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Weasel!Faunus Roses: Natural Selection
Ruby: (Walking to the door)
Summer: Khm! Ruby. Where do you think you're going without your jacket?
Ruby: Ugh! Mom! I'm not wearing my coat this year! It's lame~!
Summer: You are going to stick out like a sore thumb if you don't wear your coat!
Taiyang: Ruby, listen to your mother.
Ruby: (Scoffs) Well... Well maybe I wanna stand out! Maybe I want to show the world I'm not like everyone else! Why is that such a bad thing?! (Swings open door) Individuality is a crime in this family! (Stompd outside, Slams door)
Ruby: (Opens door) And I wanna dance! (Slams again)
Pyrrha: (Jumps Ruby)
Ruby: (Muffled screaming, Tossed around)
Taiyang: ...I never said anything about her dancing.
Summer: Oh, I love her adorable little dances~!
Ruby: (Screaming grows distant)
Fun Fact! Listen to your parents.
#rwby#weasel!faunus ruby#weasel!faunus summer#taiyang xiao long#ruby rose#summer rose#fox!faunus Pyrrha#pyrrha nikos#natural habitat#natural habitat shorts
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Ruby: Weiss! Slow Down!
Weasel!faunus Weiss: I really Can't!
Ruby: You can be a couple Minutes, I'm sure they'll understand!
Weiss: Timeliness is of great import!
Ruby: Who are we even going to meet-
Weiss: My Cousin- There she is!
Seal!faunus Ciel: Indeed I am Here, Weiss. You're Two minutes and forty-three seconds late!
Weiss: I know! My apologies! It's good to see you again After so Long, however!
Ciel: It is. How has Beacon Treated you.
Weiss: It has been treating me well- Are you hungry? Do you need anything to make up for my being late?
Ciel: I am slightly hungry.
Ruby: Wait, you're Penny's teammate, Right?
Ciel: *Stepping to the left* Indeed I am.
Ruby: Where-
Penny: *Tackling Ruby*--UTATIONS!
Ruby: AAAHH!
Fun fact: The Pinnipeds (Seals) Closest relatives are Musteloids, which include Weasels, Raccoons, Skunks, and Red pandas.
#rwby#ruby rose#weiss schnee#rwby shitpost#penny polendina#ciel soleil#seal!faunus Ciel#weasel!faunus weiss
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Upon realizing, I find it very funny and weird how the WF chose to wear the masks of Grimm because humanity saw them as these mindless monsters. Meanwhile we have not one, not two, but THREE entities in the series who exploit the Grimm to serve them; Salem, Schnees and the Dark God. It's like, wow... truly the symbol of your liberation. 1/2
You know, I don't actually mind the grimm masks as a symbol because the faunus have no idea they're so closely tied to those three entities... for the simple reason that they don't know the entities exist. Or, in the Schnees' case, that their particular brand of sins extends to grimm exploitation. Salem is literally the show's biggest secret that only a handful of people in all of Remnant know about, with her experiments in particular only revealed to our protagonists in the midst of the last Volume. The God of Darkness left Remnant before this version of humanity even existed and his brief stint as co-ruler is known only to one hero, one villain, and a handful of young adults who managed to weasel the information out of a lady in a lamp. Meanwhile, sure, the world knows that the Schnees are horrifically exploiting their faunus workers -- or at least, many in the world are willing to acknowledge that -- but they have no idea what goes on behind the manor's closed doors. Like, say, the head of the family binding a grimm to a giant knight to face off against his youngest daughter in deadly battle.
We can literally count up all the people who know about one of these connections between grimm and powerful people exploiting them -- Ruby, Weiss, Blake, Yang, Jaune, Nora, Ren, Oscar, Ozpin, Qrow, Maria, Willow, Whitley, Winter, maybe Ironwood pre-death -- and notably only one of those characters is a faunus herself, someone who only found about all this Salem/God/Schnee stuff long after Adam started wearing a grimm mask, thereby inspiring others to take it up as a large-scale symbol. So how would they know it's a complicated association? They presumably wouldn't. It's like if I chose a lion to represent strength and then, years later, someone went, "Okay, but in this culture halfway across the world they tell secret stories about how the lion is actually the weakest of the animals, so idk why you'd choose that :/ " Beyond the fact that symbols mean different things for different groups, this is a situation where the characters simply aren't privy to what a core group of individuals + the audience is. If anything, it acts as a dark irony for the viewer. Given how badly the White Fang movement has gone in the show (and, frankly, been written) there's something appropriate to me in them passionately taking up a symbol that we know is fraught with problems, but they are ignorantly unaware of, forever charging forward with the expectation that these doomed passions are going to pay off.
Honestly though, even with that acknowledgement, I don't think the complications are that much of a problem. I still maintain that the primary issue is that the White Fang possesses none of, or very little of this knowledge: Adam never met back up with Cinder post-grimm arm (at least, I don't think he did), he definitely doesn't know about Salem's experimentation, it's heavily implied that Raven knows that Salem is immortal, but has expressed no specific knowledge of her activities. The one exception here is Cinder being very aware of her own arm + Salem's experiments, but the story has made it explicitly clear via flashbacks that she knows she's in a fucked-up situation, one that heavily parallels her time with the Madame. "Oh fuck, that's me." That's the nature of abusive relationships though. Just because you recognize the problem ("Omg Salem is experimenting with grimm and she gave me a grimm arm") doesn't mean you're in a position to anything about it (yet). Especially when you're Cinder and you're perpetually convincing yourself that every threat and horrific downside you encounter is ultimately necessary in your Quest For Ultimate Power. Cinder can't fully acknowledge Salem's manipulation if only because that requires humbling herself enough to acknowledge that she's capable of being manipulated.
