V06C02 Uncovered
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I have been informed that Oscar took the train to Mistral proper back in V4 and that train was just fine.
Cinder falls. She's underwater. Far be it from me to call for character death, but, drown!
Unfortunately for probably a lot of other people, she doesn't. I'd like to unthank Raven's ice coating for presumably taking the brunt of the impact with the water (which will definitely kill you).
Cinder's on dry-ish land now, but in no condition to make it any drier - or leave by going up. She punches the ground in exasperation, which shakes loose a crack in the rock wall in front of her, through which light can be seen. She pries her way out into the rain, then collapses again. It looks like daylight (if overcast), which raises questions of timing given that she fell early-ish in the night.
The passer-by sees a woman in distress and goes to see what help is needed, which is a laudable move, but the exact wrong one in this specific situation. When she sees the Grimm arm, she freezes, and it's too late.
Flashback to the RNJR+Q suite in Mistral. Nora might be going stir-crazy, but Weiss isn't at all happy to hear they'll be taking the Relic to Atlas, y'know, the place she tried so hard to escape. Qrow commiserates, but with Raven fled they can't shut the vault again, so there aren't any better options.
Ren points out the problem: Atlas has gone full isolationism. Qrow reckons that 'full isolationism' won't extend to cutting off Argus, and they can negotiate with the Atlesian garrison there. Blake points out they have Weiss as a bargaining chip, which only Blake and Yang seem at all enthusiastic about.
Ozpin(!Oscar) has recovered, and urges not dawdling, as the Relic is more vulnerable than it's ever been. Speaking of, says Jaune, what does it do? Well, replies Ozpin, it answers questions. Three questions per century, and nothing about the future, but no other limitations or qualifications at all.
Nora, being Nora, immediately wonders if they can ask for more questions. "They're not wishes," Ozpin chastises. Now I'm certain there's a genie in it. Anyway, Ozpin already asked it three questions this century.
"We'll be sure to keep it safe," says Ruby...
The safety of the forest crash site is questionable. Yang is vocally unhappy about being stuck in the middle of nowhere, as part of a split party, with some "defenceless old lady" to escort; to top it all off, her beloved motorbike declines to be extracted from the snow.
Maria Calavera has a name, thanks very much. She also doesn't think she's defenceless... except that her hearing and sight are failing. "Okay, I'm starting to see your point." Comedy™.
Qrow tells Yang to simmer down before she starts an argument that attracts more Grimm. Yang latches onto Blake bringing up that the Relic's doing enough of that anyway. Oscar agrees with Yang that this constitutes a lie and/or half-truth. I didn't think that the Relic itself would be the subject thereof. How ironic.
Ozpin reckons that "now is not the time" to chat more about the Relic, which convinces nobody anymore. He explains that he's not sure why they somewhat attract Grimm (his best theory is that it's related to "their origin"), but regardless he didn't want to make them anxious. Ozpin, I'm sympathetic, but you got in the way of proper planning, which led directly to this preventable poor performance. Weiss chooses now to hit hard:
The situation threatens to escalate to a shouting match as they walk further from the crash site (probably a bad idea). Yang protests that they're not about to follow in Lionheart's footsteps, but Ozpin shuts the whole thing right down by replying that's pretty much what Lionheart said to him, and many, many more before Lionheart. It's still all ringing a bit hollow, though.
Ozpin suddenly realises he doesn't know where the Relic is. Fortunately, Ruby saw it at the crash site and grabbed it. Ozpin asks her to hand it over, to which it is Ruby's turn for an armour-piercing question:
Time stops, except for the characters, as is usual in fictional time-stops regardless of how little physical sense it makes (because it would be pretty boring if the characters stopped too). The lamp floats off a bit and emits blue mist that coalesces into a genie. I told you there was a genie in it. Is the episode title some kind of reference to her state of dress.
