Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-24573226-20171012080158/@comment-14909251-20171018055101

KingFubuki92 wrote: 1st, they are trying to discredit the WF in Menagerie, this way the WF won't be able to get more recruits/hide there after the Attack on Haven. By discrediting them, the Faunus in Menagerie won't be as tempted to enlist unless they are that pissed off at humans, and they could attempt a raid on the base in Menagerie. By raiding the base, unless the Albains can warn Adam in a quick enough manner, they will have access to WF contacts, future plans, weaponry, member identities, and presumably, could pinpoint their location in Mistral.

2nd, even with time being of the essence, they still face a large problem in regards to the WF base in Mistral. We have no idea as to whether Blake ever went there or not, and even if she did, they may have relocated. They have no idea where it is unless Ilia's scroll had a convenient address, which would be a dumb move as you never leave the location of your evil base on your evil phone in case someone steals it or you drop it, so trying to find it would be a wild goose chase. Then there is the travel time. Menagerie is below the south coast of Anima, whereas Mistral is more towards the Northern side of the middle. RNJR took several months (estimate since the timeline is wonky) on foot, but they traveled from Patch. Yang took several weeks (estimate) by Bumblebee to get NEAR Mistral, and Bumblebee has shown to go fairly fast when Yang revs it, and she also went from Patch. Weiss tooks at least two weeks (1 for the week before Ironwood closed the borders, at least 1 more as Lionheart knows about the border closing despite CCT being down, implying it's known from someone trying to go to Atlas and being denied, or from a letter sent.) by Airship from Atlas, and she still is not there. It would take the Belladonna's and Sun at minimum several weeks to get from Kuo Kahana to Mistral, as they don't seem to have access to aerial transport, they'd have to take the boat, then trek across Anima. They would get there faster than RNJR as they are closer to Mistral than RNJR is, but would only be around Yang's time as they are still going on foot.

3rd, It's not like they can warn Haven Academy. As we've seen, The Albain's have used Ilia as a scapegoat, and could easily deny anything on the Scroll connecting them to her. And if the Belladonna's only piece of evidence is a Scroll with possibly false information, it becomes a case of he said she said. And whereas matters of Terrorism would normally atleast be looked into, with Lionheart under Watts' control, it would go no where.

In the end, it's better they focus on Menagerie as they stop the WF from having a guarenteed hide away, limit the number of potential recruits, obtain potential plans, and can potentially amass a force of their own under the pretense of stopping the White Fang from damaging the reputation of Faunus any further. The fact it might take a while to get there is even more reason to move quickly. Unless we presume Adam isn't in Mistral, he could launch an attack at any time. What's the point of letting them know about the coup and attack on Haven if they aren't going to move to stop it? Obviously, they don't know telling Lionheart would be futile. My only thought is that maybe they don't intend to stick around there too long, though it sort of makes Illia's "leave before it's too late" remark a bit anti-climactic if they do intend to leave soon.