But regardless, even if these characters were in a position to pick up on how strongly the symbol is associated with enslavement and control... that's kind of the point? Adam chose the mask because humanity saw them as mindless monsters. Expanding on that just a bit, humanity treats them as disposable, something to rid Remnant of -- violently, if necessary. If he were to learn that three of the most powerful players on the board were taking away the agency of grimm and using them for their own purposes, that would just hammer home the point he's making. Those in control -- a billionaire equivalent, a witch, a literal god -- treat those around them like pawns to move around said board. Whether we're talking about a literal monster or a perceived monster, the end result is the same, strengthening the connection Adam was trying to make. "You think we're no better than the mindless, soulless beasts that ravage your villages? Fine. We'll embrace that." That grimm inhabiting the knight was locked up in the Schnee manor for who knows how long, under Jacques' control. Meanwhile, Adam has the SDC's initials branded into his face. He feels a stronger connection to the monsters of their world than the humans who have ignored his plight, especially when those humans claim he's inanimately monstrous himself.
Though RWBY in no way did this intentionally, the fact that Salem's most successful grimm experiment is not just a SEW, but a faunus SEW really highlights the point here.
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RWBY Crossover AU Characters (AU/work in progress)
Disclaimer: Some of these characters don’t have color names because they’re from other franchises and are my already-established OCs. Also I’m on VOLUME 2 lol. Also I don’t know exactly what a semblance is
Haku Yowane
Theme color: Snow
Haku is a sincere and gentle girl who wanted to be a huntress because she was insecure and bullied in the past. She wanted to become strong to prove her strength to herself.
Haku’s weapon is named Wanderess.
Neru Akita
Theme color: Ochre
Neru is a misunderstood girl with a temper. She has a similar reason of becoming a huntress as Haku, but is less likely to admit it. Neru is very stubborn.
Taya Soune
Theme color: Blue
Taya became a huntsman because his father recommended the path to him. He found it scary and difficult, wanting to give up, but didn’t want to disappoint his father. Taya’s true passion is music.
Taya’s weapon is named Harmonis.
Ruko Yokune
Theme color: Indigo
Uta Utane
Theme color: Purple
Uta wanted to be a huntress because she’s a thrill seeker. She was always too scared to pursue music, (her other passion,) but not to fight monsters!
Uta is a sentient robotic humanoid, and is capable of emitting an aura. But like faunuses, she is prejudiced against for it…
Uta’s weapon is basically a magical machine gun that doubles as an axe. The name of her weapon is Glitch.
Amelie Suagr
Theme color: Candy
Ame was inspired to be a huntress after seeing a movie. This is why she started. She’s clumsy and too idealistic. But Ame didn’t want to give up…
Ame’s weapon is giant lollipop-shaped hammer, that into a sharp elemental scepter that is also a jumping stick that can propel her. It’s usually a cane in the shape of a giant key, but she turns it into a weapon when needed. The name of her weapon is Whimsicalibur.
Momo Momone
Theme color: Peach
Teto Kasane
Theme color: Cerise
Ritsu Namine
Theme color: Scarlet
Ritsu Namine is a faunus with traits of a marten (red weasel.) He was part of the White Fang once but quit once he realized how corrupt the group had become. Ritsu may be seem rough, but feels deep inside he doesn’t deserve forgiveness, as his role in the White Fang was quite significant. He acts tough because he knows no other way to act, but being with his friends helped him grow and show his sincere side.
Ritsu’s weapon is called Inferno. It’s part-flamethrower.
Koto Fuuga
Theme color: Orange
Koto is a wild daredevil who loves wildlife, and wanted to become a huntress to protect animals from Grimm. She isn’t the brightest with book-smarts, but has incredible street-smarts.
Ruby Rose
Theme color: Red
Weiss Schnee
Theme color: White
Blake Belladonna
Theme color: Black
Yang Xiao Long
Theme color: Yellow
Akaito Shion
Theme color: Crimson
Rhona Hydra
Theme color: Cobalt
Rhona is a calm huntress with an intense love for the ocean and its creatures. She wants to protect the ocean. She is also a marine biologist. She cares deeply about her teammate Nagisa.
Her weapon is a trident that can both stab and shoot projectiles. The name of her weapon is Aequor.
Her semblance is controlling water.
Luana Kai
Theme color: Teal
She uses a sword which seems a bit old-fashioned, but is great with it. The name of her weapon is Sparring Wave.
Nagisa Onda
Theme color: Magenta
A girl who is not so confident, and insecure about her fighting skills. In the meanwhile, Rhona is trying to help her as much as she can, but Nagisa wants to become strong enough to do things on her own and stop being Rhona’s “burden.”
Joy Smiley
Theme color: Carnation
Tsubomi Hanasaki
Theme color: Pink
Erika Kurumi
Theme color: Aqua
Renri Yamine
Theme color: Lavender
Saga
Theme color: Chartreuse
Miku Hatsune
Theme color: Teal
Dell Honne
Theme color: Silver
Dell is a wolf faunus and a member of the White Fang, although he quits within the story’s events. Dell feels he is very misunderstood by everyone.
