"Four monsters!?" Jaune asked in disbelief.
"And three of them will be ours?" Weiss asked.
"Pretty much." Katana explained.
"So, what exactly do we have to learn from this in particular?" Qrow asked.
"She said it was some form of term or title for the monsters. What could it be in that case?" Winter questioned.
"Perhaps we should simply watch and find out?" Glynda questioned. Everyone agreed and sat in their proper places.
Everything began with a jingle that reminded some of an opening from a sitcom. "Welcome to the show! Starring... Gammoth!" Rage declared as a clip from Ice Age was shown with Manny the mammoth looking back and speaking to someone, but there was no volume. "Mizutsune!" The narrator announced again, a clip of a woman in a bubble bath with a pink filter on coming next. "Glavenus!" The third monster was introduced with the clip of a T-Rex roaring, it's tail edited to be on fire. "And Astalos!" Came the introduction for the final monster as the image of a butterfly with beautiful see-through wings was shown, green electricity sparking off it. "In... The Fated Four!" Rage announced the title of the show to the sound of a laugh track as a number of vehicles similar to hot air balloons flew all around the jagged peaks of a snowy mountain.
Everyone was shocked and dumbfounded at what they had just heard and witnessed, only one singular thought coming to mind. "WHAT?!" They all shouted at once.
"Yeah, that has easily got to be the corniest intro to one of his videos ever." Katana admitted.
"Okay, whatever these monsters are and important knowledge we have to learn from this specific video, I think we can skip. I don't see a need to sit through this." Weiss said.
"Oh, come on, Weiss! Give it a chance!" Ruby encouraged her.
"Yeah. Your monster is up first, anyway." Katana told her.
Weiss tried to stay resilient, but she couldn't deny she was curious as to what Katana had in store for her. "Oh, fine!" She huffed, crossing her arms and pouting.
"Okay, look, I'm not sure if that was just bad-bad or bad-good, but either way, thank you for not closing the video. So, veterans who know these monsters, how well did I- come on, it's pretty close. And for everyone that doesn't know who these are, what's your best guess, based on how I represented them? I would love to know if I'm right." Rage said.
"Honestly, I'm not sure what anyone could've possibly pieced from that." Ironwood said.
"A mammoth, a woman in a bath tub, a T-Rex with its tail on fire and a butterfly covered in electricity... We've learned that some monsters are capable of controlling the elements because of Kirin... Mammoths live in cold temperatures, so he could've been suggesting ice... the woman was in a bath, which would imply water... then the fire and electricity would be self explanatory." Ren deduced.
"Well done, Ren." Pyrrha praised him with a nod of her head.
"That's Beacon's resident detective for you!" Nora said, hugging him.
"If only the men on my side were that smart." Cinder said.
"Welcome, then, to my next monster talk. The fated four. Intrinsically linked, but could not be more different. Each beautiful, majestic, powerful And terrifying in their own right... A quad flagship that led a generation and each one of them is incredible." Rage said as the group of one particular airship was shown preparing and getting all their things ready to move for when they land, which apparently would be soon.
Everyone got a bit of a chill from the way the four were described. "Wow, they all sound pretty intense and important." Yang said.
"But what's a flagship?" Neo asked.
Well, each generation tends to use a monster as inspiration for their flags. The fourth generation of hunters saw these four, though and couldn't decide on one to use, so they were all used. And that's why they're the fated four." Katana explained.
"It seems strange to model your flag after monsters you hunt, but I can see how that could be inspiring. The story behind it certainly is." Winter admitted.
"Let's begin with Gammoth. Who, essentially... she's a giant woolly mammoth, that already kind of tells you what you need to know, but she leads her herd as a true matriarch." Rage explained as a group of small baboon-like creatures ran for shelter into what seemed to be a cave, before a trunk was seen and the cave began moving, before bursting open to reveal it had been the massive mammoth in question, having rested enough for snow to build around her enough to turn her into somewhat of a cave. The baboons ran for their live as the Gammoth shrugged off the snow, then raised onto her hind legs in an attempt to crush them, accompanied by epic music.
"Whoa! Weiss gets that thing! No fair! I want a giant mammoth!" Ruby pouted.
"It may even be bigger than the Megaliaths in Atlas." Ironwood said, shocked.
