Blake's eyes were widened in shock as she saw her old friend and former leader in front of her eyes. Deep in her mind, she was happy that she saw her old friend again, but she was also questioning why Vortech had brought them here, especially when Ironwood and one of his specialists were in the theater

"I know that you wonder why they're here. Just know that I don't always get to choose who enters my theater." Vortech said inside her head

"How did you..." Blake questioned

"Telepathy, Blake. Please, do catch up." Vortech said

"Ok, why do you bring me here then?" Blake asked

"Because I need you're help in calming these two down for when they get with the other audience members. I can deal with Sienna, but I need you to talk down Ilia. Can you do that?" Vortech asked as he started to walk to the chained up White Fang members

"...I guess I can try." Blake said, uncertain on how to speak to Ilia, following Vortech, albeit a little slower

"Who the Hell are you and why do you have-?!" Ilia started but Vortech slammed his staff onto the floor, silencing her

"Now. I know you two are wondering what's going on here, and believe, I have it within your best interests to tell you. However, just so I only have to speak with one person, I've decided to bring Miss Belladonna along with me. You see she's in the same predicament as the two of you, along with several other guests, though unlike the others, you two definitely like to use... colorful language." Vortech said

"Who are you?" Sienna demanded with a scowl

"Call me, Vortech." Vortech said as he tapped his staff on the floor, causing the two faunus to be rid of their chains as they landed on the floor, luckily on their feet.

"Now, are we at ease? Can we calmly communicate with each other?" Vortech asked, only to be met with glares from the two White Fang members

"Close enough. I'll talk to Ms. Khan, Blake, you speak to Ms. Amitolia." Vortech said as he tapped his staff on the ground two times.

Suddenly, the room stretched, Blake and Ilia on one side, Vortech and Sienna on the other. Right after that, a wall emerged from the floor, separating both groups of two.

"What the?!" Ilia said as she went towards the wall, only to be stopped by the voice of Blake

"Wait... just wait. It'd be pretty pointless to try and find him in this place." Blake said as she walked towards the chameleon faunus. "He pretty much controls this place with his mind."

"What- who is he?" Ilia asked, still stumped

"...No one knows, really. He's sort of an enigma." Blake said as he started to rub he right arm with her left hand. "So... how have you been?"

"How have I been? What kind of question is that? What about you?" Ilia asked as she walked toward her old friend

"Adam sent us a report of his activities in Vale. He says you turned tail on him and vanished, leaving him behind during a mission." Ilia said as she got up to Blake. "Then, some of the Fang in Vale declare that they saw you working with the huntsmen in Beacon, they say that you're even on a team with Schnee of all humans." Ilia said with disdain in her voice

"Please, tell me there's a reason for all this. Some of the Fang think that you've turned on you're own—" Ilia started but was cut off

"I will always fight for our people, but the White Fang... Adam... we've been going down a dark path, and there may be no going back if we go too far." Blake explained

"So you've decided to follow in your father's footsteps?" Ilia asked

"I'm helping the faunus out by my own way, a better way... look, at least calm down so I can explain things." Blake pleaded

"*sigh* Fine, but you better start with what this place is." Ilia said

"Okay, but... well, you're gonna want to pay close attention." Blake said

....6 minutes later

"So let me get this straight... we're here, because this Vortech wants us to watch versions of ourselves in other universes?" Ilia asked

"I know it's a little weird, but believe me. It's true." Blake said

"....Have I been in any of these universe?" Ilia asked

"Hmm. No, but Sienna has." Blake said

"So... you're on a team, mainly consisting of humans, and one of them is a Schnee?" Ilia asked

"Yes, and believe me, I've told them of my past, and they've accepted me for who I am. All of them, trust me." Blake said

Before Ilia could say something else, the door to the room opened, revealing Vortech.

"Ah! Blake, I take it that you've explained everything to her." Vortech said

"Well, for the most part." Blake said

"Excellent. Now come along, I've explained everything to Sienna, and she's waiting for us." Vortech said as he started to leave

Blake and Ilia looked at each other before Blake shrugged before following Vortech, Ilia not far behind.

Soon enough, the three found Sienna leaning against a wall next to the door that leads to the theater.

"Blake, Ilia." Was all Sienna said to the two

"Did he say that we were watching alternate universe to?" Ilia said, getting a silent nod from Sienna

Vortech opens the door as he motions for Sienna and Ilia to stay where they are.

"If you excuse me, I must prepare the audience for your arrival, though for your information, we are going to be viewing a horror universe next." Vortech said as he opened the door and promptly closed it behind him

"Horror? Really?" Ilia asked

"Something about some killer named Candyman." Blake said, getting confused looks from Ilia and Sienna

"...Candyman?" They both asked

...Within the theater

"Vortech." Ironwood said with a nod

"Where's Blake?" Ruby asked

"She's i. The other side of the door, waiting with our new guests." Vortech said

"Oh, and who are the new guests?" Penny asked

"One is an old friend of Blake known as Ilia Amitolia, a chameleon faunus. The other.... is Sienna Khan." Vortech stated

The next word about to be said are brought to you by Ironwood, Winter, and Weiss.

...Back with Blake and the two White Fang memebers

"WHAAAT?!" The three yelled out

"...I thought they'd be louder, if I'm being honest." Sienna said

After a few more minutes, Vortech opened the door, motioning for the three to come in.

"Everyone seems calm for now, just make sure not to make too much of a ruckus. I don't want anyone to die in my theater." Vortech said as Sienna and Ilia walked in, followed by Vortech and Blake

Sienna was met with looks that ranged from glares to looks of curiosity. Ilia wasn't minded too much as Blake made her way to her.

"Now, ladies, gentlemen... Qrow." Vortech started

"What's that supposed to mean?" Qrow asked

"Be nice room each other. You can throw the occasional insult, but no fighting, am I understood?" Vortech asked, getting some nods and grumbles in return. "I'll take that as a yes."

Sienna decided to take a seat behind the students, but just right in front of the row Roman and Neo were in. Blake lead Ilia to where the Beacon students were seated, Ilia hesitating at first before Blake situated it so that Ilia was beside Blake, but also being blocked from the other students, just as a way to help Ilia slowly soothe herself into their recent predicament. Ruby and Yang waved at Ilia with bright smiles, Ilia waving shyly back as she didn't know what to do in this situation. Weiss not doing anything yet to approach since she had a feeling that Ilia might be with the White Fang, not because she was faunus, but mainly because of how she acted towards Ruby and Yang so far, so she had a feeling that Ilia would t try and talk to her.

"Now then, let us get started with our viewing, shall we?" Vortech asked as started the viewing

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The scene opens up to the sky-view of a city as cars can be seen driving busily on the streets while passing by buildings, all the while a choir could be heard in the background. The choir continues as it transitions to ominous organ music playing along with it while the title appears on-screen.

Candyman

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"What is with that choir?" Roman asked Vortech, only for him to shrug in return

"It sounds almost.... beautiful, yet haunting at the same time." Weiss said

"Seriously, what kind of name is Candyman? If this... universe is meant to be horror based, then does it mean that this man is a killer that uses candy as a lure?" Sienna asked

"HmmHmmHmmHmm. Actually, he has extremely very little to do with candy of any kind. The reason for his name is rather...Hmm, much darker, and twisted than one might think." Vortech answered

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The choir continues as a man can be heard speaking indistinctly in the background. That's when the scene takes a sharp transition to a screen filled with bees as their buzzing can be heard throughout the theater.

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"What the Hell is with this visual?" Roman asked, extremely unnerved by the scene

"So... so many bees." Ruby said with wide eyes

'Not the bees!' Neo signed out

"That buzzing is starting to mess with my ears."  Blake said as Sienna and Ilia silently agreed

Qrow looked at the bees that kept on buzzing, and back at his flask, then back at the bees. "....Yeah, I think I'm going to put this away for the time being." He said as set aside his flask

"Yeah, probably a good thing too, don't want to get 'Buzzzzed' in more ways than one." Tai said, trying to lighten up the mood, only to be met a light chuckle from Yang, and groans from everyone else

"So these bees... do they have anything to do with this Candyman?" Ozpin asked as he stared at the bees contently, feeling a sense dread coming from them, but something supernatural as well

"Oh... in more ways the an one." Vortech replies eerily

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"They will say that I have shed innocent blood." Begins the deepened voice of one Adam Taurus, a.k.a the CandyMan.

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"Adam?" Blake, Ilia, and Sienna asked at the same time, though all slightly unnerved by his deepened voice

"What's-what's with his voice?" Ilia asked

"What? Never heard the voice of the dead before, Miss Amitolia?" Vortech asked

"So Adam is this Candyman?" Sienna asked, only for Vortech to nod his head

"What does that ruffian mean when he talks about innocent blood?" Winter asked, getting slight glares from Sienna and Ilia

Vortech just pointed his staff to the screen, a silent way to tell the audience to watch

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"What's blood for if not for shedding? With my hook for a hand, I'll split you from your groin to your gullet." CandyMan continues as the bees can be seen buzzing through the air only for a humongous swarm of them to rise over a city with many tall sky-rises and buildings as a woman can be heard screaming over their buzzing.

