The Weiss Reacts Second Anniversary Chapter!

A/N: Welcome, one and all, to the second anniversary of Weiss Reacts! Yes, we're about a week or so late for it, but it's here anyway! In case anyone's still reading. And yes, there will be side characters, and characters who showed up in earlier volumes but never really did anything much, and others! Also, we'll be doing the Valentine's Day chapter after this chapter, so don't expect a new chapter until next week. And after THAT, we will cover the whole of Volume 3, because coincidentally, it ends on Valentine's Day! Fancy that!

Anyway, let's get on with the usual shenanigans! God knows we'll need it after the ending.

A/N: RWBY belongs to Rooster Teeth, otherwise Yang would be making more limb puns. (Just going out on a limb here, considering her actress made some of the best puns about that incident….)

All mentioned franchises and characters belong to their respective owners.

A slight reminder here in case anyone forgets: The Reactsverse continuity is very different from canon being that this was begun in late volume 1, so this means all of the canonically killed off characters will still show up in Weiss Reacts. Keep this in mind, and if you question it, well, let me state the motto that I live by whenever I write this; "JUST WHO THE HELL DO YOU THINK I AM?!"

Electronic Transmission

"Miss Belladonna. I have a query." Norn inquired, several wires plugged into the ports in her head as she ran diagnostics on Blake's scroll, her flickering eyes signalling the process being run. The catgirl looked up, taking off her goggles as she looked up from one half of Ember Celica on the workbench in front of her; Yang had tasked her with helping her recalibrate the gauntlet as she was busy working in the library today.

"Hm? Yes, Norn? And how many times have we gone through this, you can call me Blake."
"I was looking through your records during a routine cleaning you asked me to do." Norn started, her eyes still flickering as she carefully placed the diagnostics program aside in her head and ignoring her creator's comment. "I ran across a particular person."
"Oh? Who? Did they have red hair and like wearing Grimm masks?" Blake inquired, a tone of concern on her voice. "If so, you've met him, I already fought him way back in the Cockerel Festival."
"No…..I was referring to a different person." Norn took out a small picture, handing it over to the catgirl, who examined it carefully.

"Ah!" Blake snapped her fingers, finally recognising who Norn was talking about. "I can't believe I've never introduced you to Penny before. Yang would kill me for missing the irony."
"Who is this…Penny? Was she a person in your past? Would you prefer not to talk about her?" Norn inquired calmly, with only the slightest upshift in her tone implying curiosity.

Blake shrugged. "Don't talk about her like she's dead, you know. No, she just doesn't live around here. She's…..like you."
"Like me?" The robot maid inquired. "….is she also a skilled servant who is proficient in the analysis of artificial intelligences, the production of high-class cuisine and the speaking of five languages?"
Blake sighed, shaking her head. "No, she's also a robot. Kinda like you."

At that, Norn paused. If she was the type for expressions, Norn would appear curious and surprised.

"….a robot. Like myself? I had assumed I was…..unique."

Blake shrugged. "Well…..you kind of are. I mean, you two are the only robots I know of with Auras."

"….interesting…." Norn nodded to herself quietly. "….thank you, Mis-Blake. My apologies."
"No offense taken. How are the diagnostics?"
"Your scroll looks fine." The maid declared. "There are several gigabytes of space full of garbage data. I have taken the liberty of discarding them for you."
"Thanks." Blake nodded to her with a smile before returning to working on Ember Celica. "Now…..Yang…..what in the name of Kamina did you put this poor thing through….."
'A robot…like me.' Norn ruminated over the thought. 'A fellow automaton. Someone like me.'

…..I must know more. My curiosity is getting the better of me, but…..to have finally heard of another robot like myself…..I cannot pass up this opportunity.'

Later, RWBY dorm….

"Let me get this straight. You want me to go beg my father, to go beg Penny's father, to let her talk to you?" Weiss inquired curiously, studying Norn's stony (as usual) expression.

"That is correct, Miss Schnee."
"…..before I go, may I ask why?"

Norn nodded. "Before today, I had assumed I was alone in being the one sentient automaton in existence, or at least the only one I was aware of, being that we are now all keenly aware of the potential of multiverses after the incident with the Ylisseans. However, that is irrelevant.

