She asks her team, but they refuse

Blake sighed heavily as she turned back to team RWBY.

"You're absolutely sure this is legitimate Weiss?" Blake asked.

Weiss frowned in concentration as she looked over the information again. "The details are pretty set in stone. If anyone actually goes through with it he'd have to pay the amount agreed upon."

"Is it even legal? I mean, doesn't public indecency get you arrested?" Ruby said with a light blush.

"Surprisingly, yes. " Weiss said with a frown. "He's somehow obtained some sort of special protest permit from the government that in the fine print allows any nudity associated with the protest to be unpunished by Vale law. Though this immunity only applies if said nudity is in the plaza in front of the Schnee Corporation building. If you are indecent when you leave the area, you can get arrested."

Yang whistled in wonder. "I wonder how many bribes that took to get?"

Blake folded her arms as she thought deeply.

"I guess I have ****. If this is the only chance I've got then I'll have to do it."

Blake's three teammates looked shocked at her proclamation.

"Blake, you can't! I'm sure there's better things you can do then play along to some rich asshole's fetish!" Ruby cried.

"Yeah, and 300 Lien an hour is so cheap! If it was me I wouldn't settle for less than ten thousand to bare myself." Yang said as she folded her arms under her impressive breasts.

Everyone looked at Yang questionably while Blake's eyes narrowed. Yang realized her gaffe.

"Uh, not trying to imply you're cheap or anything or...I'll just stop talking." Yang said as she apologized.

"And it wouldn't just be some local thing. He plans to broadcast the protest all over Vale. Maybe even all over the world. Could you do that? Could anyone? Don't do it." Weiss frantically pleaded.

"If this helps get money to free Faunus then I would do that protest no matter how long it would take." Blake said with conviction. "Though I admit it would take too long on my own so....maybe I could get some help?"

She glanced at her teammates expectantly.

"I absolutely can't do it." Weiss said. "Forget being disowned, if my father saw me protesting naked on the news against his own company he'd probably skin me alive."

Yang laughed nervously. "Sorry Blake, but this is too much for me."

Ruby averted her gaze embarrassed and ashamed at not helping her friend. "...Sorry Blake."

Blake sighed in dejection. She had expected to be turned down.

"It's alright guys, really."

Blake said that and didn't want her teammates to go though such public humiliation, but in her heart was a bit hurt her teammates wouldn't come with her.

~

The next morning found Blake in the plaza in front of the SDC building. With her she had brought a bag to place her clothes in, a few protest signs she had made the night before, some food and water, and a megaphone. The plaza itself looked the same as ever, busy and full of passing pedestrians walking various places in the downtown area. The SDC had picked a fine location for their headquarters. Not only were their more famous businesses based nearby but also a shopping mall that attracted plenty of people even on a low traffic day.

The only thing different was a yellow line forming a large circle in the exact center of the plaza. She guessed that was the protest zone. Around the circle where signs displaying "Nude SDC Protest" in big bold letters. Underneath the large letters was a smaller line that said "Women Only". Already she could see a crowd gathering around the circle, no doubt curious about this nude protest.

As she approached, she noticed a police officer standing nearby along with what was probably a reporter and her cameraman.

"..Excuse me, I'm here for the protest?"

The policeman looked at her and she couldn't help but feel creeped out as his eyes roamed her body as he gave her an obvious once over.

"Ah, you must be Miss Belladonna. I'm Officer Johnson and I have been assigned to provide security for your 'protest'."

Blake could hear the faint sarcasm in his use of the word protest.

"I will insure non-protestors do not interfere with your actions and will protect you if anyone attempts to get physical. Please note that my protection does not extend to anyone heckling you, insulting you, or taking pictures or video of you. If you have a problem with that simply don't protest. If at any time there are no appropriately 'dressed' protesters in the protest zone after you start, the protest will be over and cannot be restarted. The only exception to this is if you are the only protester, at which point you will be given a ten minute break every two hours to use the restroom and get something to eat. If at any time you want to stop, simply put your clothes on and leave the protest zone. Any nudity outside the protest zone will be persecuted in accordance with Vale law, so please dress appropriately before leaving or you will be arrested. Do you understand these rules and are you unclear on anything?"

Blake considered the officer's words.

"I really get a break?"

"Well of course." Officer Johnson said with a grin. "The guy pulling the strings for this would be upset if the whole thing ended just because you had to use the toilet or were dehydrated. We'll even allow you to go home and sleep, mostly because the government doesn't want to deal with the headache of a 24 hour protest zone. The zone will only be open for 12 hours from eight in the morning to eight at night. And someone had better show up on time or the whole thing is cancelled."

"Miss Belladonna?"

Blake noticed the reporter she saw earlier come over and realized she recognized her.

"Hello, I'm Lisa Lavender with Vale News Network."

"Nice to meet you." She replied.

Vale News Network? The most watched news networking in Vale? How far would news of her protest spread?

"I'll be covering the news about your protest. I won't be here the whole day but my camera man will stay and record footage for me."

Lisa's cameraman waved casually as he trained his camera at her. She noticed there was already a red dot that showed it was recording her.

"A few hours after you begin I'll be back to conduct an interview with you after you manage to draw a crowd. Which I'm sure you will. Though I wonder if you'll even still be here." Lisa said with a smirk.

"That's fine, but you can bet I'm going to be here all day." Blake replied fiercely.

"Well don't let me stop you girl." Officer Johnson said. "Though if you don't start protesting in the next 15 minutes I'll consider your protest over before it began, so whenever you're ready to start."

Her heart heavy with dread, Blake walked past the outside of the yellow circle and walked toward the center. She busied herself taking out her protesting supplies from her bag. All that was left was to get naked.

She flushed in embarrassment as one of her hands rested on the zipper of her shirt. Already she could sense dozens of people looking expectedly at her. Officer Johnson was watching her intently from the edge of the circle and the camera was still pointed directly at her, Lisa Lavender next to it with her arms crossed as she looked on in amusement.