Special thanks to BookWorm1540 for providing me the transcript and some of the dialogues.
My sanity is nonexistent, my mind cannot be broken anymore. University course work is killing me. Anyway...
Pardon my grammar.
Horizon Zero Dawn - Intro
"The viewing which is about to take place is a world born after ruin."
"After ruin? I don't like the sound of that already." Ruby slumped on her seat, still tired from the unpleasant past viewings.
"Please tell me that we're not watching another war." Qrow sighed.
"Worry not. This will take place many years after the war. What you are about to see is a world filled with life and machines." The Host assured them, making most of the audience sigh in relief.
"Well, that's a relief." Yang was thankful for another viewing that doesn't involve violent carnage.
"Indeed. I believe we have seen enough war in our lifetimes." Ozpin agreed with his student, already feeling the age get to him.
"That's an understatement." Raven snarked at the wizard to herself, which hasn't gone unnoticed with Ozpin's inner circle.
"Wait, machines?" Jaune asked the Hosts what it said about the world. "Like, robots and androids?"
"Oooh!" Nora excitedly bounced on her seat as she thought of an idea. "Are we gonna see some robot fighting each other?"
"No."
"Aww..."
"The viewing is about to start."
The room once gained darkened as the screen came to life.
The first thing they all saw was snow. Snow falling in on top of a mountain as a small house came into view. The area around the house was cloaked in pure white snow, as well as the trees around them.
"Kinda looks like home." Tai was enamored by the sight of a lone home before him, surrounded by snow. "If Patch was in Atlas."
"Not a bad place to call home," Qrow added in.
Ruby and Yang were in awe of how comfy the home looks like as they felt a small chill of winter's blow on their arms. Almost as if they were there.
The camera cuts to the door of the house, where it was opened by a large bearded man. The man wore various skins of animals like boars but the most curious of all was the tattoo he wore on his face. As well as the strange plates on his shoulder and mark which looks like a pentagon stitched on it.
"And who's this mighty fellow?" Port asked the Hosts.
"His name is Rost, an exiled member of the Nora Tribe." The Hosts answered.
"Hoho! What a fine name for this warrior!" Port complimented Rost, as he exuded an air of veteran huntsman.
Ozpin had to agree with him, Rost looked like a huntsman who's been through the wringer and came out victorious countless times.
On his students, one of them, in particular, had her eyes wide open from a certain snippet of information.
"What tribe did the Hosts say he was from?"
"Nora..." Even Pyrrha couldn't believe it herself.
"Renny! I have a tribe! In my name!" Nora couldn't contain her excitement as she shook Ren multiples times.
Ren practically tried to stop her from breaking his spine, but he was as shocked from hearing it. Raven and Vernal became interested as the mention of a tribe didn't go unnoticed.
"What is the Nora tribe?" The Bandit Queen asked quietly.
"The Nora Tribe are a group filled with men and women who are similar to yours but different goals."
"And what are those goals?"
"Continue to watch and you will find out."
Rost took a couple of steps forward from his home as the morning sun was beginning to show itself on the mountains before him. From there, the silence was broken from small noises and there, Rost looked at the babe in his arms, as she stretched her arms to him.
"What's that now? Don't like the cold? Can't stay in today, we have a ritual to perform, you and I."
RWBY, JNPR, Glynda, and Winter all cooed at the small baby girl that was shown. Especially Tai, Qrow, and Raven as it reminded them of Yang when she was born.
The remaining adults then have another question needed to answer. "What is this ritual?"
"You shall see."
Yet once again, Ozpin had to mentally sigh at how elusive the Hosts are with their answers.
Rost then proceeded to put the baby in a large casket, continuing to make noises cutely. As the baby was secured tightly, Rost then pulled out a necklace and placed it around her neck.
"Here, wear this. It belonged to my daughter."
The sweet mood was now soured from Rost's words. Dread filled Tai's heart as he remembered the death of his late wife.
"What... happened to him?"
The Host didn't answer his question, which only raised his concerns even more.
The baby holds the necklace with curiosity and Rost nodded in relief.
"Good."
With the baby secured on his back, he picked up a spear near him as they are about to embark on their journey.
"Today, I speak your name girl. But... will the goddess speak it back?"
Cinder raises an eyebrow. The word goddess unpleasantly reminds her of Tyrian's fanatical preaching about Salem. "Goddess?"
"We will not reveal much for now. What we will say that it is a deity made up by their ancestors long before they could speak."