Despite the possibilities, I had never met someone who was of the same kind of being as myself. The giant robots that Blake has are not sentient, and my fellow artificial intelligences do not know what it is like in the outside world. The thought of another like myself had often crossed my mind, but never seriously.

Having heard of Miss Polendina, however, in my curiosity I sought to know more about her. Perhaps in the hope that I might understand more about myself and what my existence means."

"….that seems way too convenient." Weiss grumbled. "Norn, if you're lonely and want to know other robot girls, just go beg Yang to go take you to the next Antic Order meeting, she knows TONS of them there-"
"I assure you," Norn responded quickly with an undertone of harshness. "The chances of myself feeling loneliness are at one-percent. I am merely curious. There is no element of loneliness to it."
Ruby frowned from her bunk. "Oh, come on, Weiss! It'll be nice! Think of all the possibilities! And besides, Norn needs friends who, you know, aren't us for once. It'll be a nice experience!

Besides, we haven't seen her in months! Like, seriously! She could have been dead for ages and we wouldn't even know!"
"If I were stupid, I would swear you're trying to ship Norn off with Penny. And I thought someone in your family had some shame." Weiss grumbled, sighing. "Very well. I'll see if my father will acquiesce."
Norn made a sound that sounded strangely like a satisfied sigh. "Thank you very much, Miss Schnee."

Weiss calmly punched in her father's number into her scroll and held it up in front of her face. "Hello, Dad. I would like you to ask you some-"
"Yes, Professor Polendina already said yes! He'll arrange a meeting right away!" Siegfried's cheery voice poured through the speaker. Weiss blinked, before glaring at her girlfriend, who suddenly hid behind her sheets.

"…Ruby, did you call my father behind my back to arrange this meeting?"

"I-In my defence, N-Norn really needs friends who a-aren't us….eep…." Ruby squeaked, sinking deeper behind the sheets.

"I think Miss Norn's desire to get to know her fellow robot girl better is a noble plan!" Siegfried announced loudly over the scroll. "And apparently so did her father. He even arranged for a video call to be made! I forwarded your details to him, so don't worry, he has it handled. He seemed to want his daughter to have some friends who aren't yourselves, after all."
"…wonderful." Weiss grumbled. "After two years, she's still got a screw loose. Thank you, Dad. Love you."
"Take care! And, err, tell Miss Norn I said hi!" Siegfried requested before shutting off the call. The heiress looked over to Norn. "…I suppose we just….wait for the call, then."

Before a minute had even passed, a beeping started going off on Weiss' scroll, causing the heiress to jump.

"Already? That was quick!" The heiress remarked, looking at the contact. "Incoming contact from…..Unknown.

Here. Take it for a second." Weiss passed Norn her scroll, tapping the answer button. "I guess you two'll have fun getting to know each other."

'…is this the feeling of anticipation?' Norn pondered briefly. '…..perhaps this was far more essential to me than I believed at first. I must study this further.'
…..

Miss Polendina, all things considered, looked nothing like Norn had expected. She'd expected someone less…..child-like. With a name like Penelope, she'd expected a more womanly-looking robot, one who looked far less wide-eyed and more refined; someone who resembled her, in short. In a way, Penny was the exact opposite of this, and thus the exact opposite of Norn herself.

Her chin-length orange hair was brighter and a fair bit messier than Norn's muted, waist-length silver hair, perfectly groomed down to each strand of hair. Her bright green eyes stared into Norn's calm grey eyes, wide with surprise at the latter's tranquil calmness. Her mouth was agape in wonder and curiosity that the maid kept secret beneath her serenely calm expression, and her youthful freckles gave her a child-like appearance that, had one not been aware of their true nature, would lead one to assume that the older Atlesian robot was in fact the younger between the pair. Finally, the ribbon perched upon her hair made Penny seem more human, almost like a child, while the ear ports on the side of Norn's head were a constant reminder of the fact that Norn was no human.

"Salutations, Rub-wait, you're not Ruby." Penny paused, tilting her head. "Are you Ruby's friend?" The older girl asked inquisitively.

"…I am Miss Rose's acquaintance, yes."

Penny gasped happily. "Then that means we're friends! A friend of Ruby's is a friend of mine!"

Norn paused briefly. "…I do not follow. Explain your train of logic."
"If you're her friend, and I'm her friend, and we're not enemies, that means we're friends, right?"