Kaito Shion
Theme color: Azure
Doremi Harukaze
Theme color: Strawberry
Hazuki Fujiwara
Theme color: Auburn
Aiko Senoo
Theme color: Cerulean
Miles Edgeworth
Theme color: Puce
Phoenix Wright
Theme color: Navy
Maya Fey
Theme color: Violet
Umiko
Theme color: Cyan
Umiko is a seal faunus.
Makoto Kino
Theme color: Green
Roy
Theme color: Royal
Ilia Amitola
Theme color: Gray
Sowon Moon
Theme color: Periwinkle
Luna Amane
Theme color: Salmon
Rosa
Theme color: Pastel
Gumi
Theme color: Lime
Gumi is a huntress with a fururisric weapon and motif.
Gakupo
Theme color: Lilac
Gakupo is a huntsman who fights like a samurai.
Azusa Nakano
Theme color: Midnight
Azusa is a cat faunus.
Aoi Asahina
Theme color: Madder
Chai
Theme color: Clover
Chai is an iguana faunus.
Reisei Kiyone
Theme color: Sky
Reisei is a bunny faunus.
Scarlet David
Theme color: Tomato
Reika Aoki
Theme color: Blueberry
Minako Aino
Theme color: Sunflower
Enzo
Theme color: Denim
Yuri Tsukikage
Theme color: Powder
Franziska von Karma
Theme color: Aegean
Franziska is a koala faunus.
Nagisa Misumi
Theme color: Ink
Honoka Yukishiro
Theme color: Moonlight
Akane Hino
Theme color: Vermillion
Nao Midorikawa
Theme color: Veridian
Merry Kohaku
Theme color: Maroon
Itsuki Myoudouin
Theme color: Flaxen
Miyuki Hoshizora
Theme color: Magenta
Luka Megurine
Theme color: Mauve
Usagi Tsukino
Theme color: Coral
Bianca Luna
Theme color: Cloud
Penny Polendena
Theme color: Copper
Nora Valkyrie
Theme color: Bubblegum
Lie Ren
Theme color: Fuchsia
Ritsu Tainaka
Theme color: Khaki
Sora Suiga
Theme color: Honey
Yufu
Theme color: Mint
Pop Harukaze
Theme color: Rose
Pop is one of the youngest students in the academy at the age of 14. She is precocious yet inside quite childish.
Ami Mizuno
Theme color: Sapphire
Hana Makihatayama
Theme color: Melon
Rei Hino
Theme color: Ruby
Sakura Ogami
Theme color: Pearl
Jaune Arc
Theme color: Lemon
Pyrrha Nikos
Theme color: Flame
Octavia Forte:
Theme color: Garnet
Reina Cantata
Theme color: Jet
Zatsune
Theme color: Abyss
Tsumugi Kotobuki
Theme color: Platinum
Tsumugi is a very rich and privileged girl who wanted to live the precarious life of a huntress on purpose.
Rie Hibine
Theme color: Spring
Anna Nyui
Theme color: Carmine
Sonata Coda
Theme color: Wintergreen
Onpu Segawa
Theme color: Plum
Sage Ayana
Theme color: Sage
Yatsuhashi Daichi
Theme color: Pine
Neptune Vasilias
Theme color: Sea-foam
Fox Alistair
Theme color: Cinnamon
Bow Asane
Theme color: Jade
Sunhee
Theme color: Emerald
Zhenyi
Theme color: Nutmeg
Aster
Theme color: Flamingo
Soraya
Theme color: Olive
Mako Nagone
Theme color: Smoke
Mako is a skunk faunus with a big tail.
Shiina
Theme color: Sienna
Yui Hirasawa
Theme color: Brown
Meiko
Theme color: Rosewood
Anya
Theme color: Pewter
Sun Wukong
Theme color: Beige
Velvet Scarlatina
Theme color: Umber
Coco Adel
Theme color: Tan
Mio Akiyama
Theme color: Coal
Candela
Theme color: Burgundy
Blanche
Theme color: Ultramarine
Blanche is stoic and seems mysterious. They are known to be strict and harsh, but deep inside, Blanche hates that this is how they are and wishes to be more charismatic. They use they/them pronouns.
Spark
Theme color: Gold
Momoko Asuka
Theme color: Canary
Yayoi Kise
Theme color: Saffron
Rin Kagamine
Theme color: Mango
Rin is a mouse faunus along with her twin brother Len.
Len Kagamine
Theme color: Banana
Len is a mouse faunus along with his twin sister Rin.
Sayu Yurika
Theme color: Ice
Carmella
Theme color: Brick
Carmella is a squirrel faunus with a big tail.
Miri
Theme color: Hazel
Azalea
Theme color: Cotton
Margot
Theme color: Ivory
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What are your thoughts on the scene of Weiss tossing that guy in the trash can?
Personally I say more power to her, I wish she’d kept that prepensity for on’y ducal violence when she saw Jacques
But doesn’t it kind of gone again the idea that “bad guys suffering isn’t a good thing”? Because it was clear weiss hurting this guy for no other reason then because he was being a dick,
You are giving me V7C1 Discourse Flashbacks.
The Purpose of the "Weiss dumps a Racist guy in a Trashcan" scene was threefold:
1. Reveal how blatant and common Anti-Faunus racism is in Mantle/Atlas
2. Showcase Weiss' character development by having a former racist stand up to racism
3. Slapstick comedy
She could, and probably would, throw Jacques into a trashcan under similar 'slapstick comedy' circumstances, but not in the more serious tone that most of their scenes hold in Volume 7. She doesn't have authority over Jacques, she couldn't 'get away with' something like that. The guy she dumpster'd was a stranger - someone she could risk upsetting because he didn't know who she was.
