Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-27143816-20160216033644/@comment-27082610-20160609033616

The Devil&#039;s Advocate WP wrote:

The color may signify Aura... Are you serious? They literally, explicitly, and in no uncertain terms, said that the function of the machine is to transfer Aura from one person to another. There's no other way to interpret that unless you're just that desperate to cling to whatever belief you have on the subject.

This isn't an assumption or speculation on my part, it's stated canon.

Ironwood said in the direct quote of the episode's transcripts that they can't give her the powers direclty, but they can give her what they are attached to: her Aura. The physical manifestation of the soul, which was absorbed by Cinder.

All of the things that need to occur seemed pretty goddamn convenient to me, especially since at least one of them requires the soul acting in a way that is completely unprecedented anywhere in the show. Why wouldn't Amber's soul just die with Pyrrha, or better yet, go seek out the person who actually has most of the rest of it? Since, you know, Cinder took her Aura with the Maiden powers judging by the coloration of the energy ball that she absorbed when she killed Amber. Where you can also see said aura being drained form Pyrrha.

And I know I've asked this before, but why would Pyrrha's soul keep a piece of Amber's in the first place? She sure as hell didn't sound like she enjoyed having it around when she was in the pod, so it's not like she'd be doing it out of some close kinship or a desire for closeness with the soul of some girl she doesn't know four things about.

The only way we've seen people arriving at Beacon is by air to docking points located on a sheer cliff face. The fact that this was also the way everyone was being evacuated during the Battle of Beacon also suggests that it's the only viable method of leaving the grounds, and since Roman's map isn't 3D, it's not really a good argument against that point. And yes, there would be conflict outiside of a convenient avoidance because if so much as one Grimm spots her it's going to alert every other one in the area by bellowing and charging her based on their behavior throughout the show.