Alone in the Woods

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Ruby stares at the moon through a window, sitting on the staircase. Snow is drizzling outside. Ruby checks on Rex, Luke, Blake, Kyla, Mason, Weiss, the Percival Twins, Rin, 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 as Zach leans on the bookshelf and Oscar is pacing back and forth. Rin walks in holding some blankets. After checking on the others, Ruby stands up and walks toward Qrow. Qrow is sitting nearby the window, looking outside with his feet propped on the drawer.

 Qrow is sitting nearby the window, looking outside with his feet propped on the drawer

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

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

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Ruby: Are you... okay?

Qrow: (scoffs) Sure. Tell everyone to get some sleep. Zach and 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.

Shane and Crim were upstairs inside the room where the two decomposed bodies are still laying on the bed.

Crim: You think they died in their sleep?

Shane: I think... Still, who would've thought that being dead in their sleep for this long. I swear, this place is turning into a ghost house in every room.

Crim: My guess is that people who own this house knew that they would die one day so that they could sleep peacefully before their death came.

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?

Oscar: It's a diary?

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