Jacques, on the other hand, is her father. Everyone on this site says you gotta punch Nazis, but what if the Nazi in your life is your Mom? You aren't going to slap your own mother unless you are incredibly comfortable cutting them out of your life indefinitely.
The events of Volume 5 happen over 1-2 months, and the events of V6 happen over 1 week. It's unclear how long the Atlas upgrades took, but it's safe to assume the time difference between Weiss Sneaking out of the Mansion and seeing her father again in V7C4 was 3 months or less. Even though she is in a better place with her team now, she is still intimidated by him. She freezes up when they lock eyes. She heaves a sigh of relief when he leaves. She might know deep down that he isn't a fighter on par with her skill, but he has 'beaten' her in other fights that don't use swords or semblances. She isn't going to risk getting 'beaten' again when she knows how big his influence is, and what he can do at the drop of a hat.
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This Part got Long.
TL;DR - Dumpster Guy didn't Suffer and Suffering isn't Justice.
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What I mean by "bad guys suffering" doesn't mean humiliation or slapstick or fight scenes. Getting tossed in the trash did not injure him or cause him significant physical pain, and we see this character in the background of several later shots. The only thing that scene gave him was a bump on the head and some really stinky clothes.
Tyrian getting punched in the jaw isn't 'suffering', it's slapstick. It's funny because he wasn't expecting Qrow to go fisticuffs. Any villain taking a hard hit isn't 'suffering' in the context of a fight, when both sides are taking and dishing damage.
In a similar vein, I thoroughly enjoy watching that scene in As Above So Below when Jacques' plan is revealed, and tries to weasel his way out of irrefutable evidence, but that's not "suffering", that's humiliation; that's the classic Ace Attorney pulling-of-receipts as they realize they have nowhere left to run.
What I mean by "suffering" is fans calling for Ruby or Jaune to tear Cinder limb from limb while screaming vengeance for Pyrrha/Penny. What I mean by "suffering" is theorizing the only way for Salem to be defeated is to lock her somewhere she can't escape - like space or an abyss or cut up into tiny pieces and buried in every corner of the planet. She'd still be alive because she immortal, thus in constant agony, but hey! At least she'll be out of the way and the heroes get to win, right? /s
This show doesn't do gratuitous suffering. Adam's death was victorious sure, but Blake, who you think would be happiest about this outcome, breaks down crying because she had to take a life. The life of someone she once believed in, a life that caused her so much pain.
So no. I don't believe Jacques getting what's coming to him, in the form of a horde of vengeful Faunus, would be fitting end to his story.
(Unless you meant "thousands of Faunus" figuratively, in the form of a legal sentence that punishes him on behalf of all his victims. That would have been nice, but we already know that never came to be; truly unfortunate.)
#ask bmblboop#dappercat saga#rwby v7#in-show meta#out-of-show meta#jacques schnee#I thought the weiss throws racist guy in the trash can scene was funny#but you can't 'ooh gottem' with a minor scene that was comedic and quite non-lethal to be like 'this bad guy suffered'#that last part got long and I could probably turn it into it's own meta post#but not tonight#weiss schnee
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Sunshower
[Menagerie]
It’s as busy as its ever been. The streets are bustling more than usual as vendors and civilians alike decorate the island with the symbol of the Belladonnas on flags. A celebration is gonna begin; one that will last indefinitely. If there’s one thing Menagerie is known for it is parties. This one is bound to be the biggest one since.....
Kali:Come on everyone, double time! Blake could come home any minute!
Ghira:Khali please don’t yell at anyone. They’re doing all of this of their own free will after all.
Kali:Well that doesn’t mean they shouldn’t put forth their best effort. *pouting* They need to have the same enthusiasm as Ilia.
As quickly as her name was uttered was as fast as she could be seen. Palm tree to palm tree she’s dashing at a speed that would make Ruby jealous. In her arms are wires of flags she’s precisely pinning with each tree jump.
Ilia:I’m running low on flags! Neptune, hook me up!!!
Neptune:*raises a box* A hundred flags right here!
Ilia*grabs it midair* Thank you!
Kali:Thank you for your help too a Neptune. It’s greatly appreciated.
Neptune:Pleasure is all mine. Not everyday a human gets to set foot in this place. I feel super... *looks around* fortunate.
Ghira:Young man I do hope you behave yourself. We’ve been informed of your.....reputation. It would be a shame if the faunus around here got worse opinions of humans.
Neptune:Yes sir. I wouldn’t be much of best friend if I ruined things around here; right Sun? *throws up a box*
Sun:Got that right! *catches box from a tree* thanks dude!
The young man might not have White Fang training but he’s a monkey faunus through and through. Jumping from the trees couldn’t be more natural; not one flag is out of place that he places.
Sun:*bouncing frantically* Woohoo! I should do this for a living!
Ilia:*keeping up* Geez can you be a little serious here? If any of your flags banners come undone I’m not fixing them.
Sun:Aw don’t be like that. I’d fix yours; then again it wouldn’t take as long.
Ilia:What’s that suppose mean?
Sun:Nothing, just that you’re moving incredibly slow.
Ilia:Slow!? Last time I checked you could barely keep up with me when we first met.
Sun:Pfft home field advantage. Now that I know this place I could lap you faster than you can change colors.
Ilia:That sounds like a challenge. First to pin a hundred more flags gets to greet Blake home first.
Sun:As long as the loser gets to stand there and watch.
