Ruby releases a groan as she begins to slowly open her eyes, taking in the area around her as it's not the theater room that she's gotten herself accustomed to. Giving her eyes time to adjust, Raider floats in front of her, greeting her with a calming smile. "Um, Raider, what are we doing here?" Ruby asks as she takes notice that none of her friends have woken up yet.
"Isn't it obvious? I'm letting you guys catch a break and relax before we move on to volume 4 and the rest. I figured this would be a great place to help sooth your minds after the previous volume you guys watched."
Just the mere mention was bringing back all those horrible memories. The disaster at the Vytal Festival, Torchwick, the school, Penny…Pyrrha… At this thought, Ruby whips her head to her friends, breathing a sigh of relief upon seeing Pyrrha safe and sound.
"Ruby…" Raider's voice grabs the girl's attention, "Here, everyone is going to be fine, you have nothing to worry about. The only thing you need to worry about is taking your mind off of everything you've watched, that's what I brought you all here for; to have fun and take it easy before we move on."
As Ruby was about to give the entity a smile, she heard a groan come from one of her friends. Turning around, Weiss gradually gets up, having a hand placed on her head as if she were having a headache. She looks around confused, about to panic when she spots Ruby and Raider not far from her. Ruby walks over to her friend and explains what they're doing here. Weiss lets out a breath. Weiss wouldn't honestly be able to endure much more if they had to continue watching the future. Weiss gave Raider a thankful look.
As time slowly passed, more and more of the group began to wake up, and each time someone did, the previous people explained the situation and why they were in a new place. Once everyone was awake, the first thing they all did was bask in the sunlight and its refreshing warmth.
Raider gave them a couple of moments to adjust to their new surroundings before making her way over to the group. "As you all know, you're here to relax your mind, and what better way to do that than with some wacky cartoons! You'll still be watching yourselves, but everything you watch isn't canon."
The group all tensed at the thought of watching more of themselves, and their postres never changed, even when informed that all of it isn't canon and just a cartoonish version of themselves. Raider expected this, so she wasn't too surprised at all their hesitance, but she knew once they got started the group would all begin to grow at ease.
Raider wasn't going to place them in chairs because she assumed it would be better to lie on the grass or with a blanket as they watch these little shorts with the sun giving them warmth. She told them they could sit however they like and reminded them multiple times to sit back and just take it easy.
Snapping her fingers, an outdoor theater screen appears in front of them, ready to play the first episode at their command. Only with her snapping appeared a remote shaped device that can play the episode with just the single button in the middle of the remote.
"Now, I won't be playing all the episodes and none of them are in chronological order, but they are just a few of my favorites; we're starting with Little Red Riding Hood." With the explanation out of the way, Raider presses the button and the theater screen lights up.
"RWBY CHIBI!"
"Awww, we look adorable!" Ruby shouts, not even five seconds into the episode. The others shared the same sentiment as they all eyed Team RWBY admiration.
"Junior Detectives!" Neptune cries as his and Sun's own logo spins. In Vale's streets, Sun bumps into Jaune, greeting him as Jaune takes a moment away from the drink in his hand.
"They have their own logo?! That's so unfair!" Sun yells with a pout, crossing his arms. It would be so awesome if he and his Neptune had their own unique Junior Detectives Logo.
"Oh, hey man, you're talking to me. Never thought I'd see the day-"
Jaune looks at the screen confused, wondering why he's so surprised. "We're friends, why wouldn't I talk to you?" Sun states, just as confused as Jaune.
"Uh, uh, good, great actually!" As Jaune talks to Sun, Neptune sneakily creeps up behind him and hides behind a nearby trash can.
"What in the world is he doing?" Yang voices what everyone is thinking.
"Um, I'm okay. How uh- how are things with you?" As Jaune finishes Neptune swipes his hand onto Jaune's cup before rushing behind the trash can.
"Wha- What was the purp-" Weiss wasn't able to finish as the episode made their intentions clear.
Sun puts on his fake mustache, shouting at the top of his lungs that Jaune littered. Jaune attempts to explain himself but Sun doesn't believe him. It is then Neptune makes himself known, also wearing a fake mustache.
