Ruby, Juane, Frost, and Verde walk the campus grounds. Juane was busy explaining about his illness. He ended with, "All I'm saying is that motion sickness is a much more common problem than people let on!"
Ruby then said, "Look, I'm sorry, but Vomit Boy was the first thing that came to mind."
Juane retorted back, "Oh yeah? What if I called you Crater Face?"
Both Frost and Verde chuckled slightly. Ruby glared at them, and said, "Hey, that explosion was an accident!"
Juane then said, "Well the name's Juane Arc. Short, sweet, rolls of the tongue, ladies love it."
Verde responded, "You sure do speak very highly of yourself."
Frost saw past his words, and said, "They don't do that, do they?"
Juane hastily said, "They will! Or at least, I hope they will...I mean, my mom always says that..." He then dismisses his statement, and said, "Never mind."
Silence fell over the four of them. Ruby broke the silence with, "Soooo, I got this thing." She pulled out her scythe, and unsheathes the blade, sticking it into the cobblestone path. Juane jumped back, and said, "Whoa! Is that a scythe?"
Ruby then said, "It is also a customizable, high impact velocity sniper rifle."
Juane tilted his head, confused. Verde then explained, "It is also a gun."
Juane responded, "Oh, that's cool!" He looks at Verde and Frost, and asked, "What do you guys have?"
Verde unbuckled the strap from his pugil stick, and held it up, and transformed it into dual sided scythe. Verde then said, "Just like Ruby's, it is also a sniper. Only difference is that it is semi-automatic."
Frost pulled his elbow blades out. He then explained, "Two revolvers with half foot blades attached. Not great at range, but definitely packs a punch."
Ruby then asked Juane, "So, what do you got?"
"Me?" Juane said. He reached down to his side, and said, "Well I got this sword." He pulls it out of his sheathe. It appeared to be a straight blade with a simple cross guard.
Verde and Ruby moved her eyes up and down the sword in admiration. Frost looked at it, as if he recognized the blade. Juane then said, "I also got this shield." He grabbed his sheathe, and the edges of it jutted out of its original form, taking the form of a heater shield. Ruby asked, "What do they do?" As she said that, she touched the shield gently, and the shield went back into its sheathe state. It bounced out of Juane's hands, surprising him. It bounced for a couple of seconds, until finally ceasing. Juane then picked it up, and turned it back into a sheathe. He then explained, "Well, the shield gets smaller, so when I get tired of carrying it, I just put it away."
Confused, Frost asked, "Wouldn't it weigh the same?"
Juane sighed, and said, "Yeah, it does."
Ruby then explained, "Well, I'm kind of a dork when it comes to weapons. I mean, I went a little overboard in designing it-"
Juane interrupted, and asked with his amazement, "Wait, you built that?"
Ruby answered, "Of course! All students at Signal forge their own weapons."
Frost nodded, and said, "Same for Sanctum Academy, in Mistral."
Verde then asked, "Didn't you make yours?"
Juane explained, "It's a hand-me-down. My great-great-grandfather used it to fight in the war."
Ruby then said, "Sounds like a family heirloom to me. But I like it!"
Frost then said, "Not many people take an appreciation to the classics these days."
Juane nodded, and said, "Yeah, the classics."
They continued walking. Ruby then asked, "Why did you help me back there, in the courtyard?"
Juane answered, "Why not? My mom always said that strangers are just friends you haven't met yet."
Ruby and the others nodded. She then asked, "Hey, do you know where we're going?"
Juane answered, "I dunno, I was following you." They then both chuckled sheepishly. Frost sighed, and said, "Follow me, I know where to go." Frost took the lead, and led them through the campus grounds.
Frost led them to a room that was filled with other students. A stage was at one end of the room, and the students were in front of it, waiting for an announcement. They all walked in, and Ruby and Frost heard a voice call out to them, "Ruby, Frost! Over here! I saved you a spot!"
Ruby looked at Juane, and said, "Oh, I got to go! That's my sister. Come on Frost!" Ruby and Frost then both walked to her sister. Before Juane could tell her to wait, she was gone, along with Frost. He sighed, and said, "Great...where am I supposed to find another nice, quirky girl to talk to..."
Verde responded with, "Don't sweat it. Let them find you." They then walked towards the stage.
Yang, Frost, and Ruby stood, and waited for the announcement. Ruby looked a bit angry as well. Yang then asked, "How's your first day going little sister?"
Angry, Ruby snapped back, "You mean since you ditched me and I exploded?!"
Not realizing what she started, Yang then said, "Yikes, meltdown already?"
Frost answered for Ruby, "In a way...yes."
Yang looked at them both, and then asked, trying to not smile, "Are you being sarcastic?"
Ruby scoffed, "Ugh, I wish! I tripped over some crabby girl's luggage, and then she yelled at me, then I sneezed, then I exploded! And then she yelled at me again, and I felt really, really bad, and I wanted her to stop yelling at me!" Behind her, she hears a sharp, "You!" She turned, to see Weiss once again, with her bodyguard, Jecht. Ruby jumped into Yang's arms, and said, "Oh god, it's happening again!"
Weiss then yelled, "You're lucky we weren't blown off the side of the cliff!"
In her realization, Yang said, "Oh my god, you really exploded."
Ruby got out of her arms, and said, "It was an accident, I swear!" Weiss snapped, and Jecht handed her a pamphlet with the title Dust for Dummies. and Weiss held it out, in front of Ruby's face. "What's this?" Ruby asked.
Weiss explained, "The Schnee Dust Company is not responsible for any injuries or damages sustained while operating a Schnee Dust Company product." She continued, but it spun circles around the three of them. Ruby simply said, "Uuuhhh."
Weiss then bluntly stated, "You really want to start making things up to me?"
With haste, Ruby said, "Absolutely."
Weiss forced the pamphlet into Ruby's hands, and said, "Read this, and don't ever speak to me again."
Yang, trying to help the situation, said, "Look, it looks like you two got off on the wrong foot! Why don't you just start over and try to be friends, okay?"
"Yeah! Great idea, sis." Ruby responded. She turned back to Weiss, and held her hand out. She then said to her, "Hello Weiss, I'm Ruby. Want to hang out? We can go shopping for school supplies!"
With much sarcasm in her voice, Weiss responded, "Yeah! And we can paint our nails, and try on clothes, and talk about cute boys, like tall, blonde, and scraggly over there!"
Juane then looked over, as he figured they were talking about him. Looking past the sarcasm, Ruby exclaimed, "Oh wow, really?!"
Weiss then glared at her, and simply put it, "No." Weiss then turned away from her. As she did, microphone feedback can be heard. Everyone looked to the stage, where Ozpin stood, along with Glynda. Ozpin cleared his throat, and said, "I'll keep this brief. You have traveled here today in search of knowledge. To hone your craft and aquire new skills. And when you have finished, you plan to dedicate your life to the protection of the people. But I look amongst you, and all I see is wasted energy, in need of purpose, direction. You assume knowledge will free you of this, but your time at this school will prove that knowledge will only carry you so far. It is up to you to take the first step.
Ozpin then walked off the stage. Glynda took his spot, and announced, "You will gather in the ballroom tonight. Tomorrow, your initiation begins. Be ready. You are dismissed." Murmurs can be heard through the crowd. Yang then said, "He seemed kind of off..."
Ruby added, "It's almost like he wasn't there..."
Frost then explained, "I am sure he just has a lot on his mind. He is headmaster, after all."
Juane snuck up beside Weiss, and said promptly, "I'm a natural blonde, y'know?"
Weiss then put her hand towards her head in disappointment, realizing what she may have started.