Ilia:Oh you got yourself a deal!
Sun:Don’t be grumpy when she wants a kiss after a long year of saving the world!
Ilia:Like she would want to kiss you banana breath. Time to put your skills to the test.
Sun and Ilia:Neptune!!!!
Neptune:Yeah yeah...*tosses boxes up and watches them get whisked off* I swear those two.....
Ghira:My money is on Ilia.
Kali:Nah, Sun has this in the bag. If not then I’ll be less hard on the workers.
Ghira:Deal.....
Neptune:(These two aren’t much better. How did Blake end up calm with people like this her whole life?)
Both Faunus race at breakneck speed; not giving up an inch of progress. People who didn’t know any better would mistake the acrobatics for a routine instead of a romantic rivalry showdown.
Sun:45.....46.....47
Ilia:48......49......50
Neptune:*whistles* Look at them go. I don’t think I’ve ever seen Sun move that fast.
Ilia:75....76.....77
Sun:78....79.....80
Ilia:You look tired! Maybe you should give up?
Sun:I’m fine, you’re the one who should be-
Ilia:*sticks leg out* Ooops.....
Sun:*trips* Ilia!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ilia:Ha! All is fair in love in war. 93....94....95.....huh?
Three clones dart pass her with the remaining flags he had left. Before she could process what was happening the flags were wrapped across the trees in her sight. The clones then landed at the base of the final tree where Sun was.standing smugly.
Kali:Woo! Alright everybody double time!
Workers:*groaning*
Sun:Boom, a hundred done. Oooo want me to take two from you? I see you still have some left.
Ilia:Your semblance is annoying....
Sun:So is getting tripped, but all is fair in love and war right? *sticks tongue out*
Ilia:*rolls eyes* I may have deserved that.
Neptune:*throws his arms around them* Good job you two. Everything is basically done now and not a moment too soon. *points to the sea*
A giant ship is approaching with an all too familiar captain on board.
Khali:I bet you I know who’s on board.
Sun:To the docks! *runs off*
Ilia:Don’t run! There’s people everywhere. *chases after him*
Neptune:She says as she runs after him. *starts walking*
Ilia:Do you ever slow down.
Sun:Of course I do. Today I’m just extra pumped, don’t act you’re not.
Ilia:I’m not as excited as you are.
Sun:So what are your freckles pink?
Ilia:What!? *checks her arms* how long have I been like this!?
Sun:The whole time. You should really keep an eye on that.
Ilia:*changes back* Noted, you should also pay attention to where you’re going instead of looking at me.
Sun:I told you I know this place like the back of my- *pulled back by his tail* Hey that hur-
Ilia:You rather take a dip in the ocean?
Sun:*realizes he’s on the dock edge* Oh.....we’re here. That was fast.
Neptune:*few feet away* That’s what happens when you sprint!
Ilia:Oh you showed up too....
Neptune:Aw don’t be like that. I thought we were getting along. *smiles*
Ilia:Half the time. The other is still trying to tolerate you.
Neptune:What side would that be?
Ilia:*rainbow colored* Did you even have to ask?
Neptune:Fair point.
Sun:Both of you hush! She’s coming.
Ilia:You’ve gone this long without seeing her. A few more minutes won’t kill you.
Sun:You’re just saying that because you lost the challenge.
Ilia:*squints* whatever...like she’s actually gonna kiss you.
Sun:A guy can dream can’t he? Blake and I have something special and I’m sure she’s been- *Neptune turns his head to the boat*
The boat had gotten significantly closer during their brief chat. Blake was seen clear as day now waving at them from the ship, but she wasn’t alone. Bye her side was Yang, just Yang. No other members of the team in sight which could be easily dismissed as they’re on the other side. What couldn’t be dismissed however the two of them holding hands, fingers interlocked. They looked really happy as they waved. Sun didn’t realize that he zoned out and Ilia’s skin started turning gray.
Neptune:Guys?
...........
Neptune:Guys look alive.
Ilia:*color coming back* Huh? Oh...right. Sun are you oka-?
Sun:*makes a clone to toss him to the boat* Can I get a hand here kitty cat!?
Blake:*lassos his arm and pulls him up* Hey Sun! *hugs him*
Sun:Long time no see you two.
Yang:Well that’s what happens when you go off to save the world.
Sun:How’d that go for you?
Yang:There was challenges but we had each other so everything worked out. *snakes hand around Blake’s waist*
Sun:Heh, glad to hear it. *smiles*
Neptune:Poor guy....
Ilia:He seems to be taking it well.
Neptune:You’ve hung out for him how long now and you honestly believe that?
Ilia:*watching closely*......
His tail isn’t moving, but not in an idle way. It’s stiff like he’s tensing it. As she keeps watching he’s purposely not looking at Yang for long and keeps smiling. Not his normal goofy smile, it almost looks like his cheek bones look like they’re giving it all they got. It’s almost sad, frustrating in a way. Is that what he’s feeling?
Ilia:He’s not taking this well at all.
Neptune:Not one bit.
*boat docks*
Blake:Hey you two! *Jumps down and hugs them*
Ilia:Wow, when did you become a hugger?
Blake:How else am I supposed to show how much I mess you?
Ilia:(I could think of a few) Cash... I could always use that.
Yang:*chuckles* She reminds me of Ruby.
Ilia:*holds out hand* Hi I don’t think we’ve ever actually met. I’m Ilia, Blake’s friend.
Yang:*shakes her hand* I’m Yang, her girlfriend.
