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RWBY : Volume 03 Episode 04
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(Scenario 02 : Weiss's training)
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Weiss Schnee The former heiress to the Schnee Dust Company, Weiss initially presents a icy demeanor but grows into a fiercely loyal teammate. She uses her Rapier, Myrtenaster, along with Glyph Dust Semblance to battle and summon defeated foes.
Ruby Rose The enthusiastic leader of Team RWBY, Ruby wields Crescent Rose, a high-caliber sniper-scythe. Driven by her dream of becoming a legendary Huntress, her speed and Silver Eyes make her a formidable force against the Grimm.
Winter Schnee Weiss's stern older sister and an officer in the Atlas Military. As General Ironwood's right-hand agent, she is a highly skilled fighter who shares the Schnee family's Glyph Semblance.
Qrow Branwen Ruby and Yang's cynical, alcoholic uncle, who operates as a veteran Huntsman and spy. He wields a versatile sword-scythe combination and possesses a Semblance that brings bad luck to those around him.
Mercury Black An assassin affiliated with Cinder Fall's faction. Possessing prosthetic legs equipped with built-in guns, he relies on swift, lethal kickboxing martial arts in combat.
James Ironwood The headmaster of Atlas Academy and General of the Atlas Military. Ironwood is a stern leader who firmly believes in heavy defense and extreme measures to protect humanity.
Penny Polendina A cheerful and kind-hearted android capable of generating human emotion and soul. She fights using floating swords tethered by thin, durable wires.
Ozpin The wise, mysterious headmaster of Beacon Academy. He plays a long-standing historical role in protecting Remnant against ancient evils while harboring deep secrets about his past.
Glynda Goodwitch A professor at Beacon Academy and Ozpin's dependable right hand. She uses Telekinesis via a riding-crop weapon to maintain discipline and handle crisis situations.
Cinder Fall A ruthless villain driven by a desire for absolute power. She works under Salem to orchestrate the fall of Beacon and claim the powers of the Maiden.
Emerald Sustrai A skilled thief loyal to Cinder Fall. Emerald wields dual revolvers with sickle blades and uses her illusionary Semblance to manipulate what people see and hear.
Blake Belladonna A quiet Faunus who escaped her past as a member of the extremist group known as the White Fang. She uses dual-cleaver pistol-whips and shadows to fight alongside Team RWBY.
Yang Xiao Long Ruby's energetic, fiery older half-sister. Yang wields shotgun-gauntlets called Ember Celica and gains strength from taking damage in battle through her Semblance.
Jaune Arc The earnest, self-made leader of Team JNPR. Starting out with little combat training, Jaune grows into a reliable tactician armed with his ancestral shield and sword.
Nora Valkyrie An upbeat, hyperactive member of Team JNPR who uses a massive grenade-launcher hammer. Her Semblance allows her to absorb electrical energy to boost her strength.
Pyrrha Nikos A prodigy fighter and champion who joins Team JNPR. Modest despite her fame, she uses Polarity to manipulate metal in battle, acting as a crucial pillar for her team.
Lie Ren A calm, soft-spoken Huntsman on Team JNPR. Ren relies on martial arts agility, dual submachine guns with blades, and a Semblance that masks negative emotions from Grimm.
Sun Wukong A carefree Faunus from Mistral and the leader of Team SSSN. Sun wields a staff that splits into nunchaku-shotguns and often assists Blake.
Scarlet David A member of Team SSSN with a pirate-inspired aesthetic. He fights using a flintlock pistol with a grapple hook and a cutlass.
Sage Ayana A tall, quiet warrior on Team SSSN who wields a massive broadsword into combat.
Neptune Vasilias A cool-acting member of Team SSSN who uses a weapon capable of switching between a gun, sword, and trident. Despite his suave persona, he suffers from a intense fear of water.
Summary In the Amity Colosseum, Mercury Black and Emerald Sustrai face off against Coco Adel and Yatsuhashi Daichi in the doubles round of the Vytal Festival. Both teams are confident, trading compliments and taunts before the match begins. For the battle, the arena splits into four biomes: a geyser field, a forested area, a ruined city, and a field of long grass. As the match starts, Emerald and Mercury casually back into the concealment of the grass. Coco proceeds to use her gatling gun to cut down the grass with sustained fire, but Emerald and Mercury are nowhere to be found. Suddenly, Mercury attacks from the sky, landing multiple hits on both Coco and Yatsuhashi.
