The opening quote is shown: "Your hopes have become my burden. I will find my own liberation."
"So someone is feeling angsty, and it ain't me for a change."
"Mr Branwen please can we continue with the viewing without any more unnecessary comments?"
For some reason, this quote had caught Ozpins attention, maybe it was because in some strange way, hidden deep within himself he could maybe relate to this comment, as he had taken on the hopes of others only to see them as burdens himself.
Blake Belladonna sits on a rock outcropping watching red leaves drift down in the Forest.
Adam Taurus walks up to her
Adam: Blake, it's time.
She slowly turns toward him.
Blake: Okay.
"Time? Time for what ?"
"Time for you to get a watch summer, hahaha! "
"That's not funny Tai, I'm serious, I feel like something bad is gonna happen."
" I'm sorry summer, but relax summer, whatever is about to happen we cant change it right now so let's just watch the viewing for now."
The camera drifts down to show a train rushing through the forest. Adam and Blake slide down the hill onto the top of the train.
"Train heist."
Was Qrows immediate response, already seeing where this situation was going to lead, as it was quite a familiar one to the Branwen twins.
"They're using the slope to gather momentum so that they can keep up with the train while still keeping their entry point in sight, smart."
Raven, adding her thoughts to her brothers was quite intrigued in the method that these two would-be thieves were using, to be able to do this would require some serious planning, meaning there must be a group behind this.
"But it leaves only for that single point of entry, and a very small time window for them to pull it off in, if they had missed by even half a second, with the speed they were going, they would have been seriously injured maybe even killed."
While the twins talked amongst their selves about the scene that was happening, they had forgotten about their two teammates who were both confused on how and why the siblings would know all of this, yes maybe some huntsmen missions may require this knowledge, and both Summer and Tai Yang knew the twins had grown up outside of the kingdoms so they were bound to know a bit more about outer city situations, but not this detailed surly
Upon boarding it, they enter a car full of AK-130 Androids.
As the scene continued summer had noticed something quite interesting and decided to voice this.
"Huh, those look like Atlas tech androids, so this is probably an Atlas cargo shipment, especially with it that heavily guarded."
"But what are they guarding is the question, new atlas weapons, information, important government official? I guess we will have to just wait and see, Miss Rose."
Adam: Looks like we're gonna be doing this the hard way.
The Androids activate and circle the duo.
Blake: Don't be so dramatic.
"I agree it will only get you killed if all you think about is one-liners and entrances, and not the mission at hand; Tai."
"Wha- but it's my speciality Raven!"
An Android activates the guns on its arms.
Android: Intruder, identify yourself.
" Yeah, because that's gonna happen. I mean what is Atlas thinking? Any thief worth even a pinch of salt is not gonna tell you their name just 'cause the mighty voice of Atlas said so."
"Hating on Atlas a bit there Qrow?"
"Shut it, Tai, I don't have a problem with the kingdom at all, just don't like its people too much."
Adam responds by cutting the Android in two and he and Blake proceed to annihilate the Androids in the car.
"Also, I just realised the music has picked up! Sounds pretty cool, to be honest!"
"Tai, what is it with you and the music? It won't actually be playing while this happens in the real event, you know."
"I just like the music, Raven. Is there something wrong with that?"
While Raven and Tai were discussing the music, summer was busy "admiring" the new characters and their weapons quite loudly.
"Whoa! Look at their weapons!"
"Agghh! Summer volume control! "
"But Qrow, look, he's using a sword and sheath combo, the sheath looks to have a shotgun build to it, and the guy himself looks like he has a preference towards the usage of "Iaido", a method in sword fighting that involves quickly unsheathing for a rapid attack and then sheathing again, oh, so cool! And she, I think her name was Blake, the guy said? She's also using a sword and sheathe combo but the sheath has a sharpened edge allowing for dual-wielding, and if you look closely at the blade of the sword it looks to have a mech shift ability as well, now that is awesome!"
"Um … Summer, y-you good there, that was a lot of info there?"
Qrow's concern for his partner was not unwarranted, if Summer could get started with a weapon theory it would become so much more very quickly, diverging into schematics, improvements, materials, possible dust applications and finally uses in combat and situations, and since there was a viewing to witness it would be better to bring her out of her head as soon as possible.
Eventually, they burst out of the freight car onto a flatcar and encounter a horde of Androids running towards them.
Adam: Let's do this.
"Look there's the mech shift I was talking about; a gun on a ...ribbon? Oh, the gun acts as a counterweight on the end of a whip allowing her to take on multiple opponents at once while keeping them at a distance, that's really cool also useful."
