Chapter 2: CRDL Sins, Gardening with Tai and Sky, Quarantine madness.
Skit 1: CRDL Sins
Team CRDL stood in the arena nervously as they looked at their opponents, who were a very pissed off group of teams RWBY, JNPR, ARSN and Obsidian. They had just been discovered as the culprits who spiked the punch bowl at the dance and now Ozpin was making them pay for it.
"Um, is it too late to say sorry?" Dove asked with a nervous sweat. Sky seemed to think it over for a moment.
"Let me think…" He said before he pulled out Undying Fury and the others pulled out their respective weapons. "Yes. HAAAAAAAVE AT 'EM, LAAAAAAAADS!" He roared with vengeance in his voice. The four bullies of Beacon could only cry out in terror as the four teams descended on them without mercy.
The five teams all started tussling around in a dark cloud of dirt with painful sounds of flesh being struck and bullets being fired before the former four teams all emerged from the dust sitting on top of the latter team with said kids having various lumps, bruises, black eyes and a couple missing teeth.
"Man, that was therapeutic." Foxianna commented with a pleased look on her face.
"I know, right? That was awesome!" Sun agreed with a content expression.
"I told you guys this would be fun." Sky said with a victorious aura around him.
"I actually regret doubting your words now." Wolfgang admitted with Weiss nodding in agreement.
"Can we do something like this again sometime?" Ruby asked curiously as she had her knee in Dove's face.
"Maybe, assuming we find something that warrants it." Blake mused as she sat in a reclined position.
"Ditto." Nodded Yang as she dug her heel into Cardin's crotch.
Skit 2: Gardening with Tai and Sky
Sky was currently trying to work on his garden in his throne world when Tai suddenly stumbled through the entrance portal, and promptly fell flat on his face. Sky turned and looked at him in surprise.
"Tai? What are you doing here?" He asked with wide eyes.
"I don't know, you should really put a sign on these things…" The man said as he got up, before his eyes went wide at the sight of Sky's garden, including the statue holding his and Yang's Oversoul. "Whoa…"
"Yeah, this is mine and Yang's garden. All the plants you see here were all made by yours truly." Sky boasted with a smug look.
"What's this one called?" Tai asked, crouching next to a bush of what looked like a plant made of a combination of sterling silver and tinfoil.
"That's what I like to call: Spinfoil." Sky explained. "It's as versatile as tin and as valuable as silver."
"Wow. This bush alone could be worth a thousand lien." He said as he ran a finger along one of the many leaves on it, noting how smooth it was.
"You should see the rest of it." The boy smiled as he showed him his two favorites. "These are the Aurora flowers and Xiao Long orchids, my personal favorites."
Tai looked at the Aurora flowers with wide eyes. One was amazing to look at, but seeing a cluster of them was a sight to behold. He then turned his attention to the Xiao Long orchids around the Oversoul statue and smirked, having a pretty good idea of what Sky was thinking about when he made them.
"You were thinking about Yang when you made these, weren't you?" He asked knowingly.
"Guilty as charged." Sky admitted.
"Ya know, the flowers are cool and all, but you got any fruit plants around?" Tai asked.
"Oh yeah. This garden would be bland, otherwise. Come on, I'll show you the Orange Dwarf tree first." The owner of the garden said as he led the way. When they arrived at the Orange Dwarf tree, Tai marvelled at its coloration (red trunk and yellow leaves) plucked one of the glowing fruits from its branch and looked at it with an awed expression.
"It's like I'm holding a star." He breathed, before biting into it. "And it tastes like a mixture of lemonade and orange juice, this'd definitely make cocktails easier to make."
"Of course that isn't all, but I'm curious, would you like to exchange gardening tips? I can give you tips on how to grow my plants in the regular world, and you give me tips for growing regular plants here?" Sky wondered.
"Sure. Besides, maybe I can make a small profit from some of your plants in the real world… And become the envy of the rest of Patch." He said with an evil grin, getting a chuckle from Sky.
"Now I see where Yang gets her competitive attitude from." Sky chuckled. "Okay, so how would I grow regular plants like squash, apples, roses and the like in my throne world's soil?"
Tai got down to ground level and rubbed some of the soil in his fingers. "Well from the looks of it, your soil seems to be a mixture of clay soil like what you'd have at the mouth of a river, and topsoil." He noted.
"Is this gonna be a problem for regular plants?" Sky asked.
"Some, but not all. You'll just have to be careful on how much you water them so they don't get waterlogged." The man .
