Quick question, when using dialogue for the RWBY episode, do people prefer
"Hey, sis!" Yang greets.
Or
Yang: Hey, sis!
The second one would be easier for me, since the transcripts are on wikia, but the quality just ain't the same. What do you guys think?
Raven had an anger issue. She could contain her rage, leave it simmering inside her for some period of time, but sometimes she just snapped. There were few times where she completely lost it – she cringed, thinking back to a particular incident involving Team CROM in her first year – but she kept her rage silent most of the time. Qrow had said it wasn't healthy. She had rolled her eyes.
Sitting in the dark room, Raven felt a small amount of anger simmer inside her. Some of it from Qrow's snarky comments, most of it from her frustration. Why were they there? How did they get there? What the dust were they even watching?
None of her team seemed curious about it. Professor Goodwitch stayed focused on the screen. And the headmaster…
Professor Ozpin was sitting down, eyes fixed on the screen. The headmaster of Beacon Academy was tense, Raven noted. The others can't see it – only she and Qrow had eyes of a bird, and Qrow was too busy commentating to bother watching his teachers.
Raven eyed Ozpin, eyes narrowing. A mop of blond hair suddenly blocked her view. She blinked.
"Hey, Rae," Taiyang whispered, grinning brightly. "This is great, isn't it?"
"Define what you mean by 'great', Tai," Raven replied, leaning closer to her brother's partner. "I'm stuck in this room with you," she added jokingly.
"That hurts," he pouted. Raven laughed. Taiyang's smile grew wider. "We may be here for a while. Maybe it's time we confess our undying love for each other."
Raven rolled her eyes. "Not in a million years."
"Good thing it's an undying love then."
"Shut up."
"Well now I don't want to."
"Will you two shut it?" Qrow hissed, glaring daggers at the two. With a jolt, Taiyang and Raven leaned away from each other. Somehow the lights had dimmed while they were talking; they were about to witness another vision. The pair mumbled apologies.
Raven was thankful that the lights were out. She hoped it would make her blush harder to see.
"Come on," Taiyang said, grinning widely. "Bring us the best colour!"
Words fade onto the screen. Scathing eyes ask that we be symmetrical, one sided and easily processed. Yet every misshapen spark's unseen beauty is greater than its would be judgement.
Raven frowned. What could that possibly have meant?
The words fade into the black, as the roar of an engine could be heard. A girl, riding a black and orange motorcycle, appears on screen. Wild blonde hair flows behind her, her revealing clothing mimicking.
"That is amazing!" the blond brawler exclaimed, jumping up on his seat. "I've always wanted a motorbike!"
Qrow nudged Raven, leaning in. "Wonder which one's his favourite," he joked. Raven chuckled, peering at Taiyang, who was still drooling over the girl's choice of vehicle.
The girl skids to a halt, stepping off her motorbike. A distant beat can be heard - a club. The girl struts forward as a black bird flies above her. She has long golden locks reaching far down her back.
"Is that Qrow?" Summer joked, mimicking Qrow's own Raven comment from earlier. The twins snorted.
The doors to the club come into view. The girl's silhouette can be seen, before the doors open and the girl can be seen clearly. She wears brown, orange and yellow – revealing clothes that show off her body. An orange scarf is wrapped around her neck. Her wrists are adorned by yellow gauntlets and she wears a cape on the back of her waist.
Her most striking feature is her hair. Blonde. Wild. Free. One single strand sticking up. Iliac eyes peer from underneath her fringe. She wears a confident smirk.
Raven froze. She stared at the girl with wide eyes.
"Holy shit…" Qrow said, voicing her thoughts.
"That's - she looks like Rae," Summer swallowed. "But she's got Tai's colour scheme. It's like she's a mix of the two of them."
Raven and Taiyang glanced at each other, mouths wide open. Slowly, Raven's expression turned to that of horror while Taiyang's turned to that of glee.
"S-she has purple eyes," Raven began, pointing at the screen. "Maybe I meet a man with purple eyes and blonde hair. Or maybe she's not even my kid. There's no way she's both of ours."
