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"Ar-are you sure?"

"Yes, he asked me to ask you if you wish to with Weiss on that... Mission..."

Weiss stared at Iris with an uncomprehended face as numbers, plans, and reasons ran through her head.

"B-but why? I mean, yes im Weiss too, but..."

"But what? Weiss, even if you arent Weiss Aegis raised, you are very much his sister in his eyes, you are Weiss, and even if that somehow sounded bad or strange, Aegis truly see you as his little sister, coming to this, I should probably show you something that could probably convince you that Aegis truly see you as his sister and not as a stranger with the same blood as him, here take a look."

Iris said as she showed alternate Weiss documents, she found in Aegis desk, as his secretary and de facto CEO of SDC, Iris knew almost everything she needed or was must to know to someone of her position, like the last Will Aegis made in case something happened to him or gone missing for some time.

"What is this, is this real?..."

Weiss shockingly asked as her hands trembled as if the piece of paper in her hands weighed a ton of weight.

"Yes, this, as you can read, was updated week after your coming to our world, I know it could be seen as... Strange to believe someone just because you know someone who looks like them and has the same blood, but Aegis is, good character judge, or at least I believe he is one, and as such,t this document is his official stance I support."

Iris said to pale-faced Weiss who still couldn't believe what she read in the document she now held in her hands.

A document that told her she was more treasured by her newfound brother more than she ever was by her father...

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"So, he wishes for this to be some kind of test?"

"No, at least not from him... Big brother just wishes to teach Weiss, both of them of these situations as they could become more common and he couldn't be in so many places at the same time..."

Album said to Moira who still had her reservations, and could someone judge her?

Yes, she was loyal to the king, to Aegis Schnee, but loyalty and blind faith were different things, as such she still had her own opinions on multiple matters she differed with the king she followed, and this was just one of them.

"I see... Then he wishes to teach them by drowning... Still to think he would pick such scenario as first learning experience bowlegs my mind..."

Moira said as she was just updated by Album of Solitas choice of representation to the Stargate aliens, Weiss Schnee, or rather Weiss Schnee's as both Weiss's the younger and the older would abide by Solitas future representation and not Aegis who seemed to not care about the aliens as much...

"Don't be upset, im sure big brother has his own plans."

"Im not upset, im a scientist, I have reservations, but... This is not my field, so I suppose I will play just scientific advisor to both princesses?"

"Yes, big brother, wish for your presence in coming talks, to just at least measure of what kind of technological level these aliens are present in."

"I see, then I will let the politic matters to them, you know what, why do I even care... Show me the project Argent, I need to set my mind on better things than some talks..."

Moira said as she sat in her chair and tried to forget about any chaos the talks could become from being represented by two young girls...

Album cyber-mentally chuckled at the chief scientist of Solitas kingdom worry, even so politically avert person who hated all that bureaucracy for all the problems it brought to her project dreams and works, sometimes needed to play the devil, in this case, no matter how much Moira wanted, she could never run from the politic scene, especially not at the same time she wanted to stay as Aegis right-hand woman when it came to any scientific matters...

Still, Album did acknowledge that maybe sending just Weiss's, both the younger one and the older one was too... Irresponsibility...

Strange for the first contact event, but she supposed that her big brother wanted to teach both her organic sister and her alternate self, of such deals, after all, he did write them as his heir's in case something made him unable to rule, in such case, both Weiss, would become true undisputed Queens, still Album knew that people would follow her organic copy than alternate one, but the meaning was important, meaning that Aegis proclaimed them as his undisputed heirs...

Plus, Album somehow thought that this was one of the Aegis responses on Weiss drastic harem recruitment, Album knew her organic twin was unstable, as AI she could see the pattern, and Album thought that with these little test's and experiences, Aegis hoped for Weiss to not 'cure' from her mindset, but to be able to reign her more drastic tendencies...

But... Album somehow suspected her big brother to fail as she was sure her organic twin would just find a new way to get more women for him, especially if she was doing it for him and not for herself, thus didn't see the problem to by more... Pushy...

No, Album knew that Weiss would just use this newfound opportunity for her plans, but this time she knew that Weiss would be more discern and less direct, but still set on her plan...

Album sighed, sometimes it was a pain to by AI that knew so much, it made her communication with others really tiring...

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Cinder looked at the red-haired beauty before her who was now fidgeting on her seat.

"Are you sure, Pyrrha, what you ask isn't something you can take back, it is something that would mark you for life..."

Cinder said as she witnessed Pyrrha slowly calm down as she fought her growing nerves down.

"I-I want to... I... I heard what happened to my- to that other Pyrrha from the alternate world..."

Cinder's eyes widened until they settled on a sad smile.

"I see, and you wish to prove that you are, what a different?"

"YES- Im sorry, it's just... From what Ruby and others told me, it sounded that, that I and that Pyrrha was same, that she, I, im destined to same fate, if not by- by your hand, then others... Im sorry..."

Cinder shook her head.

"No, don't be, what you ask isn't hard matter to provide, but... It is a choice you must be sure of, Pyrrha, just because your alternate self wasn't able to strike a deathly blow doesn't mean you too wouldn't, Pyrr, remember that for years you were raised by my little Aeg, and he did install some kind of ruthlessness into you and others, you and that Pyrrha arent same, you can look same, speak same, but when it comes to thinking you arent same as that Pyrrha."

Cinder said to Pyrrha, who seemed to just retread into herself...

"But, you know what, rather than immediately letting you doing executioners work, so why don't you come with me to work? And I will let you see from first hand how the death row prisoners are being dealt with."

Cinder said, and as she watched Pyrrha's bent down head, as her red hair obscured her face, she saw a little nod of her head in acknowledgment.

