Waking up after a good night's rest, Qrow slowly lifted his body up and observed the surroundings.

Samson seems to be quite energetic while asleep, as the boy somehow tunneled through his blanket and dangerously had his head near and facing Qrow's crotch. This sent s.h.i.+vers to his spine, as he slowly moved away from that spot and quelled the disturbing thought of having a male -especially a young boy at that- near his staff of pride and the repercussions of such an event.

Determining that he is at an acceptable distance, he breathed out a sigh of exasperation before observing the other twin. Surprisingly, Cyrus also had bad sleeping habits, as he was currently in a spread eagle position, with dribbles of saliva pooling up in the floor like a small ketchup stain (AN: G.o.d Bless Monty for creating Remnant out of ketchup stains).

Qrow was slightly amazed at the difference as they're sleeping habits were fine when in a proper bed, even if Samson snores quietly. The fact that it wasn't that loud and annoyingly feeling like a mosquito flying about made it worse than a loud one.

Qrow: 'I can't exactly blame them though. This was the first good sleep I ever had in months.'

The quality of the floor could even beat the most expensive of hotel beds. It was only a few days later that they would find out that every floor had the effects of mind and body nourishment to accompany its softness.

Trailing his eyes off from the amusing pair of brothers, only to blankly stare at an even more dangerous event playing out, Qrow sighed in exasperation.

Aurum seems to have turned around in his sleep, with his head leaning below and his mouth slightly open near Ariene's budding chest, while the perverted fox had her left-hand grasping Aurum's b.u.t.t cheek and her right-hand somehow got stuck between his thighs, dangerously close to his crotch.

At a loss for words, he could only scratch his head while ignoring the warning bells in his mind and do the most responsible thing in this situation.

Qrow: "Alright, I'll just ignore this and hope for the best."

Nodding to himself for his wise decision, he stood up and stretched lightly. After a few moments, he took a picture to make fun of them and then proceeded to go explore his new house, which seemed to have received another pathway adjacent to the one that leads downwards. This time, it goes up.

Of course, Qrow decided to just give up and appreciate this, since the other party were clearly monsters, with them creating these miracles in extreme efficiency and silence that even a huntsman with developed instincts slept throughout the process like a baby.

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Qrow: 'This technically IS my property now, right?'

He first went up, seeing as it was closer to him (The stairs were behind him). Considering how his sense of reality had been destroyed over the course of a single night, he didn't try and bother to deeply question the changes, as free stuff with relatively harmless strings attached didn't hurt anybody. After all, Aurum truly was his "son" now.

What greeted him in the "second" floor was a hallway that had a total of 11 doors, and after inspecting each individual room, he concluded that it was the bedrooms and the door directly down the hallway was the bathroom. It was because each room had the total package. Soft King sized beds with customized bedsheets ( he a.s.sumes that the one at the end of the hallway was his, as it had silver cogs and strangely cute chibi crows), glowing stones as light, work desks, leather swivel chairs, walk-in closets, bookshelves, and even a strange mini fridge with "simple" runes that Qrow had a familiarity with. Each room also had toilets, along with a small standing stool, a sink and mirror/medicine cabinet, complete with toiletries. All of this and yet still enough s.p.a.ce for movement without being cramped.

Qrow: "Doesn't this look like the Schnee glyphs?"

He muttered unconsciously, as the runes behind the fridges glowed in the color of snowflakes, which blended in with the white color scheme of the cooler.

The more he experiences the "Spirit World", the more fascinated Qrow becomes. Seeing a "semblance" used as an alternative to electricity powered appliances, especially since said semblance resembles the Schnee's, made his day much more wonderful, and yet it also brought a lot of facts that can destroy a person's view of the world.

Qrow: "In order to survive, it's best that I don't question anything."

For the bathroom, it was a s.p.a.cious 100-meter wide room, complete with a huge bathtub and a few showers with faucets for both cold and hot water, and high-quality liquid and bar soap, shower gels, and shampoo.

