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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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?

A high-impact sniper-scythe!

[He repeats the words to himself, lips visibly moving as he tries to imagine what it is she's describing.]

Okay, you got me. How do you snipe anything with a scythe?

Well, it's a scythe and a gun! The stock and barrel and everything is built into the shaft of the scythe!

Oh. Well, that sounds handy. Doesn't that affect the structural integrity of the thing, though?

Nope! If you use the right materials and know what you're doing, you can balance out a weakness like that just fine!

I mean, one of my friends made a staff that breaks into shotgun nunchuks, and I've never seen his staff break in a fight.

........Shotgun nunchucks.

I have got to visit your world one of these days.

It's just as cool as it sounds, trust me.

And luckily, Sun's a huge showoff, so he totally wouldn't mind letting you see them.

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