( closed ) the river knows to reach the sea

[qaw]

Who: Blake, Pyrrha, Qrow, Ruby, and Yang
What: Catching up
When: Early April
Where: Blake's Van
Warnings: Discussions of trauma, war crimes, and risque drawings

It's been a while since Qrow has taken part in one of these group meetings, and even longer since he felt like he was leading one. Hell, maybe he's not leading this meeting. He's the one with the most updated information, but Ruby is the leader of her team and closer to Pyrrha than any of the rest of them. Maybe it's her meeting.

But it doesn't matter. It's a pleasantly cool mid-spring evening. Dinner is over, the Drifters are winding down for the night, and the Convoy has deployed its shield. The five of them are gathered around a cheery little campfire, the flames throwing flickering shadows against the... interesting... mural painted on the side of Blake's van.

Whether or not they're ready for it, it's time to catch up.

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[andnevermore]

Blake groans. "We are not going by Team BRPY."

Honestly. Gross.

"We have two options; we can either rearrange R, W, Y and P, or we can do our last names, to have R, B, X, and N. Or a mix of both, I guess."

[tokencanadian]

Burpy... That tugs at the corner of Pyrrha's lips. Ahem.

"Well... we could try the last names. Team... BRNX, perhaps? Like bronze, sort of."

Not really, but she's helping.

[guidemyway]

Okay. Team BRPY does get a giggle and a snort out of Ruby. But she's pretty sure it's not what they're looking for long term.

"I don't mind the sound of BRNX. ...But I think it might be better to keep that one in our back pocket too." There's a brief thought of what happened to Team BRNZ at the fall of Beacon and she's not really sure she wants that reminder going forward.

"How about- Team RPBY? Like Raspberry? Sounds pretty delicious if you ask me."

[andnevermore]

"Or Team BRXN, like brazen," Blake offers. "RPBY's pretty good too."

She might actually be leaning toward Team Raspberry. She really misses having fresh fruit.

[fists_of_funny]

"Oh, BRXN, that's good." Yang leans forward, resting her arms on her knees. "I really like what that says about us. I vote for that."

[tokencanadian]

Pyrrha looks between the three teammates, thinking it over. "...I do like Raspberries."

She flashes a look to Yang. Sorry.

"But it can be leader's choice?"

[guidemyway]

"Are brazen's a kind of raisin? Because I'm not huge on raisins." This whole conversation was starting to make Ruby hungry too.

But Pyrrha raises a good point.

"Yeah, I guess it could be." Ruby didn't just want to assume she was going to be leading this team either.

"I guess if we're going between B, and R. That makes it a choice between the two of us. Do you want to rock, paper, scissors over it?"

[tokencanadian]

A snort.

"That's certainly one way of settling it, don't you think?" Which she does concede to. "I guess, if you're going to solve it either way...."

[andnevermore]

It takes Blake a long few seconds to realize that she's being spoken to here. Mostly because she'd never considered herself as a leadership candidate. When she realizes, she blurts, "Oh! Between B and R? Me? No, that's--"

She breaks off, flustered.

"No, I'm definitely not leader material. This is your team, Ruby. You've always done a good job of being our leader."

[fists_of_funny]

"Hey now, that's slander against my partner, and I'm not gonna stand for it." Yang turns with a grin to Blake. "Ruby's a great leader, but you're selling yourself short; we know who was leading the charge when the Faunus came to our aid at Haven Academy." It wasn't just her parents who rallied Menagerie to the cause, or who led them against White Fang and Salem's minions.

"That's leader material as far as I'm concerned." Sorry, but no one puts down Blake Belladonna on Yang's watch, not even Blake Belladonna.

[andnevermore]

Blake can't help the little pleased flush that springs to her cheeks. Yang is so sweet sometimes.

"Thank you, Yang. But I still think you should lead us, Ruby," Blake continues, smiling. "I put my faith in you when RWBY was first formed, and that hasn't changed. Team RBPY gets my vote."

[guidemyway]

Ruby listens to everyone's take on this, and to be fair she would happy with anyone on this team taking on the role if it came down to it. But when Blake puts her vote to it like that, there isn't really much Ruby can do but accept the choice.

A little line about carrying a daunting responsibility echoes in the back of her head, but she feels a little more comfortable with it now. She could handle it if that's what her team wanted.

"Okay. Okay. I guess if that's what folks want. We can do that. Team RPBY it is." She takes a moment to rub at the back of her head.

"I'll try not to let you down."