"Why am I being given such a brutish beast?! Why can't I receive a more elegant and refined creature like Glacies?" Weiss questioned.
"Oh, come on, Weiss! Why wouldn't you want that thing! It's so cool!" Yang said, before looking around, her hands raised in defense. "And I didn't even mean that as a pun!" She declared.
"Well, Weiss, you're a very skilled and very fast fighter, but you can't deny, you lack the physical strength of your teammates and you may be the weakest in terms of durability. You're a great DPS, but you DO NOT take hits well." Katana explained, showing a quick montage of Weiss' fights, which she indeed seemed to lose after taking less than five hits at any time. "So, what better to pair you up with a massive beast like Gammoth to tank hits for you and hit back just as hard as you maneuver around faster than your enemies can comprehend and take out the bad guys. And besides, all of your summons will be giant tanks, too." She told the heiress.
"With all that logic, I find it hard to disagree, Weiss. Gammoth does seem like the best choice for you." Glynda told her student.
"And if that's Gammoth theme music, that's one more plus." Qrow said.
"I... suppose." Weiss resigned, sitting down.
"Now fantastic theme music aside, Gammoth as the Popodrome does, of course, allow the smaller yet similar herbivores to travel in her herd. They use it as protection and mingle in with young Gammoth." Rage explained as a small herd of Popo were seen walking along a mountain top.. "Gammoth, then, is incredibly territorial. Aggressively so, despite being a herbivore, rooting for what vegetation she can find in the frigid tundras she calls home, seriously, you don't want to spend any length of time her territory. I mean, it's freezing, you'd have to wear a jacket... You know, there's many, many challenges you'll face, such as getting FUCKING MURDERED by a mammoth!" Rage explained as a hunter with a fire lance and shield faced off against the titanic beast.
"Oh, yes. Requiring a jacket is the worst of your problems. The cold is lethal in Atlas, you should be thankful." Ironwood said.
"Aww, that's nice, though, Gammoth letting the Popo join her herd." Velvet said with a smile.
"So, shouldn't there be other giant mammoths, too, not just the main Gammoth, little ones and Popo's?" Coco asked.
"I wondered that, too, but yeah, no one ever says." Katana admitted.
"You see, Gammoth has essentially no natural predators. Other than Elder Dragons and Ukanlos, who'd give her a right good go, for everything else, she's just too powerful, the risk of injury, the effort to bring her down, it is just not worth it. But, what is worth it are the tasty little baby Gammoths and the Popo in her herd. She will defend them violently. She, upon seeing a threat, a predator, or indeed, a hunter, she will enrage, charge towards them and grab them in her thick, muscled trunk. It is dexterous, it is fast, it will wrap 'round and slam them down into the frozen ground, shattering their body in one go." Rage declared with a slamming sound effect.
"That's impressive. I don't think we have any animals on Remnant that are above predation from other animals." Ozpin said.
"So, we know these Elder Dragons are forces of nature, but what is a Ukanlos? Surely it must be an impressive creature if it can take on a Gammoth." Penny asked.
"You'll see it eventually, Penny." Katana told her.
"Using this trunk, she can take in copious amounts of snow, blast it out offensively, or apply it to the bony protrusions on her feet, giving her a layer of snow armor, that also enhance her crushing stomps with icy terror. She can also take in so much air so quickly, she creates a vortex, sucking in hunters for easy red misting. She essentially just loves to throw her weight around. A thick layer of fur and blubber, both letting her survive in the environment and protecting her from damage. She is a living tank, her crest of iron-like bone providing intimidation and turning blades aside simultaneously, descending into two tusks of rock-hard strength that can pierce through blocks of ice as easily as a Glavenus tail through a hunter... That'll make more sense later on in the video." Rage explained as Gammoth displayed the fighting prowess he'd been describing all this time.
"Even with all its natural defenses, its smart enough to protect itself more with snow. That's really smart." Jaune said.
"And to simply breath in and draw your prey towards you. Those are some strong lungs." Cinder added, impressed.
"Those tusks put Adam's horns to shame. And that crest beats his mask any day." Blake noted.
"She does, however, have one rival, one enemy. The Tigrex. A brutal, powerful predator, who we'll talk about at some point." Rage introduced the strange orange and blue creature as it chased down and took a Popo to the ground.
