After introductions and explanations to the rest of the group, the viewers filed into the theater. Every one who had already been there felt compelled to grab the same seats as before.
Lionheart grabbed a seat close to Ozpin, but not immediately next to him.
Robyn sighed. She looked around and saw that the only people she really recognized were Atlas military. While she could have tolerated Clover or Penny, the other two really grated on her nerves.
Suddenly, she spotted Roman and walked down that row, "Hey, mind if I sit here?"
Roman examined the newcomer and smirked, "Of course not! It's always a pleasure to meet a beautiful woman such as yourself."
Robyn shot him a glare, "Don't. I know who you are. One: you're dead and two: you're a criminal."
"Well, I'm flattered but…" Roman started.
"I actually studied your methods," Robyn noted, "I used some of them myself, but I only steal to give back to people in need."
Roman nodded, "If it changes your mind, I realized I backed the wrong side."
Gordeau looked around and nodded as everyone got into place, "Now, we're going to continue in the same universe this time."
"We're not jumping around?" Yang asked.
"No," Gordeau shook his head, "What we just watched was more of a prequel to the events that come. This is the true beginning of the story."
"What can we expect from this one?" Harriet asked warily.
"Don't worry," Gordeau reassured, "This is the story of a heroine, her best friend, her love interest, and the companions she makes along the way."
He pushed a button on his scroll. Instead of starting up, a soft piano and string melody came over the speakers.
"Oh, I like this," Weiss smiled as she listened.
"It is very calming," Blake agreed.
"Just trying to set the mood," Gordeau smiled, "This is one of my favorite pieces of music from this universe. It plays at the beginning of every part of this universe except the prequel. It's called "Dearly Beloved," and is kind of the universe's calling card."
Weiss pulled out her scroll to record the melody, but found it already on her scroll. She turned and nodded to her host as the lights dimmed.
Words appeared on screen. They said 'Thinking of you, wherever you are. We pray for our sorrows to end, and hope our hearts blend."
Velvet looked at the words with hope. Thinking of you, Coco. Wherever you are, I hope we find you soon.
"Pray for our sorrows to end," Jaune nodded with hope, "Something most of us do every day."
"Now I will step forward to realize this wish. And who knows: starting a new journey may not be so hard or maybe it has already begun."
Pyrrha and Neo exchanged a glance, a new journey certainly had begun. And one thing was certain, it was going to be a hell of a ride.
"There are many worlds, but they share the same sky- one sky, one destiny.'
"No doubt a reference to the 'all worlds were one' thing from the last part," Clover noted.
Rolling storm clouds appeared briefly before disappearing. A closed eye was shown. The camera zooms out to reveal Ruby in her old Beacon combat outfit, but with strangely spikey hair. She was also wearing a sliver necklace that formed a three pointed crown.
"Me?" Ruby asked.
"Yes," Gordeau nodded, "Ruby's the heroine I spoke of."
"Awesome!" Ruby cheered, "It'll be like those old books!"
"What's with that hair though?" Nora teased, "It looks kinda ridiculous."
Her eye opened and it was revealed she was submerged in water.
"Wait, what?" Weiss asked, "How is that possible?"
"I don't know," Blake shrugged, "But it looks like she's okay."
Her voice was heard, "I've been having these weird thoughts lately like is any of this for real or not?"
"A thought I would share, if I didn't know I should be dead," Lionheart noted.
"Trust me, Leo," Ozpin reassured, "It is very real."
Lionheart grumbled incoherently at Oz asking him to trust.
The screen pulsed briefly as music is heard. Ruby was sinking in the water.
She gave in and sank as the music picked up.
"Music again?" Sun asked, "Is this another musical?"
"No," Gordeau chuckled, "These songs are more like the ones I've been playing for you. They just describe the feelings of the characters."
Suddenly she opened her eyes and she was standing on a beach. There was a waterfall behind her along with a small shack. She looked around until something standing in the water caught her attention.
"That's a beautiful island," Emerald noted.
"It almost reminds me of Menagerie," Ilia observed.
"It does, doesn't it," Blake agreed.
