Author's Note: So I want to assure everyone that if I ever find a fic or series that I want to expand the Cast's reactions for, I will separate it to its own fic and that at most there will only three chapters dedicated to any specific 'film'. With that done on with the film.
Everyone got seated and ordered some food and drink when the film started
The film opens with a Rose emblem on a bright red background quickly followed by the Overwatch insignia. "Overwatch was looking for a hotshot pilot to test their next generation teleporting fighter.", said an offscreen Ruby to the audience.
"Huh my little sister being a pilot that was selected for testing a teleporting plane, I always knew you were special!", said yang as she hugged her younger sibling.
"Gah! YANG let go I'm trying to watch the movie!", Yelped Ruby as she almost dropped her fresh plate of cookies.
Teary-eyed her father said while also hugging her, "My baby girl is all grown up!"
"OH, NOT YOU TOO!", yelled Ruby as most of the audience looked on and chuckled or laughed at their antics.
The insignia fades to an image of Ruby standing in front of a jet fighter with her offscreen speaking, "The SlipStream, enter Ruby Oxton, call sign: Rose. That's me. It's the sort of opportunity I've dreamed off my whole life."
The family was still hugging and gushing about Ruby's growth, despite her flailing and yelling. While the rest of the audience look to the screen in curiosity.
"But on my first flight, the teleportation matrix malfunctioned and I disappeared. I was missing for months.", said the young pilot as the image turns to one of her in the pilot seat looking distressed as she fades out. "And no-one knew where — or when — I'd gone.", said ruby slightly solemnly.
"Ouch", said Jaune out loud. Meanwhile in the background, Ruby finally got out of the clutches of her family.
The film transitions to a room filled with electronic equipment all around with Ruby fading in and out of existence. "By the time Overwatch found me I was little more than a ghost. The doctors call my condition 'chronal disassociation'. I faded in and out of existence. Disappearing for hours and days at a time, and even when I was there, I couldn't touch anything."
Everyone winced at that, Blake spoke, "so I guess now is when we find out who saves her… right?", everyone looked back to the screen.
The image changes to one of Blake working on a device that looks one on the slipstream. "But my friend Blake would not give up. She kept at it, day and night. Until she invented the chronal harness that keeps me anchored to the present. I was myself again!"
"Thanks, Blake.", Ruby said partially because it's thanks to her that a different Ruby gets to live a normal life, partially because she saved her from her sister from hugging her mid-drink. "yeah, no problem, although you do know that it's not actually me who did that right?", asked a concerned Blake. "Yea but still it felt needed.", replied Ruby.
"Even better, It turned my condition into something great! I have control over my own time, and I can speed it up and slow it down at will. My time as a pilot was over, but my life as an Overwatch agent had begun." The image of Ruby in her pilot uniform fades to an image her in her own unique outfit.
she was wearing a bomber jacket with vale's flag sewn onto her right shoulder and the insignia for her old flight group along with her rank sewn onto her left shoulder, over top was her trademark red cloak and rose emblem, on her forearms were holsters for two mini scythe-pulse pistols dubbed Reap and Harvest by the agent, to finish her outfit was a pair of red and black boots along with a 'combat' skirt. Of course, on top of her jacket was her Chronal Accelerator smack dab on top of her chest.
"Looks like all Rubies wear similar outfits", Snickered Weiss as she took a sip of her tea. "TRAITOR!", Ruby yelled at the Ice Queen.
"Which leads to now 5 years later overwatch has been disbanded by the Petras act and the Councils of Remnant, and the world once again needs heroes to stave off a second Faunus crisis." Spoke Ruby from the background. The shot transitions to a close up on her face in a crowd cheering and looking on at a speech meant to bridge the two crowds together given by an Adam Taurus.
"What?! Why would I even give humans the light of day for a speech?!" yelled Adam at the screen. "Because Mr. Taurus, not every Faunus is an animal like you are in your universe.", sarcastically remarked James walking into the showroom. "Was that a jab at my animal traits human?", sneered Adam. James sighed and said, "no just a remark about your behavior, now please quiet down and let the rest of us enjoy the film." The Faunus sat down and gave a glare towards James who simply shrugged.
'Hmm, was that something in the background?' thought Rose, as she waded through the crowd to get to a better vantage point. She climbs the closest tower to see a familiar figure, Salem, Former wife to Ozpin Magus and currently a woman out to kill Adam Taurus. Rose saw a lot of things in the woman, her assets, her intelligence, even her former flame which has died down to embers when GRIMM, an organization named after the very monsters that threaten the kingdoms every day, kidnapped her and brainwashed her to be the woman Rose sees in front of her now. A part of Rose wishes she could help her but the damage was done and now… now all the woman is known for is her work, her assassinations, the death she brought with her, and she was nothing if not efficient with her work.
Ozpin, Glynda, and Qrow winced at that knowing who Salem actually was and what she could actually do, but Ozpin specifically felt something awake inside himself a feeling that he has not felt since he got his position of headmaster of Beacon Academy, Guilt, a feeling he hasn't felt in a long long time. He knew why Salem is the was she was, yet for the longest time all he thought he could do was condemn her and try to kill her, an act for the gods to return. Yet it was the gods who condemned Remnant, 'A thought for Later perhaps' thought Ozpin as she took a good long sip of his coffee.
