“Hey, Velvet,” Carmine said mockingly. “Long time no see. It was nice catching up with Coco and Yatsuhashi, but you were always my favorite.” She pressed a finger to her lips. “Don’t tell the others.”

Yatsuhashi’s sword faded away. Velvet noted that Carmine had only one of her sai—now she remembered she had seen the other one back at the club, transformed into gold by Rumpole’s Semblance.

“Why are you working with the Crown?” Velvet asked. “How can you do this? Do you really need money that badly?”

“This isn’t about money, at least not for me,” Carmine scoffed. “The twins and I go way back, to my academy days. I fight because I believe in them and their cause.” Carmine unsheathed her sai and sent another rock flying at Velvet.

- RWBY: Before the Dawn, Chapter 18