Hello again, guys! As I said last time, this will be my last chapter for the year and I'll see all of you on January 9 2023! This is because I'll be taking a Christmas vacation to end the year. Before I get to the chapter though, I just have an announcement.
While this is the last chapter for this fic that I'll post for the year, I do have one last thing that I'll post for 2022! It is a Christmas themed one-shot that will focus on Spider-Man, and it'll be released in a few days to celebrate the anniversary of Spider-Man: No Way Home! It's called No Place Like Home, and I just wanted to let you guys know in case any of you want to read it. It's not RWBY related and just a self-contained MCU one-shot, but if you do read it, I hope you enjoy it as well!
Anyways, for this week, I'll be covering Pulp Fiction! It's two specific scenes that when connected make a funny moment. While I consider this chapter more comedic and less focused on making the characters think, the humor may be a bit darker, especially if you've watched the film (or the scene that the title insinuates).
Since the scenes are somewhat out of order - I'll mention the scenes of the movie from YouTube Videos. The two videos that show it are called (if you search it up): Pulp Fiction: Apartment Scene Complete Edit, AND Pulp Fiction Car Shot Cleaning Car Scene - Drama Association Monologue.
At the same time, hopefully this chapter is better than the last one. I know there were lots of reviews and praise, probably because it covered a Coeur story, but I think there was still a lot to be improved upon. I'll admit, sometimes I forget about characters and end up not focusing on them for a chapter or two until I remember, like Raven last chapter or Adam for the last few lol. Sometimes though, I just think there's no need for them to react to that. I'll try to change that though.
Anyways, on with the chapter!
Btw, I might need to switch the rating to M after this lol
I DO NOT OWN RWBY OR ANY OF THE SOURCES THAT I WILL HAVE THE CHARACTERS REACT TO. That being said, all of that is implied since it's fanfiction.
Path of the Righteous Man (PULP FICTION)
"Verse?" Raven asked. [1]
"Oh right. It's short for universe." Chrono clarified. "Anyways, this 'verse has some humor in it! Though it's a…peculiar type."
"Strange how?" Ruby asked.
"It's dark humor."
"Oh."
Blake scoffed. "Tch. Dark Humor always just means racism…"
"Oh no worries. It's not THAT type of dark humor, I mean a more macabre type."
"Oh goody…" Weiss stated.
"Oh goody!" Tyrian exclaimed.
Chrono began the video.
The screen springs to life to show three young men in an apartment. Two of them are sitting at a table with hamburgers, french fries and soda pops laid out. Another is sitting on the couch near the table and eating a burger already. They are Marvin, a young black man, Roger, a young blond-haired surfer kid with a "Flock of Seagulls" haircut, and Brett, a white, preppy-looking sort with a blow-dry haircut.
When a knock is heard on the door, Marvin heads to the door and flips the bolt, opening it. At the door are two men, one of them with a beard, afro, and dark-skinned (Jules), and the other with pale skin, and long hair (Vincent).
"Huh, funny how the person most excited is the main focus of this video," Watts mused.
"Me? In a universe with macabre humor? YES!" Tyrian cheered.
"Yeah, yeah, we get it. You're happy." Adam growled, whilst covering his ears.
"Oh great, the psycho killer is the focus…" Yang stated.
"I wonder what's going to be SO funny!" Sun added sarcastically.
The two men, Jules and Vincent, stroll inside, as Jules greets them. Marvin goes to the corner of the apartment, near the entrance.
"Hey kids," Jules says amicably, as he closes the door behind him. "How you boys doin'?"
The three young caught-off-guard. Vincent and Jules take in the place, and as Roger tries to get up from the couch, Jules goes up to him and gestures with his hand in a placating manner.
"Hey, keep chillin'!" As Jules gestures for Roger to put his entire body back on the couch, Roger does so in an uneasy look on his face.
"Well this doesn't seem good. Based on what Chrono said, I guess they're gonna do something, but why?" Jaune asked.
"They're probably hitmen. Hired killers, or something like that. Perhaps they work for the mob." Roman added. When Jaune gave him a look, he shrugged. "Hey, you know me! I'm in criminal circles after all!"
"But why would they go after three random inconspicuous people?"
"Maybe they're not as inconspicuous as they look. Maybe they did something they shouldn't have and the scorpion's there to send a message in response." Roman answered.
Jules gives an okay sign with his hand in response. "Do you know who we are?" Jules asks.
Brett looks apprehensive, and therefore doesn't answer, and holds his breath.
"We're associates of your business partner Marsellus Wallace. You DO remember your business partner dont'ya?"
There is no answer.
"Well that sounds good!" Mercury snarked before laughing. "Ha ha…they're screwed."
"Now I'm gonna take a wild guess here…" Jules says ad he puts his hand to his mouth as if thinking, before pointing to the man at the table. "You're Brett, right?"
Brett, after a second, nods. "Yeah."
"I thought so. Well, you remember your business partner Marsellus Wallace, dont'ya Brett?"
"...Yeah, I remember him."
"Good!" Jules replies, as Vincent goes ahead to the kitchen at the back.
"Oooh. He's going to the back. Cutting off any escape?" Russel said.
"What, from the kitchen? Where would they go? It's an apartment!" Cardin exclaimed.
"Well there's a window by the fridge. Maybe they can break through it!"
"You've been watching too many films, dude. It's harder than it looks for a civvie to break open a glass window." [2]
"Looks like me and Vincent caught you at breakfast, sorry 'bout that. What'cha eatin'?"
"...Hamburgers."
"Hamburgers! The cornerstone of any nutritious breakfast." Jules says in a friendly tone. "What kinda hamburgers?"
