I don't own RWBY. Obviously...
In downtown Vale lies one of the largest shopping malls for everyone in Vale even if your huntsmen or civilian, it has everything that you need, the Vale Shopping complex is a gigantic building that compensates through height rather than length if you know what I'm saying, Over 11 stories high within the measly 7.5 hectares of land it occupies due to kingdom area restraints. It has it all from clothing stores, fast-food restaurants, entertainment all the way to huntsman-quality gear from weaponry to supplies. In one of the fast-food restaurants, Remnant Fried Chicken or RFC for short, our lovely Director with his slicked-back silver-tipped black hair that is neatly groomed, for his top, wearing his signature silver scarf along with a cream buttoned suit jacket on top of a black shirt, wearing regular black loose jeans, and to top it off, regular black steel-tipped boots to boot, whatever he was wearing he was giving off the vibe of 'professional but not really but at the same time sort of' type of feel to him. He was about to have brunch with his assistant, Lillia who is beside her, her light blonde hair wrapped into a bun, her top consisted of her typical black coat with the upper left pocket filled with 4 pens of different build on top of a checkered blue and white blouse that accents her modest chest, her gray pencil skirt that just goes above her knees and wearing black flat shoes to complete her look of 'actually professional'. Blue and purple eyes, respectively, are now scowling at someone in front of the table who had no idea why he's getting scowled upon, the oblivious lead prop designer, Charles who was wearing a regular red cap with his scraggly hair going everywhere, his red and white checkered polo still has creases revealing some mystery of how he lives, for his bottom, he was wearing ripped jeans that looked like it was designed by a wild animal that chewed on it for a week and black sneakers that were the most normal out of all the things he is wearing, he's currently holding a menu... upside down that reveals what type of education he got when he was little and was about to order from the menu while the two were conversing with each other.
The Director whispered to Lillia "I don't remember inviting him." He stressed the last word and signaled with his eyes for emphasis.
"He either invited himself, stumbled upon us, or Qrow's around here." She whispered back, the two still looking at Charles who had his nose, deep in the upside-down menu.
In some random bar in Vale...
The bartender slid the shot glass to Qrow who sat on the farthest stool, he picked up his shot glass and straight-up drank it immediately...
And sneezed into it as the alcohol he drank came back up the wrong holes in his face and the remaining alcohol in the shot glass backfired into his face like a shotgun blast.
"AHHHHH-"
Back at the RFC...
"Probably the third one, but the first one sounds real enough for me." The Director said as he was somehow hearing Qrow's voice inside of his head screaming and throwing slurs left and right but shrugged it off.
"The second one is the most reasonable, Sir. Why do you choose to ignore the most obvious one? He literally just said 'Hello, wasn't expecting you to be here.' five minutes ago." Lillia tried to convince Director but he already had his mind made up.
"I'm convinced he's haunting me, Just let him order... is everyone at the set yet?" The Director changed the topic as he exhaled through his nose disappointedly.
"Sir, they're on their way along with Jaune, who I remind you, is not qualified to be in the show." Lillia glared at the Director, who was now sipping a glass of water with an amused looked on his face. He finished sipping his water and put down the glass and challenged Lillia's glare.
He took a deep breath "May I remind you, Lillia, on what we had for auditions? We had some... Uhm... let's say interesting submissions." the Director hesitated over the last bit of what he was saying as he remembered what went down last week. Lillia's eyes looked up the ceiling, reminiscing the audition.
Last week in the studio…
"Next!"
One of the contestants came up to the stage. His hair is in a bowl cut, he was wearing a simple green and white striped t-shirt, jeans, and hi-cut blue-white sneakers. He looked like just your ordinary, average, Valean citizen.
"State your name." the Director said.
"Chris." The contestant said.
"Last name?"
"Chris,"
The Director looked at Chris for a couple of seconds and looked at his assistant and Charles for some reason who is also a judge in this audition somehow, who sat beside Lillia who was sat beside Director, they looked at each other with confusion riddled in all their faces and then looked back to Chris.
"Your full name is, Chris Chris?" the Director tried to reassure himself.
"My parents snorted dust for a living," Chris revealed.
An awkward silence then followed after Chris's revelation.
"And I'm assuming it's not that kind of dust like we use for every day?" Chris nodded at him.
"Oookaaayyy..." the Director winced at the reveal "Anyway, what do you bring to the table, Chris or Mr. Chris? or- uh I-I don't even know if I'm referring you to your first name or last name but whatever. What do you do?" the Director interlocked his fingers awaiting for what his talent is.
"Well, I -uh I-I can act." Chris nervously said.
"Everyone can act, Chris. What do you specifically 'can act' that makes us want to hire you." Director reiterated.
"I can wield weapons?" Chris smiled nervously.
"Is that a question? Everyone can wield weapons. Charles, show him." Charles pulled an Atlesian military-grade assault rifle from under the desk.
'I don't even know how he got that. So, I ain't gonna ask.' Director thought, "See?"
Chris fidgeted in place as he tried to come up with a good enough reason to get in the show.
"So? What do you have Chris that we would envy? Director pressured Chris further as he fidgeted even more. he was biting his lip, not in the sexy way mind you.
"I-I-I..." Chris was sweating bullets as the 2 qualified judges raised their eyebrows while Charles on his seat polished the weapon he was holding.
"I-I wanttomeetRed!" Chris admitted but the words were strung so fast that they heard gibberish.
"Excuse me? Could you repeat that?" Lillia spoke up.
"I-I want to meet Red." Chris slowly said as their eyebrows raised even higher.
"Red? You mean Red Riding Hood?" Director reiterated to Chris, He personally avoided to say 'Red's' real name having a sinking feeling about him. "Yes! Her!" Chris pointed "Ever since I saw the trailer, I just wanted to see her so badly, She's so cute, she's so beautiful that I wrote poems about her every night." Chris pulled a small notebook from one of his pockets in his jeans. "You wanna hear, I swear they're good." The judges were now slightly disturbed.
"I'm gonna pass on that chief." the Director immediately rejected. Chris's smile wasn't on the joyful side.
"I'm like the biggest fan of her. I even have a shrine of Red. I'd be a perfect fit as a lover in the show. A knight in shining armor!" Chris creepily boasted as 3 pairs of eyes looked at him wide-eyed. "I always hug my Red body-pillow of her every night. I made it with blood, sweat, tears, and a lot of Lien." The 3 judges became more disturbed by Chris as he listed off more what he does with the show.
'Oh... he is one of those weirdos.' Director mentally sighed 'I'm gonna regret asking this...'
"Chris, how old are you?" Director was mentally not ready for the answer but he braced himself.
"42, why do you ask?" Chris answered, Director mentally winced at that.