Emerald takes Coco by surprise with Thief's Respite, dragging her deeper into the forested area where she has taken cover. Mercury and Yatsuhashi square off individually in close combat at the geyser field, in which Mercury consistently appears to have the upper hand. What initially seems to be Yatsuhashi appears behind Coco, but this is soon revealed to be an illusion, as Mercury has actually eliminated him on the opposite side of the arena. Emerald emerges from the shadows and knocks Coco out, ending the match.
Later, Weiss and Winter Schnee are seen speaking over croissants and strawberries at a garden pavilion. Winter tells Weiss that she is departing Vale that day, revealing that she was only there to accompany a delivery of Atlesian Paladin mech units. Winter reminisces about the day Weiss left home, and their father's reaction when he learned that Weiss was studying at Beacon Academy. They also discuss Weiss' progress with her Semblance, Glyphs, which are hereditary to members of the Schnee family. While Weiss has made significant progress, she has failed to master summoning. Winter demonstrates the power by manifesting a white Beowolf beside her.
Meanwhile, back at Beacon, Ruby Rose, Qrow Branwen, and Yang Xiao Long are playing video games in Team RWBY's dorm room as Qrow recounts the events of his last mission. When Ruby and Yang remark on their experience, their success in stopping Roman Torchwick, Qrow calls them naive. After Torchwick's capture, all criminal activity and violence in Vale abruptly stopped, which Qrow finds suspicious. He also reminisces about his time at Beacon and his former team, Team STRQ, which also includes Yang and Ruby's parents - Summer Rose, Taiyang Xiao Long, and Raven Branwen. Qrow concludes that they both have a lot to learn before they can call themselves Huntresses.
Winter tutors Weiss in her summoning, but Weiss continues to have difficulty. They begin discussing their shared experiences and troubles with their family legacy. Winter reveals that she, too, had problems with their father cutting her off when she was in the Atlas Military. She gives Weiss the choice of either continuing to rely on their father for his money and support or forging her own path and learning more about herself by exploring Remnant on her own. As they bid farewell and leave, the sword of the Arma Gigas that Weiss had defeated in the "White" Trailer is seen manifested on the ground before dissolving. That night, as Winter departs, Weiss again rejects a call from her father.
History Following the end of the Great War, Beacon Academy was founded in the Kingdom of Vale. Along with the other three Huntsmen academies, Beacon was founded in order to train Huntsmen and Huntresses to slay the Creatures of Grimm. In the 80 years following the founding of the Academy, Beacon trained many generations of Huntsmen and Huntresses, including Team STRQ.
In the past, Qrow and Raven Branwen both originally joined Beacon Academy not to become Huntsmen, but to kill them instead due to them being the only other threat to their tribe besides the Grimm. While they both originally planned on returning to the tribe after graduating, Qrow grew out of his old ways and decided to stay while only Raven eventually returned. It was stated by Raven that many people also joined the academy for ulterior motives instead of actually becoming Huntsmen.
At some point in time, Gretchen Rainart decided to attend Beacon Academy against the wishes of her brother Hazel Rainart and lost her life in a training exercise. Hazel blamed Ozpin for her death and eventually joined Salem in order to get his revenge.
In addition, Vale's Cross Continental Transmit tower, which was vital for long-distance communication across Remnant, was also built in the center of the Beacon campus. Like the other Huntsman Academies, Beacon houses one of the four Relics.
Tournament "Vytal Festival Tournament" redirects here, for the World of Remnant episode of the same name, see Vytal Festival Tournament (WoR episode). The festival culminates in a combat tournament between representatives of each of the four Kingdoms The festival culminates in a combat tournament between representatives of each of the four Kingdoms
A major part of the Vytal Festival is the combat tournament, in which students from the Huntsman Academies compete. Symbolically, the tournament battles represent a reminder to always strive for excellence in combat and teamwork.
The festival is of significant importance and prestige, as Glynda Goodwitch pushed students to practice months before it begins and the members of Team RWBY showed great excitement upon hearing of it in "Jaunedice", wherein Professor Goodwitch states that Beacon students competing in the tournament would be representing all of Vale.