Taiyang wriggled his brows in response. Raven repressed a sudden urge to give him a black eye.
Attendees of the club jived on the dance floor. Rose petals and spot lights complimented the club, as the bear-mask wearing DJ danced to the beat. The yellow girl struts across the floor as the lighting changes to red.
"What is this music?" Glynda scowled. "I've never heard anything like this before."
STRQ shrugged in unison. Raven hadn't heard anything like it before. Understandably, music must have adapted as the world changed around them. She could only imagine what music was like when Ozpin was a child.
Speaking of Ozpin, he was bobbing his head up and down to the beat. If she hadn't been so stressed by the appearance of the yellow girl and their uncanny resemblance, she would have cracked a smile at the sight.
The blonde glances around the club, the smirk still locked on her lips. Several thugs lurk behind her.
"She's an exact copy," Summer breathed, eyes darting from the girl on the screen to Raven.
She eyes an orange-haired man talking with a large bearded man in a suit. She waits until the orange-haired man walks away before settling herself beside the bearded man. He waves two twin girls away.
"Strawberry Sunrise, no ice," the girl says, quickly adding, "oh, and one of those little umbrellas."
"Is that alcohol?" Taiyang screeched, standing up ferociously. "Young lady, I forbid you from drinking! You're grounded!"
"It's a vision, Tai!" Summer yelled, at the same time as Raven snapped, "We don't even know if you're her father yet! Stop with the dust damn roleplaying, you're an eighteen year old boy!"
"Come on, Rae!" he pointed at the screen. "You have to admit, you feel a little protective of her too! I just don't want her drinking underage!"
Raven wanted to shout back I don't even know her but that would, in a sense, be a lie. Even then, she felt some sort of connection with the girl. She gazed at Taiyang before tugging at his sleeve. "Just sit down."
The brawler sighed, sitting himself down again. Raven stared at him for a moment before glancing towards Qrow for an instant. The young huntsman was frozen in his seat. She shrugged.
"Aren't you a little young to be in this club, blondie?" the bearded man asks.
The blonde giggles. "Aren't you a little old to have a name like Junior?"
Summer and Taiyang snorted.
"So you know who I am. You got a name, sweetheart?"
"Get away from her, creep," Raven growled, glaring at Junior.
"Yes, Junior, I've got several," she smiled sweetly. "But instead of sweetheart, you can just call me sir!" She grasped his groin, clutching tightly. Junior whimpered in pain.
The men of team STRQ winced empathetically.
"You sure she isn't your kid, Rae?" Summer asked, the corners of her lips twitching upwards. Qrow and Taiyang covered their crotch areas on instinct, eying Raven with wary.
Raven said nothing, although she felt a surging pride in her chest for the blonde girl.
The girl pulls out a scroll and brings it to his eye sight. A picture of a black-haired girl is shown, elegant and wearing white.
"Tell me where I can find her and I'll let you go," she demanded.
"It is Raven!" Taiyang exclaimed, his blue pupils frantically darting from the picture of Raven on the screen and the girl sitting beside him. Raven gaped at the image, unable to bring words out. In the scroll, she wore a stark white dress as opposed to her usual red and black clothing. She had an inkling as to why she was wearing something so different. She said nothing, in fear of what a certain blond would say.
"Why is the girl looking for her?" Qrow wondered.
"I thought we've established the theory that she's Miss Branwen's daughter," Glynda pointed out.
Qrow shook his head. "I know that – but is Raven missing? What the dust is going on?"
"These visions are giving us more and more questions," Ozpin said.
Junior glanced at the image, face contorted with pain. "I've never seen her before, I swear!"
She narrowed her brows and twisted his groin. "Excuse me?" she seethed.
"I swear, sir!"
Thugs began to gather to Junior and the girl, weapons drawn. They wield red blades that complement their suits and glasses. The blonde's iliac eyes remained locked on Junior. "Hm, looks like we have an audience. This must be kind of embarrassing for you, huh?" she smirked smugly. "Awkward."