"I see..." Cinder was still curious as to why they would worship made-up deities but continued to watch.
The two embarked on their journey, passing by troves of snowed trees and amber leaves, signifying the area is getting warmer. Soon, they reached gates ad totems made of wood and were painted on but the audience didn't know how to understand them.
"Normally, it be the mother that declares. If you had one."
"What does he mean by that? Is it a sort of ritual that ritualizes the name of a baby?" Oobleck asked.
"You are correct. Within the Nora tribe, when the baby is of age, their mothers would come to the top of a mountain and shout the name across the lands. Forever signifying a new human in the world."
"Fascinating! Their culture is certainly interesting. A shame most of Remnant's past histories and culture have not been recovered for studies…"
"The whole village would attend, and the Matriarchs would follow the ritual. But we are outcasts. Even so, we follow the tribe's rituals. Otherwise, we would become like the faithless Old Ones, who turned their backs against the goddess."
Rost was now seen trekking on a broken city, with buildings falling to rust and wear and nature taking over.
"And their wickedness doomed them."
From there, Rost walked past a broken Deathbringer and tank.
Ironwood was extremely curious about the rusted machinations before him. "What is that?"
"A Deathbringer."
The name piqued the interest of a few. Despite its broken appearance, it appears that this so-called Deathbringer was a force to be reckoned with.
"And what is it?"
"Perhaps some other time."
"Don't worry sir, I'll have the design sketched out." Winter pulled out the note with the sketch and pocketed it. "Well… To the best of my abilities."
"I will also help out." Penny chimed in, mimicking Winter's action.
"Thank you, Winter. Thank you, Penny."
"To us, we've left the splendors of creation. Beasts of air, water, earth... and steel."
From there, the audience had their eyes wide open to the spectacle that greeted them.
Machines. From all shapes and sizes to the Tallnecks and Thunderjaws, machines of all sorts were seen roaming around the area free of trees. It was a sight to behold, to see so many machines in one place was like a dream.
Penny and Pietro were also enamored, to see so many machines possessing a nature similar to animals were what they had never envisioned at all.
The audience couldn't speak for a few minutes as they were in awe. So many machines were seen, all were beautifully crafted and deadly in their own rights. Especially for Pietro, as this was like a dream to him.
"It is one thing to hunt a beast, another to hunt a machine." Rost was skulking near a group of Grazers, which was similar to their world's deer, and used their mechanical antlers to carve up the ground below them. "You must be humble, and respect their power. I will teach you this, one day."
Pietro shook himself out of his stupor, "An… An ecosystem of machines! How is that possible?!"
"The number of materials needed must be incredibly substantial." Penny committed the mechanical beasts to her memory. It was a sight to behold. A world that's full of machines, like her. "Are they self-replicating?"
"That is an answer for another time."
From there, Rost was now climbing a snowy mountain with totems signifying the path in which to take.
Rost continued to trek through the snowy cliffs, even climbing past a waterfall and climbed the dangerous slopes it provided.
Now finally, at long last. The sun was almost up, signifying how long the journey took. Many would say it is too dangerous, but for a ritual as special as this, it was worth everything. Rost had climbed up to the top of the mountain as he looked back at the trail which guided him.
"This scenery. It feels tranquil." Vine remarks.
Ren nods, "Cold, yet peaceful. Like a winter storm that has passed and settled."
"So, this is what snow looks like. Or is this ice?" Fox questions himself, having never seen or identified ice and snow as he is originally blind back in Remnant.
"It's snow," Coco confirms for him.
Rost walked to where the ritual would take place, a gathering with a naturally formed waterfall and a cliff facing the setting sun. And there, Rost saw one of the High Matriarchs of the Nora Tribe.
"High Matriarch Teersa? What is she doing here? Does she mean to forbid the ritual?" Rost slowly went to her in hopes of getting an answer.
"Forbid the ritual? The naming ritual? Why would anyone do that?" Oobleck ponders to himself, rubbing his chin. "It holds significance, that's for certain. Maybe…?"
The doctor went silent, having made a few educated guesses, and continued watching.
The High Matriarch saw Rost ahead and motioned him forward, from there Rost took the babe in his back and held it in his arms.
Teersa was looking at the sight of the ritual and Rost came from behind with the baby. When he got in front of her, Rost motioned to kneel before his superiors.
"No, no, no. Off your knees. It's nearly time." Rost wanted to say something but he didn't have the chance. "And yes, you may speak to me."