Given that there are eight contestants in the final round, it can be assumed that a total of 32 teams, or 128 students, compete in the Vytal Festival tournament; 8 in the final, sixteen in the doubles and 32 in the team round.Background The Vytal Festival was inaugurated following the end of the Great War, a destructive conflict taking place eighty years before the events of the series. The war, fought between kingdoms over conflicts of self-expression and individuality, was brought to a conclusion by a peace treaty. Such a treaty was signed on Vytal, a small island north of Vale. In celebration, the Vytal Festival was created with the purpose of honoring the diversity of the cultures of Remnant. Atlas hosted the first Vytal Festival Tournament sometime after the Great War.
The Festival has a unique symbol, fittingly consisting of a combination of all four kingdom's emblems in order to signify unity. The Vytal Tournament has been going for ~80 years.Rules Professor explains the rules of the tournament Professor Port explains the rules of the tournament
The tournament consists of three rounds, the first being a 4 on 4 team round. The winners of the team bracket may select two members of their team to fight in the next round, a 2 on 2 doubles bracket, the victors of which may choose one representative to fight in the 1 on 1 bracket. The remaining combatants will undergo several more 1 on 1 fights to prove a victor. There are no specific brackets for age or schooling.
Contenders are knocked out of the battle by falling below an Aura threshold of 15% or by being knocked out of the fighting arena. Aura monitors are able to measure the aura of competitors as numerical values, made visible to spectators and competitors on large displays.
Arena Main article: Amity Colosseum Amity Colosseum, where the tournament is held Amity Colosseum, where the tournament is held
The setting for the combat tournament is Amity Colosseum, a large arena complex floating atop gravity dust with many rings of bleachers for spectators, who are flown in on airships. As the Vytal Festival grew in scope and size, the stadium was built collaboratively from the resources and contributions of the four kingdoms and is capable of long-distance travel to each of the kingdoms, typically heading to the specific kingdom hosting the tournament.
The arena with two different biomes, ice and fire The arena with two different biomes, ice and fire
The tournament takes place in a large octagonal arena. The arena is capable of changing its environment into several different "biomes", including grasslands, forest, fire, ice, geyser fields, stormy mountains, desert, an ocean and beach with a wooden ship, and several others. The arena also has artificial weather effects such as thunderstorms and an artificial sun. Such environmental Dust controls were created by Arthur Watts.[4] A smaller central octagon is flatt ground unaffected by arena changes. Around the arena is a forcefield protecting observers from bullets and debris.
During the team round, the arena is split down its middle into two biomes, each chosen randomly at the beginning of each fight. During the doubles round, four biomes are present. In some biomes, Dust crystals are scattered around the arena for combatants to use.
The singles rounds take place only in the central octagon, the outer quadrants being out-of-bounds. The finals also took place at night or evening, in contrast to the preceding rounds which took place during the day.
40th Vytal Festival Preparations for the Vytal Festival Preparations for the Vytal Festival
During Team RWBY's first year at Beacon, the 40th Vytal Festival is held in Vale.[5] According to Weiss Schnee, the festival takes considerable planning and organization to set up. Preparations for the Vytal Festival were held as early as Team RWBY's first semester in Beacon.
Representatives of the four kingdoms converged upon Vale beginning in the second semester of Team RWBY's first year. In "Welcome to Beacon" the Atlesian contingent, including Penny Polendina and led by James Ironwood, arrived aboard three Airships. Haven Academy of the Mistral region, sent teams SSSN and ABRN. Under disguise, Cinder Fall, Mercury Black, Emerald Sustrai and Neopolitan also claimed to be from Haven. Shade Academy in Vacuo contributed teams BRNZ and NDGO.
Visiting students from the other academies received accommodation on the Beacon campus and were involved in events such as the Beacon Dance and sent on a range of missions supervised by Beacon Academy professors.
As seen in "Extracurricular", during the second semester, sparring matches in preparation for the tournament were held. Participants in these matches included Pyrrha Nikos, Team CRDL and Mercury Black. The same episode also states that contestants must first qualify for the tournament before competing.
The fairgrounds on the Beacon campus The fairgrounds on the Beacon campus
For the duration of the festival, a large fairground was set up on Beacon Academy's campus where visitors from all kingdoms can intermingle. Among the stalls at the fairground were a noodle stall and a boot vendor. One such stall was called Curry Up, frequented by Team CFVY.