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"I'm sorry, what?" Ilia asked

"That's not a good way to look on life." Pyrrha said

"What kind of madman would think that the only purpose for blood would be for it to be spilled?" Glynda asked, though she didn't get any glares from the White Fang members, seeing as how they were too occupied with what they were seeing

"Hmm, I can think of one." Ironwood said in thought, remembering a certain serial killer scorpion faunus that escaped their custody some years ago

"Adam.... I know that you're not the man I once knew... but what could get you to think like this?" Blake thought to herself

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"I came for you." CandyMan says as the scene transitions to the face of one Amber as she was smoking a cigarette.

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Now this got a reaction out of the members of Ozpin's inner circle, albeit making sure that no one saw their reaction, seeing as how the Amber I'd their universe in currently in a comatose state after she was ambushed by whoever it was trying to steal her maiden powers

"Who's that?" Yang asked, the members of  Ozpin's inner circle starting to sweat just a smidge

"That... is an old student from Beacon Academy, she graduated the year before the eight of you took part in initiation. Her name is Amber." Ozpin said, coming up with the best explanation he could, as to not draw suspicion

"Oh. Really? Huh, that's a little a neat." Ruby said, buying what Ozpin was selling

"Hmm. So what is the roll of Miss Amber?" Penny asked

"Why, the protagonist of course." Vortech said, all the while Ozpin's inner circle sighed in relief, albeit in their heads

"Nice save." Vortech said to Ozpin via telepathy. "But how long do you think you can hide the truth from them, and not just what you told those within your circle, but the FULL truth? Hmm?" Vortech questioned, getting Ozpin to widen his eyes a bit, until he returned to his stoic face

"...How much do you know?" Ozpin asked within his head

"More than you would like." Vortech replies, getting Ozpin to sit in thought

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"It was the scariest story I have ever heard, and it's totally true." An unnamed girl says to Amber as the scene transitions to a large white house with a black roof as it was nighttime.

"It happened a few years ago, near Moses Lake, in Indiana. Clara was babysitting for the Johnsons, and Billy pulls up on his motorcycle." The girl says as a Caucasian, blonde-haired human girl with a pink sweater shirt could be seen playing with a human baby in its crib.

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"Nothings going to happen to the baby, right?" Nora asked, once heading that this was true, scary story

"Well, Nora, this is a horror universe so.... we can only wait and see what happens." Ren said, trying to calm his childhood friend down

"Is the student's telling of this story about Adam Taurus?" Pietro asked as Vortech nodded his head

"So this is where we're gonna see bull boy make a killing?" Roman more so started than asked, causing Sienna and Ilia to glare at the crook

"His name is Adam, not 'bull boy'. Show a little respect." Sienna said with a small growl

"Hey, I have to suffer by working with the asshole, and so far he's done nothing but act like he's sitting on a high horse, spouting all the yada-yada about how faunus are superior to humans and all the crap." Roman said as Neo nodded in agreement

"What?! Adam wouldn't work with a human, especially not the likes of you." Ilia said as her color turned red, glaring at the criminal

"Yeah? Well believe me, it's real. Though if I'm being honest, it's not a real good predicament. Working with faunus is one thing, but working with the White Fang? That's another dumpster fire. Bad for business..... but it ain't like we got much of a choice." Roman said, albeit saying the last part to himself and Neo, knowing that Cinder is the reason he's stuck with those animals in Adam's branch of the White Fang

"Impossible." Sienna said

"It's true." Blake said to Sienna, getting the White Fang high leader and Ilia to look at the cat faunus. "My team and I caught Roman at the docks, aiding the White Fang branch in Vale to steal large amounts of dust crystals."

"Which we kicked their butts for." Yang said with a smug look

"Last I checked, blondie, I still got away." Roman said with his own smug look, causing Yang to growl in his direction, Neo giggling in response

"Why would Adam do such a thing?" Sienna asked

"You'd be surprised how Adam works in much of the multiverse." Vortech said. "Now, while you debate on what's going on with Mr. Taurus in your world, I think we should get back to the one affecting this world."

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It now shows Clara opening the front door to see a Caucasian human male with a biker jacket and slicked hair.

"Now, she wasn't even going out with Billy. She was actually going out with Michael for about six months. But she always kind of had the hits for Billy 'cause he was, like, a bad boy. And Michael was, you know, he was just so nice." The girl says as Clara can be seen leading Billy upstairs and into a bathroom as she had her shirt off, revealing a white bra.

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This caused Jaune, Ren, heck every male in the room, even Roman, though that was more so on Neo's part, to look away from the scene

"Wait, what's going on?" Ruby questioned

Right now, Ilia was colored pink.

"We can't seriously be viewing something like this in front of the students." Glynda said with a scowl, Winter nodding in agreement as Vortech was the only one to keep his eyes on the screen

"Well, this IS a horror based universe." Vortech said

"Oh! Are they about to partake in intercourse?" Penny asked with a smile, though the question itself hit people like flaming semi-truck at how quickly and nonchalantly she asked

"Hahahaha!" Roman laughed with Neo giggling a bit at how nonchalant Penny asked the question

"I think it's best to not speak about private and sensitive questions like that aloud, Penny." Pietro said to his daughter, narrowing his eyes a bit at the laughing crooks.

"Ah, I see. I will remember this next time." Penny nodded with a smile

"Hey Weiss, what's intercourse?" Ruby asked her partner in a whisper, getting the heiress to stutter and stumble a bit

"Uh, w-well, Uh, I'm sure you'll find out when you're older." Weiss said

"Hmph. Why does no one tell me these things?" Ruby asked to herself as the audience focused back on the screen

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"So, anyway, she decides that tonight's the night that she's gonna give Billy what she never gave to Michael." The girl says as Clara can be seen leaning on a sink as Billy closes the bathroom door behind him.

"Have you ever heard of Candyman?" Clara asks in a voice that was a bit breathily.

"No." Billy simply says as he shakes his head.

"Well, his right hand is sawn off and he has a hook jammed in the bloody stump. And if you look in the mirror and you say his name five times, he'll appear behind you, breathing down your neck. You wanna try it?" Clara asks as Billy starts to walk towards her.

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"Huh. Well hey, all ya gotta do is not look in a mirror and say his name five times. Simple as that." Jaune said with optimism laced in his voice

"Yeah...one issue with that, kid." Qrow spoke towards the blonde goofball

"What's that?" Jaune asked

"Teenagers." Tai said

"Idiots." Qrow replied

"Usually both." Glynda finished

"But who would do that?" Ruby asked

"Humans would." Sienna and Ilia spoke bluntly at the same time

"Hey!" Nora shouted at the White Fang duo

"Well...." Ren trailed off

"As much as it pains me to agree with them out of any human and faunus, humans can do some very illogical things." Winter said, slightly surprising the two White Fang members, of only for a small time

"Well... thank you for agreeing with us." Sienna said, feeling as if her tongue and throat were made of sandpaper when she thanked the Schnee.

"Hmm, yes. I'm almost very certain that Port would do something similar." Oobleck said, getting his friend to widen his eyes

"Pardon?! I would most certainly not!" Port said while crossing his arms

"If it proved your manliness, yes you would." Oobleck said, getting Port to stutter in response

"Why don't we all agree that everyone has the capacity to do very idiotic things." Vortech said as the viewing continued

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"So Billy began. He looked in the mirror and he said..." the girl says as Billy rubs his hands down Clara's stomach as they look in the mirror.

"Candyman. Candyman. Candyman. Candyman." Billy starts off as he moves his hands to softly grope on Clara's small breasts, Billy soon moving his head towards her neck as he kissed her, causing her to shudder as she soon pulled back.

"No one ever got passed four." Clara says with a smile as Billy goes in for the kiss.

"Not here. Go downstairs. I have a surprise for you." Clara says as Billy can now be seen sitting on the couch, drinking a beer, all the while chuckling.

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"That guy looks like a douche." Qrow commented

"Hmph. He looks like you." Winter fired at him

"No. I'm a cool uncle, that guy's a biker douche bag." Qrow said

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"She looked in the mirror, and I don't know why, but she said his name the last time." The girl says Clara smiles at the mirror.

"Candyman." Clara says as she turns out the lights.

"She turned out the lights..." the girl says, for as the moment Clara does so, Candyman, Adam Taurus, appears looking upon her, as he had both of his blue eyes intact, no mask to obscure his face as his bull horns were as broad as daylight, all the while he wore a dapper fur collared black coat. Clara's screams could be heard from the bathroom as Billy looks up at the ceiling to see blood squirt down from it and drip onto the floor.

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"...She just had to say his name the fifth time, didn't she?" Ironwood asked

"*sigh* At least we didn't actually see what happened, I don't want to take Ruby to therapy if the scene was gruesome." Tai said while shaking his head

'...Either she has a lot of blood, or the levels between each floor is very thin.' Neo signed out

"Is that the only thing you can take out of this scene? Someone just got murdered." Ilia said, sure he really didn't like humans, but she couldn't stomach seeing someone who was essentially innocent get potentially butchered

Neo just shrugged while she leaned back in her seat.

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"What he saw turned his hair white from shock." The girl says as she can be seen telling this story to Amber while Amber has a tape recording going.

