"Velvet, did you hear the news?" Fox asked, holding up a newspaper for comedic effect.
"I don't believe so, what happened?" Velvet replied, her right ear twitching slightly.
"There's some village off the coast of Vale that's running out of food and water. Grimm attacks are common, so nobody feels it's necessary to help." Fox said, closing the newspaper. "Coco told me about it yesterday.
"That's terrible!" Velvet cried, hurriedly standing up from her chair. "Why would people do such a thing?"
"Well, those people obviously aren't hunters and huntresses, probably just some CEO's of big business." Fox stretched, heading for the door. "I'm gonna get some food, want to come with?"
"No thanks, I think I found myself a project..." Velvet replied, staring at her desk methodically. "I've got it!"
Velvet ran out of her dorm room, slamming the door behind her. She would go and tell Team RWBY, they would know what to do! Velvet suddenly halted in the middle of the courtyard, remembering that Team RWBY Was on another mission near Mountain Glenn, cleaning up what was left there.
"What's up little bun?" Coco asked, suddenly appearing right next to Velvet, who instinctively jumped into the fountain.
"Coco, you need to warn me! I thought you were Cardin!" Velvet pouted, her favorite shirt now soaked. It was a light brown shirt with her logo on it in bronze. Very comfortable, she thought.
"Sorry, thought you would recognize my voice after three years. So why all the hurry?" Coco demanded, lowering her sunglasses. "I take it Fox told you about Kakos Village?"
"Yup, I'm trying to find out how to help them!" Velvet said proudly, stepping out of the fountain. "But this is most likely a setback..."
"I would help, but I've got bookwork to do. Y'know, the stuff that you finished the first week of class, even though it's the 3rd quarter." Coco replied, fixing her beret. "There's something you should know about Kakos though."
"What would that be?" Velvet inquired, turning to face Coco.
"They absolutely despise the Faunus. I'm talking about lynch-level hate." Coco warned, seeing Velvet's face turn to fright.
"Well... I can borrow your largest beret! The one I used to hide my ears at the beginning of my time at Beacon!" Velvet exclaimed, remembering how Coco let her borrow berets any day.
"Sure, feel free. Just remember to take a few, they tend to get dirty easily." Coco waved, spotting Nora sprinting after Cardin in the distance. "Gotta go, looks like we got ourselves a Cardin hunt!"
Coco sprinted off to follow Nora, leaving Velvet alone in the middle of the courtyard, still soaking wet. She began walking back to the dorms, only to run straight into Professor Ozpin.
"Professor Ozpin! My apologies, I didn't see you there!" Velvet worried before seeing Ozpin smile.
"It's quite alright Ms. Scarlatina. I've heard you have plans to visit Kakos Village?" Ozpin asked, lifting an eyebrow.
"Yes, I do. I want to go help them out, even if they hate the Faunus." Velvet said with a fire in her eyes, despite her appearance.
"Well, the world certainly needs more people like you. Best of luck to you, but just call if you get into too much trouble. We can always send the rest of your team to help." Ozpin said, waving as he walked away, sipping his coffee.
"Help me! Somebody!" Cardin yelled, running into the courtyard at top speed, Nora and Coco still right on his tail. Coco never laid a finger on Cardin; she just liked to keep him intimidated.