After the teams had assembled, everything had mostly gone according to plan. Though the Deathstalker was already dead so it ended with teams RWBY, JNPR and Spook-Shack absolutely jumping the giant bird. Jane even felt bad for it, watching from the cliffside with Ozpin and Glynda.
Then came the team nominations. Team RWBY was formed just as team JNPR was. But Jane was interested in the Zenless students. Ukinami Yuzuha, Komano Manato and Alice Thymefield were placed in a special team but the specifics of said team weren't stated aloud. Thus, the day ended with mostly happy new students with a few anxious and unsure of their places in their teams or the status of the team itself.
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Her ringtone, a little samba music playing from her scroll had woken her up. Her eyes opened a crack and looked over at her window.
'Still dark. No need to get up yet.' Jane closed her eyes again.
But an incessant feeling that she was overlooking something nagged at her. The post-sleep fog wore off and she remembered. She set the alarm for a reason. School.
"Mmmh~" Jane rubbed her eyes and moved the covers off her before sitting up.
"Right.. can't disappoint the students, right? Or Zhu Yuan." Jane muttered as she began stretching.
After a few satisfying cracks and pops, she stood up and grabbed her scroll after hearing it buzz with a text notification.
[Glynda: Good morning, Jane. I'll be picking you up in your dorm by 5:30am. Please get ready for the day, as I'd rather not need to wake up yet another fellow coworker like I need to with Qrow]
Jane chuckled and checked the time on her scroll while walking over to the shower.
'I got fifteen minutes then huh? While it would be fun to have Glynda pop in while I'm in the middle of changing and have a classic anime moment.. I won't be taken very seriously if I can't even wake up on time.' Jane thought to herself as she kicked off her black panties and stripped off her tank top and bra before stepping into the shower and turning the cold water on.
The cold water did its job, instantly shocking her fully awake while forcing her to bathe quickly. It was a self discipline tactic Jane had taught herself. After a successful operation? Reward yourself with a relaxing bath. Pre-operation? Prepare yourself with a cold shower and don't rush or you'll force yourself to redo it from the beginning.
After a thorough five minutes, Jane stepped of her shower with a small sigh. Then, with her tail, she began to dry her body off while she carefully blowdried her hair and fixed any imperfections.
With five minutes left, she put on her usual ensemble along with a lighter shade of lipstick. As a teacher, there was no real need to put on a lot of makeup like she would have when she made a disguise.
After the five minutes were up, Glynda knocked on her door before opening the door.
"Good. Or should I say 'as expected of a professional'?" Glynda complimented.
"Oh this is nothing. Now, shall we get started?"
Glynda nodded and took out her scroll, pressing on the screen several times before a notification popped up on Jane's.
"I just sent you your schedule. You'll find quite a bit of your time's free or labeled 'instruction'." Glynda stated, leading Jane out of the faculty dorm and down to the ground floor.
"As a combat instructor, you'll be doing the same job as me. For the first week, you'll be assisting me in my classes with the first and second years while I focus on the third and fourth years. After that week, you'll be teaching the first and second years yourself. This approach will give us the additional time needed to personally tutor students that may need the extra help." Jane nodded along, already coming up with at least five students that definitely needed some help.
'Jaune needs the motivation and training to catch up. The training isn't what concerns me. His machismo and lackadaisical attitude needs to be addressed first.. if he still has that issue anyway.' Jane thought, giving Glynda a thoughtful nod and a hum.
"And you'll have quite a lot of free time, given you only need to teach two classes and tutor at least ten students. The time you'd need to attend to your.. 'other' activities." Glynda added, moving her glasses up her nose.
Of course, Jane knew exactly what she was talking about. Working as a double agent, a corrupt teacher who takes bribes from bandit families to take their young in and train them. Then, there was her mission with Ozpin and Zhu Yuan to get in contact with the Dust thief Roman Torchwick. The money she sent over to Junior Hei Xiong as an 'apology' after the nightclub fight and how gentle she was when taking down his subordinates had left a door open to her.
Eventually, she would get in contact with Roman but such things couldn't be rushed.
"And here is the cafeteria. Teachers eat here for free three times a day. Usually, we eat breakfast between five-thirty and seven, before the students come down. Classes start at nine and the first years usually sleep in until eight, so I suspect you'll have to discipline latecomers quite often. I know I do.." Glynda muttered the last part in annoyance.
