#hmhmhmhmhm

"guys, [penny] has to go to the vault." / "that's actually a risk we haven't considered." <- their entire plan—which jaune, during his lowest moments, attributed solely to ruby—was a risk to begin with in an attempt to save penny, and needless to say, it did not quite work out as they wanted it to.

but before that happens, ruby asks penny to tell her how she can help her; "kill me. and i can make sure the power goes to you." instead of going along with that, ruby comes up with an idea for jaune to use his semblance on penny, which helps but doesn't get rid of the problem. when during their plan—the risk that did not work out quite as they wanted it to—penny gets grievously injured and request jaune the same as she did of ruby; and jaune complies.

circling back to summer's mission; if the spring maiden was involved, this would imply that she asked summer for help first, and it was summer who came up with an alternative to whatever it was spring was asking originally (was it the same as penny? to kill her?)... but that could also mean that it was summer who brought up the idea of helping spring escape to raven, which begs the question...

why? tbh, it doesn't quite add up, unless summer planned on going with spring herself and needed raven's help to leave without a trace to follow and at that point raven offers to go in her stead, because "you're one to talk" doesn't leave much room for "raven being gone was summer's idea all along." then again, it also raises a question why summer agreed to raven taking her place to begin with, but i suppose raven could just do it herself before summer had a chance to do it. she's a bandit stealing ideas is like the least worst crime she has committed, it's no biggie lol