Cinder emerges from a side street in Mistral, having stolen the outfit of the poor soul who tried to help her (and presumably also their soul), to discover by news broadcast that she's officially a wanted fugitive. Fun fact: The English verb "fly" has two senses with two different etymologies, one of which applies here.
Cinder can't really do much about lacking an eye, so she's going to have to operate with her hood up. If the episode title is a pun, this amplifies it. This is almost exactly the random-on-crowded-street scene from the titles, to the point I'm now on the lookout for Torchwick's hat in the wind. Imagine that, the titles outright showing us something but still not spoiling it.
Eventually she comes to a spiderweb symbol on a post. Cut to her entering what looks like an eatery (titles working overtime to foreshadow this), where pretty much everyone in attendance is tattooed or similar with that same symbol. She can't meet with the woman in charge without parting with a fair amount of money, which probably came with the outfit.
Cinder wants to know where Teams RWBY and JNR have gone. Malachite reckons she can provide that service. Cinder's a bit jumpy, which starts an anecdote from Malachite about how she used to be afraid of spiders. Cinder guesses that what Malachite did about it was learn to kill spiders, which is a fascinating insight into Cinder's mindset. No, says Malachite, "the world needs spiders". Instead she co-opted them. Ah, so the spiders are a metaphor for crime. (Cinder finally looks around and sees all the spider tattoos.)
"Give us a week," says Malachite. Cinder is wordlessly insufficiently not-okay with that to make a scene. After she leaves, one of Malachite's bodyguards raises that they already know, seeing as "that big guy" (100% that's Hazel) already asked about them. Malachite says sure, but in the meantime they can learn who wants to know about Cinder. I'm certain Malachite knows who Cinder is, because there's no way an information broker hasn't watched the news for a month.
Maria performs repeated percussive maintenance on her incredibly overengineered goggles, but Jinn is still Jinn, the God of Light's gift of knowledge. She has two (of three) questions available. Ozpin, who clearly lied through Oscar's teeth about that, is distressed as the lie unravels; everyone else (except Maria, who has little context) is just disappointed.
Ozpin's Plan, uh, C? is to plead with Ruby to not do something unspecified but pretty clearly implied to be 'ask Jinn what Ozpin's been hiding from them'. Qrow says "Hey", probably leading in to trying to persuade Team RWBY in that direction somehow, but gets no further because Team WBY turn on him, Weiss literally holding him at weapon-point so he can't approach. Suffice to say that cohesion outside the team is rapidly breaking down. Qrow changes his mind, telling Ruby "Do whatever you think is right, kiddo."
What Ruby thinks is right is:
"Once upon a time..." starts Jinn, painting the ground half of a landscape.
"There stood a lonely tower..." Well, it looks like one of many towers in that architecture, but don't mind me.
"That sheltered a lonely girl..." Ah, so the tower is lonely to its occupant.
"Named..." Named? We're barreling towards the scheduled end of the episode; the suspense is killing me here.
"...Salem." Hold the phone.
Next time: Worst Rapunzel.
V06C02 Uncovered
Cinder falls. She's underwater. Far be it from me to call for character death, but, drown!
Unfortunately for probably a lot of other people, she doesn't. I'd like to unthank Raven's ice coating for presumably taking the brunt of the impact with the water (which will definitely kill you).
Cinder's on dry-ish land now, but in no condition to make it any drier - or leave by going up. She punches the ground in exasperation, which shakes loose a crack in the rock wall in front of her, through which light can be seen. She pries her way out into the rain, then collapses again. It looks like daylight (if overcast), which raises questions of timing given that she fell early-ish in the night.
The passer-by sees a woman in distress and goes to see what help is needed, which is a laudable move, but the exact wrong one in this specific situation. When she sees the Grimm arm, she freezes, and it's too late.
Flashback to the RNJR+Q suite in Mistral. Nora might be going stir-crazy, but Weiss isn't at all happy to hear they'll be taking the Relic to Atlas, y'know, the place she tried so hard to escape. Qrow commiserates, but with Raven fled they can't shut the vault again, so there aren't any better options.
