A strong wind blows snow across the cloudy sky while three Mantas fly together.
Clover: All right, gather 'round. Our mission today is to secure the launch site for the Amity Communications Tower.
Sometime prior to flying in the Mantas, Clover stands in front of the central table in Ironwood's office, looking at a hologram screen that displays mission details.
Clover: The designated area is an abandoned Dust mine. Since its closure, the Grimm have moved in.
The screen displays a mission overview, a photograph of Huntsmen battling a Geist, a menu, a map of an area in the Kingdom of Atlas, a list of Active Huntsmen and a list of Ace Operatives.
Two more copies of this screen are hovering above the table, being viewed by Qrow, Ruby and Jaune.
Clover: The good news is all that untouched Dust is still down there, too. Science team says they'll need it for the first phase of their launch.
Pietro: Apologies for the mess and for holding onto your weapons for so long.
Pietro enters a laboratory, followed by Teams RWBY and JFRN (Jaffa Orange).
Pietro: The upgrades you requested were, uh... well, they were more than I anticipated. (laughs)
Clover: Atlas military Huntsmen are already hard at work clearing out the surrounding tundra. But recon has identified a powerful Geist that's managed to evade destruction and take several lives.
Uniformed Huntsmen are seen gunning down Grimm while the three Mantas fly past overhead.
Clover: After we increased our numbers, the Geist was smart enough to retreat into the mine itself, meaning it's old and extremely dangerous.
Clover withdraws a compact Scroll and presses a button, causing the photograph of Huntsmen battling the Petra Gigas to take up the entirety of each screen.
Clover: This is our target.
Pietro: Your new weapons and armour should be as requested, but I also took the liberty of reviewing your combat footage from the Vytal Festival Tournament.
Teams RWBY and JFRN stand in front of a series of narrow shelves, each of which have cases on them. Nora shifts eagerly on her feet, letting out an excited giggle as she snatches up her case. Everyone else calmly picks up their cases.
Pietro: There's some additional enhancements I'd like to suggest. Oh, but for now, these should serve you well enough.
Ruby opens her case and smiles. Nora opens her case and looks amazed, pupils dilating and eyes shimmering from her excitement. Jaune opens his case, and his eyes widen.
The hologram screens above Ironwood's table have been replaced with a 3D hologram map displaying the SDC mine.
Clover: The mine was a labyrinth back in the day. There's all sorts of tunnels and chambers the Geist can move between, so if we're gonna kill this thing, we'll have to split up and corner it.
Jaune sits on a bed, looking at his open case before sadly looking down at a scrap of red fabric in his hands. He caresses the fabric with his thumb and sighs. As he hangs his head, a few locks of hair move in front of his eye, and he brushes them away with a frown.
Clover: General Ironwood says you've seen your fair share of combat.
Yang puts on her upgraded and repaired prosthetic arm and makes a fist, grinning confidently.
Blake runs her hand through her hair.
Andrew investigates his case seeing doomward and a set of armour inside as he lets off a grin.
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Student of a Sin
MaceraAndrew is a student of a powerful man named Fire, he has sent Andrew to a new land to be apart of a team and work with them to become stronger. But what else will Andrew encounter on his journeys and how much trouble will he encounter with his team ...
