Hey guys, sorry for not posting anything for a while. Things have been crazy, and I haven't had Wi-Fi for about 2 weeks. So, here's the long awaited next chapter of RWBY with IVRY.
We open on Beacon, as a large and unnerving ship descends upon a landing pad. Two Bullheads fly by as ant-like swarms of people on the paths around Beacon. At the top of a tower veiled behind clouds, Ozpin and Glynda can be seen through the window into Ozpin's office. Glynda says, "Ironwood certainly loves bringing his work wherever he travels." Ozpin replies, "Well, running an academy and a military makes him a busy man." As three more Bullheads fly in, Ozpin adds, "But yes, those are a bit of an eyesore." A chirping beep sounds repeatedly. Ozpin turns to see a hollow-message "Access Requested" on his desk and says, "Come in." The doors slide open to reveal Ironwood as Ozpin approaches to greet him. Ironwood cordially says, "Ozpin!" Ozpin stands at attention and replies, "Hello, General." Ironwood says, "Please, drop the formalities." Both approach and shake hands as Glynda also approaches and Ironwood continues, "It's been too long." Ironwood looks towards Glinda and says, "And Glynda! It has certainly been too long since we last met." Glynda says, "Oh, James!" She gives a personable wave and then drops all pleasantries and says, "I'll be outside." She walks away as Ironwood states, "Well, she hasn't changed a bit." Ozpin says as he turns to his desk, "So, what in the world has brought you all the way down from Atlas?" He picks up a mug and a kettle, pouring as he speaks, "Headmasters don't typically travel with their students, for the Vytal Festival." He turns and offers the cup to Ironwood. As Ironwood takes the mug, a clink is heard. He then says, "Well, you know how much I love Vale this time of year." Ironwood produces a canteen from his inside coat pocket and pours its contents into his mug and continues, "Besides, with you hosting, I thought that this might be a good opportunity for us to catch up." Ozpin walks around to his desk, kettle and a new mug in hand. As Ozpin sits and pours himself some coffee, he says, "I can certainly appreciate the quality time between friends, however, a small fleet outside my window has me concerned." Ironwood replies, "Well, concerned is what brought them here." Ozpin says, "I understand that travel between kingdoms has become increasingly difficult." Turning serious, Ironwood replies, "Oz, you and I both know why I brought those men." Ozpin takes a drink and sets down his mug, and then says, "We are in a time of peace. Shows of power like this are just going to give off the wrong impression." Ironwood can be heard setting his mug down and says, "But if what Qrow said is true…" Ozpin interrupts, "If what Qrow said is true, then we will handle it tactfully." Ozpin emphasizes this as he holds up an index finger. He then continues, "It's the Vytal Festival. A time to celebrate unity and peace. So I suggest that you not scare people by transporting hundreds of soldiers halfway across the continent." Ironwood replies, "I'm just being cautious." Ozpin says, "As am I. Which is why we will continue to train the best Huntsmen and Huntresses we can." Ironwood replies, "Believe me, I am." Ironwood turns and walks away. He stops near the door and looks back at Ozpin and says, "But ask yourself this: Do you honestly believe your children can win a war?" He continues on his way to the exit as Ozpin says, "I hope they never have to."
In the Beacon Academy library, Team RWBY are shown playing Remnant: The Game. They all have different faces. Weiss looks concerned, Yang looks confident, Blake looks distracted, and Ruby, who has been contemplating her next move while saying, "Hmmmm...All right...All right!" Finally deciding her move, she points at Yang and yells, "Yang Xiao Long, prepare your kingdom for battle!" Yang thrusting her elbow down as she balls her fist and replies, "Bring it on!" Ruby yells, "I deploy the Atlesian Air Fleet!" She holds her deck high in the air and Yang feigns a look of shock as Ruby continues, "Looks like I get to fly right over your Ursai and attack your walls directly!" She makes noises like airplanes flying and bombing as she makes a bird with her hands. Yang feigns indignance as she points at Ruby and replies, "You fiend!" Ruby is now ducked at one end of the table to see the board and its player pieces in detail as she continues, "And since Atlas is part of Mantle, my repair time is only one turn." Ruby peaks her head up, but gives a look of surprise as Yang can be heard laughing arrogantly. Yang raises a card and says, "Pretty sneaky, sis, but you just activated my trap card!" Yang shows the card to Ruby, who is visibly disturbed as she yells, "What!?" Yang then yells, "Giant Nevermore!" She slams her fist down on the table and continues, "If I roll a seven or higher, fatal feathers will slice your fleet in two!" A scene of a Nevermore flying over a field of swords impaled in the ground plays over the conversation. Ruby points at Yang and argues, "But, if you roll a six or lower, the Nevermore will turn on your own forces!" The Nevermore is shown to be turning back toward Yang, who replies, "That's just a chance I'm willing to take." The two glare at each other as Weiss looks on concerned. Yang is heard shouting triumphantly as Team JNPR are shown as Yang and Ruby banter on about the game. Ren and Pyrrha are studying, Jaune is reading a comic, and Nora's snot bubble inflates and deflates as she sleeps. Ruby yells, "Nooooo! My fearless soldiers!" Yang replies, "Eh, most of them were probably androids." Ruby says, "Goodbye my friends, you will be avenged." Yang says, "Not until I draw my rewards! Which are double this round thanks to the Mistral Trade Route!" Ruby yells, "Bah!" Nora snores and talks in her sleep, "Oh. Have pancakes." Yang continues, "Oh, and what's this? The Smugglers of Wind Path?" Pyrrha clears her throat and then confiscates a comic book Jaune is reading, trading it for a textbook. Ruby yells, "Bah! Bah, I say!" Yang continues, "Looks like I'm taking two cards from your hand!" As Pyrrha reads Jaune's comic, a Nevermore player piece is tossed over Jaune's shoulder. Another piece bounces off of his head as Ruby asks, "Have you no heart?" Ruby collapses on the table, groaning, "Nooo!"