"Um, uh… Ch-Cheeseburgers."
"No-no-no, where'd did you get'em? McDonald's, Wendy's, Jack-in-the-Box, where?
"Uh…" Brett starts before pointing to the bag on the table, which says… "Big Kahuna Burger." Brett finished.
"McDonalds? Wendy's? What are those?" Nora asked.
"I guess they're Burger Joints that exist back in that universe." Ren answered.
"Kahuna? Isn't that the name of that wise man back in Menagerie?" Ilia asked Adam.
"You mean Rafiki Kahuna? Yeah. He's a veteran of the Faunus War. He doesn't think the White Fang are helping in anything however." And as much as I hate to admit it, perhaps he might be right…what did he always say to me? 'The past can hurt. But the way I see it, you can either run from it or learn from it.'...maybe I've learnt the wrong things… [3]
"Big Kahuna Burger! That's that Hawaiian burger joint. I heard they got some tasty burgers! I ain't never had one myself, how are they?"
"They're good."
"Mind if I try one of yours?" Jules asked.
Brett nodded his head slightly.
With that response, Jules went to eat one of the burgers. "This is yours here, right?" He asked, pointing towards the unfinished burger nearest to Brett on the table.
"Yeah." Brett answered as he gestured to it. Jules grabs the burger and takes a bite of it.
"...Eating a burger that someone's already eaten? Let alone a stranger?" Velvet said with a scrunched up nose. It was clear she thought it was disgusting.
"It's a power move. It says 'yeah, I'm gonna take your food and you're not gonna do anything about it since I'M the one in control here!'" Neptune said.
"Yeah, sure. Or it's just that he's hungry." Coco replied simply.
"...Nah, I'm pretty sure I'm right."
"Uuummmm…" Jules starts as he finds the burger delicious. "This IS a tasty burger!" Now talking to Vincent, Jules continues. "Vincent, you ever had a Big Kahuna Burger?"
Vincent shakes his head in response.
Jules holds out the Big Kahuna. "You wanna bite? They're real tasty!"
Vincent shakes his head again, as he puts a cigarette in his mouth. "I ain't hungry."
As this is happening, Brett is seen still being uneasy while sitting at the table.
"Well, if you like hamburgers give 'em a try sometime." Jules replied back to Vincent.
Now going back to the three (other) men in the room, Jules continues to speak to them. "Me, I can't usually eat 'em 'cause my girlfriend's a vegetarian, which pretty much makes me a vegetarian." Jules savors the taste and lets out a sound of satisfaction. "But I sure love the taste of a good burger. Ummm!"
"Is that true? That if the person you're with is Vegan, you have to be as well?" Ruby asked.
"Well, a relationship is about compromise. If you're not willing to give up some things, then it shows that you may not respect their wishes, for example." Yang explained whilst briefly looking at Raven.
"Oh. That makes sense." Ruby thought.
Raven saw Yang's look and frowned. She's wrong. She thought, shaking her head. You give 'em an inch and they'll take a mile. That's the way of the world.
Asking Brett, Jules poses a question whilst pointing to him. "You know what they call a Quarter Pounder with Cheese in France?"
Shaking his head, Brett answers. "No."
"Tell 'em, Vincent!"
"Royale with Cheese," VIncent tells them.
"Royale with Cheese, you know why they call it that?" Jules asks again with a smile.
"Uh...Because of the metric system?" Brett states whilst putting his arms up for a second.
Jules looks at Brett in astonishment. "Check out the big brain on Brett! You'a smart motherfucker, that's right! The metric system."
"The metric system?" Weiss thought. [4]
"I have no idea what system that is to be exact, but the idea of another measuring system is very interesting! In fact, many kingdoms had different measuring systems in the past, but the Great War ensured that every Kingdom would get closer with one another, and the Valean System with inches and miles were adopted instead! Oh how fascinating…" Oobleck stated.
Putting down the burger, Jules points to a fast food drink cup on the table. "What's in this?"
"Sprite."
"Sprite? Good! Mind if I have some of your tasty beverage to wash this down with?"
Brett gestures to the drink. "Go right ahead."
Jules grabs the cup and proceeds to drink the entire cup, all whilst looking at Brett without blinking. When the cup is finished, he puts the cup back on the table."Ah. That hit the spot!"
"Is that another power move, Nep?" Coco asked sarcastically.
Neptune didn't notice. "It has to be! You saw he looked at him without blinking? It was to intimidate him! And plus, there's nothing more disrespectful than a person asking for sip, and drinking it all!"
"Dude, I already apologized for that!" Sun exclaimed.
Coco rolled her eyes. Kali, hearing the conversation with her ears, tittered at Neptune's obliviousness. "He can't get the hint!" She said to Ghira with a chuckle. Ghira smiled back, happy to see her happy.
Patting his hands to clean them of crumbs, he goes up to Roger and speaks to him. "You, Flock of Seagulls, you know what we're here for?"
Roger nods his head to essentially state "Yes."
"Then why don't you tell my man here Vince, where you got the shit hid."
Marvin, not being able to take the tension anymore, answers instead and points toward the back. "It's over there-"
However, this makes Jules lose his friendly demeanor in an instant. "I DON'T REMEMBER ASKIN' YOU A GODDAMN THING!" He exclaims in an angry manner, whilst glaring at Marvin.
Marvin, still near the door, puts down his hand in fear.
Many in the cinema like Jaune, Nora, and Ruby winced at the sudden change in volume.
"Eeek!" Ruby squeaked out, before blushing in embarrassment.
"Damn. That escalated quickly." Mercury stated.
