"Yeah to go Neo. Did the mutts give you any trouble?" Roman asked as Neo transferred the Watts programs to his scroll to pass on to Cinder
"No, they were surprisingly well behaved." Said Neo genuinely surprised none of the White Fang started a fight with any Atlas soldiers
But she wasn't willingly to look a gift horse in the mouth and quickly left once they had what they needed.
"Great. I'll get these to Cinder, wouldn't want to keep her highness waiting." Roman said sarcastically before walking off
With that done Neo sat down on a nearby crate and opened her scroll to all the other files she took and began scrolling through them to see if any caught her fancy. Neo stopped on one and opened it up seeing it was a strange looking body harness.
Looking it over Neo saw it was called "omni-directional mobility gear", it was a prototype battle harness that could be used to help the wearer fight in a 3D space rather than a 2D space, it was developed to help take down giant Grimm and for maneuvering through cities.
The components were the winch that resides in a housing on the users lower back, and holds spools of wire, hand controllers that doubled sword hilts with two triggers to launch and retract the hooks while a lateral switch is used to aim the hooks, and a break to stop the winch from paying out anymore wire than needed. Tubes of wind Dust used to launch and retract the grapples. There was also the option of having large sheathes on the sides of the users thighs that contain multiple blades in case the ones in use break or stab them into the Grimm's body. Finally the turbine that the wind Dust is blown into to power the winch and launch the cables.
This was definitely something Neo will have to look into making, not only would it be useful to fight in a 3D space, it also looked fun as hell.
Though she'll have to also train needing great physical strength, particularly in the legs, spatial recognition and being able to stay focused in the heat of battle.
Well I'm nothing if not determined. Neo thought saving the file
She'll have to get the parts before she can even think about using this.
Neo happily skipped down the streets of Vale to her favorite ice cream parlor.
Three days have passed since the successful heist and her acquisition of the "omni-directional mobility gear" blueprints. She's already gotten most of the material needed to make the equipment, along with some extra parts since she plans to build the control for the grapples into her umbrella thus needing the parts to customize her weapon and to fit the controller in. She also set up a training area in one of the abandoned buildings at Mountain Glenn so that when she finished building it she'll already have the training needed to use it properly. Neo couldn't wait to use the gear to fly through the air.
But at the moment Neo was taking a break and on her way to get some Neapolitan ice cream.
Though suddenly she felt someone crash into her, nearly sending her on her back but thankfully used her umbrella to steady herself. Now annoyed at almost being knocked down, Neo looked at the person who crashed into her and prepared to give them a piece of her fist.
"I'm so sorry! I wasn't watching where I was going, I just got here to get some ammo for my weapon, see I'm—you!" Said a familiar voice
Seeing who it was Neo smirked seeing it was the cutie, Ruby, that bumped into her and was now pointing at her.
"Well hello cutie. Now what was that you were here for me." Neo said creating her sign
"Wha?! No, I was picking up ammo for Crescent Rose then you showed up." Ruby said reaching for her weapon only for Neo to stop her
"You really wanna do that? Have you already forgotten how it went down last time?" Neo asked, making Ruby pause remembering there last encounter and promptly blush when she looked at Neo's lips that had now stretched into a mischievous smirk
"Unless you wanted another kiss, I'm more than happy to oblige." Purred Neo stepping towards Ruby, making the younger girl jump back and begin sputtering out denials
"Ahahahaha! Relax cutie I'm only teasing, I'm not gonna kiss you." Neo assured
"You're, you're not?" Asked Ruby unsure if she should be relieved or not
"Oh, is that disappointment or relief I feel? By the way, since you're here, wanna get some ice cream with me?" Asked Neo, this only confused Ruby further
"But you're a criminal." Ruby stated
"So? Does that mean we can't hang out with each other?" Neo questioned, Ruby pausing in thought before speaking again
"Well, I guess not—"
"Great! Let's go." Neo said cutting her off before grabbing Ruby's hand and pulling her along
"Wha!? But I didn't to this!" Said Ruby flailing as she was dragged against her will
"Maybe. But like I told you before, I'm a girl that goes after what she wants and I want you cutie." Said Neo, Ruby blushing again at this
"I have a name you know. Ruby Rose." Said Ruby
"I know. And my name is Neopolitan but you can call me Neo." Neo said
"O… kay Neo." Ruby said slowly allowing herself to walk alongside Neo
Maybe this won't be so bad.
"And then Weiss launched me towards the cliff and created these Glyphs for me to run on as I pulled the Nevermore with me before cutting its head off and at the top! It was so awesome!" Ruby said making gestures as she told Neo about her Initiation test in Beacon
At first she had still been hesitant and wary to be with Neo but after they got their ice cream, Neo getting her Neapolitan and Ruby getting a kind that tastes like cookies, she started relaxing more and even started telling her about her friends and team at Beacon.
Neo meanwhile mostly just smiled and nodded along, occasionally telling Ruby some things about herself, nothing personal, just basic things about her likes, dislikes, hobbies. She was also pleased when Ruby stopped being guarded and relaxed around her.
After leaving the parlor they went to a weapons shop where Ruby bought some Dust and parts for her baby, and Neo got more parts for her gear. It had been adorable to Neo watching Ruby geek out over the different weapons on display, and she could have sworn Ruby turned into a miniature version of herself for a moment before going back to normal.
Now they are on their way to the airship docks so Ruby can return to Beacon.
"It sounds like you've had quite the time at Beacon." Neo stated, Ruby nodding excitedly
"I know! It's been more awesome than I realized, spending time with my friends, teammates, sister, oh and fighting Grimm! And me being leader of my team was really surprising, I mean mom was the leader of her team, so I try to do my best to lead my team but sometimes it can difficult—" Ruby stopped in her ranting when Neo leaned and kissed her cheek
"Has anyone told you, you're cute when rambling? Cause you really are." Said Neo
"I-I thought you said you weren't going to kiss me again." Ruby said
"Not on the lips, but I never said no kissing anywhere else. The next time we really kiss it'll be because you wanted to." Neo said smiling at her
"And what if I don't want to kiss you?" Asked Ruby
"I can wait. See ya next time Ruby." Neo said before her form vanished into pink lights
"Bye Neo." Ruby said with a small smile before noticing the airship about to take off
"AH! I'm gonna be late!" Said Ruby speeding off in a blur of rose petals to get on the ship
She really is cute. Neo thought from on top of a nearby building watching Ruby speed off
It had been nice spending time with Ruby along with learning about her team and friends team, teams RWBY and JNPR. While Neo was sure she could use that information for Cinder's grand plan, she prefers not mixing business with her personal life. Plus both Pyrrha and her uncle Jaune, her mom Saphron's younger brother, were part of team JNPR, which had been surprised to learn he was attending Beacon.
Hope he knows what he's doing. Neo thought
Pushing those thoughts aside at the moment Neo left to go home, though suddenly her scroll started beeping signaling she got a message. This confused Neo as she was sure she'd turned it off at the ice cream parlor so as to not be disturbed during her time with Ruby. It also worried Neo as if she did turn off then that means someone remotely turned it back on and there weren't many people who could hack her scroll, given the number of encryptions and firewalls she put on it.
Pulling it out Neo opened the message and stood stalk still at what it said.
Come to these coordinates, details will be given upon your arrival.
With the message were a set of coordinates, that Neo quickly memorized just as the message suddenly deleted itself. Neo gulped as there was one last thing she saw before the message deleted itself.
A black capital "R" as the signature.