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Chapter 16: Cosplay Convention
Pyrrha was used to many things being famous. But being popular because of a movie was not part of it. She was currently wearing The Life costume while looking over the group schedule with Weiss who was wearing The Snow outfit. Everyone who was part of Grimm Eater were currently in a transport headed to a part of Vale for the Comic-con.
Jaune was talking animatedly with Ruby about some of the comic writers and artists they were huge fans of being there, Coco was helping Sun fix the scarf of his costume, Nora and Velvet were practicing their poses when people would ask for a picture with them, Blake was looking over her NoL books and recounting to make sure she didn't miss one to be signed, and Neptune was currently talking with Yang about the secret film they would be showing. Fox and Yatsuhashi had moved on ahead to set up their booth.
Ren was for some reason in a different costume. His hair was dyed blonde and he had a small red dot on his forehead. He was also in some kind of white robe with a scroll draped over his shoulders. He was currently leaning on the window and sleeping
"Is anyone else excited?" Weiss asked extremely energetic. After getting over her break up and finding out Winter would be seeing her at the convention, Weiss had made sure everything was perfect. "I got a text from Fox saying that the line to our booth is staggering long."
"We're cosplaying for the comic-con that's happening in Vale." Jaune said extremely excited while pumping his fist in the air. "I finally get to meet the creators of X-ray and Vav, Mogar, 'M', Conundrum, Arachnid-Guy, Revengers, Z-Men, and all my favorite manga. How can I not be excited?!"
"Me too!" Ruby piped in while holding her mint copy of Destiny/Null. "I hear the writers and artists of Write Lunar are showing up. I can't wait to get their autograph on my copy. I hope they can answer my questions on Claymore's Royal Illusion. MY OTP NEEDS TO LIVE THROUGH IT!"
"GUYS!" Neptune shouted in excitement while shaking Ren awake. He dodged a punch that almost nailed him in the jaw. "We're here!"
As their transport parked and they all spilled out, the groups were amazed to see a lot of people cosplaying. Yang was holding out her camera and recording the whole event. As she zoomed through people, she was shocked to see the last person she thought would be here cosplaying.
"Miss Goodwitch?!" Yang shouted while putting her camera down. The rest of them followed her gaze and had their eyes widened at what they were seeing. Standing in front of a booth was none other than Glynda Goodwitch cosplaying as The Life but in a black colored version while standing next to Professor Peach who was cosplaying as Bella.
Before their combat instructor could see them, the group quickly fled into a huge crowd of people that were watching the new games coming out. After getting over their shock, they tried to stealthily walked over to their booth. Emphasis on tried.
"That is the greatest The Life cosplay I have seen!" A random fan commented to Pyrrha while holding out a camera. He and a few more Grimm Eater fans were blocking their path to their booth. "You almost look just like Pyrrha Nikos in that outfit. Can I take a picture of you and Arc together?"
"I don't know. We're kind of in a rush to-" Before Jaune could finish his polite refusal, Pyrrha had quickly covered his mouth.
"Why sure!" She accepted with a bright smile. Standing close to Jaune she wrapped her arm around his shoulder as they both looked at the camera. "Like this?"
"…Well I was hoping more for that last battle scene where she was asking for her last requests." The fan said while most of them readied their camera for the shot.
"Like this?" Jaune complied while grasping Pyrrha's hand as she put on her death face. The two had told the others they would meet up at their booth after the shoot.
"Perfect!" A lot of them said while snapping shots.
"Ooh! Ooh!" A female fan said with a LifexArc shirt and camera shouted. "Can you two reenact the scene too? It was so heart warming to me."
"…Okay." Jaune agreed after seeing Pyrrha's pleading eyes plus the fans. "But after this, we need to head to our booth okay?"
"Of course!" They all agreed. After the two reenacted the scene, but took the kiss out for public reasons that the fans understood, the two were able to get to their booth while leaving happily weeping fans.
"Sorry about that guys." Pyrrha apologized on behalf of her and her partner. "I hope we didn't cause any problems."
"It's cool." Ren waved it off while pointing to the others who were shaking hands with their fans. "It would have happened sooner anyways. Just look."
"I …am the final piece to be placed …on your coffin." Ruby said to fans while holstering her prop rifle. "You'll make a fine prey for my final hunt."
