RWBY x T.A.O.TRQS (Vol. 1)

8. Players and Pieces

[In the air]

Weiss POV

Weiss Schnee and Ruby Rose hanging on to something very feathery and very fast, as evidenced by the loud wind and the two being blown sideways.

Weiss: (shouting to be heard) "Ruby! I told you this was a terrible idea!"

Ruby: (also raising her voice) "We're fine! Stop worrying!"

Weiss: "I am so far beyond worrying!"

Ruby: "In a good way?"

Weiss: "In a bad way! In a very bad way!"

Ruby: "Well, why don't we just jump?"

Weiss: "What are you? Insane?!"

She is met with silence; Ruby has already disappeared.

Weiss: "Oh, you insufferable little red-!"

[On the ground near the temple]

T-Burns POV

Yang: Blake, did you hear that? What should we do?

T-Burn: "Maybe we should find the softest thing and set it down so she can land on it."

Jack: "How old are you again?"

T-Burn: "15."

Jack: "No wonder you would think of a stupid plan like that."

Swift: "Hey. Relax it was just a bad plan."

Ruby: *falling right towards them, finally getting there attention* "Heads uuuuuuuup!"

Just as she's about to hit the ground panicking, Jaune Arc comes flying through the air and crashes into Ruby, knocking her off course and sending them both into a tree to the left of where Blake and Yang are standing. Ruby is dazed by the rough landing (as evidenced by the cutesy Beowolves and stars circling her head).

Ruby: "Oohhhh... What was that?" *the dizziness passes when she shakes her head*

Jaune: "Eh-hem! *Ruby looks up to see Jaune hanging upside-down in a tree branch above her* Hey, Ruby..."

T-Burn: "Sup Jaune."

Blake: *back on the ground, looking at the tree* "Did your sister just fall from the sky?"

Yang: "I..."

Before she can continue, several crashing noises are heard in the forest ahead of them, and an Ursa comes out, claws swiping, just as a pink blast of energy hits it in the back and it crashes to the ground, depositing its rider.

Nora: "YEEEE-HAAAAW! *rolls off of the creature's back, then gets up and groans, saddened* Awwww... It's broken." *she dashes onto its neck and observes the carcass as Ren comes up behind her*

Jack: "That's an entrance."

Ren: *panting and leaning on the monster* "Nora! Please... Don't ever do that again. *he looks up again and notices by the pink dotted outline of where his partner should be that Nora has run off again, and looks around frantically*

Nora: *now in the Temple, staring at a golden rook relic* "Oooohh... *suddenly grabs it, an animation of stars and her hammer symbol playing in the pink background as she dances and sings with the chess piece* I'm queen of the castle! I'm queen of the castle!"

Ren (off-screen): "Nora!"

Nora: *stops dancing with the rook on her head, then salutes, dropping the relic into her hand* "Coming, Ren!" (skips off to her friend)