Emerald who witnessed the entire conversation, just sadly shook her head at the idea of the innocent Pyrrha, the kind girl, wishing to blood her hands, just for the sole matter than when the time comes, she would be able to protect her loved ones, by killing the threat...

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Yang looked at the training field, watching how two Ruby's flew past each other, trading blows and immediately again returning to their semblance form, just for it to repeat again and again.

"Huh, it is strange, isn't it..."

Yang looked at her side, watching Blake who sat in the corner with a book in her hand.

"What?"

Yang asked as Blake's cat eyes traveled to her.

"This peace... I still can't, cant get used to this..."

Blake slowly said as Yang nodded her head.

"Yea, it kinda sucks there arent things to punch, but it isn't so bad... At least she is smiling a lot more..."

Yang said as Blake's eyes softened as she looked where Yang was looking.

"Yea, I suppose so, Ruby never truly rested, did she?"

"No, not after Beacon fall..."

Yang said as she shook her head and touched with her organic hand her cybernetic replacement.

Blake who cached that little motion, immediately felt terrible, guilty, even after this time, she still felt responsible for Yang's missing hand.

No matter what Yang told her, not being so...

"Hey kitty, don't give me that look, it wasn't your fault, how many times I need to tell you that?"

Yang said as she looked at Blake who immediately looked away.

But before Blake could comment on it, they heard a crash.

"Ow owow owowoww...."

"Whyyyyyyyyyy my ttttuuuuummmyyyyy!!!!!"

Yang and Blake looked at the commotion just to stifle their laughter, even if Yang started to giggle as they watched how younger clutched her head in pain and their Ruby holding her stomach as she laid sprawled on the floor, and immediately came to the same conclusion, and image of younger Ruby trashing her head into the stomach of older Ruby in their high speed...

"Heheehee..."

"Hahahaha..."

Yang couldn't handle it as she started to snicker, Blake who looked at her, joined her as she started to laugh too...

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Neo still couldn't help but be impressed of what she now looked on, when the younger copy of herself told her she was the boss of the biggest organized crime in Vale, she thought of a joke, but she was proven wrong as she looked at the people in pink and brown uniforms do biddings that her younger copy told them so, yes Roman and she once was one of biggest crime kingpins, but, they were on from many, but there?

There was just one organization, not any families or other crime lords, but just Neo and her minions, and how was she able to get rid of all competition?

From what Neo read about, by a combination of SDC contacts and influence and ton of money with cutthroat approach on their competitors, as the younger Neo either send policemen or huntsmen in SDC or Solitas paycheck on them, or she herself took care of them in her game she likes to play, like cat and mouse, with her being a cat and the running people who run for their lives as a mouse...

/You like it?/

Neo looked at her younger copy and slowly nodded her head.

/Good, then you know the rules, I was there first so im the top bitch, you can be under me./

Neo wanted to record, but she knew herself enough to know her younger self would punish her, their combat difference was just too big for her to play directly, and she had that brother of hers to play dirty against, Neo wasn't under the delusion that she wouldn't be hunted down if she did something to her younger copy...

And so Neo nodded.

/Good, then come we have work to do, and ready yourself for the new opening of our own branch of ice cream stores where our lien will be laundered./

Younger Neo said with a smirk as she hopped off the crate she was sitting on, perfectly and gracefully falling down as some acrobatic cat.

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Deep underground, under the Schnee mansion house, five crystals started to crack.

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Merlin who had just ended her pranking spree on Vacuo councilmen, turned her face from grin to frown as she looked at where Solitas was positioned in.

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Morgana just readied herself for bed after a day of experimenting with all the new magic and resources she was privy to as Aegis wife, which was almost everything she could ever ask for, as long as it was in Solitas reach.

She was stopped dead in her wake as she turned her gaze down where the five heroic spirits were stored in.

"Oh? It seems you are ready to wake up, sister... Son..."

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Aegis who with Ren, sat under a waterfall and taught Ren about the meditating he learned from some memories, opened his eyes as his gaze sharpened as he registered a change in magic flow...

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Raven watched her daughter, Yang, how she fought against Vernal.

"Heh, too clumsily, you blonde bimbo, why don't you just do what you should be doing and just don't spread your legs for the rest of your life? At least you have the body for it!"

Vernal taunted as she used another opening from Yang to struck.

"YOU--!!!!"

Yang's eyes burned red as her hair danced in golden flames and, with a primal roar of rage again, threw herself on Vernal, who smirked.

Raven shook her head, she didn't like Vernal using such words on her daughter, not after she finally somehow became at least a little mother Summer was, but she understood where Vernal was coming from, this rage, this anger Yang let herself consumed in was a double-edged sword, and if Yang doesn't get burn now, in a spar, then Raven feared what could happen in future...

No, Raven supposed, Yang needs to be burned to know how to reign in that anger, and not by some rabid dog animal in rage mode...

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"I know you are there, stop hiding yourself!"

Fragment of Aegis said, as he looked around the dreamscape.

"Or I will make you."

Fragment Aegis said as there was silence and as he readied himself, he heard it.

(Acknowledgment)

A thunderous sound said as Aegis found himself in another place.

(Query?)

"So this is a shard..."

Fragment of Aegis memories muttered as he looked at the gargantuan form of the giant that seemed to be made of an untold amount of insects...

Still, Fragment of Aegis needed to have answers, he needed to know what this being or entity he shared Taylor's head with is and her intentions as it was possibly a threat to newborn Schnee, as no matter what other's said, Taylor was Schnee, her glyphs proved it, blood or not, her soul was that of Schnee...

Thus his responsability...

Still...

"By any chance, do you know of any species of space whales that like to use others as sources for imagination? And like to use shards for primitive civilizations?"

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As Fragment of Aegis looked around in that complete silence, he had just one thing to say...

"Right now... I so fucking hate my original..."