Unfortunately, the sun got in her eyes. She squinted and tried to see what it was. The screen changed views to reveal Weiss in her old Beacon outfit standing in the water and staring into the horizon.
"Weiss!" Ruby cheered, "You must be my best friend! I'm so glad it's you bestie!"
"Yeah, me too, Ruby," Weiss chuckled unconvincingly. Several of the other students shot her apologetic glances.
Ruby smiled and started to run towards Weiss but as she did, the water pulled away from her. She stopped shocked.
Neptune shuddered, "See!? You can't trust water!"
"Dude, seriously?" Sun asked.
Lyrics were heard as the music continued, "You're giving me, too many things lately."
Ruby looked up and saw a giant wave headed right for Weiss.
"Woah," Yang noted with wide-eyes, "That's a big wave!"
"I would suggest you get out of there, sister," Winter advised.
Weiss turned around unphased and looked at Ruby.
"And she looks unconcerned," Jaune noted.
"I know, I'd be freaking out if that was coming at me," Oscar noted.
"I think we all would," Pyrrha agreed, "Well, except maybe Ren."
Ren shrugged, proving the point.
"You're all I need."
Weiss held out her hand, offering it to Ruby.
"Weiss, why are you being creepy?" Ruby asked.
"I don't know," Weiss shook her head, "I wonder what's going on."
"You smiled at me and said."
Ruby ran forward to try and save her friend.
Suddenly, Weiss disappeared and the wave crashed over Ruby, knocking her underwater.
"What just happened?" Neo asked.
"I think Ruby might be dreaming," Summer noted, "That's when impossible stuff always seems to happen."
"Don't get me wrong I love you, but does that mean I have to meet your father?"
Suddenly, Weiss's head was filled with many questions. Was that what Ruby was worried about? Having to meet her father. Weiss had to admit, he was rather intimidating.
Ruby opened her eyes to see Weiss floating in front of her.
"When we are older, you'll understand what I meant when I said no, I don't think life is quite that simple."
Weiss held out her hand again. Ruby tried to reach it but the current was too strong. It washed her back to shore.
"I hope you're right, Sum," Tai nodded, "Cause this is a grim way to start if you're not."
"When you walk away, you don't hear me say, please, oh baby, don't go."
Ruby stood up in the water and glanced to the beach. Pyrrha was standing there in black shorts and a red and bronze tank top. She waved to Ruby.
"Wait, if Weiss is the best friend…" Pyrrha gasped.
"That makes you the love interest," Jaune sighed.
"Or Weiss could be the love interest," Velvet said quickly as she noticed Weiss's mood worsen, "No one in the universe has said otherwise yet."
Weiss smiled at the Rabbit Faunus's attempts to cheer her up.
Ruby waved back and ran toward her friend.
"Simple and clean is the way that you're making me feel tonight. It's hard to let it go."
Ruby made her way to Pyrrha. They smiled at each other and Pyrrha giggled at Ruby's exhaustion.
"Yeah, she's the love interest," Harriet noted, "That's not something friends do with each other."
"And how would you know?" Roman asked.
"Hey, you're not the only one whose changed," Harriet snapped back, "I've realized my team are my friends."
A good portion of the audience smiled at her change of heart.
"Hold me, whatever lies beyond this morning is a little later on."
Suddenly, something in the sky caught Pyrrha's attention. She looked at it with a puzzled look.
Ruby followed her gaze to see a meteor shower. However, one of the meteor's was actually her falling from the sky.
"Yeah, it's a dream," Qrow sighed, "Thank goodness."
"Regardless of warnings, the future doesn't scare me at all. Nothing's like before."
The two watched in shock as another Ruby fell towards the water. Suddenly, Ruby got dizzy and fell backwards.
"This is very strange," Penny shook her head, "I'm having a hard time understanding all of this."
"My guess is that it's all a lot of foreshadowing," Blake explained, "We probably won't get a lot of this until much later."
"Hold me, whatever lies beyond this morning is a little later on."
Pyrrha turned to her and gasped. For Ruby the ground was suddenly no longer there. She fell and looked up.
"Regardless of warnings, the future doesn't scare me at all. Nothing's like before."
"The future should scare you," Cinder scoffed, "Especially with what we have planned."
