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@PyroDash888 Who died in Skys's team?

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I got Paper Mario Color Splash!

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Good idea. He probably has to hit the school first. I'll think on it.

@LokiLeo789

Could always say he got in late Friday night or early Saturday morning. Technically his suspension would be over on Monday but given there's no classes Friday to Sunday (not counting missions) I doubt Ozpin would object to him coming back a little early to get himself situated in the new dorm and get reacquainted with the campus. He did only get to spend one day at Beacon after all.

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@LokiLeo789 If you're looking for something to do you could always run into Sapphire as she's heading for Forever Fall. Don't know if you've been keeping apprised of recent IC activity but she's testing weapon styles for a new set she wants to design. I'd imagine Geni could probably use some practice with his newly made weapons as well so it wouldn't be a bad match up.

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I mean Sapphire can (and plans) to go on her own but it'd be more fun with someone along for the ride. I figure "why do you have an arsenal strapped to your back" would be a good way to start the interaction.

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Hey does anyone want to accompany Sapphire to the Forever Fall forest for her weapons testing?

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It's not as if the organization she joined was going to be as big as our real world Peace Corps. Admittedly her organization is likely a very small one, and despite the relief she provides if real life is any indication, a large group of angry people will be more than angry at peaceful groups who only want to stop people from dying. The doctor is something of an anomaly since she hates war and just wants to stop the fighting, and thus joined other like-minded individuals to heal the wounded and try to, inadvertently, shorten the amount of people involved in violent protest. She does this by saving their life and then telling others that they cannot fight due to their wounds, which need further medical treatment to preform.

Now, while it may see odd for such a peaceful group to rise up during such dark times, don't think that the world is so cynical that it can't happen. As I mentioned in in my last wall o text, the doctor was not an independent medical practitioner with a completely unbiased opinion about war, but came from a church. And while we like to believe or joke about the corrupting influence major religions can have on people, don't forget that a lot of humanitarian organizations and such typically had their beginnings as church groups wanting to provide benign assistance to whoever is suffering. And while I don't know how big religion is in the RWBYverse, I think it'd be safe to say that there is some sort of religion, and at least one of those religions may say something along the lines of "Killing is bad, you should help people instead". And sure, while a lot of people will kill for the very same religion, that doesn't mean there doesn't exist those who actually try to uphold the tenet of not killing people and trying to save them, regardless if they're friend or foes. I like to think that the doctor Gren speaks about is similarly religious, though perhaps jaded after all she's witness.

@Lucius Cypher

That's great reasoning but I don't think you're taking into account one major issue. This wasn't a war in the traditional sense, it wasn't about land or resources, it was a race war. Race wars start when a minority is viewed as subhuman by a dominant group. Because of this they are either deported, killed or used for hard labor until the inevitable revolt occurs. The atmosphere of Remnant at the time would have been one in which a faunus life was comparable to that of livestock, an exploitable resource that was entirely expendable but useful. I mean the name they gave to the place they started deporting the faunus is a synonym for Zoo, doesn't that tell you anything about the faunus' status in prewar Remnant? Imagine if after Nazi Germany started dispensing with the Jewish people, the Jews organized and formed a resistance to fight back. That's the impression of the Faunus Wars I got. In that environment a relief organization that aided both sides should logically be shut down for giving aid to terrorists, and its members branded as sympathizers to enemies of the state.

Now as for how this doctor obtained these skills, I'll admit that again it involves using information I have no real access to. I can't even use my report as an example, as the doctor who I spoke to was an old white man who's family has a history of being doctors (though his grandfather was instead a radio operator in WW2) , and were quite wealthy even before he earned his degree. I'd like to think that this doctor was born and raised in Atlus, perhaps adopted by an eccentric but wealthy man who had a fancy for faunas. If that seems too convenient, we could always go the Blake route and say that she had to hide her appearance the entire time, perhaps even mutilating herself in order to hide any faunas features she had just for the chance to make a better life for herself. Though I feel that this is too edgy. Also just so you know, this was the same doctor that Gren sent Pops too. Just an FYI, since Pops is kept under careful watch, though he is not a prisoner, simply another doctor doing his business while handling some research on the side. And with the doctor taking so many faunas patients, he has plenty of people who may want to volunteer for his study.

Most of that makes some amount of sense I suppose. As long as it wasn't a common thing and she's one of the few that actually managed to get an education. The self mutilation to pass as human while kind of dark sounds a lot more realistic compared to the alternative.

There's one other issue, I realize a direct timeline wasn't given for when the Faunus Rights War was but given the lack of inherent racism in the elder generation of the RWBY cast I sort of got the impression that it would have been the grandparents of Ruby's generation that fought. Is there anything in the show that could help specify the time?

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Sapphire Rode - Armoury

Some undefined stuff related to the Faunus Civil Rights War and Gren's family that probably makes Sapphire suspicious but she doesn't say anything and decides to look into it on her own to get a better grasp of things.