Everyone was shocked and intimidated by this new creature on screen, even more shocked with how quickly and effortlessly in brought down the Popo. "Hello. I think I found my dragon." Cinder said.
"Eh. There are better choices." Katana said.
"I like the tiger patterns, though." Coco admitted.
"I'm guessing this is probably one we'd have issues with a lot if it was on Remnant?" Qrow asked.
"Oh, most certainly." Katana agreed.
"But he, well, cannot take an adult Gammoth, but what he does like is a little bit of baby Gammoth hors d'oeuvres. And a baby Gammoth that survives Tigrex attacks after witnessing its peers get brutally murdered by him, will grow up and develop an instinctual hatred and rage towards the Tigrex, attacking them with a savagery not used on anything else upon sight. This, essentially is the relationship between these two." Rage told the story of the rivalry, before a Gammoth and Tigrex were shown in a standoff. The eccentric narrator then gave voice to the two creatures.
"Ooh, I always liked videos that give animals little voices or subtitles for what they're really thinking!" Nora cheered.
"I know, right!? It makes the cute videos even cuter!" Neo agreed, the two fist bumping.
"Should we be concerned about this?" Ren asked.
"I'm sure its fine... Until she tries to teach Nora to pickpocket." Pyrrha said.
"Hey, I know you!" Gammoth declared, suspicion and hostility clear in her voice.
"Y-ya do?" An oblivious Tigrex asked, complete with unaware, confused music.
"I'm pretty sure you killed my babies!" Gammoth accused angrily as epic battle music played behind her.
"No, doesn't sound like me." Tigrex denied.
"Yes, you did!" Gammoth insisted furiously.
"Do you have any... any proof?" Tigrex asked as it lowered a dead baby Gammoth off-screen in an attempt to hide it.
"Argh, I'll kill you!" Gammoth declared, enraged.
Everyone was either laughing or struggling to hold back laughter at this. "That was so cheesy and messed up! But at the same time, it was just so good!" Blake giggled.
"Go, Gammoth! Teach that naughty Tigrex a lesson!" Ruby cheered.
"Yes. Naughty. That's the right word for when someone kills someone else's baby, Ruby." Cinder teased her, causing her to blush.
"Show that vicious brute who's boss, Gammoth!" Weiss declared.
"No, Weiss, Tigrex is a FLYING Wyvern, not a Brute Wyvern." Katana corrected with a giggle.
"That's not what I meant and you know it!" Weiss snapped.
"He may focus more on humor than education, but there's no denying Rage is good at both." Glynda admitted.
"And that's essentially all you need to know about Gammoth. She is beautiful. Imagine just seeing her walk past, her footsteps causing vibration quakes through the ground as her immense bulk passes by, parting the snow as you just look up and hope that she does not take offense to your presence. Powerful and gorgeous. What a creature." Rage prepared to wrap up his discussion of Gammoth as a Tigrex was seen dropping on her from above, attempting to bite into her head, but couldn't get past her crest and was grabbed by her trunk and thrown off. "Also, look at Gammoth armor! You become an actual tank! Now that will keep you warm in the snow!" He declared as the bone juggernaut armor from the last episode was shown. He then paused for a moment. "Well, not... I don't know what happened with the female version, but I do love it!" He broke down laughing as the cozy female armor that also appeared last episode was shown.
"Oh, so that's where those armors come from. That makes sense." Penny says.
"I want the girl armor." Neo says.
"It doesn't look like it could protect you from anything." Ironwood said.
"Don't you dare trash talk fashion!" Coco snapped.
"Maybe I should think about more armor." Jaune said, looking down at himself.
"Not a bad idea, but that might be a bit heavy for you." Ren told his friend.
"Now, each of the four has a deviant. A deviant is a member of the species that has gone above and beyond. Either through a random mutation, an unknown environmental factor, living long enough, surviving battles with hunters and they have attained a level of strength that lets them fight Elders. New moves, new intelligence, new tactics and just raw power. Elderfrost Gammoth, then, is the deviant for Gammoth and she becomes ridiculous. Instead of snow armor, well, she uses ice and not just on her legs, but on her trunk, too and not just plain ice, it is spiked ice, letting her cut foes to shreds with the powerful swipes of her trunk. Her snow capabilities are also turned up to eleven, having much more powerful lungs and control over her air flow allows her to take in much more snow and blast it out in a range of new attacks that are just frozen death to those who approach." Rage declared as hunters were then shown fighting an icier looking Gammoth.