"Red is 15 years old," Director informed Chris hoping that would make him back down. Lillia was now dialing VPD under the desk.
Chris smiled as if his dreams came true. "Better."
The studio filled with silence as the revelation of Chris's true intentions were out in the world. Chris spoke one more time "I mean I figured you guys were working with young girls and I thought-" the Director cut him off, however.
"Charles, please fucking shoot him." deadpanned the Director as he buried his head in his hands.
"Aye, aye, Captain!" Charles cocked the rifle and aimed while Chris's face went from proudly smiling to terrified in seconds. Gunshots filled the air as Charles was raining hell on the unfortunate contestant but the Director was not batting an eye on it as he sighed with his head still buried in his hands. Chris weaved out luckily but Charles gave chase as police sirens slowly became louder in the background.
'Dear Brother Gods, what in the ever living hell is wrong with this world?' the Director mentally took a deep breath.
Back to the present...
The Director, Lillia, and Charles, who heard the conversation while ordering, shuddered.
"Okay, in hindsight I should've checked their backgrounds before letting them in, who knew Chris? Mr. Chris or... you know what? I don't care, I'm glad he is in jail right now. Probably thrashing like a rabid animal." Director dispelling the thoughts of the interesting events that have transpired during all of that.
"Good riddance, that's one less creep roaming the streets of Vale." Lillia sighed "Sir, what about Jaune?" Lillia said as she looked at the Director one more time.
"What about him?" the Director giving Lillia the stink eye.
"What do you mean!? 'What about him?' He is unqualified!" Lillia snarled at him but the Director paid no attention to it.
"He's a natural," Director said nonchalantly.
"He is an ordinary citizen! With aura, mind you." Lillia argued.
"He is a natural at acting, case closed," the Director now closed his eyes as he remembered when Jaune walked up the stage last week ago.
Last week in the studio...
"Next!"
A boy with a Pumpkin Pete hoodie walked in the stage, his hair blonde and scraggly, his build, lanky but fit in civilian standards, his bottom is just nothing but jeans and sneakers. He got into the center of the stage where 3 pairs of eyes judged for all he is. He stood there for a good minute or so until the Director spoke up.
"Your name, Kid?"
"Uhm-I-Jaune... Jaune Arc, uhh-Sir." Jaune nervously spoke.
The Director smiled "So what can you do, Jaune?"
"Uhm... I have my aura unlocked, I suppose..."
"And?" He raised his right eyebrow.
"And... to be honest. I never thought I get this far." Jaune scratched the back of his head still keeping the nervous smile of his.
"Great, you're hired." the Director nonchalantly said.
"Wait? What?" Jaune wide-eyed at the decision.
Lillia immediately stood up "Sir, you cannot be fu-"
Back to the present...
"cking serious about him, Sir! You're sending a young boy to his death." Lillia synced with the Director's memories as he smiled at this decision.
"Either I'm a genius or I'm desperate, probably the former. That's why I'm ordering animatronics just so we can make the show safe and avoid controversies," the Director eased her. 'It's one hundred percent the latter' Lillia thought as she calmed down by a bit "We've got enough budget at this point. We're buying the cheap and recyclable ones. I've talked to Charles with this one... unfortunately." the Director looked at Charles judgingly, he remembered the agreement made for recyclable animatronics. This would make the show way more manageable in the long run. So Huntsmen and huntresses won't have to hunt for Grimm and lure them in and have the potential to basically kill all his actors, actresses, and the crew or having the chance to die outside the walls for the authentic scenes.
"What? it's a good idea." Charles looked at them confusedly 'It is a good idea, shockingly enough coming from you.' the Director mentally quipped.
"Okay, let's talk about the other ones we've hired and tell me your thoughts on them but we need to do it fast." Lillia eager to set this aside and have their brunch before they shoot the first episode. Charles already got his meal and started to chow down on it.
"Okay, then Lillia, shoot." the Director said as Lillia pulled a list of the ones who got handpicked by the Director.
"Lie Ren." Lillia listed the first name off.
"Calm and quiet. Just what the show needs is something serious and we can empathize with the emos."
"Sir, you just described Blake in a way when she's off." Lillia pointed out.
"Ahh, he's sort of there for the quiet ones and you know representing Mistral, moving on." the Director said as he took another sip of his water.
"Sort of representing... lazy a-hole." Lillia whispered "Nora Valkyrie." She raised her voice to normal levels.
"Bombastic, fun, and crazy. She was born to be comedic relief if I say so myself. Great pair for the quiet Ren." the Director called up the waiter to order.
"Great pair? Wouldn't that drive Ren crazy?"
"They're best friends in real life actually, believe it or not." Director countered.
"Oh... well. Isn't it way too demeaning to be called crazy?"
"It's fine, she's a huntress-in-training so she's got that going for her and I guarantee the fans will love her." He pointed to the waiter what he wants on the menu.
"She's insane."
"Normally insane." the Director corrected.
"That doesn't make sense!"
"And neither does she."
"So you're saying she's sane and insane?"
"Yes."
"What about property damage?"
"Not my fault her weapon of choice is a hammer that can turn into a grenade launcher and vice versa." the Director sipped on his glass of water again.
"Uhhh..." Lillia massaged her head "Anyway, we've scored and signed a deal with Pyrrha Nikos. What do you think of her?"
"Revenue." He deadpanned.
"Reve-" Lillia repeated in confusion then got hit immediately with the realization bat multiple times, "Really, Sir!?"
"What?" the Director grinned.
"Nevermind." Knowing the Director was messing with her but is in fact also stating his frame of mind to her, subtly. "How about Ozpin and her wife Salem?"
"Wait... does Ozpin have a last name?" the Director asked.
"I-I actually don't know, Sir. He just wrote Ozpin on his registration form, no first name, or... even a last name? The rest was filled up by Salem." Lillia informed with confusion setting in her face as she double-checked the list.
"Weird... probably his middle name, anyway, Ozpin speaks cryptically all the time and is actually the Headmaster of Beacon Academy, who would've thought the Headmaster was sitting on his chair and said 'You know what? Let's get into that show'. So, if anything this a giant advert for Beacon Academy, and her wife being headmistress or right-hand lady to Ozpin is an added bonus plus he sips on his coffee, a lot, that's what I got from him when I first met him.
"That's just his addiction. Salem told me about it."
"We'll slap it out of the show."
"Sir, we're not going to stage an intervention on him during the recordings."
The Director's face went from grinning to smiling.
"Oh fuck. I just gave him an idea." Lillia whispered to herself, she then buried her head in her hands and sighed into it. "What about Salem?" Her voice got muffled by her hands.
