King: This on is a little short compared to the other content-based chapters. I have my reasons, though. You see, the source material for this was a YouTube teaser clip for an animation that isn't out yet. To clarify, the clip is out, the final product isn't. So, go the original clip on YouTube and hope you enjoy the chapter~

Inspiration: Hazbin Hotel -(Clip)- "Your Fault" by Vivziepop

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King popped back with his usual enthusiasm. "Hello again~! How's everyone doing? Need snacks? Drinks? Trying to be a good host here~" Once everyone was attended to, he flashed a red and pink. "Ooh~! This one should be interesting~" He disappeared into a swirling vortex as the next world started to form.

Weiss groaned, "I hate it when he says that."

Cinder rolled her eyes. So far, these interesting worlds have just been more violent or something. Nothing too strange, really. At least, not to her. She'd see them all burn soon enough.

The world formed to show something resembling a city. In truth, this was Hell.

Qrow had a momentary coughing fit, "Hell?! It can't mean…"

Yes. That Hell.

"Holy shit…"

A limo came into view on the streets, moving quickly. As the camera followed, it started to zoom into the vehicle.

Coco raised an eyebrow. "A limo… In Hell…"

Ruby blinked in thought, "So… Is Jaune the Devil? Is that a thing?"

Inside, the first face they saw was Ruby Rose, face set in disappointment and sadness as she curled up into the seat. Her outfit was torn and her eyes looking off to the floor of the vehicle.

Yang instantly went protective. It was an instinct she'd built up over time. But this time, something was off. She always felt a sort of aura surround her, but now she felt smothered. She glanced to her father and got her answer. Tai practically radiated murderous intent toward whatever made his daughter cry.

Truth be told, Ruby was always the odd one out in Hell. Daughter of Taiyang (the goddamn Devil himself!) you'd think she'd be all for Hell's system of damnation and destruction.

This was enough of a shock to get Tai out of his bloodlust.

Qrow snickered behind him, "So… The Devil, huh Tai? Had no idea."

"Shut up Qrow."

But she had a different ambition! To give these damned souls the chance to ascend into Heaven! Hell was overpopulated and needed a better option than mass murder! She decided to open a hotel to teach the damned to be virtuous and to ascend! Like… a rehab for sinners. Ruby sighed, defeated. So much for that…

Blake chuckled a bit, "Ruby would do something like that."

Yang placed an arm over her sister's shoulders, "She's nice like that~"

They could hear the sound of a mechanical window moving in the background. The camera panned over to a very angry Weiss. Weiss, with her long white hair down, was dressed in a white dress with tall black boots and elbow length, fingerless gloves. Her left eye was lost and replaced with a pink X mark. Her good eye twitched as the sound continued.

Yang smirked, "That's an interesting outfit Weiss."

Weiss just sighed and rubbed her temple.

Coco chuckled, "To be fair, it's more a style for someone less… high class."

The screen snapped to show a pink gloved finger messing with the limo's internal divider. The camera pulled back to show Jaune, but of a very different kind. His blonde hair was styled and tipped by pink. He was dressed in a two-tone pink striped suit jacket with a dark bowtie. Above this, he wore a black choker. A nice accent to his theme was his dark pink, thigh high boots.

Pyrrha is failing!

Velvet is frozen!

Coco is jealous~ Coco moved her glasses down and looked over the top rims, letting out an appreciative whistle. "Damn~! Arc knows how to rock those babies~"

Jaune was enamored with the divider, being his first time in a limousine. His facial expressions showed just how enthusiastic he was until he looked back toward Weiss and Ruby. The camera briefly moved behind their shoulders, showing the view of the two looking at him. "What?"

Weiss nearly had a meltdown, "What? WHAT?!" She pulled out a chuck her hair in frustration, "What were you doing?!"

Jaune groaned, "I owed my girl-buddy a solid! Isn't that a 'redeeming quality'? Helping friends with stuff?"

Weiss was ready to tear into him at this point, "Not when it results in a massive turf war!"

Glynda felt her eye twitch, "I almost find this too relatable…"

Ironwood chuckled, "Come on, your students can't be that bad."

Glynda shot a glare to the general, "They aren't…"

"A turf war, mind you, resulting in a TERRITORIAL GENOCIDE!"

Anyone drinking in that moment almost (or in a few cases, did) erupted in a spit take.

Neptune stared up to the screen in disbelief, "Who the hell would ask him to do that?!"

Nora couldn't tell why… but she felt partially responsible for that. That, or she was hungry. Either or.

Jaune smirked and leaned up against the side of the limo's interior, his legs stretching to the other end, crossed, "Eh… You win some. You lose a few hundred~" He counted out on his fingers before laughing at it all. After that, he returned to the divider, "It wasn't that bad anyway."