"Incredible! The difference between snow and ice makes an incredible difference. I believe that Gammoth would be the perfect monster for me. I could supply it with all the ice and snow it needs! And it could be my stalwart defense." Weiss declared.
"You're already planning on how to effectively fight alongside it. Very good." Winter praised her sister.
"But man, it's crazy to think of an animal you think is peaceful, like an elephant, can go that crazy and hurt people that bad." Ruby said.
"Oh, elephants can do a lot of damage, sis. Especially males when they get their musth." Yang told her sister.
"After that, there's not a huge change. She's bigger, more powerful, generally just stronger in every single way and a lot more aggressive, slightly faster and just essentially, you don't wanna be alone with an Elderfrost Gammoth in a dark, snowy alleyway. Not that I know how that situation would occur, but essentially, deviants are capable of going toe-to-toe with Elder Dragons and as such, most hunters aren't even allowed to go near them because they're gonna die!" Rage finally finished the lesson on deviants and Gammoth.
"Well, well. I could get used to hearing about these deviants." Cinder said.
"They're only a little different from normal members of their species, but they're so much deadlier." Blake said in shock.
"The smallest changes can make all the difference, Miss Belladonna. Such as the mere presence of aura among human and Faunus. To those without it, we appear almost unstoppable." Ozpin reminded his student.
"Alright, then. Ren, pay attention, buddy. This one is yours." Katana told him.
The young ninja perked up a bit at this. "So soon? I wasn't expecting to see what my monster would be until much later." He said, surprised.
"Eh, I like to keep you guessing." Katana said.
"I can't wait to see it! But I'm sure your monster and my Kirin will be best friends like us, Renny!" Nora said excitedly, hugging him.
"So, moving on then, to Mizutsune. Bubble Dragon. The prettiest of the Fated Four and honestly one of the most beautiful monsters known to man. Iridescent shades of pink and purple lining the scaly body, being reflected in the sunlight. His head crest slightly translucent, allowing the light to light it up in just brilliant glow, the graceful movements, the soft aesthetic, it is a beautiful creature and I adore it." Rage explained.
As this was explained, a trio of Felynes were carrying their catch of numerous fish home, when they noticed bubbles everywhere, bumping into each other and tripping, sliding into a gorgeous creature with a slender, eel-like body, fox-like face with whiskers like a catfish, light fish-like scales and pink fin-like protrusions in several places on its body, along with deep purple fur on its chest, underbelly, legs and tail. However, these Felynes interrupted its nap, so it was rather miffed, snarling at them before sliding a circle around them on a soap-like secretion, leaving more of said secretion around the area, making it even more slippy for the poor Felynes, who slid to a stop right in front of it again. It then breathed out a giant bubble that entrapped the three of them, but soon popped and the terrified Felynes ran for the hills, leaving their fish behind.
"It's beautiful!" Velvet said in awe.
"And it makes bubbles!" Ruby said excitedly.
"She loved bubbles as a kid." Qrow explained.
"Me, too." Blake said, blushing as she remembered chasing after and pouncing on the bubbles Ilia or her mom blew for her.
"It looks like it came out of an ancient Mistralian painting." Cinder noted, remembering several pieces of artwork she'd seen in Mistral of serpentine-like dragons.
"Now, Mizutsune is a leviathan, but choosing not to spend much time swimming. Indeed, they like to laze by the riverbanks, enjoying the sun and living the quiet, relaxing life. They're capable, from their skin pores, to produce this slimy substance that essentially acts like soap. They are the living embodiment of a slip and slide." Rage said, chuckling a bit at the joke.
Jaune smiled. "My sisters and I used to love slip and slides when we were younger." Jaune said.
"Constantly secreting soap. At least it's a clean monster." Glynda said in approval.
"Maybe it could help you two... clean up your act!" Yang said to Neo and Cinder, giggling.
"That pun was so bad it made me want to rob a bank and stab a parking attendant." Neo said with a glare.
