Knox: It's that time again~!

King: Intermission.

Knox: But what's that title?

King: Possibilities. One will make an appearance (since it's what I'll be working on now that this is out), but I can hope to get to them eventually. Time will tell.

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As King spoke with the newly born Knox, Salem walked through the halls to reach the lounge area. She stopped seeing Ozpin standing in front of her. "Hello Professor Ozpin."

Ozpin nodded, "Hello…" He seemed to take a moment before speaking again, "How are you holding up?"

"What?" Salem wasn't sure where this was coming from. It felt more… emotional than she'd ever seen him.

"You might not say anything, but I see the look in your eyes. You cheer for Mr. Arc's triumph and feel heartbreak seeing him as the villain. I just want to see how you're doing."

"But… why? I can understand doing so as a teacher, but I'm also aware of your distain for me when I arrived."

Ozpin's head fell a bit. "I admit, when you first arrived, even when you first became yourself again, I saw the Salem I know in my world. A cruel being wishing to rule or destroy anything in her sight. An immortal being out for the death of humanity…"

This Salem, being of another dimension, was human. The idea of anyone being immortal seemed insane! But… Ozpin seemed earnest in his words. She wanted to ask about this…

But, he continued, "But… after you were allowed to be yourself, to interact with all of us… I saw the Salem I knew so long ago… A kind soul and a caring person. Someone who wanted to be free…"

Is he saying what I think he is?

Ozpin shook his head with a somber look on his face. "I'm sorry. For getting emotional and for jumping to conclusions. That's all I wanted to say." Ozpin bowed and started to walk off.

Salem called after him, though, "You loved her, didn't you?"

Ozpin paused, turning back only for a moment, "Once…"

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As team RWBY walked through the halls, Yang groaned for a bit. But she shook her head and tried to put on a grin, "Come on! Let's head over to the game room again. Get our mind off things."

Blake's fists clenched, "How can we? After seeing that?"

Yang tried to move on from the topic, "Hey! None of that. Let's just go in and have a bit of fun!"

"How can you just say that?!"

Weiss and Ruby flinched at Blake's tone. But… they also get it. Blake had seen two cities on an island she called home, where her parents lived, be decimated in a second each.

Yang tried to remain calm, "I'm just trying to…"

Blake, however, wasn't. "To what?! You saw what happened! Those things are just…" Blake started to choke up. "If they exist…"

Yang closed her eyes and sighed, "Blake… If they existed, we'd know."

"How?! How can you tell that?!"

"Because no one would be quiet about it! Something like that is way too insane! No one could…" Yang shook her head and took a breath. "We can't think of 'what if' with these worlds. They're separate realities. If we start thinking like that, then we'd think Jaune was a magical, bipolar, zombie or something else crazy like that… There's nothing we could do for that world, anyway. We can just… watch…"

Blake took a few silent breaths before she could speak. "I… Right… Sorry…"

Yang shakes her head. "It's fine. That was just… heavy… I can't let this get to me, and I don't want it to get to any of you either. Let's just play a game and get our minds off things…"

Blake nods and the team starts to move forward again.

When they arrived, Weiss looked around and found a single card on the table. "What's this?" She picked up the card and looked it over.

Ruby continued to search for a game as she spoke, "What is it?"

Weiss flipped the card to look at the back then back to the front. "A playing card?"

Yang looked at the design over Weiss's shoulder, "Trading card. It's not one of the four suits, I think?"

The team gathered again and looked at the card. It was a light tan bordered card with a picture in the upper center of the card. The picture showed a gleaming, white-scaled dragon with piercing blue eyes. The name above it read, [Blue Eyes White Dragon].

Yang raised an eyebrow. "Okay? So, what's this supposed to be for?"

Weiss's gaze lingered on the card. "Not sure… But I rather like it…"

"Oh?" Yang grinned and placed an arm around Weiss's shoulder. "Finally getting into a game, then?"

Weiss groaned and pushed Yang off her. "I just like the esthetic."

"Fair enough, Weiss." Yang laughed before finding a small box. She opened it to find more cards with the same backing. "Oh hey! There's more!" She revealed several cards on the table.

Blake picked up a card showing a black dragon with blood red eyes breathing purple and black fire. "Red Eyes Black Dragon?"

Weiss looked toward Blake's card, "Hmm… Similar structure to the Blue Eyes… Does that mean something?"

Ruby shrugged and picked up a card. "Kunai with Chain?" The card showed a three-pronged blade with a long chain connected to it. It was bordered by a dark pink color. Beneath it, it stated the effects. "Huh… That's kind of cool."

Yang chuckled before reaching to pick up another card. Her hand met with the hardwood. She looked down again to find all the cards had disappeared. "What the heck?"

Everyone jumped back in shock as the cards, three of which were in their hands(!), just disappeared into thin air.

Yang looked among her team, "Well… that happened."

Blake nodded, "Do you think that it has to do with that new fireball?"

