The Rose House
AN: This is going to be my favorite chapter. This is something my dad did with us kids and some of our friends. So, this will probably get long but there are some quality bits that make it a regular watch in our home video collection.
Chapter 3: Home Movie
Jaune held the camera up to his face. His sister Indigo had gotten it for his birthday. The Vytal Festival was in full swing and Jaune had decided to barbecue. All of their closest friend had shown up. It was the first time the entirety of RWBY and JNPR had been together since Ruby and Jaune's wedding.
"Hello." He pointed the camera at Citrine, who was sitting in a bench in the basement. All the kids were lined up. Jaune had decided to do a little mock interview, just to get some conversations flowing while the mothers...and Ren...made everything up stairs.
"Hi." Citrine said.
"Welcome to the Rose residence interviews." Jaune said. "Please state your name for the record."
"Citrine Rose." She said.
"Thank you." He pointed the camera at the boy next to her. "What about you young man?"
"Glade Arc." The younger sibling said.
"And you?" He pointed the camera to Glade's twin sister.
"Primrose." She said.
"Primrose what?"
"Primrose Arc?" The redhead answered.
"How about you young lady?" He pointed the camera at the little white-haired girl who was currently chewing on her finger nails.
"You know me." She mumbled.
"Eiess, look at people when they talk to you." Flynt said from across the room. Little baby Nicholas bounced on his lap.
"Okay." Eiess groaned. Her eyes darted from Jaune to the camera to the floor and to Citrine.
"Is your name Eiess Schnee?" Jaune asked. Weiss slowly nodded but still avoided eye contact.
"Is Eiess short for something?" Jaune asked. Eiess shrugged and nodded. "What's it short for?"
"Eiesenhertz." She said bashfully. "Eissenhertz Schnee."
"Thank you." He moved the camera to the next girl.
"Nephrite Ren." She said evenly.
"Thank you...and you?" He moved his camera to the last girl on the bench.
"Nova Wukong." Nova said.
"Alright." He moved back to Citrine. She was wearing a Stunt Demon shirt and an orange cape. "I'm going to ask you three questions. It'll be the same three questions for each of you."
"Ok, daddy." Citrine said.
"So, Citrine, how old are you?"
"Seven." She held up her fingers.
"That's right and you have a birthday coming up in a few weeks. How old will you be there?"
"Eight." She cheered.
"That's right. Now what's your favorite color?"
"Orange." She pointed to her cape.
"And your favorite TV Show."
"Stunt Demon." She pointed to her shirt. Nova shot up in excitement. Jaune had to wave for her to sit down.
"That's a really good show." Jaune said. He moved to Glade who was wearing a white shirt with dinosaurs on them. He had moppy red hair like his mother but blue eyes like his father. "So, young man, how old are you?"
"This many." He held up an outstretched hand.
"Do you know how many that is?" Jaune asked. Glade tried counting, then Citrine whispered the answer into his ear.
"Five?"
"Very good, what's your favorite color?"
"Green." He said. Citrine and Eiess both got distracted as Weiss walked in to get baby Nicholas.
"Mama." Eiess stood up.
"Stay down here sweetie." Weiss brushed her off. Eiess sat back down looking a little glum. Citrine stood up and walked over to her and hugged her and took the seat next to her, squeezing in between Eiess and Prim.
"Lat question." Jaune said. "What's your favorite TV show?"
"Bugsy Blue!" Glade said.
"Interesting." Jaune moved the camera to look at Prim. She wore a green dress and a red scarf. She was currently looking up at the ceiling. "What are you looking at?"
"Huh, oh." Prim recomposed herself. "I'm five."
"I didn't ask you yet but thank you. Are you Glade's twin sister?"
"Yep." She shook her head and Glade hugged her from the side.
"So what's your favorite color?" Jaune asked.
"Um…" Primm thought a moment. "Red."
"Red, that's your mom's favorite color too." Prim shook her head.
"She made me this." She started fondling her scarf.
"That was really nice of her. What's your favorite TV show?"
"Poppy Street." She said.