"But we've all changed because of our experience here," Neo countered, carefully, "As they said, nothing's like before."
Cinder glared at the turncoat before turning back to the screen.
Ruby saw Pyrrha calling out to her with an outstretched hand, but she was powerless to stop Ruby's fall. Pyrrha dissolved in a ripple.
"I'm sorry!" Pyrrha apologized, "I tried Ruby!"
"It's all right," Ruby shrugged, "I'm pretty sure this is a dream too, so I'll be fine."
Ruby fell into the water, right back into the same position she started in. This time, however, she put her feet down. They came into contact with an unseen surface.
"Well, there's something you don't see every day," Mercury noted.
"I wonder if that's what the inside of the Grimm pools look like," Emerald questioned.
Ruby stood up and looked around confused.
She took a step forward and a green light shown from her feet. The darkness around it flew away like doves to reveal a stained-glass mosaic. It showed a woman with a yellow and blue dress. She was holding an apple and around her were seven faces.
"She looks like a princess!" Nora exclaimed.
Weiss felt a small connection with that woman, but couldn't put her finger on why.
Ruby watched the doves fly away in awe. She looked at the scene in front of her.
Suddenly she heard a voice in her head, but it didn't actually sound like anything.
V: So much to do, so little time…
"Did everyone else hear that?" Robyn asked, startled.
"Don't worry," Gordeau reassured, "The voice you're hearing is just the universe, you're not crazy."
V: Take your time. Don't be afraid.
V: The door is still shut.
V: Now, step forward.
Ruby was unsure what the voice was talking about but did as she was told. She walked to the middle of the platform. In flashes of light three small pedestals lifted out of the ground.
"Anybody else getting a video game feel from this?" Yang asked.
"Yeah," Jaune agreed, "It reminds me of the beginning of those RPG's where you have to choose how to begin you're game."
The voice started again.
V: Power sleeps within you.
As the voice said this, three weapons appeared on the pedestals. The first was a red and black shield with a circle and two triangles on it. The shapes formed what looked like a cat head.
Blake narrowed her eyes at Yang, "Not one word."
"Awe, c'mon Blakey," Yang joked, "You know I don't mean anything by it!"
"I know," Blake nodded, "I just didn't want to hear it."
The second was a green staff with a blue cat head on top of it. The voice continued.
V: If you give it form, it will give you strength.
The third weapon was a sword. It had a gold cross guard and a blue handle. On the cross guard was a red circle, with a black cat head on it.
"So, a shield, a staff, and a sword," Sun pondered, "Wonder what she's gonna pick?"
"Eh," Ruby shrugged, "None of them really compare to my baby."
V: Choose well.
Ruby gulped and approached the sword, as she grabbed it the voice started again.
V: The power of the warrior. Invincible courage. A sword of terrible destruction. Is this the power you seek?
"Well, I'm sold," Yang leaned back, "That's my kind of power set."
"Right there with ya," Nora agreed.
"I don't know," Ruby shook her head, "Terrible destruction? That doesn't sound too good."
Ruby shook her head, destruction wasn't really her thing, though the courage part sounded good. She decided to try the others as well and see if they felt better.
"See?" Ruby nodded, "I get me."
Weiss face-palmed at Ruby's circular logic.
She approached the staff.
V: The power of the mystic. Inner strength. A staff of wonder and ruin. Is this the power you seek?
Cinder smirked, "Well, if I had to choose, I just found my weapon."
"That doesn't surprise me," Ozpin sighed, "It is magic after all."
Ruby shook her head again. Inner strength sounded great, but ruin? She still had one more to try.
She approached the shield.
V: The power of the guardian. Kindness to aid friends. A shield to repel all. Is this the power you seek?
Blake smiled, "Now there's the one for me."
"Really?" Yang questioned, "I mean you fight with a sword already, so…"
"But I've seen the destruction it can cause," Blake shook her head, "And don't forget, we're protecting each other. I want to be able to help, not destroy."
Adam scoffed at the thought.
"Alright," Ruby nodded, "So what would everyone else pick?"