Weiss thought for a moment, "It could…"

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Gira and Kali were making their way to the lounge, but Kali ended up getting distracted on the way. "Gira, was this door always here?"

Gira turned back to her and looked toward the dark-stained wood door. "I don't believe so. It doesn't seem familiar."

"How strange…" Kali had always been a bit of the curious type. So it didn't surprise her husband when she reached up and pushed the door in to enter.

Inside was a large room similar to the kind they lived in: paper walls, straw mat floor, even similar furniture. In the back, the wall pulled away to show a courtyard with a pond in the middle.

Kali's eyes filled with stars, "Oh my goodness!" She walked inside and looked around. "It's just like home." She tested opening one of the paper walls, she found a smaller room off to the side.

Within this room was the massive, lacquered armor of the Shugoki.

Gira looked at the armor, surprised to see it in person. "What is that doing here?"

Kali shrugged, "I don't know, but its rather impressive to see in person." She ran her hand along the chest piece. "It's amazingly constructed and with good material as well. I'd bet that it might be bulletproof to some degree."

Gira thought for a moment and looked to the side in the room. He saw something beyond the paper walls and left the room.

Kali noticed a moment later and turned back around, "Gira? Something wrong?" She moved to follow him, only to freeze up when she saw him.

In his hands was a steel, kabuto-style helmet with a three-pronged ornament jutting out at the front. He chuckled seeing her face. "Blast from the past, huh?"

Kali ran over and grabbed the helmet. Then, she looked into the room to find her old armor. The actual armor she once wore in her younger years. The armor that should've been broken apart into pieces after a tough battle. Sitting in front of it was a stand holding two swords, two, twin katana; both sealed within their black scabbards with a shared cat pattern etched into them. When together, they formed a picture of a large cat with two tails.

Kali shook in place a moment and slowly entered the room. "Is… How is…"

Gira knew Kali had a connection to the armor and blades. He knew she missed them, but that she also refused to replace them. 'Too many memories' she would say. It was the armor she'd worn when they met… "I don't know. But it is here."

Kali flipped the helmet around to look into the ornament. She smiled and placed it back on the armor stand. "I really is the old armor… Maybe we can ask to bring this back with us when we leave."

"It's worth a try." Gira walked over and paused. Another paper door in the wall had dislodged. He opened it to find the clothing of a wanderer with a wide-brimmed straw hat. To either side were four katana blades. The coat had a twin arc symbol on the chest. "Odd…" He returned the door and returned to his wife.

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Knox and King were watching them all from the theater.

Knox hopped in place a bit, "So, what happens now? Do we call them back?"

King shook his 'head,' "Not yet. Give them a little longer."

"You sure?"

"Who's been doing this longer?"

"Fair enough." Knox looked back up to the screen's canvas. "So, what's next then? Something nice or getting messed up again?"

"I've already decided on a few, but I'm not too certain."

"Can I pick?"

"When you pick, it's usually something twisted and seriously disturbing."

"That's doesn't answer my question."

"Soon. But not just yet. You have an idea?"

"I do~"

King thought for a moment. "You're twisted…"

"You can read my mind?!"

"I can."

"Lovely…"

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Nora, Ren, and Pyrrha walked by another door after leaving the library. Nora stalled and tilted her head slightly. "What's this room?"

Ren and Pyrrha turned around again to join her at the door. Ren looked to the plaque to the side. "Reference room? I don't remember seeing this before."

Nora didn't hesitate to enter the room. "Woah!" Inside was a smaller version of the main theater. "It's like a mini-theater!" Nora ran in and looked around.

Pyrrha made her way after the bubbly type and found a small nook to the side. "What are these?" Inside was a group of old recordings with various labels.

Ren walked over and looked at the recordings. He picked one up and read the label, "Dead Girl Walking?"

Nora was over his shoulder in a second, "Like a zombie movie?"

Ren shrugged and looked at the rest. A few were rather notable, [Wings of Black], [The Harvester], [One of His Lives], and [The Gift Basket]. He picked out another and read the title out loud, "The Judge and the Gypsy?"

Nora's head tilted, "What's a Gypsy?"

"Likely something from another world…" Ren looked over to see a player under the smaller screen. "Though… I am curious…"

Pyrrha wasn't sure about all this, "Are you sure? I don't think we should watch anything without the others. It seems kind of unfair."

"Well, why not?" Coco and Velvet were behind them and caused them all to jump a bit in shock.

Pyrrha placed a hand over her heart and took a breath. "Hello again… I just think that…"

Coco swiped the disk and moved to the player. "It's here, so why not enjoy it?"

Velvet stopped Coco just as she was about to the recording into the player. "Hang on, Coco. There has to be a reason these are here and not in the main room…"

Coco thought for a moment and turned to the disk. "Maybe…" Her thoughts were interrupted by the sound of the return signal. She sighed and placed the disk back. "But we're coming back later."

Everyone left the room and returned to the theater.