"Heh. He's a funny guy!" Roman declared, pointing at Jules. Neo wrote down something and gave it to Roman, who let out a chuckle. "You're right, Neo. He WOULD be a great part of the team! He's got style too! Most of the mooks we hire from Junior's can't wear suits as good as him!"
Apart from Ruby and the others, Tyrian also finally got excited. He had been so bored that his character was not doing any violent things but rather letting the other man talk. Where is the torture? The stabbing? The killing?!
Going back to speaking to Roger but still glaring at Marvin, he speaks more quietly. "You were sayin'?"
"It's in the cupboard," Roger responds.
Vincent, in the kitchen, goes to the cupboard at the top and opens it up. However, Roger speaks up. "N-no, the one near your knees." As this is happening, Brett is seen in the foreground rubbing his face and looking down in worry.
Vincent then looks in the cupboard below him, opens it, and rummages through the contents. As this is happening, the faces of Roger and Jules are shown as well, with Roger being worried as well and Jules going from looking at Marvin to looking towards the kitchen.
Eventually, Vincent finds it and pulls out a black snap briefcase. Vincent puts in the code for the lock, and opens the case. What's inside cannot be seen, but a small glow emits from the case. Vincent just stares at it, transfixed.
"Awww! Why isn't it showing us?" Nora said.
"Maybe it wants to keep us in suspense?" Ren replied.
"Well it's working! I want to know why it's so shiny!" Nora gasped. "Maybe it's a soul, Renny!" [5]
Ren sighed. "Nora, you can't put a soul in a suitcase!"
Nora pouted. "Maybe with a semblance you can…"
"We happy?" Jules asks.
No answer from the transfixed Vincent. He takes the cigarette out of his mouth whilst looking at it still.
"Vincent!"
Vincent looks up at Jules.
"We happy?" Jules repeats.
Vincent responds. "Yeah, we happy!" He then closes the case with a sigh of relief.
"I would too if I had a suitcase full of shiny stuff as well." Emerald said with a shrug.
"I bet you'd sell it immediately for cash," Roman said, before continuing when Emerald was about to respond. "Or give it to your master!" He jeered.
Emerald glared at the Thief but didn't respond. Ugh! I hate it when he's right.
"Roman. That's enough." Cinder said.
Roman smiled at her, and then made a zipping motion with his finger to his lip.
Emerald smirked at him, before glancing at Cinder with a thankful smile. Unfortunately, Cinder didn't look back at her.
So Roman is working FOR Cinder, and not with her it seems…Ozpin thought.
As Vincent begins to walk back to them, Brett begins to speak to Jules. "Look, I'm sorry, I-uh, I didn't get your name? I got yours, uh, Vincent, right?" Brett states as he briefly points to Vincent before going back to Jules. "But I never got yours-"
"My name's Pitt, and you ain't talkin' your ass outta this shit." Jules replied.
"You wanna bet that Pitt isn't his name?" Taiyang said to Qrow.
"Quit it," he growled. "You know I always lose."
Tai let out a chuckle. "Damn, you usually do it when you're drunk!"
"Well fortunately for me, I'm not." Qrow said before taking a swig of his flask.
Brett doesn't respond for a brief second in shock, before speaking again. He starts to get up whilst doing so. "I just want you to know how-"
Jules gestures for Brett to sit back down. Brett does so, putting up his hand to try and placate Jules, not wanting to anger him.
"I just want you to know how sorry we are th-that things got so fucked up with us an-and Mr. Wallace!" Brett said.
Jules nodded his head in understanding
"W-w-e got into this thing with the best intentions, really, I never th-"
As Brett continues to talk, Jules takes out his gun and shoots an unprepared Roger in the chest, killing him, and shocking Brett out of speaking.
Jules looks at Brett, unimpressed. "Oh, I'm sorry. Did that break your concentration?"
Most of the audience weren't even shocked. After all, Chrono had told them of the dark humor. However, the only people really laughing were the criminals and the killers.
"Hahahaha! My goodness! I am definitely stealing that!" Roman said in response to Jules' snark.
"You won't as long as I have hold of you." Ironwood growled.
"Well I'll just pay bail then!"
"There is no bail."
"Oh."
Tyrian cheered at the shot. "Woo hoo! Yeah!"
Cinder rolled her eyes at his predictability.
Ruby shook her head at Jules' word. How could he crack jokes like that?
Jaune thought the same thing, and clenched his fists in anger. Pyrrha patted him in the back. "I feel the same way."
Brett can't say a word. He's whimpering in his chair.
"I didn't mean to do that. Please, continue. I believe you were saying something about "best intentions?
When Brett doesn't respond, Jules speaks again. "Oh whatsamatter? Oh, you were finished! Oh well, allow me to retort!"
As Brett begins to hyperventilate, Jules asks him yet another question.
"What does Marsellus Wallace look like?"
"So that's why he did it. He knew he was full of crap." Adam said.
"Your grasp of the obvious is inspiring. What great insight from the leader of the White Fang!" Mercury jeered.
Adam just gave a deadpan stare at Mercury, not even bothering to rise to the bait.
"Tch. Whatever then." Mercury scoffed in response.
What does that question have to do with anything? Blake thought.
"Wh-wha…What?"
Jules snaps, savagely flipping the table over, removing the only barrier between himself and Brett. Brett now sits in a lone chair before Jules like a political prisoner in front of an interrogator.
"What country you from!" Jules exclaimed.
Now even more petrified, Brett only repeats himself. "Wh-wha…What?"
"What" ain't no country I ever heard of! They speak English in "What?"
Still extremely scared, Brett repeats himself again. "What?"
Now even more angry, Jules speaks up again. "English, motherfucker! Can you speak it?"
"Yes!"
"So even in this universe, Basic is called English." Oobleck noted.
