The group runs as far away from the Herbalist's home as possible.

Cat: I must say I'm glad you're all still yourselves.

Y/N: What happened to him?

Cat: Do those from Remnant not Ascend? How curious.

Y/N: Answer the question!

Cat: Herb couldn't fulfill his purpose anymore. When those of us no longer have a purpose or we can no longer fulfill it, we return to the tree and are given a new purpose.

Weiss: A sort of Reincarnation?

Cat: I suppose you could see it that way. We call it Ascension.

Y/N: So that's what happened to the Red King?

Cat: Yes... He was in quite the state when Alyx bested him at his own game. So the Red Prince can never lose.

Y/N: Explains why the slimy brat cheated...

Blake: Alyx's story never mentioned Ascension...

Cat: I imagine it wouldn't. No one likes exposition. Even this conversation has been rather tedious. Now to make the Growgurt Parfait, one needs a bushel of grumpy vines, one good-sized spicy potato, the lint of a griffon's sweater... Ethel's Dragons and More should have that... Which is next to...

Ruby: I'm not going to be able to remember all of that.

Cat: I can procure those. But there is one more ingredient found on the third level. Nose hair from a leprechaun.

Vice: Gross!

Cat: Can you get that?

Ruby: I guess so...

Cat: Excellent. Look for the Teapot Lady. She will have it. Off you go.

The cat walks off but gets distracted.

Yang: I better follow them. Don't need it to get distracted by a shiny doorknob...

Blake: I'll go with you.

Weiss: I'll go too. Get me as far from the leprechaun nose hairs as possible.

You take Blake and Yang from Ruby and set them and Weiss on the cat.

Y/N: I'll stick with Ruby. Stay safe.

Ruby and you go and look for the Teapot Lady.

Ruby: Teapot Lady... Teapot Lady... Uh...

You notice that Ruby's stopped in her tracks.

Y/N: Ruby? Ruby?!

The girl is shaken to her senses as the cat walks up with a basket of ingredients in its mouth. Weiss sits on the cat's head while Blake and Yang sit in the basket.

Yang: Ruby? Are you okay?

Weiss: Did you get the nose hairs?

Y/N: Not yet.

Ruby: Sorry...

Blake: Is that the Teapot Lady there?

The group approaches the booth.

Teapot Lady: Welcome to Things n' Things! How may I help you?

Cat: Nose hairs. Leprechaun ones please.

Fireworks suddenly go off.

Yang: A festival?

The people around begin to scream and run.

Vice: Or not.

The Teapot Lady begins sucking in her wares but the cat holds onto a jar.

Ruby: Wait! We need those leprechaun hairs!

Teapot Lady: No time!

Ruby takes off her brooch and holds it up.

Ruby: I'll give you this! It... It carries a mother's promise!

The Teapot Lady sucks in the brooch before running away.

Teapot Lady: Take it! Run!

Blake: What's a Jabberwalker?

Cat: A terrible creature... If it eats one of us, we do not ascend.

Yang: How do we make that parfait?

The cat opens the jar with its mouth.

Cat: Throw everything in here! Careful not to eat too much! Otherwise we'll need an entirely different potion!

Ruby throws together the parfait and Weiss, Blake, and Yang eat a scoop of it in their hands, growing a little bigger.

Weiss: It's not enough!

The Jabberwalker crashes through a booth and runs at the group.

Jabberwalker: Found. Grab. Maim. Kill.

Ruby grabs the others and uses her Semblance to pull all of you away. Due to the monster's momentum, it crashes into the table, getting some of the parfait on its face and it grows.

Jabberwalker: Prey. Eat. Devour.

Y/N: Not today!

You hold up the Ohinbuster in its Revislasher formation and stamp it with the Brachio Vistamp.

Stamp-by! Here We Go! (Let's go!)

Revi-Vice Slash!

The blade generates a massive energy blade with Revice written down the blade as you slash at the Jabberwalker. Suddenly a bird man flies in and attacks the creature.

Cat: Go!

Ruby: What happened with him?!

Cat: I gave him something to do for the moment. Your friends need to get big again or we're going to be Jabberwalker dinner!

Ruby runs for the booth but the bird man gets thrown aside. The Jabberwalker goes to pounce again but a large jackalope creature slams into it with a knight on its back.

Blake: The Rusted Knight!

Yang: Ruby! The parfait!

You give the girls cover as you fight alongside the knight. The creature goes for another pounce but it gets pinned by Weiss's glyphs and Blake's sword.

Yang: I wasn't done with you!

Yang jumps in, now normal size and begins punching mercilessly. Weiss launches the Jabberwalker in the air before Yang punches it in the gut, causing it to dissolve in pink light.

Blake: Neo?

Your blood runs cold as more Jabberwalkers appear.

Y/N: You've got to be kidding...

Rusted Knight: What?! Run! This way!

Your group runs away and soon get far enough to safety.

Weiss: I'm tired of leaving places in ash...

You take her hand and sigh.

Y/N: You're not the only one...

Blake: I can't believe it. The Rusted Knight in person!

Rusted Knight: You did good, Juniper...

He pets his mount. The knight takes off his helmet and you stare in shock. He may look older but there is no mistaking him... The Rusted Knight is...

Y/N: Jaune?!

End of Part 56