"Killed her, split her open with his hook, and then killed the baby, too. And Billy got away, but soon after he went crazy. Maya, my roommate's boyfriend knows him." The girl says as Amber can now be seen walking through campus halls in a blue sweater shirt and khakis as she smiles brightly.

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"My word." Glynda said with wide eyes as she put her hands over her mouth.

Ozpin, Tai, Qrow, Oobleck, Port, and Ironwood were left speechless as they stared wide-eyes at the screen.

"Even the baby?" Ruby asked in a scared and weak voice

"That monster." Winter grounded out through her teeth

"T-this can't be a true story, r-right?" Yang asked, not believing anything that evil could exist

"Like I said, you'd be surprised what versions of Adam have done across the multiverse." Was all Vortech replied in response

Blake, Ilia, and Sienna looked on in slight horror at the tale of events. For Blake, she knew Adam was becoming less like his old self, but she didn't believe he could stoop so low as to murder a baby. Sienna and Ilia on the other hand were starting to wonder if their Adam could ever do anything like this. Sure, they knew that he was a lot more rough and biased towards humans than he was before when Ghira led the White Fang, and wild kill humans, but this? What onscreen Adam did was something that neither of the two White Fang members could condone, nor accept.

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She enters a room to see her good friend, Velvet Scarlatina, wearing something similar to Amber's shirt, though Velevet's was a lighter color as she also wore blue jeans, as she too was interviewing a student.

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"Oh hey, it's Velvet!" Ruby said, slightly ignoring what just happened when she saw the rabbit faunus

"Who's Velvet?" Ilia asked

"She's a second year student, kind of shy to strangers, but can get really sassy around her friends." Yang replied, causing the chameleon faunus to nod her head in understanding

"So, what is it that Miss Amber and Miss Scarlatina is doing?" Ozpin asked

"All I can say for now is that they are grad. students gaining research." Vortech replies

"Ah, is the two work at a college, Hmm, while I don't know much about this Amber woman, I'd say that given Miss Scarlatina's nature that I wouldn't expect her to work in such an environment that requires much social skills." Port examined

"Well, it does help that in this universe, racism towards faunus isn't as bad, though that's more so towards faunus born in the middle or upper classes of society. Faunus born of low class, paired with the possibility that they don't make a name for themselves, are genuinely tended to be ignored or get rumors spread about. Very nasty business." Vortech replied

"Is the White Fang active in this universe?" Sienna asked, not really liking the idea of any funny's being mistreated

"No." Vortech said

"No?" Sienna and Ilia asked with wide eyes

"I'm this universe, faunus slavery wasn't so long in practice as it was and slightly still is in your universe. In fact, slavery was genuinely quite shorter than it ever was in your universe. With the help of human abolitionists and genuinely good people, faunus slavery became outlawed. Though discrimination still tends to exist." Vortech said

"How much?" Blake asked

"Eh, if I'm being honest, this universe, along with universes similar to it, tend to show discrimination in more than one direction. Whether it be by race, gender inequality, and religion, though nowadays it's more so the latter of the three with religion being the thing that spawns terrorist groups." Vortech answered to the cat faunus

"What kind of religion does this universe have?" Oobleck asked

"To put it in simpler terms, each religion is more so all based on the same thing, just with different interpretations, albeit with the fact that some religions have extra practices and rules that are plainly outrageous." Vortech said

"The way you say it, it seems that battles of religion was quite the issue in this universe." Ironwood observed

"Yeah... lets just say, if I ever show the events of what is known as a little something called World War 2, you'd think that this Adam Taurus was a saint." Vortech said

"....You can't be serious?" Weiss asked, only to met by Vortech's stare. "Ok... so you are serious." She said while backing down

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"So, when did you first hear this story?" Velvet asked a blonde, Caucasian human male who wore a white shirt and jeans.

"Uh, my friend heard it on the radio. It's true. Sick, huh? The babysitter just roasted the kid like it was a turkey or something. So, what's the deal? You guys found a page on serial killers or something?" The boy asks.

"Something like that." Amber says as she lights another cigarette.

"Well, that's it. We're done." Velvet says while smiling at the young man.

"Alright." The boy says as he gets up.

"Thanks." Velvet says.

"No problem." The boy says as he grabs his jacket and heads off.

"See ya." Velvet says to him.

"See ya." The boy says back with a smile as he leaves the room.

"See ya." Amber mocks as she sits down by Velvet, causing the rabbit faunus to giggle in response.

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"Well, whoever Amber is, I can I already like her." Yang said with a nod of approval

"Huh... well this Velvet definitely isn't a shy as she usually is." Blake said as she saw the way this Velvet interacted with other people

"I'd definitely say that she's like this due to less pressure due to being a faunus, like Vortech said." Ilia said, a little envious of how the world on screen worked. Her only faunus trait being that of a chameleon's camouflage, she could blend herself in with humans, but it didn't help her pride that she couldn't outright admit she was faunus, for fear of what others would think of her.

Seeing this, Blake decided to put a reassuring hand on Ilia's shoulder, giving her old friend a small smile, causing Ilia to blush only by a small margin as she smiled back.

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"Seems like they get younger every day." Amber said to Velvet.

"Uh-huh. Ha!" Velvet agrees as Amber gives Velvet a cigarette. It is shown that they are in the University of Illinois-Chicago as the voice of an older Wheatley Schnee could be heard.

"Does anybody remember the craze for pet baby alligators?" He asks

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"Wheatley?" Both Schnee sisters questioned

"Another one?" Sienna and Ilia asked dryly, not really interested in having to watch a Schnee onscreen.

"Who's that, Weiss?" Ruby asked her partner

"That... is my little brother, Wheatley." Weiss said

"What's he like?" Jaune decided to ask, seeing as how Weiss was stubborn and strict, Winter being even more so; so he want to see if it was three for three among the siblings.

"Uh....*sigh* if I'm being honest, he can be an insufferable brat at times." Weiss stated while lowering her head a bit

Now this got Sienna and Ilia to cast Weiss dumbfounded looks. A Schnee throwing shade on one of their own relatives? This had to be a shame.

"I can attest to that... *sigh* I mainly blame that vile man of a father for the way our little brother acts." Winter said, now her turn to get looks of disbelief from Sienna and Ilia. Not only was their brother under fire from them, but their evil man of a father as well. Granted, the faunus knew Jacques was crooked, but they didn't think a Schnee would openly show disdain for the head of their own family.

"Hmm. What's Wheatley's role in this universe?" Ironwood asked, putting a hand to his chin

"He is a college professor on campus. Not a brat as he is in your world. No wealthy name for him to use, seeing as how there is no SDC in this universe." Vortech answered

"So, then there isn't dust in this universe either, I take it?" Pietro questioned, getting a nod from Vortech in return.

"No dust? Then what do they rely on for fuel and weaponry?" Sienna asked

"Oil and lead for fuel. Bullets and nonmecha-shift weapons." Vortech answered

"Oil like the stuff you put in your hair?" Nora asked

"No. This type of oil comes from fossil fuels, highly flammable. They originally got oil from the stomachs of whales, but over time, all the had to do was dig in the ground and bingo. They hit fountains of oil." Vortech stated

"So... is there an oil industry?" Roman asked

"Oh, but of course. Capitalism is what many a countries in this universe are built upon." Vortech answered as Roman nodded in understanding.

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"Oh, when they got too large to keep, people flushed them down the toilet. They live in the sewers now. Some of them are 30 feet long." A girl says as Amber could be seen outside of the campus, trying to get to somewhere.

"Wh— Where did this happen?" Wheatley asks.

"In Miami. They went blind and albino from living in the dark." The girl says as students start to laugh as Amber could be seen entering a large room where Wheatley was giving a lecture and takes her seat.

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"Ah, I see. So Mr. Schnee is holding a lecture that seems to be related to urban legends." Oobleck observed

"Yeah, but in our universe, it's Grimm alligators in the sewers. Still bullshit though." Qrow said as the teachers and other adults nodded in agreement

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"Sir, it wasn't Miami, it was New York. I read it in the paper." A boy says from the crowd of students.

"Oh, well, then it must be true." Wheatley says, causing students to laugh as he can be seen, older while wearing black khakis, a blue and white plaid shirt with a light brown coat on the outside.

"Why would Danny and Diane both be suffering from the same delusion, in two cities over 1,000 miles apart?" Wheatley asks.

"Let's face it, folks. There are no alligators in the sewers. No, it's— it's 'round the campfire, it's bedtime stories." Wheatley starts

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"Well, brother's definitely older in this universe." Weiss commented

"Eh, he kinda looks like pushover." Yang said while putting her arms behind her head

This in turn gets a chuckle out of Ilia, and a smirk on Sienna's face, causing Winter to slightly glare at the two, and for Weiss to do the same to Yang.

"He's still my brother." Weiss says to the blonde brawler

"What? I'm just saying what I'm seeing." Yang said in defense

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"See, these stories are modern, oral folklore. They are the unselfconscious reflection of the fears of urban society." Wheatley explains as the bell rings, causing students to rise up from their seats and exit the classroom.

