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Who: Team PPBY (Closed)
Broadcast: None
Action: On the Starlight
When: Now-ish, probably

[A couple students from the future have shown up, and that future sounds terrible. Blake hates it when things sound terrible. But, she thinks, maybe if they know things in advance, whenever they go back home, they can change things. Make whatever happened to them and their friends a little less awful.

But it's not something to talk about where they can be overheard, she can tell that much. And, well, the ships, overcrowded as they are, aren't offering much in the way of privacy. So, instead, she's heading down to the Starlight. She spent some time investigating the underground here, after all. Where there are people, there's going to be some shady types, and where there's shady types, there's going to be hidden, quiet places to make deals unobserved.

Blake has spent some time staking out some of the quieter places, before finding a small building she's confident is unused. It seems like it used to be some kind of shop, but now it's just a conveniently-empty building with a few chairs for them. She's settling inside, before sending a communicator message to Yang, Penny, and Pyrrha, telling them the location, and a quiet route to get there, and hoping that they can all get there without attracting too much attention.]

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[ Penny would be far more excited to just be meeting with Blake and Yang. But she knows, logically, that Pyrrha really should be there as well. It just makes her feel more.... apprehensive. For multiple reasons.

She follows Blake's route instructions exactly, and while she's Penny and thus not the most stealthy of individuals, it's not like anybody is actually trying to stalk them come on Blake.

She does smile and wave when she shows up and sees Blake. ] Greetings, Blake! Am I the first to arrive? [ Makin' her way inside, finding a good seat to. Watch the entrance from. ]

Hello, Penny. You are.

[Look, some habits die very hard, especially when you're around friends who have evidently been traumatized by mysterious events.

She's noticing that seat Penny takes, though she doesn't say anything.]

Thank you for coming.

[Pyrrha follows the instructions, though she isn't the most careful about watching for people following them... though that doesn't mean she doesn't keep an eye out all the same. They're all on camera, and she's not sure how comfortable she is with everything going down but that's how it is.

She's apprehensive not just because of that, though. It's also because she knows that Penny in going to be there, and while she was not opposed to the meeting... coming face to face with Penny wasn't going to be easy. But at the same time, she's steeled herself. If this is going to happen, it's going to happen, and she needs to take responsibility for her actions.

But that doesn't stop her from walking in, noticing that Penny is there, and staring at the floor because the floor is a very nice floor, really, as she tries to ignore the ball of guilt and terrible feelings that's taken up residence in her stomach.]

I hope I am not... too late, Blake.

[ Well, there she is. The one Penny was watching for, knew was coming.

She tries not to let any nervousness show, although she's probably not the best at hiding that. ] I do not believe you're late at all.

[ Yup. Completely normal. ]

[Not too long after Pyrrha, Yang arrives at the meeting point as well. She looks a little uneasy, unsure of things; nonetheless, she gave Blake her word that she'd be here to hear things out. Internally, she's preparing herself for the worst, but she's definitely trying not to show it on the outside.]

Hey guys.

Shoot, I guess I'm the last one?

[Blake has to take a moment to shoot Yang a grateful look. Not that she ever doubted her partner would show, but... This just isn't going to be easy for anyone.]

Thank you for coming.

[And, because she's Blake, when there's an objective in front of her, she focuses on it like it's the dot of a laser pointer. So, no time to waste.]

Yang and I both arrived here immediately after her match with Team FNKI. We can tell something bad happened afterwards, but... We don't know what it is. Maybe if we know, we can do something about it. Can you tell us?

[ And Penny looks deeply uncomfortable. Still, there's no point in hiding... anything... any more...

She glances up at Pyrrha. Then she turns her view to Yang. ] If we are simply discussing events you haven't experienced, I suppose the first "something bad" would actually be with... Yang's match against Mercury Black.

[She glances to Yang, and then to Penny, before her gaze turns back to Yang.]

As far as we could tell, in the stands, you were so angry that you hurt Mercury after you had won. [Though she doubts it. Especially after everything that was said by Cinder in her ~grand speech~. It felt too much like a setup. And she doesn't think Yang would intentionally do that, anyway, even with what she had seen.] You claimed differently, however, Yang. You claimed that he had attacked you first, even if that is not what we saw.

