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Upon hearing Nora's scream, others ran to Communications. "Nora?" Pyrrha asked, as Stella, Kiko and herself walked into communications, all stopping in their tracks as they found Ren's body.
"Oh my god.." Kiko blurted, as Nora turned her head around to face the trio, tears running down her cheeks. She lifted her arm and pointed her finger at Stella before she snapped, "This is all YOUR fault!"
Stella's heart sunk by the words, "I.." She stammered as Nora kept her glare on the pinkette. "I didn't want to accuse someone without—"
"What? Evidence?!" Nora cut her off, before she turned back to her boyfriend. "Is this enough evidence for you!?" She snapped. The Valkyrie girl stood up now, still inconsolable. "Ren is dead and it is all your fault." She snarled at the Valentine before she broke down crying again.
Suddenly, the lights turned off again. Stella trembled, tears rolling down her cheeks.
"Oh my god— No no no. This is all of my fault.. all of it. She choked out a sob as the guilt was eating her alive.
Pyrrha's voice suddenly took over, "Alright listen up! Jasper go and fix the lights! Kiko go and round everyone up, tell them to go to the cafeteria. Abra take Nora to cafeteria and— where is Jenni?" The redhead suddenly asked as the room fell silent.
"That's a bit suspicious.." Abra blurted, before she linked arms with Nora and started leading her out of communications. "Kiko finds that a bit suspicious too.." The chameleon faunus confessed also before skipping off to find the others. Jasper left to go and fix the lights, leaving Pyrrha and Stella alone.
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Jasper found his way into electrical, and made it to the power box. What he didn't realise is that someone had followed him. He opened the box and started flicking the switches that weren't lit. The lights flicked back on.
The brunette turned around to leave but jumped, as Jenni had been standing right behind him. "Geez— you scared me!" The Clarke confessed. "Apologies.. I came to help fix the lights. You shouldn't have left communications alone. I don't know why Pyrrha sent you and Kiko alone." The wolf faunus confessed, a slight cold tone in her voice, but as Jasper looked at her expression, he could tell that she was upset or scared.
Jenni leant against the wall, before sliding down it, and sitting on the ground. Jasper decided to take a seat next to her. "Hey.. are you okay?" He asked softly as Jenni tried not to roll her eyes. "I'm wonderful. Spectacular. Never been better." She insisted, her voice riddled with sarcasm. Jasper frowned, "I want everything to return to normal." The Opal girl sighed. "Me too.." Jasper added.
Jasper could tell that she was scared, but didn't want to point it out. Instead he sat with her. The thought then occurred to him, if Jenni was scared, why did she follow him? How was she so sure that he wasn't an imposter?
The Clarke turned to Jenni, with a slightly puzzled expression. "Do you trust me or something?" He blurted, realising that wasn't the intended question at all. Jenni just chuckled a bit, "Well.. I ate one of your cookies and I didn't die.. if you were the imposter those cookies would probably have been filled with poison." Jasper chuckled nervously, as he hadn't thought about it.
"Cmon.. we should head to the cafeteria." The brunette said, getting to his feet. He turned around and offered Jenni a hand, which she took. "We're going to find out who the killer is, and then everything should turn back to the way it was." Jasper smiled. "I expect so, Ace." Jenni gave a half smile, before the pair walked out of electrical together.
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As Kiko lead everyone into the cafeteria, there was silence amongst them, as she had to break the news to them about Ren. Ilia, who held her girlfriend's hand, gave it a light squeeze. "Lia.." Kiko trailed off, looking at her, as Ilia tilted her head. "We're all going to die here.. aren't we?" She asked.
Weiss tensed up at these words, and looked up at the cafeteria, a memory with Ruby flashing before her eyes.
"A Schnee in space!! Your father would be so proud!" Ruby chimed, before she hugged the heiress. Weiss accepted the hug, as she looked at Leon and Nova who were standing in front of her. "I hope so.. not that I care— I don't!" She huffed.
Leon chuckled nervously, knowing what Weiss' dad was like. "Even if he isn't, who cares? His opinion is irrelevant." Nova stated as Ruby smiled, "Yeah Nov is right! We're proud of you!"
Weiss rolled her eyes playfully, but couldn't help but smile at her three friends.
"No.. we're not going to die here." Elena insisted, as Ilia didn't even know what to say in response to the Niji. "How can you be so sure?" Davina suddenly asked, facing the Lightbourne girl. Elena shrugged, "Because we're going to find out who the murderer is and put an end to this." Alec spoke, before his twin had the chance.
"I still can't believe there's a murderer amongst us.." Enzo admitted, feeling uneasy. He then looked to Maeve, who was holding a sort of cloth against the cut on her arm, as blood soaked into it. "Mavis? What happened?!" He panicked. Blake now looked to her best friend, her eyes widening at the sight of the blood.
"It's just a scratch." Maeve insisted, "Once it's stops bleeding I'll get Stella to stitch it up for me." She added. "Speaking of.. where are Stella and Pyrrha?" Jaune asked, concerned. Yang suddenly felt her eyes widen, worried for her best friend. She trusted Pyrrha, because she knew Stella did.. but considering the current circumstances she still couldn't help but to worry for her best friend.
"Oh god what if they're off having—" Elena smacked her twin on the back of his head, before he could continue "Shut up!" She huffed. "Last time you said that, Ren was found dead!"
Nora sniffled, still inconsolable about losing Ren, as she clung onto Jaune, who was trying to comfort her.
"Ren!!" Nora's booming voice sounded as she raced after the boy. "Happy Valentines day!" She grinned ear from ear, as she held out a box of chocolates for her crush. Ren blinked in surprise, before he smiled and took it.
"Does this mean that you're my Valentine?" He asked as Nora just giggled, "Duh!" Ren just blushed, as Nora rocked back and forth on her feet. "I thought that was self explanatory." She confessed.
Ren just chuckled, before he gently took the Valkyrie's hand. "I love you" He confessed, as it took a couple moments for Nora to process those words. She then smiled brightly before saying, "I love you too."
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The girlfriends left communications, Pyrrha leading Stella to shields, away from others so they could talk.
"This is all my fault.. I suggested we didn't execute somebody.. Ren's blood is on my hands—" Stella broke down, crying. "Hey, Stell you can't do this to yourself." Pyrrha said softly hoping to calm her girlfriend down, as she put her arms around her. Stella sunk her head into Pyrrha shoulder.
"This is all going to stop, we're going to go and find out who this imposter is. It's all going to be over." Pyrrha spoke calmly, though her eyes were welling with tears. "This will all be over soon.." Stella told herself, as she pulled away from the redhead.
The pinkette suddenly felt guilty for the Nikos girl, for constantly crying in front of her, and being negative.. Stella Valentine was usually quite chirpy and optimistic, but she had been spiralling since finding the body of her little sister. She felt like a burden to her lover, and now more guilt consumed her.
"I.. I'm sorry I.. I haven't been like myself since finding Ruby and.. I've been such a burden on you—" Stella was cut off as Pyrrha shook her head, "No." She replied. "What do you mean, no?" The Valentine asked, looking a little confused.
"Stella.. You're not a burden. It's okay to cry and to feel sad, you just lost your sister, technically. We all have lost two of our friends." Pyrrha spoke softly, before she took Stella's hands. "How your feeling is warranted and you are by no means a burden for letting out your emotions." She insisted. Stella nodded, as she sniffled.
The girls leant their foreheads together, and remained holding onto eachother for a few moments as Stella tried to calm her breathing. Once calm, the pinkette spoke. "I love you, Pyrrha." Pyrrha had a small smile on her face, "I love you too."
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