The Shining Beacon

"The Shining Beacon" is the second episode of the RWBY animated series that was shown on the Rooster Teeth website on July 25, 2013, 7 pm at GMT -6 (July 26, 1 am at GMT +0). A preview of the episode during its unfinished stages was previously shown in the Rooster Teeth Expo on July 5, 2013, the same day of the premiere of the RWBY series.

Summary
The airship lands at Beacon Academy, and the students of Beacon soon unboard the ship, except for Jaune, who needed to unload his queasy stomach at a nearby garbage bin. Ruby and Yang are amazed at the sight of Beacon Academy, and initially, Ruby was overwhelmed at the sight of many weapons owned by the other students. However, she reveals her shyness when it comes to making friends, something that Yang seems to be good at. Yang soon leaves Ruby as she rushes inside the academy with her friends.

Left in a daze by Yang's rush inside, Ruby stumbles to the ground and falls on Weiss' luggage, which angers her. As Weiss proceeds to explain about her status and some facts about Dust, she inadvertently sprinkles red Dust from a vial into the air. Because of the Dust, Ruby sneezes, causing an explosion which not only chars Weiss, but also causes the vial of red dust to fly onto the feet of a lady in black named Blake. Blake picks up the vial and walks up to Ruby and Weiss, explaining who Weiss is, pointing out the issues of Weiss' family with their labor standards. Weiss leaves, with 2 of her butlers following her, dragging the luggage along. Blake also leaves without saying a word.

Ruby slumps down on the courtyard, feeling lonely in her first day at Beacon. However, a few seconds after that, a boy named Jaune pulls her off the ground. Ruby quickly identifies him as "the boy who threw up on the ship", much to the boy's chagrin.

Jaune and Ruby soon walk down a small path, with Jaune pointing out that he has a case of motion sickness, and claims that such a condition is not actually a rarity as one may assume. Jaune notices the weapon she currently possesses, and Ruby explains that she made the weapon herself as do most students of Signal Academy, and that she is the type of girl who likes weapons the most. Although a bit shy about it, Jaune then shows his weapon — a simple longsword and a collapsible shield.

As the conversation goes on, Ruby soon asks Jaune about where they are going. Jaune returns the question, telling Ruby that he was simply following her, and soon wishes that there's a map nearby to make exploring Beacon Academy a bit easier.

Transcript
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Image Gallery
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Trivia

 * Roughly half of the episode was shown at RTX alongside the Pilot.
 * When Ruby pulls out Crescent Rose in front of Yang at the beginning of the episode, Crescent Rose can still be seen on Ruby's back while she talks.
 * Ruby reveals that all students at Signal forge their own weapons.