Author's note: This chapter, Ruby is going to start being assertive for real.
Also, trigger warning at the bottom.
The following day, six days before Amity was scheduled to arrive in Atlas, Ruby and her friends entered General Ironwood's office. She had told them the plan, and the version they would tell James, and they were all on board with it. General Ironwood was going through some files, and not at all expecting guests when the doors opened.
"Ruby, please, I know it's urgent, but please ask Stefanie for-" James said, but was cut off when Ruby put her hands on his desk and gave him a determined look.
"I need two cargo ships, Orca class," Ruby said, "Fill one of them to the brim with plant- and hard-light-dust, and the other with military equipment. Then sink them here." She used Puppeteer to make a holographic map appear over the desk, marking the spot where Sirena had sunk the Colossus.
"Ruby," General Ironwood said, "The Orca class is the biggest cargo ship in the world. I can't just send two of them somewhere and sink them."
"You don't have to do it today," Ruby said dismissively, and added, "Also, I need a research ship, filled with plant-dust, to dump phytoplankton into an ocean stream, once we find the right one."
"Do you know what that would cost?" James asked.
"Don't worry, I'll pay for you," Ruby said.
"But-" James said, but was cut off by Ruby.
"No buts," Ruby said, "You hurt Sirena because you didn't give her any dust. But those two dust types are more recent, so she likely doesn't have them. Also, she sunk the Colossus, without damaging it too much, so she likely wants to rebuild it for herself."
"Ruby, look," James said, "I couldn't do this, even if I wanted to, because I don't have the materials right now. There has to be another way."
"Alright, I'm listening," Ruby said, stood up and crossed her arms, expecting an immediate answer.
"I- look, I'll think of something," James said, "You go and… do something else, I guess." Ruby turned around and left, with her friends following her. They went back to a training room to continue their fusion practice.
~o~
Weiss and Blake were standing in the training room, ready to fuse into one. Their friends were standing on a spectator platform behind supposedly indestructible glass, hoping for the best.
"Ready?" Blake asked.
"Of course," Weiss answered. Blake initiated the fusion, and their auras merged into a single light purple one. The aura grew in size a little and faded, revealing an attractive young woman with amber eyes, waist-long black hair with white streaks, and two cat ears. The right cat ear had two platinum earrings, while the left one only had one, and both rings had small diamonds embedded in them. She wore black boots with white high heels, a white and light blue skirt with dark purple fluff underneath, which reached from hip to hip around the fusion's back. She also wore black pants and a white and light blue jacket with a black zipper, and wore a shark tooth necklace like the one Weiss had fashioned from the shark's teeth. The fusion had two short katana on her hips, with a gun integrated into each handle. She looked down on herself, then back up and stared into the distance.
"What… the… hell?" The fusion shouted, then split up again.
"What was that?" Blake asked, glaring at Weiss.
"I could be asking you the same," Weiss said, glaring at Blake. Their friends left the spectator area to talk to the two. Blake switched places with one of her clones, and Weiss flew away on a Queen Lancer.
"Well, this could've gone better," Yang said.
"Yeah," Nora said, "I actually thought that they'd get along after not talking about their past differences for so long."
"Nora, you're a genius," Yang said ecstatically.
"Yeah, I know," Nora said and asked, "But… what do you mean?"
"No time to explain," Yang said, "Ruby, go get Weiss and bring her here. I'll grab Blake."
"Why?" Ruby asked and said, "I don't think they want to talk to each other right now."
"I know," Yang said, "Not with words, anyway. Just trust me on this one, I know what I'm doing."
"Well, alright," Ruby said, "If you're sure of this." She and Yang went to find their teammates, leaving Jaune, Ren, Nora, Qrow, Penny, Oscar and Maria wondering what they were planning.
~o~
Marrow was walking through Atlas, heading towards the military's weapon development laboratories. The guards let him in without a problem, and he found one of the walls badly damaged.
"What… happened here?" Marrow asked.
"Marrow, there you are," Dr. Oak said and answered, "A while ago, some kid showed up, Dr. Acacia actually is a faunus, her claws glow orange and explode like they were infused with incendiary-dust, and around a hundred Beringel came flying out of a portal."
"I… we'll get back to that later," Marrow said and asked, "Do you know where Dr. Acacia is? My weapon got somewhat damaged during training yesterday, and I need it checked."