"She's really enjoying this," Summer commented.
Junior strained. "Listen, blondie – sir. If you want to get out of this club alive, I suggest you let me go. Now!"
The girl suddenly lets go of her hold on his groin. Junior lets out a sigh of relief. "You'll pay for that!" he snapped, putting on his sunglasses and storming away. The blonde followed him, hands behind her back.
"Oh Junior, I was just playing with you! Don't be so sensitive!" she said innocently. "Come on, let's kiss and make up. Okay?"
Junior pauses. "Huh? …Uh, okay." He begins to lean in, lips puckered.
"WHAT?" Raven and Taiyang yelled in unison.
"Get away from her!" Summer snapped.
Just before their lips meet, the blonde punches Junior, sending him flying across the club. He lands, shattering the glass. His weapon falls comically on his head. Junior's henchmen rushed forward, weapons raised. The blonde activates her golden gauntlets, jumping up in the air and slamming her fist on the ground. The aftershock creates a ripple on the floor, knocking the thugs off their feet.
"Yes!" Taiyang cheered. "She got her style from her papa!"
Raven shifted. She had to admit, the blonde's fighting style was eerily similar to the brawler's own.
The girl charges forward at one thug, kicking him. She uppercuts the next one, before kicking him too. The man knocks two others away.
The others rush towards her, but are intercepted by sharp jabs and dust bullets. One tries to slice at her from behind – only to be knocked on the floor by a low kick by the brawler. She slams him to the ground, launching herself off another thug so that she may knock another one with a impactful fist.
"She's rash," Glynda critiqued, "but good."
The blonde fire shot after shot at oncoming foes, at the same time as she knocks back other opponents. She kicks and swings at one particular thug, sending him flying until he shattered a glass pillar. The last of the thugs charge forward, frustrated with their lack of skill. She blocks each blow effortlessly. She delivers a barrage of punches before sending him flying.
The DJ pulls out a machine gun, firing dust bullets at her. She dodges each one, rushing to his booth. She jumps, landing on the mixing desk and kicking the DJ in the face, knocking him out. She swings him off the booth, where he lands by two identical girls. They both have the same bored expressions and jet black hair, but where one wore all red and black the other wore white.
"Melanie, who is this girl?" one asks, arms crossed.
The other responds, "I dunno Miltia, but we should teach her a lesson."
"Yeah, right," Qrow snorts.
The blonde jumps down, firing shot after shot at the twins. They backflip away from the bullets, before charging at her. They split, while she begins attacking Melanie. Miltia swings at her from behind. The girl ducks, firing at Miltia, however Melanie uses the opportunity to land a kick. She blocks the kick with her gauntlets.
She fires a round at the twins. One of them deflects it with ease. The red-clothed one delivers slices to the girl, while the other finishes their combo with kicks while the blonde is staggered. Melanie lands a series of kicks that launch the girl across the dance floor.
"She's not good with kicks," Taiyang frowned.
"Neither are you," Summer pointed out.
"Fair point."
The blonde regains her footing, propelling herself across the floor once more. Her fist finds Melanie's face and knocks her to the ground. She turns to Miltia, firing punch after punch, before finally winning with a kick and one final blast from her gauntlets.
Melanie wakes, only to see twin get defeated by the blonde – who charges forward. The two confront in melee combat. It seems as if Melanie has the upper hand, forcing the blonde back. The blonde suddenly retracts her gauntlets and elbows the girl, clutching her right arm and spinning the rest of the girl's body. She delivers one final kick to Melanie – she has won.
Team STRQ cheered – even, to her own surprise, Raven.
"Wait – there's till more," Glynda said.
Junior walks on stage, wielding his own weapon – a bazooka. "You're gonna pay for this," he growls.
"Oh. It's just him," the duelling professor deadpans. "Never mind."