"That's lunch." Wheatley says as the students chatter, all the while Amber makes her way to Wheatley.

"The primordial reptile is then transformed into this monster, right? Why?" Wheatley asks while talking to a female student of his, one who has long, blonde hair, blue jeans, and a dark-blue, long-sleeve shirt.

"Ouch! Ow! That hurts." Wheatley continues to talk until he sees Amber coming up to him.

"—Ah, the dashing professor." Amber says.

"—The lovely wife. Hello." Wheatley acknowledges back as he and Amber kiss.

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"Eh?" Weiss and Winter both ask at the same time

"How'd whitey get with an A?" Roman asked

"I'm surprised anyone would marry a Schnee." Sienna commented

Though before Winter or Weiss could voice their thoughts on that comment, Vortech beat them to the punch.

"Remember, no SDC, no wealth to the Schnee name. He's as ordinary as any middle class man." Vortech stated

"Still wasn't expecting this though." Ironwood whispered to Glynda

"Amber was always such a free spirit that I didn't think it'd be possible for the kid to actually marry someone." Qrow said to his group, only to glance off to the side in slight sadness, knowing that Amber could never really again have any happiness of any kind.

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"Amber, you know everybody? The crème de la crème. Harold." Wheatley starts as he points his hand to the group of people around them.

"—Hi" Amber says as she shakes the hand of a portly man with brown hair, a black shirt, a grey sweater-vest, and blue jeans.

"—Diane, Daniel, Stacey." Wheatley introduces the rest.

"—Hi" the girl Wheatley was speaking to earlier, Stacey said as she held out her hand towards Amber.

"Hello." Amber replies as she shakes Stacey's hand.

"—So keep up the good work." Wheatley says as the group starts to leave.

"—Yeah, we're out of here." Daniel says.

"Thanks for the contribution." Wheatley says.

"Thanks. Bye." Stacey says to Wheatley as she walks up the stairs to exit the class.

"See ya." Amber calls out with a slightly mocking tone in her voice as Wheatley sighs.

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"Ah, the old student and college professor routine." Roman said with a smirk

"Wheatley wouldn't do something like that. Sure... maybe father, but even if Wheatley can be a brat, I can't believe that he'd do something like that." Weiss said

"Well, this IS another universe, so anything is possible." Blake said, getting Weiss to worry a bit for what Wheatley might do in this universe

"At the very least, Amber knows of the potentiality of that student's attention towards her husband." Pyrrha said, knowing she'd do the same if she saw some hussy try and steal Jaune from her

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"So, you want to tell me about this girl?" Amber asks Wheatley as he grabs his bag.

"—What's her name? Stacey." Amber says as the door to the classroom slams shut.

"She could barely look me in the eyes, Wheatley, and I swear she was blushing." Amber states with her hand on her hip.

"Well, I guess that's because she's madly in love with me. You know, all those bursting adolescent hormones." Wheatley says, if a little nonchalantly, as he walks over to his wife.

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"Dude, that is not something you should say so nonchalantly." Jaune said, sure, he's made some mistakes when trying to get with girls in the past, but this isn't something one should speak about so freely

"Hear-hear" Qrow and Tai say at the same time

"*sigh* I pray our brother doesn't ever turn out like this. This version of him doesn't seem like father, but to say something like that outright to his spouse just so casually shouldn't be right." Winter said with a shake of her head, Weiss sighing in agreement

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"Ah." Amber says as Wheatley gives her a look.

"—You don't really think——" Wheatley asks.

"—No, of course not." Amber replies as Wheatley sets his bag down.

"—Good, I should hope not. So what's the matter?" Wheatley asks as Amber has a downed look in her eyes.

"Wheatley...[sighs] you promised you wouldn't do the urban legends lecture until next semester. You knew that Velvet and I were gathering data from the freshmen, so why do you have to ruin it?" Amber asks as Wheatley sighs.

"Honey, you're my wife and I love you dearly, but you can't expect me to hold up their education while the two of you complete your thesis. I mean, be realistic. I have a curriculum I have to follow here." Wheatley replies.

"Yes, I know." Amber says.

"Well? So don't be mad at me." Wheatley says as he walks off.

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"Sorry to say this, Weiss, but you're brother sounds like an asshole." Nora said, Ren not Glynda trying to reprimand her because, in their eyes? That's what it looked like

Sienna and Ilia felt at home with all the shade being thrown on the Schnee name, even if it was only two, an none in their own audience, they were still happy nonetheless.

"Yeah... that much we can kind of agree on." Weiss said in agreement

"I'd strangle the man that would ever try to go with 'So don't be mad at me' as an excuse." Glynda said with harsh and cold voice, causing all adult males, Vortech and Ozpin included, to have a shiver run down their spines.

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The scene transitions to Amber typing on a commodore Amiga computer, reinstating what the girl from earlier spoke of when talking about CandyMan, using a tape recorder to help her get everything, word-for-word.

[girl on tape] "If you look in the mirror and say his name five times, he'll appear behind you, breathing down your neck."

Amber smiles a bit before she stops the recording, the tape clicking in the process, all the while Amber continues to type.

Soon enough, a dark-skinned, mouse faunus enters the room, wearing white khakis and a beige sweater with a hood over a blue button up shirt as she comes in with cleaning supplies.

"—Can I clean the room?" The cleaning lady asks

"—Oh, sure. Don't mind me." Amber answers as she continues with her work, the faunus cleaning lady bring s her cart with supplies into the room, the tape replaying the recording again.

[girl on tape]: "So, Billy began. He looked in the mirror and said, "Candyman, Candyman, Candyman...""

Amber stops the recording again as she continues to type, the faunus cleaning lady taking notice.

"Candyman, huh?" She asks Amber as she picks up some trash on the floor.

Turning towards the cleaning lady, Amber asks. "Yes, have you heard of him?"

"Mm-hmm. You doing on him?" The faunus asked Amber

"Yes, I am. What have you heard?" Amber asked

"Everyone's scarred of him once it gets dark. He live over at Cabrini. My friend told me all about him." The cleaning worker answered as she starts to wipe down a desk

"—Cabrini-Green?" Amber asks as she takes a sip from her coffee

"—Yeah, in the projects." The faunus confirmed

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"Cabrini-Green?" Ruby questioned

"Weird name." Nora said

"Hmm, so this Candyman has home of sorts?" Ozpin asked

"Oh, I get it. In every ghost movie, they have a place where they haunt the most, usually where they were killed. Candyman must have been killed in this Cabrini place." Jaune said after putting two and two together

"Huh... well thank you, Mister Arc. I didn't have to actually explain anything this time around, well done." Vortech complimented Jaune. He may be a bit of a dunce, but he was a great tactician, that's for certain

"Thanks." Jaune said with a bright smile, causing Pyrrha to pat him on the shoulder for a job well done.

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Amber writes it down as the cleaning lady continues. "I live on the South Side so I don't know too much about it. But my friend, she know all about it." The faunus cleaning lady started as Amber looks towards her

"Her cousin live at Cabrini. They say he killed a lady." The cleaning lady elaborated

"Can I talk to your friend?" Amber asks

"Sure." The cleaning lady says as she towards the door, looking into the hallway.

"—Kitty?" The cleaning lady calls out to dark-skinned human woman with the same clothing as her as she mopped the hallway.

"Yeah? What do you want?" Kitty asked back

"Lady down here wanna talk to you." The cleaning lady answered

"All right." Kitty calls back as she sets the mop against the lockers, and proceeds to walk to the room where Amber is located

"She comin'." The cleaning lady answered as Kitty starts to enter the room.

"—I'm Amber Schnee." Amber says as she gets up to shake Kitty's hand

"—Oh. Pleased to meet you." Kitty says with a smile as she shakes Amber's hand

"Henrietta Mosley. And this is Kitty Culver." The cleaning lady, no known as Henrietta answers

"—Hello." Amber says as she shakes Henrietta's hand

"—Hmm." Is all Henrietta says

"Tell her what you told me about the Candyman." Henrietta says to Kitty

"Well, all I know was there was some lady in a tub, —and she heard a noise." Kitty replies

"Do you Remember name?" Amber asks

"I think her name was Ruthie Jean." Kitty answers

"And she heard this banging, and smashing. Like somebody was tryin' to make a hole in the wall." Kitty said as Amber writes down everything Kitty says

"So, Ruthie called 911, and she said, "There's somebody comin' through the walls.— And they didn't believe her." Kitty says

"—They thought the lady was crazy, right?" Henrietta asks her friend

[Kitty] "Mm-hmm." Kitty replies

"So she called 911 again, and they still didn't believe her." Kitty replies to Amber as she listens intently

"But when they finally got there, she was dead." Kitty finished

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"Typical. I bet any of you that if it was a human calling the police they would investigate right away, but when it's a faunus..." Sienna trailed off, having made her point

"Now, wait just a minute." Ironwood started, but was cut off by their dear host

"Yeah, during this time, while there wasn't too much racism, there was a lot of police brutality against faunus. Most didn't even bother with crimes where faunus were victims, they only got involved with a faunus case if the faunus was the suspect." Vortech stated

"What?!" Ironwood and Winter yelled out

"Like I said, typical." Sienna said while crossing her arms

"But the job of a police is to protect and serve. If they are not protecting and serving everyone, then how did they earn their positions?" Penny asked with what she could only tell as slight anger

"Hah. You should've seen the police when we checked out those dust stores Torchwick robbed. 'We don't get paid enough' my ass. They shouldn't even get paid at all." Yang grumbled out

"Just goes to show how bad cops are at their job." Roman said while taking a puff of his bubble spewing cigar, getting confused looks from Sienna and Ilia, only for Roman to point towards Vortech

"Well, not all cops are that bad." Ruby said in defense

"Oh, not all, but definitely most." Roman said with a chuckle as Neo nodded in agreement, Ironwood and Winter scowling at the two criminals

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"Was she shot?" Amber asked

"No, um..." Kitty starts as she looks down to the side. "She was killed with a hook." Kitty says as she mimics a slicing noise up her chest. "—Yeah."