"I'm right here, handsome," Dr. Acacia said as she entered the room, smiling seductively. She gestured Dr. Oak to leave them alone, and he left the room.
"Hello doctor," Marrow said and took a step away from the woman as she got too close to him.
"Please, call me June," Dr. Acacia said and asked, "Now, what brings a strong and handsome man like yourself all the way here?" She stepped closer to Marrow, backing him against a wall, and ran her left index finger over his chest. Marrow tried to back away nervously, but was cornered.
"M- my weapon needs to be checked," Marrow answered and asked, "Is everything alright? Are you feeling sick or something?"
"Yes, of course," Dr. Acacia answered and said, "I'll have your weapon checked in no time. And after that, maybe we can get to know each other a bit better."
"T- thanks but, my j- job comes first," Marrow said. Dr. Acacia's seductive smile turned into a bored frown.
"Alright," Dr. Acacia said, "I'll see what I can do." She stepped away from Marrow, and he handed her his weapon, which had some dents in it from blocking Sirena's impossibly fast trident jabs that somehow ignored his aura.
~o~
Weiss and Blake entered the training room again and stopped in the middle, less than two meters away from each other. Their friends gathered in the spectator area, where Sirena joined them.
"Weiss," Blake said with a sour undertone in her voice.
"Blake," Weiss said with a sour undertone in her voice.
"It's working," Ruby said happily, "They're talking." Suddenly, Weiss drew her sword and sent a wave of fire towards Blake. Blake created a water-dust clone and dodged. Ruby wanted to get them to stop, but Yang put her left hand on her shoulder.
"Trust me, I know what I'm doing," Yang said. Blake moved around the arena and shot several regular rounds at Weiss. Weiss used glyphs to block the attacks.
"But they're fighting," Ruby said, "That's the opposite of what we wanted." Weiss augmented her glyphs with fire-dust and shot fireballs at Blake. Blake created several shadow clones to dodge and confuse Weiss.
"Look closely, kid," Maria said. Weiss used time dilation and blocked Blake's sword strike. The two clashed dozens of times in three seconds, then came to a stop, facing away from each other.
"So, you really changed," Blake said and sheathed her sword.
"Of course," Weiss said and sheathed her sword. Ruby and the others left the spectator area, and when they entered the arena, they saw the fusion standing in the middle.
"Say what now?" Ruby asked, tilting her head in confusion.
"Weiss and Blake never meant to hurt one another," the fusion answered, "They both did things in their past that shook the other's trust in them, and they needed to be sure the other no longer intended to harm them. They both pretended to fight, to see how far the other would go, but eventually came to the realization that neither wished to harm the other."
"See?" Yang asked and said, "I told you I knew what I was doing."
"Alright," Ruby said, turned to the fusion and asked, "Did you think of a name yet?"
"I did," the fusion answered, "You can call me Orzhov."
"So, what now?" Nora asked, "You want to see how strong you are?"
"That would be a good idea, yes," Orzhov answered and asked, "Who would wish to be my first opponent?"
"I would," Sirena answered and stepped forward.
"Very well," Orzhov said, "I am looking forward to this." Ruby and the others left the arena again, leaving Sirena and Orzhov, and went to the spectator area.
"Don't hurt her too much," Ruby said on the way out.
"I won't," Orzhov and Sirena said simultaneously. After the door closed, both combatants looked at each other and jumped backwards a little.
"You go first," Sirena said, drew her trident and got ready. Orzhov drew her dual swords and dashed towards Sirena. She delivered a flurry of blows, but Sirena blocked them all. Sirena kicked Orzhov in the chest, sending her flying backwards. Orzhov recovered from the hit and got up. Sirena tried hitting her in the back, but the fusion's shadow popped up and blocked the strike. Orzhov's aura broke and she split up again, and both Weiss and Blake fell to the ground.
"What happened?" Weiss asked and looked over at Blake.
"You used up some of your aura in the fight earlier," Sirena answered, "And to fuse the first time. I suppose we should take a break for today."
"I think you're right," Blake said, got up and helped Weiss onto her feet. The group went to do other things for the rest of the day, with Sirena training Marrow a bit more, and went to bed in the evening.
~o~
The next morning, five days before Amity would arrive, during breakfast, Weiss walked past Qrow. She had a plan, gathered up all her courage and tripped on purpose. Qrow reacted lightning fast and caught her and her plate. As soon as he touched her, she secretly copied his ability to turn into a bird.