"I think she can pull off the 'evil' vibe if she tries hard enough, also she's a great cook especially her cookies, I've tried them, she brought some in last week."
"What? You don't like Summer's cookies anymore?" Lillia asked.
Same time in Patch...
Summer Rose was getting everyone ready to leave the island for a few days. She helped pack up herself and Tai's stuff as they were going to stay in the city for a little while, Ruby and Yang had packed their stuff along with Zwei also, they were all ready to leave and she did a quick check with everyone and that's when she sneezed in front of everyone.
"Woah, Sum." Tai came up to her still having bandages around his face from last time "You're not going down with the flu?" He put his hands on her forehead.
She slapped his hands off of her and everyone started to get worried about Summer going ballistic on all of them. "No, no, don't panic." Summer puts her hands to calm everyone down.
"Why did you even sneeze Mom? We're leaving the house clean, didn't we?" Ruby reassured.
"It's not that Rosebud... I-I feel like I got mentioned to a challenge..."
"Challenge?" Yang grinned "Then take it! You're like super-mom!" Summer's smile became more precious when her not-biologic daughter said that.
She took a deep breath "I feel like someone insulted my cookies." Summer's eyes scanned the area warily.
The rest of the Xiao-Long-Rose family gasped in horror at what they just heard.
Back at the RFC...
"I did not say that. I don't want Summer's Glaive up my ass or actually, as a matter of fact, everyone's weapon in that clusterfuck of a household up my ass, thank you very much." the Director unconsciously clenched his rear end at the thought.
"She's not gonna cook for us."
"We have a kitchen in the lounge, I heard mothers gravitate to that." the Director remembering a fake fact in his social media that got him fooled unknowingly.
'That's just sexist.' Lillia thought. "Anyway, any more thoughts about her, Sir?"
The Director was about to speak but Lillia cut him off "Not the insulting kind of way to her, Sir."
The Director's mouth closed.
"What about Glynda Goodwitch?" Lillia continued.
"More like Glynda Goodbitch, ayoo!" The Director turned to see Lillia shaking her head.
He immediately cleared his throat and put on his serious face hoping Lillia would forget what he just said moments ago "I-I-I mean, she's nervous but she can pull off the stern vibe, Mo-moving on."
"Right..." Lillia pinched the bridge of her nose. "Cardin Winchester."
"Disposable asshole." Director bluntly said.
"Wow, that's just harsh." Lillia winced at the statement.
"He's going to be in like what?- 2 episodes? 3, if... he's lucky?"
"I guess Dove, Sky, and Russel are-"
"Disposable, yes Lillia." the Director finished her sentence.
"Yikes..." Lillia winced and silently gave out her prayers to the 4 boys. "Cinder Fall."
"Really crazy about being a star while being a full-fledge huntress herself, I don't get her motives are." the Director listed off what she thought about her eccentric 'fall maiden'.
"And you're putting her in the villain role?" Lillia questioned him.
"I am not making another protagonist team and no Charles," He glared at the eating prop designer in front of them but he was busy being oblivious to his surroundings "We're not naming them team CMEN if it ever forms, along with Mercury, Emerald, and Neo, It's already hard enough to come up with team names during the auditions of this show, we don't need more teams, I just half-assed the name 'JNPR' even the name 'RWBY' doesn't make sense but it does at the same time, I think we already established that with the scriptwriters that they're the villains, the antagonists, we would not able to shoot with everyone laughing their asses off, even I can't say it a straight face from time to time." the Director ranted to Lillia as the waiter's in the establishment had finally delivered their meals.
"Speaking of Mercury and Emerald, what do you think of the two?"
"For Mercury, I think he'll be that likeable and not-likeable smug character at the same time eye-candy for the young ladies." Lillia rolled her eyes "For Emerald, yeah... I don't know what we were thinking on 'She's only loyal to Cinder' and- basically that's it, clearly we ran out of ideas for her." the Director scratched the side of his head as he remembered the memory of the meeting with the scriptwriters, he winced at the thought of the meeting cause if, by meeting, I mean sitting in a room for a good hour looking at everyone awkwardly and saying a few words here and there with the occasional cough from time to time. To think they only spoke 30 to 50 words, one of which is a coherent sentence that consisted of how Emerald's role would be in the show and pretty much concluded from there. Real productive if I say so myself.
The Director sighed at the thought "Anymore, people on that list?"
"I mean, we're done here."
"Great, I'm starving."
Recording session
"Legends. Stories scattered through time. Mankin..." Salem coughed repeatedly. "Water." She rasped, moments later, Lillia entered the recording booth with a bottle of water in her hand. Salem took the offered bottle and drank from it. She wiped her mouth after "Sorry, really hard to maintain that voice." Her voice raspier from years of screaming at Ozpin at his coffee addiction.
"It's okay Salem, I think we would have more trouble with Ozpin." the Director not looking forward to work with the silver-haired coffee-obsessed individual.
"Good luck with him," Salem smirked as she cleared her throat.
...
"But perhaps victory is in the simpler things- *SIPS* - like that... ahhh... that's the good stuff," Ozpin moaned over the mic as he sipped from his supposedly bottomless coffee mug.
On the other side of the recording booth with the Director, Lillia, and the sound engineers, they watched Ozpin sips on his coffee, each having a different reaction, The sound engineers felt indifferent, Lillia contemplating the words that Salem gave to her that 'he is hard to manage', and the Director sighing heavily.
"I thought it was bad on how Salem described him. This is much worse." the Director watched Ozpin meticulously sip on his coffee mug.
"I do wonder why haven't they split off yet." Lillia looked at Ozpin as he took another sip from his mug.
"I mean the show sort of simulates their divorce in a world-ending scale. So, they're perfect for it except for the coffee part." the Director said as he glared daggers at Ozpin. "Worst part of this, we can't stop him. He's still full-fledge Huntsman with a cane even though he's quite old.
"I heard that! For your information, I'm not that old, I just have silver hair," Ozpin said and glared at the Director as he resumed sipping on his coffee.
The Director grabbed the mic "Salem put 55 years old on your application form, you have a cane for a weapon that I initially thought was your walking stick, so shut up Ozpin."
"That bitch." Ozpin whispered under his breath hoping no one caught that what he just said. but the sound engineers did but decided to keep it to themselves.
"Wait, the show somehow simulates their divorce?" Lillia looked at the Director quizically.
"Volume 6 prototype transcript or whatever the hell we call it. Don't ask how I've thought that far ahead. May change drastically."
"So, RWBY is a story about the most-convoluted, long-driven divorce in the history of Remnant." Lillia tried to reassure herself about what she just heard.
"Yes, pretty much. The girls are just there to distract you." the Director bluntly said.
