RWBY V6 C8

## Plot

The guards at the base refuse to hear Qrow and Team RWBY out about knowing Ironwood personally, so Qrow plays the Weiss Schnee card, and they agree to let them to speak to their commanding officer. Maria tells everyone that she and the CO have been enemies for years though. She comes through here about once every decade to get her eyes checked up in Atlas, and was put on the additional screening list for life after bringing outside cashews on a flight. The CO is the tiny Caroline Cordovin. What she lacks in height though, she more than makes up for in sheer… fanatic nationalism and racism. Specifically, she already heard out and refused the request of Jaune, Nora, and Ren, who are standing behind the others. She also says that Weiss can go back to her family, but only her. None of her friends can come, especially Blake, who is hurt when Caroline says she has a questionable character, even though it's really only because she's a Faunus. Yang and Weiss are furious about the racist remark, and Ruby tells Weiss that they'll find another way to Atlas together. Qrow leaves to go drinking again. Back at Saphron's house, Team RWBY and Oscar tell Jaune, Nora, and Ren about Jinn and everything she told them. None of them take it well, especially Jaune, who slams Oscar into a wall. He lets him go and heads upstairs when Ruby yells at him, with Nora and Ren also heading up to have some time to themselves to process everything. Blake thinks they could all use some space. Ruby tries calling Qrow, but when he doesn't pick up, she throws her Scroll into a garden and asks where he is. Maria is out there, having wanted to avoid the inevitable yelling. The others went out to get food for tonight. Ruby says she doesn't know anything, and feels like she's letting everyone down. Qrow is out drinking, Ozpin is still gone, and even if he came back she isn't sure if they could still trust him. There's always Jinn, but they can only ask her one more question. Maria and Ruby talk about silver eyes. Maria's father, who also had silver eyes, taught her how to use hers. He couldn't find much information about their abilities, which made him cautious. If such powerful bloodlines were so rare, then someone or something must've been actively seeking to kill them off. Maria tried to be careful, but she still lost her eyes. She owes her life to her training and her Semblance, and says that those are still Ruby's most powerful tools. Her Semblance is the ability to sense things better than most people, and react to attacks almost before they happen. Have I mentioned how much I love Maria? During the times Ruby triggered her powers, she was stressed and scared, and wanted to protect her friends. Maria tells her that it's the desire to preserve life that fuels the light inside her. The Grimm were made by the God of Darkness, but the silver eyes come from his brother. She knows this because of Jinn's vision. When the God of Light transformed into a dragon, a bright light destroyed all the Grimm, and his eyes glowed white. Ruby can only use her power on the Grimm, so the only practice she'll get will be a trial by fire. She can start by creating a state of mind for her to tap into when she needs it. She needs to think of it as protecting the people instead of destroying evil. However, she says that can't be right. She used her Grimm only power at Haven, and it reacted to Cinder. Maria suggests that there was something she wasn't seeing. Yang, Weiss, and Blake are back, and they tell Ruby, Jaune, Nora, and Ren that Oscar is missing.