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RWBY: Press Start

Level Twenty Three

Special Event

Several groans could be heard at the exit of the Rud Arms Sewer North. Ruby and her team were the first to exit exhausted beyond belief. The young leader was the first to collapse. "That was brutal. Those monsters wouldn't stop attacking us."

Her sister was next to next to fall. "Not to mention those rock monsters weren't easy either. Seriously, they took a lot of hits to go down."

Weiss was ready for a good long rest. "Through, we're finally through."

Blake desperately wanted to take a long cat nap after what she went through. "Those Ice Golems going viral didn't help either."

Right behind the team were Neptune and the other CPUs who were just doing fine. Neptune giggled awkwardly at what the team of girls had to go through. "Well, welcome to the life of a JRPG girls. But hey, look on the bright side. At least you gained a lot of experience. I think you even gained a level or two."

The heiress was too tired to tell off the other girl. So Yang did it for her. "Why do I get the feeling that doesn't amount to much?"

Noire scoffed. "Oh please. It wasn't that bad."

Now that was something Weiss could say something about. "Says you! We're the ones that did all the fighting!" She groaned again. "Just tell me that we're already in Lowee now."

Plutia nodded to the question "Uh-huh. We're already here. Look." She pointed in front.

The four girls looked at the same direction and screamed in unison. "That's…Lowee?" Yang asked. In front of them of the Lowee of the Ultradimension and it was the most vastly different than the one they went to from before. It was not covered in snow as this one looked like it was in fall. The buildings were vastly different as well as they had a rural Japanese style look to them. Blake had already decided that this was her favorite by far.

Neptune walked ahead of the girls. "Come on. If you're not too tired, let's check the place out." The other CPUs followed her. With some of the strength coming back to them, team RWBY stood up and followed the CPUs into the nation.

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Lowee was more impressive to them now that they were in it. It was like they were in another different world. Weiss certainly thought so. "These are such interesting buildings. So are the designs. I've never seen anything like it."

Again in rare times, Yang agreed with the heiress. "Yeah, it's actually really cool."

Ruby held her hand out in front. "And it's not as cold as the other Lowee too."

While the three members were impressed by this new Lowee, out of all of them, Blake loved it the most. She loved the look of it, the design and the architecture. There was something she and everyone noticed about the nation. "Why are they putting up decorations?" Not only decorations but it seemed the people were also setting up stalls as well for something.

Neptune wanted to know that too. "Beats me. I bet Blanc knows when we go see her."

Plutia giggled happily. "Yay! We get to see Blanny again." Yang didn't share the same feeling.

The group made their way to the center of Lowee where the basilicom was located. It was a massive tower that stood out from the rest of the towers. Even the entrance was a sight to behold. They walked over a bridge and saw decorative gardens with sand neatly combed over. Once they entered the main building, the inside of the main room was just as majestic. It did have the lack of any presence though. "Hello!?" Yang called out.

As soon as she did that, Neptune and the other CPUs covered their ears without the rest of the girls knowing. There was silence for a few seconds. "HELLO AND WELCOME TO LOWEE'S BASILICOM!"

And the team screamed as they covered their ears. All of them were griping in pain. More so with Blake since her cat ears were largely affected by the loud noise. "What was that it!?"

Yang hissed at the pain going through her ears. "I don't know but man was that loud."

Ruby rubbed her ears. "My ears are ringing."

A giant shadow suddenly loomed over the team and looked to see what it was. Needless to say, they were at a loss for words. That is until Weiss found some words to say. "What…in the world?" A giant, frightening robot was glaring at all of them. Ruby would've been overexcited to see one if she wasn't so terrified.

Then something unexpected happened. The robot laughed and smiled. "Well, what do we have here?! Some new visitors?! I love meeting new people!"

They had no response to that. Neptune walked up to the giant robot and smiled at it. "Hey there Copy! You're loud as always."

CopyPaste looked down and smiled back. "What do you know?! Is that Neptune?! I haven't seen you around in a while! Are these four girls your new friends!?"

The CPU nodded. "Uh-huh. They sure are."

The robot chuckled heartily. "Isn't that wonderful?! Isn't making new friends the best feeling in the world?!"

Once Ruby and the others saw how the robot acted, they calmed down a bit. In fact, some of them were a little weirded out by how the robot was acting. "So…apparently this giant lug is actually friendly." Yang stated.

"Indeed. Just what is this thing anyway?" Weiss asked.

"CopyPaste." The girls looked back to Noire who was walking up to them. "A former member of the Seven Sages and the strongest in power terms. We fought against him a couple of times and he's on our side now. He didn't act like this before though. When we first met him, he was…kinda of evil but when we encountered him again, he was like this." Noire had a sneaking suspicion that one certain robot was behind that.