"Gotcha." The Knight nodded. "Now, want some tips on how to grow my plants in the real world?" He asked.
"Yeah. So, whaddya got for me?" The blond father asked.
"Well, since my throne world is perpetually in a state of eternal night, the plants from here usually thrive best in a dark, humid environment." The boy told him.
"Got it. How often should I water them?" The blond man asked.
"I've noticed that they're kinda like cacti. If you water them a lot in one go, you won't have to worry about watering them again for about a month, though most of the flowers require water every two weeks." The boy explained.
"Huh. That's new." Tai mused, getting a nod of agreement from Sky.
"Yeah. I was a bit surprised when I found out about that." He nodded.
"Well then, now all that's left to do…" The man said as he turned to the giant selection of plants. "Is choose."
Skit 3: Quarantine Madness.
Ruby paced around irritably as she tried to think of something to take her mind off of the current situation. The predicament in question?
Quarantine.
"AGH! This is so frustrating! I can't stay cooped up like this forever!" She exclaimed as she threw her hands in the air.
"How do you think I feel?! I'm not meant for this kind of shit!" Wolfgang growled as he looked out the window with an irritated look.
"Would it kill you two to calm down? Patience is a virtue, you know." Blake said as she read a book.
"Yeah. The world is still intact, so keep your head on your shoulders." Sky agreed as he played some video games with Yang.
"I'm almost going to suffer from cabin fever!" The hooded girl whined.
As if on cue, the song by the exact same started to play across the school in the ARSN dorm. And currently, Sun and Neptune were dancing around like two loons while having on hats that were made of fruit, the monkey faunus playing maracas with his hands and tail at the same time.
"Spoke too soon." Sky sighed.
Sun made his way over to Ruby and pulled her into a one armed hug as she tried to pull away.
"What is up with those two?" Ruby asked when she got out of Sun's grasp.
"They've finally lost it." Wolfgang said as he walked up behind Yang, who yelped in surprise and ended up leaping through the ceiling.
"Oh no…" Blake groaned in dismay.
"Will all of you stop before you tear the whole house down?!" Weiss yelled before glaring at Foxxianna who was currently getting the heiress's favorite yogurt out, spoon in hand. "And you! Stop eating all our food."
"How else do you think I'm supposed to keep this figure?" The fox girl asked, gesturing to her voluptuous body.
"Now is literally not the time for that!" Sky said with a faint twinge of irritation in his voice.
"Now now everyone, we're all friends here." Pyrrha said as she finally decided to chime in. "Why don't we all just take a deep breath and try to calm our nerves?"
This caused everyone to look at her and all yell in unison: "Can it, Pyrrha!" This act caused her to retreat to a corner with a cloud of depression over her head.
This went on for a good couple hours until Nora had grabbed a Mountain Dew extra energy and a can of pure cold espresso when no one was looking and chugged it down, causing her to have some sort of seizure and foam at the mouth. All while Jaune was too busy with trying to cheer up Pyrrha and Ren was butting heads with Sky.
"How am I supposed to believe that seaweed is healthy for the human body?!" Sky barked as he glared at Ren.
"It's an Anima delicacy and has various properties that can improve skin health." Ren stated with folded arms.
"If that's true, then why-" Sky started before he noticed Nora's current state out of the corner of his eye. "NORA!" He shouted in alarm.
Everyone ran over towards her and saw her spasming on the ground. Wolfgang looked in one of her eyes and noticed that he'd seen this before.
"Somehow she's consumed more than her usual intake of caffeine and now she's having a seizure." The boy told them. "Only thing I can't figure out is how."
Ren then took note of the Mountain Dew bottle and the cold espresso cup before he picked them up and showed them to Wolfgang. "This is how." He confirmed with a serious tone.
"Alright, who gave these to her?" Wolfgang asked, then the sounds of someone drinking from a can was heard and everyone turned to Sun and Neptune who were drinking Mtn Dew and canned Espresso respectively. The two drinkers noticed their looks and froze.
"... Uh, thirsty?" Sun asked sheepishly as he and Neptune held up their respective drinks. He was met with dead looks from everyone else.
"... Get 'em." Wolfgang uttered.
Everyone tackled the two as both dropped their drinks as they tried to run, resulting in them getting into another fight cloud. Right around this time, Nora woke up from her catatonic state with a horrified look on her face as she curled up into a ball.
"I've seen so many things I wish I could forget…" She said as she shivered.
And all this had happened… In around five minutes. This was going to be a very long quarantine...