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[Yang's feeling being more or less confirmed at this point. However, that doesn't stop her from clearly looking surprised and hurt by this news.]

Wait, I did what? What do you mean I hurt him?

You hurt his leg. Badly enough to where we were told that he would have to return home in order to receive proper treatment.

[sorry yang :(]

I... I don't get it. I wouldn't just do that to somebody for no reason. I mean, c'mon does that really sound like me?

I can't say it sounds like something you would do, but it is what everybody watching saw.

Your team was disqualified from the tournament after that.

[Yang goes from anger to sad real quick with that. She almost visibly seems to shrink, clearly upset to hear that she cost her team so much.]

But, I-

that's not-

I wouldn't do that...

[She lets her voice trail off. I mean, what can she say? She didn't do it, but she's going to do it. Is she supposed to apologize for something that hasn't even happened yet? It's not fair.]

It does not sound like something you'd do. [She can confirm that, at least. And her mind is racing through all of the information, everything that came out of the battle for Vale, and Beacon.] I think... there was something else going on. I do not think you would do such a thing, and there was... a message. It was meant to make everyone distrust each other.

[She's getting a little ahead of herself, but she wants to... try to make some attempt at assuring Yang that she doesn't believe it. That there was something else going on.]

[ Penny gives Pyrrha a quizzical look. Message? What message? ]

[Blake has been quiet this whole time. She's no stranger to her partners becoming monsters, but... Yang seems genuine here. And Blake hasn't seen what happened.]

Maybe he said something. Threatened Ruby, or... something.

What kind of message?

After...

[She stops, her voice wavering a little, before she starts to speak again once she can steel herself. It's obvious something happened, though, with how hard it's getting for her to control her feelings.]

After my fight with Penny, Cinder decided to use what happened against all of the kingdoms. To create as much discontent as possible. It was about how no one should trust our headmasters. She used everything that happened in the tournament as a way to prove her points. Cinder... wants everyone to distrust hunters and huntresses. She wants to ruin the peace our kingdoms have.

So after..... [ Yeah, Penny doesn't outright say it either. ]

...I don't understand. Was it planned? How could she have been responsible for any of that? What would she have to gain?

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[That's enough to snap Yang back out of her funk and back into anger.]

Cinder? She's the one behind everything?

As.... far as I can tell. The voice was the same, it had to have been her. I don't know what she would gain for destroying the peace that our kingdoms enjoy, but it was planned. Nothing... that happened like that could have been anything but planned.

But wait, why did she wait until after the match between you two?

[ Yeah, that certainly is a wide-eyed panicked look in Penny's eyes, as she instinctively wraps an arm around her torso.

She had tried to prepare herself for this, but it wasn't coming as easily as she'd like. ]

Our fight... ended.... worse than yours had. [ Glance over at Pyrrha... then glancing back to the ground. ]

[Her eyes widen, and her skin just goes white as her expression falls. She can't help but wring her hands as she relays the events, and it's obvious she doesn't take any of this lightly.]

Much... worse. Accidental as it may have been, I—I'm responsible for Penny's death.

[As she went on with saying that, her voice continued to waver and she can feel the tears at the corners of her eyes. And she's prepared to leave if no one wants her around anymore, too. She understands the gravity of what happened.]

It... I did not mean for that to happen, but it does not make me any less responsible. Penny and I have already... spoken about it, but...

[ Penny sure seems interested by things that are not looking at the others. ]

I know you did not mean for it to happen. And that does provide a little comfort...

[ She grips her own torso a little tighter, remembering what happened. It's too bad that she couldn't modify her own internal files, to erase that particular memory... ]

I... don't know how that's possible. It's not that I don't believe you, but... Even back in- ["the White Fang", she almost says, but catches herself.] - outside of the kingdoms, we'd heard of Pyrrha Nikos. The strongest human. Some even went so far as to say that if more humans were like you, we wouldn't have the problems we do.

Penny did say what happened, before, but... I don't understand how Pyrrha of all people could be tricked into... killing.

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