Some people were asking if they informed their benefactors, and what the response was. This is the answer.

Ben's perspective.

Token of Appreciation

I had nearly tripped over the box on my way to work. I was kind of late and I didn't think much of it at the time, so I just kicked it inside and continued.

When I got home, Ruby was on the floor shaking the box, with Weiss standing beside her, glaring at her.

"Look, Ruby, if you really want to open the box, just open it!"

"What is it?" I asked. Reluctantly, Ruby handed over the box. I examined the label before tossing the box back. "Huh, it's from Texas. Maybe it's a gun or something."

Ruby's eyes lit up. "Ooh, there's a weapon in here?"

"It's obviously not a weapon, you dolt," Weiss snapped at her.

"Aww..." The girl actually looked sad at that before she exclaimed, "Can we open it? Can we? Can we?"

"Sure, whatever," I said dismissively, grabbing a Coke out of the fridge and sitting down at the kitchen table, since the couch was now Ruby's bed and I didn't feel like going into the server room and doing servery stuff today.

"Yay!" I watched as Ruby tore open the box, absolutely shredding the cardboard container.

"Ruby, be careful with that!" Weiss shrieked as the smaller girl turned what was left of the box upside down and dumping the contents on the floor.

"Look Weiss, people like grapes!" Ruby held up a bright purple T-shirt.

"Isn't that a soda?"

"It's also something someone said, it's funny, anyway!" She tossed the shirt aside and held up another two. "Red team? Blue team?"

"Ugh."

"Come on, Weiss, you could at least be appreciative even if you're not excited."

"Fine," the ice queen admitted reluctantly. "I appreciate the effort that these people have put into sending us this merchandise."

Ruby tossed a poster at her. "Are those the Achieve Men? Those look like the Achieve Men."

"Those are not the Achieve Men," Weiss insisted. "Although I will admit they do look a bit like them."

The smaller girl dug through the shrinking pile of packing material and produced a box with colourful graphics on it. "Hey, look! Red versus Blue! Isaac like this show!"

"What is that?"

"They're blu-rays," Ruby explained. I guess nobody had explained them to Weiss yet. "It's like a video on a disc."

"A disc? An actual round-"

"Yeah, it's optical media, it's outdated and nobody uses it anymore," I told them.

"Oh," Ruby said, a bit disappointed. She quickly recovered, diving into the pile and pulling out a pair of... RWBY plushies. She squeed in excitement. "Ohmygoshwehaveourownplushies!"

Weiss actually backed away when Ruby thrust her plushie at her. "Get that... thing away from me!"

"But it's like a mini-you! It's soooo cute!" she said back, waving the plushie in her face.

The white-haired girl (whitehead?) reluctantly took her plushie. "Are you hitting on me?"

"No, you're not cute, just the plushie!" Ruby countered before her cheeks flushed red and she corrected herself. "I mean it's not like you're not cute or anything bad like that but I don't think you're cute in some weird creepy gushy love way or anything like that but-"

"I get it, I get it," Weiss snapped. She pointed at a corner of white sticking out of the pile. "What's that?"

"Oh, it looks like a letter!" Ruby shouted before starting to read in a dramatic tone:

"Good job getting Weiss out of Ukraine. I have to admit, I didn't think you could pull it off. I mean, Donetsk. Damn. As a token of our appreciating, have some free swag. The plushies are for the girls, obviously. Good luck on finding the rest of the team, we're on the lookout here."

She added, "There's also a smiley face and some illegible scrawls."

"I don't think this was for us, Ruby" Weiss pointed out.

Ruby shrugged. "Oh well."

I tossed my now-empty can in the trash, and retreated to the server room.