King: Number three, up!

Knox: Hey... can I ask you something?

King: Sure.

Knox: So... Do I have to wait until the weapons to open this or...

King: It's technically your story. Go nuts.

Knox: Cool! I wanted to open this one up like SoundSmith had later on. I think it's more interesting. So... Audience participation! If you have a design/stereotype for a hat you can send them in. And, if you see yourself as someone playing a game like this for an audience or semi-professionally like SoundSmith, then you can send a description of a character's voice to go with it and you might get featured in the story.

King: Should be interesting to see what happens next.

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Blake took a breath to steel herself for what was to come. "Okay. Let's get this over with."

The episode opened to Blake dancing down the rail line like the others had.

"Alright! Blake. The stab happy sneak attacker. There's the usual stereotype that Blake mains are the overly edgy or emo types. Kind of like Blake."

Blake's face turned red in embarrassed anger.

"And she's got no shortage of stereotypes. Let's get started."

The first hat to appear showed Blake without her bow, showing her ears, [Revealed].

Sun raised his hand, "That's the one I picked."

Blake turned to Sun with a raised brow.

"What? I always said you look better without the bow."

Blake thought back before smiling softly, "Yeah… You did."

"So, usually, the hats that aren't hats but just remove the default head gear are the marks of a really good player. So, if you see this Blake, watch out."

Sun grinned, "Nice!"

The next hat was a hood draped over her head, [Shroud].

Yang turned to the group, "Anyone pick this one?" No hands rose or claimed the hat.

"Okay, so… I coulddo the screen turns red and shaky as I blast Lincoln Park in your ears, but if I did that for every edgy hat in Blake's kit, it would be the only joke. So, I'm not going to do that this time. So, like with the Weiss episode, just assume it's there unless I say otherwise."

"Anyway, this hat gets two types of people. First are the people that wear it with the Masked Memory. And then you have the people who vehemently tell you that they don't wear it with the Masked Memory. And yeah, we get it. We can see your hats. You don't need to remind us every second."

Ruby snickered at the description.

The next hat showed Blake with a set of piercing resembling her mother's, [Family Pride].

Blake's hand rose, "I selected this one."

"The Family Pride is one of the cosmetics that just kind of blends in, so it's used as a slot filler. That's it really."

Blake let out a relieved sigh.

The hat following it was a futuristic red visor over her eyes with a black cloth over her head and reaching her shoulders behind her, [Shadow Vison].

Ruby's hand shot up, "I picked this one!"

"Shadow vison Blakes come in one of two forms. The first are the types that seem to forget that they have a gun. They'll try to trick or back stab you all the time. If they fuck it up and you start to focus them, instead of backing up and firing at you with their CLASS'S PRIMARY WEAPON DESIGNED FOR ESCAPES, they'll try to bait you into a trick stab or something. This usually gets them killed."

Yang started to laugh at Ruby's stereotype.

"And on the other hand you have the exact opposite. They will never use their knife and stick to their SMG, even though it has terrible accuracy at range. Even when they're right behind you and can backstab you and be done with it. But they never do. I don't know."

Ruby groaned that neither of the stereotypes was good, but she had to sigh and accept it. It was two very different extremes, so she could get passed it.

The next hat to appear was Blake wearing a helmet with a bandana over the lower half of her face, [Cochon de Guerre].

Weiss rose a hand. "I selected this one."

Yang nodded, "Same."

"Cochon de Guerre… there has to be a better name for that. Hang on."

The screen changed to show an online translator. Knox typed in the words and translated it from French to English, the result being [Pig of War].

"I'll call the War Pig. Anyway, the War Pig is worn by Blakes of all skill levels, but they all give themselves way too much credit for said skill. It's like this, a decent Blake will rush a casual team thinking they can solo the whole group. A good Blake will think she's God's gift to the community. That kind of thing."

Yang was having trouble breathing seeing the face of her teammate's turn red in embarrassment and anger. She didn't really care that she was lumped in, that was just funny.

"Anyway, let's move on."

The next hat to appear showed Blake with a purple, serrated headband in her hair in front of her ears with her hair fashioned to frame her face and just reaching passed her shoulders, [Moody Black].