"It's true." Henrietta starts, getting Amber to look towards her direction. "Yeah, it is. I read it in the papers. Candyman killed her."

"Yeah, but I don't know nothin' about that." Kitty says with a wink to Amber as she starts to get up

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"Looks like someone doesn't wasn't get caught being a snitch." Roman started off. "Though I don't see why a ghost would want to kill a snitch, not like anyone's gonna believe 'em."

"Fear can coerce many into doing less than favorable things. Wether if it challenges their own morals, or if it's just something they don't wish to do." Ozpin said with his wisdom

"Ah, but when one loses that power of fear, they are left vulnerable, allowing all parties involved to turn on them." Vortech added with his own bit of wisdom

"If only three could happen to that fir bitch." Roman thought to himself, only to widen his eyes when he heard a voice inside his heard

"What if it could, though?" Said the voice of Vortech.

This caused Roman to quirk and eyebrow at Vortech, who continued to watch the viewing with everyone else.

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The scene transitions to the screen of a computer as soft footsteps and whirring sounds could be heard as Amber looks at news clippings

Unsolved Murders
Death Toll Rises

The paper on the computer says as Amber looks at an image of one of the corpses, a dead female dog faunus.

21 Brutal Deaths
Serial Killer Still At Large

Cause of Death, What Killed Ruthie Jean?
Life in the Projects

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This shocked Blake, Sienna, and Ilia

"Ruthie Jean was a... faunus?" Sienna asked, not thinking of what species Ruthie was earlier, but not thinking Adam would kill one of his own.

"W-why would Ada-Candyman do this?" Ilia asked

"Have any of you heard of the concept known as the three deaths?" Vortech asked

"Hmm. Why yes. First is when you die in life. Second when you're buried. And third when you're forgotten." Oobleck answered

"This version of Adam clings to the third death, quite tightly if I must say, and he doesn't want to let go." Vortech stated

"So... just because this version of Adam doesn't want to be forgotten, he'd do anything, kill anyone?" Blake asked in horror. Her Adam's radicalism was one thing, but even he couldn't do what Candyman does

"Desperation can lead to many things. Sometimes... even becoming a monster." Ozpin said, an image of him in Salem's arms coming to mind, both in the lands of the Dark Brother.

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As Amber continues to research, she starts to form an idea in her head, and leaves the library she was in.

The scene is now night as a park with lit lamp posts can be seen, the wind whooshing in the silent air as a large apartment complex can be seen.

"Amber, this is sick." Velvet says as the scene transitions to Velvet and Amber inside of the latter's apartment, both of them looking over a copy of one of the newspaper articles

"This isn't one of your fairy tales. A woman got killed here. Jesus." Velvet comments as she looks over the paper on the table, now wearing a blue shirt

"—That's not even the half of it." Amber says after putting down some of her wine, rustling through some papers, now wearing a rusty orange shirt.

Amber pulls out a another article that reads "Mother Cabrini".

"Now, that's Cabrini-Green, not that you'd recognize it today." Amber says while pointing at the image of one of the complexes in Cabrini

"Yeah, no kidding. I won't even drive past there." Velvet comments. "Heard a kid got shot there the other day."

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"How bad is this Cabrini-Green?" Weiss asked with wide eyes

"It's regularly ruled by gangs in this universe. Doesn't help with the legend of Candyman." Vortech answered

"What type of gangs rule the area?" Roman asked

"Cabrini is heavily populated by faunus." Vortech answered

"Ah. No White Fang, but there are gangs. Though knowing gangs, they're probably more bark than bite." Roman said, having no dealt with a few gangs in the past, though whenever they tried to do anything to him, he had Neo to help... shorten the heard.

Neo nodded in agreement, knowing exactly what Roman was talking about.

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"Every day. Okay, now look carefully at this picture. And this one." Amber says as she pulls out an article from below the Cabrini article; the article reading "City Housing" as it showed an image of the apartment building similar to the one Amber lives in

"You spot it?" Amber asks, a cigarette between the fingers on her left hand while she uses her right me to pour more wine.

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"What's she trying to do?" Nora asked

"She's definitely trying to make a connection of some kind... I don't know what though." Jaune said, trying to see what Amber's doing.

"Hmm. I have a theory, but I'd like to watch and see before I make my conclusion." Penny said as she watched intently.

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"No." Velvet says

"That's not Cabrini-Green. That's this building, Lincoln Village. My apartment was built as a housing project." Amber says while pointing at the paper

"—No." Velvet says in disbelief

"—Yeah." Amber confirms

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"So my theory just might be correct." Penny said

"What did you find, Penny?" Pietro asked his daughter

"I believe Miss Amber is comparing the two buildings as a means to help her in her and Miss Scarletina's study on urban legends." Penny said

"But why would she need to do that? Candyman is real. We saw him." Nora said, saying it like it was the most obvious thing

"...Yeah, but Amber and Velvet don't know that. We've seen him, but they only heard about him." Ruby deduced

"...Oh. Yeah, that makes sense." Nora said, coming to terms with the explanation

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"Now take a look at this." Amber says as she gets up from the table, Velvet soon following as she leads her to a large set of curtains in the living room.

Pulling back the curtains, Amber shows a large set of window framing, revealing the active city Chicago under the night sky, Velvet leaning on the couch cushions to look outside.

"Once it was finished, the city soon realized there was no barrier between here in the Gold Coast." Amber said as she took a seat on the couch with Velvet

"Unlike over there, where you got the highway and the "L" train to keep the ghetto cut off." Velvet says

"Exactly. So they made some minor alterations. They covered the cinder block in plaster, and they sold the lot off as condos." Amber says as she goes over to one of the walls of the living room, tapping against it to prove her point.

"How much did you pay for this place?" Velvet asked as she got up

"Don't ask." Amber said with a slight eye roll as Velvet laughs

"Now wait till you see this." Amber says as she moves past the kitchen and dining room table, moving to a hallway that led to the bathroom.

"Here's the proof." Amber says as she starts to remove the medicine cabinet from her the bathroom wall.

"The killer, or killers—they don't know which—mashed their way through the back of this cabinet." Amber says, pulling off the medicine cabinet to reveal the back of another one.

"See, there's no wall there. It's only a medicine chest separating us from the other apartment." Amber tells Velvet as she bangs against the back of said cabinet.

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"Huh, I didn't know that was a thing." Yang said in thought

"I suddenly have the need to make sure that there's no way anyone could crawl into our house through the medicine cabinet." Tai murmured to himself.

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"Wait." Amber says as she starts to push against the medicine cabinet

"—He, hey, wait. What are you doing? There could be someone on the toilet." Velvet tried to reason with her

"No, the apartment's vacant." Amber reassures her friend

"Are you sure?" Velvet asked

"Yes." Amber said a she finally pushed it off, causing the cabinet to clang on the floor of the other apartment room

"There. Okay. Ow take a look." Amber says as Velvet looks through it, seeing the vacant room next to them

"That is amazing." Velvet says as she looks at the other side.

"Oh, my God! There's somebody in there." Velvet says as she quickly backs up

"What?" Amber asks

"I saw a light go on." Velvet said

"There's nobody there." Amber says as she looks through

That's when Velvet smiles and pokes Amber in the back with her fingers, causing Amber to jump a little."Psych."

"That's not funny. That was not funny." Amber says with a eye roll as she backs up from the wall, all the while Velvet laughs

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"Ah, there's the sass Velvet tends to have with her friends." Yang said

'Eh, she could've done better than a simple poke' Neo signed out, thinking of better ways to try and prank scare someone... probably to death.

"Hmm. It's good to see that at least one version of Amber was able to have a normal life.*sigh*" Ozpin thinks inside his head with a smile, before soon scowling at the thought of the position she was currently in in their world

"Life is unpredictable. Amber was undertrained. Evil will do things that are neither ethical nor moral. You knew that she would be attacked, but you couldn't predict how it would happen." Vortech said in Ozpin's mind

"Maybe, but Amber, everyone I have sent on those missions against Salem... and they didn't even know the full truth. That she can't be destroyed." Ozpin thought back

"Hmhmhm. Oh. You maybe quite the old being in your world, but you are still as ever as naive. Salem was made that way by the ignorant Gods of your world, though... what you may know, may not be what is truth." Vortech said

"...So this is what Qrow means when I start acting cryptic. What do you mean?" Ozpin asked him

"Jinn." Vortech said

"What about her? I asked her if Salem could be destroyed, and she gave me the answer that haunts me to this day." Ozpin replies back

"*sigh* Jinn is a Djinn, think on that. Also technically, you didn't ask if Salem could be destroyed. That is all I'll say for now." Vortech said, confusing Ozpin, but causing the headmaster to think.