"I'm almost tempted to stick with Salem now." Cinder agreed.
"Yeah. And, the thing is, outside of their regular jobs at car washes, they're incredibly calm and docile, peaceful creatures. They are, of course, willing to defend themselves with deadly aggression, but they're more than willing to let the aggressor leave at any moment and not pursue the fight. Under normal circumstances, they are certainly a monster you can approach, observe and have a nice little cuddle with and it would not attack unless you struck the first blow and I find that awesome." Rage informed everyone as footage of a hunter with a lance and a Palico facing the aforementioned Mizutsune as it slid and flipped around both majestically and dangerously.
"Wow, they really do sound quite similar to you, Ren." Pyrrha noted.
"Yeah. And the pink and purple are right up your alley." Coco agreed.
"But then... why would hunters have to stab them to death?" Ren questioned.
"So, why are we, indeed, stabbing them to death?" Rage questioned.
Ren widened his eyes in surprise at this, then smiled and blush as a few girls began giggling. Nora gasped. "Ren! Since when can you see the future?!" Nora asked.
"It's more likely he asked the most logical question. Although, the similar wording is quite humorous." Penny noted.
"I would just like an answer. As it stands, there is NO reason to kill such a gorgeous creature." Weiss said angrily. Katana winced at this, knowing there were MANY worse reasons for killing monsters they would hear in the future.
"Well, the thing is, male Mizutsune's during the breeding season go a little bit, um... bat-shit crazy. They rampage around destroying everything and everyone in their path. And that's obviously a problem, so hunters are sent to blue ball them with a little bit of murder. Every Mizutsune that is the official target of a quest is actually male." He explained as a Mizutsune became enraged, its pink, see-through fins now glowing a deep red and its attacks becoming incredibly more fierce.
"That's quite the drastic change." Ironwood said, shocked.
"Well, many animals are known to be far more aggressive during mating season, James. Miss Xiao Long had even mentioned elephants when they're afflicted by their musth." Ozpin explained.
"Nature can be as terrifying as it is fascinating." Winter agreed.
"Reminds me of that old cartoon show that had a joke documentary. 'Damn, wilderness! You creepy!'" Qrow laughed.
"So, despite their limbs being much more developed than other Leviathans and allowing for much stronger, more precise land movement, since they're main diet is fish, they spend most of their time near rivers, head motionless near the surface of the water, waiting for an unfortunate victim to pass underneath and then BAM!" Rage declared as a slap sound was heard. "Blink of an eye, doesn't even have time to register danger. Now, they'll occasionally prey on something larger when they're extra peckish, but it's not common." He added.
"Could it be my monster, too?!" Blake asked excitedly, now picturing Mizutsune snapping fish out of the water for both of them.
"Blake, you can't have a monster just because you eat the same thing." Weiss lectured her.
Neo even leaned over to the heiress. "Be honest, her breath has to be terrible from eating all that fish, right?" She asked in a whisper.
"Yes. I have to stay at least three feet away to have a conversation with her." Weiss admitted, whispering as well.
"I can hear you both. I have four ears. And two of them are cat ears, remember?" Blake questioned, emanating a fearsome aura that caused the heiress and the former mute to jump into Yang's lap, clinging to each other in fear.
"Now, in combat, Mizutsune are as deadly as they are beautiful, able to use the soapy liquid they secrete to move around with ridiculous speed and agility. To stop themselves from over-committing to their slide-y ways, they have curved claws on their front legs. These dig into the ground and act as pivot points to quickly spin 'round and face foes after sliding straight past them and strike them in the back with various body slams and tail hits before they can even react. Mizutsune is very much not afraid to throw its weight around and try and crush foes physically." Rage gave a synopsis of Mizutsune's physical prowess as it was being shown in the footage.
"That looks like it'd be fun if a big monster wasn't trying to kill you." Yang admitted.
"Yeah. It reminds me of me, kind of. I use Crescent Rose to stop myself and turn around quick, too." Ruby said.
"I wonder if I can make use my maiden powers to slide around like that?" Cinder wondered.
"Maybe you should look into this, Coco. You and Yatsuhashi aren't the most mobile on our team." Velvet suggested.