Speaking of the robot, he looked over to Noire. "Hello there Lady Noire! How is Mr. Badd doing over in your nation?!"

The CPU sighed at the question. "Doing fine and so are his daughters. Right now they're all on holiday thankfully."

Blake raised an eyebrow. "Mr. Badd?"

Noire had to do another explanation. "Yes. Like CopyPaste, Mr. Badd was another member of the Seven Sages but left them. He kinda serves as my advisor which is funny because he used to be the Minister of Lowee." Now the team really wanted to know more about the whole Seven Sages bit.

As for now, Ruby's excitement returned and was all over the robot. "You're so cool! You're like the most awesome robot ever!"

CopyPaste laughed at the young leader's enthusiasm. "Aren't you a speedy little thing?! Look at you! You're so tiny!"

Ruby took offense to that. "Hey! I'm still growing. Besides, I drink a lot of milk."

The robot continued to laugh. "That's good! It's important to drink lots of milk if you want to grow up big and strong!"

The young leader smiled at that. "Thank you. Finally, someone I can agree with."

Before the fun could continue, everyone heard another voice coming from behind. "What hell is going on here!? I thought I told you to keep it down you damn robot!" Everyone looked to the back of the room and sure enough, the CPU of Lowee showed herself. Like the Noire here, the Blanc in the Ultradimension wore different clothes like that of something resembling a shrine maiden. One thing she does share with the other Blanc was their temper. "Just what the hell are you making so much damn noise now?!"

Her answer came in the form of Neptune. "Hey there Blanc! How's it going?"

Already the other CPU wasn't happy to see her. "Oh, the idiot has come back."

Neptune feigned being hurt. "Ouch. We haven't seen each other for a bit and that's what you say to me?"

Plutia smiled at her friend. "Hi there Blanny."

Blanc's attitude changed when she saw her friend. "Plutia. It's nice to see you again."

Of course, Neptune felt the favoritism out of this. "So you greet me cold but warm up to Plutie?"

Noire being the last wasn't all that excited seeing Blanc again. "Hello there."

The other CPU felt the same. "And what the hell are you doing here?"

Noire glared at the other girl. "Don't get the wrong idea." She looked away. "Old CPU."

Red appeared in Blanc's eyes. "What was that? You better show some respect!" In an instant, she already transformed into her HDD form. "Or I'll beat some into you!"

Ruby and the others were scared at the sudden transformation. "Oh man. That was quick. And I thought the Blanc we knew had a short fuse." Yang stated.

Noire glared back at Blanc. "You want to go!?" She transformed into her HDD form. "Bring it on!" Red lighting came out of their eyes and struck each other. Their HDD forms were different as well. Blanc's was red and white while Noire's was grey and black. Also, her hairstyle stayed the same.

Neptune giggled nervously. "Oh boy. Here we go again. Can we not have a repeat of chapter three. Uh, not this story's chapter three of course."

"Are they going to fight?" Ruby asked.

That was dreadful thought to Weiss. "I don't think we'll want to be around when two CPUs fight against each other."

Plutia just smiled at what was happening in front of her. "Now now you two." Both CPUs looked over to her and a very disturbing smile. "We all can get along, right?"

Both CPUs gulped as they knew all too well what that look meant. Blake, of course, moved away. The last thing everyone needed right now was her appearing. They both reverted back to their human forms. "Yeah, of course, Plutia. We're just…so happy to see each other again. Isn't that right Blanc" Noire giggled nervously.

The other CPU nodded quickly. "Yeah. Nothing like seeing an old friend again."

That was good enough for Plutia. Once the danger passed, both CPUs sighed in relief. "That was close."

Now that Blanc had calmed down, she did notice a few new faces. "So, who are these four?"

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"And here's your tea!" CopyPaste finished pouring tea for Blake and rolled away from her.

The Faunus girl took a quick sip from her cup and marveled at the taste. "This is quite delicious."

Weiss took a sip from her cup as well. "It is. Hard to believe a giant contraption like him can make something like this."

As of now, everyone was in Blanc's room sitting on mats with trays placed in front of them. Of course, they did take their shoes off as well. CopyPaste was severing tea to everyone while Blanc was learning of team RWBY's situation. "So in hindsight, all of you are stuck in Neptune's world and trying to find a way back. That kinda sucks."

Weiss narrowed her eyes at the other girl. "Sucks doesn't even begin to describe it."

Neptune leaned back. "That's about right. We're just killing time while Mini-Histy is doing her usual three-day research thing."