"Eeeeeeeeee!" The fans squealed while snapping shots of her.
"Oh my gawd! There's Arc!" A female fan shouted. She started waving at him. "Mr. Arc! Can I have a shot of you and Wukong? Please?"
"Come on Jaune." Sun laughed while guiding him to the female fans. "So ladies? What scene do you want us to do?"
"I know!" Yang shouted with a glint in her eye. "Have them do the deleted gay scene!"
"No way!" The two male blondes refused while making an x with their arms.
"Please?" A whole bunch of females suddenly popped up in front of their booth asked simultaneously.
"Where did they all come from?" Sun asked while looking at all of them. He also spotted the Velvet, Coco, Pyrrha, and Blake leering at them to do it. "You girls too? …FINE!"
"No homo, right?" Jaune muttered to Sun as they got into position. Sun was sitting on the floor while reaching a hand out to grab Jaune's hand.
"No homo." He responded.
Jaune knelt down to Sun and grasped his hand with one hand while using the other to caress his cheek.
"You're pretty good." Jaune said in a husky tone while lifting Sun up. Their faces were now inches from each other with Sun putting a hand on Jaune's shoulder to not fall.
"Pretty …good?" Sun groaned with a heavy breath. He glared straight into his foes eyes with a burning passion.
"EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!" The females all squealed while holding hands to their cheeks. The two men quickly separated while shuddering at that act. Neptune was patting Sun on the back while Ren was consoling Jaune at being sold out to by their friends.
A few minutes later
After shaking hands with a few more fans and catching Yang recording Ren, Jaune, Neptune, and Sun's butts the whole time; they were given a half hour break before they had to go on stage to answer questions.
"Me and Ruby are headed off to get autographs on our comics." Jaune told the group as he and Ruby prepared to leave.
"I'll go with you." Pyrrha offered. Blake was currently at the Ninja's of Love interview asking the author questions and trying to get her books signed.
"If you're sure." Jaune said while leading her to Ruby. "Me and Rube's are going to like …I'd say approximately ten booths. You okay with that?"
"I think should go to make sure you two don't forget to come back to answer questions." Pyrrha teased while walking right next to him. "I'm also curious to meet the artist and writer of 'M.' I watched a few episodes and thought it was adequately written."
"You're going to love hanging out with us Pyrrha!" Ruby gushed while holding into Zwei. "Me and Jaune are rival shippers in 'M', but we also agree on the romance choices of Write Lunar! And I hear that 'M' is getting another season put out! What if they show the trailer soon? Ooh, I can't wait to see what else is being shown!"
"Easy Ruby." Jaune calmed her down before she could topple over a mochi stand. "Pyrrha may have watched a bit of 'M', but I don't think she knows as much as we do."
"Really?" Pyrrha said with a raised eyebrow. "Then I guess you'll need to test me to see how much I know."
"…Okay." Ruby said, accepting the challenge. "…Easy question: Who is the main character?"
"Trick question. The story revolves around a group of them and not just one person." The champion answered on the spot. Jaune nudged Ruby for giving a very easy question.
"What are the swords that are used in the series called?" Jaune quizzed her. This went on for a few more minutes until they had reached the stall. "…You got twenty four out of Twenty five. …How?"
"I have good memory. But the last question was from an episode I didn't know about. I think I should watch that when I have the time." Pyrrha teased while poking Jaune's nose. "After answering those questions, I'm looking forward to meeting the author."
Twenty Five minutes later
The three had a great time together. They entered a photo booth and started messing with their pictures, went to a food court where Ruby and Jaune were crying after trying wasabi after ignoring Pyrrha's warning, had to chase Zwei after he got loose chasing a bearded dragon, and finished getting all their books autographed and had their questions answered.
"I'm telling you! Rock is sooo going to end up with Millie!" Ruby argued with Jaune on their way back to their booth. "Why else would he say the two share a bond closer than her and Chen?"
"And I'm telling you he's sticking with Chen while Millie decides to stay a vigilante!" Jaune countered. "Witters even said so himself that even though he uses the anime art style, he doesn't follow their rules."