He took a deep breath and exhaled "This is going to be a long day." the Director already regretting his decision as he stared at Ozpin still sipping on his coffee.
"By Gods of Light and Dark, how much coffee can this man take?"
On a rented out street at 6:00 pm
"Wait, we're recording here?" Roman asked the Director as he surveyed the area. The crew was fast at work as they blockade the roads leading to their set, drones were now flying everywhere, Dust-powered lights are now set up in locations in the most efficient and effective manner and the cast was just lounging in a rented cafe near the set as they were getting ready to record. Ruby, Summer, Tai, Yang, Jaune, Cinder, Neo, Glynda, Qrow, Ozpin, and Salem were lounging inside the cafe drinking their respective drinks. Ruby and Yang were sipping on Hot chocolate, Summer, Glynda, Cinder, and Salem were having their tea, and finally, Tai, Jaune, and Ozpin were having coffee, chilled coffee for Jaune... oh and of course, Neo was having ice cream for dinner. Junior's 'goons' were also back but they decided lounge farther away from them so don't concern them. Oh yeah, Qrow is siping on his flask as usual.
"Yes, Roman for like the 10th time you've asked." the Director exasperated.
"Could've picked a better place, like a beach," Roman suggested.
"It's supposed to be a robbery. Not a beach episode!" the Director shouted angrily at him.
"Are we getting a beach episode though?" Summer asked as she sipped on her tea. Some perked up at the suggestion... Yang. While one of them cracked their knuckles.
"No," Yang deflated "we're not gonna have a beach episode, For one, Tai over there" He pointed at the male Xiao-Long glaring at him menacingly "would beat me into a bloody pulp for putting her girls in swimsuits, so that's out of the question and enough of a reason to not put me in an early grave. Two, controversies, I'm not going to further elaborate on that, leave that to your imaginations, and the final reason is that it doesn't fit the show plus this is the pilot episode, a beach-oriented one wouldn't make sense." Director ranted and started to calm himself down.
"What? Every great show needs a beach episode." Roman argued.
"No, I am not putting Ruby or anyone as a matter of fact in a swimsuit, my decision is final."
"Hey, I can be-" Ruby spoke up but she was cut off by the Director's icy glare. "My. Decision. Is. Final."
"Su-Sure thing, Direct." Ruby nervously smiled and gave the Director a thumbs up. He just sighed and shook his head in disappointment.
"Ozpin could you at least put down your coffee at tomorrow's taping?"
'Hmmm..." Ozpin thought about it, the Director was actually surprised he was thinking over it and genuinely hoping that he would drop the mug for at least a second.
"No."
Or not.
"You manchild." Director pinched the bridge of his nose
"So am I gonna be in this recording?" Cinder politely asked. Director then turned around and face her.
"Yes," Cinder perked up "You'll be in like 1 minute or so, then never appear until the final episode."
Cinder deflated "Why?! I'm supposed to be the star!" she complained.
"The show's name is RWBY, R-W-B-Y which is a homophone to her name, Ruby Rose," He points at the red hood in the room "and it's not going to be CNDR, you weren't even there when the producers pitched the show. Don't worry you'll be flying a Bullhead for this episode. You'll be mysterious for the first volume. It'll have fans wondering who you are."
"That's not confusing at all." Her voice dripped with sarcasm as she crossed her arms thinking about the person or the show may confuse some individuals.
"You really don't want to be the villain?"
"Who likes bad guys?"
"Good Bad guys," the Director said
"That's an anti-hero or- anti-villain, I forgot what sets them apart."
"Spelling," He answered with a sneer "But I digress, people will like actually well-written villains with clear convictions. You can fit that role Cinder, Good god we've talked about this like several times. I hope it's well written." the Director whispered the last part of his sentence.
"Well, I want to be seen as an idol." Cinder now imagining fan-clubs of her, fans adoring her and worshipping her as their queen.
"Sorry, we ran out of slots for the good guys, and coming up with names using the shitty color rule is already hard enough unless you want your team to be named 'CMEN' then I'm totally fine with that but either way I'm the one who's calling the shots here." Director quipped to her, the room burst into laughter at the suggested name.
"Fine." Cinder agreed as she huffed in embarrassment, sat down, and drink her tea. "Stupid Director." She whispered to herself, He heard her but paid no attention as he quickly swiveled around to Ozpin.
"Also, why are you even here then. first of all?" He asked the eccentric coffee lover.
"Well, I want to see Glynda on how well she's going to do. She did study under me and is currently applying to be the next Headmistress. " Ozpin sipped on his coffee while the aforementioned actress was slowly but surely hyperventilating at acting. 'What if I fail? What if they laugh at me? Do I look fat? Surely not..." Glynda's thoughts went overdrive with doubts about herself.
"Glynda are you fine?" Salem asked with concern in her eyes, the others in the room looked at her in concern.
'Oh god, they're judging me!' Her thoughts became more anxiety-inducing.
"I'mfine. totallyfine, superduperfine!" Glynda was not fine as her breath became shallower by the second and then... she fell limp in her seat with her eyes open.
Summer got up from her seat in concern and waved a hand in front of Glynda's face "Hello? Remnant to Glynda?" she didn't react. She then put her hand near Glynda's nose.
"She's not breathing!" Summer panicked as everyone scrambled to do something. The Director called in medics immediately through the radio as Summer used CPR on Glynda to buy time.
"This is your fault, Ozpin." the Director glared at the silver-haired man who was getting an earful from Salem but paid no attention to it.
"I mean, Qrow is here." Ozpin pointed out tuning out her wife.
"Not the point, Ozpin." the Director hissed.
"Thank you!." Qrow said then went back drinking.
"But maybe he has some fault here." the Director added.
"Oh come on!"
Take One
The Director gave Raven's pack of cigs and a lighter to Roman without context.
"Smoke them." Director bluntly said.
"I don't smoke Direct," Roman informed him.
"Don't care, smoke them, or at least put them in your mouth and just huff it, we'll take care of the rest."
"Well, I can cross 'smoking' off my bucket list then." Roman picked up a cigar and put it in his mouth and lighted it up. A red portal then appeared by Taiyang in the cafe and Raven came charging out of it and tackled the Director on the set.
"AHHH!- My back!" the Director screamed in pain
"My cigs!" Raven put her hands over the Director's neck and strangled him.
The rest of the cast pulled Raven out before she kills the Director.
"Where are they?" Raven screamed at him.
"I'll give them back! Shit!" the Director stood back and massaged his back and throat area.
"You promise to give them back!" Raven accused him.
"I forgot! Sorry, if my early onset of dementia made me forget them." He sarcastically remarked.
"That's it!" She tried to unsheathe Omen but struggled at the grip of her team "Let go of me!"