The 40th Vytal Festival was marked by a stronger security presence than usual, with a sizable fleet of airships constantly overhead as well as Atlesian Knight-200s patrolling the grounds. This was due to the precautions of General Ironwood who was appointed to head of security by the Vale council following the events of "Breach", where Grimm were able to enter the city.
Unbeknownst to the populace, the matches of the 40th Vytal Festival were manipulated by Cinder Fall, who had managed to breach the Cross Continental Transmit System with a virus, giving her the ability to decide the matchups in the tournament.
The festival was marred by Yang's apparently unprovoked attack on Mercury in the first singles match of the tournament. This caused widespread controversy amongst audiences. Unknown to the public, these events were also manipulated by Cinder. Emerald, working under Cinder's direction, used her Semblance to create illusions that led Yang to attack Mercury, mistakenly believing it to be self-defense. The controversy and shock among the spectators attracted Grimm, which attempted to enter the City of Vale. Huntsmen and Atlas androids managed to hold them off but had to call for additional help.
The Festival was interrupted by a Grimm invasion The Festival was interrupted by a Grimm invasion
The following night Penny was destroyed by Pyrrha in a fatal accident, also orchestrated by Cinder. Cinder then took control of the broadcast and used it to transmit a message condemning the kingdoms' governments and the state of the world. The subsequent horror and panic amongst the audience attracted even more Grimm which overwhelmed the City of Vale's defenses. With the Grimm attack imminent, the Festival was canceled and Amity Colosseum was evacuated.
Following the Battle of Beacon, Amity Colosseum and Penny's body were transported back to Atlas. Because the CCTS went down during the Battle, Ironwood secretly began converting Amity Colosseum into Amity Communications Tower to restore the system online. Meanwhile, Penny was rebuilt and brought back to life thanks to her father Pietro Polendina.
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Amity Colosseum is still floating high amid the cheers of an excited audience as the two opposing pairs of partners for the match, the grinning Mercury Black and Emerald Sustrai against a confident Coco Adel and meditating Yatsuhashi Daichi, wait in the center of the stadium for the holographic roulette to pick the field.
Port: over the broadcaster speakers "Emerald and Mercury of Haven, versus Coco and Yatsuhashi of Beacon!"
Velvet: from up in the stands alongside Fox Alistair and Ruby Rose "Good luck, you two!"
The Colosseum chooses four fields to rise up from below in quarter sections: A patch of tall grassy plains which has a single tree and some rocks; the ruins of a city, complete with buildings holding shattered windows and rubble among the pavement; a hot spring containing geyser spots along a small river and some blue Dust crystal growths; and a familiar section of dense forest.
Coco: lowers her sunglasses as she eyes her opponents "Hey! Love the outfit, kid!"
Emerald: "I'll try not to get blood on it."
Yatsuhashi: getting up as he removes Fulcrum from his back "I can't promise you'll leave without a scratch."
Emerald: stretching out her arm "I won't be the one bleeding."
Coco: "Ooh, I like her!"
Port: along with the countdown behind the combatants "Three, two, one, begin!"
Instead of charging forward, Mercury and Emerald slowly walk back into the tall grass and disappear behind the leaves. Coco and Yatsuhashi smile at each other before the leader pops out her Gatling gun and begins mowing down the field as the crowds of sunglasses-wearing fans roar their approval, even when bullets nearly hit them from the other side of the forcefield. Coco lets up as she and Yatsuhashi realize the two opponents aren't in the plains section anymore.
Coco: "Huh?"
Blake: as she and the rest of Team RWBY look in shock "Look out!"
Mercury drops from the sky, aiming for Coco, but Yatsuhashi pushes her out of the way and blocks Talaria with his blade, pushing him back. Coco opens fire at him again, though Mercury is able to outrun each shot.
Sun: also in the bleachers with SSSN "He's good!"
Scarlet: "Yeah, but where's the girl?"
Mercury reaches the two and kicks away Coco's weapon while dodging Yatsuhashi's blade, then delivering a double blow to the giant warrior before jumping over Coco's continued barrage of bullets. He lands on the barrels and kicks her in the face, leaping over another of Yatsuhashi's swings, only to let himself be hit so he can get behind Coco and force her to press the muzzle up to her own teammate. Everyone stands still until Coco compresses her weapon back into its handbag form and tries to hit Mercury with Yatsuhashi, but he deftly jumps back and launches two blasts from his boots that the members of CFVY deflect.