Yang snickered at the name, just loud enough that Blake had to elbow her for it.

Neptune tapped his chair a bit, "This one was mine."

Nora shot up like a missile, "I picked this one too!"

"Is that a…"

"Yes. Moving on."

Jaune though a second, "So… that's another reference to that JoJo show. I think…"

"Moody Blakes actually aren't all that moody, ironically. They're pretty chill. Still a bit edgy, that just comes with the territory, but it's not too bad. But don't go out of your way to piss them off. You will regret it."

Nora flew up to stand in her chair, "Yes! Yes~! Fear me!" She started to laugh in usual over-the-top-Nora way.

The next hat to pop in showed Blake with her hair dyed in bright pink and lavender stripes, [Cheshire].

Blake went into a miniature moment of shock at the almost painfully bright colors. "What on Remnant?"

Yang chuckled, "That's a good look for you."

"Yang…" Blake just groaned and shook her head.

Velvet's hand rose slightly, "I picked this one, by the way."

"This Blake isn't taking the game seriously. At all. She's probably playing just to kill time with her headphones on and listening to music or something. She's just here to mess around. That's it."

Velvet let out a sigh of relief, thankful it wasn't a bad stereotype.

The next hat to pop up was Blake with her hair tied back into a ponytail that split into two strands from the tie, [Two Tailed].

Coco's hand rose slightly, "Mine."

Ren nodded, "I selected this as well."

"Two Tail Blakes are the veteran Blake mains. They're basically the old school players that know their shit. So, you know, watch out for that."

Coco chuckled with a nod, "Nice."

The next hat was a black balaclava over her face with her ears popping out from the top, [Old School].

Jaune's hand raised slightly, "I picked this one, actually."

Yang crossed her arms and tilted her head.

Ruby turned toward her sister, confused, "Yang? What is it?"

"It… kind of reminds me of that Spy character from the main theater."

Ruby looked back up to the screen, her head tilting to match Yang's. Her head returned to normal in surprise, "Oh yeah!"

Jaune looked around, not having been in the theater at the time, "Um… who?"

Pyrrha explained it for her leader, "A version of you we saw in the past."

"Yeah." Coco shuddered a bit remembering that version disguising as her, all the way down to the smallest details. "That was a fun one…"

"This is the hat of the old school player, but not in this game. This Blake has been playing long before this game ever came out. They pick the hat because they remember playing the old games and are going on a nostalgia trip. Oh! Also, they willbackstab you out of nowhere. It will be embarrassing for you. Just accept it now."

Jaune thought to himself and nodded, "That's alright, I guess."

The next to appear showed Blake wearing a beret with a small feline design on the front facing the screen, [Cat's Eye].

Pyrrha slowly raised her hand, "I selected this one."

"This one really depends on what color its painted."

Yang jumped up and pointed to the red-haired champion, "Quick, what color did you pick?!"

Pyrrha was caught off guard and scrambled to remember, "Uh…! Oh! I picked a muted purple!"

"If it's the default or some muted color, then they're pretty chill."

Pyrrha sighed in relief.

"But if it's pink or lime green, then good luck having fun when she's in the server."

The final hat of the day showed Blake with a hood and mask, both designed to resemble a sneaking panther, [Scorn].

Knox sounded almost pained, like he was trying to hold something back, "This one… is the go-to hat… for… AGH! I CAN'T TAKE IT!"

The screen turned red and shook as the edgy sound played loudly again.

Yang fell over laughing. "Oh man! At least none of us picked that one."

The screen cut to black as Knox had to calm himself down again, "I'm sorry! I just had to, man. Okay, let's try this again."

The scene returned from black, "Okay, this is obviously the edgy hat. In fact, it's THE edgy hat, worn by nearly thirty percent of Blake mains. It's probably the reason that Blake is stuck with the edgy stereotype as a whole."

Returned to Blake dancing down the track.

"And that's the last of them for this round. Yang's up next, so watch for that one. Until next time."

Yang's laughter subsided and she took her seat again. "Oh, I'm looking forward to that one~"