Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-25266931-20161116163238/@comment-5430952-20161118202036

No, I'm saying they wouldn't be as emotionally invested if they would if Beacon was their school, with their friends' lives on the line. They'd be there for the Vytal Festival, though since Ruby and Penny never bonded in your scenario, she wouldn't be as shocked at seeing her "die," and wouldn't have known the truth until it was too late.

And what did people around the world see? Atlas soldiers attacking innocent people and Grimm destroying the city. That's how Salem planned it, turn them against one another so they couldn't unite against the real threat. And once the CCT went down they could completely destroy Vale and no one would be any the wiser. And that could've easily included Team RWBY, since they were woefully unprepared for all this.