In the Beacon Academy library a few hours of cleaning up later, Team RWBY was playing Remnant: The Game, Team JNPR was studying, and Team SHDW was just kinda hanging out, some watching the card game. Then Ruby, who has been contemplating her next move, made her move.

Ruby pointed at Yang, "Yang Xiao Long, prepare your kingdom for battle!"

Yang thrust her elbow down as she balled her fist, "Bring it on!"

"I deploy the Atlesian Air Fleet!" Ruby slapped her card down on the table and Yang feigned a look of shock, "Looks like I get to fly right over your Ursai and attack your walls directly!"

Yang gasped, "You fiend!!"

"And since Atlas is part of Mantle, my repair time is only... one turn!"

Then Yang laughed, "Pretty sneaky, sis, but you just activated my trap card!!"

'If only they made a show based on a card game like this,' Skyler thought, '...Nah, that sounds stupid. The only thing that would make that idea stupider is if it were on motorcycles.'

"Giant Nevermore!" Yang slammed the card down on the table, "If I roll a seven or higher, fatal feathers will slice your fleet in two!"

"But!" Ruby put in, "If you roll a six or lower, the Nevermore will turn on your own forces!"

"That's just a chance I'm willing to take," Yang glared at her sister.

Unfortunately for Ruby, Yang rolled an eight, "Nooooooooo!! My fearless soldiers!!"

Yang shrugged, "Eh, most of them were probably androids."

"Goodbye my friends, you will be avenged..."

"Not until I draw my rewards! Which are double this round thanks to the Mistral Trade Route!"

"Bah!"

Nora, who snored, began talking in her sleep, "Oh. Have pancakes."

"Oh, and what's this?" Yang said, "The Smugglers of Wind Path?"

Ruby growled, "Bah! Bah, I say!"

"I say, it looks like I'm taking two cards in my hand!"

And thus, the battle was over, Yang, the victor.

"Have you no heart?" Ruby collapsed on the table, crying, "Nooo!"

"Well, Weiss," Yang said to her sister's partner, "It's your turn."

"I have..." Weiss said, "Absolutely no idea what's going on."

"But hey," Hazel grinned, "It's entertaining to watch."

"I am so glad you're getting a kick out of it," Weiss glared, "I'll be sure to take advice from the peanut gallery."

Hazel glared back, "Whatever, Ice Queen."

"Will everyone stop calling me that?!"

"You can't change who you are, Ice Queen."

Dante stepped in before things got out of hand, "Alright ladies, break it up. Please continue with the game, Ice Queen."

"Hey!!"

Hazel snorted in amusement as Yang began showing Weiss what to do.

"Look, it's easy!" Yang instructed, looking at Weiss' cards, "You're playing as Vacuo which means that all Vacuo-based cards come with a bonus."

"That sounds dumb," Weiss scoffed.

"You would know," Hazel muttered, earning another icy glare.

Yang continued, trying to stop an inevitable fight, "See, you've got Sandstorm, Desert Scavenge... Oh, oh Resourceful Raider! See, now you can take Ruby's discarded Air Fleet-"

"Nooo!" Ruby sobbed.

"-and put it in your hand!"

"Okay..." Weiss said, still a bit confused.

"And since Vacuo warriors have an endurance against Natural-based hazards, you can use Sandstorm to disable my ground forces and simultaneously infiltrate my kingdom! Just know that I will not forget this declaration of war."

"And that means..."

Ruby cried, "You're just three moves away from conquering Remnant!"

Power shown in Weiss' eyes as she stood and laughed maniacally, "Yes!! Fear the almighty power of my forces!! Cower as they pillage your homes and weep as they take your children from your very arms!!"

"That went... very oddly detailed," Walker grimaced.

"Trap card," Yang said before Weiss could possibly go on, "Your armies have been destroyed."

Weiss slumped in her chair, tearing up, "I hate this game of emotions we play..."

"Said every Otaku ever," Skyler agreed.

Ruby jumped into Weiss' lap, hugging her, "Don't worry Weiss! We'll make it through this together!!"

Weiss hugged back, "Shut up!! Don't touch me!!"

"Alright Blake," Yang said, "You're up."

Blake snapped out of whatever trance she was in, "Oh, um, sorry, what am I doing?"

"You're playing as Vale," Yang reminded her, "Trying to conquer the Kingdoms of Remnant!"

"Right..."

Jaune then approached the table, "Hey! Can I play?"

"Sorry Jaune, we've already got 4 people," Ruby told him.

"Besides," Weiss said, "This game requires a certain level of tactical cunning that I seriously doubt that you possess."

"Uhh, you attacked your own naval fleet 2 turns ago," Yang said, Weiss making an annoyed sound.

"Bring it on, Ice Queen!" Jaune challenged, "I'll have you know that I have been told that I am a natural born leader!"

"By who?" Weiss asked, "Your mother?"

