5 years after the trans-America wild race. Appare Sorano has built a giant cannon that can transport people to the moon. And he invites all his friends to come along on the adventure. But when they get there, they discover that there is actually people living there, and not everyone is who they seem.

Appare, Hototo and their friends find themselves in a place and time different from theirs. An Appare-Ranman story set in The Critique Universe. Takes place after the Season 2 finale in another Critique Universe story RWBY's Nostalgia Commentary Collection. A prelude to six subsequent stories set to take place in the same universe, and acts as a non-canon continuation to the anime.

In the wilderness at the edge of Death Valley, Kosame has an encounter that changes everything.

Appare notices much more than he lets on—including Hototo's potential.