"Careful," Qrow said and asked, "Everything good?"
"Yeah, thanks," Weiss answered, took her plate and said, "I'm just a bit tired from yesterday, I guess."
"You think we can continue practicing?" Blake asked and said, "I'd really like to see what Orzhov can do."
"Sure," Weiss answered, "I just need something to eat, and then I'll be fine." They finished breakfast and headed to the training room.
~o~
Orzhov stood in the arena, facing Sirena. They both had their weapons drawn and were ready to fight. Sirena held her trident in her left hand, looking imposing and regal, and Orzhov held her two swords in her hands.
"This looks much better," Jaune said, "Both of their auras are pretty full." Sirena dashed towards Orzhov, who blocked the jab with her swords. Upon impact, Sirena created a steam-dust clone, which exploded and left Orzhov in a thick cloud of smoke. Sirena tried hitting Orzhov from behind. Orzhov's shadow rose up and blocked the strike. Orzhov turned around to kick Sirena. Her shadow leaned out of the way, forcing Sirena's trident aside and creating an opening. Sirena created another steam-dust clone. Orzhov jumped backwards and deactivated her semblance. She turned around and shot fire-dust rounds at the nearby wall, creating two fireballs that created two shadows. Orzhov activated her semblance again and both her shadows rose up. Sirena came rushing in, augmenting her own semblance with steam-dust.
"This is pretty good," Ruby said. Sirena attacked Orzhov with a flurry of jabs. Orzhov and her shadows blocked the attacks.
"You think so?" Jaune asked and said, "Sirena is just playing with her." Orzhov tried attacking Sirena, who used steam-dust clones to evade the attacks.
"But it's not as easy as she thought," Ruby said. Orzhov jumped onto a higher location to get out of the fog. Sirena landed on the same wall of blocks and began attacking Orzhov. She used Sun's semblance to create two clones of herself, which used Cinder's swords to keep the shadows busy. Orzhov tried to get away from Sirena, blocking strike after strike as the arena slowly filled with fog. After Sirena's clones were defeated, Orzhov deactivated her semblance to preserve her aura. She jumped off a wall, but was hit in the stomach and went flying across the arena. The arena was filled with so much fog that Orzhov couldn't even see her feet if she stood up, and something was pulling her to the wall. Sirena came running up to her from the ceiling, and tried to hit her with her trident. Orzhov jumped away and had to jam her swords into the ground to not fall back to the wall. Sirena disappeared into the fog again, and Orzhov tried to locate her by her sound. While Ruby tried following the fight, her scroll rang. She looked at it, and saw a number she didn't recognize. Jaune gave her a small nod and she left the spectator area to take the call on the floor.
"Hello?" Ruby asked.
"Hello," a woman answered and asked, "Am I speaking with Ruby Rose?"
"Yes," Ruby answered and asked, "Why? And how did you get this number?" The woman squealed a bit, then calmed down.
"I'm so happy," the woman said, "My name is June, I work for the Atlas military and develop new weapons. A friend of mine gave me your number, and I just had to talk to you."
"You're a member of Sophie's swarm, right?" Ruby asked.
"Well, yes," June answered, "We are so happy to have you with us here in Atlas. If you ever need anything, anything at all, let us know. I can send you a file of all the numbers of swarm members all over Remnant, so you always have someone to contact."
"Alright," Ruby said, "But I'll have to hang up now, bye."
"Alright, bye," June said and giggled happily, and Ruby hung up. She wanted to go back into the spectator area, but her friends just left. She followed them into the arena and saw the fog clearing up. Orzhov was on the ground, her swords jammed into the floor, and looked like she was holding onto the floor as if it were the ceiling. She looked around, then split up again.
"What happened?" Weiss asked.
"I told you we were on the floor," Blake said.
"It's simple," Sirena answered, "I recreated the lighting conditions in the bottom layers of the twilight zone, close to the deep sea. Down there, relying on vision for navigation is a severe disability."
"But I've been there," Weiss said, "I went to the deep sea when I fused with you, and we didn't have any problems."
"That's because I covered our sense of balance," Sirena said, "If I had left you to it, we'd be dead by now."
"But how did Blake know where up and down were?" Weiss asked.