Coco scoffed, but as much as she tried to deny it, she had to admit Velvet had a point. Especially after Katana explained how Mercury and Emerald had beaten them. "MAYBE." Coco said.
"It can also fire high pressure jets of water out of its mouth to cut through opposition, but of course, Mizutsune's signature fighting style is Bubble-Fu. It can fire a huge one out of its mouth that will pop with concussive force upon impact and it uses the purple hairs around its body to stir up the soapy secretion and generate even more bubbles. This slippy surface it creates everywhere completely destabilizes its enemies, causing them to slide uncontrollably all over the place while it can finish them at leisure with its mouth that can unhinge like a snake, growing wide and absolutely shredding into flesh. Its teeth curve backwards to make escape impossible without sacrificing, well... a huge lump of your body. It's quite the devastating combination."The list of Mizutsune's fighting capabilities continued.
"So, it's almost like a snake's bite, the curved teeth hooking in and resistance causing skin to be ripped to shreds." Pyrrha noted.
"High pressure water cutters. They sound nearly as effective as my lasers." Penny said in awe.
"It almost doesn't sound like there's an effective way to fight this creature, up close or at a distance." Glynda said.
"These bubbles can be set as traps, thrown in groups and used as distractions, both defensively and offensively, it is an expert at using these trickier traps to maximum effect. But, of course, its biggest and most potent attack that is guaranteed to succeed is... It can get soap in your eye." Rage finished Mizutsune's vast list of attacks and abilities as a bubble descended from the top of the screen, reaching the center before everything went black and a pop noise was heard, accompanied by a scream.
Ruby, Blake and Nora all winced at this. "Soap in the eye. That used to happen a lot at bath time when I was young. It stung REAL bad." Ruby whimpered.
"Same. I tried to go without bath times for a while, but Ren wouldn't let me." Nora agreed.
"It's unhealthy and you were very smelly." Ren said adamantly.
"I hated bath time and fought with my mother, so I got soap in my eyes a lot." Blake admitted.
"But, my favorite thing about Mizutsune is that it can use the fins that are surrounding its body and adorning its head that glow a beautiful crimson when it's enraged as the blood rushes and heats to actually sense any slight movement and vibration in its soapy secretion, much like a spider in her web that can sense the slightest disturbance, Mizutsune knows where you are without even looking at you if you are touching any of his slip and slide fun. That is a pretty damned incredible adaptation." Rage informed as a Mizutsune was shown sleeping at night, large bubbles around it, before they were popped by some strange bugs, Mizutsune waking up to see a bulky and intimidating wolf-like creature approaching it, to which it growled and swiped its tail to spread its soapy liquid, before dodging a pounce from the beast, who slipped on the soap as it landed. Every time it tried to attack, Mizutsune dodged and it slipped.
"What is that?! It's so cool!" Neo said excitedly.
"I would likely to have that as my monster." Cinder said.
"I actually agree. It looks like a symbol of strength, as well as pride." Ironwood explained.
"Yeah. Lots of pride there while it's slipping on bubbles." Qrow chuckled.
"It is quite impressive, though. The new creature's larger, bulkier frame would suggest its heavier and stronger than Mizutsune and would win head-to-head, but yet Mizutsune is using its bubbles as if it's toying with it." Glynda said.
"Katana? May we have the name of 'it', please?" Ozpin asked.
"You'll see it more later, but I guess telling you the name won't hurt: Zinogre." Katana told them, a chill running down their spines from the intimidating name.
"Now, they are found in very much forest-y, watery areas, anywhere that's good for their primary food source. And the one thing they really have going for them is their theme song." Rage declared, before some slow, upbeat music began playing and he began to sing. "~Everybody was slip and sliding~! ~Oh, bubbles had me dying~! ~It was so clean and frightening~!" He sang, before the sound of a record scratching could be heard. "Wait, that's not- that's the wrong one, I don't know how that got in there. I meant this." He corrected himself and suddenly, more intense, fast-paced Mistralian music could be heard.
Everyone chuckled at this. "Both songs sounded really cool." Jaune said.
"The first one was almost something I could dance to and enjoy, but that second song was truly intense and gripping." Weiss agreed.
