RWBY V4 C2

## Plot

Picking up where the last episode left off, Weiss is walking through her family's giant mansion. It turns out that she has a brother named Whitley. I get the feeling that Whitley is a lot like his dad, which can't mean anything good. He doesn't even *like* Winter. And their mom is alive, but she might be an alcoholic. He heard their father yelling at someone in his study. He wanted to warn her about his mood. He's different than Weiss remembers, and he reminds her that he didn't stop growing while she was at Beacon, Okay, now I'm getting more of a daddy's favorite because he's a boy spoiled kind of vibe. In the family portrait, none of the Schnee women are smiling. Ruby has a nightmare about Pyrrha, but as far as we can see she only hears her voice and herself shouting Pyrrha's name. The group makes it to Shion village. Or at least, what's left of it. The town has been attacked, and bodies are everywhere. They start looking for survivors, and are able to find one gravely injured Huntsman. He tells them that bandits attacked their town, and the panic caused the Grimm to attack as well. They devise a plan to help him. Jaune and Ren can take turns carrying him to the next town, and Ruby will run ahead to get help. However, Nora doesn't think he'll make it that long. And it doesn't matter, since he passes away *while they're talking about how to save him.* Their reactions to this whole thing are horrible, but the worst has to be Ren's, who's in tranquil fury mode during this whole thing. I honestly think I'd prefer not to know Ren and Nora's backstory now and why they're orphans. Oh, and the two of them see a symbol on the ground, and it's pretty clear that they've seen it before. Weiss eavesdrops on her father's really loud conversation. He's arguing with Ironwood, who has a new design and looks like he's been drinking since Ozpin disappeared. Also, Ironwood's alive, yay! Speaking of drinking, that is totally alcohol that Jacques Schnee is drinking. Might partially explain why he's such an ass. They notice that Weiss is there, and Ironwood leaves, telling her that she always has a place at Atlas academy if she wants it, and that the school will be back in session soon. Oh, and there's still people out there who think that Atlas attacked Vale. Ironwood was ordering Mr. Schnee to halt all Dust exports to the other kingdoms out of fear that they might declare war. Jacques is mad because it's seriously cutting into his profits. Weiss trusts Ironwood though and thinks he's in the right. Her father plans to hold a charity concert in a few weeks, and he wants her to sing in it. He wants to use her to remind people that the Schnee family was affected by what happened too, since Weiss was there. He's basically ordering her to do so, and she says that she'll start practicing. Her butler Klein sees that she's upset. He appears to have different personalities, and goes through some of them to cheer her up. The only way we can tell is when his eyes change color. That's neat and all, but I'm getting some disturbing Neo flashbacks. Ruby has another nightmare about Pyrrha. It's pretty clear that she feels guilty about not being able to save her. She notices that Jaune isn't in bed. She finds him training in the woods. He has a video of Pyrrha on his scroll, where she *almost* confesses her love to him. Why do all the saddest moments in this show always seem to involve Jaune? Yes, this scene obviously breaks my already fragile heart. This is likely what caused Ruby to start having nightmares. Now my guess is that about half of the episodes will follow the other members of Team RWBY, and the other half will follow Team RNJR as they keep heading to Mistral. There's really nothing I can say in an episode that's so emotional. Um, I cried a lot? Obviously. It's super sad? Well, duh! Don't let your kid watch it?