After hearing all the options, Yang, Nora, Jaune, Pyrrha, Oscar, Ilia, Harriet, Mercury, Adam, Raven, Roman, and Neo picked the sword.
Weiss, Winter, Penny, Neptune, Cinder, Emerald, Ozpin, and Lionheart picked the staff.
Tai, Summer, Qrow, Blake, Ren, Robyn, Sun, and Velvet chose the shield.
Clover, however, was having a hard time deciding. He wanted to protect his team and his new friends, but he could do his job better with the sword. In the end, he picked the sword.
After noting everyone's choices, Ruby nodded, "I'd probably go for the shield too. We need to protect those we haven't lost yet."
Pyrrha couldn't help but feel that was aimed at her, but shrugged it off as she knew what was going to happen.
Honestly that felt too boring for Ruby. She wanted something with a little more excitement. She turned around and grabbed the sword again. It disappeared in a flash of light.
"What?!" Ruby protested, "Don't do that! Protect your friends!"
Gordeau chuckled, "That's the one big difference between you and her, Ruby. While you both grew up on islands, this version's island was boring and nothing ever really happened. As such, you get bored easily and are extremely excited by new things and meeting new people."
Yang let out a hearty laugh, "A socially outgoing Ruby? Man, now I've seen it all."
"Yang!"
V: Your path is set. Now, what will you give up in exchange?
Ruby turned around and looked at the shield and the staff.
"Oh, she better not give up that shield," Ruby warned, "Or I'm going to have to give myself a strict talking too."
"She's going to give up the shield," Weiss predicted.
Ruby thought for a while. Defense sounded great, but inner strength was also important. She thought for a moment and then decided. With both courage and inner strength, she wouldn't need to focus on protecting her friends. It would just happen. She walked over to the shield and gave it up.
Ruby sighed and put her head in her hands.
"Don't worry, Ruby," Penny comforted, "We know you'd never stop trying to protect us. Just because this version gave it up doesn't mean you would."
"Yeah," Ruby sighed, "I guess you're right."
V: You've chosen the power of the warrior. You've given up the power of the guardian. Is this the form you choose?
Ruby nodded. The pedestals collapsed and the mosaic shattered sending Ruby falling into the abyss.
"Okay, mental note," Mercury shook his head, "Never listen to disembodied voices."
Robyn rolled her eyes, "This all seems like nonsense at the moment. Are you sure we can learn things from this universe?"
"Sure," Clover nodded, "We've already learned things from the first part of it."
"Yeah," Harriet sighed, "After my stubborn nature destroyed the world."
Robyn and Lionheart shook their heads as they tried to process that information.
Her eyes focused in the distance as another mosaic came into view. It was blue and purple. On it was a young lady in a blue dress with blond hair. You could see her feet, and she was wearing glass slippers. Pictures of a castle showed around her head.
"Another Princess?" Ilia asked.
"Yep," Gordeau nodded, "The Princess are actually an integral part of the universe."
This time it was Cinder who felt a strange connection with the princess. Especially the glass slipper.
Ruby fell towards it and landed much the same way she did earlier.
V: You've gained the power to fight
The sword Ruby chose appeared in her hand.
V: Use this power to protect yourself and others. There will be times you have to fight.
A shadow appeared on the ground. It materialized itself. It had yellow eyes and looked like a large bug.
"Is that a Grimm?!" Oscar sat up quickly.
"Hmm…" Ozpin pondered, "If it is, it is a new type. Almost all Grimm have red eyes, these are yellow."
Cinder began taking mental notes. If it was a Grimm, it was one she'd never seen before, and her Mistress would love a new type of soldier.
V: Keep your light burning strong.
The shadow was joined by three more and they all pounced at Ruby. She swung the sword at them a few times before one of them dissolved in a puff of smoke.
"They dissolve like Grimm," Ruby noted.
"I think it's fairly safe to assume they're a type of Grimm, we just don't know what yet," Weiss agreed.
The other three phased back into the ground and disappeared. Ruby was alone on the mosaic again.
Ruby began to relax.
V: Behind you!
She swung her sword around and caught a shadow as it leapt. It dissolved as Ruby beat it.