Ilia:Is that right? Well you got a good one, Blake is great. *smiles*
Yang:Don’t I know it?
Neptune:Where’s Weiss and the others?
Yang:Sorry lover boy. Everyone else finally went home. I’m only here because Blake wanted me to meet her parents. Hopefully I make a purrfect first impression.
Ilia:Please tell me she’s not actually going to say that in front of them?
Blake:*nervous* I really hope she doesn’t.
Neptune:Well they’re bar your home so need for an escort.
Blake:Cool, we can all walk and catch up.
Sun:Actually I still have a lot more preparations to take care of. This is where I tap out for now.
Blake:*frowns* Really things look done?
Sun:Nah it’s not even close hehe. Catch up with you later. *walks off*
Ilia:....
Blake:Sigh, I thought this would end up a bit weird. Maybe I should-
Neptune:Trust me he’s fine. Your mother literally gave him a list for three people because of his semblance. As a matter of fact, maybe you should help out Ilia.
Ilia:Huh?
Neptune:Yeah, you lost the race you two had. Wasn’t the promise to help with his work?
Ilia:Ummm it was. I...I was just hoping I’d weasel my way out of it.
Neptune:Dang, you stab him and you won’t even help with his work load.
Ilia:You weren’t even there for-hey! *getting guided away.
Neptune:*whispers* Aren’t you spy? Can’t you read what I’m trying to spell out? Go check in him.
Ilia:Why don’t do it? He’s your friend?
Neptune:Sun rarely gets mushy around me. Besides do you really want to spend time around Blake and Yang? It looked like any minute you were gonna change into every shade of red. I’m giving you an out.
Ilia:......fine. But don’t get used to me doing this. *walking off*
Neptune:Thank you, you’re beautiful!
Ilia:So is every girl you look at.....Thank you though.
Neptune:*Turns around* Alright you two, I want every detail about your adventure. Blake, I know you didn’t cut your hair for nothing; what happened? *chuckles*
Ilia:(He’s really good swaying people...)
She started walking in the opposite direction; thinking and following her target’s footprints. Neptune was right, she didn’t want to go with them at the moment. There was too much to process right now and it was starting to show as her skin did get a little red as if she was getting sunburnt. She felt burned alright but the heat had nothing to do with it. Sandy foot prints faded as they led through the market streets.
Ilia:Not gonna make this easy for me huh? Actually I’m glad, I need a good distraction right now. *climbs a tree* All right Sun, where the hell am I gonna find you?
#rwby#ghira belladonna#kali belladonna#blake belladonna#sun wukong#yang xiao long#neptune vasilias#ilia amitola#rwby sunshower#bumblb#bumbleby
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Ruby Rose Kisses (Almost) Every Girl
A/N: Exactly what it says on the tin. Each girl gets a little separate ficlet.
Ruby/ [Weiss, Blake, Yang, Nora, Pyrrha, Velvet, Coco, Cinder, Neo, Salem, Glynda, Emerald, Winter, Reese, Arslan, May, Melanie, Miltia, Penny, Neon, Ciel, Amber, Raven]
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Weiss
It shouldn’t have been a surprise, considering how single-mindedly she’d tried to claim Neptune. When Weiss wanted something she was relentless. And when dealing with Ruby, she was needlessly sharp.
She held Ruby under her chin, tilting her head back. Blue eyes narrowed, not necessarily out of anger or displeasure. Even so, Ruby felt like she’d already disappointed her somehow.
“Can I kiss you?” Weiss asked, and Ruby nearly had a stroke. Not trusting her voice, she nodded. So Weiss leaned down, the touch clean and methodical, yet intimate.
Weiss let out a long breath, eyes slowly opening to fix her with a piercing stare.
Blake
It was the most natural thing in the world. They slept snuggled up together under the same blanket. Ruby’s nose crinkled. The sharp spine of a hardcover pressed into her forehead until she nudged it off the edge of the bed.
Turning around, she blinked and wondered how many people had seen Blake this peaceful. Catching the faunus unguarded happened very rarely. As if sensing her thoughts, Blake stirred, reaching out and bapping her palm against Ruby’s face.
“Morning,” she said as Ruby giggled, voice deep and raspy with sleep. She opened her arms and held Ruby, pulling up her shirt to stroke her bare back.
Ruby cuddled up close. Just touching her was a pleasure. Just being around her made everything quiet. Blake’s body stiffened once at the initial touch. Then she melted, warm affection and lazy indulgence as she opened her mouth and deepened the kiss.
Yang
All she could hear was her own blood pounding in her ears. Dimly, in another universe, she could feel the vibration of many footsteps marching past. Angry shouting. Cold, clicking metal, guns reloading and swords unsheathing and weapons transforming into melee form.
Yang's attention was elsewhere, forehead creased in concentration. Standing chest to chest, Ruby could feel Yang’s body wound up tighter than a noose. She kept one palm over Ruby’s mouth-- as if Ruby needed any reminder to be quiet.
Don’t look in here, Ruby could almost feel her think, Don’t find us. Don’t find us.
When the noise finally died down, Yang relaxed. She kept both forearms pressed on either side of Ruby’s face, looking down at her now with that same severe stare.
“What next, team leader?” she said, mouth so close Ruby could feel warm breath on her lips. “We have to find a way out of here before the security systems come back online.”
"I'm thinking," Ruby said, voice tight because she actually was focusing hard on breathing out her mouth instead of her nose. It defied description but if she had to stand there and... and smell Yang any longer, had to feel that body pushed right up against every part of her that pulsed with need, if she dared close her eyes for a second and soak in how it felt, she was going to lose her fucking mind.