"Four ears," Blake answered, "Twice the balance. The only problem is that I used to get motion sick very easily when I was younger, but I got used to it."
"Hey Jaune, how about you fuse with Blake now?" Ruby asked and said, "I mean, if Blake's better balance made her get motion sick, maybe your motion sickness gives you a good enough sense of balance to keep up with Sirena if the two of you fuse into one."
"I'm… not sure that that's how it works," Blake said.
"Well, we won't know if we don't try," Ruby said and gently nudged Jaune towards Blake.
"It's definitely an interesting combination," Yang said.
"Yeah, let's go, you two," Nora said. Ruby, Weiss, Yang, Ren, Nora, Qrow, Penny and Maria left the arena, and Blake and Jaune looked at each other.
"You don't have to fuse if you don't want," Sirena said.
"No, it's fine," Blake said.
"Yeah," Jaune said, "After all, we wanted to see how each fusion behaves, so I guess now it's our turn." He used his semblance to recharge Blake's aura a little, so that they could fuse without running out immediately.
"Even so," Sirena said, "I'm all out of steam-dust, so I couldn't help you test how well your fusion would fare in this kind of environment."
"It's fine," Blake said, "We'll just get used to this fusion now, and test the rest some other time." She and Jaune took each others hands, and they fused into one. Their fusion had the same light purple aura as Orzhov, and Sirena stepped away from it while it formed. The fusion had dark blond hair tied to a warrior's wolf tail, light blue eyes and black cat ears. They wore black sabatons with golden soles, black pants with white and gold plate armor strapped to it, a black hooded pullover under a white and gold plate armor like the one Jaune wore, except more slender.
"I… this actually feels good," the fusion said, looking down at themselves.
"Have you decided on a name yet?" Sirena asked.
"Not really," the fusion answered, "It's a bit harder than I expected, to be honest."
"Then we are done here," Sirena said, secretly happy she didn't have to fight this particular fusion.
"What? Why?" The fusion asked.
"I refuse to fight an opponent without knowing their name," Sirena answered.
"Then how about Knightshade?" Yang asked, standing in the door, and said, "You know, like the plant, but with an added K, making it a play on words."
"Works, I guess," Knightshade said, "Yeah, let's go with that. Thanks, Yang."
"You're welcome," Yang said, "Helpful dragon Yang Xiao Long, away." She giggled and hurried back into the spectator area, and Knightshade chuckled a little at Yang's antics.
"So, where were we?" Sirena asked. Knightshade drew their weapon, a black bastard sword with a golden edge, and attacked Sirena. The attacks were stronger than what one would expect of an opponent with this kind of speed, and each and every swing followed the last in one fluent motion. Sirena was forced into the defense and activated her semblance, damaging the fusion's aura with every hit she blocked. When Sirena was about to win, she kicked Knightshade in the chest, sending them flying across the arena. However, instead of the fusion's aura breaking and the fusion splitting up, Knightshade landed on all fours, clipped their sword to the magnetic section on the back of their armor, and assumed a more animal-like pose.
"Wait, what's going on?" Ruby asked, worried about all three of her friends.
"My semblance tells me Sirena is in trouble," Maria said. Knightshade growled and hissed at Sirena.
"Looks like Blake is hungry," Yang said, "She gets… difficult when she gets too hungry. It's a side effect of Argent's training."
"And with Jaune's advanced aura control, it's even worse," Weiss said. Knightshade manifested their aura as a bright purple cat tail, as well as a set of claws on their fingers.
"What do we do?" Ruby asked, starting to panic.
"Well, we could try talking," Nora suggested. Knightshade dashed towards Sirena, crossing the entire arena in the blink of an eye. Sirena manifested her own aura traits and dodged the attacks. Knightshade slashed at Sirena with their claws. Sirena created a shadow clone to dodge. As Ruby watched, she suddenly heard Sirena's voice in her head.
"Ruby, listen, I have a plan," Sirena said, "But you won't like it."
"What kind of plan?" Ruby asked.
"There are two ways to stop a rampaging alpha faunus," Sirena answered, "Either you fix the underlying issue, in this case hunger, or you shock them."
"Like, with lightning?" Ruby asked.
"No," Sirena answered, "Emotionally."