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"You didn't scare me at all." Amber says as she and Velvet start to put the medicine cabinet on their end back in its place on the wall.

"Yeah, right." Velvet says with a smirk

They finally push it back in, only for Amber to get her finger caught in it a little bit. "Ow. Ow. Ow. Mm." Amber says as she puts her finger in her mouth, all the while Velvet laughs more

"You don't believe all that nonsense anyway, do you?" Amber asks her friend

"I don't. Do you?" Velvet asks Amber

"No." Amber says, taking her finger out of her mouth as the two of them look into the mirror on the medicine cabinet, both smiling as they got an idea.

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"Oh. I know that look." Qrow said

"Someone's about to do something stupid~" Roman said in a sing-song voice

"This is not going to end well." Ilia stated the obvious.

"Don't do it." Jaune repeated several times over

"*sigh* They're gonna do it... at least Amber might." Blake said knowing how horror tends to go

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"All right." Amber says as the two of them start to say Candyman's name five times as Amber counted it on her fingers.

"Candyman. Candyman. Candyman. Candyman." They both say, only to pause a bit before Amber goes closer towards the mirror.

"Candyman." Amber says in a scary voice, only to find out that Velvet didn't say it with her.

"Oh, you chicken!" Amber says as Velvet laughs

"You have to say it five times. Go on. Go again." Amber says as she tries to nudge Velvet towards the mirror, all the while the rabbit faunus was laughing.

"Sorry, I'm sorry." Velvet says as she continues to laugh

"I did it." Amber said

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"And it's going to be a mistake that may just end your life." Sienna said

"*sigh* The minds of the younger generation hold many possibilities, however, their decisions along the way can still be questionable." Glynda said

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Soon enough, the scene transitions to Amber in bed, the lights were off, and the clock was ticking as a light thud could be heard, causing Amber to stir a bit.

"Wheatley?" Amber asked as she looked at the doorway to their bedroom.

Seeing nothing, Amber goes back to bed, moaning a bit as she gets herself comfortable. Only for scary music to play as someone jumps onto her while she tries to sleep, causing Amber to scream. "No!"

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"Welp, we knew ye little." Roman said with a shrug

"But Vortech said she was the protagonist." Ruby stated to the criminal

"Besides, I don't think Adam would jump someone on the bed." Blake said

"He looks more like the type of killer who'd loom over the bed and then slash down on his victim with a sharp object." Nora said, drawing some eyes in her direction

"That's seems oddly... specific." Pyrrha said

"Is something wrong with her?" Ilia asked Blake in a whisper

"I just decided to roll with whatever Nora says from time to time... not that she's wrong." Blake whispered back

"Hey, now wait just a min-" Ilia started in defense of Adam

"Ilia, come on. It's Adam, if he would kill someone in their sleep, how else would he do it?" Blake asked

"...touché." Ilia said in defeat

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However, it turns out that someone was Wheatley in a dark blue robe. "Stop, what's the matter?"

This causes Amber to turn on the lamp next to her, seeing the face of her husband.

"Oh, Trevor! Oh, God." Amber sighs angrily as she puts a hand on her head

"What? Who were you expecting?" Wheatley asked as he started to cuddle up to his wife.

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"I don't know if that's a jerk move or not." Ruby said

"I'd say it is. Women need their beauty rest, and for it be interrupted so easily is going to lead into problems." Sienna stated, getting nods of agreement from a majority of the women in the room, sans Nora.

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Amber sighs as Wheatley kisses her neck. "What time is it?" She asks

"It's late, and I'm smashed." Wheatley says tiredly as he continues to cuddle up to Amber while kissing her neck

"Sorry I scared you." Wheatley says as he starts to fall asleep

The scene transitions to the open road in Chicago, focusing on a red car as the same choir from before vocalizes once again.

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"I really hate that choir." Roman said while shaking his head

"I must say, it does give off a sense of foreboding." Port says while stroking his mustache

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It's shows that Velvet and Amber are in the car, both wearing large coats and gloves with Velvet wearing a scarf, Amber driving the car. Amber looks to Velvet to see the rabbit faunus packing a taser and pepper spray in her purse.

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"...They look like cops." Roman said dryly, Neo nodding in agreement

"Why's Velvet packing heat?" Yang asked

"They're going to Cabrini." Vortech answered

"Is it really that bad?" Sienna asked

"While you won't see it this viewing, you'll all soon see just how bad Cabrini can be. It doesn't help with Candyman." Vortech said as they continued to watch

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"What's with the arsenal, Velvet? We're only going eight blocks." Amber says as she starts to pull out another cigarette

"You're the one who got us dressed like cops." Velvet says

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"Even the bunny agrees with me." Roman said

"There's nothing wrong with going in prepared." Winter said to the criminal

"It's good to be prepared, but it's bad to look suspicious." Qrow said

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"I just said to dress conservatively." Amber fires back

"Yeah, well, we look like cops." Velvet says, still holding onto her statement

"Why are you try to scare me?" Amber asked her good friend

"I'm not trying to scare you, Amber. I just want you to think, okay? The gangs hold this whole neighborhood hostage." Velvet tries to reason with Amber

That's when stops the car off at the side, looking toward Velvet. "Okay, let's just turn around, then! Let's just go back, and we can write a nice, little boring thesis, regurgitating all the usual crap about urban legend." Amber says, looking toward Velvet, as said rabbit faunus looks back at her

"We've got a real shot here, Velvet. An entire community starts attributing the daily horrors of their daily lives to a mythical figure. If Wheatley and Jaune were in on this, do you think they'd chicken out?" Amber asked Velvet

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"I'm in this?" Jaune asked

"Hmm. Barely. In hear you're Velvet's husband." Vortech answered, shocking the Beacon students a bit

"Huh..." was all Jaune could let out, not knowing how to take that piece of knowledge

Right now, Pyrrha was slightly scowling, not that anyone could see it. After all, Jaune got with Velvet in this universe instead of her. Sure, Pyrrha hasn't seen herself in here, but it didn't mean wanted to simply let go of Jaune.

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"In a second." Velvet says with a light giggle

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"Aw..." Jaune said while lowering his head

"...I can kinda see it for Wheatley." Weiss admitted in

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"Exactly." Amber confirms while raising her eyebrows

Sighing, Velvet faces her friend. "All right." Velvet says as Amber starts up the car again

The choir vocalizes again as that screen now shows an overhead view of Cabrini Green. Amber and Velvet pull up to one of the buildings, parking the car as various faunus men can be seen speaking indistinctly.

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"While I'm glad that they have the resolve to try and accomplish this, I can't help but feel this might end in disaster." Ironwood said as he watched intently

"Well let's see, Amber already said his name 5 times in a mirror, AND she's now going to his place of living. All in all, this woman has no survivalist instincts." Roman listed off his fingers as Neo held up a death flag

"We can only pray that they'll make it out of this." Ozpin said as he took a sip from his mug

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"Yo, G, what's up?" A bear faunus says to an alligator faunus

"What's up man?" The alligator faunus asks back as they do their own type of handshake

Back in the car, Amber can see that Velvet doesn't look like she's up for it. "You wanna wait here for me?" Amber asks

"No." Velvet says

"Well, then let's go." Amber says as the two starts to get out the car, dogs barking in the distance.

"Check then out." A gorilla faunus says, referring to Amber and Velvet

"And lock the car." Amber says to Velvet

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Sienna just shakes her head while Ilia only lightly scowls.

"...She'll get one pass. Even I don't think I could leave a car unlocked in that type of area." Ilia said as she let up her scowl

"One shouldn't leave their vehicle unlocked in any area in case of robbery or grand theft auto." Penny said

"I think they get it, Penny." Ruby whispered to her robot friend

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"Hey, now. Woo!" One of the faunus men call out to them

"Wait. Wait up." Velvet says as she speed walks towards Amber

"Want somethin', baby? I got it for you." Another of the faunus men call out to them

"Yo, mama. Come over here, baby. Come on, come on." Another make faunus says as the other faunus men chatter and laugh

Amber and Velvet get a pathway up to the entrance to the building as a brown-skinned bat faunus calls out to them. "Yo, baby. Which way you goin'?"