"What is even the point of this?" Nora shouts, gesturing her hand to the screen as she turns her head to look at Sun.
"As I said, these are non-canonical adventures that take place in the form of wacky cartoon events," Raider states as if it were the most obvious thing in this world.
"Why'd you set me up?" Jaune's voice showed his betrayal as he looks at the monkey Faunus.
Sun had no idea himself, just that it must be simple cartoon logic.
"And right next to a trash can, do you have no heart?" Neptune questions as he readjusts his mustache.
"No, I'm a good person, I swear! I have a library card." Jaune reaches for his pockets to show his proof, but Sun yells for his partner to look out. Neptune's goggles cover his eyes, and in the next second he takes Jaune to the ground and proceeds to beat him. Jaune's cries of pain evident.
All eyes turn to Raider whose face is blank. "This is one of your favorites?" Blake asks, all other eyes looking at Raider condescendingly.
Raider shakes her head, "No, I guess I should have specified that there are multiple shorts in an episode." The students were still wary, but it did make a bit more sense.
Neptune's mustache flies off and that's when Sun joins Neptune. "Why don't I learn?" Jaune groans out.
The screen fades into pink, Ruby cutting the screen with Crescent Rose, transitioning to the next short.
"And now, Team RWBY presents an original stage play titled: Little Red Riding Hood." Ozpin's voice narrates as Team JNPR take their places in front of the stage.
"Us doing a play seems like the last thing we'd do," Weiss comments. Ruby doesn't hear a word she says, happily clapping her hands in excitement.
"Who cares, I can already tell this is going to turn out to be hilarious," Sun adds, leaning back on the grass.
On the stage is a single backdrop of four apple trees with shrubs and flowers decorating the ground. "Once upon a time there was an adorable girl who went by the name of Little Red Riding Hood."
On cue, Ruby jumps on stage with a woven basket hanging on her arm. "What is good in the hood!"
A good chunk of the kids burst out laughing, not expecting that to be the first thing Ruby says. "Ha! What is- what is-" Ruby can't even finish her statement because she's gasping for breath.
Even Yang couldn't help but snort at her sister's choice of words.
"Loved by many and known for her hood, Little Red was on a very important mission: To deliver baked goods to her dear sweet grandmother." Ruby states that she tried to put her grandma in a home but she wasn't having it.
Then, Yang comes on wearing glasses, "Hey Red, make sure to bring Grandma some produce this time, these old legs can't run on chocolate chips alone."
"I think we can all equally agree that we could have chosen a better grandma for this story." Yang gasps as she turns and looks at Weiss who made the offending notion.
"Don't look so appalled, you out of all of us don't fit the role of a grandma. You'd be way too hyperactive and energetic for a grandma," The heiress continues.
"There are plenty of grandparents who could still kick butt, you just have been around pampered elderly all your life," Yang retorts.
Weiss would love to fight back but the episode is already continuing.
"Yang, this isn't your scene!" Ruby shouts as Yang puts on funny glasses.
"And these aren't even real glasses! Heyoo!" Yang's words get a laugh from both the audience and the narrator himself as she dances off the stage. Ruby grumbles to herself and the play continues.
"But as she frolicked through the woods to her grandmother's cottage, she came across a creature who had more sinister intentions," Ruby let out a gasp as Blake hovers above the stage by a rope, "A big bad wolf."
"Seriously?! I'm made the wolf?" All her friends were attempting to be respectful about this, but some chortles escaped here and there as Blake irritably sighed.
Blake is not too happy of her role. "Okay, why am I the wolf? And why am I flying?"
"Duh, because you're half animal, this part was made for you." Only one part of Ruby's sentence answered things.
"What does me being a cat Faunus, have to do with flying?" Blake asked, her eyes narrowed as she looked at her leader. Ruby gave a nervous shrug, not really having an answer to that question.
Blake wonders why Zwei isn't the wolf.
"At least he's an actual dog!" Blake shouts.