"It's going to be called that in many other things we'll be watching in the future as well, Doctor." The host added.
"That's good to know."
"Then you understand what I'm sayin'?"
"Yes! Yes!"
Jules poses his question again, in a loud manner. "DESCRIBE WHAT MARSELLUS WALLACE LOOKS LIKE!"
"Wh-What? I-"
Jules takes his gun and points it at Brett.
"Say "What" again! Say "What" again! I dare ya, I double dare ya motherfucker, say "What" one more goddamn time!" Jules shouts at the petrified man.
Tyrian was laughing maniacally at Brett's expression of fear. He only wished his character could be doing it instead.
"He's torturing the poor kid." Taiyang said with a sigh. "Of course he's going to say what several times, he's confused and scared."
"That's what thugs do." Qrow growled.
Not wanting to get shot, Brett does his best to describe what Marsellus Wallace looks like.
"Well he's... he's... black–"
"Go on!" Jules exclaims.
"…and he's... he's... bald–"
"Does he look like a bitch?!" Jules asks.
Without thinking, Brett makes a massive mistake. "What?"
"Oof. Tough luck there, Bud…" Yang said apologetically.
"RIP." Coco said, putting down her beret by her chest to mimic paying her respects.
"Not yet, the guy probably still has some questions for him. He'll probably just shoot him in a non-fatal area, ya know." Neptune pointed out.
Many in the audience just stared at him.
"Yeah, that makes it so much better, Nep! Thanks for telling us! And I'm being sarcastic as well, by the way!" Sun exclaimed.
In response to the mistake, Jules simply lowers the gun to Brett's shoulder, and shoots him there.
Brett screams in pain. "AGHHH! UGH!"
"DOES. HE. LOOK. LIKE A BITCH?!"
In agony, Brett shouts out his answer. "NOOOOOOO!"
Now satisfied with the answer, Jules lowers his voice. "Then why did you try to fuck 'im like a bitch then, Brett?"
"I-I didn't!"
"Damn! That's a good line too!" Roman said. "Write that down, Neo!"
Neo scribbled something furiously on the notepad she was using to communicate with Roman, before giving to him.
Roman, now satisfied with having the lines, look at the notepad to remember the-
"NEO! WHY YOU WRITE DOWN THE WORDS 'THAT DOWN'?"
Neo quietly snickered, whilst the people next to Roman, mostly Ilia, Emerald and Mercury began to howl with laughter at his response. Even Adam let out some chuckles.
As Brett and Jules are still speaking, the scene changes to show the bathroom of the apartment. In the bathroom, a man is hiding near the toilet, listening to Jules while holding a large magnum revolver.
The man looks petrified as well and is holding the gun in a shaky manner, but before anymore can be seen of him, the scene switches back to Jules.
"Yes ya did Brett. Ya tried ta fuck 'im. And Marsellus Wallace don't like to be fucked by anybody except Mrs Wallace!" Jules replies to a whimpering Brett who tries to say 'no' in response.
"Oh! Maybe he can save the day!" Jaune said.
"Come on, VB…knowing what we've watched already, it's probably not happening…" Yang replied simply.
"Well…I still believe in him. You can do it, Bathroom Guy!"
"Yeah! Go Bathroom Guy!" Nora cheered.
Yang snorted in amusement before shrugging. "Eh, why not? Come on, Bathroom Guy! Mess that dude up!"
As Brett continues to whimper in fear and pain, Jules asks yet another question. "You ever read the Bible, Brett?"
"Y-Yes!" He exclaims in pain. As he answers, Vincent can be seen behind him putting out his cigarette.
With the answer, Jules begins to speak again. "Well there's a passage I got memorized, seems appropriate for this situation: Ezekiel 25:17."
As Jules is saying this, the scene switches back to the man in the bathroom, now seemingly gathering up the courage to go out.
"Bible?" Oobleck asked, his interest piqued again by an unfamiliar word.
"A word for the major scriptures of the Religion of Christianity in this case."
Oobleck's eyes sparkled at the thought of learning the culture and philosophy of another world through religious scriptures. "How fascinating…"
Chrono threw him a notebook. Oobleck caught it but was bewildered. He gave Chrono a look.
The host let out a sigh before answering. "You might as well use it to copy down anything you find interesting."
"Oh, of course! How could I forget to do something simple like that? Thank you!"
"No worries."
"The path of the righteous man is beset on all sides by the inequities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men." Jules starts as the man in the bathroom begins to slide towards the door, listening in on Jules.
As Jules continues, Vincent goes closer to Brett, and brings out a gun from his pocket, and cocks it.
"Blessed is he who, in the name of charity and good will, shepherds the weak through the valley of darkness for he is truly his brother's keeper and the finder of lost children."
Jules begins to pace in front of Brett. The man in the bathroom looks confused at what Jules is saying. And Brett begins to scream in pain and fear.
"I guess the dude's thrown off by one of the Brother's Witnesses having a seminar, right outside the bathroom, amirite?" Qrow said, getting a chuckle out of Yang and Ruby. Taiyang chuckled too, but for a different reason.
"It's sermon, you idiot."
"Wha?"
"It's sermon! Not seminar! Are you SURE you're not drunk?"
Qrow let out a groan. "Oh give me a break, dude. I messed up one word."
Taiyang didn't and continued to chuckle at him. Ruby and Yang heard Tai as well, and began to laugh at Qrow's expense, rather than his joke, much to his chagrin.
Continuing the passage, Jules begins to glare at Brett. "And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger those who attempt to poison and destroy my brothers!
"AND YOU WILL KNOW MY NAME IS THE LORD…" Jules states as he finally points his gun back at Brett.