Nora
A perfect day meant gloomy, miserable weather. Cause then, Ruby had an excuse to stay inside, elbow deep in Magnhild as Nora watched in fascination.
“So you don’t know how it works?” she said, voice going tinny as she ducked her head inside the chamber.
“I never gave it much thought.” Nora smirked as Ruby groped around beside her on the workbench, grasping for some delicate tool. Nora slid it over, smiling when Ruby snatched it. “It was a... Hmm. Relic, I guess.”
Ruby popped back up, eyes widening. “You mean like from one of the old temples out in the wild?”
“Yeah. We found one while uh...” Nora faltered. “When we were headed to Beacon for the first time.”
Humming thoughtfully, Ruby finished tweaking the finer mechanisms and slammed it shut. As she did so, another crack of thunder threatened to shake the dorms down to their foundations. From far away she heard someone shriek in fright-- either Jaune or Weiss, she honestly couldn’t tell.
Ruby and Nora grinned at each other, delighted.
"Okay." Ruby hefted up the war hammer, passing it over to Nora with a strained exhale. "It-- hoof-- it should work like a charm now. No more misfires. How’d you deal with this issue before?”
She shrugged. “There’s always gearheads and gunsmiths around who’ll do the job better than me.”
“You really need to learn how to maintain it, Nora.”
Out of the corner of her eye, Ruby could see pink aura. It sifted down Nora’s forearm to her attuned weapon, letting her wield it with ease. When Ruby blinked it was gone, shimmering like a mirage.
Nora winked, twirling the hammer once like a baton. “But then I won’t have an excuse to talk to you!”
Ruby hugged her, kissing her briefly on the lips. “We’re a little bit past that, aren’t we? You know you don’t need an excuse to be around the person you like.”
Pyrrha
“Feeling any better?”
Ruby looked up from her book with a smile as Pyrrha entered. The dorm room door was always open these days, propped open with a rock. Jaune and Nora had painted it the team colors, and Ren solemnly named it, and they all pretended it wasn’t incredibly goofy to have a pet rock.
“A little.” She waved her book. “I’m almost done with the latest batch.”
Settling down on the bed next to her, Pyrrha placed one hand over Ruby’s cast. She’d propped her leg up on a mountain of pillows, trying to take it easy, like the nurse said. “Then I’ll help you to the library to get more.”
“It’s okay. I’ve still got a buncha movies to burn through too.”
Cupping her face, Pyrrha leaned closer and kissed her forehead. “You know it’s no problem at all.” She kissed her again, this time on the lips. “I want to take care of you.”
She wished she didn’t still blush whenever Pyrrha said things like that. “Then can you hang out with me? Just for a little while? I know it’s your day off.”
“Of course.” Kicking off her shoes, Pyrrha stretched out next to her. Ruby sighed in relief, kissing her over and over again. “Why do you think I’m here?”
Velvet & Coco
Every time the camera flashed, Ruby had to try not to flinch. It was hard to have someone shoot at you and stay still. It went against every instinct she had.
But she owed Yang a favor, and Coco needed an extra model.
“Sucks that your sister bailed. She’s tall and leggy. The camera looooves her.” Coco reached forward again to fluff up her hair, spiked and curled and twisted and gelled up with every kind of hair product imaginable and quite a few that weren’t. “Now Velvet, lower your chin a bit? And smile when you’re kissing her.”
Velvet did as instructed, taking Ruby’s palm and kissing the inside of her wrist. They held the pose, clothing pinned and pressed and blown about by strategically placed fans.
With that warm mouth right on her pulse, Ruby had trouble following instruction, or even parsing out simple conversation. “What is this for again?” She somehow managed to ask between tightly clenched teeth.
“My portfolio.” Another flash. “What’s that thing on your knee? Didja hurt yourself?”
At first, she didn't know what Coco meant. Then it struck her. The hemline of her skirt had covered it, but for this pose... "Scraped it, yeah. Sorry, is it like... ruining the aesthetic or whatever?"
"Not at all." For some reason that absolutely delighted her. "It's kinda cute that you scraped your knee. That's such a, like, tomboy injury."
Shuffling forward, Coco batted up the hem of Ruby’s skirt a bit. That wasn’t so unusual, except then she let her camera dangle on the strap around her neck so that she could hold onto Ruby’s leg. One palm under her calf to extend it and the other on Ruby’s lap, she bent over and lightly kissed right over the bandage. “There. Kissed it better.”
“Stop teasing the poor girl,” Velvet chided her, kicking out and pushing Coco’s face away with the heel of her shoe.
Cinder
She spent years watching Cinder. Everywhere she went, the woman came like an apparition. Like spotting an ill omen, she would catch gold eyes and black hair and know that chaos would follow in her wake.
Sometimes they were on the same side. It was always a tense ordeal, wondering if this time Cinder would help her. It happened often enough that Ruby couldn’t dismiss her out of hand or discredit her willingness to help. Despite it all, Cinder remained a servant at heart. Someone who could strike out on their own but needed a home to roost at when it came time to lick her wounds and recover.
Cinder stormed into her hotel room with a stride so exact you could measure music by it. Her glass heels clicked and she threw open the blinds, letting the sunshine in.
“Up,” she said. Ruby whined and rolled further into the covers. “We have a lot to do today and I won’t let you weasel out of it.”
Cinder yanked the blankets right off her bed. So Ruby forced herself to stand.