"Zwei? He's the stage hand, plus the wolf's a bad guy and you can't be mad at that face," Ruby adds as Zwei is shown to be holding the rope between his teeth. The rope is released from his mouth and Blake drops onto the stage's floor.
"I can be mad at that face," Blake's voice is muffled as she lies face down.
A couple students wince as that had to hurt. "Yep, can definitely be mad at that face."
"The big bad wolf wanted to gobble up Little Red and her treats, but she had made one terrible mistake. Little Red Riding Hood was a trained warrior with a deadly mechanical scythe!" As Ozpin speaks and Blake is dusting herself off, Ruby pulls out Crescent Rose and points it at her friend.
"What kind of Red Riding Hood story is this?!" Blake shouts in disbelief as she watched her friend pull out her weapon.
"I don't remember Little Red having any weapons on her journey," Pyrrha adds.
"Must be the modern version," Yang murmurs.
"It's also a gun!" Ruby shouts, making Blake ask if it's a prop, "Step off wolfie!" Ruby reloads her scythe.
"And so, the big bad wolf decided to retreat." Blake had no problem following the narrator's directions as she nervously nodded, quickly dashing off the stage. "But the wolf wasn't going to give up that easily, she had a plan."
Ruby shouts for a scene change as she runs off. Zwei comes on stage and kicks the previous backdrop to reveal a new one, a living room, and bed falling onto the stage along with it. Zwei carries Blake back and tosses her on the ground.
Damn dog… Blake grumbles.
"She took a shortcut to Little Red's grandmother's house where she found the old woman sleeping soundly in her bed."
Blake looks around a bit confused as grandma isn't where she's supposed to be, causing Ruby to call out to her sister.
Yang appears on stage, sliding on her knees. "Did somebody say grandma?"
Both Blake and Yang spare a glance at each other before averting their gazes just as quickly, the tension around them growing uncomfortable and awkward.
The audience giggles, Blake making a comment that grandma looks good for her age. Grandma tells her that she works out.
"Must be a really good routine," Sun says with an airy laugh. Normally, Yang would confidently respond, but her mind is elsewhere.
"Uh, aren't you supposed to be in bed?" Blake asks.
"Who's got time for sleep when I prepare this great song and dance number!" Yang dances to the other side of Blake, counting herself off, but she's interrupted by Ruby.
"Stop upstaging everyone and get in the bed!"
"This is my one scene, get off my back!" Yang retorts. Blake tries to settle things, just telling Yang to get in bed. "Easy there wolfie, you haven't even bought me dinner yet, heyoo!"
Blake's had enough and decides to just eat her, grabbing Yang's hand and biting it.
"That's the saddest definition of eaten I've ever seen," Sun states with a shake of the head, "It would have been nice if the performance was a little bit more believable."
Blake sighs, ignoring the boy as she rolls her eyes. She wasn't going to waste her energy fighting him about something so miniscule.
"And just like that, the big bad wolf gobbled the grandmother up," Ozpin continues, Blake telling Yang that she is now dead.
"Oh, woe is me! I was too young to die, despite what many thought, seeing as I was a grandmother." Yang's dramatics were cut as Blake stepped behind her, and quite literally, kicked her off stage.
Eeesh, didn't have to be so aggressive, Yang thought with a pout.
"The wolf disguised herself as Little Red's grandmother," Blake put on Yang's glasses and lied into bed, "Then laid in bed, waiting to ambush the unsuspecting child."
Ruby greets her 'grandma' thanking her for the birthday cards and telling her 'grandma' that Tai told her to bring food.
"Now, the wolf needed only to draw Little Red closer."
"Hey, come closer," Blake ordered in the most unenthusiastic voice.
"Twist her arm, why don't you?" Weiss says with a smug expression.
"Don't tell me you wouldn't feel the same if you were placed in my position." Weiss' silence was enough of an answer, "That's what I thought.
"Speaking of which, where am I? I haven't seen myself in this episode besides the intro." Weiss' attention was brought to a different matter as she wasn't brought up once.
"But as the young girl drew near, she noticed something was wrong."
"Gee grandma, what big eyes you have," Ruby points.