"….by that logic, I would suppose so-"
"Yaaaaay! New friends!" The older girl cheered happily. "And you're like me! You're a robot, right?"
Norn corrected her. "I am technically what Blake designates as a Persocom replica, computer in the body resembling a human, with the capacity for combat-"

"Close enough! This is going to be so much fun, new friend!" The other girl was positively jumping for joy in her seat. "We should meet! I know, maybe we could go out in Vale together and spend time hanging out! Ruby always says she likes hanging out, but I've never tried it before! Maybe we just hang off clotheslines. That is hanging out, right?"
"I do not think that is how hanging out is done, Miss Polendina." Norn explained, her voice unchanged. Weiss swore that she could sense some exasperation in the soft tones of the robot's voice, uncharacteristic though it would be. "I believe it is a colloquial term for 'being with a friend'."
"Oooohhhhh. That makes far more sense than clipping yourself to a clothesline!"
Weiss facepalmed, her exasperation being plainer than Norn deemed it polite to express. "I'm honestly hoping that she's joking."

"….but, I suppose, hanging out would be a beneficial experience. I agree to it. Shall we arrange a date?"

Weiss stared at her. "Did you just ask her out on a date?! You barely know her!"
"Don't jump to conclusions! Maybe she just means date, like, you know, the date in a month!" Ruby reminded her, before smirking. "You're growing a little more Yang-like."
"Dust, I hope not. I'd rather have my arm bitten off."

"We can meet in a week, new friend!" Penny suggested hopefully. "I'm free then, and dad will let me go to Vale!"

"Yes. She definitely sounds like she needs to get out of the house." Weiss muttered aside. "On second thought, this probably is good for her."

Norn nodded. "Okay. I will be sure to keep that date clear. The fourteenth, correct?"

Weiss blinked. 'This seems far too subtext-y to be true. They're meeting on Lover's Day, for Dust's sake! Only Yang could've thought this up!'

"I think that's a big day for some reason, but I'm not sure why." Penny frowned for a second, before nodding in agreement. "Oh well, it sounds like a great idea!"

"It's settled, then." Norn nodded once more. "The fourteenth it is."
"What do you like doing? Do you like the feel of concrete floor-oh, dad's calling me! I think I've got to go!" The older girl sighed, frowning. "It's been fun talking to you…wait. Wait. I'm so sorry!

I forgot to ask your name! I forgot that is what you do with new friends."

"My name is Norn. It is a pleasure to meet you, Miss Polendina."
"You sound so uptight. You can call me Penny, you know. We are friends after all!"

"Alright, Miss Polendina." Norn responded quietly. "I will keep this in mind. Take care, and have a good day."

"Okay! Bye, friend!" Penny gave her one last wave before shutting off the call.

'Friend.' Norn thought carefully for a few moments. '…She seemed…..happy to call me friend despite barely knowing me. That is surprising behaviour. Perhaps I should investigate further when I meet her.'

She calmly handed the scroll back to Weiss. "…then….I suppose it is settled."
"…..good grief." Weiss sighed. "Well…..try to rein her in, at least. I don't want Blake to have to deal with bailing you two out of jail or something."
"I will do my best to." The maid stood up. "Excuse me, Miss Schnee."

"So, I guess you're going to get to know her. On Lover's Day." Weiss tilted her head "Don't you think there might be something-"
"If you are under the impression that I have fallen to the phenomenon known as 'love at first sight', you are mistaken, Miss Schnee, and should leave such ideas to Miss Xiao Long." Norn calmly rebutted the implied insinuations Weiss had made. "I have found that phenomenon to be rare, only occurring in a tiny percentage of the population. Which you are included in with your reaction to Miss Rose.

Weiss sputtered. "…..e-even you compare me to Yang?! Impossible! I refuse to become a pervert like her! Never! And I will have you know that I did NOT fall in love with Ruby on the spot!"

"According to Miss Xiao Long's testimony, that is correct. You fell in love with her zero-point-seven seconds afterwards." The maid nodded. "But I digress.

I am merely...happy. Yes, I believe that is the word. Emotion is difficult for me. I apologise. Anyway, I must be on my way now. Miss Blake requires my assistance with a Spiral Collider Device she wishes to test out."

With that, the maid calmly left, with none of them noticing the ghost of a smile on her face.