"...when I lay my vengeance upon thee."
"It's actually an interesting scripture." Glynda admitted, surprised by the text that Jules was reciting. "With mentions of the valley of darkness, it can apply to Remnant as well."
"Indeed. Too bad it's undercut by him threatening to kill poor Brett." Ozpin replied.
"Of course. And in all honesty, he's probably just quoting it because it sounds cool." Glynda added, with a rolling of eyes. [6]
"Are you speaking from experience?"
"If by experience, you mean experienced students say seemingly profound stuff only to not understand it and just say it because they found it 'awesome' or 'rad', then yes." Glynda stated with gestures to emphasize.
Ozpin let out a chuckle at that. "Well they're kids after all."
"THAT man isn't." Glynda grumbled.
Brett lets out a scream of fear, before Jules and Vincent unload their guns at the same time on the sitting Brett. With this, Vince and Jules execute Brett. The man in the bathroom jumps a little in horror. Marvin screams and sinks to the floor.
"Yes! Riddle him with holes! Let him suffer! Haha!" Tyrian exclaimed with glee.
"Yeesh. Talk about overkill…" Mercury said.
Raven just shook her head at Brett's pathetic screaming before dying. Tch. What can you expect from a civvie though…
"Well they just used their bullets. Maybe the guy in the bathroom can get them now!" Jaune simply pointed out.
When the dust clears, Marvin is heard uttering to himself. "I'm fucked. I'm fucked."
As he continues to utter, Vincent talks to Jules. "Is he a friend of yours?"
"Him? Oh, Vincent, Marvin. Marvin, Vincent." Jules says, trying to introduce the two to each other, despite Marvin being too scared to pay attention.
"Alright. Better tell him to shut the fuck up. He's getting on my nerves." Vincent states simply.
"Marvin. Marvin. MARVIN!"
Marvin stops muttering and looks at Jules and Vincent, who are now standing in front of him.
"I'd knock that shit off if I was you." Jules pointed out the man.
"Wait, they were friends the entire time?" Jaune asked, confused.
"I wouldn't say friends, it's more likely that Marv was an informant or something like that. Acquaintances, rather than friends." Roman explained.
"That makes sense. Otherwise, he wouldn't be so scared."
The bathroom door opens. The man in bathroom comes out and opens fire. " Die, you motherfuckers! Die!"
The man shoots several times before the magnum starts clicking. The man forms an expression of shock. He missed every single shot. Vincent and Jules are unharmed. They examine themselves and glances at each other calmly. They turn to the man, aim their weapons, and shoot him in the chest several more times. The man falls to the ground, now dead as well and riddled with holes.
Ruby blinked at the screen in surprise. Weiss left her left eye twitched. Yang's mouth gaped open in surprise. Blake slapped her forehead in disbelief. Afterwards, they all exclaimed out the same thing, at the same time. And they weren't the only ones.
"HOW?"
Meanwhile, Mercury burst out laughing. "Ah man! Civvies with guns kill me, man!"
Emerald snorted in amusement. "They always think guns are easy to control. It's actually very easy to miss a person right in front of you."
"Yeah but you'd think he'd get at least ONE shot in!" Mercury replied with a chuckle.
"I guess he wasn't righteous, and so he didn't get the blessing of good aim." Emerald quipped.
Mercury made a mock gasp. "You're able to make jokes! Well I'll be!"
"Knock it off." Emerald growled slightly, before both teens burst into laughter.
Cinder raised their eyes, but she found it good that her two minions weren't at each other's throats for once. Perhaps I should force them to bond like this in the dorms, in order to stop bickering…
They lower their guns, and let out a sigh of relief. Vincent goes to Marvin, who is still in the corner.
Vincent kneels down to face Marvin. "Why the fuck didn't you tell us somebody was in the bathroom?"
Marvin tries to answer, but Vincent continues.
"Slip your mind? You forget someone was in there with a goddamn hand-cannon?"
Jules speaks up, still looking at the dead man and his gun. "You see the size of that gun he fired at us? It's bigger than him. "
Roman chuckled at the remark before turning to Neo. "You remember some of Junior's men saying something similar about Red?"
Neo nodded in response.
"'Boss, she was carrying a scythe twice the size of her body! She was a freak! How could we beat her!'" Roman said, mimicking the voice of the mook.
Neo whispered something to him, which made the thief's eyes widened.
"Wait, that was the one who got kicked out the window BEFORE she equipped the scythe? OH, THAT'S JUST GOLD!" Roman laughed.
Ruby was confused. "I thought you'd be mad that I beat your men…"
"Oh I was! But in this business, you can't take stuff too personally. And besides, I got what I paid for."
Jules then turns around to the bullet-riddled wall. "We should be fucking dead, man."
"I know. We was lucky. "
"No, no, no, no. That shit wasn't luck."
"Yeah, maybe." Vincent states whilst still kneeling down near Marvin.
Jules points towards the wall with his gun. "This was divine intervention. You know what divine intervention is?"
Vincent turns to Jules. "I think so. That means that God came down from Heaven and stopped the bullets."
"That's right!" Jules states, as Vincent nods. "That's exactly what it means! God came down from Heaven and stopped these motherfucking bullets."
"I mean…it's possible for a person to completely miss it if they're bad enough. Or inexperienced enough." Ilia mentioned.
"Like some of our recruits…" Adam said with a groan. He then rubbed his forehead in frustration. If only I had more time to train them. And Cinder doesn't even care, she just wants them as bodies for some attack…but then again, what does that make me, for agreeing to her deal?"
Looking unconvinced however, Vincent stands up. "I think it's time for us to leave, Jules."