Coco is unfazed by the one shot, but looks surprised at the dozens of them now spiraling around the handstand-spinning Mercury until he sends all of them at his enemies, a barrage of light and smoke surrounding them that provides the perfect cover for Mercury to appear behind the two. He grabs the both of them by their arms and delivers a flurry of kicks that knocks them back, looking back as a chain comes out from the forest trees to wrap around Coco and pulls her back.
Yatsuhashi: reaching out to her in vain "Coco!"
Despite his cry, Coco disappears into the trees, and he has to endure a blow from Mercury before being able to grab and throw him into the hot spring area. He jumps high in the air as Mercury's still sliding back, but his blade only comes down on his opponent's boots, the shockwave from this clash causing the water to fly back, the earth to crack underneath, and multiple geysers to form around them. Mercury fires his boots and gets out of the hold, aiming a swipe at Yatsuhashi's feet that misses, then ducking around each of his sword's swings. One of his kicks loosens some stones from the ground, which Mercury kicks into Yatsuhashi who quickly recovers and attempts to retaliate. Mercury easily counters him and fires a couple of shots. Despite trying to block them Yatsuhashi is forced back, giving Mercury an opening to kick him to the ground. This leaves his head in a small super-heated geyser, that erupts causing him to scream in pain as he frantically gets up, opening his eyes just in time to see Mercury coming at him.
Meanwhile, Coco is still being dragged back into the forest until the chain makes her collide with the trunk of a tree. She shakes it off until she realizes her sunglasses are lying shattered on the ground.
Coco: glaring angrily as she looks around "I take it back; I don't like her."
Just as she says this, a green shot rapidly comes at Coco, which she barely manages to jump back from as more come down on her from Emerald's position up in a tree above her. Coco unleashes her Gatling gun again and shoots high in the branches, but Emerald jumps around, using Thief's Respite to fire back and change them to sickle form so she can swing from each tree until she suddenly vanishes behind one of them.
Coco: looking around for her lost opponent "Damn!"
Yatsuhashi: coming up from behind her, hand on his sword's hilt "Coco!"
Coco: calling back to him as she continues to glance around "Watch out, she's in the trees!"
Port: as a buzzer sounds around the arena, Coco looking up to see the footage of his coverage "Oh, and with that final blow, Yatsuhashi is eliminated!"
Coco: eyes widening in shock "What!?"
She looks behind her, only to see no one there. Her hand is shaking on the handle of her gun, and she doesn't even see the blur between the trees moving in for the kill.
Coco: "Damn!"
Little does she know that Emerald is rising up from behind her, blades raised, turning around a second too late. The weapon descends with a ringing gunshot, and Coco is seen flying out of the forest, landing all the way in the center of the stadium next to Yatsuhashi, also knocked unconscious. Emerald swings her sickles by their chains as Mercury looks over their defeated opponents.
Oobleck: in the announcer's spot with Port "And with an amazing upset, Emerald and Mercury are victorious!"
Velvet: hand over her mouth as Fox shakes his head "Coco?"
Fox places a reassuring hand on Velvet's shoulder as Ruby looks into the stadium at her "friends", no one noticing the smiling Cinder Fall behind them, getting up from her seat and walking away amid the combined cheers and boos from the crowds.
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In an elegant twilit pavilion area of ivy-covered pillars, rounded archways, and lion-decorated fountains, Weiss Schnee and her elder sister Winter are sitting at a simple table with a plate full of croissants and strawberries. Winter is sipping from her teacup as Weiss repeats the news she was just told.
Weiss: "You're... leaving?"
Winter: setting her cup down "Yes. I was merely needed to oversee the transport of additional units to Vale. Our last shipment was lost to an ambush. I believe you had a run-in with its cargo, actually. It's fortunate those Paladins were in the prototype stage; otherwise your team may not have fared so well." as Weiss sighs and looks down dejectedly, she grabs her sister's hand reassuringly "Weiss, you've done... well, out here, on your own. You should be proud. I'll be honest, it was quite amusing seeing Father's face the day you left for Beacon!"
Weiss: straightening up and smiling now, arms crossed "I can't wait to show him what I learned!"
Winter: "Oh? Then what do you think you've learned?"
Weiss: not directly looking at her sister "What do you mean? I'm getting better and better with my glyphs! I've even started Time Dilation!"