"She's someone that holds great influence." Raven noted, "Tribal leadership of some kind."
"You... came to bless the name?"
"Have not 6 months gone by since we entrusted her to you?"
Rost briefly glances at the child, "But we are outcasts."
Oobleck hums quietly and scribbles something down in his notes. "It seems like one of my hypotheses is correct."
"You, by choice. And she... well." Teersa then pulled out a bowl and dipped her fingers in it. Her fingers had blue paint on them as she painted the baby's forehead in a rubbed motion. "I'm a High Matriarch, Rost. I bless whom I choose."
"Then, you honor us."
"Yes, yes. Now go! And be ready to declare! Go."
Maria smiles at that. The High Matriarch personality is much like her own. "I like her already. Haha!"
"But why are they outcasts?" Nora asks with a frown.
"I'm not certain, Miss Valkyrie. It can be for several reasons, but it seems that one can become an outcast by choice." Oobleck answers, getting the feeling that the Hosts won't be answering her question. "We'll have to wait and see."
With the paint signifying the baby's origin, Rost then moved to the cliff and platform to perform the final blessing in front of the mountains and the land beyond that's basks in the dusk of the skies.
"This is a beautiful view," Oscar said longingly, getting a few nods from others nearby.
He never ventured far from the farmlands and thus never got a chance to experience the mountainous views that are commonly found throughout Mistral. Maybe one day, he'll be more than just a farmhand and explore the world like he always dreamed of.
Teersa got ready as she prayed out loud to the mountains below.
"All-Mother. This child needs a name by which to know her. That your love may warm her life, as the rising sun warms all the earth. Speak her name!"
Rost knew the name for this child, for it is the name which would be granted to his second daughter. He held the babe up in his hands and showed it the splendors of the world!
"ALOY!"
The shout reverberated through the mountains below, as the sun slowly shines upon the naming of the babe.
Aloy, of the Nora Tribe.
"And so, the name is blessed."
Rost pulled back Aloy and cradled her in his arms. Now, she is blessed with the All-Mothers sight. Rost looked at Aloy with pride and joy in his eyes, and for the first time. He was happy.
"Yay! The baby has been named!" Nora clapped, prompting her friends to play along.
Cinder's group, along with Raven and Vernal all rolled their eyes.
"Stop this at once!"
The moment was then crushed as another High Matriarch had walked in, with two Braves beside her. This was High Matriarch Lansra, and much like her sister, she is also High Matriarch but the devout kind.
She stormed in and walked up to her older sister with hate in her eyes. "What have you done?"
"What has she done? Was it a taboo?" Oobleck muses, understanding that this naming ritual is extremely important.
Teersa wasn't affected by the glare, she had grown accustomed to it. "I've blessed the naming of the child."
"Stubborn woman! You call that 'curse' a child?!" She then walked toward the kneeling Rost, as he had come across another superior of power. "What did she tell you about its birth, outcast? Answer!"
"Sounds like trouble is brewing." Mercury inches forward a bit, curious to see if there'll be any kind of altercation.
Maria made a face. This woman reminded her very much of someone she hated. That person is no doubt to be Carolina Cordovin. "Sounds like she has a stick right up her a-"
She was immediately interrupted by Pietro. "Now, now…!"
The harsh lashings of Lansra weighed heavily on Rost as he answered with fear.
"I've done only what you asked-"
"To raise it, yes! We said nothing of love!"
Mercury bristle just so slightly at that. The matriarch's remarks reminded him of his treatment at the hands of his abusive father. Only Emerald noticed the shift in his demeanor but didn't know what to make of it.
As for Nora, she remained silent with a distant expression. Very unNora-like.
"How can you say that?" Robyn sharply questioned the harsh and cruel words that came out of Lansra's mouth. "Don't raise a child with love? What is wrong with her? The child hasn't even done anything wrong!"
"Enough!" Teersa had enough of her sister's bickering and whining as she confronted her.
"And you... blessing its name, like it was one of the Nora, one of the tribes!"
While the two matriarchs bickered in the background, Rost looked at Aloy with love and care as he said to her with kindness in his tone. "I know my duty to them... and to you. I'm here. And wherever you go… I will follow."
Tai silently sighs a relief, finding Rost's situation relatable to his. At the same time, it made him regret his brief negligence of his two daughters when Summer Rose died.
As the screen pans out to the scenery, Lansra towered over Rost with Teersa behind them.
