Merry CRSMS is a Christmas special installment of The Alan 10 Adventures. It takes place between Parts 2 and 3 of RWBYA.
Plot
[The scene opened up in the Nomaly home. Christmas decorations were hung up, including a tree that had several bright colors. Despite the festive appearance, there was an obvious void in the mood. Jessica walked into the room and placed down a box gifted to Alan, looking at it with a sombre expression. The sound of the front door opening was heard. Jessica looked up to see Devin and Mason, wearing their ID masks to appear human, walking into the home.]
Jessica: Anything?
Mason: We checked out Richard's place and beat the shit out of Emina and Envy, but just kept on that both Alan and Richard left to some alternate world.
Devin: From what I could tell with mind reading, they were telling the truth.
Jessica: Did Alan go on purpose?
Devin: Sort of? Richard kidnapped Alan because he needed both Clockwork's time beams and Blamurai's sword to open up a portal to the other world, but Alan chased after him through the portal.
Jessica: Damnit. So it's not a case of just chasing after them.
[Alexis entered the room. The doorbell rang, and Alexis answered. Her face lit up for a moment before overcome with realization.]
Alexis: Oh. It's you.
[At the door was the Alan-looking Agent, whose bright smile fell at Alexis' response.]
Agent: "It's you?" I travel two thousand years from the first Christmas, and all I get is "Oh, it's you?!"
Alexis: No, I- [sighs] I'm sorry. It's just... Alan's missing.
[The Agent's face become filled with concern and confusion.]
Agent: Catch me up.
[A train station was seen not far from the shoreline. Qrow and Winter approached the heroes, giving out the train tickets.]
Qrow: Alright, here's the plan. [turns to Team JNR and Oscar] We're gonna take the Relic of Knowledge on our train.
Winter: [turns to Team RWBY and Alan] While we take the Relic of Creation on ours. Grimm will still be attracted to them, but things will go a lot easier if we have them separated for now.
[The whistles of the trains were heard.]
Ruby: I guess that's our cue.
Jaune: You guys be careful.
Weiss: You, too.
[As the heroes split off to their separate trains, Winter looked at Alan.]
Winter: Alan.
[Alan silently turned while continuing on his way to the train.]
Winter: From what I've gathered, you have an understanding of the Relics, yes?
Alan: To some extent. I wasn't able to get all the information from Ozpin's mind but... There's some there. Baseline knowledge, pretty much.
Winter: [sighs] I suppose that will have to do.
[Winter then went to give Alan the Relic of Creation, only for him to back away with his hands up.]
Alan: Whoa, whoa, whoa! [points to right wrist] You do know what happened the last time I had a super powerful weapon, right?
Winter: That's exactly why I'm giving this to you. You've lost your means of self defense, and until you get a new weapon, this may be your only chance at holding your own.
[Alan sighed and reluctantly took the Relic of Creation.]
Winter: I'll see you on the train.
[As Winter walked away, Alan looked down at the Relic and muttered to himself.]
Alan: My only chance, huh? Yeah... Assuming Oz even left us with any uses...
[The two trains eventually took off. It wasn't too long before Grimm started trailing them. Alan looked out the window to see the creatures approaching.]
Alan: Looks like we've got company.
Winter: You stay here. If things get out of hand, you've got the Relic.
Alan: Yeah. The Relic. Right.
[Team RWBY and Winter exited the train to get to the top. Alan looked out to see Team JNR, Qrow, and Oscar doing the same. All of them readied their weapons.]
Blake: We're following your lead, Ruby.
Ruby: No one's dying this time.
[Despite totally not being able to hear this, Alan heard it anyway. He looked around to see all the civilians standing there.]
Alan: [whispering to himself] May as well do something.
[Alan stood up and raised his voice.]
Alan: Alright, everyone! We've got Grimm approaching! There are some huntsman fighting them off already, but just to help avoid casualties, I'd like to ask all of you to move to some of the cars away from the back of the train!
