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[bellagatta]

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[There's a girl with real cat ears on this screen. Her black shirt should be enough to give some estimate of her time back home for those, who know her back there and she ... really would just love to flip this video away or at least make it voice instead of a video, but she's also had enough of hiding and she doesn't want to worry any friends from home. Especially not her teammates. ...And she takes a while to say anything, she still has absolutely no idea of what to even say here!]

Blake Belladonna, never been here before myself but Ren filled me in on a lot already, so I guess some of you might know me even though I don't remember anything about this place...

[There. Baby steps to using this device and at least something for people to know, that she's here too.]


[action]

[And if anyone comes looking for her or just happens to be around, Blake is still near the bay and reading all the things that there are for new arrivals. While she seems to be focusing on them 100% as if nothing could take her attention away from whatever she's reading, she's carefully listening to anything happening around her.]

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[Video]

[iridis]

Blake?

[Ilia's voice hitches in her throat, all of the explanations she heard about time travel or whatever they wanted to call it in Genessia coming back to mind. She is so elated to see Blake here, but would she feel the same? What was the last thing she remembered? And how would she react when she found out about Sun? Her heart is hammering against her ribcage, her skin going purple flecked with rose, but she takes a deep breath and manages to sound fairly level.]

It's good to see you.

[Video]

[bellagatta]

Ilia.

[Ooops, Blake actually has no idea when Ilia's from but she can't help smiling at her. Actually that'd be her reaction no matter what time Ilia's from, when Blake herself is from post-fight either way and she has seen all the things back home. And yeah, Ren didn't tell her about stuff like relationships and other personal things here, that's going to be fun when Blake finds out... She watches her skin change, trying to figure out what it means before Ilia says anything.]

It's really good to see you too. How long have you been here?

[Video]

[iridis]

[Okay, her reaction is reassuring. She smiles back, feeling as if a weight has been lifted from her chest. The purple fades too back to her normal tan.]

Not that long, only about a month. But I know my way around better, so if you want a guide...

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[are_you_robbing_me]

Oh, hi Blake! It's me, Ruby! And uh, you look older! And taller! And with a fancier coat! And this is less weird than when it turned out Weiss is now four years older than me somehow, but still really weird! Because timeline shenanigans or something about this place! Also, hi.

[bellagatta]

[Okay, that timelines being weird thing? Starting now... Not the Weiss being that much older part because she heard about the age thing (though that's going to be weird once Blake sees Weiss!) but this whole hi Ruby, she just saw you back home in these clothes and all but Ruby doesn't remember...]

Hi, Ruby, great to see you too. Umm, when are you from? I mean, what's the last thing you remember from home?

[are_you_robbing_me]

We stopped a train... Well, almost. We stopped the Grimm invasion, at least! And Roman Torchwick's behind bars, so that's good.

I'm guessing more stuff happens soon, though. I'm kinda thinking of trying the Dream Docks out once I'm used to here a little more.

Video

[monkeystowaway]

Welcome back, Blake. It's been a long time since I've seen you. [Or talked to her for that matter.]

Video

[bellagatta]

[Okay even with knowing that Weiss and Sun are older here, this monkey sure takes the cake on which one of them is more surprising to see. She could have stayed away back home for much longer and RWBY would grow older in that time without seeing each other at all but considering how much time she has spent with Sun back there recently... ummm... Blake just stares in surprise for a moment.]

...Well I just saw you back in Haven when your tail turned me around but I guess you can see me a lot from now on.

Video

[monkeystowaway]

It's been longer for me, but you kind of get used to the timey weirdness here. [People coming from different points in time and all.] So what all have you heard?

[Video]

[mother_of_monsters]

[Dray also has cat ears on his head, and a long tail behind him, but his whole body is covered in light, golden fur. He immediately perks up after seeing Blake.]

Hello! I don't think we spoke before, I'm Dray Lyell. Excuse the question but are you an Eidion too?

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[bellagatta]

[Oh hello another cat person! Though admittedly Blake has never seen anyone with so many animal traits... still, really interesting to see one here!]

Maybe you and some previous me weren't here at the same time or just didn't happen to meet... Eidion? No, I'm a Faunus but maybe our worlds have different terms for something more or less similar. [She doesn't have a tail and she doesn't have fur either but she is just one example of a Faunus.]

[Video]

[mother_of_monsters]

[Hi lady! He's a bit disappointed that she's not an Eidion like him but it was a small chance.]

I only have been here for a year or less, so chances are we never met for that reason. My homeworld is named Arcadia, I know that Faunus are from Jaune's world. emerald said the name was Remnant.

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[whiteas]

Finally team RWBY is reunited. [ Hi Blake. ] In a manner of speaking, anyway. Ruby doesn't remember everything, and I've got 4 years of memories from here. [ Reunited across time and space. ] What's the last thing you remember?

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[bellagatta]

You almost sound like I've been gone forever... [Hi Weiss! Who put a time machine on your screen? Nah, she'll get used to seeing them grown older and Weiss is still pretty.] Yeah, Ruby told me when she's from and Ren said you've been here for that long... The last thing I remember from home is team RWBY reunion hug in Haven.