However, this annoys Jules. "Don't do that. Don't fucking blow this shit off. What just happened here was a fucking miracle!"
"Chill, Jules. This shit happens."
"Wrong. Wrong! This shit doesn't just happen."
"Do you want to continue this theological discussion in a car or in a jailhouse with the cops?" Vincent asks.
"We should be fucking dead, my friend!" Jules exclaims. Vincent lets out a sigh of exasperation as Jules continues. "What happened here was a miracle and I want you to fucking acknowledge it!"
"All right, it was a miracle." Vincent concedes. "Can we go now?"
"Ironic that the man in here who considers Salem to be a Goddess isn't very big on divine intervention in this video, huh?" Qrow joked to Ozpin.
Ozpin cracked a smile. "Quite."
Satisfied with the answer, Jules takes one last look at the bullet-riddled wall before he puts away his gun as Vincent opens the door.
Before Jules leaves to follow Vincent however, he notices Marvin still on the floor. "Let's go, man! Come on." Jules states. [7]
Marvin gets up and runs out of the door quickly.
"Shit." Jules states as he also then leaves and closes the door. The screen goes black.
"Oh. Is that it?" Kali asked. "Seems a bit short."
"Ah crap. Let me fix this - there should be a bit more." Chrono fiddled with some remote before the screen began to play more content.
"There we go!"
The screen springs back to life, with the scene having been switched to Jules, Vincent, and Marvin in a car. Jules is driving, Marvin is in the backseat, and Vincent is in the front passenger seat. As they are driving, Vincent is talking to Jules.
"You ever seen that show "Cops"? I was watching it one time, and there was this cop on and he was talking about…about this gunfight he had in a hallway with this guy, right? And he just unloaded on this guy and nothing happened. He didn't hit nothing. OK? It was just him and this guy. I mean, you know, it's freaky, but it happens."
It seemed that Jules was trying to explain how what had happened earlier was not really a miracle but a freak occurrence.
Blake scoffed. "That's cops for you. Always being unreliable."
"Blake I know you're a faunus, and cops tend to be rough with them, but it's not like every cop is bad!" Ruby defended.
"It's not just that! They weren't doing anything with the White Fang either!" [8]
Jules was not convinced. "Look, you want to play blind man, go walk with the shepherd, but me, my eyes are wide fucking open."
Vincent lets out a scoff. "What the fuck does that mean?"
"It means that's it for me. From here on in, you can consider my ass retired."
"Jesus Christ…" Vincent says in disbelief.
"Don't blaspheme."
"..Goddamn it, Jules."
"I said don't do that!"
Qrow was about to speak, but Ozpin beat him to the punch. "And it's ironic that the stone-cold killer believes in religion, right?"
"While that's true," Qrow replied, "I was gonna say that he kinda reminds me of my old man."
"Oh?" Ozpin said, genuinely intrigued. While he was aware of the Branwen Tribe's old leaders, he didn't exactly know them on a personal level, and Qrow and Raven didn't really like to talk about their past.
"Well, he was a very religious man as well, and so he thought my semblance was a curse from the Gods, which is why the tribe always shunned me." Qrow admitted quietly with a bitter tone.
"I see. Well, you're in a better place now. And fighting for better things."
"I know." Qrow said with a smile.
Raven scowled at Ozpin's conversation with her brother, but she also felt a pang of guilt as well.
"You know, Why are you fucking freaking out on us?" Vincent asked Jules, being done with how Jules was acting.
"Look, I'm telling Marsellus today. I'm through."
"Well why don't you tell him at the same time why?"
"Don't worry. I will." Jules replied.
"Yeah, and I'll bet you $10,000, he laughs his ass off!"
"I don't give a damn if he does!"
"Wow. He's really gonna retire?" Sage said.
"I mean, a lot of people are superstitious, after all." Neptune stated.
"Yeah, like how you get all superstitious when we're on a boat!" Scarlet joked.
"I don't want to risk anything!"
"Tch. Marvin, what do you make of all this?" Vincent asked Marvin, who was silent.
"Man, I don't even have an opinion."
Shocked at Marvin's response, Vincent turns around with his gun still in his hand.
"Well, you got to have an opinion!" Vincent exclaims before thinking of a chance to make fun of Jules' recent demeanor. "Do you think that God came down from Heaven and stopped-" [9]
Before Vincent could finish, his gun goes off accidentally. The bullet hits Marvin's head and a large amount of blood sprays on the back window windshield. It also soaks an amount of blood on Vince's face and a little bit of both brain matter/blood into Jules' hair. Vincent has just inadvertently killed Marvin.
Neo was losing it in her seat. Her body was wracked with silent laughter. Roman wasn't faring much better.
"Oh My God! He forgot to turn on the safety! Idiot!" Mercury jeered before bursting into laughter as well.
Winter just facepalmed before commenting. "How does a hitman not know how to handle his gun…"
"Perhaps that's why he had his partner do the talking, so he wouldn't say something stupid." Penny added.
"Well he clearly failed." Ironwood stated.
"I don't even care that it was my character that did something tremendously idiotic! I'm loving the blood! Haha!" Tyrian exclaimed once more.
"Oh! God man…shit!" Vincent immediately exclaims in the aftermath.
At the same, Jules is having the same reaction. "Oh! What the fuck's happening? Oh, shit, man!"' He exclaims as he tries to wipe blood off his face with his already blood hand.
Vincent turns to the backseat again. "Oh, man, I shot Marvin in the face." He states simply.
Despite the fact that many in the audience were averse to dark humor, almost every person in the cinema cracked smiles or laughed at Vincent's remark.
"Pfft!"
"Haha!"
"Hehe!"