The screen then cuts to black.
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[Six years later...]
Cinder leans back in her chair, "It must be convenient to be able to see into the future."
In the years after the blessing, Aloy was now a spry young lass with auburn hair tied with a hairband and blue eyes. She wore the traditional outfit of most Nora, brown hides of animals lined with fur, brown shoes, and a blue scarf around her neck.
"They grow up so fast." Tai felt like it was only a few weeks ago when his two daughters were toddlers. They really grew up fast.
Raven's eyes harden a bit and moved her head slightly to further face away from her former husband.
She crouched near the shrubs and bushes, avoiding her father.
"Aloy!"
"Typical." Qrow huffs. He had to entertain his nieces with countless games of Hide N' Seek. It's all fun and games until one of them decides to wander off into a Grimm-infested forest.
Aloy didn't care where Rost is as she saw what she wanted.
Beyond the bushes was a garden of sorts, with a mother gathering several berries with her children. Aloy looked with wonder and excitement as one of the children, a blond with a crew cut, pulled his mother's robes and presented her with a handful of blueberries.
"Oooh, that's a lot of berries. You are quite the gatherer, aren't you, little Bast?" Aloy smiled at the praise the boy was getting as the mother motioned Bast to gather more. "Now go and see if you can find some more."
With her mind made up, Aloy would do the one thing that will go against Rost's orders. She quickly ran to a nearby bush and began her scavenger hunt.
"What's she doing?" Jaune thought out loud.
"… She wants to be praised. Like them." Nora softly said.
Her teammates shared a surprised expression at Nora's somber tone. Ren glances over to his partner and pats her on the hand, then rests it on top of hers.
Not long after, she was walking toward the mother with berries in hand as she hoped for a connection like him. Aloy then presented her batch of berries to the mother. Like any other children, she would receive praise from her and become welcomed by the family.
Unfortunately... she didn't accept the berries. The mother only looked in fear and disgust. "Children, come with me. She's an outcast, to be shunned."
"What? Why?" Ruby cries out indignantly. Several of her friends, along with some of Beacon's staff expressed similar reactions.
Oobleck diligently writes something down in his notes. "It seems to be their beliefs. Outcasts are to be shunned." He stops writing, "But what makes one an outcast?"
"To put it simply, those who have broken the laws, or those who are considered one by the strict traditions of their laws. There are documents underneath your seat if you wish to explore more later."
"I see. I see. Much appreciation." Oobleck reached under his seat to retrieve said documents with one hand while finishing writing his notes with his other.
The many children stopped gathering the berries and walked closer to their mother. And soon, they walked away. Bast, the blonde child, looked at the girl with curiosity, before the mother grabbed him away.
Aloy shook in rage at the notion the mother did and squashed the berries in her palm.
Nora glowers a bit, gripping Ren's hand tightly. Aloy's treatment reminded her so much of her own back in Kuroyuri.
"Poor girl…" Glynda sighs. No children should be treated like this. Especially if they haven't done anything wrong.
"It could be worse." Like how the Branwen Tribe treated him due to his semblance. Another good reason why Qrow will never return to the tribe.
In a fit of rage, she ran away from then. She didn't care where she was heading, just far away from them. She didn't even notice the pit in front before she tripped and fell to the chasm below.
"Oh no!" Pyrrha exclaims in horror.
"Worry not. She'll be alive and relatively unharmed." The Hosts assured them, easing them a considerable amount.
Fortunately, there was a small body of water below that cushioned her fall. Aloy swam out of the small lake and to the ground near it. There, she regained her breathing, with a few coughs and sniffles.
Velvet breathes out a sigh of relief. "That's great… She's alright."
Her teammates nod in agreement.
Aloy noticed the situation she finds herself in and calls out to Rost, hoping he could hear her. "Rost! Down here! Rost! Rost..."
The situation looked bleak and Aloy decides to explore to cave she's in. "H-He won't hear me... Some kind of cave?"
Aloy then walked through the pathway of the cave in front of her, passing by the naturally formed stalactites and stalagmites. She then came across a small path that required her to crouch.
At the other end of it, Aloy saw a metallic room and iron doors. "This must be a ruin of the Metal World. One of the old places... Rost said never go in places like this… but I have to find a way out."
"A world born after ruin…" Ozpin murmurs to himself. It reminds himself of the ancient world he once lived in when magic was plentiful. "I wonder how a world that appears to have so much advanced technological marvel regressed to such a primitive state."