Ren points out the problem: Atlas has gone full isolationism. Qrow reckons that 'full isolationism' won't extend to cutting off Argus, and they can negotiate with the Atlesian garrison there. Blake points out they have Weiss as a bargaining chip, which only Blake and Yang seem at all enthusiastic about.
Ozpin(!Oscar) has recovered, and urges not dawdling, as the Relic is more vulnerable than it's ever been. Speaking of, says Jaune, what does it do? Well, replies Ozpin, it answers questions. Three questions per century, and nothing about the future, but no other limitations or qualifications at all.
Nora, being Nora, immediately wonders if they can ask for more questions. "They're not wishes," Ozpin chastises. Now I'm certain there's a genie in it. Anyway, Ozpin already asked it three questions this century.
"We'll be sure to keep it safe," says Ruby...
The safety of the forest crash site is questionable. Yang is vocally unhappy about being stuck in the middle of nowhere, as part of a split party, with some "defenceless old lady" to escort; to top it all off, her beloved motorbike declines to be extracted from the snow.
Maria Calavera has a name, thanks very much. She also doesn't think she's defenceless... except that her hearing and sight are failing. "Okay, I'm starting to see your point." Comedy™.
Qrow tells Yang to simmer down before she starts an argument that attracts more Grimm. Yang latches onto Blake bringing up that the Relic's doing enough of that anyway. Oscar agrees with Yang that this constitutes a lie and/or half-truth. I didn't think that the Relic itself would be the subject thereof. How ironic.
Ozpin reckons that "now is not the time" to chat more about the Relic, which convinces nobody anymore. He explains that he's not sure why they somewhat attract Grimm (his best theory is that it's related to "their origin"), but regardless he didn't want to make them anxious. Ozpin, I'm sympathetic, but you got in the way of proper planning, which led directly to this preventable poor performance. Weiss chooses now to hit hard:
Yang would now like to know why Ozpin didn't mention anything to the public about Lionheart. Ozpin could have appealed to not causing general panic all over Mistral, but instead minimises Lionheart's literal treason. Yang finds that unacceptable, and I agree.
The situation threatens to escalate to a shouting match as they walk further from the crash site (probably a bad idea). Yang protests that they're not about to follow in Lionheart's footsteps, but Ozpin shuts the whole thing right down by replying that's pretty much what Lionheart said to him, and many, many more before Lionheart. It's still all ringing a bit hollow, though.
Ozpin suddenly realises he doesn't know where the Relic is. Fortunately, Ruby saw it at the crash site and grabbed it. Ozpin asks her to hand it over, to which it is Ruby's turn for an armour-piercing question:
Ozpin protests that that wasn't what he meant, he just feels uniquely responsible for such "a powerful item". Ruby and Blake wonder why it matters so much if it's inert and will be for years. Ozpin starts going full appeal-to-authority before Oscar, fighting Ozpin for control the whole time, gasps out that Ozpin's afraid of losing his secrets and the password is Jinn. After some inner turmoil, during which Ozpin probably tries to regain control of Oscar and snatch the lamp, Ruby says Jinn.
Time stops, except for the characters, as is usual in fictional time-stops regardless of how little physical sense it makes (because it would be pretty boring if the characters stopped too). The lamp floats off a bit and emits blue mist that coalesces into a genie. I told you there was a genie in it. Is the episode title some kind of reference to her state of dress.
Cinder emerges from a side street in Mistral, having stolen the outfit of the poor soul who tried to help her (and presumably also their soul), to discover by news broadcast that she's officially a wanted fugitive. Fun fact: The English verb "fly" has two senses with two different etymologies, one of which applies here.
