Action Time!

"Action Time!" is the second episode of RWBY: The Grimm Campaign, which premiered on the Rooster Teeth website on August 22nd, 2020 for First members. It was released publicly on July 17th, 2021. Additionally, this episode as well as "The Mission" are available as special features on the Volume 8 Bluray release.

Summary[]

In the Kuchinashi Approach, the heroes find that gates are blocking their way into the city, closed due to the Grimm invasion. As they look around the Approach, a web of different approaches and checkpoints into the city, and they see the region is filled with invading monsters in all gates.

Ahead, the group notices a pair of Lancers attacking the checkpoint’s gate. Pyke Rite decides to go forward and face the Grimm. Thinking back to the previous episode, Asher Mora ties a rope to Pyke and Fenix Nemean to prevent the two from falling off the rope bridges and to their deaths. As Pyke begins to attack the Lancers, the group is ambushed by more wasps. After some combat, they decide to make a break for the city once the Grimm breach the first wave of gates. As the group runs towards Kuchinashi, the next checkpoint gate opens for them as city guards flood out and kill the Lancers, led by a surly old man who carries himself as a Huntsman. The guard leads the heroes into a dark cave for safety.

In the cave, the Huntsman questions the heroes, accusing them of being the ones to have sabotaged Kuchinashi’s defenses during the massive Grimm attack, to the group’s surprise. The protagonists clarify they had just gotten to the city to help and the Huntsman, calling himself Alabaster, warily accepts this. Alabaster explains that this sabotaging has been happening recently, implying it’s because the Kuchinashi crime families are at each other’s throats. He is the sheriff of Kuchinashi, having replaced the previous one who had been killed by the syndicates for failing them.

The heroes ask how they can help with the invasion. Alabaster points the group to The Skillful, a tavern where the important and dangerous people in Kuchinashi frequent. To enter The Skillful, you need a Huntsmen’s license. He instructs them to speak to a woman named Opal, who runs the tavern. Asher tells the group he’s been there before, leading the way into the city.

As they reach The Skillful’s entrance, the protagonists are greeted by an imposing Faunus woman with filed off antlers who sits on a stool outside, rifle ready. The episode ends as she proposes, “Huh. Newcomers. Alright, let’s see if you guys can answer my riddle.”

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Trivia[]

• Kerry Shawcross asked the RWBY Wiki to include details about the first gate on the Kuchinashi Approach as the MVP of this episode. The gates are named as follows: Bill Gates, Alexander the Gate, and Gate #3.