"Look at all those machinery. This appears to be some sort of laboratory the young girl fell into." Pietro could make out the desks and chairs one would find in a modern-day office or lab. "How did it all end up like this?"
She continued forward for a way out. Whether this place is cursed or not, she needed to find the exit.
Twisting and turning through the various hallways, Aloy walked with trepidation as she sought a way out. Climbing a staircase and being startled by a group of bats, Aloy saw light coming out of a room. "There's... something up ahead."
Walking inside, she saw a corpse that decayed long before her. "What's that? A dead person!"
She jumped down the platform and walked closer, unfazed by the dead body.
Coco leans back slightly, "Ew. How is she unfazed by that?"
"She's too young. Too curious." Fox replies.
"It looks like it's been there for a long time," Penny notes. "I cannot provide a decent estimate since I am unable to access the environment it is in."
"That is oddly specific, and ew."
And there, Aloy saw something strange. "There's something shiny there."
Curiosity took over her body as she picked up the strange shiny object. It was small in size, with a shape of a triangle and a line at the center. When she took the relic, Aloy inspected the device meticulously in her hands before attempting to mimic the location of where she found it; at the side of her head.
The small device caught the interests of the Atlesians, particularly Ironwood and Pietro.
"What is that device?" Pietro asks the Hosts. It looks like something they would make.
"That is a small augmented reality device known as a Focus."
"What does it do?"
"It shall reveal itself to you soon."
She hesitantly hovered the device near where her ear was below when the device magnetized to her head suddenly and lights spewed out of it. Aloy shoved the device away from her and scurried away in fear.
"Whoa. It's very clingy." Sun's monkey tail sways in his lap. "Almost like it's magnetic."
After determining that the device wasn't harmful, considering the fact she didn't feel any pain, Aloy picked up the small device once more and put it on her head.
Lights came gushing out and all of a sudden, Aloy 'saw' lights everywhere. Machines that were thought to be long dead came to life with screens and static being seen. "Lights... everywhere! How does it do this?"
Ruby's eyes sparkle a bit. "Ooooh, pretty. And looks useful too!"
"Do we something like this?" Oscar asks out of curiosity. He never had many encounters with technologies, especially if it's from Atlas.
"I can think of a handful that's similar in function." Pietro rubs his chin, "But, I have a feeling that there's more to this Focus that meets the eye. Much like a scroll."
Before Aloy could inspect her new toy, she suddenly saw an outline that looked like a door and went to it. The device stopped showing the intricate lights and went dormant. Aloy walked towards it and saw a door blocking her path.
"A metal door. Closed. Maybe this device I found can help?"
Perhaps it was out of instinct or suspicions but Aloy knew how to activate the Focus on her head and saw the lights once more.
There, she saw lines connecting to the door and followed them to a room with holographic switches. She saw one light up like the rest but this was different. The display showed a clear circle hollow in the center and the top part of it was red. "More lights... A shape. It's connected to the door somehow."
"That looks easy to understand." Yang munches on her snacks, earning the ire of Weiss and Blake for eating with her mouth full.
"It seems that everything is still functional to a degree." Penny remarks, "I wonder how long that place has been inactive for."
"It's been over 1,000 years since their world crumbled to ruination."
"A thousand years?!" Pietro exclaims. Everyone was surprised by this revelation, not expecting the machines to be this robust for a thousand years. "Their engineering must be on another level! To be able to function after a thousand years…"
Qrow smirks and points a pinky at Winter. "Seems like Atlas has a long way to go, seeing how your stuff breaks down very quickly."
Aloy fiddled with the mechanisms, finding out that the holograms were touch-sensitive, and soon after the door's lock was opened.
"It changed color! The door changed color, too!" She went back to the door and opened it, swiping the holo lock. "It did it!"
Now with the knowledge of holo locks, Aloy pressed on to find a way out of the ruin. When she walked down a staircase, Aloy was now faced with another corpse, similar to the one she saw with the Focus.
"What's that?"
"Another dead body." Mercury flatly replies.
She also saw this one also has one of the Focus like she has. "It's got a device, like the one I found."
Once again, curiosity got the better of her and she soon scanned the corpse with her Focus. And just like that, a hologram appeared before her.