He fires rockets at the blonde, as she dodges and rolls the incoming attacks. She destroys a few rockets with her dust bullets. Junior switches his weapon to a bat form and strikes thee blonde. One shot lands, causing her to stumble back. Junior lands a hit on her face, knocking her back into a glass pillar.
The girl gets up, hair literally flaming. She slams her fists together, creating a shockwave. She rushes forward.
"Is her hair on fire?" Raven asked, eyes wide.
"…Neat," Taiyang said, grinning. He was well known in Beacon for being a slight pyromaniac. It wasn't even part of his semblance – he was just obsessed with flames. Raven swallowed as more evidence piled up. She didn't want to face the truth.
Junior begins firing his weapon wildly – but each shot misses. She lands punch after punch on Junior, until one final punch sends the club owner flying back. Her eyes switch to red.
"Red eyes!" Taiyang exclaimed, pointing at the Branwen twins. "She's got your red eyes!"
Qrow and Raven glanced each other. Qrow's own eyes were not as vividly crimson, but Raven's pupils were almost an exact copy of the girl's. Raven raised a hand to cover one eye, mind racing.
He holds one lock of hair in one hand.
Raven cried out in fury, red eyes ablaze. She despised it when anyone messed with her hair – seeing the blonde's hair in a clump of some scumbag unleashed the same anger. The others shifted away from her in fear. She was almost an exact mirror of the girl on the screen.
The blonde is furious. She roars, engulfing herself in flames. The floor shatters in response to her power. She lunges forward and lands one more powerful punch on Junior, sending him flying outside. He lands in front of a red-cloaked girl.
"Red!" Summer shouted. "It's red!"
The blonde girl walks outside. The silver-eyed girl looks at her, smiling. "Yang, is that you?"
"Yang?" Taiyang asked. "I guess that does make her my kid then – our kid, sorry."
Raven and Taiyang stare at each other with wide eyes, jaws dropped. All was silent for a moment, before –
"YOU SCREWED MY SISTER?" Qrow roared, lunging forward and clutching Taiyang's collar, shaking him. "YOU ASSHOLE, STAY AWAY FROM MY SISTER!"
"Qrow, calm down!" Raven pulled her twin away from his partner. Her twin reluctantly stopped, still glaring at the brawler. "If me and Tai get together, then we get together. That's all there is to it. We have a daughter together."
Qrow sighed. "Fine. I don't like it – but fine." He sat down.
Yang grins back at the girl. "Hey, sis!" she greets.
Taiyang looks at Summer. Summer looks at Raven. Raven looks at Taiyang. Taiyang looks at Raven. They all look at the girls.
"…What?"
"What are you doing here?" the red-head asks, tilting her head.
Yang sighs as the screen fades to black. "It's a long story."
The familiar poster is shown again, but this time the blonde stands alongside the other three. The vision finishes, cutting to black.
Team STRQ sat back, stunned. The vision was for sure the most revealing – and most confusing. Why was Raven missing? How could Yang be Raven and Yang's child, yet also be Red's sister?
As if he could read Raven's thoughts, Taiyang suggested uncertainly with a shrug, "maybe they're really good friends?"
He wanted to break the ice, everyone knew. Summer and Raven quickly nodded, hating the awkward situation they found themselves in. Qrow nodded slowly, although he still glared darkly at his partner.
Raven and Taiyang locked eyes once again. There was something very, very wrong with their future. And they were going to have to change it.
This trailer is 11/10 Junior is best girl. Seriously, the dude's so underrated. Biggest victim of the series. Just wants to make a living and everything keeps fucking up. He should have his own spin off show. I would watch it. Who cares about Penny and Pyrrha? Where's Junior? How's he doing? Is he getting good customers? Is he getting beat up by blonde girls? What are his interests? Not dedicating an entire arc in volume 4 to Junior is just lazy writing. The dude is clearly gonna get some maiden powers.
Hope you had as much fun reading as I had writing! Also, thank god this is my longest chapter. If it wasn't, my longest would have been Blake's. I don't know how I would have felt about that. Actually, yes I do – not good.
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