"Lay off the nicotine for the moment, Raven. It will be good for you. you can talk to Yang for the moment." Summer offered while gripping Raven's left arm.
While all of that was happening, Roman was in the background enjoying his smoke. 'Man, these are not cigarettes.' he laughed all by himself.
...
Take Two
After Roman hid the fact of him actually being high at the moment. The crew and the cast decided to let him calm down by a bit but the Director was not having any of that. To counteract the high Roman was experiencing he called up a fellow Pharmacist and commissioned a concoction of either an injection to stab at Roman or a powder for Roman to snort. It was delivered within 15 minutes in powder form unfortunately and was used on Roman by laying down the dust in a line on the table and then proceeded to use Roman's face as a wipe. He was not happy after the powder took effect as his makeup for the scene was wiped in every direction but he paid no attention to Roman shouting at him as he was taken to the medic for an aura shot before they begin taping again.
"I mean it was fun using Roman's face as some sort of towel." the Director grinned at the memory. Lillia just shook her head. Everyone else just eyed the Director for his brutality as they got back to work. Raven was there all shackled up in comically oversized chains as she struggled. "My cigs!"
"You mean Psychedelic cigs? You'll get them back I promise. Along with a sprinkle of police up your front door." the Director tried to reassure her as she rabidly tried to force her way out of the chains.
"I'll get back to you, I need to attend to Roman's needs." Director pulled out a radio in one of his pockets "Everyone, get ready we'll be on the set at 15 minutes max. He backed out of the cafe and visited the truck with medical professionals on board. I mean they were working with huntsman and huntresses might as well be prepared for any eventuality except for Psychedelics those were not on the list.
"So Roman, how you feeling?" the Director greeted Roman on a stretcher still getting an aura boost. His face still red from being used as a towel.
"I... hate you... so much." Roman rasped out.
"Oh, I love you too, Roman, clearly those drugs are still in effect."
After 15 minutes...
Once Roman got back on his feet, he took his hand and immediately made a mad dash to the set where everyone is now geared up for the taping. The goons were in place, the shopkeeper which is actually a veteran crew member, and Ruby was also now inside the shop.
"You know your lines, Roman?" The aforementioned actor gave his thumbs-up as he put in his mouth a green blunt where the cigarette will be edited in. The Director then left the alley and went back to his station where he controlled one of the drones, he controlled the drone on to the set and turned on the speakers. "And... Action!"
Roman and four of Junior's 'henchmen' head down an alley from the shadows, trick of the camera that will be enhanced at post-production. He sucked in air as if to simulate him actually having a cigar and grins before walking down the road, people getting frightened by Roman will be added in post-production also. The 5 make their way towards the shop From Dust Til Dawn. Roman and his henchman enter the shop, while professionally ignoring the camera crew, which the cameraman at the back was now panning down to Ruby, who had her hood up and headbanging on the tunes as she meticulously read the weapon magazine. The henchmen look around and at the Dust crystals in the display when Roman approaches the elderly 'shopkeeper'.
Roman flicked his supposed cigar "Do you have any idea how hard it is to find a Dust shop open this late?"
The far-left henchman pulls out a gun and points it at the shopkeeper. An awkward silence filled the set.
"Uhh. Larry, you're holding a banana." the henchmen to his right spoke.
"I was hoping you'll all roll with it but apparently not," Larry said.
The Director's drone then appears out of nowhere. "Cut! I was really really hoping you'll all roll with it. The whole thing was going so well! Who switched it out anyway?"
Larry shrugged "Last time I checked, it was still a gun."
"So you have no idea?" Larry nodded.
Unbeknownst to the Director, back at the cafe, who had screens set up to watch the whole unedited versions of the episodes. Yang and Neo were now giggling at the scene.
...
Take Three
Now actually grabbing a gun, the henchmen at the far left points his gun at the shopkeeper.
The shopkeeper raised his hands "P-please! Just take my Lien and leave!" he pleaded convincingly.
"Shhh, shhh, shhh, shhh, calm down we're not here for your money." Roman then turned to his henchmen "Grab the Dust."
A henchman opens a case and reveals several cylindrical canisters, each henchman grabbed one then uses to extract the Dust out of the tube containers on the walls.
Back with the Director...
He was watching the scene intently through one of the cameramen's lenses. 'So far so good.' He thought.
"Those don't contain actual dust, right?" Lillia voiced out her concern as she watched the scene also.
"Can you call up Charles, Lillia?" He requested as Lillia picked her own radio from her pocket and called up the eccentric prop designer.
"What up?" Charles spoke through the radio
"Is there any chance that those tube containers contain Dust?" Lillia said with concern growing by the second.
"We've never replaced them, so, yeah they contain Dust- and... I see your point." Charles' voice was laced with concern now as put he two and two together.
"Please, don't blow up the shop. Please don't blow up theshop. Pleasedon'tblowuptheshop." the Director pleaded through his monitors.
Back at the shop...
The far-right henchman placing an open case on a display to the shopkeeper. "Crystals, Burn, Uncut." he demanded. The shopkeeper proceeds to fill the case. As another henchman goes for another tube he hears a muted This Will Be the Day song from Ruby's direction, and unsheathes his sword. He points his sword at her back. "Alright kid, put your hands where I can see 'em. Ruby didn't respond. He tries yet again to get her attention "Hey I said hands in the air! you got a death wish or something!?" He goes over to her but as he approaches he hears faintly of Ruby singing the song in whispers "This will be the day we've waited for!" The henchman turns her around, the hood drops and reveals a Ruby now with her eyes closed, jamming to the music from her headphones. She then opened her eyes to see the henchman smirking at her "Real cute, kid, now we gotta do that all over again."
"He... he... he..." Ruby scratched the back of her head in embarrassment " Sorry, the music is too good."
"I know right?" the Director's drone flew inside the shop "Cut! Be careful with those," He turned the drone to Roman and the henchmen "that's actually live dust," the henchmen then laid down the canisters gently to the ground. The Director's drone turned to her "and as for Ruby," She waited to get scolded "I'll let that slide." Ruby sighed in relief.
"Wait she doesn't get a tell off similar to us?" Roman complained to the flying drone. The drone then turned around as if it simulates the Director's neck, snapping to his direction.
"Two words:" The drone's speakers hissed at him as it flew closer to him. "Summer. Rose."
Roman shivered at the thought as remembered the destruction she caused during the Yellow trailer taping. Who knew a glaive can pierce through several inches of concrete like it was butter or better yet, throwing the glaive like a boomerang all over the place and hitting the target and along with several unfortunate targets that weren't even on Summer's list. She was indeed a scary woman. She does make great cookies though, I'll give her that.