Sapphire rolled her eyes as Gren tried to play off his mistake about which forest they were visiting. Admittedly the plan to search for titanite in abandoned mine wasn't a bad one considering their budget and resource limit but Sapphire didn't see why Gren had to act like he knew everything. Why not just admit he'd mixed up the forests. Considering they were both used for the Beacon initiations and none of them had been to the Emerald Forest before it wasn't as though it was serious or embarrassing. Sapphire shook her head, boys, ego above all.

Shortly after this Gren reassembled his weapon, The Got Eater (Sapphire thought better than to comment on that name) and retrieved what looked like a rudimentary jetpack from one of the crafting tables before blasting off through one of the drafting room skylights that had been left open. She couldn't imagine he'd have a very pleasant landing but the exit was mildly impressive.

Sapphire had considered going with them but decided against it. She had her own mission today and besides, if the past was any indication they were better off without her. She fought better on her own without the possibility of her teammates being injured or killed distracting her mind. She needed some new solo moves to compliment a team dynamic. Still she was going to Forever Fall anyways for her weapons testing. She might as well offer her aid in a limited capacity.

With Gren gone she had only Shiro to approach as Sangue wasn't really in charge of this "adventure". "Shiro, she said approaching him at the CNC machine. "Don't know if you were listening but Gren mixed up the forests, you guys are going to Forever Fall for the materials for Sangue's arm." Not wanting to draw it out any further Sapphire continued to speak. "I'm not going with you guys, I have a project of my own to see to today" she motioned to the vast array of weapons strapped over her clothing. "Incidentally though I'm going to be in Forever Fall so I'll try to keep in the vicinity of the mine. If you guys run into trouble and you need help I'll be nearby."

With that out of the way Sapphire was about to leave the armoury when an idea came to her and she went back into the equipment room and returned a few minutes later with a grappling hook and length of black rope tied to her belt. As she passed Sangue on her way out Sapphire stopped for a moment to speak to the girl. She had seen Sangue's eyes glaze over as Shiro rambled about the tech he was going to install in Sangue's arm. "Hey, I know the boys can go a little overboard when they have a new project in the works. If you need a hand understanding what they're talking about I'd be honored to lend mine." Sapphire bowed to Sangue again in the traditional manner and wished her well with an old hunter's farewell. *"Let the winds guide you on your way and the sun blind your foes."

Sapphire left the armoury heading for the airship docks. Forever Fall ran through much of the northern coast of Vale. There was a section of it not far from Beacon but the area used for the initiation had been a greater distance. She would have to take an airship into Vale proper and then another to the area where the titanite mine had been. Of course Sapphire didn't need to be in that area but the commute was not a long one and it cost her nothing to be there in case her teammates required assistance.

@harinezumikouken@Lucius Cypher@NarayanK

* Credit for the hunter's farewell to @Multi_Media_Man

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@Prince of Seraphs - Oi, when you postin' so we can get this movin'?

@harinezumikouken

I need some clarification from Lucius so I can gauge how Sapphire'll react to the faunus war related stuff.

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@Lucius Cypher That's some great research that you did but I can't help but feel that it applies much more thoroughly to our world than it does to Remnant. You are right, we're lacking on a number of critical details regarding the Faunus/Human Wars but it seems to me that the lens your looking at it through doesn't exactly reflect Remnant all that well. The Faunus Rights War is also called the Faunus Rights Revolution which indicates that it wasn't about one kingdom or all kingdoms vs the faunus in another location. While there was large scale deportation to Menagerie it seems more likely that the faunus forces would have began in the kingdoms not dissimilar to what the White Fang does in present day. Attacks of terror, deprivation of resources, all aimed at making the human administration believe that it was less work to just give the faunus' the same rights as everyone else rather than keep oppressing them.

In that vein of thought the war probably didn't consist of traditional battles but more likely strikes on both sides, the faunus aiming where it would hurt the humans the most and the humans aiming at rebel bases. I'm not saying that there wouldn't have been faunus and humans fighting on the opposite side to their species, in all likelihood their would be faunus sympathizers who got rewards for betraying their people and then either corrupt or righteous humans who would help the faunus secretly either for money or because they thought it was the right thing to do. If the treatment of the less progressive minds shown on the show is any indication faunus were considered expendable to the point that butchering them on a large scale wouldn't have made any of the humans bat an eye. This isn't necessarily all true but if even some of the lager points are then it doesn't foster an environment where anyone would care to create a relief organization that more than just humans or how a faunus could have the kind of precision medicals skills your doctor has been implied to possess. The impression I got was that faunus were little better off than the blacks in slave period America. At that point it would have been a miracle for a black person to be literate let alone have any sort of trade experience outside of physical labor.

But with an upcoming episode dealing with Blake's return to Menagerie I'm hoping more details will be included.