'Friend. I…..find myself more curious…..no, that's not quite right.' Norn mused to herself. 'I have to know more. I….hardly understand my own existence, even with the computing power I possess.

Perhaps interacting with Miss Polendina will….help me understand more about it. After all, she possesses a kinship with me that, kind though they are, Misses Rose, Schnee and Xiao Long do not.

Yes. This will be…beneficial.'

Quick Snaps

Velvet stared at the computer screen, her fingers impatiently tapping on her desk.

Singles' Awareness Day was coming up. The others of her team had Lover's Day activities to be going on; Coco's Espresso personality had managed to persuade ('persuade' being an euphemism for 'coerce into') Yatsuhashi into joining her on a date, and Fox had more than enough admirers at his feet asking him out.

Of course, asking everyone else to aid her in her quest to escape her loneliness was proving less than fruitful. Weiss was, as expected, both unreceptive and busy with Ruby, Blake and Yang wanted to hang out and work on the latter's bike for their celebration (which they denied was a date), and, as expected, Pyrrha was rather busy agonising on what to do with Jaune. She had even asked Norn to help her out, but the robot maid seemed occupied with something involving Penny and Lover's Day- she chalked that up to Elf-sama being a troll with his romances again before walking of.

That left, of course, poor Velvet alone with Vivi once more. It was so that, after three years of stalking Weiss for Lover's Day, she'd wanted a little break from it. Besides, her adoring fans could wait a while longer before she went back to praising the sacred flat chests, and she wanted more screen time that involved not being a stalker.

So it was then that Velvet was now looking up good movies to watch on the day with Vivi, alone in her dorm again.

"Pipipipiiii!"

"…What?" Velvet raised her eyebrow. "…you what?"
"Pipipi!" Vivi waved at Velvet from her desk. "Pipipipipi!"
"…my camera?" The bunnygirl thought carefully. "What about it?"
The plushie poked the thick locked box she kept it in. "Pipipipi?"
"….that's a good question, actually. Well, two reasons why I didn't use it." Velvet started, thinking carefully. "One, Elf-sama didn't know it existed. You know, like why poor Neptune and stuff don't have any screentime at all.

Two…well, err….I like my large axe. It's a chainsaw-axe! What's not to like?"

"Pipipipi!" Vivi pointed out. "Pipipipi pipi piii pipipi?"
"…..you have a good point." The bunnygirl nodded, chuckling. "Well, I am pretty bored of waiting for something good to pop up. And it'd be nice to spin out the good old camera for a bit. I mean, I won't just randomly spawn weapons with it! What harm could it do?"

Vivi jumped, cheering happily. "Piiiii!"
"…..you know, it's not so bad having an unintelligible plushie as my only regular conversational partner! Hahaha…..I look sad now." Velvet sighed, shaking her head and patting Vivi on the head, before retrieving her camera box. "Come on. We've got some pictures to take."

The plushie clambered up onto her shoulder. "Piiiii pi!"

…..

A few minutes later….

"Pipipipi!" Vivi waved, jumping in front of the Hunters' Fountain, waving at Velvet to take pictures the statue. "Piiiii pipipi!"

"Alright, alright!" Velvet responded, chuckling. "Just calm down, I'll take pictures! Stay still!"

She unlatched her camera box, retrieving her antique camera and pointed it at the statue. "When I count to three, say cheese! One, two-

"Ooof!"
Velvet snapped a picture too quickly, pressing the picture with Vivi in the shot before tripping over. She looked around to see Professor Goodwitch, on the floor with her scroll having skittered aside.

"P-Professor Goodwitch! I-I'm so sorry!" The bunnygirl cried. "T-that was….I was-"

The instructor looked around for her glasses on the pavement, groping blindly. "No need to apologise, Miss Scarlatina. That was my fault for not looking where I walked.

If you could please, help me find my glasses."

Velvet nodded hastily. "Alright! N-no problem! Alright, where are they…."

The bunnygirl looked around carefully for Glynda's spectacles, eventually locating them next to her fallen scroll. Velvet briefly noted the screen on the scroll, one of the big Vacuan fashion designers that Coco liked so much, with a rather nice purple dress that seemed rather like it would accentuate the professor's figure.