"Fair point." He agreed with the flying drone.
"Now come on everyone we're burning moonlight."
...
Take Four
"And Action!"
"Alright kid, put your hands where I can see 'em." the Henchman pointed his sword at her back, Ruby fidgets in place trying not to sing the official soundtrack but she maintained her composure and doesn't respond to her. "Hey!" the Henchman called out again, "I said hands in the air! You've got a death wish or something?" He goes over to her and turns her around, the hood dropped to reveal a surprised Ruby Rose wearing headphones. He motions for her to lower them.
Ruby did so "Yes?"
"I said, put your hands in the air, now!" The henchman said.
"Are you... robbing me?" Ruby's smile slowly crept up knowing the absurdity of the situation presented to her.
"No, I'm actually here to help you. Roman over there." He pointed at the thief "he is kind of dumb and a prick."
"Hey! Who are you calling 'prick'? Who's side are you on?" Roman threw his arms wide open in mild disbelief.
"The good guys? The script is stupid. Who in the right mind would ask if they're getting mugged in real life?" the henchman pointed out the flaw. Ruby was giggling on the side "So true." she said as she continued to giggle.
"Cut!" the Director's drone flew right in the shop through the open door at the back. "Could you guys stick with the script?"
"It's stupid!" the henchman complained.
"It's the script. It's meant to be stupid from time to time. I'm not the one who's writing them!"
...
Take Five
"Are you... robbing me?" Ruby said confusingly to the henchman, she mentally told herself 'this is a show, it is meant to be unrealistic.'
"Yes!" the henchman shouted.
"Oooohhh..." Ruby's lips slowly curled up, she tried to shook off the smile but she ended up giggling instead. The henchman in front of her started to laugh as well as the others in the set soon followed. The camera crew was chuckling at the scene, and through the cameras, the rest of the cast was now chuckling at the absurdity.
Rotors were heard coming in close, as the drone controlled by our lovely Director came in the set.
"We can't take this seriously, can we?"
"I'm so sor- " Ruby tried to apologize but she giggled halfway through like a crazed maniac.
"Let it all out then, let's take five for the moment."
...
Take Six
After everyone freshened up after that whole debacle, all of the actors and actresses were on set as they stretched their limbs.
'This is gonna hurt.' All the henchmen thought as they looked at Ruby who cracked her neck for the eventual fight scene.
"Don't worry, medics are at standby." the Director spoke through the speaker of his drone.
"That's reassuring." One of the henchmen spoke up. Since they were all in similar outfits and somehow the other two had similar facial hair, the Director could not tell the difference between the four from time to time.
"Oh don't be such a baby, think of it as training too."
"Still going to hurt anyway."
"That's still training, as they say, "no pain, no gain". Anyway on to your positions!"
They heeded the command as everyone got back to their position back on the set inside the shop.
"And... Action!" the drone flew through the back door of the shop.
"Are you robbing me?" Ruby said but her brain had different ideas 'Stop, it's not funny anymore.' She continued to tell herself.
"Yes!"
"Oooohhhh..."
Roman was waiting for his men to finish the supposed heist when a "Hey!" and "Hyah!" are heard and the threatening henchman flies past him. Roman calmly motions for another to handle Ruby.
The henchman pointed his gun at Ruby "Freeze!"
Cut to the outside the shop, where drones and cameramen were waiting on cue. The henchman and Ruby crashed through the window. The other men look outside as Ruby gets up and unfolds Crescent Rose into its scythe form. Roman scowls, but Ruby smiles back at them before twirling her weapon around, striking it into the ground, and turning off her headphones... forever. She looked down at the headphones when the music stopped.
"No, no, no!" Ruby realized what she had done, she dropped her weapon and got onto her knees as she picked up the pieces of the headphones, she animatedly cried in losing her favorite music player that she had only for a day.
Roman, the henchmen, and the camera crew just looked away. "I know it's just headphones, but Red just takes it way too far that even I feel bad for her." Roman looked at his left and used his right hand to shield the view of Ruby, which doesn't stop the wails though.
Back at the cafe, Summer, Tai, and Yang got up and was about to head to the door and comfort her but the Director's drone came in to save the day, they got back to their seats and watched through the monitors intently. Back in the streets, the drone flew close to her as the Director's voice tried to comfort her through the speakers "Woah, Woah, Ruby, It's okay, we'll get you new ones and more durable than the last." Ruby immediately perked up and tackled the drone and hugged it tight enough that it started to dent some parts of it.
"Ruby, Let go of the drone!"
Ruby didn't let go.
...
Take Seven
"And Action!"
"Okayyy..." Roman turned his head to the remaining henchmen "Get her!"
The henchmen head out of the shop and run at Ruby, who spins around on top of her scythe and kicks the first approaching criminal in the face. She gets Crescent Rose out of the ground and fires it off to hit another one with the butt of her weapon, sending him flying. She fires again and brings the side on one and attacker and dodges the next's gunfire with her rifle speed. Getting close enough to knock him into the air and follow him upwards so she can beat him away hard enough to Roman, who caught the henchman and knocked down the door to the front of the shop.
"Woops, way too hard on that one." Ruby winced at the sight.
Roman and the henchman did not get up probably due to pain. The Director's drone flew right next to Ruby as it surveyed the area.
"Good thing we have insurance," the Director said.
Ruby sighed in relief.
"And it's called your paycheck, Ruby." He continued.
Ruby immediately scowled at the drone as it flew away from her.
...
Take Eight
"Alright, you four henchmen" the Drone spoke as the lenses of it, focus on the five, "lay down near Roman's feet."
"Is this what I think this is?" One of the henchmen spoke up.
"No, this is not a porno." the Director's deadpanned voice echoed through the speakers. "This is literally you four defeated by Ruby, that was like 5 minutes ago on the last take."
"That was my second thought, actually."
"Have you seen the show?"
"Not yet."
"Then I shouldn't have picked you for this role. Now all of you except for Roman lay down defeated near Roman's feet. Roman, you know your lines?" Roman nodded at the drone as the henchmen around him started to lay down, sprawled in the ground like they were just beaten.
"Okay then" the Drone flew away. "and... Action!"
"You were worth every cent. Truly you were." Roman dropped his supposed cigar and crushing it with his cane. "Well, Red. I think we can all say it's been an eventful evening, and as much as I'd love to stick around." He raised his cane and opens the bottom to reveal its crosshairs and the rifle component of Melodic Cudgel. "I'm afraid this is where we part ways."
Roman unleashes a red blast at Ruby, who fires at the ground and leaps over it using her Sniper's recoil but the blast hit something else behind her...
Something exploded at her back and it crash-landed near where Ruby was before. Ruby turned around to inspect what it was and it was a Camera Drone all battered up.