Pyrrha was silently laughing while listening to the two. It felt nice to just be normal without other people putting her on a pedestal. No one was treating her like Pyrrha the champion, but instead as just another fan of a series. She truly enjoyed herself. Seeing Jaune's hand was free, she decided to be a bit more daring and grabbed onto it.
"Yeah Pyr?" Her partner asked, feeling her grasp.
"Nothing." She said in a relaxed tone. "I was just having a bit of trouble keeping up."
"Oops." Her crush laughed nervously while still holding her hand. "Sorry about that. I guess me and Ruby were really getting into our conversation."
"It's fine." She assured him. "Hearing both of your opinions I can say …both of you are completely far off."
"Whaaaat?" Both said while looking at her affronted. Soon she was voicing her opinions with the two while still holding his hand. Before any of them knew it, they were in the back stage where everyone was waiting for them.
"There you three are!" Weiss said, fixing her make up. "We go on in ten minutes!"
"Relax Weiss." The little reaper said while patting her partner's back. "We're still in costume, so there's no need to worry."
"…Sorry." The Schnee heiress said after a few seconds. "It's just that my sister's coming, and it really means a lot that she's here to see me."
"Aww. That's so sweet." Came a voice from behind her. Whirling around, Weiss was surprised to see her older sister Winter standing behind her. "It really means a lot to know you care if I show or not."
"Winter!" Weiss cheered with a smile, running up to her. Enveloping her older sister in a hug, the two shared a laugh. "What are you doing back here? …How did you get back here? It's crew members only."
"Didn't your friend Mr. Lie tell you?" She asked with a raised brow.
"Tell me what?"
"You'll see." She chuckled. "Now, I must say. Two movies and another one? I hope your stardom doesn't interfere with your studies and training."
"I'm doing fine." Weiss assured her sister. "Most of the stunts we do are all done by us, my team and I are still keeping up our training, and I'm still at the top of the class. …Well, next to Pyrrha that is."
"And how are you doing?" She asked concerned.
"…I just told hoe I'm doing." WHAP! She had a slap on the head to that statement.
"I meant how are you doing emotionally." She said still concerned. "Are you happy? Are you eating properly? …Does it still hurt?"
Weiss remembered writing to Winter of her break up. It was months now, but she never got any message of anything else after that. Weiss felt guilty for forgetting to write to her on her good condition.
"I'm fine." She said rubbing the small lump on her head. "It was tough for a few weeks, but thanks to my friends I was able to move on."
The next thing she knew, Winter had her in a sweet hug. "Winter?"
"I'm so proud of you." She said to her little sister. "You're really growing up now Weiss. I just hope you do find someone who cherished you and who you can cherish back."
"We cherish her." Ruby piped in. Seeing the two of them give her a flat stare, she shrunk back between Jaune and Pyrrha. "I …hope I didn't ruin a moment."
"Oh, Ruby…" Jaune groaned while Pyrrha shook her head in her hands. Seeing Winter staring at him, Jaune felt awkward. "Hi Miss Winter. …Ma'am. Hope you're not still mad about the whole pants thing."
Weiss failed to cove her giggle at the memory but was whapped on the head once more silencing her.
"I …have overlooked it." She said, not making eye contact. "You were a victim as much as I was, so I apologize for assaulting that time."
"Oh good!" He sighed in relief. He outstretched his hand to shake her own. "I look forward to working with you these upcoming months."
"Likewise." She said, accepting his hand.
"What is going on?" Weiss said, getting in between them. "What did he mean by working with you these coming months?"
"I guess I can tell you now." She said in a teasing voice. "Your friends called me up and asked if I could be in their upcoming film. General Ironwood is a fan of the first film, and has asked me to be a part of the film seeing as we are now in a time of peace."
"You… film." Weiss said dumbstruck. "…Here."
"Surprise!" She said clasping her hands on her shoulders. "I'll be situated in Vale the whole time, so don't be a stranger to visit me in my hotel room. I can't wait to hear what other songs you'll be singing."
"Excuse me guys!" One of the employees came in. "But you'll be going on in three minutes. Just remember that there are a few children out there, so let's keep things family friendly. So no cussing. Also when, try to give a lot of detail when answering the questions. That would be great."
Everyone including Winter immediately turned to Yang. "What?"