"Wow, what an insensitive thing to say to your loved ones," Blake remarks.
"And what big ears you have!"
"You know I'm really self conscious about them, thanks for bringing it up."
Blake's sarcastic retorts were starting to get to everyone as more and more students let their laughter out. All but one.
"And grandma, what big teeth you have!"
Blake stands up from the bed, glaring down at the girl. "Okay, you're just a rude little brat, I'm gonna kill you." Blake jumps from the bed but pauses midair as Yang appears behind the bed.
"Woah, smells like someone's got some big bad breath!" Yang exclaims. Ruby drops her basket and Blake falls to the floor.
"Yang, this is a sad scene! The audience can't be sad if they're laughing!" Ruby shouts at her sister.
"Blake was already making the audience laugh with her dialogue," Nora says with a laugh.
"Um," Ozpin starts, "Then the woodsman entered." Weiss walks on stage, giving Ruby a look.
"Finally! I was wondering where I was!"
"Why do I have to be the woodsman again? And why does this weapon have two ax blades? You can't even aim."
"Ho ho! Personal preference!" Professor Port yells from somewhere.
Ruby spares a look at Blake and Yang before turning to Weiss, "Because we're best friends and best friends have each other's backs."
"But wait, I thought Red Riding Hood had a scythe, why does she need a woodsman?" Blake asks, pointing out a flaw.
"That is an excellent question. Ruby?" Blake turns to her friend, wanting an answer.
"You guys are ruining my vision!" Ruby yells, stomping her foot. Weiss asks one of the better questions, what person wrote the stupid story in the first place?
Ruby tells her partner that she did. "Ugh, no wonder. Red Riding Hood's a total Mary Sue character."
"Excuse me?!"
Ruby exclaims in disbelief, leading Yang to go on, "Loved by many and known for her hood, you totally based her off yourself."
Ruby was on the very urge of ripping her hair out, but she calmed herself down. "I like to think that art is open to interpretation."
"Wait a minute," Ozpin's voice cuts through and all the students look up, "Aren't you kids supposed to be in class?"
"You know, I completely forgot about that," Weiss says.
All girl's eyes widen and they all make a break for it. Zwei runs up on stage and bows to the crowd.
The screen turns white, signaling the end of the episode. After a couple of moments is when the students begin talking to one another.
"If that's what the rest of the episodes we're watching are like that, I can't wait to see the others," Nora shouts as she jumps from the ground, her eyes wild with excitement, "When and what's the next one?"
"I was planning on having tiny breaks between each of these to prolong your time here, but if you guys enjoyed that episode so much I guess I could start the next one?" It came out more as a question, letting up for interpretation if the group wanted to start the next one or chill for just a single moment.
It turned out to be a split issue as half of them wanted to move on and the other half didn't mind waiting a little bit until the next one. When half of them chose the other, it was literally half even though 9 kids were present. Raider knew Yang was the one who didn't vote, so it seemed she would be the deciding vote. The challenge would be to get her to open up just a little.
It took a few seconds to then realize that Raider was standing to her. She was a bit confused so Raider filled in the blanks for her. Yang was quiet for a few moments but ultimately decided it was best to continue the next episode.
Raider knew it had everything to do with the fact that she doesn't want to talk. And if she was given that opportunity then she knew Blake or someone else was going to try and get them to talk to one another; at the moment that was the last thing she wanted to do.
Raider, going back to her spot in the back, held the remote and pressed on the button to begin, Big Vacation.
" RWBY CHIBI!"
Exhausted, Blake walks into their dorm room. "Ugh, that test was brutal. Must. Rest. Brain." Each word is punctuated by Blake lowering herself more and more to the ground.
To the group that had to be one of the most relatable thing they've all experienced at some point. A few more than others.
Zwei lets out a bark, calculating the girl with curious eyes. Blake just tells him to go away.
He doesn't. Placing himself to where he's directly in front of Blake, he begins licking her arm. "No, this is not a game," Blake groans out, turning her head and shooing him away, "This is not what a game looks like." Zwei licks her hand and Blake relents, but not without calling Zwei a dumb dog.