Yang looks towards Weiss and says, "Well, Weiss, it's your turn." Weiss replies, "I have...absolutely no idea what's going on." Yang slides up beside her and puts her hand on her shoulder and says, "Look, it's easy! You're playing as Vacuo which means that all Vacuo-based cards come with a bonus." Weiss looks at Yang and says, "That sounds dumb." Yang gestures to another table and says, "Even Rebel and Vanessa get the rules." Yvette screams as the others look towards her. She then yells, "I just activated Vanessa's trap card!" While Vanessa smiles, Rebel says, "Vanessa is merciless today." Ivory nods and replies, "She sure is." Back at RWBY's tale, Yang starts looking through Weiss' cards and says, "See, you've got Sandstorm, Desert Scavenge...Oh, oh!" She pulls up a card to show Weiss and continues, "Resourceful Raider! See, now you can take Ruby's discarded Air Fleet—" Ruby is now crying while saying, "Nooo!" Yang continues, "—and put it in your hand!" Weiss replies, "Okay." Yang adds after pulling up another card, "And since Vacuo warriors have an endurance boost against Natural-based hazards, you can use Sandstorm to disable my ground forces and simultaneously infiltrate my kingdom!" Yang then points a finger at Weiss and says, "Just know that I will not forget this declaration of war." She pulls away and returns to her seat as Weiss asks, "And that means…" Ruby says, while crying, "You're just three moves away from conquering Remnant!" Weiss stands and a thunder clap accompanies Weiss' overjoyed psychotic laughter as she says, "Yes! Fear the almighty power of my forces! Cower as they pillage your homes and weep as they take your children from your very arms!" Yang says, "Trap card…" Yang's arm appears holding the card. Weiss asks, "Huh?" Yang shuffles the pieces on the board, with Weiss' pieces disappearing in a puff of smoke and says, "Your armies have been destroyed." Weiss slumps in her chair, cries and whines saying, "I hate this game of emotions we play." Ruby hops into Weiss' lap and says, "Stay strong, Weiss! We'll make it through this together!" Weiss yells, "Shut up!" She hugs Ruby and adds, "Don't touch me!" Yang puts her arms up behind her head and says to Blake, "Alright Blake, you're up!" Blake, realizing she wasn't paying attention asks, "Huh? Oh, um, sorry, what am I doing?" Yang replies, "You're playing as Vale, trying to conquer the Kingdoms of Remnant!" Blake says, "Right." Rebel walks over and says, "Don't worry, Blake. You'll get it eventually."
Jaune approaches the table and asks, "Hey! Can I play?" Ruby replies, "Sorry Jaune, we've already got 4 people." Ivory adds, "And we're full over here too." Weiss says, "Besides, this game requires a certain level of tactical cunning that I seriously doubt you possess." Yang replies, "Uhh, you attacked your own naval fleet 2 turns ago." Weiss makes an annoyed sound. Jaune says, "Bring it on, Ice Queen! I'll have you know that I have been told that I am a natural born leader!" Weiss asks, "By who? Your mother?" Jaune replies, "A-and Pyrrha!" Pyrrha says, waving, "Hello again!" Jaune begs with both hands folded together and says, "Come on, let me play your hand for a turn!" Weiss replies, "I'm not trusting you with the good citizens of Vacuo!" Jaune says, "Why not? You've trusted me with way more important stuff before. I mean, you told us all that Blake is secretly a Fa-" Pyrrha darts over and slaps a hand over Jaune's mouth and says, "Fun-loving person, whom we all admire and respect." Jaune laughs nervously. Everyone looks nervously at Blake who looks obviously annoyed that her secret is out. Jaune replies, "Right. That. Ladies, enjoy your battle." He bows as Pyrrha walks away. Footsteps can be heard.
