A young hero, an exalted heiress, a troubled rogue, a party girl, and a knight. These are the five members of RWBY, a team brought together and trained for the sole purpose of combating the rampant evils that plague the fantastic world of Remnant. I...
Ruby gazes out the window of the police airship as it flies over Mantle, then turns and looks at her friends.
Mia: We came all this way to Atlas, and this is the welcome we get?
Luke: (To Kyla) At least you're still untied!
Nora chews at the bolas restraining her wrists, while everyone else sits silently, the only sounds being Nora's growling and the muffled chattering of the guards piloting the ship.
Briana: Can't you tell your babysitters anything else?!
Kyla: They only respond to Ironwood and Ironwood only.
Ruby: Where do you think they're taking us?
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Qrow: I'm gonna go with jail.
Jaune: I still can't believe that fishing pole guy took us out like it was nothing.
Weiss: Welcome to Atlas. Those were Ironwood's Ace Operatives.
Kyla: Clover, Harriet, Vine, Elm, and the new guy. Like I said, they're a bunch of arseholes that won't listen to us.
Rex: But how do you know them?
Shane: Were you an Ace Operative?
Kyla: Ex-Ace Operative. I was one of them, then I decided that I quit being an Ace-Op for 7 years.
Rin: Wow.
An unfamiliar man sitting with the group finally speaks up.
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Forest: Hmm? You guys had a run-in with the Ace-Ops? Ironwood must really have a bone to pick with you.
Weiss: They're not that big of a deal.
Forest: Not that big of a deal!? The Ace-Ops are the elite-of-elite military Huntsmen and Ironwood's personal attack dogs.
Nora: So they got you too, huh?
Forest: Pfft! I wouldn't let myself get caught by them. I'm here because I've been speaking out against Atlas' exploitation of Mantle, and General Ironwood is trying to silence me.