"Alright," Ruby said, and Sirena explained her plan. Knightshade tried hitting Sirena again. Sirena created a fire-dust clone and jumped away. Knightshade recovered from the explosion and looked around. The fusion roared in anger and jumped at the glass protecting the spectator area. As soon as the claws made contact with the glass, the aura poured into the material and blew a hole into it. Knightshade landed in the spectator area, among the broken glass, and looked at Weiss.
"Guys… help," Weiss said, slowly moving away from the fusion.
"Hey there, kitty, calm down," Yang said, walking up to Knightshade from behind. Knightshade whirled around and hit Yang with the back of their left hand. Yang went flying and crashed against the wall. Her aura broke and she stumbled around a bit. Yang slipped on the glass and fell onto a large piece of the glass panel, piercing her midsection. The glass broke out of the frame and Yang fell into the arena. Knightshade jumped into the arena and looked at Yang lying in a puddle of blood. They realized what had happened, clasped their head and roared in agony. Knightshade split up and both Blake and Jaune looked at Yang, when she suddenly disappeared, being blown away like powder, along with the broken glass.
"What?" Blake asked, still not understanding what was happening.
"Hey," Yang said, and the rest of the group entered the arena. Blake went to hug Yang.
"Yang, but how?" Blake asked.
"That was me," Ruby answered, and her form disappeared, being blown away like powder. Instead of her, the group saw a more mature woman with long black hair, with a single green streak, who had silver eyes. She wore heavy black boots with green soles and laces, dark brown pants, a lime green shirt under a black corset, black fingerless gloves and a red hooded cloak.
"I'm Unakite, sorry for the scare," Unakite said, "I… I'll leave now. Sorry again." Her dark green aura flared up and turned red, then faded to reveal Ruby.
"What were you thinking?" Jaune asked, getting angry at Ruby for scaring him and Blake like that.
"It was my idea," Sirena said, "I used Telepathy to tell Ruby what she needed to do in order to stop you two from hurting others. Or yourself."
"Don't pull something like this again," Blake said and shoved Sirena away a bit. Just as she touched Sirena, Blake created a lightning-dust clone in the academy's kitchen and switched places with it. Her clone exploded in a burst of electricity and depleted Sirena's aura completely.
~o~
Going through a fridge in Atlas Academy's kitchen, Blake found what she thought was a pack of sausages, but had to realize that it was tofu. She also realized that tofu was susceptible to maiden fire magic. She took a plate of salmon, a large piece of ham and some other food, and wanted to leave, but Neon entered the kitchen and smelled the air.
"Hey Blake," Neon said and asked, "Is it just me, or does it smell like burned tofu in here?"
"Beats me," Blake answered, closed the fridge, created a water-dust clone in the living room, then switched places with with. Neon walked up to the clone, not knowing it was a clone, and hesitantly touched it. The clone exploded and doused Neon with water, leaving her soaking wet and clueless.
~o~
Blake sat down in one of the community spaces and turned on the TV to watch the news while eating. Her friends found her and sat down next to her, with Sirena being nowhere to be seen. Yang sat to her left, followed by Nora and Ren, with Ruby sitting to her right, followed by Weiss and Maria. Oscar, Qrow, Jaune and Penny sat on different armchairs, and they all just sat and watched the news. A broadcast from Mantle showed up, and Weiss turned up the volume, surprised that Atlas news networks cared about Mantle. They saw a woman with blue hair and dark green eyes, who wore a white shirt and looked somewhat excited and confused.
"It was right over there," the woman said, "I saw an angel. White and gold armor, almost completely transparent, and big white and golden wings. He saved me from Sabyr, and then disappeared." Weiss turned down the volume again, and everyone looked at Jaune, who seemed genuinely surprised.
"I can't believe it," Jaune said in disbelief, "She actually saw me."
"But how?" Weiss asked and said, "I thought astral bodies were invisible to people."
"Not quite," Jaune said and answered, "They're just so transparent that people subconsciously don't recognize them as real, since most people are used to seeing humans and faunus as solid, and not almost invisible. A fair amount of invisibility semblances are actually just strong transparency semblances, but they make the user so transparent that this effect causes them to appear invisible."
"Then how did she see you?" Yang asked, "I mean, if people don't recognize transparent people as, well, things, then shouldn't you be invisible to her?"
"In most cases, yes," Jaune answered, "But like I said, only most people subconsciously ignore astral bodies. Some people are more open to the world around them, allowing them to see astral bodies. They're also the ones who come up with crazy ideas or are generally more weird than others their age."