"I feel like we've all seen first hand that Zwei is not a dumb dog," Jaune states, remembering Team RWBY's mission at Mt. Glenn.
"That dog is something else," Ren adds, thinking of the same event.
Zwei scooches himself closer to Blake. "I did not ask for this, these are unauthorized snuggles." Blake glares and turns her head away, and Zwei, defeated, goes to leave but Blake brings him into her arms. "I didn't say stop."
"Aww, I know you loved him!" Ruby says, wanting to tear up at the adorable scene.
"How would you be able to resist a face that cute?" Weiss adds. Blake merely sighs, exasperated of the two.
Zwei gives Blake's cheek a small lick. "If you tell anyone about this I will shave your butt." Zwei responds with another lick and the two lay there contently.
"Raider told us that none of this was canon!" Blake reminds them, agitated. They all gave her looks like they weren't buying it.
The scene changes due to Myrtenaster flying across the screen, now showing that she stands in the airport, Ruby rushing up to her. "Weiss, wait! Don't go on your exciting beach vacation without me!"
I'm surprised the school allowed me to go on a vacation period. I seriously doubt this is during the summer. Hm, maybe it's a break? Yeah, definitely a break. Weiss contemplates to herself.
"Hm, that's funny, I don't remember inviting you," Weiss says to herself.
Weiss turns and gives Ruby a look. "To go on a plane you have to purchase a ticket." Ruby gasps, offended at Weiss' implications.
"Silly, that's because we're BFFs, and as your BFF I just knew you'd want me to come along," Ruby says to her friend.
Weiss wasn't going to admit it, but it would be a lot more fun of a vacation with her friends.
"Ruby we're not–ugh, fine, I suppose one more person won't ruin my vacation." Right after Weiss says that Sun comes rushing with a surfboard, Jaune walks past the two with a beachball, Yang asks who brought the tanning lotion, and all her other friends.
"If I go to a beach, fishing isn't going to be the only thing that I do." Blake's eyes narrow at her counterpart, carrying a knife and a fork.
At that point Weiss might as well sign up to be a babysitter.
Weiss turns and looks at Ruby. "You told them, didn't you?" Ruby chuckles nervously, informing Weiss she might have let a little bit of info slip to a few selected individuals. At this moment, Ruby's suitcase opens as Zwei walks in the middle of them wearing a Hawaiian shirt.
"Would bringing Zwei make it any less unbearable?" Ruby asks, knowing what her friend was thinking thanks to her tense silence.
Weiss only lets out a sigh.
"Okay I told everyone," Ruby confesses.
Neptune and Sun's Junior Detective logo spins on the screen, showing they're in a dark interrogation room. "That's not fair, last time you said I could be bad cop," Neptune complains to his friend.
Judging from what they watched in the last episode, they figured this was going to be about something ridiculous or stupid.
"Look, you're just not a very good bad cop, okay? I'm sorry!" Neptune, upon hearing this, turns around and asks if he's being serious. "See! That's not bad cop material!"
"Well I'm sorry I have feelings!" Neptune retorts. Sun defends himself by telling his friend that bad cops don't have feelings. "I'll show you!" Neptune jumps on Sun's head, and Sun spins his head around trying to get him off.
This is ruining my reputation here. Sun sighs to himself as he frowns at the screen.
The interrogation door opens and Nora is thrown inside and onto the chair. "Let's see here…Nora Valkyrie, is it?" Sun reads, picking up the girl's file from the table.
"That's what they call," Nora responds, playing the part.
Sun and Neptune share a look before Sun slams her files on the table. "Alright Miss Valkyrie, now, what would you say is your favorite breakfast food?"
"Pancakes!" Nora answers, now hungry.
"Wait, what is she even being interrogated for?" Ren asks.
Neptune shoves Sun out of the way to question the girl. "Where were you on March 1st? Where were you on the night of the pancake incident?!"
"Yelling already? That's way too soon! You call yourself a bad cop?!" Sun shouts.
"I don't know what you're talking about! I'll never talk!" Nora states as she leans over the table, her eyes accented by the light above.