A knife flew by and into the divider's switch, causing Jaune to jump back in fear. The camera revealed Weiss to be the thrower, and she was royally pissed. Her eyes narrowed toward the subject of her ire.

"Oh come on! I had to!" Jaune ran his fingers through his hair, "My credibility was on the line! I mean… what kind of reputation would I have if people knew I was trying to go clean?"

Emerald rolled her eyes, "Is that really all that important?"

Mercury shrugged, "Hell if I know."

Roman smirked, "And that's why you two are thugs at best."

"You want to put that by me again?"

"In the criminal underworld, your rep is your life. It builds you up for jobs and keeps you on your toes."

"Seems more like it puts a target on your back."

"Maybe. But that's why you have your partners and connections."

Neo grinned and ran a finger across her throat in a threat to Mercury.

"Your credibility?!" Weiss was less than pleased to hear his reason. "What about the hotel's?! Your little stunt made us look like a fucking joke!"

Hearing Weiss curse got Yang, Ruby, and Nora to snicker at the expense of the heiress. Sure, they've heard it before, but it was still funny hearing it from Weiss's mouth. Even if this version was a demon, apparently.

Jaune laughed it off and spun his body down to lie his stomach onto the seat with his legs folded upward to fit the limo's dimensions. "No, no, no, babe. Jokes are funny. I made you look…" He flipped onto his back and waved his hand in thought, "Sad. And pathetic!"

Roman shrugged, "He's not wrong about the dichotomy."

Jaune continued, "Like… an orphan!"

Nora, Ren, and Emerald felt that hurt a little too much…

As he spoke, the camera showed Ruby's reactions to his speaking, feeling worse about her efforts.

"With no arms."

Ruby sunk into her chair a bit more.

"Or legs…"

Her eyes went wide, but it was clear he wasn't done. She made the mistake to look back at him.

"With progeria!"

Ruby hid herself in her hair and groaned.

Ruby's head tilted, "What's progeria?"

Ozpin finished a sip from his mug before answering, "A disease that induces symptoms resembling rapid aging at a young age."

"Great!" Jaune flailed his body outward for a moment before lying back with his head over the edge of the seat and legs up the divider. "Now I'm bummed thinking about it! This thing got any liquor?"

Qrow smirked, "Asking the real questions."

Jaune started to rummage through the limo's interior trying to find the booze, only to find an empty bottle and a lint ball under the seats.

All the while, Weiss was trying to keep what cool she had left, "Can you please try to take this seriously?!"

Jaune sighed and propped himself up with his arms leaning on the empty bar (which was a travesty, damn it!) and his legs crossed up on the seats, "Alright. I'll try. Just… don't get your taco in a twist, babe."

Silence. There was not but silence.

Weiss's eye twitched as she stood and took an angry step forward, "Was that you trying to be sexist or racist?"

Jaune rolled his eyes as he looked in another container in the limo, "Whatever pisses you off more."

Despite it all, that actually got a few chuckles out of the viewers.

Jaune groaned, "Is there seriously no liquor in here?!"

And with that, the screen went black.

After a few seconds, Yang spoke up, "Is… is that it?"

King popped back for a moment and started to look through the screen. "Huh…"

"Is it acting up again?"

"No. This reality is… weird. It's in a limbo state where it's there, but not there at the same time. A Schrodinger's Dimension."

"Who?"

"Don't worry about it. Point is, it's still running, but we can't see or hear it. Uh… So… Enjoy a mini intermission I guess." King disappeared soon after.

This left the groups to themselves.

Coco smirked, "Think we could get our version of Arc to dress up like that?"

Blake rolled her eyes, "Doubt it. No one's that gullible."

Tai, Oobleck, and Port started to laugh to themselves, earning a glare from Qrow.

Yang turned to her father, "Um… are we missing something?"

Port started to laugh. He knew the story was about to be told and Qrow could do nothing about it. He'd been teaching Yang long enough to know her stubborn attitude when it comes to seeking information.

Qrow just groaned as Tai tried to explain the story through his own laughing. "Back… Back in our Beacon days, we convinced Qrow to wear the skirt from the girl's uniform to class by telling him it was a kilt. You should have seen his face when he figured out what we did!"

Yang started to laugh, "You're evil~"

Weiss rolled her eyes, "You're no better."

This just got Tai and Yang to high-five in celebration of their mutual trickery.

Penny just cocked her head to the side, "I don't understand. Was friend Jaune's attire all that odd?"

Coco snickered to herself before waving it off, "I can explain it to you later."

Adam groaned and stood back up, "This is fucking stupid, and I'm done here."

Yang grinned, "What? Bull-boy chickening out?"

Adam ignored her and walked off to the exit.

Sienna sighed, "I'm just glad our world is frozen with us here. If he was left to his own devices, he'd likely try to take over the White Fang."

Blake felt a chill run up her spine. That must never happen. EVER!