Blake took another sip of her tea before looking around the room. "This is quite the look you have for your building. The same could be for your nation as well. It's quite interesting."

This was Yang's chance to score some points with this world's Blanc. "Yeah. It's pretty cool looking."

Blanc smiled at the compliments. "Thank you."

Ruby wanted to add something else to the conversation. "So, what's with all the decorations everyone is putting up outside?"

That was Neptune's mind as well. "Hey yeah, that' right. Something going on special here in Lowee?"

They actually brought up a very good topic. "Oh, so you've noticed. Today is actually a festival that's hosted in Lowee."

Already the young leader had stars in her eyes. "A festival! That's so awesome!"

Yang loved the idea as well. "A festival huh? It does sound like a lot of fun. Any chance we can join in?"

Blanc nodded at the question. "Sure, go right ahead but if you're going to the festival, you have to wear the proper attire."

All four girls had question marks above their heads. "Proper attire?"

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Everyone was in a different room after they finished up their tea. The group was waiting on Ruby who was behind a door that led to a large dressing room. Yang couldn't wait to see her sister in the outfit she had picked. "Come on Ruby. Let's see what you look like."

Her sister didn't reply for a few seconds. "Just hold on a minute okay? This is kinda tricky putting it on. Tie it right here and…done! Okay, I'm ready." She opened the door and exited out wearing a completely different outfit. She giggled happily as the young leader twirled around. "What do you think?"

Naturally, everyone loved the outfit Ruby was wearing. Weiss, of course, couldn't take her eyes off of her partner. Ruby was wearing a bright red yukata with rose printing on it with a slightly darker red obi tied around her waist. For once in the heiress' life, she was speechless. So Yang decided to speak for her. "You're looking good Ruby. That's a pretty good outfit for you."

The younger sister laughed nervously. "You think so? I've never worn something like this before."

Neptune thought otherwise. "I'd say you pull it off good. Now that you're done…you're up Weiss."

The other girl hesitated for a bit until she got her act together. "F-Fine. If I must." She walked past Ruby who in turn was walking back to the group but not before catching a glimpse one last time before closing the door. Everyone waited several minutes for the heiress to emerge out of the room. They heard a click and the door opened. Weiss walked out of the room looking slightly embarrassed by the outfit she was wearing. "I swear this feels so different then what I'm used to wearing." Weiss was wearing a pure white yukata with blue snowflake patterns along with a pink obi wrapped around her waist and instead of her usual side ponytail style; it was more to the back of her head. Like Weiss before, Ruby couldn't get enough of how beautiful the heiress looked in the new outfit.

Plutia seemed to enjoy it. "You look so pretty Weissy." Weiss decided to take the compliment.

"Guess I'm up next." Blake walked over to the dressing room while Weiss walked back to the group. The Faunus girl entered the room and closed the door. Out of all of them, Yang was the most anxious. After some time has passed, the door opened and Blake came out. As expected, Yang was blown away by her partner's outfit. The Faunus girl was wearing a black yukata with light purple sun patterns on it with a red obi tied around her waist. Of course, she still kept her bow on. The blonde gulped as she couldn't take her eyes off her partner. Blake was more than satisfied with her look. "This is actually pretty good. I mean I've worn one for sleep but not for a festival."

Yang sighed as it was finally time. "Guess I'm last." She switched places with Blake and entered the room. If the group had to be honest, they were having fun with this and the festival hasn't even started yet. They were all looking forward to it. Yang took a little then the rest but finally, the door opened out came the blonde. This time Blake couldn't take her eyes off her partner. Yang chuckled nervously. "So…how do I look?" The brawler was wearing an orange yukata that had yellow flame prints on it along with an obi of the same color. The most obvious change was that her hair was tied up on the lower end. Blake really couldn't explain it but seeing the blonde wearing that yukata brought out the beauty in the other girl already more so.

Ruby clapped her hands together. "You look so pretty, Yang. It really looks good on you."

Her sister smiled at the compliment. "You think so? This is my first time wearing something like this. Have to say, I'm kinda liking it."

Neptune smiled at all of the girls. "Well, all of you are dressed for the occasion now. Hey Blanc, you going to get in on the fun too?"

CopyPaste decided to answer that. "Unfortunately, Lady Blanc will be busy while the festival is underway. This is important for her since it does raise her shares. That's the whole point of the festival."

Plutia was rather sad hearing that. "Aw. I wanted to have fun with Blanny."

Blanc didn't seem to have a problem with it. "It's no big deal. It comes with the territory."

Noire looked at the clock to check the time. "We still have some time left to prepare for the festival."

Neptune smiled at that. "Yeah! Let's have some fun at the festival!" Everyone cheered to that.