Finished with inspecting this floor, he closed the door before returning downstairs to find out that Aurum was awake, slightly fl.u.s.tered, but it looks like he is somehow tolerating her lewdness. He noticed that his eyes seem to s.h.i.+ft between glowing gold, green and blue.

Qrow: 'Is it a side-effect from the trauma? A mental defense mechanism of sorts to keep his mind stable? The gold glow did make Aurum violent, so it should be a dissociative ident.i.ty disorder…'

Qrow scratched his head in annoyance and hatred, as he once again swore to tear Tai a new one.

Qrow: 'Let's deal with this later. I shouldn't be thinking too much about this. All I need to do is become a great father to him as much as I can. Heh, I bet Sum would laugh at me if she knew…'

The child looked at Qrow who was thinking deeply without showing his emotions outwards, panicking and at a loss for words in his current predicament. Ariene's hands might have snaked on his b.u.t.t and near his pee pee, but he didn't sense any kind of malice in it, as far as he was concerned. But it was very awkward if he moved and waked her up, an act he seems to feel like a rude thing to do.

Reagan: 'That's one anime cliché off of my bucket list! I want this to happen to me though…'

Lennox: '…It's a bad touch, but at least she isn't caressing…'

Unaware of the duo in Aurum's head, Qrow sighed before walking over, took Ariene's hands away, and roughly shook the sneaky fox awake.

Qrow: "I know you're awake, kid. Aurum's feeling awkward so stop taking liberties and wake up the brothers. We're going to eat after I finish inspecting the rest of the house, so do some light stretches for exercise."

Not bothering to acknowledge Ariene's cursing, he directly headed towards the stairs and descended. What greeted him there was a wide s.p.a.ce with 2 separate doorways, 1 leading further down the ground.

The second level seems to be the kitchen and dining area, as there was a long table that could fit 14 people. There was also a walk-in kitchen, with a stove, grill, electric oven, stone oven, fridge, pantries, sink, and other appliances and utensils.

The other door seems to be a storage room as big as a bedroom, shelves full of food and barrels of milk, both traditional and the chocolate variety. Another door was also present in the room, and opening it revealed itself to be a freezer. It didn't only have mysterious meat and fish, but also frozen goods like ice cream and flan(AN: I like flan cold), which has a shelf of its own full of different flavors.

The incredible thing is that each shelf and barrel also have the strange markings, sometimes squiggly and sometimes circular. From what he observed, the circular runes keep the materials chilled, while the squiggles keep things clean.

Finished with inspecting the freezer room, he went down to the 3rd and final floor, which he believes to be the training room.

It was a large field open field with a material similar to concrete in looks with a metallic s.h.i.+ne, but much more durable (It was later found out to be a product of Dwarven technology). There was the familiar exercising equipment a few meters to the left, and some unknown machines to the right. Thankfully, most of the area seem to have durable yet soft sports mattresses to absorb impact.

Deciding that the room should be closed off for a while, at least before they start training, Qrow ascended back to what he might make into the living room.

Once there, he witnessed a strange scene…

Ariene: "B-be gentle w-with my t-tail and EAAAAP~."

Ariene's body became rigid along with her tail, being stiff and straight as a plank from being grabbed at its base. Aurum, eyes with a blue tint, was caressing her tail using his left hand and her ears using her right with such seriousness that it felt as if the boy was dealing with a bomb.

Meanwhile, Cyrus was missing, and Samson was sitting in a seiza position, eyes closed and muttering lowly. You could see that he was in an "enlightened" state, but obviously for a weird reason.

Qrow was compelled to listen, despite his inhibitions.

Samson: "Oh heavenly Oum, blessed thy children, and blessed is thy grace. I thank thee for this delicious scenery you have gifted upon me. I have fully embraced my nature as a bis.e.xual and ask for thy forgiveness. I am not worthy of thy loving grace, but I shall continue to treat thee as thine own G.o.d…"

'…Yep. Not going to go into that. I feel like this would be another troublesome thing. Better to cross the bridge when we get there.' Qrow thought.