"We have an eye witness linking you to the scene of the crime!" Sun yells.
"If it's having to do with pancakes I really don't think there's a need for an interrogation. I would be very clear that Nora is guilty," Jaune states with Ren agreeing.
Nora lets out an offended gasp.
Lined up is Team RWBY as well as Pyrrha and Nora.
"Ruby!" All her friends shout as the girl looks down sheepishly.
Nora sits next to Pyrrha, stuffed to the brim and letting out a loud burp. Behind glass, Ren points to his partner, latching onto Neptune who brushes his head, telling him it's going to be alright and that she can't hurt him anymore.
Pyrrha and Jaune couldn't help but snort at how dramatic this was, but that only made it even more realistic.
"Oh yeah! Well where were you on the night of the pancake massacre?" Nora demands, pointing at Neptune as well as standing on her chair. Neptune hesitantly responds that he doesn't have to tell her that.
"Hmmm, very interesting…" Nora murmurs, scratching her chin in suspicion.
"Dude, this is super common. She's just trying to intimidate you, just answer her," Sun whispers in his ear. Neptune gets the idea but replies in a meek 'no'.
"That was very convincing." Weiss rolls her eyes as Sun facepalms.
Sun does a double take, wondering why he doesn't want to talk. Neptune just tells Sun that he doesn't want to. Nora, playing the devil on Sun's shoulder, mutters how guilty he sounds.
Sun slowly begins to take Nora's side, realizing that she's right. "I was-I don't know out for…a walk, jogging! I was jogging, slowly." Neptune weakly defends.
"Is Neptune guilty as well?" Ruby asks in slight disbelief. Sun didn't want to believe it, but his friend was acting extremely odd.
"Wouldn't 'jogging slowly' be walking?" Ren asks with an eyebrow raise.
"I guess it's walking," Neptune finishes.
"Just tell us where you were!" Sun demands, screaming at his best friend.
"I was coming back from dance class!" Neptune admits, sounding ashamed.
He was walking back from what now?
Sun was rightfully confused. Nora orders that he go on. "And then I ate all the pancakes!" Neptune confesses, slamming his head on the table.
"Aha!" Nora exclaims, pointing a finger at the screen.
For once, in some universe, Nora didn't eat all the pancakes?
Nora puts on her own fake mustache, putting out a hand for a fist bump, singing to Sun, "Nailed him~"
All students stared wide-eyed at the screen in shock. It was just Neptune alone, they knew and expected that much, but they didn't think to consider that that was the ending.
It had to have been from the pressure of being interrogated, right? The group thought to themselves. They realized they were getting way too invested in these small shorts.
Raider sat waiting for them to say something, so when they all looked at her expectantly she guessed they wanted to move on to another one. Just to be sure, looking at all the kids, she asked if this is what they wanted to do because after this they were going to take a break to eat. Upon getting the thumbs up from everyone, a couple more hesitant than others because they understood why she was double checking, Raider pressed the button and began the next episode.
"RWBY CHIBI!"
-CannonBall-
Near a pool, Sun was prancing along the diving board with Jaune standing behind him. In tanning chairs were Nora, Velvet, and Yang with Zwei as the lifeguard.
The main thing the group was taking from this so far is that the dog was their lifeguard, which is something that felt right and wrong all at the same time.
"Hello everyone, has anyone seen Ruby? I was supposed to meet her here exactly thirty six seconds ago," Penny asks, walking up to the boys.
Ruby and the others smile fondly upon seeing their friend. Even though this is in a different universe, they all thought it was nice to see that Penny is fine and okay.
Ruby did feel a bit of worry as Penny stood next to a body of water, despite trusting Penny that she can very well take care of herself.
"Nope, haven't seen her," Sun replies, jumping up and down on the diving board before shouting 'cannonball' and splashing into the water.
"Am I gonna be the only one to point out the fact that Sun just jumped into a pool with all of his clothes on?" Weiss asks. Everyone shuddered as they could just feel the uncomfortable sensation of wet clothes sticking to their bodies.
