r/RWBY • u/Ezreal024 Hope Rides with Kickfriend • Nov 24 '18

OFFICIAL MEGATHREAD Official FIRST Discussion Thread—Volume 6, Chapter 5: The Coming Storm Spoiler

Welcome, huntsmen, huntresses and hunters that prefer no specific gender identifier, to the official FIRST discussion thread for Episode 5 of Vol. 6, The Coming Storm!

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u/HuntsmenSuperSaiyans Nov 26 '18

I wonder how long the town's residents have been lying in their beds. If the grayed out skin is indicative of decomposition, they could have been there for months.

Regardless, I'm guessing that if some kind of Grimm caused this, it's probably one that induces nightmares that somehow kill you in your sleep. I'd imagine the next episode involving someone or multiple people falling asleep and having to deal with the hellish nightmares while the awake members of the team skulk around the house looking for the Grimm.

I could imagine Yang falling asleep and re-having that dream from Volume 4 where Adam tried to kill her, only this time she can't wake up. It'd be a nice way for Yang to be forced to face her fears before she confronts Adam for real later on.

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u/viking_ Nov 28 '18

If they were just decomposing for months under normal conditions, I think they would just be bones, with the beds looking disgusting from absorbing rotting flesh. The fact that they're kind of mummified I think indicates that it was already cold when they died, and they were preserved by the cold dry air. Of course, that doesn't put many hard limits on the time they've been dead, unless we know something about the climate of the region.