Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-28171999-20190208002539/@comment-14909251-20190228005420

MobiusEternal1 wrote: Wait, the idea of Jacques hurting Blake that way to get to Weiss actually is a good one. Jacques pulls the strings to get Blake into a prison, presumably a labor camp, as a way to hurt Weiss for not being his pet (Shout out to “This Life is Mine”). Ironwood would not be in any position to intervene. We see how awful it is for the Faunus and we get more conflict with Jacques, which absolutely should happen. Kills two birds with one stone (Sorry Branwen twins. Please don’t “murder” me.) I wouldn't want it to be like Jacques engineering the whole thing. Having them detained on arrival for stealing the airship would be pretty interesting and have some humorous potential, such as Weiss initially not being arrested only to try and pull the "well, if you're gonna arrest them, you're just gonna have to arrest me too" gambit to predictable results. Of course, it would basically involve them all being held overnight with Ironwood showing up the next morning upon learning of their detainment to have them released, perhaps even wielding a communication from Cordovin that just got delivered that morning by courier detailing how they valiantly aided the defense of Argus and maybe how she "gave them" use of the airship as thanks.

The jailer apologetically complies and all of them are being gradually let out when Blake is held back. Maybe Ironwood insists on her being let go as well is told of Blake coming up in their system on suspicion of crimes committed against the SDC. Weiss then tries to vouch for Blake as a member of the Schnee family, but is told a victimized party was already informed and insisted Blake be prosecuted, and at that point Jacques arrives. He offers his full cooperation and additional evidence his people gathered on Blake that basically makes it a slam-dunk case. Ironwood pulls back in this case, but isn't totally giving up on getting Blake out yet acknowledges the whole situation is more complicated than it was getting the rest of them out.

Something like this also is a convenient way to fill the time of the Volume to where it isn't something repetitive such as another Maiden hunt. Not just in terms of the whole process of following Blake, but the impact on Weiss especially. Sure, the rest of the team will be affected, but Weiss is very well known in Atlas and her having been detained on return to Atlas after having previously fled would be big news on its own. One of her friends and team-mates being held as essentially a terrorist who targeted her family's company would have an even bigger impact. Had the events at that charity event been a subject of media coverage, there would basically be a smear campaign against her in the press. Maybe the press coverage is even being driven by Jacques personally and he tries to use it all, including Blake's detainment, as leverage against her.