More shadows appeared, but instead of attacking Ruby, they dissolved the ground in darkness. Ruby panicked for a moment as the mosaic faded and she fell into the shadow.
"Shit!" Yang winced, "I know she survives, because she's the main character, but that looks terrible."
"Yeah, being surrounded by that much darkness ain't great," Roman agreed.
She grasped at nothing before being absorbed.
She closed her eyes and struggled. The darkness was suffocating. Then it was gone, just as quickly as it had begun. She opened her eyes and panted. She was now on a pink mosaic. It had three hearts painted on it, each with an elegant figure in blue inside of them.
She stood up and noticed that a transparent door was on the platform. She approached and tried to grab the handle, but her hand went right through it.
"Well, that's annoying," Nora scoffed, "You can't even smash down a door that's not there!"
Suddenly a crate and a barrel appeared.
V: Smash them and the way shall open.
Ruby thought this must have been a trick, but she did it anyway. Sure enough, after destroying both the door became solid, she opened it and walked through.
V: Hold on, the door won't open just yet.
"Well this is getting tedious," Robyn sighed.
"Just wait till we get to a later viewing of this world," Gordeau sighed, "It has, what I refer to as 'The Two Hour Prologue.'"
"That sounds exhausting," Harriet groaned.
Ruby looked around and saw she was back on the island. She looked around and saw her friends, a young girl with light green hair swept to her right, with green eyes and fair complexion, wearing a dark blue hoodie, a mauve sweater, black shorts, elbow and knee pads, and black high top sneakers, a girl with a dark complexion, platinum blonde hair and olive green eyes, wearing a yellow robe with only one sleeve, a black tube top, black pants, a red sash, bandages on her arms and legs, a red necklace, and two red sticks in her hair, and a boy with dark skin and dark, messy copper hair that has a long fringe and a cowlick, his eyes were pale white and he wore a sleeveless, muted orange zipper vest with black lining and a high collar, a pair of black jeans, and brown, laced shoes, his arms were covered in scars, and he had a vertical scar on his lips, a pair of black gloves, and a belt with pouches.
"Hey, look Sun," Neptune pointed out, "It's Arslan and Reece!"
"Hey, it is!" Sun smiled, "I wonder how those two are doing. We haven't seen them in a while."
Velvet smiled, "And Fox is there too." She wondered if they could find him and Yatsu too.
Reece was sitting on a railing while Arslan and Fox were standing.
V: First, tell me more about yourself.
Ruby approached Reece. Before Ruby could say anything, Reece asked her a question, "What's most important to you?"
"Uh, duh," Ruby scoffed, "My friends."
Ruby thought for a moment before answering, "Friendship."
Ruby nodded, proud of her other self.
Reece scoffed, "Is friendship such a big deal?"
The students were about to protest, but Harriet interrupted them, "Please, let's not go through this argument again. It is, I get it."
She faded out of existence before Ruby could argue, so Ruby turned to Arslan.
"I guess it's all still part of the dream," Emerald shrugged, "But this does give me some new ideas for my semblance."
Yang shuddered. She'd been the victim of that semblance multiple times. It wasn't pleasant.
Arslan did the same thing, "What do you want outta life?"
"Well, that's a complex question," Weiss raised an eyebrow.
"Yeah, even I'm not sure how to answer that," Ruby agreed.
Ruby thought again for a moment, "To see rare sights."
"But," Ruby shook her head, "I know I wouldn't give the Yang answer."
Yang began to protest, but stopped herself, "That does seem like something I'd say, huh?"
"To see rare sights, huh?" Arslan asked as she faded.
With only Fox left Ruby approached, "What are you so afraid of?"
"Ooh," Yang smiled, "I know this one! Being different."
"Yang, I'm not…" Ruby started.
"Normal knees?" Yang deadpanned.
Ruby chuckled nervously and shut up.
Ruby sighed and then answered, "Being indecisive."
"Well, that's not a problem for our Ruby," Tai chuckled, "Ever since she was little, she always knew what she wanted."
Summer sighed, wishing she could have been there to see it.
"Being indecisive?" Fox questioned incredulously, "Is that really so scary?"
V: You want friendship. You want to see rare sights. You're afraid of being indecisive.
