The Wolf, The Lion and The Dragon - (Vol 5)

Ch.5 Necessary Sacrifice

Brisa's Pov

Blake and Sun are on the steps of the Belladonna Family Home, both of them each holding a Scroll, with the exception of me who decided to meet up with them later.

Blake: "Okay. Are you ready?"

Sun: "I beat up on giant monsters and robots more than once, I think I can handle getting a few signatures."

Blake gives a small smile at Sun.

Blake stands on a platform in front of a crowd of Faunus, holding her scroll up in front of her.

Blake: "Your chieftain needs you! Your people need you! Please, join the fight and help us save Haven Academy!"

The Faunus just stare back at Blake.

Elsewhere, Sun tries to recruit a Faunus with ram horns.

Sun: "Are you kidding me? We'd love to have someone with your skills on our side!"

The Faunus nervously rubs the back of his head, before his mother calls out to him.

Worried Mother: "Mata! Get back inside."

Mata: "Mom!"

Worried Mother: "You're not going anywhere!"

Sun sighs in disappointment as the Faunus was dragged away from him.

Back to Blake, she holds out her scroll to two Faunus girls asking them to sign up, but the two leave.

Elsewhere, Sun hangs upside down by his tail from a tree, getting the attention of a couple of Faunus cutting logs and gathering wood. He gestures to his scroll, but the Faunus simply exchange confused looks with each other. Sun sighs until another Faunus tries to cut down the tree that Sun is hanging on.

At the docks, Blake converses with an aquatic Faunus as two more swim up to her. The Faunus Blake is conversing with leaves, and she turns to the two female aquatic Faunus that have just swam up, before they too swim away. Blake, unsatisfied with the lack of progress, walk up to a nearby fruit stand where Sun happens to be present at also. The two of them share disappointed glances.

Blake: "We should probably meet up at our rendezvous point with Brisa."

Sun: "Yeah...."

Blake and Sun walk to the rendezvous point, which is a table near water markets.

Brisa: "Blake! Sun!"

They see me, with my mask and coat off, waving to them with drinks prepared for them. They approached the table and sat down, looking glum.

Brisa: "How'd it go?"

Blake and Sun say nothing as Sun drinks from his cup. I guess, making my smile fade.

Brisa: "I guess no one signed, huh?"

Sun: (slamming his cup down) "I don't get it! How can they just sit around and do nothing with the White Fang getting ready to attack?! Aren't they even concerned that Mistress Lycandra is their target, too?!"

Blake: "Not everyone is like us three. The Faunus here in Menagerie - the ones that weren't born on the island - moved here because they were tired of fighting, of having to struggle constantly. Menagerie is filled with people that just want to be left alone, and here we are, asking them to put the rest of the world before themselves."

Sun: "I guess I never really thought about that."

Brisa: "I get it. We're trying to get them to fight for something that won't affect them. My mother told me how these people feel."