"Keep it kid friendly Yang." Blake warned her partner. She was in a good mood after getting her books signed. She didn't want Yang messing it up.
"I'm cool, guys." She assured them. "I helped raise Ruby, didn't I?"
"…" No one, not even Ruby could comment on that.
"INTRODUCING!" Came Neptune's voice from the front stage. "THE CAST FOR GRIMM EATER!"
As they all stepped out and got into their seats, the group could see a full house sitting at their stall. They raked in the cheers and applause while waving to them.
"WHAT'S UP YOU FREaking …c**nts…" The cast smack themselves at Yang's outburst. Yang herself was embarrassed but tried to play it off. "…Welp! That's it for me talking during this time."
"Sorry everyone. …Okay." Ren started off in the mic. "Hello everyone. I'm Lie Ren. I'm the writer of Grimm Eater along with the choreographer. Thank you all for coming to see us. I'd like to say that I hope you guys stick around because there's a surprise we'd like to share at the end of the questioning. So Neptune, if you could start us off."
"Thanks Ren." Neptune shuffled through a paper he had printed out a few hours ago. "Now I was going through our polls and the most frequently asked question was: How hard was it to make the film? And what was the hardest part for you? This question was for everyone to answer but I think we can only squeeze in for three. So Ren; if you can answer first?"
"…It was really challenging since Grimm Eater was really just a school film project." He started. "At first, I just wanted to make things short and simple, but as time kept on going, I kept thinking 'I can make this better.' So me, Jaune, and Neptune kept rewriting the script a lot of times and even adding more stuff into it as the film progressed. And every time we finished a scene I was always asking myself: 'What do I do next?' We ran out of time, but we did accomplish in making the film beyond our very first expectations."
"Jaune. You're next."
"Hardest part. Ooh." Jaune clapped his hands. "I think the hardest part was when we had to test all those scenes before we could actually film them. I think we even brought a clip to show how hard it was?"
Looking to one of the employees, he was given a thumbs up as some of the bloopers were shown. The audience laughed at a few as Jaune was thrown off the bridge with Weiss being the one to catch him, Blake practicing on Yang's motorcycle and crashing into a bush, and a lot of scenes where the camera holder accidentally got hit.
"It's definitely the safety testing that was the hardest part for me." Jaune finished. Neptune had to compose himself from laughing to signal for Ruby to be next.
"The hardest part for me was trying to change my voice. We had to do a lot of retakes because of my voice being uneven. This is how I normally sound, but whenever I have to make The Rose's voice:" She started clearing her throat and making it sound more serious and raspy. "I have to …make it sound like I just woke up after having an extremely dry throat."
The audience clapped at her skill to change her voice.
"Next question asked a lot: Where did Blake go to after her night of passion with Jaune? …Yeah Blake, where did you go?" Neptune teased.
"It's pretty obvious." Blake said stifling a giggle. "…I went off set."
There was a bad-dum-tiss sound as she said that.
"But right now, I think that should be for me, Jaune, and Ren to answer." Neptune said after laughing. "…Well, we can't really tell you guys what's going on with her at the moment. It'll kind of spoil what we have planned for. But by the end of it all, a lot of you will be glad we didn't say anything too early. It's worth it."
Getting a few awes of disappointments from the fans, Neptune quickly asked the next question. "This is the final and most frequently asked question before I hand the mic over to you guys to ask your personal questions. How did you get the Grimm to be in the film? Was that special effects?"
"I'll answer that." Nora said still bubbly. "We actually had to hunt Grimm down to be part of the film. Jaune really had to be up close to those Goliath during the shooting. As for the aquatic Grimm and the Ursa, we had to capture the Ursa without killing it and the aquatic Grimm were always in the lake. Good thing we were able to lessen the numbers in the lake before we filmed."
"You and Weiss stuck lightning and ice crystals in the lake and watched them freeze and shock." Ruby added in.
"BEST! LIGHT SHOW! EVER!" Nora shouted to the fans.
"Okay and now it's free reign for the others to ask. Anyone?" Neptune held the mic out to the audience.
"Me!" Shouted someone way in the back. Luckily Neptune didn't have to go that far since an employee gave him an extra mic. "Thanks. This question is for Jaune, Blake, and Pyrrha. …During the film, you guys had to kiss. Was it awkward to do that?"