Jaune pumps his fist in the air and Penny asks why Sun is punishing the plank. "What? Oh, no, we're playing Cannonball," Jaune explains. Penny asks him to specify further. "You just jump as high as you can off the diving board and yell 'Cannonball!'. Whoever makes the biggest splash wins!"
Sun asks if Penny wants to give it a try as he gets out of the pool and shakes himself off.
Y'know what? I'm not even going to bother asking, Weiss thinks to herself, stopping herself from questioning how illogical it is to get out of the pool and still be dry.
"Uh, I don't really like water," Penny says, moving her body away from the pool. Jaune tells her it'll be fun and that's all it takes to convince her. Penny rushes onto the board, "Increasing body mass, plotting attack vector." Jaune stutters as Penny launches herself into the air, mumbling how maybe it wasn't the best idea to let her do that.
"Penny!" Ruby yells at the screen.
"You think?!" Weiss shouts along with her partner.
"Hey, have you seen Penny? I was supposed to meet her here," Penny says as she walks up to the two, "She's a real stickler for being on time."
"Like Weiss," Ruby mumbles, making Weiss let out an offended gasp. Though Weiss felt that the comment didn't need to be pointed out, it was true.
Jaune stumbles over his words nervously, asking who Penny is. "Red head, very curious, overly trusting. Y'know, Penny!" Ruby describes the girl and Jaune asks for Ruby to not get mad. "No…"
Though Chibi Ruby's anger wasn't directed at him specifically, he still gulped as he could almost feel the aggravation radiating off of his Ruby.
Sun points Ruby's attention to the pool. From above, a red target appears on the pool, indicating where Penny will land, but instead she lands on Ruby, creating massive chaos where everything is tipped over. "Well darn, my targeting computer seems to be misaligned."
"Well, it's better than what could have happened. I'm sure other me will be able to bounce back just fine," Ruby simply says as all her friends are quiet.
Jaune points to where Penny stands and she realizes what she thinks is her mistake, "Cannonball!"
Ugh, I love Penny but geez, Ruby thinks, letting out a small exasperated sigh.
Weiss and her glyphs transition into the next short.
Ruby hums to herself as Qrow walks up behind her. "Hey there kiddo, wanna see that new monster movie? I could use a hand in sneaking candy into the theater." Ruby vibrates with energy and she is all over the idea.
"I'll go get my cargo pants!"
"Do you always sneak food into theaters?" Blake asks.
"Duh, of course we do, you don't?" Ruby counters as if it were a stupid question to ask.
Blake shakes her head with a deadpan expression.
Yang leans against the statue in front of the school, Tai landing in front of her. "Hey Yang, how about a little sparring?"
"I was gonna ask you the same thing, you just beat me to the punch." As Yang says this both her and Tai fist bump. Yang swings her dad and he shouts that that's his girl.
Yang couldn't help but to let out a snort.
Sun slams into a tree, slowly descending as Blake sits on a nearby bench. "Hey, ready to try that whole reading thing you keep talking about," Sun says. Blake pulls out a library card and tells him he'll need it.
Weiss ecstatically looked at her friends before looking around, waiting, and waiting. Her demeanor dampened until Winter called out her name from afar.
"Winter!" Even in a different universe Weiss would always be happy to see her sister.
Weiss rushed over, greeting her sister, Winter also doing the same, but as Weiss was about to go in for a hug Winter completely avoided it. "What have I told you about sighing in public? And make eye contact when someone is speaking to you. And stop apologizing!"
Weiss does what her sister asks and bows her head. "Now, let's review how your classes have been going. I'll also need you to show me your living quarters to make sure they're up to my standards. I refuse to allow my little sister to stay in any abode that's not up to code. And don't mistake my rhyming for a cherry demeanor." Winter finishes and begins walking off.
Weiss sighs happily, oh how I love my sister.
Weiss stares at the ground for a couple of seconds. "Oh how I've missed her!"
Cinder transitions to the next short with a fiery kiss.
All students froze before taking out all of their weapons, ready to destroy the screen.