"Just going inside." Amber says as she and Velvet try their best to ignore them

"Yeah?" The male bat faunus says as the other laugh

"Y'all can't come up in here." One of the faunus men say

"Can't come in." Another one says as Amber and Velvet get closer to the building

"Y'all can't come in." The gator faunus says

"Who you lookin' for?" The bear faunus asks

"Just going up to see a friend." Velvet says as they make their way to an elevator

"Sure you're not the police, huh?" The bear faunus said

"Look like Five-O to me." The gator faunus says, whooping like a siren to make his point

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"Even they see it." Roman whispers to Neo

"Now they're just harassing them." Winter said with a shake of her head

"...What, you got nothing to say against that?" Roman asked Sienna

"Hmph. I may fight for faunus equality, it doesn't mean that I don't know that our species has its fair share of assholes." Sienna replied to the criminal, still wondering why Adam would work with Torchwick

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"Ask the tanned chick where she goin'." The bear faunus said

"Who she goin' to see? Who you goin' to see?" The bat faunus asked as Amber and Velvet stop in front of the elevator

"Let's take the stairs." Amber says to Velvet

"Where you all goin' there?" The bear faunus asked, only for Amber and Velvet to make their way to the stairs

"Heads up, people! Five-O comin' up the back door! Police!" The gator faunus yelled out as the bear faunus whistled

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"Just leave them be!" Nora called out to the faunus on-screen

"Nora, they can't hear you." Ren said to his friend

"If they were trying to get answers from anyone there, then their chances just went out the window, seeing as how those ass's called them out like cops." Ilia said with a head shake

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"It's okay. They think we're cops. They're not going to follow us." Amber says to Velvet as the two make their way up the stairwell, indistinct yelling being heard from the tenants of the building.

"Hang on." Amber says as she takes a picture with her camera, taking a picture of graffiti

The two make their way to the fourth floor of the building until they come across more graffiti.

"Look at this." Velvet said as she pointed to the graffiti

"Oh, this is great." Amber says as Velvet sighs, the writing on the wall saying

Sweets to the Sweet

Amber takes a picture of the graffiti as they walk on.

"Sweets to..." Velvet started off

"To the sweet." Amber said as she continued to take pictures

"Sweets to the sweet." Velvet said

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"Is that his calling or something?" Ruby asked

"Sweets to the sweet..." Jaune repeated in his head

"It definitely relates to his name as Candyman." Pyrrha said

"Eh, it feels more like warning sign." Roman said, after all, this was horror universe

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"Hurry up, Helen." Velvet said

"Let me just get the door. Hang on." Amber says, taking a picture of the door, only for the door to bang open, revealing a large Rottweiler barking loudly at Amber and Velvet, scaring the two.

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This caused the audience quite the scare, though Ozpin was only jumped a little. However, none was more scared then...

"AAAAAHHHH!!!" Blake screamed in fright at the sight of the mean Rottweiler, causing her to jump into Yang's arms, clinging onto the blonde fire life

"Woah, woah, calm down Blake." Yang said as Blake shivered in fear, the cat faunus already had an issue with Zwei, she didn't need to see this monster of a dog jumping her.

Ilia gave a raised brow to Blake, though she was a little jealous that Blake didn't jump to her.

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However, the owner of said Rottweiler was revealed to be one Sienna Khan in black khakis, and a white button up shirt under a pink button up uniform shirt. She scowled at the two before closing her door.

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"So I'm in this?" Sienna asked, being a tiger faunus, she's not scared of dogs, dogs are scared of her.

"Nothing high and mighty as your position as White Fang high leader, just another tenant, but still important to the plot." Vortech answered

"Well, if this universe wasn't scary enough, she just made it worse." Roman poo Ted to the Sienna onscreen. "If looks could kill, I'd be 10 feet under by now."

"Well, if life's taught me on thing, it's that one needs to have a strong presence, both in appearance and in actions." Sienna smirked, seeing as how her onscreen self inadvertently frightened the ginger-haired criminal.

"...She's not entirely wrong." Ironwood reluctantly agreed with the White Fang leader

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"Sorry." Amber said

"Jesus, Amber." Velvet said to her friend

The two soon make their way to the building where the murder took place. "Here it is." Amber said

"Don't go in there." Velvet pleaded

"Come on." Amber said as she opened the door, the door creaking while she did so

"Come on, come on." Amber said as the two entered the room, revealing to be worn down with boarding on where the windows used to be.

"Jesus, it stinks." Velvet said

Amber takes some pictures as the two continued to journey the apartment room. "See, I was right. The layout is identical. Which means that the bathroom is over there."

"Amber." Velvet says

"What's the problem?" Amber asked

"Well, a woman died in there. Leave it." Velvet says, only for Amber to ignore her and trudge on

Amber opens the rusted bathroom door, the door creaking while doing so.

"It's all right. There's nothing to see." Amber says to Velvet as she starts to resume her picture taking as Velvet follows her.

"God." Amber said as she looked at the state of the bathroom

"Wait a minute. This is where he crawled through, right?" Velvet asked as they looked at the medicine cabinet

"Yeah." Amber confirmed

Amber opens it up, only for her and Velvet to see several destroyed walls behind the medicine cabinet.

"Well, we found it. Let's go." Velvet said

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"It's good to see one of them has a survivalist instinct. That place looks like a haunted house." Roman commented

"On another note, I tend agree with Velvet. Most likely not on what she's thinking, but that apartment was where someone was killed. They should at least be respectful of their surroundings." Weiss said

"Oh come on, where's your sense of adventure?" Yang asked, petting Blake's head as she was still shook from the Rottweiler.

"There's adventure, and then there's stupid." Weiss replies back

"In this universe, I'd say it's more like suicide." Ren said as he watched on.

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"Wait a second." Amber said she starts to take more pictures

Looking through the opening though the medicine cabinet, Amber gets an idea. "Okay. Hang on to this." Amber says as she hands Velvet her purse and her coat

"What?" Velvet asked

"I'm just gonna go through. And when I get back, we're out of here, I promise." Amber says

"You gotta be kidding." Velvet says

"Come on. It's just a derelict apartment." Amber says

"What if somebody's packing drugs in there? You're just gonna apologize and give them your card?" Velvet asked

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"Those are actually all logical reasons why to avoid such a place." Glynda nodded in thought

"Huh, you know we fight a lot a criminals, bit I've never seen any drug addicts on the streets." Ruby said in thought

"I don't see why anyone would. People worry more about Grimm than using something as crude as non-medical drugs." Weiss said

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Amber looks up to see Velvet giving her a serious look. "Huh?" Velvet asked

"All right. Let's listen." Amber says as she and Velvet get closer to the opening n the medicine cabinet, staying quiet to see if anyone was there, only to hear nothing.

"There's nobody in there." Amber says

"Okay. But hurry up. Be careful." Velvet says as Amber starts to climb through the opening.

Amber gets to the other side as she faces Velvet. "Give me the camera."

"You got five minutes." Velvet said as she gives Amber the camera

"Okay. Five." Amber says as she holds up five fingers for assurance

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"This woman has no survivalist instincts." Roman said while shaking his head

'The only people in horror films besides the monsters, are idiots.' Neo signed out

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Amber walks through the worn down area, taking pictures, going through the openings as Velvet watches her. Starting to lose sight of her, Velvet decides to take Amber's coat and place it on the rusted and dirty tub, sitting on it soon after as she waited for her friend.

Amber continues to take pictures, as she goes to an opening that looks more like a crude circle. However, the angle pulls out as it's shown that the hole is surrounded by a large graffiti image of Adam Taurus's head, the hole representing his open mouth as he is depicted with jagged teeth, his blue eyes piercing through as his red hair and bull horns can be seen atop his head, the full image appearing as if Amber was inside of Adam's mouth.

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"Well..." Qrow started off

"That's welcoming." Tai said sarcastically

"I can actually see people doing that for Taurus." Roman said, getting scowls from Sienna and Ilia

"That's just unnerving." Blake said as she was still in Yang's arms, not liking the painted image of her ex.

"If not anything else, it'd be a unique art piece." Penny said, trying to lighten the mood.

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Getting out of the hole, Amber turns to see the large image of Adam the Candyman, getting shocked a bit as she backed up. However, when she looked into the image of his eyes appear to entrance Amber as she has difficulty looking away, almost feeling hazy as the choir begins to vocalize.

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"Run!" Roman said, throwing his arms out, already knowing something bad was going to happen

"The eyes... the eyes." Nora mumbled

"Nora? Nora, snap out of it." Ren shook his partner's shoulders

Blake decided to tighten her hold on Yang, fear taking her over

"Calm down, Blake, it's in another universe. Candyman can't hurt you." Yang said, trying to calm Blake down, also trying to get Blake off of her

For Sienna and Ilia, it just made the face of Adam look more sinister, and evil. Something the two didn't like.

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Blinking and rubbing her eyes a bit, Amber looks down to see an open bag of assorted candies. Picking up a broken chocolate bar, she soon finds out that there's something inside of it.

"Ow." Amber says with a small amount of pain as it turns out there was a razor inside of it, cutting her thumb through her gloves.

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"...Take Athens that long to actually have candy in here?" Qrow asked

"I thought you said he wasn't related to anything about candy." Pietro said to Vortech

"It's the only time candy is actually associated with him in this universe." Vortech said

"Oof, razor blade in candy." Roman cringed

"I suddenly have the urge to check every piece of candy I get my hands on." Ruby said

"Agreed." Jaune and Nora said at the same time

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Back with Velvet, she's smoking a cigarette as she turns to see an old and grey doll on the floor behind the tub, causing her to sigh a bit, evidence to that she clearly doesn't like being here.

"Velvet!" Amber says peering her head through the opening, scaring Velvet a bit. "Sorry."