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[whiteas]

Only four or five. --There was one that was time-compressed and not everyone was there, just a handful of people. Sun, Yang, Qubine, and a couple others. Sun and I count it but a lot of people don't, it gets confusing.

[ It still feels like the weirdest year of her life, not having any abilities and waking up to find out it'd really only been three days. But you know, whatever. ]

You do realize that because you remember that and I don't I'm going to have to as soon as I see you in person. I remember up to a few minutes before that. [ One of her hands moves to her side where Blake probably remembers the suspiciously bloody tear on her dress during the hug. ]

[koishi_komeiji]

And it just so happened a certain green youkai was heading over to the bay when she spotted her former feline faunus friend. With very little concern for formalities, personal boundaries, or even general decency, Koishi made a beeline straight for Blake. The resulting hug was not tackle-worthy, though Blake may need the assistance of someone with a crowbar if she wanted the use of her arm back.

"Hello Miss Shade! I missed you!" You don't have to shout, Koishi.

[bellagatta]

What the hell? Blake thinks-- no, she knows she'd know when someone approaches her here, as if she is going to trust into her surroundings in a new place or in general either... but this green girl comes at her out of nowhere.

She glares and hisses more or less literally like a cat, trying to pull her arm back into her personal space without anything attached to her.

"I'm not Shade, so let go, you have the wrong person." That or this is the beginning to the weirdness of some here might know her.

[koishi_komeiji]

Koishi laughed at the hiss but the tone of Blake's voice gave her pause. She looked up, her cheek squished against her shoulder. The girl had green eyes that glowed with an inner light. Her gaze was intense; Almost as if she was staring right through the faunus.

"Oh... OH!" She seemed to realize something, finally letting go of Blake's arm and adjusting her hat. "You're not the same Miss Shade. I'm sorry." She laughed some. This news didn't seem to bring down her mood but she had calmed at least a bit. A strange blue sphere mimicked that mood, bobbing merrily from side to side in front of her chest. It was attached to her body via two looping cords that ended at her ankles.

"Let me re-introduce myself then. I'm Koishi Komeiji. And we're friends!"

[Video]

[liorafae]

[And next on the screen comes a little gold sparkly dragon.]

Ah...hello. I've been here for a while now, but I don't think we've met before.

[Video]

[bellagatta]

[Looks cute but looks can be really deceiving.]

It's at least my first time talking to a dragon, hello. [So, all fellow arrivals aren't just humans or humanoids here, good to know.]

[Video]

[liorafae]

[That might depend on what Blake thinks she could be under her cute visage...]

I...I get that a lot. We don't have humans where I come from either, so it was just as strange for me when I first arrived.

Ah...I'm Liora, by the way. How about you?

[Video]

[sal_u_tations]

Hiiiii Blake! [Penny waves on her end of the feed.] Oh, that means Team RWBY is all here!! That's so exciting!

[She looks pretty giddy.]

[Video]

[bellagatta]

[NOPE! Blake's not ready for these feels too... At least these aren't as sudden as Sun & Weiss since she already heard about Penny being here too but that doesn't mean that these can't be much worse.

Penny ... Alive. Okay, that's ... something that at least Ruby has no idea about, so Blake stays calm like this is totally normal.]

I didn't know they were waiting for me or I'd have been here sooner. Hi Penny.

[Video]

[solar_flare]

[Despite Yang's kinda crappy, grumpy mood lately, the sight of Blake's face does kind of cheer her up. It's an awkward sort of happiness...they didn't really get to talk much, from what she remembers of her last Dream Dock visit to Remnant...but still. They're friends.]

[And though her smile is a little crooked, it's pretty obvious to see that Yang is happy to see her.]

Hey!

[...And...what does she say now? Glad you're here? Sorry it's a shock?]

Uh...you'll get used to this place. It's not so bad.

[Nailed it. ...Okay, not exactly.]

Want to meet somewhere? It's been a while.

[Video]

[bellagatta]

[It's actually really good to see her and Blake will just thank some kind of a good luck of her last memory from home. Because if she'd be from any earlier.... well, then she wouldn't hide or run anymore but she also remembers her moment of hesitation and considering options before they all welcomed her to that hug.]

Hey.

[...Blake's glad she's not the only one, who's not so sure what to say next.]

It could be a lot worse, just need some time to wrap my head around... everything.

[No rush with that, it's a lot to take in. But she'll be fine, everything will be fine even when right now everything feels like some emotional roller coaster. Besides, when she asks if the Faunus wants to meet somewhere, that's a relief. Like she has no idea when Yang's from or anything except 'the whole team is here and Ruby is far away from the past', so she had no idea what to expect when she'd see Yang or if she'd even say anything to Blake here... So that's a nice first step.]

Yes, I'd really like to meet, it's been a [long] while for me too. I'm still near the Bay but we can meet anywhere.