Unfolding Fate

Chapter 3, Episode 1: Round One

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Ruby: -...is anyone else starving? *suddenly hunched over*

Blake: *looking cool as ever, arms behind her head* I may have worked up an appetite. *the growling of an angry beast from her stomach proves her statement, much to its owner embarrassment*

Weiss: *sarcastically shrugging her arms* Gee, if only there was somewhere on campus to get food around here. *the view zooms out to show a myriad of tents and small shops wreathed in colorful flags in a large forest clearing as people mill about to experience it all*Oh, wait.

Ruby: *taking Weiss's shoulder* It's okay, Weiss, I forget about the fairgrounds, too.

Weiss: *knocking Ruby's arm away* I was being facetious?

Ruby: *freaks out* Gah! Well if you were hungry, why didn't you say so!?

Yang: Come on! I know just the place.

Team RWBY starts to follow Yang, but Weiss suddenly stops as she hears a ringtone on her scroll. Pulling it out, she sees the caller ID labeled "FATHER", and glares at the device, putting it back from where she got it, unanswered. 

Emerald: *holding a red wallet filled with Lien* Hey! Might be hard to eat without this.

Ruby: *frantically patting around her outfit, panicking* No, no, no, no!

Emerald: *laughs* Good to see you, Ruby.

Ruby: *takes the wallet back from her "friend" and puts it away* Oh! Thanks, Emerald! Oh. Guess I dropped it. Girl pockets are the worst! *slouches as she says this*

Yang: What's up, Em?

Emerald: Just left the stadium after your amazing fight! You guys were awesome!

Ruby: *blushing and mumbling* Oh, shut your stupid little face...

Blake: *over Ruby's incoherent gushing* I heard your team progressed to the next round too.

Weiss: You know, I feel that we haven't seen your other teammates.

Yang: How'd they do in the fight?

Emerald tilts her head up in thought, the battle briefly replays in her mind before returning to Team RWBY.

Emerald: *coming back to reality, nodding* Really well.

Ruby: That's great. Uh. Why don't we all go and get a victory food together?

Emerald: Oh, gosh, that's so nice of you, but my teammates are all kind of... *looking back at Mercury as he sniffs the inside of a boot, looking perplexed after he does so*...introverted. Really socially awkward.

Yang: *nodding* Ooh, yeah, I could see that.

Emerald: Oh yeah, looks like Merc and I are going to move on to the doubles round. What about you guys?

Ruby: *looking pretty proud of herself* Well, as the leader of this team, I thought long and hard about this decision.

Weiss: *popping in with a straight-faced* We put it to a vote.

Ruby: *nervously tries to backtrack*  Yes, so, but I decided that we should put it to a vote.

Blake: We voted for Weiss and Yang.