His willingness to avoid troubles has turned into conviction.

Qrow: "So… where's Cyrus?"

At the same time he asked that, the boy himself walked down the stairs that led to the bedrooms.

Qrow: "Nevermind then. Can you explain to me what's happening here, Cyrus?"

Cyrus also seems to have the same question, as he nursed his headache by ma.s.saging his temples.

Cyrus: "Even I am confused about this. How about we direct that question to he himself?"

They both then turned their attention to Aurum, who finally stopped touching Ariene's ears and tail, who now regained the green hue in his eyes. Aurum seems to be fl.u.s.tered by his own actions, as he quickly crawled away from the girl with reddened cheeks.

Aurum: "U-Uhm… I wanted to know the feeling of touching her ears and tails… it's different from Zwei. She's softer, and it feels better than him."

The roughly breathing beastman took that compliment in a weird direction, and judging by the squirming girl's response, it was a correct a.s.sumption.

Ariene: "O-oh…Aurum we're still too young to get married. We haven't even touched each ot-"

Cyrus: "For the love of all that is holy and pure, stop!"

Qrow: "*sigh*I'm more worried than ever for your future now. Come on, freshen up and let's get something to eat. After that… we still have to…talk with Ozpin about something…"

The atmosphere suddenly turned gloomier, which was noticed by Samson, who woke up from his muttering, and Aurum who has a slight gold and blue hue in his eyes, with the former in his right eye and the latter on his left.

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*Time skip, provided to you by the awkward atmosphere dissipating from the absolutely adorable display of Aurum's over the top reactions*

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Third Person POV

It took a few minutes for the kids to freshen up a bit by was.h.i.+ng their faces and brus.h.i.+ng their teeth. The kids all had fun, especially Aurum. He was absorbed in the act of cleaning his mouth, too marveled at the prospect of having white teeth while experiencing a fresh minty feeling in their mouth.

After that, they went to the Bullhead pads and rode one to Vale. Considering Aurum's abnormal display of strength the other day, it would be very awkward, not to mention that his social anxiety would probably flare up. There is also a chance for it to aggravate because of society's tendency to stare at 'unique' subjects with both intrigue and fear.

Landing in Vale, they looked for another family restaurant and ordered food. This time, Aurum had rice omelette to accompany his now staple chocolate milk. There was also an incident where Ariene laughed too hard at Samson's joke, causing the orange juice she just drank to flow out of her nose. It was gross, but it didn't stop Samson, and even a gold-eyed Aurum to laugh hard.

During the whole breakfast, Qrow and Cyrus kept observing the changes in Aurum's eyes, and what effects it had on him. They also took note of his actions during the journey to this establishment, which lead them to draw conclusions.

When his eyes are green, he is the Aurum they have been introduced to. The childish, adorably cute, and sometimes awkward boy who doesn't have a wide amount of vocabulary.

Then, there is when his eyes are gold. This Aurum is, for the lack of a better description, a stereotypical example of a jock. Brash, straightforward, somewhat idiotic and much more p.r.o.nounced in the ways of violence, but still has a good heart. A typical behavior of a hot-blooded protagonist.

It was laid evident when a pa.s.sing faunus hater mocked Ariene for "ruining his morning". As expected, Aurum was triggered. In his anger, Gold-Eyed Aurum c.o.c.ked his right hand back, before it was encased in his usual gold Aura. He then threw a punch towards the offender who had his back facing him 3 meters away. In their surprise, the golden fist left his hand and found its way on the hater's back.

As expected, the hater got hit in the back. Coincidentally, the hater was a huntsman, albeit a 3rd-rate, and a rogue one at that. Luckily for the group, the man survived. Unluckily for him, he would have to spend his time in a hospital for a day before being incarcerated for murder.

