Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-10390252-20130728185452/@comment-4830106-20130731202120

BenRG wrote: How about...

Reality Television- The Board of Trustees of Beacon Academy insist that Ozpin try to drum up donors for the school by parading his best students in front of the cameras, ignoring his protests that his best students are not exactly natural performers or the sort of people he'd want in front of the cameras. So, Lisa Lavender and a film crew are on campus for a couple of weeks, following RWBY and JAUN around and trying to get the 'inside story' on the world's greatest Hunters' Academy. Hillarity ensues.

Amongst key moments:

1) A smiling Weiss informs Lisa that, according to her lawyers, it is legal to buy a TV station just to get rid of an anchor you don't like;

2) Ruby and Jaune trying a bit too hard to be interesting and helpful interview subjects;

3) Blake finding so many ways to say 'no comment' (with or without violence) that she could write a thesaurus;

4) Yang and Apricot setting a new record for the number of pranks one can fit into a single day;

5) One of the kids getting bad news from home (it can be anything) and them chasing Lise off when her film crew intrudes;

6) Lisa is a Shipper and sees romance everywhere - her alleged protagonists are not happy when she asks them about it.

Overall, the report is looking like it will be... uncomplimentary to say the least. Then, during a field exercise, a group of Grim monsters (maybe the Boar-monsters) attack the party and the kids save the day. This has the effect of opening up a lot of doors. Lisa finally finds the right questions to ask that are neither insulting, leading or inadvertanly malicious. She finally gets the interesting stories she wants - Weiss trying to be more than just 'the Heiress', Blake wanting to provide a constructive example for her people, Ruby wanting to live up to her formidable bloodline and so forth.

The entire chapter (two episodes) should be filmed as a draft cut of Lisa's report and should conclude with Lisa's final narration. She notes that the Cadet Hunters and Huntresses are under a lot of pressure but they have voluntarily chosen a dangerous profession out of a desire to protect their communities and help the helpless. Underneath the romance and glamour, these are very real and very mortal people who have chosen an extraordinary path for the most selfless reasons. Really, what more could you ask of heroes? Good idea, great for a comic relief episode!

The only thing I would add is this: After unsuccesfully tailing her for nearly the entire chapter, Lisa finally manages to get a question at Glynda. Glynda responds with an epic Tex-like one-liner, and Lisa is left speechless while Glynda walks off coolly.