"Nice taste in dresses, Professor-"
"I-It's not for me and it has nothing to do with Ozpin!" Glynda snapped hastily before realising what Velvet said. "Oh. Never mind. Thank you. Did you find my glasses?"

'Note to self: Ask Professor Fall what Professor Goodwitch is up to for Lover's Day.' The student nodded before plucking both the glasses and the scroll from the ground and passing it to Glynda. She calmly brushed aside a stray strand of hair before taking her glasses, slipping them on and closing her scroll.

"Thank you, Miss Scarlatina. I'll leave you to your activities. Once again, I apologise for disturbing you."

Velvet swore that she seemed to stroll quite fast, hugging her scroll to her chest, as she went away.

"As usual, people around here seem way too preoccupied with love." Velvet sighed, shaking her head. "At least I admit it's just for fun. Anyway, Vivi, do you want to try again?"

"Pi!" Vivi cheered, before blinking and tilting her head. "Pipipipi?"

"Huh? On my shoulder? What about-" Velvet paused.

On her shoulder was a translucent blue copy of Vivi, swaying her stubby legs, looking exactly like the projections Velvet could make with the camera. Velvet stared at her camera for a moment, before staring between the real and projected Vivi.

"…..did that…..did I make that?" Velvet inquired. Vivi stared at her clone for a moment, blinking, before nodding slowly.

"Pipipipipi."
"But you're not a weapon…..how did that work?" The bunnygirl scratched her head, before shrugging. "…shall we test it out?"
Vivi nodded happily. "Pipipi piiii pipipi!"

Velvet closed her eyes, breathing deeply. "Alright."

The projected Vivi leapt off her shoulder, perching itself next to the real Vivi. The plushie twirled in place like a ballerina, and her translucent clone followed suit, without a sound and far stiffer than she did.

"Piiii!" Vivi jumped and clapped happily, rubbing her stubs together. The clone Vivi jumped with her, but made no sound.

Velvet looked surprised. "So I can copy you with the camera…that's cool. I wonder if it works on anyone else….."

Looking around, Velvet searched for other people to test the camera's seemingly new function on. Her wandering eyes saw Pyrrha in the window of her dorm, gazing outwards over the grounds and sighing. The bunnygirl nodded.

"I'm sure she won't mind if I just take a small snap….." Velvet muttered to herself quickly before taking a quick snap of the spearmaiden and attempting to will a projection of Pyrrha out of the camera.

However, nothing came and the previous projection of Vivi remained. Both plushies tilted their heads at once.

"Pii?"
"….huh." Velvet studied the camera closely. "….maybe I need more than just the upper half of her body. I'll find someone else to ask."

…..

Minutes later, inside…..

"…..huh?" Professor Fall scratched her head, her usually perfect hair messy from having woken up. "You want me to pose for a picture?"
"Yes." Velvet nodded affirmatively. "I want you to pose for me. I wanna test something out!"
"…alright. Well, I suppose it can't hurt." Cinder sighed, shaking her head and brushing a hand over her hair to smoothen it out slightly. "How do you want me to pose for it?"
"Uh…just how you'd normally pose, I guess. I just kinda need your whole body in the shot."

The pyromancer smirked, cocking a cheeky grin and placing one hand on her hip, pumping out her chest. "That good for you, dear?"
"Just perfect, Professor!" Velvet flashed her a thumbs up before snapping a full-body shot of Cinder. "…aallllright, let's see if that worked."

"Say, you haven't seen a book floating around, leatherbound with a tiny burrito bookmark in it?" The professor asked. "I just woke up and I've been looking for it for half an hour."
"….uh, no. Why?"
"Right…..at least Glynda hasn't found it yet…." Cinder muttered under her breath, before looking up and speaking normally. "Nothing. I was just asking. Good Dust, where did I put it…..don't tell me Torchwick got his mitts on it…."

She walked off, muttering under her breath as Velvet tilted her head, curious.

"…Elf-sama's twisting the knife." Velvet sighed disapprovingly. "Anyway, let's see if that worked."
Vivi clapped her stubby arms together. "Pipipi!"

Velvet concentrated on the ground ahead of them, trying to see if a projection of Cinder appeared in front of them.

A minute passed, and nothing happened. Velvet sighed, frowning. "That's just disappointing."

"…pipipi?" Vivi pointed out.