"Oh, I love that music! So, Mizutsune's deviant, then, is the Soulseer. Blinded in combat, it turns up its soap sense to eleven, essentially becoming soapy Daredevil. It can use its soapy secretions to paint such a vivid picture of the world around it that it's actually better at interacting with its environment than a normal Mizutsune." The lesson on the deviant began as a larger, darker Mizutsune with one eye seemingly alight with blue flames was shown attacking far more furiously than the ones previously shown, even releasing blue bubbles that appeared to be made of fire and that exploded upon contacting the ground.
They all felt bad for the creature losing its sight, but were shocked at how it was able to work around it. "Truly impressive. It goes to show that no matter where you look in nature, life always finds away to thrive and continue, even through the greatest of hardships." Ozpin said.
"I agree. It's determination is incredible. I don't think I could go on if I lost my eyesight." Pyrrha said.
"I'd be there for you, Pyrrha." Jaune told her.
"We all would." Ren added, all their friends voicing their support as well.
"You are all aware Atlas is capable of replacing damaged eyes, correct? And we'd certainly do so for the Invincible Girl. Pumpkin Pete alone would likely demand we did so if you lost your eyes." Winter told them.
"But, who's Daredevil?" Ruby asked.
"A superhero from the Marvel Universe. He saved an old guy who was gonna get hit by a car, an accident happened and a truck spilled toxic chemicals on his eyes, blinding him. But the rest of his senses, hearing especially, went up to eleven, so he's better than he ever was without his eyes. And before you ask, yes: he had a movie, but we won't be watching it. It was very poorly received. He also has a TV show that's technically connected to the MCU. But we won't watch that, either, or it'd probably take a year to get you guys home." Katana said, looking to the 4th wall. "And if anyone wants to see them watch it, they can write it themselves." She declared resolutely. [1]
"Much deadlier, faster, stronger in combat, much more precise, able to so accurately detect where everything is around it by turning the very ground into its senses. It's really quite badass. So, it has the usual physical upgrade in all categories the deviants have, but one of the coolest things about the Soulseer is that thanks to feeding on Burst Arowana, which are fish that explode open as you cut into them, it can add an explosive effect to its bubbles. They're now tinted blue and will, well... EXPLODE. And then one final note is that from its blind eyes, water vapor will leak when its angry, giving it this ghostly, terrifying, ethereal visage, which I adore." The discussion finally ended on the bubble dragon.
"That is really cool." Yang admitted.
"I want explodey bubbles, too!" Nora cried out.
"Fish that explode. I'll have nightmares for days..." Blake said, horrified, picturing herself eating a fish and blowing up.
"Wow. Mizutsune really is just like Ren in a lot of ways." Jaune said, surprised.
"Indeed. Nora may have some competition as Ren's best friend if and when he gets his Mizutsune." Pyrrha agreed.
"It could never replace the years of friendship we've forged together! Right, Ren? RIGHT!?" Nora asked, calmly at first, but getting more and more hostile, until she was right in his face, glaring death into his eyes.
"Yes, of course, Nora! You're amazing and you'll always be my best friend!" He told her.
"Ooh, I bet if you had a tub big enough, Mizutsune would be great to take a bath with!" Ruby said, giggling at the thought of taking a bath with the leviathan.
"It would be nice to interact with a Mizutsune, but I worry it's secretion may get under my skin and ruin my electronics." Penny said nervously.
"Speaking of electronics, it's time we continue. But be warned, my friends, these two are quite a bit more hardcore than the first two." Katana warned them.
A/N: Thank you all so much for reading, I hope you enjoyed this.
But, I've recently had a discussion with a friend of mine and another reviewer, who agree we need more series like these where people learn the lore of other universes. So, I make another challenge here and now, for someone to have Class 1-A reacting to Monster Hunter. I'll even help by giving the transcripts for the episodes I've done, so for those first few episodes, you basically get freebies, just needing to make the reactions. But still, the choice is yours.
[1] Sorry if that was harsh, but I'm not doing any of the Defenders shows. I loved them all, but with everything else, I just have no more time for any other stories. So, if you want them reacting to Daredevil, Jessica Jones, etc. you'll have to do it yourself. That's the whole reason this story exists, I was done waiting for someone else to continue their story, so I wrote my own.
Thank you for reading and I hope you look forward to the next chapter.