"I'm sorry," Yang stated in between laughs, "but why would he say that so casually?!"
"Not only that, he sounds like he's done it before!" Ruby pointed out.
"Oh my Gods…this Vincent person must be the most incompetent hitman ever." Blake said in horror, which made the rest of her team, and the rest of them the teams as well, laugh harder in response (except for Weiss of course).
Jules turns around to the backseat as well for a brief second. "Why the fuck did you do that?" He exclaims.
"Well, I didn't mean to do it. It was an accident!"
"Oh, man, I've seen some crazy-ass shit in my time but this-" Jules stops before letting out a sigh of exasperation.
Vincent tries to placate his partner in crime. "Chill out, man! I told you it was an accident. You probably-, you went over a bump or something."
"Hey, the car didn't hit no motherfucking bump."
"Hey, look, man, I didn't- I didn't mean to shoot the son of a bitch. The gun went off. I don't know why!"
"BECAUSE YOU'RE A MORON WHO SHOULD HAVE ALREADY BEEN CAUGHT!" Weiss screeched in anger. How is this funny? The man is an idiot! She thought.
"Look at her! She's frothing at the mouth!" Mercury said whilst pointing at the heiress before he and Emerald began to laugh again. They missed the ice-cold glares that Weiss and Winter gave to them in response.
Sky, meanwhile, remembered what was mentioned earlier - about Marvin being a possible informant, and told his team.
Russel just facepalmed. "Of course he kills an informant."
"What do you expect though, the actor's an fil-"
"Dove. You need to chill. He isn't even one of them in this film."
"But he still is, in this place!"
"Guys! In all seriousness, who cares?" Cardin exclaimed.
"Well, look at this fucking mess, man!" Jules exclaimed, gesturing wildly with his free hand. 'We're on a city street in broad daylight here!"
"I can't believe it, man!" Jules stated without thinking.
"Well believe it now, motherfucker! We got to get this car off the road! You know, cops tend to notice shit like you're driving a car drenched in fucking blood."
"Nah, not at all! It's actually very hard for a cop to notice when cars are filled with blood. 9 out of 10 times, they'll miss it!" Yang stated.
"...Really?" Jaune asked, genuinely curious.
Yang gave him a flat look. "What do you think?"
"Just-just, Just take it to a friendly place, that's all!" Vincent suggested, whilst articulating with his hands.
"This is the Valley, Vincent! Marsellus ain't got no friendly places."
"WELL JULES, THIS AIN'T MY FUCKING TOWN, MAN!" [10]
"Ah…Shit!" Jules says as he reaches for his cellular phone.
"Ah. The contact. They'll always have something!" Roman exclaimed.
"Really? Even for messed up cars?" Ruby asked.
"You mean for the disposal of bodies? Of course!"
Ruby was horrified at the implications.
"What you doing?"
"I'm calling my partner in Toluca Lake." Jules replies as he pulls out his phone.
"Where's Toluca Lake?" Vincent asks as Jules proceeds to open the antenna of the phone with his mouth. When he's done, Jules answers.
"It's just over the hill here, over by Burbank Studios. If Jimmie's ass ain't home, I don't know what the fuck we going to do, man 'cause I ain't got no other partners in 818." Fortunately for the two, the phone answers quickly, and Jules proceeds to talk to Jimmie in a friendly manner.
"Jimmie, yo, how you doing, man? It's Jules. Just listen up, man. Me and my homeboy are in some serious fucking shit, man. We're in a car, and we got to get off the road, pronto. I need to use your garage for a couple hours."
The scene switches to Jules and Vincent with the car now in a garage, presumably in Jimmie's house. They are cleaning the vehicle. Vince is spraying and washing the windows as Jules is in the back seat cleaning the floorboards.
"Oh damn. Nevermind then." Roman said. "I guess they're just cleaning it the old fashioned way. Roman thought about the possibility of doing that, and his suit getting drenched, and he immediately grimaced.
"Oh, man. I will never forgive your ass for this shit. This is some fucked-up repugnant shit!" Jules states in extreme annoyance to Vincent.
"Jules, did you ever hear the philosophy that once a man admits that he is wrong, that he is immediately forgiven for all wrongdoings? Have you ever heard that?"
"Get the fuck out of face with that shit! The motherfucker said that shit never had to pick up any itty-bitty pieces of skull on account of your dumbass!" Jules retorted.
"He's got a good point about that." Velvet said.
"Of course he has a good point about that! What type of philosophy is that?" Coco said. "And don't ask me why I'm so angry about that, I just am."
"Damn. Had an issue with a boy who said something like that?" Mercury said.
Coco glared at the assassin. "NO."
Vincent begins to laugh a little, since he was beginning to get angry. "I got a threshold, Jules. I got a threshold for the abuse that I will take. Right now, I'm a fucking race car, all right? And you got me in the red. Now I'm just saying, I'm just saying that it's fucking dangerous to have a race car in the fucking red, that's all." Vincent explained as he began to stop cleaning and start gesturing his thoughts with his hands."I could blow."
Now even more annoyed at Vincent's audacity, Jules respondes. "O-oh, YOU ready to blow?"
"Yeah, I'm ready to blow." Vincent replies as he proceeds to look at Jules.
"Well, I'm a mushroom cloud-laying motherfucker, motherfucker. Every time my fingers touch brain, I'm Superfly TNT. I'm The Guns of the Navarone." Jules states, before realizing something and getting even more angry.
"Superfly TNT? The Guns of the Navarone?" Penny asked.
"Just some films from that universe. And no, we aren't gonna be watching it."
"Fascinating. What is TNT, though?"