"….eh. Why not?" Velvet sighed, looking around. "We could find Norn, yes, and see if it works on her. It didn't work on Pyrrha, and it didn't work on Cinder, but on you….

Maybe it only works on people who aren't, you know, organic! You know, like robots!"

"Pipipipi!" Vivi clapped, nodding. "Pipipi piiiii pipipi!"

"…yeah, that definitely warrants testing out."

…

Minutes later, Blake's Hangar….

"…so you want to take pictures of my giant robots and see if your camera makes projections of those." Blake nodded slowly, trying to process what Velvet had just asked. The bunnygirl nodded.

"Yeah! I mean, it worked with Vivi, but we took pictures of other people and it didn't work, so we think it only works on inorganic stuff. We could borrow Norn, too."

Blake rubbed her chin, sighing. "Well, Norn's busy scanning Yang's gauntlets to see if my recalibrations worked…but I don't think my hangar will fit one of those things twice.

I suppose you could try to project the Lagann….."

"Thanks!" Velvet nodded and carefully aimed her camera at the Lagann head, taking care not to accidentally nab the Gurren in the shot. "Alright….."
"Just…..try not to spawn it anywhere stupid." The catgirl warned. "I've just cleaned the place up."

Vivi waved. "Pipiiiiii pipipi?"

"…huh. You know I've never seen you use that camera before to project stuff." Blake remarked. "Why not? You're basically, like, Archer or something."
"I like chainsaws and I like giant axes!" The bunnygirl cheered happily. "Now, let's see if it'll work…."

Snapping a picture of the Lagann carefully, Velvet nodded to Blake gratefully before walking towards the exit to the hangar.

…..

Courtyard….

"Hoo boy…..let's see if this worked…." Velvet pointed her camera towards a plot of empty ground. Concentrating briefly, the camera shot a small laser out onto the ground, which sprung into a translucent replica of the Lagann.

Velvet jumped up, clapping. "It worked! It worked!"
"Piiii pipiiii!" Vivi jumped for joy. "Piiii pipipiiii pi?"
"….you know, you've got a point." The bunnygirl nodded. "I should take it for a spin. Now that you mention it, I've never used one of Blake's giant robots before…."
"Piii!" Vivi clapped, before tilting her head. "Pii pipi?"
"…actually, yeah, I need one of those drill things Blake uses like a key…." Velvet thought carefully, before a small Core Drill blinked into existence in her free hand. "….oh! Okay. Let's give it a go!"
"Piiii pipi!" The plushie cheered and clung on her shoulder as Velvet jumped into the projected Lagann.

"Alright…..so I just grab these handles here….." Velvet groped around the cockpit, grasping the handles carefully and pulling on them to test their strength. "…..and this circle in front of me is where I put my drill…..Vivi, do you mind?"
The plushie nodded happily before placing the drill into the interface, watching it fill up with white indicating it was powered on. The canopy instantly shut over Velvet's head, causing her to squeak in surprise.

"Gah! I didn't touch anything! I didn't touch anything!" The bunnygirl cowered in her seat. "Good Dust…now…..how do I fly this thing….."

She pulled on the handles, and she felt the Lagann rumble beneath her, pushing itself off the ground. Velvet squeaked cheerily.

"I'm making it fly! Vivi, look!" The girl cried. "I'm making it fllyyy-woaaaaah!"

Suddenly, the Lagann surged forwards, pushing Velvet to the back of the cockpit, barely hanging on to the controls.

"Waaaaaaah!" Velvet screamed. "What even?! How does Blake control this thing?! Vivi! Heeeeellllp!"

"Piiiiiiiiii!" Vivi squealed, hanging on to one of Velvet's ears for dear life. "Pipipi-"
Both girls were interrupted as the Lagann crashed into something outside, the canopy blocking vision. Velvet's face collided with the front interface as the drill sprung out of the interface and the projection disappeared, depositing the girl and her companion on the floor of the room they'd crashed into.

"Owww…my nose…." The bunnygirl rubbed her nose, pulling herself up from the floor.

"Pipipi…." Vivi rubbed her felt head, stumbling around woozily. "Piiiipii…."
"Ahem. Miss Scarlatina."

Velvet froze, as Beth Lupin, resident custodian and arch-enemy of the Antic Order, glared down at her.

"…..M-Miss Lupin! H-hi!"

