rosetotheoccasion | First Petal [Video/action for New Bark Town]

[There's a bit of a clatter when the video turns on, and the view is a bit skewed; a sideways shot of the very same house all non-Rockets wake up in. A pair of black and red boots can be seen pacing back and forth, their owner reaching down and grabbing a few other things that had spilled from their bag, along with the 'gear.]

Miss, I don't-- [The owner of the fear - a young girl it seems - halts as "Mom" continues to drone on with her usual spiel, a slight whine in her voice as she impatiently bounces on the balls of her feet.]

Miss, I really don't think you-- I mean, I really appreciate this, I guess!! But you're not really... [Sigh. She's not really listening is she? Guess she has no choice...]

I'msorryIreallyamthankfulbutIgottagobye!

[The words rush out all in one breath, and with a flurry of footsteps, the girl is gone.

... Without her Pokegear.

Luckily, a moment later a Houndour appears, grabbing the device in its mouth and running off. The camera jostles around a bit but stops soon enough, with the girl - dressed all in red and black, wrapped in a hooded red cape, and black hair cut short - finally in full view.]

What- yikes!

[She jumps back, shock on her face and a small bit of fear in her eyes. After a moment, though, she leans a little closer.]

You... you're not a Grimm, are you?

[A muffled bark comes from the Houndour holding the gear, and it's only then that the girl notices the device and quickly grabs it. After giving it a quick once-over to determine what exactly it is, she turns it in what she hopes is the right direction...!]

Uh... mayday, mayday! SOS! Some other distress call! .... Help? Geez, I don't know what I should be saying here...

[FOCUS. Okay. Breathe in, breathe out.]

T-This is Ruby Rose, leader of Team RWBY, and I have no idea where I am! This, uh... this isn't Vale, is it?

[As her adrenaline starts to fade, Ruby's shoulders slump.]

I... I gotta get back. Like, right now! There are a whole lot of people that need help...

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Meet Snow Cone Machete.

[He picks up the 'Gear and turns it again--carefully, he doesn't want to give anyone camera motion sickness or anything--to a Honedge floating around doing nothing in the middle of the room.]

[OH

MY GOD???]

Is that thing really real???

[SHE'S SEEN ALL SORTS OF COOL SWORDS, BUT SHE'S ONLY SEEN SWORDS FLOAT ONCE BEFORE. And, well, they weren't even really floating on their own, Penny just controlled them on wires....]

Hey, Machete, the girl wants to know if you're real.

[Machete blinks her one eye, then drifts over to inspect Ruby through the 'Gear. After a couple seconds of staring, she does a slow twirl. Ain't got no strings to hold her down.]

[I hope your eardrums are sturdy Dave, because you're getting blasted with the sound of teenage girl squealing.]

That's so cool!! Are there more like that? Are they all swords, or are there more weapons??? Can any of them transform?!

[Dave actually leans away from his Pokégear, visibly startled. Holy shit, girl's got some pipes on her.]

Uh, I mean I think her line's all swords? I don't know if there are other Pokémon who're weapons, but my guess is probably she evolves into a bigger sword.

[Close, Dave, but, well. Guess he'll find out later.]

Bigger swords are cool too! You gotta show me when she grows up, okay? Or if you find anything else cool like her!!

[s...sorry dave, she can get a little carried way when she's excited. Be glad she's not vibrating all over the place...?]

You know, Penny has one, too. I bet hers evolves before mine does.

[Dave has no illusions about where he ranks on the scale of badass within his squad. None whatsoever.]

[Oh hey, a mention of Penny that doesn't end in tears on Ruby's end. You're getting better at this, Dave!! In fact, she actually laughs a little.]

No offense, but I bet hers totally will too. Penny's really awesome with swords!! Has she told you that?

She might've hinted as much on the matter. I wasn't half-bad, either, back home.

She's great! One of the best fighters I've ever seen!

[... which makes everything that happened even more tragic. That match should've been amazing, fun for the audience and for Penny and Pyrrha, no matter what the outcome was...

But no! She... she can't keep thinking about that. She'll just worry everyone.]

Really??? C'mon, you gotta give me the details!

I-I mean, there aren't too many details to give. I had a sword, or I guess most of the time half a sword, and I ran around fighting off monsters with it. Not too different from you guys, basically.

... Half a sword? How do you fight with only half a sword? It wouldn't be all pointy if it was only half!

I had my ways.

[...]

Okay, mostly those ways meant making better and better broken swords so at least the part I had was upgraded, but yeah, mostly they were pretty useless. I had one sword that could go between broken and not broken, though, that one was all right.

Wait, but... if you can make better swords, why not just make a full sword?

[... please don't question homestuck, ruby]

Well, sure, I could make one. But I couldn't use it. Mostly likely it'd just break again, so why waste the build grist on the part that's just gonna snap off anyway?

Geez, what's this "grist" stuff? Maybe you should make your weapons with something else if they snap that easily.

Yeah, mechanic of the game. Didn't really have another option, grist's what monsters dropped and I'm pretty sure everything else was made of it, too.

Wait, your weapons are made from monster parts????

[GROSS GROSS GROSS....]

No, no no no, ew.

[HE ONLY LIKES DEAD STUFF THAT'S BEEN DEAD A LONG TIME.]

No, it's like--when you defeat the monsters, they turn into grist, which is usually, like...there's different kinds, like slate or amber or chalk. The most basic unit's just called build grist, though.

Ohhhh okay.

... Still a little weird, but it's not nearly as gross.

That's a nice change from my world generally being weird and gross, yeah. But yeah, I'm not really a weaponsmith. I gotta work with what I have.

[... Lightbulb!]

If you want, I can teach you! I mean, I'm not really good at teaching, but... I can show you what I know, and what my uncle Qrow taught me!

I don't. Think? We can have weapons here?

But that'd actually be, like. Really cool, so. You mean like, with a real forge and shit?

Whaaat? Lame! I mean, I get that the Pokemon are supposed to do the fighting, but still...!

[Geez, it's gunna be weird, not having Crescent Rose around...]

Nothing like that! Our weapons are more high-tech than simple swords! [Sorry for the subtle diss there, Jaune.] I didn't tell you what Crescent Rose is, did I?

Uhhh. Not a sword? A gun. A crossbow. An arbalest?

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