"Cut!" the Director's drone surveyed the damage as Roman came near the crash site. "You already know what I'm going to say, do you?" the Drone spun around and faced Roman. The orange-haired 'thief' gulped and nodded.
"I thought your flares were just flares."
Roman got immediately confused as he was expecting a joke on his paycheck. "They're explosives, can't really fight Grimm if they're just flares."
"Huh, that answers my question."
"So you're not going to-" Roman said but the Director cut him off.
"Use your paycheck to pay for the damages? Oh, I'm definitely doing that." He continued.
Take One
After a 15-minute break from all the action. The Director walked up the set to give out new instructions for this scene. Ruby, Cinder, Roman, and Glynda were now awaiting on the set as they converse with each other. Ruby had her back facing the Director facing the 3 adults who saw him approach and straightened their backs and cracked their necks.
"...And that's why cookies are the superior dessert above anything else, oh, hi Direct." Ruby waved at him in glee.
"Hello to you Ruby. Now, let's get down to business." the Director cracked his knuckles and pulled out his notes from one of his pockets inside his suit jacket.
"Ruby, you're going to ask the shopkeeper to go after Roman. Sound clear?" He said what he wrote down in his notes.
"Uhm... why do I have to ask the shopkeeper again isn't that-" Ruby was cut off by the Director.
"Redundant? Stupid? I'm fully aware of the script, don't worry about that, I'm gonna have another nice, long conversation with them after all of this. Anyway, Roman."
Roman turned his gaze to the Director "You're going to be picked up by Cinder on top of that building." Director pointed the building with the ladder on its side. Roman nodded and averted his gaze from him. "Speaking of which... Cinder."
She perked up eager to do her role even if it's the villain "You're riding a Bullhead to help Roman escape from Glynda and Ruby. Don't worry Charles will teach how to fly the thing... unfortunately." He whispered the last bit.
Cinder raised her hand "Yes, Cinder?"
"Where did you exactly get the Bullhead in the first place, they're not cheap you know?"
The Director pondered on the question for a good couple of seconds "Hang on a second..." He pulled out his personal radio stored in one of his pockets and contacted his lead prop designer. "Charles?"
"Yeah, Direct?" Charles radioed in seconds later.
"Where did you get the Bullhead?"
It took a full 30 seconds for Charles to respond in those 30 seconds, Ruby, Cinder, and Roman were once conversing with each other, and Glynda was hyperventilating into a paper bag. All in all, pretty normal.
The Director's radio blared to life as Charles spoke through it "We... borrowed it?"
"Stolen, got it, Charles. WHY?!" The Director's voice went from 0 to 100 at the last bit.
"I mean we did borrow it."
"'With Permission?"
"Uhm... we'll bring it back anyway. That's technically borrowing right?" Charles said as the others tuned in to their conversation.
"Technically, he's not wrong." Ruby pointed out.
The Director gave the young actress the coldest stare ever produced by a human being. "Don't." He growled.
Ruby gulped and gave him a nervous smile "He-he-he-pleasedon'tkillme." She strung her words way too fast as the Director continued to frown at Ruby but decided to focus his attention on his eccentric prop designer.
"Charles, just return the Bullhead once we're done here, okay?" the Director sighed as he can't really dwell on this at the moment since he had a show to run.
"Yes, Direct."
"In one piece, Charles."
"That's common sense, Direct."
'You don't have that. He wanted to shout at the radio.
"Also, don't kill Cinder." He pocketed the radio and ignored whatever Charles he said.
"Wait, what do you mean 'don't kill me'?" Cinder's eyes widened.
"Don't worry about it."
"I have a right to worry about it!"
"Ask Charles about it."
"What do you mean 'Ask Charles?'"
"Request denied."
"I did not even- AHHH!" Cinder huffed and walked out of the set.
"Maybe she's on her period. She'll come back. Anyway, Glynda." He turned his gaze onto Glynda who was sprawled on the floor, passed out, and not breathing.
He stared at her body for a good second and exhaled disappointedly.
"Ruby, dash one of the medics here, would ya?"
...
Take Two
The Director's drone flew above the set. "And action!"
Ruby looked at the shopkeeper "You okay if I go after him?" she said. 'So, stupid.' she thought as tried to stave off the thoughts of the entire script being stupid but she pulled through in the end after the shopkeeper gave a short "Uh, huh." She gave chase to Roman, who makes it on the roof now. Ruby used her sniper to go high-flying, landing right behind him.
"Hey!" She called out. 'Why couldn't I have a cool call out to him? I just say 'Hey' at him.' Her thoughts imagining what kind of zinger she could use on him.
Roman stops at the edge of the building when he heard Ruby "Persistent..."
An awkward silence filled the air for a couple of seconds.
"Ahem." Roman coughed "Persistent..."
Silence filled the air again.
Roman rolled his eyes in annoyance "PER. SIS. TENT. Hello?! Cinder, I'm about to be arrested here! Now it's a good time to show up!" He raised his voice. Ruby giggled at the breakdown of the orange-haired thief.
Then they heard thrusters in the distance, they looked at the source of the sound as they saw the Bullhead wobbling in the air. The Bullhead stop in front of Roman still wobbling uncontrollably.
Earlier inside the Bullhead...
"What do you mean 'You can't drive this thing?' The Director screamed through Charles' radio as he tried to instruct Cinder on how to fly this thing at the same time with the use of the instruction manual that he found in one of the compartments, collecting dust over time.
"I have the situation under control. Don't worry, Sir." Charles tried to reassure his boss.
"I see it wobbling in the air, Charles. That doesn't say 'you got this under control' to me."
"It's fine, It's fine." Charles said before he pocketed the radio as he wobbled around in the Bullhead along with Cinder who was wrestling the controls of it. The sounds the Bullhead was making was concerning enough. "Charles, HELP!" she pleaded.
He read from the instruction manual. "Press a button that will stabilize the whole thing that says 'tceje'?"
Cinder pondered the unknown word for a second as she tried to keep the Bullhead steady. It finally clicked to her after a couple of seconds..
"That's 'eject' moron! You're reading it upside down!."
...
Take Ten
After several takes of the Bullhead wobbling uncontrollably, dinging some apartment windows, denting some drones, and the occasional street lamp. Cinder finally got the hang of flying it, without Charles' assistance... fortunately for her.
"Is everyone ready?" The Director's voice through the speakers had a hint of tiredness to it. "Glynda?" He swiveled the drone around to find the anxious quote on quote 'Headmistress.' He found her breathing through an oxygen mask connected to its tank and hyperventilating into it. 'She's fine... probably.'
"And... action!"