"….do you mind explaining why you crashed a giant robot into my living room?"

"…..eh?" Velvet stared at her, her eyelid twitching as she looked around. Miss Lupin's accommodation was rather spartan, all things given, with barely any decoration at all, save a clipboard on the east wall- now covered in shrapnel- with Ren, Yang, Nora and Cinder marked on it with various amounts of Lien underneath their names, presumably the amount of money she had to spend on cleaning up their messes.

"Heheheheh….I can explain-"

Velvet spent the rest of the day in detention, after being yelled at by a rather irritated Professor Goodwitch and Miss Lupin, and was forced to atone by cleaning up the shrapnel while Goodwitch put the front wall back together.

It was not a fun day.

Best Wishes

These are a compilation of e-mails and letters sent to and from between various students and staff members in Beacon. They were intercepted by Antic Order surveillance.

From: Pyrrha N.

To: Jaune A.

Jaune,

I know you're busy with your homework and I'm really sorry about disturbing you. I want to do something with you on Lover's Day. It feels so weird to say Lover's Day celebrations, but I'll say it anyway.

Lately, I've been thinking how lucky I am to have you with me, as a partner. You've stuck with me through thick and thin, you've been with me when I needed you most and you've been my first friend, and more, too. I can't imagine a world without you, and I don't want to lose you. If I were to be more flamboyant, I'd say I'd rather die than lose you.

Sorry, I'm digressing again. I want to ask you out to dinner with me, tomorrow. I know that we are not technically 'boyfriend and girlfriend' yet as it were, but regardless, I want to spend tomorrow with you. If you're free, that is; if you have plans with someone else, I'm fine with that.

Normally, I'd end this letter with a regards, but it's too formal, I think, for me to end it like that, because I've already confessed my love for you. I don't know, I've never written something like this to a person I liked before…..

I'm sorry, I'll stop. I'll end it before I make myself look sillier. I'm really sorry. I'm embarrassed to say it….

Love,

Pyrrha

From: Dad (Andreas A.)

To: Jaune A.

Gah. I've never gotten these things to work properly! They're too complicated! And I've never had to write one of these letter things before. I'll try anyway. I've got to talk to you, Jaune.

So, it's Lover's Day, and I know you've got this whole complex about wanting to make yourself worthy for that Nikos girl, right? I thought that was complete crap! I'm glad your mom won't see these messages, because I personally think she's a total babe! Dammit, Jaune, you don't just leave a girl like her waiting like that! Life's too short to worry about that crap! I mean, you're a Hunter, and you might wake up the next day to find out that Pyrrha's just not there anymore! What's that they say, seize the day? Do it! Of course, you inherited your old man's stubbornness, too, so you'll probably ignore me. Guess that's my fault.

Anyway, here's some advice from your old man. Even if you're not ready to just admit that you two are a couple with this 'worthiness' bull, just go out with her tomorrow. Treat her to some nice food and a movie. Do couple things. I dunno. I never knew how to do that kinda stuff. Ask your mom. She knows it better than I do. And grow some balls. Like I said, she's a keeper. If you're really serious about her, you'd better try to keep her with you. You never know if the world'll snatch her away from you.

Anyway, I'm kinda getting too serious for me. Not my style. I'll see you around, Jaune. Take care, don't rough yourself up too much, and say hi to your mom for me.

Andreas

-"Who the hell do you think I am?" –A famous philosopher

From: BlondeBombshell (Yang X. L.)

To: BlondeAdonis (Taiyang X. L.)

Dad,

It's been a while since we last talked. How's things over there with mom? Hope you guys aren't too lonely without us.

It's fun around here. Jaune finally grew the balls to confess to Pyrrha (thank Dust, I thought she'd have to die first or something before he did), and me and the girls are screwing around as always (we marathoned Gurren Lagann, can you believe it?). I'm doing well in my lessons, too. I didn't completely fail my last test for Professor Goodwitch! Granted, I did only get a quarter of the marks, but hey, it's not a fail, right?

Anyway, I'm here to ask your advice on something. You're kinda good at all that relationship stuff and I wanted to ask the best.

How do you tell a girl you're in love with them?

I mean, I'd ask Weiss, but she's…..Weiss. Jaune took three years to admit he liked Pyrrha, so he's a no-go, and now way am I going to Nora for advice. So, I'll ask you.

