History Recap / RWBYV2E2WelcomeToBeacon

Several airships arrive at Beacon Academy, the fleet of the kingdom of Atlas under the command of General James Ironwood. Ozpin and Glynda are watching the ships with concern, the airships are bothersome and cast a great shadow over the sleepy school. It's not long before Ironwood himself enters the room, and Glynda storms out. Ozpin expresses his concerns that the ships showing up in a time of peace sends the wrong impression but Ironwood counters with Qrow's past warning, and claims he is only being cautious.

RWBY are in the library, enjoying themselves over a strategy war-game. Yang appears to be winning, as she knocks out half of Ruby's army and knocks Weiss out of the game entirely. Blake doesn't even seem to be paying attention, her olive complexion has paled into the shade of a ghost and she has to be constantly reminded how the game is going. JNPR are nearby, Nora is asleep and Jaune is embroiled in a comic. Sun and Neptune enter the library and greet RWBY warmly, and Neptune flirtatiously introduces himself to Weiss. Blake leaves quietly and heads back to the dorm.

When the group return not long after (Neptune apparently beat all of them), Blake spills her concerns onto the team: that Roman is planning something and will strike again very soon, before the graduation. RWBY agree to stand by Blake, and this cheers her up a little.

However, before they can start thinking of a plan, Ruby remembers she left her board game at the library and rushes out to get it, before bumping into Emerald Sustrai, Mercury Black, and Cinder Fall. Cinder claims that they are visiting from Haven Academy, leading Ruby to assume they are visiting for the festival. Ruby then tells them that they are in the wrong dorm and gives them directions to the transfer students' dorm. Cinder thanks her and states that they may meet again. Ruby welcomes them to Beacon, as Cinder walks away, smiling, with her eyes glowing ominously.

General Ironwood arrives from Atlas, bringing with him a sizeable army that causes Ozpin and Glynda some concern. Blake reminisces about a meeting she had with Professor Ozpin after the events of the Volume 1 finale. Ruby, Weiss and Yang confront her about the worries she's bottling up.

* OlderThanSheLooks: At the very end of this episode, Mercury, Emerald, and Cinder appear to be infiltrating Beacon disguised as visiting students. While Mercury and Emerald are indicated to be around the same age as the seventeen-year-old students, Cinder is a grown adult and older than any of the students. While her true age is unknown, she has no trouble passing as a student without raising suspicions.

* OlderThanTheyLook: At the very end of this episode, Mercury, Emerald, and Cinder appear to be infiltrating Beacon disguised as visiting students.

Ozpin and Glynda watch from Ozpin's office as General Ironwood arrives at Beacon with overwhelming military force. As they discuss the implications, Ironwood himself shows up and defends himself. Meanwhile, team RWBY plays a board/card game as team JNPR studies in the background, As Yang destroys her teammates on the board, Sun and Neptune arrive, to flirt with Weiss and Blake apparently.

But Blake isn't in the mood for games of flirtations and blows everyone off. In her shared dorm Blake goes over the events of last season, but her team shows up with Yang loudly complaining of Neptune beating her at the board/card game. As Blake tries to sneak out, Weiss stops her and demands to know what's bothering Blake so much lately. Blake lets loose a torrent of worries that she has had bottled up.

* TitleDrop: The final line of the episode, said by Ruby towards Cinder.
* WhamShot: Cinder, Mercury, and Emerald at Beacon, posing as students.

* {{Flashback}}: We see Blake's interview with Ozpin to go to Beacon Academy.

* HadToBeSharp: Why Blake was able to pass the Academy's entrance exam despite not having gone to combat school; she was raised outside the kingdoms.
-->'''Blake:''' If you can't fight, you can't survive.

* ItHadToBeSharp: Why Blake was able to pass the Academy's entrance exam despite not having gone to combat school; she was raised outside the kingdoms.

* FantasticRacism: the {{Flashback}} reveals that this is the reason why Blake hides her identity as a Faunus; in her own words, she wants people to see her for who she is, not ''what'' she is. Even Ozpin admits that while more and more humans have begun to accept the Faunus, there are still humans who do not.

* FantasticRacism: the {{Flashback }} reveals that this is the reason why Blake hides her identity as a Faunus; in her own words, she wants people to see her for who she is, not ''what'' she is. Even Ozpin admits that while more and more humans have begun to accept the Faunus, there are still humans who do not.

* TitleDrop: The final line of the episode, said by Ruby towards Cinder

* GivingSomeoneThePointerFInger: Weiss is ''very'' adamant at finding out what's got Blake in a funk.

* TitleDrop: The final line of the episode, said by Ruby towards Cinder
* WhamShot: Ruby runs out of her room to get her game board only to run into Mercury, Emerald, and '''''[[BigBad Cinder]]''''' masquerading as students.

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But Blake isn't in the mood for games of flirtations and blows everyone off. In her shared dorm Blake goes over the events of last season, but her team shows up with Yang loudly complaining of Neptune beating her at the board/card game. As Blake tries to sneak out, Weiss stops her and demands to know what's bothering Blake so much lately. Blake lets loose a torrent of worries that --

But Blake isn't in the mood for games of flirtations and blows everyone off. In her shared dorm Blake goes over the events of last season, but her team shows up with Yang loudly complaining of Neptune beating her at the board/card game. As Blake tries to sneak out, Weiss stops her and demands to know what's bothering Blake so much lately. Blake lets loose a torrent of worries that she has had bottled up.

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!Tropes:

* WhamShot: Cinder, at Beacon, in a school uniform.

* HeroicRROD: Blake is beginning to show signs of lack of sleep and its pretty obvious that she is extremely worried about the actions of the White Fang.

* HeroicRRD: Blake is beginning to show signs of lack of sleep and its pretty obvious that she is extremely worried about the actions of the White Fang.