RWBY team COMBAT

Alone in the Woods

(Ruby stares at the moon through a window, as she eat her beef potatoes and chicken stew as she sits on the staircase. The Snow is now drizzling outside. Ruby checks on Blake, Weiss, and Yang, who are sitting on the rug and staring at the fire from the fireplace. Maria reads a book while sitting on the sofa with brawl next to her and Oscar. After going the other their food, Ruby stands up and walks toward Qrow. Qrow is sitting nearby the window, looking outside with his feet propped on the drawer)

Qrow: Storm's cleared up for now. We should be able to leave by morning.

Onslaught: after we fix the ship it should just take us fifteen minutes.

Ruby: That's good.

Qrow: No... I don't have a good feeling about this place, especially with me around.

(Ruby looks down at a wine bottle on the floor with Qrow's hand hovering near it, then looks at him)

Ruby: Are you... okay?

Qrow: (scoffs) Sure. Tell everyone to get some sleep. I'll wake you guys up just before sunrise.

(Ruby walks away as Qrow drinks from the wine bottle. Ruby pauses and looks back at him before narrowing her eyes downward. Back in the other room, the fire continues to burn. The book Maria is reading has a "III" on the cover, with the other two volumes on a nearby table)

Oscar: It's a diary?

Brawl: Yeah it belongs to the head of this household.

Maria: Bartleby. Apparently, he and several other families founded this little settlement to try and live on their own. It sounds like it worked, at least for a spell.

Oscar: Grimm?

Maria: Just one of many hardships. Slowed down their farming, made everything harder... It's a shame, really. He seemed like quite the ambitious fellow, always thinking of new schemes to overcome the odds.

Ruby: (walking back into the room) Hey guys. Qrow said we should get some sleep. We're gonna head out early tomorrow.

Blake: Thank goodness.

(Everyone tales a pillow and a blanket as they get ready to sleep. Maria hops off the couch)

Vortex: Alright tomorrow i make breakfast while you guys fix the ship.

Swindle: Whatever.

Blastoff: Good.

Onslaught: The soon the better my gut doesn't like this place one bit so I'll also be keeping watch.

Maria: Hmph, the last thing you'll catch me doing is letting some kid tell me what to do. (in a mimicking voice) "Go to bed!" (scoffs)

(Maria sits on an armchair, turns on the lamp next to it and continues reading from the book. Ruby shrugs and smiles before going to sleep herself. The fire continues to burn in the fireplace. By next morning, the fire is out. Sunlight seeps through the curtained window while Team RWBY and COMBAT and Oscar sleep on the floor. Maria rests on the armchair, still holding the book she was reading. Qrow sleeps on the chair by the window, still barely grasping the wine bottle in his hand. A couple other wine bottles are also on the floor. The bottle slips from his hand and clatters on the floor, causing Ruby to wake with a start. She looks around before rubbing her eyes and getting on her feet. She walks over to the window and opens the curtains)

Weiss: (muttering in her sleep) Close the window!

(Ruby walks over to the entrance hall and picks up the empty bottle Qrow dropped before walking over to her uncle)

Ruby: Uncle Qrow. Come on, get up. (shakes Qrow's shoulder)

Qrow: (groans) Leave me alone.

Ruby: We overslept.