A voice is heard, "'Sup losers?" Sun appears holding his fingers in a "peace" sign. Ruby replies, "Hey Sun!" Sun says, "Ruby, Yang, Blake, Ivory, Rebel, Yvette, Vanessa...Ice Queen." Weiss asks, "Why does everyone keep calling me that?" Sun continues, "I never got a chance to formally introduce you to my old friend." The guy asks, "Uhh, aren't libraries for reading?" Ren throws his arms up and says, "Thank you!" Nora pops her head up and snorts while yelling, "Pancakes!" Sun says, "Shut up. Don't be a nerd." His friends shakes a finger at Sun and says, "Geh, geh, geh, geh! "Intellectual", okay? Thank you." He waves and says, "I'm Neptune." Weiss asks, "So Neptune, where are you from?" Neptune replies, "Haven." He approaches Weiss and says, "And I don't believe I've caught your name, snow angel." Weiss replies, "Um, I'm Weiss." Jaune asks, "Are you kidding me!?" Neptune says, "Pleasure to meet you." Sun says to Blake, "I never took you as the board game playing type." Blake replies as she shoves Sun aside and leaves the room, "Right, well, I think I'm done playing actually. I'll see you guys later." Rebel gets up and asks, "Sun, can you play for me? Blake, wait!" She then runs after Blake. Sun shrugs. Nora then shrugs and says, "Women." Everyone then looks at her.
Now in their room, Blake sits with her knees folded to her chest on her bed as Rebel is curled up next to her. Voices can be heard echoing in their heads. Rebel asks, "Brothers of the White Fang, why are you aiding this scum?" Roman replies, "The White Fang and I are going in on a joint business venture together." The sounds of battle including slashes, grunts, gunfire, and Torchwick's laughter. Their minds shift to a conversation they had with Ozpin the evening of the attack. Ozpin enters and says, "Well, this has certainly been an eventful evening." Blake replies, "Hmph." Ozpin says, "I'm sure that after a night of thwarting attempted robbery, you probably just want to go home and take a nap. But, I was hoping that maybe we could have a chance to talk." Blake nods and says, "Of course." Rebel nods and adds, "Sure." Ozpin says, "Wonderful. As you know, in order to enroll at my academy, students must first pass a rigorous entrance exam. Most applicants spend years of preparation training at one of the many combat schools around the world. You are two of the few who did not. And you passed the exam with flying colors." Blake replies, "We were raised outside the kingdoms. If you can't fight, you can't survive." Ozpin says, "Well, you have most certainly survived, Blake and Rebel. I admire your drive. And I am proud to run a school that accepts individuals from all walks of life. Rich, poor, Human…" He sips his coffee and adds, "Faunus…" Blake glares at him while Rebel lowers her ears and lowly growls. Ozpin asks, "Why do you wear that bow, Blake? Why hide who you are? Rebel doesn't." Rebel replies with determination on her face, "I don't care what others say about me. I say, 'Be who you want to be, not who people tell you to be.'" Blake adds, "Besides, you may be willing to accept the Faunus, Professor Ozpin, but your species is not." Ozpin says, "True, but we are continuing to take strides to lessen the divide." Blake replies, "With all due respect, you need to start taking some larger strides. Until then, I'd rather avoid any unnecessary attention. I want people to see me for who I am, not what I am." Ozpin asks, "And what are you two?" Rebel makes a confused sound as Blake replies, "I don't understand what you're asking." Ozpin asks, "How did you know the White Fang would be at the shipyard tonight?" Blake replies, "We didn't. We just happened to be at the right place at the right time." Ozpin says, "You wouldn't have been the first. But what happened tonight was not an isolated incident. I may be your headmaster, but I am also a Huntsman, and it is my sworn duty to protect this world from the forces that conspire against it. Blake, are you sure there is nothing else you or Rebel would like to tell me?" Blake replies, "I'm sure." Rebel adds, "Same here." Ozpin says, "Very well. Thank you for your time, Ms. Belladonna and Ms. Wolf." Ozpin stands and heads to the door. He stops and turns to Blake and Rebel and adds, "If you ever need to talk to me, please, don't hesitate to ask." Rebel nods and says, "Sure." Ozpin shuts the door behind him.
