Ria pops in and offers her help.

"You know, I think I can help on the Team CEMT front," Ria's voice said from behind Nora as she slipped her soda, causing Nora to do a spit take as she jumped forward. Sure enough, she had floated on in through the wall behind the ginger. And by this point, all the regulars in Jaune's harem had touched the Note or a piece of paper from it.

"Will you stop doing that!?" Nora shouted in annoyance and dramatically pointing at Ria.

"Stop doing what? Breathing?" Ria snorted, and even Jaune had to laugh. Annoying as these things were when Ria had done them to him, he had to admit, it was funny to watch from this side of the fence.

"You know what I mean!" Nora seethed.

"Wait... You can help?" Ruby asked.

"Well, yeah!" Ria huffed, crossing her arms.

"How do you plan on doing that?" Blake asked, standing with her hands on her hips. "I thought you told Jaune you couldn't tell him these things?"

"As a matter of fact, no, I can't!" Ria replied. "And seeing as my own carelessness caused an issue, I intend to fix my mistake any way I can. Just because *I* can't give you any answers... Doesn't mean I can't... seduce someone else into giving what they know to you..."

"You mean... Mercury?" Weiss asked, raising an eyebrow.

"Well, yeah, just get him to touch part of the Note, make him sexually subservient to me, and I can work on him while you guys work on Emerald!" Ria replied.

"... I don't know if we can trust you, given what you won't tell us," Yang pointed out, and Nora nodded, still irritated at the jump scare.

"Can't tell you, for crying out loud, there is a difference between won't and can't!" Ria grumbled.

"But... Why can't you tell us, exactly?" Pyrrha asked her.

"...I'd tell you, except that's part of what I can't tell you!" Ria replied.

"It just seems shifty," Coco huffed.

"I'm well aware. Trust me, I'm not too fond of the circumstances either," Ria deadpanned.

Jaune meanwhile contemplated silently...