Winter: staring intently at her sibling "And what of your Summoning?"
Weiss: "I..." sighs and looks away "You know I can't."
Winter: "Don't be ridiculous. Every Schnee has the ability to summon. We have for generations."
Weiss: splaying her hands as she exasperatedly cries: "I've tried! It's just... it's the one thing I've been having trouble with!"
Winter: "We Schnees are unique. Unlike many, our Semblance is hereditary. But that doesn't mean it will come easily." lifts her hand to summon a small, elaborate glyph over her palm "Your Semblance is like a muscle. The more you practice with it, the stronger it will become. But if you only focus on one aspect of it..." the glyph expands suddenly in a bright flash, causing Weiss to turn away before looking back up in awe at the white-and-blue Beowolf now at her sister's side "If you fail to test the limits of what you think is possible, then you'll never truly grow."
Weiss smiles at this display of power she hopes to achieve, before cutting to...
A caterpillar is slowly inching around on the edge of a fountain as Weiss points her Myrtenaster at the ground, creating a rotating glyph made of blade symbols with Winter behind her, appraising the effort.
Winter: "Excellent form! Now think to your fallen foes! The ones who forced you to push past where you were, and become who you are now." as the glyph flickers in and out of existence and Weiss grimaces in concentration "Think of them, and watch as they come to your side."
Weiss: doing her hardest to make the wobbling circle follow her will, but eventually dismisses it and stomps the ground angrily "I can't!"
Winter: her hand immediately comes down on Weiss' head in a slap "Stop doubting yourself!"
Weiss: turning around to face her sister "I'm trying!"
Winter: "If this is what you call trying, then you have no hope of winning the tournament, let alone succeeding as a Huntress!" suddenly smiling as if an idea has occurred to her "Why don't you just move back home? I'm sure Father would give you a nice job as a receptionist!"
Weiss: looking away "I don't need his charity!"
Winter: leaning in "But you do need his money, don't you?"
Weiss: surprised "What!? How did you know about that!?"
Winter: straightening back up "Lucky guess. I may have been in a similar situation when I joined the military. So what have you done this time?"
Weiss: as Winter circles around her "Well, that's the thing: I'm really not sure! I went to pay for lunch the other day, but the card didn't work!"
Winter: "How embarrassing."
Weiss: "I know!" sees Winter shaking her head "Well, it was! Why would he cut me off like that?"
Winter: "Perhaps so that you'd stop avoiding him and call home."
Instead of answering, Weiss attempts once more to create a summoning glyph, gritting her teeth until Winter places a consoling hand on her shoulder.
Winter: "Emotions can grant you strength. But you must never let them overpower you." the attempted glyph flickers and fades once more, though neither of them pay it any attention "It sounds to me like you have two choices in front of you. You can either call him, beg for his money back, and explain once more why you would want to study at Beacon over Atlas, or you could continue to explore Remnant, discovering more about the world and honestly, more about yourself." she allows Weiss a moment to absorb this information until revealing: "It's time for me to go." she gives her sister a hug, which is returned
Weiss: breaking off from the embrace "It was really good to see you, Winter."
Winter: smiling sadly "Until next time, sister."
The two Schnees walk out of the pavilion and go in opposite directions, neither of them noticing the caterpillar coming across a miniature, brightened version of a familiar-looking broadsword before disappearing into icy sparkles.
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Ruby: as red action lines appear behind her with oriental battle music playing "You'll never beat me, old man!"
Qrow: with similar blue lines behind him "You're nothing but talk, kid!"
Yang: calling out her support as purple lines follow her "You can do it, Ruby!"
Then the entire scene is revealed to be in team RWBY's dorm room at Beacon Academy, and the screen of the video game Ruby and Qrow are playing is shown just as one of the pixelated ninjas decapitates the other, with the announcer saying "SOARING NINJA WINS! TOTAL ANNIHILATION!" Qrow grins at his victory as Ruby lowers her head in shame.
Yang: whispering "Ouch."
Qrow: "And by the way, don't ever call me old."
Yang: pushing her sibling out of her spot as she grabs the spinning controller from the air "My turn!"
Qrow: while the game begins again with "NEW CHALLENGER APPROACHES!" "Now, where was I?"
Ruby: popping up from behind the two players excitedly "You were telling us about your last mission!"