"Woah! Wait, how'd they get their weapons? Doesn't matter!" Raider swiftly snaps her fingers, making the weapons disappear and causing the whole cast to turn and glare at the entity.
"I know very well how you feel about her. I absolutely loathe her too, but she isn't here! So could you guys please settle down a little bit?"
They all wanted to tell her no but they knew they wouldn't get anywhere if they took their anger out on Raider. Which they also knew wasn't going to go anywhere.
Very begrudgingly, they all took a deep, deep breath to calm their nerves and gave the okay that they could move on.
Standing on top of a large boulder is CInder.
"We can skip this short," Nora says, having a very strong urge to throw something at the screen.
"Our victory is finally at hand my evil minions. This time my nefarious plan will succeed!" Evey grimm beneath her let out triumphant snarls as Cinder goes on, "First, we will blah blah blah."
"What's she going on about this time?" A grimm in the back whispers to their friend next to them.
"They can talk?!" Jaune shouts.
"Ah, the usual, 'nefarious plan, blah blah blah, destroying my enemies, yadi yada'." The two grimm walk over to a coffee station and the same grimm goes on, "Everyday it's the same thing with that woman. I'm just like 'Lady! I need a day off!'"
"Ah, did you hear about Larry? He got dusted by that blonde with the awful puns," The first grim asks as their friend pours him some coffee.
"Even the grimm think your puns…are… awf…" Ruby trails off as she sees her sister is not in the mood. Quite literally the opposite as she looks a bit uncomfortable.
"Yang, would you like to sit some-" Raider wasn't even able to finish as Yang nodded. This getting an extremely hurt, but otherwise understanding, look from Blake as Yang stood up and went to sit next to Weiss on the other end.
The grimm wallows in sadness for their friend. "Here's to Larry," the other grimm gestures to clink his mug, "Rest in peace homie."
"Oh know, here comes Floyd."
"What is up awesome possums?" Floyd asks the two. One of the grimm tells him they're not possums. "Why aren't you at the big meetin'? The nefarious plan is insane son!"
Just hearing him speak, all the students want him to shut up already.
One of the grimm completely dismisses him and the other explains they're paying respects to Larry. "Yeah, I heard about that. Oh hey, let me pour out one for him." Floyd grabs one of the grimm's mug but drops the mug instead, breaking it. "Whoops, flimsy hands."
The grimm growls in frustration but Floyd continues to talk. "You should check me out when I possess a bunch of boulders, way bigger than you dingos. All about that gains!"
"We're not dingo either," The grimm clarifies. But Floyd floats over them and gives his opinion that they look like dingos to him. The closest grimm lashes out but their friend holds him back by the tail. "Don't mean to brag but I'm actually a pretty big part of the nefarious plan," Floyd ends as he flies away.
"Gah, I hate that floating idiot!" The grimm shouts.
"Mike, he's not worth it man," His friend tells him, which gets Mike to calm down.
"Why do the grimm have such normal names?" Sun blurts out. That was a good question that no one was really wanting to answer at the moment.
Mike lets out a sigh and says that his friend is right. "Hey, what do you say we go and devour the flesh of some innocent humans?"
"You always know what to say to me Martey."
The screen goes white and the group takes a moment to stretch their arms and legs.
Raider snaps her fingers, appearing right next to them is a whole picnic setup with all their favorite foods and drinks. Nora is the first to get up and begins grabbing what she can from the vast selection. Everyone else soon quickly follows.
As Blake pasts Yang, who's still sitting, she looks at the girl, deeply frowning but not saying a word.
Raider goes over to yang and places a reassuring hand on her shoulder, asking her if she would like to talk with Blake about this. Yang's answer is shrugging Raider's hand off her shoulder and going to join the others.
Raider wanted to get her two cents in before Yang grabbed her food. "I'm not going to force you two to talk, but I know it would do the both of you some good if you communicated to each other."
Yang pauses, letting Raider know that she heard her but she never said anything. Raider lets out a sigh and scratches the side of her head. It would really benefit the both of them if they just spoke to one another so the rift at least wouldn't be detrimental to their friendship.