I die and teleport to some middle-ages to 21st century time period, or something?', I thought to myself while staring at the blue eyed young lady.

I kept staring at waiting for her to talk about what happened, however she just stared back.

"Umm...", We both voiced out at the same time.

"Oh, sorry. You speak first.", I let her speak.

"Okay...", She then cleared her throat and began to speak "So, uh... What's your name?"

'Huh, a simple question.', I thought to myself.

"I'm Arno F. Fabian, nice to meet you.", I replied back to her question.

She seemed stunned a bit, as if she didn't expect me to answer truthfully.

"Now then, my turn. Where am I?", I asked while slowly turning this into a give and take situation.

She noticed the change and instead smiled.

"Your in the Marielle household.", She responded which made me think:

'You know precisely what I wanted...', I slightly frowned.

"Now then my question. Why were your clothes bloodied?", She asked which immediately made me push the blanket off me and pull up my shirt.

'Huh... There's not even a sign of any injuries... I got shot alot too, but there's no feeling of any remaining bullets.', I thought with an odd feeling, while also adding on 'Did Marcus finally change into using plasma-based weapons?'

I noticed that the young lady seemed to be blushing, which made me pull down my shirt while grinning.

'Heh. Kids... Oh yeah, I'm 16 I'm still a kid too...', I thought comically, however when I realised what I thought I added on 'Fuck...'

"So, who're you?", I asked because saying 'young lady' in my subconscious is starting to piss me off.

"Me? I'm Mara Marielle, it's a pleasure to meet you.", She smiled when she heard what I wanted.

"Is it though?", I asked inadvertently absent-mindedly.

"Eh.", She gave me a blank face, but it soon ended when she processed my words.

"Yes~ It is a pleasure.", She smiled which probably seemed mysterious.

'Or odd.'

"You thought something rude, didn't you.", She asked.

"Not entirely.", I replied calmly.

"Now then, back to my turn. Where does the 'Marielle Household' reside.", I emphasised on 'Marielle Household' to slightly piss her off.

'Heh.', I thought when she frowned.

"The Marielle Household resides in the Vale Kingdom."

'Kingdom? Did I actually teleport back in time?', I thought when I processed it but then added on jokingly 'Perhaps another world?'.

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'Shit.', I thought as I added on 'I may have actually gotten thrown into another world.'.

"Talking about locations, Mr. Fabian, where did you come from.", She asked while looking directly into my eyes.

'Hmm... Should I lie? Fuck it, let me just say it outright.'

"Probably from another world.", I replied after clearing my throat.

"Another world?", She tilted her head inquiring for more information, without denying the possibility of another world which seemed somewhat strange.

"Yeah, it's called Earth. The year it currently was, on my planet was the year 7166.", I replied while looking at her unchanging expression.

"I see...", She muttered while I thought:

"Huh, you believed that easily.", I accidently spoke out loud.

When she heard my words she smiled slightly.

"Well, obviously. Especially, when you appear out of nowhere from a blinding light, randomly."

'Oh, she already assumed as much.', I clicked my tongue as I had been played.

"So, what was is like in your world?", She asked with sparkling eyes.

I raised my hand to my chin, while thinking how I perceive my world.

"Hmm...", I murmured.

"I guess a phrase to describe it would be 'Hell in Heaven's skin' because people do live happy lives free of war, but behind that facade of 'peace' is a truth worse than should be possible.", I stated calmly which left her slightly shocked.

"How do you know that it's secretly a bad place, though?", She asked.

"Hmm... Well truthfully, I investigated and then my friend who found out I knew had to kill me.", I saw frown as I added on "Or I think I was killed, considering I'm still alive.".

"But doesn't that mean people are still oblivious to the truth?", She asked me.

I grinned at her while saying:

"Well, at the last strands of my life I spread the news through my bracelet. World wide.", She seemed slightly stunned at my smile, but then coughed.

"Well, what's a bracelet then?", She asked me another question however I realised something.

"Sorry, my turn to ask the questions. I guess a good question would be... Is there any supernatural beings in this world?", I said while my eyes sparkled.

'Those teleportation novels that were depicted by the industry from thousands of years ago had some good shit.'

She frowned slightly when she heard what I said, but then instantly smiled brightly again.

"I don't know about your world, however our world has monsters.", She stated.

"Oooh... Mo~nsters.", I replied slightly childishly, she chuckled and continued.

"There's also something called [Aura] in this world which intertwines with [Semblance].", She once again stated.

"[Aura]? [Semblance]? Mind giving a clear explanation?", I asked inquisitively to which she responded with:

"My turn."

"Hah... Okay, your turn.", I let her question me with a sigh.

"What's a bracelet?", She asked me.

Rather than explaining, I simply swiped in thin air and a hologram appeared.

"This. It works for entertainment, information, navigation, storage and other stuff.", I answered while intentionally forgetting to add 'It's also made out of the hardest material creatable, and can even survive more than a thousand radioactive atomic nukes.'

"Huh... Interesting... Can I have it?", When she asked this I instantly frowned.

"No, you may not have this.", When she saw the change in tone she looked down slightly "It's the only memento left by my deceased mother."

As she looked uncomfortable and dumbfounded, I gave her a pat on the head slightly.

"Don't worry about it, kid.", I slightly smiled as twitched to the word 'kid'.

"Kid? Your younger than me!", She stated.

"Hah. My mental age is higher than anyone near my age.", I stated while also asking "How old are you?"

"I'm 17.", She pouted.

"Heh. I'm 16.", I responded all smug.

"I'm older!", She shouted to me.

"And I'm smarter.", I argued back.

After bickering for a few minutes, we both looked each other in the eyes and laughed.

BEEP... BEEP BEEP... BEEP...

It seems like an alarm went off as Mara picked up something that resembled a miniature extendable whiteboard.

'Huh... It looks like they have their own form of a bracelet in this world too.', I thought while looking at her press a few buttons.

"Well, I have to go.", She said as she began to exit the room "Father and Professor Ozpin should be here soon.".

"W-wait, what about my--

CLICK

"--Question... A~nd she didn't answer my question about the supernatural powers.", I sighed and then layed back down onto the bed.

'Guess I'll wait for the two peeps, coming to probably question me even more.'