"People always called me weird," Nora said, oddly proud.
"I think I have an idea," Jaune said, "Hold on." He leaned back in his armchair and closed his eyes, separating his soul from his body. Nora gasped in awe and stared into the room, earning confused looks from her friends.
"What is it?" Ren asked.
"Wait, you guys don't see this?" Nora asked.
"Nope," Yang answered, and the rest of her friends shook their heads.
"Well, you're missing out," Nora said, "Because that looks pretty cool."
"Just as I thought, you can see astral bodies," Jaune said and asked, "Can you hear me?"
"Yep," Nora answered. Jaune returned to his body.
"What was that?" Ren asked.
"It turns out that Nora can see astral bodies," Jaune answered, "And hear them, too."
"Can you teach us?" Weiss asked.
"Well, if I knew how I did it, sure," Nora answered.
"I don't think it's that easy," Jaune said.
"Why not?" Weiss asked.
"Because Nora's brain works differently," Jaune answered, "It doesn't filter out as much incoming information, allowing her to see things others would subconsciously ignore."
"Could you discuss that some other time?" Blake asked, "Or at least somewhere else?" Everyone went quiet after that and just watched the news, which mostly consisted of the latest celebrity slip-up or fashion trends, while Blake continued eating angrily.
~o~
The day before Amity Colosseum was scheduled to arrive in Atlas, Ruby, Jaune, Clover and Qrow were standing in General Ironwood's office, with James explaining the plans to rid the designated launch site of Amity Tower, an old dust mine that was closed after a disastrous explosion, of the Grimm that had made it their home in the meantime.
"Are there any questions?" General Ironwood asked after explaining the plan.
"Yes, one," Jaune answered and asked, "Where is Sirena?"
"She wanted to walk around in Atlas a bit," Ruby answered, "But she promised she'd meet us at the mine."
"How did she know where we were going?" James asked and said, "That's classified information."
"Full authorization," Ruby answered, "Also, you may have iron and wood in your name, but you're more like glass. See-through, easy to break, and hurt the ones who try to pick you up afterwards. Her words, not mine."
Trigger warning: Blood (illusion)
Author's note: Originally, I had planned for Ironwood to insist that he'll try anything to get Sirena's help, with Whitley offering his support due to his knowledge of business connections. Ozpin was supposed to point out that Sirena doesn't have an heir to her throne, as far as he knows, so maybe if they help with that. Of course, they'd need some way to make sure the heir would have some trait that Sirena would want.
Yeah, the alternative was for Sirena and Whitley to hook up to save Atlas.
Then Ozpin decided to chicken out in V6, and the plan fell apart then and there.
Would've been hilarious, though.
Orzhov is named after the black and white faction in Magic: The Gathering, which I find quite fitting, as many cards deal with debt and such, and both Weiss and Blake have some things to clean up. Weiss has her family name, and Blake has her own past. Her semblance is based on the titan Shadow Kuolit from Huntik: Secrets and Seekers. It makes her shadow, however many she casts at that time, pop up and fight by her side. It does have a tendency to trigger automatically if she is in danger, and the shadows are also protected by her aura, so the aura drain can quickly get out of hand.
Knightshade is the perfect combination of DPS and tank. High attack speed, but also high attack strength, and the same goes for defense and speed. But yes, they would have been able to keep track of directions, even without seeing. Their semblance is quite useful, too. It creates duplicates of whoever they want, and the more accurate they are in terms of measurements, the better. The idea here is that the duplicates, which have to be molded by hand and can't easily be made on the fly, take the place of important figures and continue their lives, in case someone tries to kill those people. The duplicate dies, and the real person survives.
Unakite, the fusion of Ruby and Emerald, has a somewhat powerful semblance called Glamour. Basically, it creates a second reality that is super-imposed on the user's surroundings, and anyone caught in it just accepts it. That's why Knightshade didn't question Yang's aura breaking in one hit. Anyway, shoutout to some Steven Universe fans for helping me name this fusion. I really wish I had written down their name somewhere. Also, I learned of the idea of glamour in W.I.T.C.H., which I seriously recommend everyone gives a try. The second season is a mess, in all the right ways.
Blake gets easily agitated when she gets hungry. Sirena has since learned to keep her hunger in check, and taught her people, but it did lead to some problems in the past.