Emerald gets a sight—and makes one

Plotting the overthrow of civilization was a lot of work. Emerald had been expecting that from the beginning. What she hadn't been expecting was just how soul-crushingly boring it would be. It was no exaggeration to say that Emerald loved Cinder with all her heart and that she owed Cinder her life, but man that woman made cruel taskmistresses all over Remnant looking like hippy anarchists.

Cinder demanded that every piece be exactly in place, that every pawn stay perfectly in line, and Emerald? Emerald wasn't like that. She was an artist, not a perfectionist. Sometimes it felt like if Cinder wanted someone who would obey her orders to the letter without any improvisation or adaptation, she could have gotten a robot.

Then Weiss Shnee came running down the hallway, butt naked, and nearly crashed into her.

Emerald screamed. Weiss screamed, a bit louder, and threw her arms across her small, pale breasts and smooth mound. "Don't look at me!"

This wasn't the sort of thing you could plan for, but Emerald worked best off the plan. What was Weiss doing? Why was she naked? Emerald didn't need to know that, but she knew how she could use it. She activated her Semblance, making Weiss hallucinate a school uniform on her naked body.

"Why?" Emerald said innocently. "What's wrong? Bad hair-day? It looks fine to me."

"No, I …" Weiss started, then looked down in confusion at the clothes that suddenly appeared on her. "What? I could have sworn that I …" She pulled her arms away, giving Emerald an unobstructed view of her nudity. That was both he strength and the weakness of her Semblance. Emerald could only fool one person at a time, so while Weiss might see herself properly dressed, everyone else would see her naked. "Sorry, you would not believe the day I'm having. First my team started, um, and then I slept in through my alarm, and …"

Emerald nodded understandingly, doing her best not to stare. Fortunately, most people were in class right now, so no onlookers could point out Weiss' public indecency. "I know what you mean. Everyone has days like that."

Weiss looked down at herself to make sure that her clothes were still there. "Not like this, I'm sure."

Emerald laughed. "You say that, but you know what? Everyone else is too busy worrying about their own problems to notice, and if they notice you at all it's to be jealous of how perfect you are."

Weiss took a deep breath. "You know what? You're right. I do worry too much."

Emerald managed not to roll her eyes. Goodness, this girl is conceited. "Hey, could you do me a favor?"

She hesitated. "Sure. What?"

"You might not know this, but you're kind of a celebrity back in Mistral. I mean, the Schnee Dust Corporation is international, but then you, the Heiress, runs off to become a Huntress? My friends back home would flip if they knew I met you."

Weiss **** a smile. "Would they?"

Emerald nodded. "So I was wondering, could I get a quick picture with you?"

Weiss looked down again at the illusionary clothes that only she could see, and managed to grin. "How can I say no?"