"Huh who's this Salem lady, I mean they did say that we were the stars of the show right?", asked Yang. James spoke, "Oh she's very real but for the sake of some people I know", he glances over to Ozpin and Glynda, "I will refrain for now and simply say that she will be showing up later, It's a particularly long journey to the theater from her home." He knew that avoiding the subject was always a bad Idea but the reactions of the guests here will be worth it. 'Heh you're not the only one who can screw with your students Oz' thought James as he looked back to the screen and took a sip of his whiskey.
She used her time dilation and zipped over to Salem's building and ran up to the roof to intercept her before any damage could be done, in the current day and age the sparks for a second faunus revolution was very visible and the dust barrel was just one match away from blowing. An assassination of such a political figure would be all that's needed to set off such a war. Now more than ever did she wish that she really could reform overwatch, alas the Petras exists and doing so would place her under an international bounty for arrest, so what she could do was to be chalked up to her own personal heroism. As she ran to Salem she snatched a radio from one of the dead guards to alert Adam's bodyguards to get him out of the area and into hiding as there would be an assassination attempt on his life.
"Hmm, Mister Sherrywood you did say that all of these universes exist correct?", mused Ozpin. "Aye Sir, and if the next question you have is why do you not have your aura unlocked. The answer is that as of the time of your murder, aura simply was an unknown protection, and when it and semblances were discovered it was considered at first magic and then a normal facet of life before then huntsmen academies were mostly army boot camp but with emphasis on how to kill Grimm efficiently and at distance.", replied James.
"Interesting. Thank you for answering my concerns then.", said Ozpin as he took a sip of his coffee.
The pair went back to watching the film.
Rose makes a jump over to the roof Salem was on and sets off a gas trap, she slides to the ground and coughs. Salem quickly spins around, points her mechashift rifle at the poor girl and taunts, "Foolish girl, thinking that you'll play hero". Rose quickly recalls to a point before her jump and makes the jump again this time also making sure to speed up her landing as well to make sure she doesn't set off a trap like that again. "You were saying?", she taunts the deathly pale woman.
Rose throws a pouch of her pulse ammunition at Salem set to detonate on impact, the trained killer shoots it out of the air throwing Rose off the roof in front of Adam, the crowd looks on in shock and awe. Salem jumps after her aiming at the only device that keeps her anchored in time, she shoots, and Rose once again zips back to her previous position on the roof before the detonation. Salem uses her grappling hook and swings back to the roof as her target, Adam Taurus, get hit in the head a clean hole could be seen right between his eyes, blood leaking out, the crowd horrified and one Rose up on a roof muttering reaping no's in anger and sadness.
The audience winces at that and Ruby speaks, "why did you show us that?!", the audience, for the most part, nods in agreement. James sighs and replies,"the reason I showed you all that is that while for the most part most of these will be nice not all of them will show the hero winning, my thought process was just to get a rough one out of the way first and then show you all one that has a nice ending to it."
Ozpin joins in, "Miss Rose, not everything will end well for the heroes even the best of people can die to the worst of things." She nodded in understanding and spoke, "sorry about that I just" James cut her off, "look whatever you're about to say it doesn't matter, should the hero win yeah, does it always happen no, no it doesn't but the point is to watch these films and relax. Don't get to harped up over what you may have momentarily thought or said." She nods again and the audience turns back to the screen.
"Why would you do this?!", cried out Rose angry. "Goodbye, Rose.",said Salem as she smashed the butt of her rifle on the coronal accelerator throwing Rose off the roof and into the crowd. Rose gets up and curses about the damage. She sulks away back home to go try to patch up what she can before bringing to Blake to fix it properly.
"And the end, I know it wasn't the lightest of stories but I'll try to find a better one for the next viewing until then feel free to go exploring the building or take a nap or whatever. I'm gonna be busy as sifting through this stuff is gonna take some time.", came over a PA system. Meanwhile in the projectionist booth the captain was muttering something about 'modern day people and their insistence on being dark and edgy, like it's so friggin cool'.as he sifted through films and clips.
Back in the lobby James was looking at a building plan, trying to decide what to change for the guests. He sighed and said aloud,"perhaps I should ask for room requests and work from there.". Meanwhile not too far away a certain red gem girl heard and walked over to ask about it,"so what's who's about room requests?". James jumped and recoiled back in shock before speaking, "Bleedin hell lass ya scared the life outta me! you need something?". "Well I was wondering if you were taking requests right now?", Ruby asked. James sighed and spoke, "yea but save it for later I need to help the captain with his sifting. Go join your friends after all more guests will show soon. That and another film will start soon as well." Ruby smiled and ran off to go tell everyone.
Author's note: Woo finished chapter hope everyone enjoyed this I'll try to release a chapter every thursday, and if there is no chapter for next thursday then i'll simply either release two chapters the following week or drop it when I finish it. I plan to give the cast some gifts, and not through Phoenix something or other Warehouses, so the way gifts show up will be through Army mail, after all there is a captain on site, though I would love too see anything you all might want to give. If there is enough stuff I'll probably dedicate a chapter to it. As always have fun and please don't spam the reviews or inbox too much