V: The day you will open the door is both far off and very near.
"They keep talking about this door," Lionheart wondered, "Is it like a vault?"
"I don't think so," Ozpin pondered, "We haven't seen the relics in any of these yet, so they might not exist outside our universe at all."
Cinder began to wonder though. This door must be very important, and she wanted to see what was behind it.
The island faded into light and Ruby found herself standing on another mosaic. This one showed a girl in a purple dress holding a rose. She had blonde hair and three fairies circling her. It was surrounded by thorns.
Ruby walked forward and the shadows appeared again. They surrounded her and began to attack. She readied herself and swung her sword true. The battle was over quickly and Ruby stood victorious.
"Well, they're not very strong for Grimm, are they?" Ruby chuckled.
"Rubes, you've taken down an entire horde of Beowolves by yourself before," Yang shook her head, "Any normal Grimm is a cake walk for you."
A light shown down from above. It traveled off the edge leaving a staircase behind it.
Ruby climbed the staircase and reached a new platform. This one had a girl with brown hair in a gold dress on it. Behind her a figure covered in brown fur hunched and looked away.
Both Blake and Adam felt drawn to this mosaic; Blake to the girl, and Adam to the figure behind her.
A light shown down and Ruby approached it.
V: The closer you get to light, the greater your shadow becomes.
"Uh oh," Blake gulped, "These Grimm seem to get their power from shadows. A bigger one could be a problem."
Ruby looked behind her to see that her shadow stretched the entirety of the platform.
Suddenly, her shadow lifted itself off the ground and stood up. Ruby backed away in shock.
V: But don't be afraid.
"Oh, thanks voice," Ruby rolled her eyes, "I'm only being attacked by my own shadow!"
The shadow lifted up; it's now clawed hands bigger than Ruby. Ruby continued backing up.
The shadow's foot came to rest. It had one long black squiggly toe.
Its head was now shown. It had glowing yellow eyes. Its entire head was covered in tentacle like hair.
"Okay, that's freaky," Mercury admitted.
Cinder feverously took notes to give to Salem.
V: And don't forget…
Ruby panicked and didn't hear what else the voice said. She ran towards the staircase only to find it gone. The shadow reared up. It was now at least three times Ruby's height and had a heart shaped hole in its stomach. It began to attack.
"Don't forget what?" Ruby asked.
"She could use all the help she can get right now," Neo agreed.
Jaune scoffed, "Don't worry guys. It's the tutorial boss. It's just here to test what Ruby's learned so far. They're always an easy fight."
"Jaune," Pyrrha shook her head, "You know this isn't a video game, right?"
Jaune rubbed the back of his neck sheepishly.
It reared back and punched the ground. It missed Ruby on purpose and poured shadow's out from it. This spawned more of the smaller shadows that proceeded to attack Ruby.
"Alright," Weiss smiled, "Time to show you all why Ruby's the team leader."
Ruby nodded, "I've actually already got a plan."
Ruby analyzed her situation, she couldn't reach the beasts head, and it looked like it could support itself even without its feet. She decided that if it was going to attack with its hands, that's where she would strike. She wailed on the hands as hard as she could, pausing only to fight the smaller shadows along the way.
"That was the plan?" Roman asked sarcastically, "C'mon Red, I thought you were better than that."
"Nope," Ruby shrugged, "That was the only safe way to beat it."
The beast was tiring, Ruby could see that. She hopped away and readied a finishing blow when the sword disappeared from her hand.
"But I didn't account for that," Ruby said sheepishly.
"I don't think any of us could," Ilia noted.
"Yeah, it's not like weapons just disappear normally," Neptune agreed.
She was shocked, but had to leap backward to avoid another attack.
She fell on her rear end and the monster stared at her. It plunged both hands into the ground and summoned darkness around Ruby.
"This again," Winter sighed.
It began to shallow her up.
V: But don't be afraid.
"Oh, welcome back voice," Yang rolled her eyes, "You couldn't have stuck around to help her out with the battle?"
"Um, I'm not sure a voice with no body would be any good in a fight, Yang," Penny pointed out.
V: You hold the mightiest weapon of all.