[Despite his voice carrying, no one seemed to pay attention. Alan sighed, annoyed, then pulled out the Relic of Creation. and slammed it on the floor. It created a loud bang that got everyone's attention.]
Alan: Let's move!
[The Agent's brow furrowed as he pondered the situation as explained by Alan's friends. There was an awkward silence broken by Mason coughing, grabbing the Agent's attention.]
Mason: Anything?
[The Agent sighed and stood up.]
Agent: I'll be frank, I don't know what to do. It's an odd situation that I've actually dealt with before, but I don't quite remember how I handled it. It was all the way back during my first face.
[As the Agent said this, he looked at a reflective decoration on the nearby tree, examining his current face. He took a deep breath then turned back to the group.]
Agent: There's not really an easy way to go about doing this. Chronosapiens and Time Lords aren't exactly on good terms, and the Samswordones are extremely solitary. Even if they understood how their swords make a time beam into a multiverse beam, they wouldn't tell us.
Alexis: You've got a time machine. We could just pick up two Alan's from his timeline, they could go Blamurai and Clockwork, and we'd be able to get him.
Agent: If only it were that simple. I may be a rogue Time Lord in way of interfering with events instead of just observing, but I try to keep to the big rules when it comes to the laws of time. And trust me, the first one is a big one.
Jessica: And the first law of time is?
Agent: No crossing within your own timeline. Meeting past and future versions of yourself is a no-no.
Devin: Statistically speaking, wouldn't that just happen at some point?
Agent: Well, yes, but unintentionally meeting yourself just because it's bound to happen is different from, oh, I don't know, bringing in three different versions of the same person to the same point in time and space, on purpose.
Mason: And the TARDIS can't just take us there because...?
Agent: Well, that's simply because...
[The Agent grew a curious look on his face. He then peered outside at his time travelling porta-potty.]
Agent: Huh. I don't actually know why. Y'know, this is my seve- [pauses, pretends to clear throat] eighth face, and I've never tried to travel to another multiverse with the TARDIS. Well. First time for everything.
[The group quickly exited the house then entered the TARDIS. Alan's friends then looked around. The curvy, wooden supports leading up to the top center of the console room now had golden bands on them. The black walls with bright white circles for lights had smaller, white circles between the larger ones.]
Jessica: You've redecorated.
[The Agent looked up at her with a smile. Jessica's face then turned to a scowl.]
Jessica: I don't like it.
[The Agent's face fell and he rolled his eyes.]
[Alan continued to get people away from the back of the train. As he cleared out the final one, he stumbled to the ground from the fight above. He groaned as he got up, seeing Blake and Yang standing on the back of the train, firing at Grimm. He made his way to the door and out.]
Alan: How are we doing?
Blake: Not so good. There's just as many trailing us as one's on top.
Yang: You feel like helping out at some point?
Alan: The Relic's not exactly a normal weapon.
Blake: Neither was your watch.
Alan: Yeah, but if what I found out from Oz is true, then-
[Alan was cut off by another shake of the train car. The shake was enough to knock him off and onto the ground as the train continued on. Grimm then started for Alan and the Relic.]
Yang: Shit!
Blake: Cover me!
[Yang began firing at the Grimm approaching Alan. Blake activated her Semblance, using her shadow selves to propel forwards. She turned Gambol Shroud into the dual katanas and sliced away some more Grimm before turning to Alan.]
Blake: You okay?
Alan: Yeah... I think.
[Alan looked around to see neither of them were on the train.]
Alan: Blake, we must stop meeting like this.
Blake: [rolling eyes] Let's go.
[Blake took hold of Alan's hand, and used her Semblance to propel them back to the train.]
Yang: You good?
Alan: I think so.
[Alan then noticed Yang looking down at his and Blake's hands. He then let go.]
Alan: Sorry, your girl's hand and all.
[Alan then walked back into the train car, with the two huntresses looking at each other, Blake confused by the comment and Yang blushing some. They followed him into the car where they regrouped with the other three.]