Of course, Cyrus and Qrow did scold Aurum for his belligerent behavior, but the latter thanked him in his mind for the extra cash he just received for "arresting" the rogue huntsman and turning him over to the Vale PD.

After the gold, then there is the Blue-eyed Aurum. A wise, fun-loving, mischievous, and immensely perverted side of the boy. If the incident earlier in the day wasn't enough evidence, it was even more evident once a beautiful girl with red hair wearing a skimpy outfit and a low skirt that almost revealed her panties that it was fully revealed. Granted, it wasn't only Aurum who had an "appreciating" look, as even Samson, and even more shamelessly, Qrow, had stared at the skirt with perverted grins. While Cyrus scoffed at this in disdain, Ariene noticed where his eyes were looking at, which was at the seductress' ample chest…

(Reagan)Aurum: "So… are we gonna address the elephant in the room? You guys have been observing me like what scientists would do to a grimm that died without dissolving. Of course, that would be cool in a weird way."

Tension once again arrived in the group. Thankfully, this was one of the fancier family restaurants, as they had a private room reserved for themselves. It took a few of strings to pull, mainly Ozpin's, but they did get a decently sized room with excellent soundproofing.

Cyrus: "This…makes it easier then. The most antic.i.p.ated question to be answered today is, 'should we be worried about your existence?'"

(Reagan)Aurum furrowed lifted an eyebrow, signifying his confusion. The question is vague, more so because it was a question posed differently from what he had expected. But before he could address his confusion, Samson spoke first,

Samson: "Well, you guys aren't exactly subtle in your ghostly possessions."

Showing an even more "confused" expression, (Reagan)Aurum's brows furrowed.

(Reagan)Aurum: "What do you mean, 'ghostly possession'. You guys have been acting as if I was a different person."

Ariene: "That is exactly what we think. Becoming a great fighter to go with your violent behavior when your eyes are gold; perverted and smart once it's blue. Of course we would think that something is wrong!"

Cyrus: "Besides, you guys manifesting a few days after Aurum was rescued…that surely isn't a coincidence."

The tense atmosphere got worse, with the focal point of it being Reagan who is acting as Aurum. Inside, Aurum is panicking, thinking that they would hate him because of this 'little excursion' they had put to an agreement to. Lennox, on the other hand, seems to be ready to 'switch out' with Reagan who was sweating bullets inside the mind plane, just to flame the drama for his own amus.e.m.e.nt. After all, while they might be correct in their a.s.sumptions, it's not like they can prove his and Reagan's existence.

Not being able to take the rather heavy atmosphere any longer, Qrow decided to end this farce…by letting out a loud fart with no shame at all. He even took the time to gloat on the kids by letting out a satisfied sigh, followed by another, this time with less intensity.

Ariene: "Gross!"

Cyrus: "how uncouth!"

Samson: "I could do better than that…"

Cyrus: "Do it! I dare you! I'll string you up like a pig in a butchery."

Aurum: "Stinky!"

Ariene, Cyrus, and Samson retracted their glares, the latter intrigue, from Qrow and directed their attention back to Aurum, who now had his green eyes back. Qrow raised a brow but was relieved that it worked.

Qrow: "It doesn't matter. It was probably some magic doohickey from whoever orchestrated this…it's frustrating, but it's not like he isn't the Aurum we know. I trust that they are "inside" of him for a reason. Besides, he's not the first soul parasite that I know…"

The kids had their full attention in Qrow, for being uncharacteristically "smart", with only Aurum and Ariene catching the last part of his words.

Lennox: 'Interesting. This type of magic is only available to the monsters of the magic society. Judging from the earlier conversations, is he referring to that insensitive old man?'

Deciding that they have shed enough daylight for breakfast, Qrow had the kids finish up their food. Paying the cute waitress who hid her astonishment under an amorous smile, at the same time receiving her number for "a later date", Qrow lead the kids back to Beacon.

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Aurum: "…What? What do you mean you're going away?"