RWBY V8 C8

## Plot

Back with Remnant's weirdest jail quartet, no one is getting much sleep thanks to their situation and the sound of bombs. However, they realize that the sound isn't coming from outside, right as the wall explodes. The hard light Dust cells are partially destroyed. Qrow transforms into a bird and caws at Robyn, who takes cover as rubble falls down. There's also another short scene here at the end of the episode, but I think we can all agree that for a horror episode ending, it didn't fit at all, so I'll just talk about it here. Cinder digs Watts out of the rubble and says he owes her now. She flies off with him when three Atlas soldiers show up, one of whom fires a rocket, which misses and just destroys the room even more. We don't see what happened to Qrow, Robyn, or Jacques. Nora wakes up. Klein has hooked her up to an IV. The others come in and set Penny down. Now Ruby, Weiss, and Whitley are covered in the same green liquid that she is. It's leaking from a wound of hers, which Klein can stitch up. They lose power. May calls them to see if they're okay. She left to head down to the crater, and tells Ruby not to beat herself up about it. At this point, she's not sure there's much to be done, and sees a Tempest Grimm, which looks like a giant jellyfish, destroy a large Atlas ship. Ruby finally admits that it's all just too much, and wonders how to fix all of it. Klein tells her that she has to take things one step at a time. She can't fix everything all at once. She has to focus on what's in front of her. He'd be able to work faster if they could get the power back on. Willow arrives and says they have a generator near the edge of the estate. Whitley isn't happy to see her. She says she's above drinking in the dark. Title of the episode! Also, I'll take all the levity I can get at this point. Some people noticed that Weiss and Willow's rooms have Snow White inspired mirrors. Weiss says that SDC executives have their own auxiliary power supply in case of a citywide blackout. It's extremely unfair, but now isn't a bad time for company perks. Whitley realizes that they can use company resources like cargo ships and automated drones to get the people in the crater out. He just needs access to his dad's computer, so they definitely need to get the power back on. The moon is gorgeous, as per usual. Ruby and Blake head out to the generator and finally have a meaningful conversation since the first time they met, even if it's mostly Blake who does the actual talking this time. Blake tells Ruby that she may not always know what to do, but that's never stopped her from doing something. Blake herself was like that as a young girl, but time and a lot of other things took their toll on her, and she wasn't sure that a girl like that could survive in the world, until she met Ruby. She's always looked up to her, and she still does. Her cat ear animation is on point. Ruby thanks her… and then they see the Hound behind them. Weiss heads outside to help them. Blake tries to fight the Hound so Ruby can use her silver eyes, but it easily swats her aside and talks again, saying take the girl. It pounces on Ruby, knocks her out, and tries to fly away with her. On an unrelated note, I see Blake has been improving her wall running skills. Weiss tells Klein about the Grimm. Willow freaks out and runs away, saying that she can't do this. Penny wakes up, and her eyes are red. However, they switch to green as her maiden powers activate. Before Weiss can summon a Nevermore, it's destroyed by Centinels. Before the Hound can leave with Ruby, it "sees" Penny activate her powers. Ruby regains consciousness, sees the green liquid on her clothes, and tells Blake and Weiss that it's here for Penny, not her. The Hound drops her, her Aura breaks when she hits the ground, and she falls unconscious again. Blake tells Weiss to go while she watches over Ruby. However, a Cenitaur shows up, which is an alpha version of a Centinel. Penny's eyes keep switching between red and green as she says that she doesn't want to do it. Nora holds her hand and tells her that no one is going to make her do anything she doesn't want to do. Penny says there's a part of her that's making her try to do it. Nora repeats Blake's advice to her, which stabilizes her, and the magic wind stops. Weiss calls Klein again and tells him to stay quiet, because the Hound is heading their way. Willow gets to her room, which has her Scroll and lots of alcohol. When Weiss enters the mansion, the Hound attacks her from above, which Willow warns her about, due to all of the cameras. She sees that it's heading for Jacques's office, since Whitley also has the green liquid on him. When his mom tries to call him though, he hangs up. He hides from the Hound, who says that it knows he's here. It's suddenly attacked by a giant Boarbutusk, which Winter summoned. Whitley confirms his order for the drones and cargo ships before he and Willow run. Weiss stops it with an ice wall and tells Whitley that she didn't forget about him. She summons her knight to fight when the Hound starts breaking through. Blake tells Ruby that she needs her; they all do. Ruby wakes up, kills the Cenitaur before it can kill Blake, and says she heard her. Suddenly, they hear Penny scream, which also gets the Hound's attention. Penny says she's sorry again as the virus finally overtakes her and she leaves the room. When Whitley asks her what she's doing, she says she has to open the vault, and then self terminate. She blocks the Hound's arms, so it grows a third one and knocks her out. When Ruby, Blake, and Weiss get there, it threatens to slash her throat. Ruby uses her silver eyes, which makes it drop Penny as it falls out a window. However, that didn't kill it, and we see what's inside the Hound… A male Faunus that had silver eyes. Everyone is horrified. Before it can attack the girls, Whitley and Willow push a knight statue that lands on top of it. The Grimm parts fade away, confirming that it's dead, and also that it used to be a person, since it leaves bones behind. Alex Abraham's score during this episode was amazing, especially the chanting at the end, which he translated. It's basically the silver eyed warrior saying that Salem took him and thanking everyone for killing and freeing him. Damn. No pun intended, but that's really fucking dark. I guess he could sense magic, since Salem presumably used that to turn him into the Hound.