"Persistent..." On cue, the Bullhead rose up and opens the hatch to allow Roman inside.
Glynda came into the scene and used her telekinesis to pull Roman out of the Bullhead and drag him on to the rooftop until she heard "Cut!"
"Ow... that wasn't on the script..." Roman groaned.
"You tried at least, Ms. Goodwitch." Ruby tried to lighten the situation but Glynda's mind processed it too differently.
'Look, she's saying your bad at your job, how are you suppose to become headmistress if you can't even get instructions correct?' Glynda's anxiety spoke to her. It was eating at her as her sweat bead down at her forehead and her legs quivering at what the Director's going to say to her.
The Director's drone came into the set with Roman still laying in the ground in pain after getting yanked out inside the Bullhead and dropped down without a cushion from a height of probably more than 10ft. Ruby sat down beside where Roman was laying down and started to play games on her scroll.
The Director was about to speak but Glynda cut him off "I'msorrysorrysorrysorry..."
She dragged on until she passed out, to say the least. She's got some good lungs though as she lasted for at least 2 minutes of continuous sorries until she ran out of breath.
...
Take Eleven
"And... Action!"
"Persistent..." On cue, the Bullhead rose up and open the hatch to let Roman inside. He turns around and holding up a fake red Dust gem. "End of the line, Red." He throws it out of her feet and fires at her...
*CLICK*
"What the..?" Roman questioned his cane as he tried to fire again.
*CLICK*
"Damn thing, out of all the times." Roman slapped his cane as he tried to unlodge the flare that got stuck. He then pointed it at his face to see through the barrel of his cane...
*BOOM*
...
Take Twelve
"Snrk... Crater Face..." Ruby snickered at the Gentleman's thief as the aforementioned thief took another aura booster for his injuries.
"Laugh it up, Ruby. Stupid cane." Roman muttered he was going to insult the little red pipsqueak but he heard someone sharpening in the distance and decided not to act on it.
"Alright enough sulking around, Get back to your positions." The Director's Drone ordered. Everyone complied as Roman got back up the Bullhead which rose up after he got in, Ruby was armed once again, and Glynda was being Glynda.
"And... Action!"
"Ahem." Roman cleared his throat "End of the line, Red." He throws the fake red Dust crystal at her resulting in a massive explosion.
"Whoa-ho-ho-ho!" Roman then stops laughing when he sees something on the roof "Huh?" He narrowed his eyes.
Glynda's face was the definition of stone-cold determination but her breathing was becoming erratic once again when she noticed one of the camera drones circling above them as they were capturing the scene but she pushed through. She was currently casting a circle of protection over them with her riding crop. As Ruby looks on, Glynda waves her weapon and summons several streaks of purple at the craft. Roman is thrown around in the back until he goes to the cockpit. Yes, there are cameras inside that were put in before takeoff. Cinder was now wrestling with the controls as Roman stumbles on to her.
"We got a Huntress!" Cinder took the cue, she got up and heads toward the back as Roman took over the controls of the craft.
Glynda glows purple for a moment and aims another blast above the craft, resulting in a dark storm-cloud right over the jet.
"The hell...?" Roman looked above him as the clouds formed, no that's not fake, that's his actual reaction.
With a flick of her wand, large jagged hail starts falling that pummels the jet and even breaks through the window, narrowly missing Roman's head. That brief moment of lapse from having experienced a near-death made him lose control of the jet. Throwing Cinder out of the back, as she fell she was caught by Glynda's semblance and was safely hovered down back to solid ground.
"You know how in the show that Roman is supposed to 'fear' me?" Cinder remarked.
"Yeah?" Glynda said.
"I think it's the other way around." Cinder said as she, Glynda, Ruby watched the Bullhead swerve in the air uncontrollably.
The Director decided to end it here for the day after another 7 takes. The crew and the cast packed up and were ready to hit the hay. The Director messaged to everyone that at 10:00 am everyone must be in the studio. He messaged some specific ones to specific cast members.
"Cinder, you need to come tomorrow for green screen recording." She read the text message she shrugged as she pocketed her scroll as she packed up her things.
"Glynda, you need to come to the studio for green screen recording along with Cinder." She took a deep breath and nodded to herself.
The Director sent out regular messages for the time being as he looked at his scroll with their very own group chat. Where the cast that wasn't in the show just posted random dumb memes in the chatbox, dumb selfies of themselves, and a picture of Ozpin sipping on his coffee while his wife yells at him. The Director got up from his seat and was followed by Lillia trailing behind her making calls on whatever the hell, his mind was too sluggish at this time of day or night I suppose. Both of them walked towards the cafe and opened the door into it. The cast, who were now conversing with each other inside the cafe turned around and greeted the Director.
"Everyone got my message for tomorrow?" Everyone nodded or gave him a thumbs up. "Great, I want some coffee." He got the nearest available seat to him as Lillia sat on the other side and ordered one for himself and Lillia. He scanned the room as everyone was distracted by each other. The Xiao-Long-Rose household was talking to each other. The Headmaster was either not responding to her screaming wife or has developed advanced tinnitus, Chains that were not holding a certain person, Qrow sipping on his flask in one of the seats all laidback and chill, and Cinder and Glynda enjoying their tea toget-...
Wait a minute...
"Uhm... Where's Raven?" the Director called out as if in cue the shop From Dust Til Dawn blew up with Raven flying and faceplanting on the ground all covered in soot and of course with a lighted 'cig' on her mouth.
Everyone stared at Raven for a good minute as she huffed and puffed her cig without a care in the world.
"Do you guys know her?" the Director played dumb.
"Never met her." Summer backed him up.
"Never married her." Taiyang followed up.
"I was the only child," Qrow added.
"Never had her as a student." Ozpin joined in.
"I actually came from the stars believe it or not." Yang stared at her 'not-mother'.
"Not on my list of actors and actresses." Lillia played dumb also.
"Never met her." The rest of the cast followed through.
"Great! See you all tomorrow." The Director dismissed everyone as they packed up their things as fast as possible to bolt away from the set.
As the Director looked at everyone in a panic trying to get away from the scene he looked at them in reminisced 'As much as I'm not looking forward to tomorrow... I love these guys.' He thought.
So, a lot of things can go wrong before an episode begins, who knew? Holy, almost 11k words on a supposed 'comedy' fic that centers around what goes behind the scenes. So, their going to be a lot of errors or not so funny moments but I'm just a new writer on the scene. This whole fic is supposed to be like practice for me when I actually do make stories hopefully in the future. Also, those constant updates on this fic are there to make the reading experience for everyone who's going to see this fic a lot more enjoyable, so you'll be seeing a lot of updates in this particular story due to ideas that fit or grammar and punctuation correction.
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