"A-and Pyrrha!" Jaune defended.

Pyrrha waved, "Hello again!"

"Arkos for life," Skyler muttered under his breath.

"Come on," Jaune begged, "Let me play your hand for a turn!"

"I'm not trusting you with the good citizens of Vacuo!" Weiss answered.

"Why not?" Jaune asked, "You've trusted me with way more important stuff before. I mean, you told us all that Blake is secretly a Fa-"

Pyrrha instantly darted over and slapped a hand over Jaune's mouth, "-Fun-loving person, whom we all admire and respect!"

Jaune laughed nervously as Blake glared at him.

"Right... that..." Jaune muttered before bowing, "Ladies, enjoy your battle."

"Sup losers?"

Everyone turned to see Sun and Neptune walking towards them.

"Hey Sun!" Ruby greeted.

"Ruby," Sun nodded, "Yang, Blake... Ice Queen."

"Why does everyone keep calling me that?!" Weiss exclaimed.

"Because you are one?" Hazel suggested.

"Okay, that's it!" Weiss got up, "You wanna go, Freckles?! I'll show you how cold I can be!!"

"Kinda proving Hazel's point, right?"
Dante pointed out.

"You, shut up!" Weiss scolded, "This is between me and her!"

"You know what, Ice Queen?" Hazel said, "Next time in Goodwitch's class, you and me. Got it?"

"You're on," Weiss sneered.

"Oooookay..." Sun said, now feeling a bit guilty, "Anyways, I never got a chance to formally introduce you to my old friend."

"Uh, aren't libraries for reading?" Neptune said.

"Thank you!!" Ren exclaimed, waking up Nora.

"Pancakes!" Nora blurted.

"Shut up," Sun told his friend, "Don't be a nerd."

"Hey," Walker said, "Nothing wrong with being a nerd."

"Thank you!!" Skyler threw his hands up, "Hallelujah, amen."

"I'm Neptune," Neptune introduced himself.

"So Neptune," Weiss asked, "Where are you from?"

"Haven," Neptune suavely moved next to Weiss, "And I don't believe I caught your name, Snow Angel."

"Um..." Weiss said, getting flustered, "I'm Weiss."

"Are you kidding me?!" Jaune quietly complained.

"Pleasure to meet you," Neptune winked.

Sun turned his attention to Blake, "I never took you as the board game playing type."

"Right, well," Blake got up and began to leave, shoving away Sun, "I think I'm done playing actually. I'll see you guys later."

When she left, Nora shrugged and scoffed, "Women."

"Preach it," Dante said, moving over next to Nora, them high-fiving.

"So..." Skyler said, "Can I play?"

Yang gestured to Blake's now empty seat, and Skyler sat down there. He took one look at the cards and grinned.

"Ragnarök," he said, placing the card down, "I win."

He got up and left the seat and out of the library. Everyone stared at him as he left, jaws hanging open.

"Okay," Hazel said, "I know this is just a card game, but that was pretty cool."

"What a guy," Yang sighed, watching him with longing eyes.

Then she caught everyone staring at her, "What?!"

"Nothing!!" everyone panicked and turned their attention somewhere else.
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Skyler walked out of the library, just feeling awesome. But then his mind wandered to Blake, wondering about her attitude. She had become more reclusive than usual, and Skyler was pretty sure she hadn't slept in a few days.

There was no doubt that Blake was still upset about the whole White Fang and Torchwick stuff. She was desperate for answers. Kinda reminded Skyler of certain situation his blonde childhood friend got into.

Skyler was so focused on his thoughts, when he turned the corner, he bumped into someone, causing them both to stumble back.

"Oh!!" Skyler immediately apologized, "Sorry about that! I was a bit lost in thought."

"It's quite alright," the girl he bumped into said.

The girl had raven black hair with amber eyes, kinda like Blake's except these seemed to stand out more. Her hair partially covered half of her face, covering one eye. Behind her was a guy and another girl.

The guy had gray hair and kinda reminded Skyler of Ruby and Yang's Uncle Qrow. The girl had dark skin, green hair, and kinda resembled Hazel, slightly. In the back of his mind, Skyler couldn't help but think that he'd seen her before, despite never having seen any of them until today.

"I'm guessing your exchange students?" Skyler guessed, holding out his hand, "I'm Skyler."

The woman took the hand and shook, "Cinder."

"I'm Emerald," the girl answered and then pointed at the guy, "And that's Mercury."

"Nice to meet you!" Skyler then began to walk away, "See ya around!"

"Yes," Cinder grinned, "Of course."

The three continued on, though Emerald looked back at Skyler, trying to remember where she had seen him before.
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Ominous! And for those of you who are confused about that bit about Skyler and Emerald recognizing each other, check out my Random Headcanons book. It explains it. As for the rivalry between Weiss and Hazel, that'll be further explained in another chapter. Till next time guys!