"Boy, that information would've been useful," Ruby rolled her eyes.
"Disembodied voice is a little late to the party," Sun chuckled.
Ruby struggled against the shadow but to no avail.
V: So don't forget,
The darkness consumed Ruby.
V: You are the one who will open the door.
AN: Hey all! I want to apologize for the massively late update. Works been kicking my but with long shifts and calling me in on my days off.
Thankfully, I've seemed to find my groove again, so we should go back to our regularly scheduled programing.
A quick address of reviewers.
Jamieoeyes: While I understand the appeal, it's just not my ship, sorry. I won't be pairing those two together.
Guest: I am going to do Uncharted 2. Trust me, I need to get a few more people in before I show that one, so these other universes are helping with that.
Haunton: I am planning on doing that, but with a slightly different cast. I won't spoil it now, but you've got one of them right.
xXKentonHatakeXx: Thanks man! It came to me when I realized that the two's backgrounds are not all that different. And while I won't spoil this one, I am planning another story entirely around that ship, so look out for that one!
keybladelight: Yeah, sorry, but that's kinda the point of what I'm doing here. I don't want to show them other characters, I want to show them themselves as other characters.
Casting:
Sora: Ruby Rose – Okay, okay, pitchforks down. I know a lot of people like to cast Jaune here, but a certain line from a different character later in the series made me cast Jaune as him. Also Ruby tends to have Sora's attitude more often than Jaune does, so she got the role.
Riku: Weiss Schnee – This one had a few iterations before I settled on Weiss. The reason? Both Weiss and Riku feel trapped by something (Weiss, her family, Riku, the island) and want to leave it behind. Yang was a good fit here as well, but I put her somewhere I feel she fit better.
Kairi: Pyrrha Nikos – Red hair, kind loving attitude, wants to do more to protect people, I mean, Pyrrha couldn't not be Kairi. It was just a perfect fit. And I know, now it makes more sense for Jaune to be Sora, but I have a plan, you'll see.
Seating Chart:
Laps:-Ruby: Jinn;-Weiss: Zwei;-Sun: XXXXXXXX-;Roman: XXXX;-;Pyrrha: XXXXXX;-
Row one: Penny; Ruby; Weiss; Winter; Blake; Yang; Velvet; XXXX; Jaune; Pyrrha; Nora; Ren
Row two: XXX; XXXXXXXXXX; Neptune; Sun; Ilia; Neo; XXXXXX; XXXXX; XXXXXX; XXXXXX; XXXXXXX; XXXXX
Row three: Taiyang; Summer; Raven; Qrow; Roman; Robyn; Leonardo; XXXXXX; Ozpin; Oscar; XXXXX; Gordeau
Row four: XXXXXX; XXXXXXX; XXXXX; XXXXXXX; XXXX; XXXX; XX; XX; XXXXX; XXXXXXX; XXXXXX; XXX
Row Five: Clover; Harriet; XXXXXX; XXX; XXXX; XXXXXXXX; XXXXX; XXXXXX; XXXXX; XXXXX; XXXX; XXXX
Row Six: XXXX; XXXXXX; Adam; XXXXX; XXXXX; XXXXXX; XXXXXX; XXXXX; XXXXX; Cinder; Emerald; Mercury
And the poll:
Tied for 10th: Amber, Harriet Bree, Jinn, Octavia Ember, Saphron Cotta-Arc, Tock, and Willow Schnee all with 2 votes
Tied for 9th: Miltia Malachite, Nora Valkyrie, Salem (Blonde), and Summer Rose all with 3.
Tied for 8th: Coco Adel and Velvet Scarlatina both with 4. (You guys did that on purpose, didn't you?)
Tied for 7th: Emerald Sustrai, Salem (Grimm), and Weiss Schnee all with 5
6th: Raven Branwen with 6
5th: Sienna Kahn with 7
Tied for 4th: Blake Belladonna, Cinder Fall, Glynda Goodwitch, and Kali Belladonna with 8
3rd: Neo Politan with 12
Tied for 2nd: Ruby Rose and Yang Xiao-Long with 14
1st: Pyrrha Nikos with 15
I hope to see you guys soon!
