Hello everyone and welcome back to HellFall!

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So I was a wee bit disappointed to see that there was no new RWBY episode. Mid-season finales/breaks are stupid if you ask me, but they happen anyways, so we just have to deal with it. It was a pretty crappy place to take a break though if you ask me, but oh well. Such is life.

This new chapter is pretty relaxed, so sit back and enjoy!

There wasn't a lot of new information. More in-depth explanations of the trials and what happened in each specific one. An arena of Arachnoirs and a final battle room featuring a powerful Grimm were just a few of them. I skimmed through the first bit, hoping to find something that I didn't know. Fortunately, Thunder had summarized the first pages pretty well.

Then I saw something I didn't know. Rain Fall's semblance was written. The ability to create and control storms, I thought. So? What's the significance of that?

I heard a knock on the door. Snapping my head back, I turned, "Come in" I said, raising my voice more than I expected.

Hail stepped through, "Did I scare you?" She asked, likely surprised. She held a plate with food on it in her hands.

"Just startled me a little" I replied.

"You sure that folder is for work?" She asked, implying something that I preferred not to think about.

"Yes," I replied, "and I actually have a question, if you don't mind"

"Isn't this top-secret?"

"You guys are already signed up." I pointed out, "You'll figure this out sooner or later"

She set the plate of steaming food on the desk next to me and leaned down to look at the pages of folder.

"They write one of the Fall's semblances here," I said, "any idea why that's significant?"

"Wait," she started, "so Fall is involved?"

"Yes," I replied, "Cinder and her supposed relative, Rain. Rain's semblance is written"

"So?"

"So why would they write that?" I asked, "Why is his semblance so important that they had to write it in the folder?"

"In case they forgot?" She suggested with a smile.

"I'm being serious Hail," I said, "I don't see the significance of it. It's helpful for us, but I'm assuming that they weren't actually trying to help us out"

"Maybe his semblance is required to carry out Plan H" She suggested.

I thought for a second, "Huh," I said, "didn't think of that"

"I'm assuming you don't know the full plan yet"

"Nay." I replied, "This is just the first couple pages of the folder. It is being translated it though, so we should be getting new information every day. I guess we'll just have to wait and see"

Hail nodded, "Anything else?" She asked.

I shook my head, "No, I don't think there's much more to read." I replied, "Thanks"

"No problem" she replied, straightening and leaving the room.

As I continued reading I realized that it really didn't elaborate on why Rain's semblance was significant. I suppose that I probably should have read ahead just in case it did say somewhere. Assumingly the information was scattered, either because the Falls were disorganized or they wanted to confuse anyone who wasn't supposed to have it but did anyways.

The last page had more information on the Heishi. It was just a list of every model with brief descriptions. Each model appeared to be more complicated than the last.

Closing the folder, I leaned back in my chair and stretched. I can't wait for this all to be over, I thought, yawning, I'm tired of working.

Tomorrow I'd fight in the tournament, and if I felt motivated I'd look into the Stars and Simms families. Otherwise I'd take the rest of the day off.

Turning to the steaming food Hail had placed next to me, I set to work on eating it. It was messy, but didn't taste half bad, unlike everything else Hail made which was typically just all bad. She was following a recipe, which made it easier to eat.

After finishing the meal I slid the plate across my desk and stood up, only to flop down onto my bed. I stared at the ceiling, my hands under my head. I never painted the ceiling, I thought, oh well. Who looks at the ceiling anyway? I furrowed my brow; Clearly someone does, because I do. That previous statement made no sense. I shook my head, clearing it of my pointless thoughts. Instead I just emptied my mind and stared.

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My eyes opened, and I looked around. I was just in my bedroom, lying on my bed. Fell asleep, I guess, I thought, sitting up. Rubbing my eyes and opening my mouth in a yawn, I stood and walked out my door.

Petunia sat on the living room couch, reading a book titled: '411 Ways to Peel a Carrot'. She looked up as I walked in and smiled.

"Hey" She said.

"'Morning" I said.

She looked at me quizzically, "Did you just wake up?" She asked.

"From an accidental nap, yes" I replied.

"Oh," she said, placing a bookmark into her book and closing it, "then what were you up to earlier?"

I shrugged, "Recruiting new members. We got team WRGE, and I got some new info on Plan H, but that's about it. You?"

"Eh," she started, "I picked up this book today. The title caught my interest, and it only cost six Lien"

"How is it so far?" I asked, "Looks like your quite ways in"

"It's interesting." She replied, "Apparently there are four-hundred and eleven different and legitimate ways to peel a carrot"

"How many have you read about so far?" I asked.

"Seventy-eight." She replied, "Apparently if you boil a carrot in exactly forty liters of lime juice it'll peel itself. You have you be very precise though, otherwise it explodes"

"Sounds interesting" I replied.

"Yeah, I like it so far" She said.

There was a brief pause.

"You excited for the fight tomorrow?" I asked.

She looked at me with a confused expression, "Is that tomorrow?" She asked.

"According to Hail" I replied.

"Hmm." She replied, "Well I guess so"

"How's Steam doing?" I asked.

"He's fine," she replied, "last time I checked he was rocking in his rocking chair downstairs"

"So nothing's changed?"

"Not a thing"

I nodded as I looked around the living room. "Well," I said, "I think I'll head out for a bit. Care to join me?"

"Sure." She replied, standing, "Just let me get some clothes on"

I realized for the first time that she was wearing nothing but a stained white undershirt and long black underwear. She stood and went upstairs to her room.

Looking down at myself, I saw that I was already dressed. I didn't have Arkynshihn, but I assumed that I wouldn't need it. And if I did run into a fight I had fists and kicks, so I figured that I'd be fine.

Petunia was downstairs only a minute later, dressed in her light brown hoodie and blue jeans. Her dirty blonde hair wasn't tied up into multiple ponytails like it usually was and instead hung out behind her back. It was quite long, and she looked rather pretty this way.

"You ready?" I asked, heading to the front door and opening it.

"Just need to get into my shoes," she said as she slipped into them, "got 'em. Let's go."

So there you have it. More spoilers for 'The Candidates' and some info on Rain Fall. At this point I might even just post 'The Candidates' at the beginning of January to avoid spoiling any more. I don't see why it's such a big deal that I can't, but oh well. I have loads of editing to do though (as in the whole story needs to be proofread and multiple things need to be changed).

By the way, in case you don't remember Arachnoirs are Grimm spiders. Just thought you may need a reminder.

Also, I think I did this last week but if you haven't noticed I updated the cover art. I made it in Photoshop this time so it looks a lot better. Still not great, but not as bad as before. I'll probably update it again when I get better with Photoshop, but for now enjoy it in all it's glory!

And that's about it. Follow, favorite, review, tell yours friends, tell your enemies, or don't if you don't want to, and I'll see you in the next chapter!

P.S. Happy holidays again!