Ruby: We're starting to get overwhelmed.
Winter: Perhaps now would be a good time to utilize the Relic.
[Alan nervously brought the Relic off of where it was strapped to his back. He took a deep breath.]
Weiss: Are you sure you know how to use it?
Alan: I have... an idea. The Relic of Knowledge houses Jinn, which in my world is another word for genie. That's kinda what she is, too. A genie of knowledge. She answers three questions every one hundred years. I imagine all I have to do is say the name of some creator in a mythology from my world and I'll be able to summon this Relic's deity.
[Alan lifted it in the air.]
Alan: Let's start with an obvious one. God!
[Everyone looked around, seeing nothing happening.]
Alan: Um... Allah? [nothing] Chaos! [nothing] Kronos! [nothing] Lorkhan! [nothing] Ginnungagap!
[A lightning strike generated from the staff. A tall, muscular, blue creature was spawned in front of them. He wore golden armor similar to that a viking, and his helmet had two horns off the front that curved up. His right eye was covered with an eyepatch. In his right hand was a black and golden hammer. Weiss looked over at Alan, confused.]
Weiss: What in the world was the word you just said?
Alan: Ginnungagap. He's the primordial deity in Norse mythology in my world. So, let me guess, Oz already used you once this past one hundred years like Jinn?
Ginnungagap: Quite perceptive, this one.
Alan: More of an educated guess.
[Ginnungagap twirled his hammer as he looked upon the group.]
Ginnungagap: What exactly is it that you wish for me to create?
[Alan looked out at the Grimm following their train as well as the ones going after the other.]
Alan: I need you to make something to protect both this train and the other one over there from the Grimm.
Ginnungagap: As you wish.
[Ginnungagap twirled his hammer and lifted it up. A flash of lightning came from it, before energy swarmed the two trains and disappeared. Everyone looked out the window, and any Grimm that got too close to either train were immediately disintegrated. A blue flash of light occurred as Ginnungagap disappeared into the Relic.]
Alan: Grimm-disintegrating force field. Nice.
[With the trains now safe from the oncoming Grimm, the trains continued on their way. A few hours later, they came up on the city of Vacuo. Most buildings in the city looked like minature temples, with some of the ones on the outskirts looking like huts. In the center of the city was Vacuo Academy, which appeared like an Aztec pyramid.]
[The inside of the TARDIS was filled with sparks as the engines chugged hard trying to fly. The Agent, Alexis, and Jessica, were getting thrown about, while Devin wrapped himself around one of the wooden supports, and Mason stuck himself to the ceiling.]
Mason: Are you sure you know what you're doing?!
Agent: Told you this is entirely new to me!
Devin: If you don't figure it out quick, we're all gonna end up dead!
Agent: Oh, no! I'm not regenerating today, bitch!
[The Agent landed on the console of the TARDIS, and pulled a lever. The TARDIS then came to a stop between universes, only to be flung in the opposite direction. The passengers could all be heard screaming as the TARDIS made way into Earth-521. The TARDIS flew throught the Egyptian desert. In its path was a little grey robot with a blue 98 on its chest, a yellow mouth, and black eyes with blue pupils. Just before hitting the robot, the TARDIS disappeared in a flash. The robot turned around after it heard the TARDIS leave, and shrugged, not seeing anything, then went on its way.]
[Continuing through the multiverse, the TARDIS then flew into Earth-1063-E. The ship dangerously flew over a college campus, almost hitting a few buildings in the process, before disappearing in the sky again. The scene panned down to show a confused, blue version of XLR8, with a white stripe on his chest, and wearing a green, short sleeved jacket. His eyes and symbol on his chest were green.]
XLR8: Huh. I guess the Agent's drunk driving again. Meh. Whatever.
[XLR8 closed his visor and sped off. The next unintentional stop was Earth-710010, specifically Dimension-777, where the TARDIS crashed through a sign saying "Central City" before leaving, headed to Dimension-1100. The TARDIS then crashed into a barn, leaving the passengers disoriented.]