Jane just gave her a wry smile and mentally noted all the exits and the teachers sitting down and eating. She hadn't expected any students up yet but there were a few, such as Manato, Yatsuhashi and a few students she had flagged for bandit infiltrators during the initiation.
"Now, I'll leave you to eat and tour the school at your leisure. The map on your scroll comes with a guidance system, so turn to that should you ever feel lost. And.. one more thing. I hope you don't take offense to this.."
Jane raised her brow, curious about the sudden, almost embarrassed expression on Glynda's face.
"Your clothing. The students may be.. distracted. You aren't showing too much skin but I believe you may wish to purchase some business attire if you do not have any." Glynda said, schooling her expression into a mask of professionalism.
Jane smiled and shook her head.
"I wouldn't wish to distract the students, Glynda." Glynda nodded, until Jane continued, giving her an extensive look-over. "-but have you considered that, no matter what, students will find some reason to be distracted? You're wearing a professional ensemble.. a dress shirt, a corset, cape, tight skirt and pantyhose. Can you say that's stopped students from checking you out?"
Glynda felt her mouth open but she couldn't really refute what Jane was saying. But she still felt the need to warn her.
"You're right, of course. Yet I fear having a teacher such as yourself here.. you might hear some comments or see a few things. I feel it's only right I should warn you." Glynda concluded with a light sigh.
"I'm well accustomed to hearing these things but thank you for what you're trying to do. And one more thing, before you go? What's going to happen to that special team in the first year?" Jane asked, curiously glancing at Manato, eating Mistralian food nearby at a table by himself.
"Ah yes. We've decided to accept a latecomer to fill in the team's slot. Her name is Lucia Elowen and she's only just arrived in New Vale. As such, Headmaster Ozpin has given her a week's worth of paperwork and lessons about New Vale so she can properly integrate into the special team." Glynda answered.
"Their team name is team AMEY (Amethyst) and starting next week, they'll be a full, regular team but I believe Ozpin is considering making a five-person team, due to another late-comer candidate. I'll let you know as things progress." Glynda informed.
"Interesting~. Thank you, Glynda. I'll go eat and take a look around the campus." Jane said, tail swaying as she took her leave and walked over to the cafeteria cooks to order her food.
After getting a western styled breakfast, scrambled eggs with melted cheese, sausage, bacon and buttered toast, Jane sat down and started making a mental list of what she needed to do.
'Build rapport with the faculty and students, get close to the bandit students, use the free time to visit Junior to build an image of a 'criminal in need of money', train the students behind to a degree of competency and- Oh speaking of competent..' Jane heard the metal heels clicking behind her, instantly connecting them to Pyrrha Nikos.
She had a confident, powerful walk and pairing that with metal heels? She knew it was Pyrrha approaching her specifically.
Without turning around, scooping a fork-full of scrambled eggs and cheese up, Jane greeted the Mistralian champion.
"Hello, Pyrrha. You're up quite early." Jane heard the heels stop suddenly and glanced over her shoulder at the redhead staring at her with a gleam of.. something she couldn't yet recognize in Pyrrha's eyes.
"How did you know it was me, Miss Jane..?" Pyrrha asked, putting her tray down across from Jane and sitting at her table.
"You have a very distinct walk. Not many people wear armor and heels either. It was a good guess." Jane admitted with a pleased smirk that made Pyrrha's cheeks redden.
"That's some impressive attention to detail. I woke up early, as I always do but didn't want to wake my teammates. So.. I showered first and headed down to eat." Pyrrha explained with an eye-shut smile.
Jane hummed, shoveling food in her mouth.
'She's lying. The dark circles under her eyes shows she likely went to bed around eleven but set her alarm at around five~. I wonder why she got up so early.. perhaps anxiety? Excitement?' Jane wondered, quietly watching Pyrrha fidget as they both ate.
'Ahh.. I knew it was a good idea to ask when the teachers ate yesterday.. If only Nora wasn't such a nightmare to put to sleep yesterday..' Pyrrha internally complained before letting a proud smile grace her face.
After all, Jane had attracted the attention of a few of her future students. Pyrrha noted Jaune, Yang, Yuzuha, Manato, Alice and a few others. All for differing reasons but she was determined to be Jane's closest and first companion at Beacon.