{You think I want it this way? It's the best I can do, he's right behind you. Hi! Happy birthday Isaac! Daddy sure does love his little big man. Look, Daddy can't be there with you and mom, but... We, can still have a party, right? Sure, we can.}
"It's almost liked a scroll," Blake said quietly, feeling a sense of melancholy in the air. Undoubtedly, they are witnessing the events of a long-deceased man and his family. An echo of the past.
Aloy was surprised by the sudden appearance of the man before her as he blows on a party horn. But the tone felt warm to her so she replayed the video. "Show me... Show me again!"`
The video was replayed, this time Aloy attempted to reply to the unknown man.
When the video was done, she said the exact same words the man has just said. "'Happy Birthday, Isaac... Daddy sure does love his little big man.'"
"It's… Kinda sad." Emerald said, referring to the birthday call video.
"It is." Cinder answers without much emotion.
With that, Aloy continued her journey out of the ruins. As she squeezed through a gap made by a malfunctioned door, Aloy saw more corpses with Focus' on their heads but she didn't want any more unnecessary distractions.
"How did they die here?" Aloy asks herself, wading through the shallow puddles on the floor. "What happen to…"
She stops in front of a door that didn't light up like the rest. Figuring that it won't open, she turns around and went down another hallway.
"How did they die, what is this place, what was its purpose?" Oobleck lists off the common questions he would ask himself if he were in Aloy's situation. "One of the many questions we historians ask. Over and over."
"Ruinations is what it is. It arrives in many ways, from many factors. And so, life goes on. One way or another."
"No offense, but are you guys always cryptic and philosophical?" Asks Robyn. The Hosts didn't reply.
After what felt like hours, she heard her father's voice. "Aloy! Aloy, are you down there! Aloy!"
"Finally, he founds her." Tai lets himself relax a bit in his seat. "That place is a maze down there."
Raven scoffs, "A simple escape room."
"He found me! Rost found me!" Aloy saw what appears to a hole in the ceiling and platforms to stand on. With newfound energy, she climbed out of the ruins of the Old One's, and Rost was there with relief on his face.
"All-Mother be praised! Come, girl! Take my hand! You don't belong down there! Come!"
Aloy took one last look at the ruins before being hoisted up by Rost to the surface world. When she finally got out, Rost knelt next to her with worry and disappointment. "Such places are forbidden, Aloy."
"I fell in."
"They are of the Metal World."
"Curious. They seem to fear such places." Oobleck notes, "I wonder why. Is it fear of the unknown? Or something else?"
"A lost opportunity if you ask me." Roman would have been looting the place and selling anything valuable. Maybe keep a handful for himself.
"Would you even know how to use it?" Read Neo's sign. Roman gave her a bemused look.
Rost then noticed the Focus on Aloy's face and asked her about it. "What is that? On your face?"
Aloy covered it with her hand as she attempted to lie to him. "Nothing."
Tai chuckles, "Reminds me of the time Ruby denied she ate all the cookies."
"It really does." Qrow snorts.
"Why?" Ruby moans, pulling her hood over her head.
Rost wanted whatever that Aloy found and opened his hand to it. "Did you find it... down there? Give it to me."
"No!"
"Aloy, such things are dangerous."
"NO!"
"That argument again." Pietro shakes his head, "Technology brings risks, but it also brings betterment to a lot of fields."
"I'd wager it's linked to the past of this world that has caused them to fear technology."
Oobleck speculates it has something to do with this catastrophic event that caused the world to regress to a primitive society. If technology were to blame for it, then it would be obvious that the survivors would warn their children of the dangers of technology. This warning would be passed down from generation to generation, creating a society that fears technology, the 'Metal World'.
With each denial, Aloy stepped back further from Rost as she protected the device that saved her. Rost was adamant about the idea of a relic being with Aloy since such things only know death and destruction.
But since he didn't experience the dangers of the Old One's or the Metal World, he supposes that the only reason Aloy kept it around her is that it helped her.
And if doesn't harm her in any way, Rost saw no reason to pluck it away from her.
With a heavy sigh, Rost picked up a spear and looked at Aloy. "Well, if you're young to go sneaking away from home you're going to need to know how to survive in the wild."
"He's certainly reasonable and understanding." Pyrrha compliments.
"Teaching her how to survive will be useful at any given time," Vernal adds in.
With a surprised and relieved face, Aloy wiped away the tears of fear as Rost began walking home. "Come Aloy! Home now! But starting tomorrow you will learn to hunt."
With that, the duo began going home. But Aloy was excited for tomorrow. For tomorrow, she can then prove herself.