Agent: Okay... New plan... We go home... And rest for a bit... Cause I don't know what to do.
[The Agent activated the TARDIS, and in a much more calm and controlled manner, the TARDIS left. Watching all the while was a confused someone who looked a bit like Alan and Richard. He had thick brown hair which had sideburns that came all the way down his face. He wore a black leather jacket over a red shirt, as well as black gloves, black jeans, and brown boots.]
Voice: Hey, Richard!
[Richard kept his gaze of where the TARDIS had crashed, as an alternate version of Becky Smith walked up. Concerned, she put her hand on his shoulder, startling him.]
Becky: Hey, what's wrong?
Richard: I... I think I'm hallucinating. I just saw a damn... Porta-potty crash into the barn.
[Richard held his head, unsure of what to make of the situation. Becky looked in and saw the giant hole in the wall.]
Becky: ...Well you certainly saw something. We can fix that later. Come on, Taylor's making dinner.
Richard: Please tell me it's not more Hathor food.
Becky: We have a pet, you know.
Richard: Having an duplicating alien-lion pet is no excuse for shitty food from a planet of duplicating otters!
Major Events
- The Relic of Creation's power is used, revealing it to hold a deity known as Ginnungagap that can create three things for the user every one hundred years. Alan mentions that this also applies to Jinn, the deity within the Relic of Knowledge, as she can answer any three questions for the user every one hundred years.
- Alan obtains Raijin.
Omnitrix Debuts
- XLR8
Characters
Earth-1799.A
- Alan Nomaly
- Alexis Dwyer
- Jessica Nietzsche
- Devin Lorenzo
- Mason Babadzhanov
- The Agent
Earth-ERTH
- Ruby Rose
- Weiss Schnee
- Blake Belladonna
- Yang Xiao Long
- Jaune Arc
- Nora Valkyrie
- Lie Ren
- Qrow Branwen
- Oscar Pine
- Winter Schnee
- Sun Wukong (debut)
- Scarlet David (debut)
- Sage Ayana (debut)
- Neptune Vasilias (debut)
- Coco Adel (debut)
- Fox Alistair (debut)
- Velvet Scarlatina (debut)
- Yatsuhashi Daichi (debut)
- Ginnungagap (debut)
Other
- Otto Maton (debut)
- Ethan Wellington (debut)
- Richard Rhyneheart (debut)
- Becky Smith (debut)
Aliens Used
- XLR8 (debut)
Allusions
- The interaction between Alexis and the Agent at the front door is a nod to the Teacher's Pet movie.
- The method in which the Agent gets contact to Alan is the same in which the Doctor contacted Rose across universes in the Doctor Who episode, Doomsday.
- Alan references Quantum Leap when comparing the holographic projections of his friends to Al Calavicci, the character who appeared as a hologram to Sam Beckett in Quantum Leap.
- The "You've redecorated. I don't like it." gag from Doctor Who was used.
Easter Eggs
- Each of the Earths unintentionally visited by the TARDIS belongs to another BTFF series:
- Earth-521 is the Earth of Pokemon Sky, with the character seen there being Otto Maton.
- Earth-1063-E is the Earth of E-10: Horizons, with the XLR8 seen there being the transformation of Ethan Wellington.
- Earth-710010 is the Earth of Mig X, with Central City being the primary setting of the show.
- Originally the TARDIS was going to crash through the bench where Mig and Terox shared their last moment, though this was changed due to Mig's wishes.
- Dimension-1100 is the Earth of the Rebootedverse, with the characters Richard and Becky being from Richard 10: Journey into the End. It is a dimension within Earth-710010.
Trivia
- This is the first holiday related episode of The Alan 10 Adventures.
- The title of the episode is meant to be a RWBY-fied version of "Merry Christmas."
- This is the first episode of The Alan 10 Adventures to not include any transformations by Alan or Richard.
- This is the first episode to debut an alien by someone other than Alan or Richard.