"I love that show too." Jaune moved the camera to Citrine. "Hey you."
"Hey Daddy." Citrine smiled. Jaune moved the camera on Eiess.
"Eiess." He signaled. She looked like a pint sized Weiss but with slightly darker skin. "Do you want to tell the camera how old you are?" She nodded and put up seven fingers. "Do you want to say how many that is?" She shook her head no, then Citrine poked her side.
"Seven." She said quietly.
"And what's your favorite color?"
"White." She said flatly.
"And your favorite TV show?" Eiess looked away. She began biting her nails again. Citrine whispered something in her ear.
"I don't know." She said. Citrine whispered again. "Stunt Demon." She said.
"Stunt Demon again." Jaune let Citrine's interference slide. He then went to Nephrite. "Alright little Ms. Ren." Nephrite smiled and Citrine laughed. "How old are you?"
"Seven." Nephrite answered. She looked like a little girl version of her father and even wore his colors.
"We have a bunch of seven-year-olds." Jaune mused. "So what's your favorite color?"
"Pink...or green...I don't really have one." Nephrite said.
"What's your favorite TV show?"
"Flower Power."
"Oh, I haven't seen that one." Jaune said. "You'll have to tell me about it later." He moved the camera to Nova, who had gotten distracted with the music on the radio. She wore a black bow and a purple shirt.
"How old are you Ms. Wukong."
"Six." She said. She kept looking back and forth.
"What's your favorite color?"
"P…" She kept looking back and forth.
"Nova, eyes forward when people are talking to you." Jaune said. Nova gave him a sneer.
"My favorite color is purple." She said. "I already know what you're going to ask. "My favorite show is Stunt Demon."
"Stunt Demon again!" Jaune faked enthusiasm. "Well that concludes my questions. So how about you all ask me a question. It can be anything." He moved the camera back to Glade. "Let's start with you."
"Why do we have to...go...to sleep?" Glade asked.
"Well, because our bodies get tired the longer we're up. So, we have to go to bed to rest up our energy." Jaune moved it to Prim. "Next question."
"Why does...why do...why does Cirine...and Argent...have different...last names?" She asked.
"That's an excellent question." Jaune said. "Well, you mother and I decided that we wanted to pass both of our last names down. So, any kids we have with silver eyes takes her name and any of you with blue eyes takes my name."
"Oh." Prim said.
"Next question?" He moved to Citrine.
"Why do we have to eat vegetables?" Citrine asked.
"Because vegetables are really healthy and if you want to be big and strong you have to eat them." Citrine looked a little peeved at the answer. He moved onto Eiess. "Eiss, do you want to ask me a question?" She shook her head no. "There isn't anything you want to ask me?"
"Why does Mama...always takes me places and leaves me?" Eiess asked.
"Oh…" Jaune said. "Your mother is very busy but she loves you a lot so she takes you with her so she can spend her free time with you." She seemed to cheer up at that. "And right now, she wants you to have friends and spend time with them." Citrine, as if on cue, wrapped her arms around the Schnee.
"My turn." Nephrite said. "So, why is the sky blue?"
"Because of the light from the sun hits the gases in the atmosphere and the colors scatter." He answered. "Ask your dad about prisms and I'm sure he could give you a demonstration."
"Cool." Nephrite said.
"Last question." He went to Nova.
"What is…what is your favorite color?" Nova asked.
"Mine? I like blue." He said.
"I have a question." Sun said as he came down.
"Oh, this'll be good." Jaune groaned.
"So, what would happen if…like, the world just started revolving around me?" Sun asked with a big smile.
"Dang it Sun…" Jaune groaned. Nova and Citrine started laughing. "We'd be screwed." The other kids started laughing at the face Jaune was making.
"Yeah, probably. Anyway, the food is almost ready."
"Yay!" Citrine dashed up the stairs.
AN: I cut it short because I don't want to spend all day with this. But it will continue with some festivities next chapter. I really want RWBYond Generations to feel different than RWBY and a primary reason of this being the camaraderie these characters already have.