"She's eager to learn," Clover said with a smile. "I can tell she's going to pick things up very quickly."
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The sun has started to rise in the mountains as Rost walked out of his house to pick up a small bow. Before he could pick up the weapon, Rost saw Aloy waving her hands in the air mindlessly as he watches in amusement.
Aloy was fiddling around the display before her as she tried to make sense of it all. "All these Shapes. What do they mean?"
Pietro readjusts his glasses, "Interesting. Only those who are wearing the Focus can see the interface. If someone else has a Focus, will they also be able to see the interface of another's Focus?" He scratches his head and types something down. "Curious. Hmmm…"
Before she could discern any longer, Rost shoved the makeshift bow in front of her and the Focus picked up that. "Take your bow."
Aloy picked up her weapon as the Focus analyzed it before displaying the name of the weapon.
[Bow]
"Coooool… What else can it do?" Ruby asks eagerly.
"Perhaps another time. We must shorten this viewing as there's something else that requires a portion of our attention."
That pique some curiosities and questions from the audience. What could have gotten the Hosts' attention?
"Aww…"
"Bow?"
Rost grunted in response. "Enough muttering to that plaything. We descend to the valley now. Follow."
The screen slowly fades to black and the lights return to the theater room as the viewing ends.
"I wonder if there are any hi-tech weapons. There has to be some remaining even after a thousand years, right?"
Blake shrugs, "Probably. No surprise if there are."
"I was kinda wishing we'll see more of those robots," Oscar said wistfully.
"Is it something you'll want to pursue a career in?" Weiss asks him, "Robotics, or engineering in general?"
"Oh, um. I'm not sure. I do like to read about it, along with many others."
While Team RWBY unwinds and begins to question the farm boy, Team JNPR had their attention on one of their teammates who had been acting out of character lately.
"Are you okay?" Jaune asks Nora, who hasn't been acting like herself.
Nora smiles thinly at her teammates, "I'm fine. Just… Thinking of stuff. Old stuff. Dusty old stuff. Nothing to worry about."
Both Jaune and Pyrrha turn towards Ren. He silently shakes his head.
"Okay." Jaune gave them an understanding nod, "Just know that we're here for you guys."
In another aisle, Pietro was looking over a schematic of the designs of the numerous mechanical animals they saw near the beginning of the viewing, becoming too engrossed in the designs. This left Penny to her own devices with the schematics of the Deathbringer, which she brought over to Ironwood for him to look at. Ironwood doesn't know much about robotics like Pietro, but he can learn something and later ask Pietro for his opinion.
"It looks like a weapons mobile platform with legs." Winter flatly commented on the Deathbringer's design. The large mech is akin to a giant crab with giant rocket launchers and guns mounted on it.
Harriet nods, "And a lot of mounted weaponry…"
"They call it a Peacekeeper?" Marrow said with a snort, "Deathbringer sounds about right for its appearance."
"It is rather intimidating." Ironwood was in agreement with Marrow's minor assessment. The mech's very appearance seems to be designed to inspire fear and intimidation. "And there are multiple designs of it."
There were different variants of the Deathbringer with changes in appearance and sometimes weaponry. However, the base design of it was still there. Massive wide frames with legs, and lots of heavy weapons.
"… A momentous event shall be occurring shortly in another realm." A tint of interest could be heard from the Hosts' tone. "Perhaps this too… Shall also be an acceptable event for all to witness."
Everyone stopped what they were doing.
"W-what's happening?" Jaune asks nervously.
"Deep in another realm lies many worlds. Below many, but above others… Lies a world known as Teyvat. A land where the seven elements flow and converge… Once upon a time, seven thousand years ago in the land of Teyvat, seven divine seats in Celestia were unfilled. From that power vacuum, war broke out between the archons… Beings seen and worship as gods…"
The air begins to feel heavy. If a war between people and their nations is already unsightly, then what would a war between gods look like?
"Will we be witnessing war?" Ozpin asks slowly.
"No. We shall be witnessing a partial consequence of it." A good portion of the audience breathes out a sigh of relief, but remains uneasy.
Pyrrha raises a hand, "What do you mean by consequences?"
"You shall see very soon…" The Hosts pauses, "We'll be receiving a temporary guest as well."
NEXT: Genshin Impact - A New Star Approaches, Finale
Pardon my grammar.
Special thanks to BookWorm1540 for providing me the transcript and some of the dialogues.