Chrono was kinda surprised at the question before coming to a realization. Oh yeah, I guess with Dust, people from Remnant wouldn't really have discovered how to make TNT or gunpowder. Or to use oil. "TNT refers to trinitrotoluene. An explosive substance that is similar to Dust from your world."
"I see! Sensational!"
"In fact, what the fuck am I doing in the back?" Jules points his finger at Vincent. "YOU the motherfucker who should be on brain detail! We fucking switching. I'm washing the windows and you picking up this fucker's skull." [11]
Jules opens the car door, and proceeds to go to Vincent to switch, however the screen fades to black before the action is completed, signaling the end of the video.
"That was pretty good, even though it brought back a bit of memories." Qrow admitted.
"Yeah, it's like those films we used to watch back in Beacon right?" Tai said.
"Oh yeah! Some of those were funny as well!"
Raven heard them talk and remembered those films. She reminisced about it wistfully before she began to frown. She wants to talk to Qrow again, and perhaps reconnect, but when she remembers how Yang looked at her, she can feel her courage wilt away. She sighs. Dammit…
"Oh WHAT an amazing video! Oh how I'd love to see more!" Tyrian exclaimed.
"I don't know, Tyrian. With how your character is, I wouldn't be surprised if he dies later." Watts stated.
"Oh well. If he dies in a spectacular way, it'll be all worth it!"
"Of course that doesn't bother you…" Hazel said with a sigh.
"Well then. That was interesting…" Ghira stated. "A bit too violent for my tastes, though."
"Oh be honest, Honey. Is it the violence, or the humor surrounding it that's too much?" Kali asked.
"...I guess the humor."
"Well if you didn't like the dark humor there, that's fine! Perhaps a revisit of the prime universe..and skits…will be more to your liking!" Chrono exclaimed!
And that's it for Pulp Fiction! If the words in bold (the transcript/scene) seemed weird, that's because it was copied (and edited to fit the actual scene) from the actual script, which I searched up.
I'll be honest though, I probably won't revisit this movie. I just wanted to do these scenes. Anyways, I hope Tyrian as Vincent Vega was okay!
[1] - I didn't realize I wrote verse instead of universe last chapter lmfao
[2] - Yeah, windows are harder to break than it looks in films. I remember watching a YouTube vid of a criminal trying to escape from a cop by going through the window. It didn't break, and the cop was like "what are you doing?" whilst laughing lol
[3] - I don't think I need to say it, since the character he's based on is so iconic.
[4] - I figured that Remnant would have a single measuring system for simplicity, and because RWBY is made by an American Company, they'd use the Imperial System.
[5] - There's actually a huge theory that the thing inside the suitcase in the film is Marsellus Wallace's soul. I couldn't resist referencing this, especially with a series so focused on the soul like RWBY lol
[6] - Jules pretty much admits that exact thing at the end of the film lol
[7] - Yeah, I'm not writing down the N-word. I don't care if Jules is black, I'm not - and I'm not comfortable writing it down, or having the Remnant characters learn that word. Hell nah.
[8] - It's just a nitpick I have with RWBY, with the cops being kind incompetent. In a way, I understand - since if they were smarter, there would be no need for RWBY - but it still kinda bugs me you know? That's not to say that cops being stupid makes for a bad show, I mean The Wire is famous for having its police department being incompetent and it's still great - especially since that incompetence is a plot point!
[9] - I assumed it was him mocking Jules or making light of it since he mentioned divine intervention despite him thinking it was just a weird occurrence.
[10] - It wasn't until I looked at the script and watched with subtitles that I figured out what Vincent was saying. I always thought he was just shouting incoherent stuff lol.
[11] - Once again, I am NOT writing the N-word.
AND NOW TO ANSWER SOME QUESTIONS/SUGGESTIONS FROM REVIEWS:
I have a lot of reviews this time! So I'll answer a bit more than usual. I'll leave a few though, so I can answer them in future chapters instead.
A Guest (1): A suggestion for RWBY: 30 Days is a good one! However, I will probably not do Angel since it was already done by another reaction fic - the one by Dahmiel, I believe (that's a good react fic as well btw). Instead, I will most likely do RWBY: 30 Days - Lee, instead. As for the Aesir Project, I probably won't do it as well, for the same reason I won't do the Angel one.
Hawkyguy: You make a good point lol. They are kind of being hypocritical!
A Guest (2) + (3): Sorry, but I won't do a chapter based on a character that is NOT in the audience - so no focus on Jacques, Ciel or the Ace-Ops, for example. While it does narrow my choices down a little bit, I think it's more impactful for the people in the audience to react to THEMSELVES or someone they're sitting with, then somebody not there.
Zekken182: Sorry dude, but as I said before, this is my last for the year. Maybe in 2023 I will.
Midnight49: Silver by Imyoshi is also my favorite team JNPR story of all time! However I probably won't have them react to it, because it's just so long (AND because I'm not sure if the author will be fine with me copying the transcript). That was my only real issue with it - mostly because I like to read a chapter in 1 sitting and I didn't want to stop mid-way lol.
Ph0enixPhant0m: Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it as a big White Sheep fan!
vmoneywashere: Operation Forging Steel by licklicklick123 is a pretty good story as well, and I'd love more USA/Earth vs Remnant stories/interactions like that. However, I probably won't do it for the same reasons as Silver - due to not being sure if copying the transcript is okay.
KlabOriz: I'm assuming you mean a more serious chapter of White Sheep? If so, then maybe. I haven't read that much of it so far so it's only been kinda comedic for me so far, but should I finish it - then perhaps I will. If you mean a more serious chapter overall however, then doesn't PvP and Inglourious Basterds already count lol?
See you guys next time!
NEXT CHAPTER: A City of One (CalebCity)