Teams RWBY and IVRY are now entering their dorm room. Yang yells, "Ugh, we should have never let him play!" Ruby replies, "You're just mad cuz' the new guy beat you! See, if you had just attacked when I told you none of this would have happened." Yvette adds, "I still can't believe that Vanessa beat us." Ivory says, "The look on Sun's face was priceless." She then giggles. As they enter, Blake and Rebel approach the door to leave. Weiss says, "Stop." She points at Blake and Rebel. Blake's hand retracts from the door knob as Weiss continues, "Lately you've been quiet, antisocial and moody!" Yang asks, "Uh, have you met Blake?" Ivory adds, "And Rebel isn't exactly the most social of our group." Weiss continues, "Which I get is kind of your thing, but you've been doing it more than usual! Which quite frankly, is unacceptable! You made a promise to me, to all of us, that you would let us know if something was wrong!" She flips through the air as six copies of her emblem fly through the air and asks, "So, Blake Belladonna and Rebel Wolf, what is wrong!?" She points her finger at Blake and Rebel again. Weiss is shown to be balancing precariously on a chair's back feet. All the girls look at Weiss, surprised. She quickly puts the chair away and returns to stand near the girls. Blake replies, "I just, I don't understand how everyone can be so calm." Ruby approaches Blake and asks, "You're still thinking about Torchwick?" Blake replies, "Torchwick, the White Fang, all of it! Something big is happening and no one is doing anything about it!" Yang says, "Ozpin told us not to worry. Between the police and the Huntsmen, I'm sure they can handle it." Blake replies, "Well I'm not! They don't know the White Fang like we do!" Weiss says, "Okay, between blowing up nightclubs, stopping thieves, and fighting for freedom, I'm sure the seven of you think that you're all ready to go out and apprehend these ne'er-do-wells!" Ruby asks, "Uh, who?" Yvette adds, "You can't prove anything about those nightclubs." Weiss continues, "But let me once again be the voice of reason. We're students! We're not ready to handle this sort of situation!" Ruby tries to argue, "Well yeah, but…" Weiss says, "We're not ready!" Rebel replies, "And we may never be ready! Our enemies aren't just going to sit around and wait for graduation day." She points toward the door and continues, "They're out there, somewhere, planning their next move, and none of us know what it is, but it's coming! Whether we're ready or not!" Ruby raises her hand and does other random gestures, while looking manic as she says, "Okay, all in favor of becoming the youngest Huntresses to single-handedly taking down a corrupt organization conspiring against the Kingdom of Vale...say aye." Yang pumps her fist enthusiastically and says, "Yes! I love it when you're feisty!" Weiss says, "Well, I suppose it could be fun." Yvette adds, "Fun? It'll be awesome!" Ivory says, "You know Vanessa and I are in!" Vanessa nods in agreement. Ruby says, "None of you said aye!" Blake says, "Alright then, we're in this together!" Rebel adds, "Thanks for the support guys." Ruby gestures and says, "Let's hatch a plan!" Yang double-guns at Ruby and says, "Yeah!" Ruby gasps as she freaks out, "I left my board game at the library!" Weiss places her hand to her head and says, "We're doomed." Ruby runs out of the room and down the hallway and says, "I'll be right back! Ivory yells, "I'm going with you."
The sound of collision is heard as Ruby falls. Ivory goes out into the hallway to see her sister on the floor. Ruby says, in pain, "Oo-oof! Oh g-!" She looks up and asks, "Sorry. Are-Are you okay?" Emerald replies, "I'm fine." Emerald offers her hand and says, "Just watch where you're going." Ruby is slouched on the ground as she takes Emerald's hand. Mercury stands beside them. Ruby replies, "Oh, right, sorry." She continues to speak as Emerald helps her to her feet. "Um, I'm Ruby! And this is my sister, Ivory. Are you new?" Emerald steps aside to reveal Cinder as she approaches and replies, "Visiting from Haven, actually." Emerald turns to look at her. Ruby stares for a moment and Cinder stares back. Ivory then says, "Ooh! You're here for the festival! Oh, but exchange students have their own dormitory." Mercury replies "I guess we just got turned around." Ruby says, "Hey, don't worry, it happens all the time." Mercury and Emerald walk past Ruby and Ivory as Ruby says, "Uh, your building is just east of here." Cinder says, "Thanks." Cinder walks past Ruby and Ivory, gesturing in acknowledgement. She then says, "Maybe we'll see you around." Ruby says, "Yeah, maybe!" The trio continues to walk away. Behind them, Ruby can be seen waving as she says, "Oh, uh, and welcome to Beacon!" Cinder grins evilly and her eyes glow menacingly.