"So what she has is a sword that has three forms. When sheathed, the weapon is able to slice opponents in two with its cleaver-like cover. However, when unsheathed, she is able to use both a sword and sheath in tandem against her opponents. It can also transform into a gun, all together I would say a well-rounded weapon, wouldn't you Miss Rose?"
"Sure thing professor!"
They decimate the horde and enter into a second freight car, Adam opens a box and examines the contents inside.
Adam: Perfect. Move up to the next car.
He closes the trunk.
"Wait did anyone else see the symbol on that container? It looks familiar."
"Tai, why on Remnant would I be paying attention to the tiniest symbol when I'm busy watching the cool fight and story going on right now?"
"Shut it bird brain, Tai's right, for once. The symbol was the Schnee family crest, they're stealing from the SDC!"
"Raven that makes no sense, any business person with even half a mind knows not to transport anything of value using the train line, its more open to attacks and sabotage and to try and minimise that you would also need to arm it to the gills, well I guess that explains the androids but still why would Jacques Schnee do this?"
"Easy Summer, money. It's quicker and cheaper to transport big loads using the train line than using armed vehicles that require specialist equipment and personnel."
The last statement brought a surprise to everyone's features not just because of what was said, but because of who it came from, Tai was known amongst the group for being somewhat of an airhead that always saw the good in the world, to have him say something like this showed how down to Remnant Tai was.
Adam: I'll set the charges.
Blake: What about the crew members?
Adam: What about them?
"Whoa, hold on a sec, aren't these guys meant to be good guys, I mean they're stealing; so morally grey good guys? He's suggesting murder, just like that? I don't like 'im."
"I think for once I'm with you on this little brother"
Adam turns his head around and sees a Spider Droid climbing down from the ceiling of the car. Adam moves to fight it.
Blake (anxiously): Adam.
"Oh, it's nice to know the potential murders name now, how nice."
"Just because you don't like him Qrow does not mean you need to be sarcastic."
Summers response left Qrow pouting and mumbling to himself in his seat, questioning why it was always him who got scolded for his sarcasm, not realising it was only him who used sarcasm in excess.
Adam and Blake try to fight it, but it doesn't go so well. Adam grabs Blake before she is about to be crushed by the droid's legs.
Blake: We need to get out of here.
"Solid plan, then what?"
"Mr Xiao-Long, Mr Branwen has just been reprimanded for the use of sarcasm, I do hope you learn from his mistake."
"Y-yes, sorry sir."
Eventually, the fight moves out of the car onto another flatcar.
Adam: Buy me some time!
Blake: Are you sure?
Adam: Do it!
Blake distracts the droid while Adam readies his next attack.
"Really? she's gonna try and take that thing on by herself, that's like a Summer level of crazy!"
"No Qrow, that's Raven level crazy, Summer at least does shit like that after shes told us she has a plan and somewhat explains it, its Raven who just runs in blind after one of us says we need a distraction, haha."
"And you wonder why I don't like or respect you Tai."
As she jumps back to Adam sometime later...
Adam: Move!
The droid fires a powerful beam. Adam catches the beam with his sword. As his body starts to glow, the droid jumps toward him. Adam then slashes out with his sword, disintegrating the droid and even affecting the trees in the Red Forest causing their leaves to fly into the air.
"Okay, I think I might need a rewind for that part, what just happened?"
"Well, I feel less like an idiot know that summer is just as lost as me right now, am I right Qrow?"
"Hey!"
"Idiot, it was a semblance."
"Well done Miss Branwen, that indeed was the young mas semblance, being able to absorb or block the energy from an enemy attack and re-emit it again in powerful red energy strike. Very impressive."
As Adam walks back towards Blake, he finds her on a separate train car standing near the coupler between the cars. As he reaches out to her...
Blake: Goodbye.
She severs the coupler and lets the released cars slow down as she lets the rest of the train continue en-route.
"Good for her, ditch the would-be murderer and get on with your life."
"...Qrow."
It seemed that the last member of the team was becoming exasperated with the male Branwen, and that must have been some unfortunate achievement to be able to get on Tai-Yang's nerves.
As she leaves, the background becomes completely red with a black silhouette of Blake in the middle, with black leaves falling. Then the camera zooms out from the RWBY title card and the silhouettes of Ruby Rose, Weiss Schnee and Blake Belladonna becoming defined.
"Wait is that it? What about the rest of the story? What happened to the guy? What did she mean by goodbye, did she leave him completely or are they gonna meet up again?! I need to know!"
"Tai, calm down, we'll probably find out in later viewings, same with the other two girls we saw."
"I do believe Miss Rose to be correct, these short viewings seem to be a small snippet of each person's history, there may be more to come from each of the characters we have seen so far, also it appears we have one more short viewing to watch, this one titled "yellow". "