"Well …kind of." Blake said.
"We needed to do a lot of retakes since we kept messing up on the scenes." Jaune laughed at the memory.
"I tried to keep it professional, but I accidentally head butted him a lot form being too nervous." Pyrrha scratched her cheek remembering Jaune's nose breaking three times.
"Thanks." The mic was passed on to a girl in the center wearing some flashy glasses and a neon shirt.
"I have two question. Where did you guys get the song? …And who sang it? I can't find it online." She asked while taking a video of them on her phone.
"That was me actually." Weiss raised her hand in pride. "While the movie was still being written, Jaune came up to me and he asked me out to lunch. I was going to refuse him, but he drags me out of my dorm room and brings me to a café. Before I could get mad, he asks me how good I am at singing and the next thing I know, I'm in a recording room trying to think up of a song for the film. I started watching spy movies for inspiration and after a few days, we had a guy named Flynt Coal come in to help with the instrumental while I sang."
"Thank you!" Before the next question could be asked, Ren had stood up to address them.
"Before the next question starts, the cast would like to show you something that you all might be looking forward to." Raising a hand, Ren cued for the lights to dim and a projector was shown.
Trailer
Narrator: The Dust War continues.
The scene fades to black before a static charge is shown. Suddenly Jaune is shown being strung up and electrocuted. The one shocking him is Winter.
"Tell me what you know!" Winter growled while tapping the electric rods together. "You're partner was Pyrrha Nikos. She was the one who killed my sister. On the day of my sister's death, I know she died fighting your partner on the battlefield. My sister was charged for betraying our country just as your partner did! Is it true? Did my sister really defect?!"
When Jaune didn't answer, Winter hit him with the electric rods, sending a hundred volts into his system. "Answer me!"
"She… died …cursing her country." He wheezed through pain.
"Liar!" Winter cried shocking him more. "Tell me the truth! Wouldn't you love to see your partner brought back to life? I want my sister back! You must know how I feel! Tell me! Tell me my sister died for her country! Tell me she died protecting a country that used and betrayed her time and again!"
"She was …a traitor." He groaned.
"LIAAAR!" Winter shouted. "What are you trying to protect? Tell me the truth!"
"I'm …not helping finish those things!" He growled. "That thing I saw isn't Pyrrha! That pod with Weiss's voice isn't her! FACE IT! They're dead!"
"…" Winter raised the electric rods. "This next shock may kill you."
The screen turned white with Jaune screaming from pain. As the screams died the white faded to a room lit by red lights with two pods side by side.
"…Jaune." Pyrrha's voice echoed from the left one.
"…"The right was singing. It was Weiss's voice. "song… sing a song …sing a …sooooooong."
Grimm Eater: Unity March
End Trailer
The audience erupted in murmurs as they all tried to guess what was going on.
"We have Weiss's sister co-starring in this next film." Ren announced. "Along with her, we have some other people you may be familiar with. Now, let's get on to the questions."
After he said that, all hands were racing to ask about the film that would be coming out. The whole cast including Winter would be tired after answer all of them.
Forty five minutes later
"I'm bushed." Yang said while lying down on the transport.
"Me too." Ruby groaned, using her hood as a cover.
"I'm so tired." Jaune said, sitting by the window before looking to Pyrrha who was sitting next to him. "How bout you Pyr? How you holding up?"
"Sshh." She said using his shoulder as a pillow. "I can't believe they still wanted to take pictures of us after the first five times. Not even my regular photo shoots were that much compared to that."
The convention had taken a huge toll on all of them. Even Winter had to go back to hotel early after the interviews.
"We still had fun, right?" He asked her tiredly with eyes closed.
Opening her eyes a bit, she could see him leaning a bit on her as well. Fixing herself to even the weight, she was comfortably leaning against him too. "…Yes. It was most enjoyable."
END
A/N: Updating so soon? I know. But with Christmas and chores and enrollments for classes coming up, I feel I gotta update some stuff. I know some might complain of this fic not showing that much heavy Arkos, but I say so what? There are like a lot of fics out there with extremely heavy Arkos writing. I'm making this that light stuff that will gradually turn into something that's not too rushed but not heavily implying on who ends up with who.