Anyway, the broadcast says she and her co-conspirators were last seen at "Haven Academy, approximately one month ago", which raises yet more timing questions.Article: If you think the word "phugoid" looks strange, you're right. The origins of the word are highly amusing. Apparently Lanchester (who was the first to analyze these oscillations) wanted to coin a fancy name, based on Greek roots. He started with the English word "flight", which is, unfortunately, a homonym. From there, he stumbled onto the Greek word for flight as in fleeing instead of flight as in flying. The same root "φυγη" has come down to us in the words "fugitive" and "centrifuge". So a term that was meant to translate as "aeronautical oscillation" actually comes out as "fugitive oscillation". Perhaps a better word might have been pterygoid, which comes from Greek roots and actually does mean feather-like or wing-like.
Cinder can't really do much about lacking an eye, so she's going to have to operate with her hood up. If the episode title is a pun, this amplifies it. This is almost exactly the random-on-crowded-street scene from the titles, to the point I'm now on the lookout for Torchwick's hat in the wind. Imagine that, the titles outright showing us something but still not spoiling it.
Eventually she comes to a spiderweb symbol on a post. Cut to her entering what looks like an eatery (titles working overtime to foreshadow this), where pretty much everyone in attendance is tattooed or similar with that same symbol. She can't meet with the woman in charge without parting with a fair amount of money, which probably came with the outfit.
Confirmation the money came with the outfit. Between the probable crime boss and Cinder Fall, I'm gonna root for the crime boss, if only because she's less likely to be plotting the end of the world (not guaranteed - see Torchwick, Roman).
Cinder wants to know where Teams RWBY and JNR have gone. Malachite reckons she can provide that service. Cinder's a bit jumpy, which starts an anecdote from Malachite about how she used to be afraid of spiders. Cinder guesses that what Malachite did about it was learn to kill spiders, which is a fascinating insight into Cinder's mindset. No, says Malachite, "the world needs spiders". Instead she co-opted them. Ah, so the spiders are a metaphor for crime. (Cinder finally looks around and sees all the spider tattoos.)
"Give us a week," says Malachite. Cinder is wordlessly insufficiently not-okay with that to make a scene. After she leaves, one of Malachite's bodyguards raises that they already know, seeing as "that big guy" (100% that's Hazel) already asked about them. Malachite says sure, but in the meantime they can learn who wants to know about Cinder. I'm certain Malachite knows who Cinder is, because there's no way an information broker hasn't watched the news for a month.
Maria performs repeated percussive maintenance on her incredibly overengineered goggles, but Jinn is still Jinn, the God of Light's gift of knowledge. She has two (of three) questions available. Ozpin, who clearly lied through Oscar's teeth about that, is distressed as the lie unravels; everyone else (except Maria, who has little context) is just disappointed.
Ozpin's Plan, uh, C? is to plead with Ruby to not do something unspecified but pretty clearly implied to be 'ask Jinn what Ozpin's been hiding from them'. Qrow says "Hey", probably leading in to trying to persuade Team RWBY in that direction somehow, but gets no further because Team WBY turn on him, Weiss literally holding him at weapon-point so he can't approach. Suffice to say that cohesion outside the team is rapidly breaking down. Qrow changes his mind, telling Ruby "Do whatever you think is right, kiddo."
What Ruby thinks is right is:
Ozpin absolutely loses it and charges to tackle Ruby. The frame before he makes contact, all are snapped into their own featureless white rooms, a distressing experience (white-room torture is a thing). Fortunately Jinn's not in it to torture - she soon launches into, for each of them simultaneously, what seems for all the world like an illustrated fairytale.
"Once upon a time..." starts Jinn, painting the ground half of a landscape.
"There stood a lonely tower..." Well, it looks like one of many towers in that architecture, but don't mind me.
"That sheltered a lonely girl..." Ah, so the tower is lonely to its occupant.
"Named..." Named? We're barreling towards the scheduled end of the episode; the suspense is killing me here.
"...Salem." Hold the phone.
Next time: Worst Rapunzel.