There's this girl, you see. She's smart, she's badass, she's easy on the eyes…..she's everything a girl like me could ever want. She's always standing by my side, and she's basically the best friend a girl could ever want. I'm sound a little cliché here, but I think that if I lost her, I'd just break down and cry. You probably figured by now it's Blake, anyway.

Every time I try to say I like her properly- you know, without flirting or something- I just can't. It's, like, when I look at her, when I think about saying I love her, I just seize up! I don't understand it. I could say I love someone who looks cute, but if I'm serious about it, I can't.

I really want to tell her because she's important to me. I'd feel like I'd be missing something if she wasn't with me, and she's like my other half. The Yin to my Yang, the shadow to my light, that kinda cliché stuff. Like they say, seize the day, and I can't just let this pass me by. Summer would kill me if I just let someone like her go.

So….yeah. That's kinda it, really. I just want your advice on how to tell someone you love them. And please, please don't tell Mom. Or Weiss. Or Rubes.

Love,

Yang

From: Reflet (Antic Order)

To: Cinder Fall

Our meeting's over. I've attached the minutes to the meeting and other official stuff.

The committee's waiting on the verdict to see if they did their job right. You're our biggest guy in Beacon, so we're asking you to get in contact with Ozpin and Goodwitch. Qrow, if possible. Our collaboration with the guardians of Vale's not over just yet. We have to make sure we did it right this time.

We also discussed the issue of Demeter. We're not sure if she knows about it, yet. She wasn't there with you, Faust and the others, and as far as you guys know she's never seen it while it was in your guardianship. We're not sure why Demeter wants it, but I'd assume it wasn't that, yet. I recall, you've got that Maiden girl, Amber, trapped there, right? Maybe Demeter's after her and not Faust's stuff. Let's not jump to conclusions yet.

Forgetting Demeter for a moment, she's going to go to Beacon, to sign up as a teacher to keep a closer eye on your operations on the Initiative. She requested a closer watch on Pyrrha, by the way. I dunno why. Well, I might know why, but…..you'll see.

Cassandra's sending her stuff ahead to make sure you guys've got room for her. Her papers to identify her as a new teacher are in the attachments too.

Anyway, you guys doing anything for Lover's Day? I'll probably go drop by my world and say hi to Gaius for once. It's been a while since I last saw him. Also, tell the girls Lucina said hi. And not Jaune's sister, either. How does that even happen?

Love,

Reflet

PS: Go watch the new RWBY volume. It's a doozy. You'll love it!

END

A/N: So, we ended that with some fluffy letters and some Antic Order stuff. And woo, that was long! Happy Anniversary everyone!

Before I sign off, however, I've got something to say.

Canon's turned dark, true. We lost Penny. We lost Pyrrha. We lost a hell of a lot of people. Things are looking bleak as anything. We're talking Gen Urobochi level. We're talking A Song of Ice and Fire level here. It seems dark. You might ask where the comedy's gone. Even the fanfics nowadays are dark and grim and grimdark and all manners of shenanigans.

My response, of course, is to put two fingers up at the grimdarkness and keep on going with the comedy. As you do.

Of course, we'll dabble with it ourselves, but I'm not about to compromise on my comedy and awesomeness just because those magnificent bastards at RT killed off my second favourite character! So, guys, I'll keep writing this because you guys'll probably need it after all the dark stuff in canon. After all, like I said, the motto that I live by writing this fic:

"Who the HELL do you think I am?!"

I'm saying all this because I love you guys. You've stuck with me for three years, through thick and thin, through shenanigans far and wide, and I feel like giving you guys some stuff to cheer you up after canon smacking you in the groin- or more serious things, like real life- is the smallest thing I can do for you. Again, thanks, all, for three years for fun, laughs and shenanigans, and I really hope you guys enjoyed this chapter. You guys are all awesome, whether you're a lurker, a regular reviewer, or a guy who submitted a fic for submission. Really, you guys are the best.

Anyway, tomorrow, a rather late Lover's Day chapter! Now with 100% more outdated Arkos tease! I'm NOT sorry for Arkos tease! In fact, I'll do even more of it!

So, I hope you enjoyed that, leave your ideas, comments, criticisms, reviews, thoughts and suggestions, and I hope you have a GREAT day! Until next time!