"I ran out of film. I've got to go back." Amber said

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"No you don't. Leave!" Roman said

"You still have a life to live, live it!" Ilia said this time

Blake finally got off of Yang and back into her own seat, though still unsettled.

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"No way." Velvet says

"You can't believe what——" Amber starts but is cut off by Velvet

"No way, Amber. We're out of here." Velvet sternly says

"All right." Amber says as she climbs through the opening, soon closing the medicine cabinet door.

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"Finally, a voice of reason." Jaune said

"Took her long enough." Qrow said

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As some as they close the door, however, they see Sienna Khan in the mirror with her barking Rottweiler, scaring both woman as they turn around to see the bengal tiger faunus.

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"God! If Taurus wasn't the murder, I'd believe it was you." Roman pointed toward Sienna

Blake clenched onto Yang again, though this time she stayed in her seat.

"Sorry if I have an influence." Sienna said with an eye roll

"If that's what you call it." Winter scoffed at Sienna

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"Hey, what y'all doin' in there?" Sienna asked

"We're just leaving." Velvet says as they start to get their things

"You here for the sweet?" Sienna asked

"No. Uh, we're not cops. We're from the university." Amber said as her and Velvet walk up to Sienna and her dog

"Well, you don't belong here, lady. You don't belong goin' through people's apartments and things." Sienna said with a bit of anger and sternness in her voice

"My name is Amber Schnee and this Velvet Arc." Amber said as Velvet waves a little to Sienna. "We're doing a thesis and we were wondering if we could just talk to you for a few minutes. Here. This is my card." Amber said as she handed Sienna her card

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"I have a bit of an accent." Sienna said with a raised brow

"Why doesn't she want them there?" Ruby asked

"If what Vortech said was true, then she's probably weary of humans, or at the very least, people of higher stature." Blake said, slowly releasing her grip from Yang

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Sienna looks at it, and them, with small narrowed eyes, that is until they heard a baby crying.

"My baby. Come on." Sienna said as she took her Rottweiler with back to her apartment.

"Come on. Let's go. Come on." Amber said as she and Velvet followed the bengal tiger faunus

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"I- I'm a mother?" Sienna asked with wide eyes

"Congratulations." Ilia said to her leader with a smile

"This is definitely new." Blake said to herself

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"Humans don't ever come here, except to cause us a problem." Sienna said as she unlocked her door

"Believe me, that's not what we want to do." Amber said as Sienna opened the door, the baby still crying

"Come on. Let's go." Amber said softly to Velvet as entered the room, closing the door behind them.

"So you say you're doing a study? What you gonna say? That we're bad? Hmm? We steal? We gang-bang? We all do drugs, right?" Sienna asked as she was holding a cooing brown-skinned baby boy in a blue onesie, his faunus trait being that.... of two bull horns.

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"...eh?" Blake asked numbly

"Talk about deja-vu." Roman said while scratching his head under his hat.

"How-how did I end up with a child that looks like Adam, except with my skin color?" Sienna asked

"I... actually don't know this one. I've never seen the father of your child in this universe. I just know that your child has a certain presence in the plot of this universe, present and future." Vortech said

Now this started to get Sienna to wonder, while also worry a bit about Vortech meant by her alternate's son's presence in this universe.

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"We ain't all like them assholes downstairs, you know. I just wanna raise my child good." Sienna said as Amber and Velvet listened to her

"He's a beautiful little boy." Amber says to Sienna

"He's all I got." Sienna replied to her

"What's his name?" Amber asked

"Anthony." Sienna says as she walks towards Amber and Velvet. "I'm Sienna."

"Hey." Amber said as she and Velvet went over to the mother and son pair as Amber shook her hand

"Sienna Khan." Sienna said as she shook Amber's hand

"Nice to meet you." Velvet said as she too shook Sienna's hand

"I'm sorry we disturbed you." Amber said

"We'll just get out of your way." Velvet said

"It's——It's okay. I mean, I don't mean to be rude. It's... You know, just... the humans that come around ain't too hand-shakin' with us, you know?" Sienna asks them, only to soon see Anthony drooled dribble onto her uniform.

"Hey, what you doin'?" Sienna asked her son

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"*sigh* I remember what that was like." Tai said with nostalgia

"Why do you say like it was a good thing?" Qrow asked

"I'm not saying it was, I'm just saying it reminded me of when my girls where my babies." Tai said in remembrance of the good times he had with his kids

"Yeah well, at least you don't have a bad luck semblance. I was lucky anything like that didn't get in my mouth." Qrow said with a shove of disgust, causing Ruby and Yang to chuckle nervously.

Right now, Sienna didn't know exactly what to think. Sure, she just saw a baby throw up on her a little, but it was her baby; at least her baby in an alternate reality. She had this deep urge to protect that child with all her might, even if SHE wasn't really there, it caused her to smile a bit.

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"Let me help you." Amber said as she went to the kitchen to get a rag

"Oh. Making a mess here, huh?" Sienna said as Amber came back with the rag. "Thank you. Thanks." Sienna said as she was handed the rag and started to clean up the mess on her shirt.

"You got kids?" Sienna asked

"No, but I'd love one. Hey." Amber said as she smiled at Anthony

"Got my eye on this one, big time. Yeah. Their not gonna get him." Sienna cooes to her son as she sets him back in his crib.

"You wanna know about Ruthie Jean?" Sienna asked as she looked at Amber and Velvet.

Amber and Velvet look at each other as they listen in to Sienna's explanation.

"They all been here, you know. Newspapers, cops, case workers. They all wanna know." Sienna started as Amber date down on the couch. "I heard her screamin'. I heard through the walls. I dialed 911. Nobody came. Nobody came. Everybody's scared. He can come through theses walls, you know? I'm——I'm scared. Scared for my child. They ain't never gonna catch him." Sienna explained

"Who?" Amber asked

"Candyman." Sienna said with a slightly scared expression

With that, the screen turns dark

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"Well, that was something." Qrow said as he finally wen track to his flask

Sienna was stirring in her thoughts after the viewing. Not only due the fact that she was a mother with a son that held similar faunus traits to Adam Taurus, but that she was also afraid of this version of the bull faunus.

"You know, surprisingly for a horror universe l, we didn't see a lot of horror. Sure, it was creepy, but not that scary to begin with." Yang said

"I hope we don't ever come back to this universe." Ruby commented, not liking the whole horror thing

"Hah! I'm sorry to say, but when we start a universe, we'll eventually have to finish it, whether any of us like it or not." Vortech replied, getting Ruby to sink in her seat, and causing others to worry what else they could see in the future.

"So, what universe are we seeing next?" Ironwood asked

"Why, we are going back to the very first universe I had most of you view, as to continue on what occurred." Vortech replies, getting a majority of the audience to widen their eyes with slight, or ecstatic joy.

"The Mandalorian?!" Ruby and Nora squealed at the same time

"Bounty Hunter Ren?" Yang and Jaune asked at the same time

"Mando?" Blake, Pyrrha, and Roman asked

'Lover boy and the adorable baby alien?!" Neo signed with stars in her eyes

"The Mandalorian?" Taiyang, Qrow, the denizens of Atlas, sans Weiss, and the White Fang members asked

"Oh. My. Gosh. You're all going to love it!!" Nora screamed with enthusiasm

"Miss Valkyrie, calm down." Glynda reprimanded the bubbly bomber, though deep down she too was excited to see more of the Mandalorian and that o'so adorable baby alien

The newcomers cast Vortech a questioning look.

"Watch and see." Vortech said as he tapped his staff on the floor, the next viewing showing the return of Lie Ren, the Mandalorian.

*IMPORTANT NOTE*

(A/N: Sorry for the late chapter, been feeling slow because of this whole Covid-19 thing, not that I have it, it's just that things feel slow. Anyway, I'm here to tell you all now that my stories are going to take longer times to update due to the fact that I have take online school due to this thing, and since I'm way more accustomed to actually going to school and doing stuff there, it's thrown me out of the loop a bit, but in terms for THIS story, I've decided to give you a guys a treat. Said treat being the list of universes I'm going to have the cast of RWBY reacts to.)

Reaction List:

• The Hobbit

• Helluva Boss

• Impractical Jokers

• Overlord: End and Beginning

• Overlord: Floor Guardians

• Vanoss Animated

• Star Wars: The Clone Wars(2003) Volume 1 Chapter 7

• Hazbin Hotel

• Sonic the Hedgehog (2020)

• Jeff Dunham

• Brooklyn 99

• Ghost Rider

• Monster Musume

• Monty Python and the Holy Grail

• Markiplier: Getting Over It

• Justice League: WAR

• Batman and Harley Quinn

• Transformers Prime

• Spider-Man: Into the Spiderverse

(A/N: I hope you guys like this list so far. The reason I haven't put up any of the suggestions I've been given yet is because I haven't gotten around to watching them, but once I do, I'll see what I can do. So until I'll see all of you later.)

(P.S. When did this whole thing with Velvet getting a crush on Jaune situation start? Was it actually in the show (I've only seen V5-V7 with only some clips of the first 3 Volumes) or was this a fan-made thing? Please explain.)