Team RWBY and Oscar Pine sit together in Team RWBY's room, discussing Jacques Schnee's banquet invite, as well as his election into the Atlas Council. Weiss Schnee is suspicious of the circumstances of her father's election, so Ruby Rose suggests that she search for clues during the banquet. On the night of the banquet, Team RWBY and Oscar arrive at the Schnee Manor along with Jaune Arc, Nora Valkyrie, Lie Ren, James Ironwood, Winter Schnee, Penny Polendina and the Ace Operatives. Whitley Schnee lets them in after revealing to Weiss that Klein Sieben was fired from his job as a butler. He then guides Ironwood, Penny, Winter, and Clover Ebi to the dining room, while the others stay behind in the foyer. Team RWBY decides that it is time for Weiss to sneak around the manor, but Whitley stands in her way and begins talking to her. Ironwood, Clover, Winter, and Penny enter the dining room to find Jacques, Sleet, Camilla, and Robyn Hill waiting. They take a seat and begin talking, but Jacques takes control of the conversation and questions how safe it is to have Penny in the room. In the foyer, Jaune formulates a plan for Nora and Ren to get Whitley out of Weiss' way by pretending to spill food on Whitley accidentally. The plan does not work out as planned, but Whitley is still forced to leave after being covered in wine by a hysterical guest. Weiss heads up the stairs to sneak around the manor. In the dining room, Ironwood is constantly interrupted by the councilmen and Robyn, and Jacques questions if Ironwood has figured out who has been killing Mantle civilians and what he is doing with Amity Colosseum. Winter has an outburst, shouting at Jacques about trust, and he turns it around on Ironwood, criticizing the lack of reasons Ironwood has given the council to trust him. Winter storms out of the room, nearly bumping into a dark-haired waitress on her way out. Penny finds Winter standing in a hallway, and the two talk about emotions and speaking from the heart. Unable to understand Winter's reasoning, Penny goes back to the dining room. Weiss, having sneaked into Jacques' office, encounters her mother, Willow Schnee. The two talk about Jacques, revealing that Willow had installed cameras throughout the manor, claiming she did so for their safety. She gives Weiss a Scroll containing a video of Jacques and Arthur Watts, and as she leaves the room, she briefly speaks to Weiss about Whitley. Down in Mantle, Watts shuts off Mantle's heating grid. The temperature of Mantle's air drops enough for the rain to become snow.