"Speech"
'thought'
"Singing"
'Telepathy'
"On screen"
"On screen singing"
'On screen telepathy'
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"Let the craziness, Begin!" Dark exclaimed. Everyone chose and took their seats as the screen activated.
An old fashioned apartment appeared, inside they saw many people they knew, including Sun, Neptune, Nora, Mercury, and others too, all in ragged clothing. The ones that caught their eyes though were Yang and Blake Yang was sitting on a bed at the front of the room and Blake was right across from her reading a book, but what surprised them the most about them was Blake was smoking a cigar.
Ruby gasped, "Blake, smoking is bad for your health!"
"This is an alternate universe remember," Blake retorted, "I never did that."
"Oh yes," Dark said, "in this universe you're all actors and what we're watching now is a musical, just so you aren't surprised when everyone starts singing."
"Well this is gonna be interesting," Nora commented.
"Hey!" Yang began, pointing at Blake,
"That's my cigar!"
"Yang!" Ruby exclaimed, "you too. You know better than that!"
"You'll steal another," Blake retorted.
"Stealing too Yang! How could you do this to me?!"
"Hey look!" Sun gestured to Neptune doing his hair,
"It's bath time at the zoo."
"I thought that I'd surprise my mother," Neptune answered.
"If you can find her," Blake retorted.
"Who asked you?!" All of the room's occupants (minus Blake) yelled back.
"Papes ain't moving like they used too," Nora stated, "I think I need a new selling spot. Got any ideas?"
"From Bottle Alley to the Harbor," Yang suggested
"There's easy pickings guaranteed."
"Try any banker, bum, or barber," Mercury continued,
"They almost all knows how to read."
The door opened and out came Roman Torchwick who started singing,
"It's a crooked game we're playin'.
One we'll never lose,
Long as suckers don't mind payin'
Just to get bad news"
"Torchwick?!" Team RWBY all exclaimed in shock.
"Ain't it a fine life!" Everyone began singing as they went outside.
Carrying the banner through it all
A mighty fine life!
Carrying the banner tough and tall
When the bell rings
We goes where we wishes
We's as free as fishes
Sure beats washing dishes
What a fine life
Carrying the banner home-free all!"
Weiss walks onstage as Neptune attempts to flirt with her.
"Whoa whoa whoa," Roman interrupted him, "step aside. Nothing that concerns you here." He turned to Weiss, "Mornin' miss, may I interest you in the latest news."
Weiss rolled her eyes and stated, "The paper isn't out yet."
"Oh I would be delighted to deliver it to you personally," Roman smiled.
"Oh," Weiss smirked, "well here's a headline for you. 'Cheeky boy gets nothing for his trouble'." All the newsies laughed at Roman.
And so did everyone watching.
"Way to go slugger," Nora teased, "You struck out!"
"I'm crushed!" Roman cried.
"Hey, Crutchie, what's your leg say, gonna rain?" Mercury asked Ruby, who was leaning on a crutch.
"I'm a cripple in this?" Ruby asked, mostly to herself.
"Uhh, no rain..." Ruby pondered, "Ah-ha, partly cloudy clear by evenin'"
"Ha! And the limp sells fifty papes a week, all by itself!" Yang stated
"I don't need the limp to sell papes" Ruby retorted, "I got personality."
"It takes a smile that spreads like butter
The kind that turns a person's head"
"It takes an orphan with a stutter," Yang stated.
"Who's also blind-" Mercury said.
"And mute-" Blake continued.
"And dead!" Nora exclaimed.
"Summer stinks and winters freezing" Ruby and a few other Newsies sang.
"When you works outdoors."
"Start out sweatin" Roman and all the others joined in.
"End up sneezin'
In between it pours!
Still it's a fine life
Carrying the banner with me chums
A bunch of big shots
Tossin' out a freebie to the bums"
"Hey! What's the hold up?" Nora asked.
"Waiting makes me antsy
I likes livin' chancey"
"Harlem to Delancey" everyone sang
"What a fine life!
Carrying the banner through the-"
"If I hate the headline" Roman cut in.
"I'll make up a headline"
"And I'll say anything I have'ta" Ruby and Nora joined in.
"'Cause at two for a penny if I take too many" Then Blake and Yang.
"Weasel just makes me eat 'em afta'!" And Sun, Neptune, and Mercury.
"Got a feelin' bout the headline!"
I smells me a headline!
Papes are gonna sell like we was givin' them away!
Betcha dinner it's a doozy
'Bout a pistol-packin' floozy
Who knows how to make a Newsie's day!"
"You wanna move the next edition
Give us an earthquake or a war!"
"How 'bout a crooked politician?" Neptune asked.
"Yeah, nitwit, that ain't news no more!
Uptown to Grand Central Station
Down to City Hall
We improves our circulation
Walking 'til we fall"
"But we'll be out there
Carrying the banner man to man!
We're always out there
Soakin' every sucker that we can
Here's a headline:
Newsies on a mission!
Kill the competition
Sell the next edition
We'll be out there carrying the banner!
See us out there, carrying the banner!
Always out there, carrying the banner!"
"We'll all be out there
Carrying the banner man to man!
We're always out there
Soakin' every sucker that we can!
Here's the headline:
Newsies on a mission!
Kill the competition!
Sell the next edition!
We'll be out there
Carrying the banner!
See us out there
Carrying the banner!
Always out there
Carrying the banner!
Ahh, ahh, ahh, go!"
"So," Dark asked, "what do you think?"
"It was fairly entertaining," Weiss stated.
"Whoa," Yang joked, "who are you and what have you done with Ice Queen? But I really liked it too. I was a bit surprised to see Torchwick in this though"
"It certainly was fun to watch," Pyrrha agreed.
"Is that it though?" Ruby asked.
"Well it really just depends on what the folks back home think of it," Dark answered.
"What?" Blake questioned.
"Nothing," Dark responded quickly, a little too quickly, "We might watch more from this universe and we might not, but for now, let's move on to the next universe."