Qrow: "Right, right..." flashes back to his story as the art style changes to reflect the dark setting and eerie neighborhood the blade-wielding warrior is walking through "I'd come across a small village in the swamps west of Mistral. Right off the bat, I knew something wasn't right."
Ruby: "What were you doing there?"
Qrow: "I needed information. Tired from battling Grimm along the way, I decided to start my search at the town's inn. The place was crawling with lowlifes and thugs, even a few Huntsmen that I could only assume had been hired by less-than reputable people for less-than respectable jobs. And that's when it happened."
Yang: as Qrow looks at something in the shady inn, wide-eyed at what he sees "What happened?"
Qrow: kneels in his flashback under a spotlight "I was defeated... by the mere sight..." suddenly grins at what he saw is revealed "...of the innkeeper's skirt length!"
The vision of pink hearts, a beautiful maid with slightly-skimpy clothing, and the very happy Qrow is interrupted by a thrown dog-head pillow, which Qrow deftly catches much to Yang's ire (not helped by the game announcer calling out once more "SOARING NINJA WINS! TOTAL ANNIHILATION!").
Yang: "You are the worst!"
Qrow: after he and Ruby laugh at Yang's anger "Best two out of three?"
Ruby: as she seats herself on Weiss' bed "So, Uncle Qrow, did you get in trouble with Ozpin?"
Qrow: waving the question off "Nah, me and Oz go way back. We're cool."
Yang: scoffing "Cool for an old guy."
Qrow: looking mad now "Not funny."
Ruby: "So, what are you doing here anyway? I thought Dad said that you would be on a mission, for like... ever."
Qrow: getting back into the game at the sound of "READY? FIGHT!" "Well, a professional Huntsman like myself is expected to get results, as soon as possible."
Ruby: "Yeeeeaaaah, I get that." laughs "We're pretty much pros, too."
Qrow: "Oh, really?"
Yang: "Psch, yeah! Read the news sometime. We totally saved Vale while you were gone."
Qrow: "Funny, because I heard Vale suffered a Grimm attack after you almost managed to stop a train." leaning over to rub it in his niece's face as she scowls at the repeated "SOARING NINJA WINS! TOTAL ANNIHILATION!" "But they don't give out medals for almost."
Ruby: resolutely "They do, and it's called silver!"
Yang: "Well, we helped take down Roman Torchwick! He's locked up in Ironwood's ship and crime's been down ever since! That's basically a bounty mission!"
Qrow: "Sure, you may be acting like Huntresses, but you're not thinking like one. You really think four girls and their friends could end all crime in a Kingdom?"
Ruby: tapping her fingers together in embarrassment "I mean, I did until you said that..."
Qrow: sounding more serious now "Violence hasn't dropped since Roman got nabbed; it's stopped, completely. No White Fang activity anywhere around the city. You cut off the head of the King Taijitu, but now the second head's calling the shots. That's what Ironwood can't get through that thick metal head of his."
Yang: exchanging a look with Ruby "You... know the General?"
Qrow: back to his usual joking demeanor "Hey, I know everybody to some extent. Remember, you're talking to a member of the coolest team that graduated Beacon!" reaches behind him into one of his pockets and pulls out a photo lined with stains and age of four figures - himself, Raven Branwen, Taiyang Xiao Long, and Summer Rose - as Yang's eyes widen and he sighs in remembrance "Hah, Team STRQ... That's where I met your parents. We were pretty well known back in the day."
Ruby: "Well known for crummy fashion sense!"
Qrow: "Hey, we looked good! And I have a number of inappropriate stories to back that up!" wiggles his eyebrows suggestively, but notices Yang continuing to stare at the picture and puts it away "But, I'll save those for when you're older."
Ruby: recoils in disgust "Oh, gross!"
Qrow: getting up and walking out "Anyways, I'm too old to be hanging out with a bunch of kids. You're gonna cramp my style." pauses in the doorway and sighs before addressing his family, Ruby and Yang looking up to him and Zwei sleeping on Blake's bed "Look, just remember that you've still got a long way to go..." turning around and holding a finger up to express his seriousness "And don't think for a second that graduating means you're done." hitches a thumb over his shoulder "Every day out there is worth a week in this place. You two, you're gonna go far. But only if you keep learning; if you never stop moving forward."
With these immortal words of wisdom, Qrow exits down the hall.
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