Chapter 3
Blake and Cayde-6 were in a training room.
Cayde-6: Your name is Blake?
Blake: Yes.
Cayde-6: Is uh...something bothering you?
Blake: I'm just a little thrown back at how well these people get along.
Cayde-6: You're treated differently where you're from?
Blake: How did you...
Cayde-6: If you want to hide that your part-cat...
He knocked off her bow with one simple gesture, revealing her cat-like ears.
Cayde-6: You need a better bow than that.
Blake: I...uh.
Cayde-6: Look I know what it's like to be treated differently.
Blake: I thought...
Cayde-6: It's not a species thing. The other Vanguards think I can be careless. Reckless. Thoughtless. Lot of less. But you can't let what other people think of you drag you down. If you want to become a Hunter, you gotta let go of what the outside world thinks of you. What you think of yourself is what defines you. Nobody else.
Blake: Thanks, Cayde.
Cayde-6: Alright. Enough of the sappy talk. Let's get on with learning how to kill stuff.
Cayde-6 pulled out a knife.
Cayde-6: This is your most important weapon.
Blake: A knife.
Cayde-6: Yeah. There's something to be said for the blade. A knife won't jam or run dry. A knife is very, very...
He threw the knife at a training dummy, hitting it in the head.
Cayde-6: Quiet.
Cayde-6: Hunters are masters of the sun and the storm.
Blake: What's the difference.
Cayde-6: Well, you can pull out a golden gun and incinerate three enemies with burning shots of fiery energy. Or you can charge up your knife, lose yourself in the trance of the storm, and swiftly deliver death with the arc blade. I'll give you a demonstration. Step behind the red line.
Blake stepped behind a red caution line.
Cayde-6: Initiate simulation 534.
Computer: Initiating simulation 534. Fallen. Level: Hard.
Multiple holograms of the aliens RWBY encountered upon arrival began appearing.
Computer: Simulation active.
The holograms attacked. Cayde pulled out his assault rifle, firing on the Fallen. He yanked out his Golden Gun, popping off three Fallen with a quickdraw easily. He then pulled out his knife, and charged himself with electric energy, flying forward, slicing through the holograms without mercy, and destroyed the last Fallen by teleporting towards it, and stabbing it in the chest, killing it.
Computer: Simulation complete.
Blake: That was amazing! When do I get to learn stuff like that?
Cayde-6: Well. Hunters belong in the wilds. I learned in the field. Now you get to learn in the field.
Blake and Cayde-6 were outside the City's walls.
Cayde-6: Welcome to the Cosmodrome. A cesspool of Fallen and death. Great place to start.
Blake: The Fallen?
Cayde-6: Spacefaring pirates. They don't get along so they divided into five houses. Devils, Exile, Winter, Kings, and Wolves. You'll see a lot of the House of Devils here. You see Exile on the moon, Winter on Venus, and Kings in the deeper parts of this place.
Blake: What about the Wolves?
Cayde-6: I wouldn't worry about Wolves. They haven't been seen in forever since their Kell, or leader, Skolas disappeared.
Fallen battlecries were heard.
Cayde-6: Sh. I hear the Devils. Come on.
They climbed up on a high rise hill, seeing Fallen looting a ship.
Cayde-6: Alright. Your weapons have been charged with light. Use that to kill these things.
Blake jumped down and drew her weapon. She used her sword and sliced through the Fallen, then fired her pistol at approaching Fallen aerial drones, turning her sword into a whip to pull the captain towards her, and impale him.
Blake: That was for yesterday.
Suddenly, a large amount of light flooded over her.
Blake: What just happened?
Cayde-6: You just got a little stronger. You're ready to really start working on using a Golden Gun or Arc Blade. Come on. I'll teach you how to use both.