“We won’t get anything done til two, at least.” She grumbled as Cinder went over to the windows, opening them up to the city noises outside. She stood, yawning and rubbing her eyes.
As always, Cinder was perfectly put together. The clothes and the hair all placed like strokes from a paintbrush. Cinder didn’t allow people to see her as less than that. Well, she didn’t allow most people. The understanding between the two of them meant that occasionally, the armor cracked.
Stepping over to her, Ruby paused and wondered what had Cinder in such a rush today. As always when she was around, there was a sense of impending doom, of the moon hanging only by a thread in the sky. This time it threatened both of them-- probably. There was always something Cinder kept close to her chest, some detail she withheld as leverage.
Arching up onto her tiptoes, she closed her eyes and kissed the vulnerable center of Cinder’s back. She always expected the tattoo to feel different, but it never did. One thing never changed, at least.
Cinder stood up straighter, a shocked gasp escaping her throat.
After a measured silence, Cinder slowly glanced at Ruby over her shoulder. Chagrined, Ruby tried to appear penitent. It wasn’t a good look on her.
“You’re being very bold today, pup.”
“Is there a reason we shouldn’t?” Ruby wondered, hands behind her back.
“Not that I know of.”
Then Cinder was on her with teeth and tongue, kissing her like today might be the last time.
Neo
The words came quicker than she anticipated. Ruby had always been a terrible student. But that was because the classrooms always wanted her to stand still. By contrast, Neo taught her in quick movements as they traveled together to the capital. She would wake her up in the morning with twisting hands. Careful flicks and rolls, curling the arm close to the chest, tapping foreheads and sometimes downright wiggling. By the end of the first month, Ruby was conversing with her in halting sign language. Neo delighted in tormenting her with harder words, more complex symbols.
She felt like she fell through learning, stumbling accidentally into what Neo wanted her to say.
Help me came quicker than either of them wanted. It needed no translation or explanation due to the expression on Neo's face. Ruby knew it by heart. She knew it in any language, and it was a cry she could not ignore. She learned in quick movements as always, with Ruby grabbing Neo by the front of her jacket and yanking her from the edge of the precipice.
She dragged Neo off, retreating in a mad dash from the crumbling cliffside edge, one arm protectively slung around her waist.
They paused, panting for breath, Neo’s shirt still coiled up into a bundle in her fist.
Neo said thank you, kind of, slinking her arms up the back of Ruby’s neck and pulling her down for a kiss.
Salem
The armies moved.
Exhaling deeply, she lifted herself up over the bar, holding herself there. Then a slow, measured descent. Up, and down again, until her muscles burned. Strange that it only took a few months of the treatment to become so much stronger.
Drenched in sweat, she finally let herself fall when boredom threatened to overtake her. She didn’t get tired.
Not anymore.
Salem liked to keep her around as an ornament. A pet. Everyone knew about the guardian that shadowed their master, that huntress in blood red leather and pitch black fur. A mane of Nevermore quills rattled with every step. They were braided into her hair, it seemed... until closer inspection revealed otherwise.
They grew from her scalp, and scales sprouted from the back of her neck and grew thicker every year. Soon they’d travel up, around her face. Soon the pallid cast of her face would harden and grow strong and the white mask would take over, and then she would be Salem’s completely. She would be everything promised in a kiss, black liquid slipping down her throat and changing her. Corrupting her from the inside out.
Leaning over the balcony railing in her private quarters, she watched the black tendrils of destruction trail out. The armies of Grimm flowed out from the heart of darkness, neverending.
Salem sometimes touched her black hair, twisted fingers through the feathers. “Winter,” she called her, harkening back to some old, unfunny inside joke.
She blinked languidly, black sclera hosting twin red pupils that burned, ever vigilant for threats against her masters.
Glynda
Everything stuck to her skin. The summers in Vale were unbearably humid, thick as a wet towel wrapped around her face. Glynda left the window open, fanning herself with a loose sheet of paper, and that’s how Ruby snuck in.
“Hiii, Glynda.”
Glynda looked up from her desk, blinking in confusion until the sight fully registered. Ruby perched on the sill, one leg dangling out and the other pulled up to her chest. She saluted with two fingers, winking.
"There's a perfectly functioning door, not ten feet that way," Glynda pointed, "Young lady."
“Is that any way to treat a treasured alumni and hero of Vale?”
With a rush of spring air, Ruby drifted over to the desk. Rose petals scattered at her feet when she touched solid ground, leaning over to kiss Glynda’s forehead.
“You never graduated.”
“The school blew up,” Ruby reminded her.
Glynda stood up with a sigh. Then she held Ruby by the shoulder, angling her close for a kiss. “How long are you in town?”
“Long enough that I’d like to stay at your place. If that’s okay.”
There was no hiding the open fondness in her eyes as Glynda stroked Ruby’s hair, brushing it out of her face. “It feels odd keeping a young woman like you as a stray cat. Do you have other houses you visit? Or am I special? I wonder.”
“I don’t like them as much as I like you,” Ruby promised, kissing her again. “Even after all these years I always feel safest when you’re nearby.”
Glynda hummed, sounding displeased. So Ruby got up on her knees, scooting forward on Glynda’s desk and peppering her face with kisses. “So what would happen if I tried to chain you down this time?”
"I wouldn't mind a leash and a collar if that's what you're askin'." Ruby had succeeded in climbing over the desk, wrapping herself arms and legs around Glynda. "But weren't you the one who said you didn't have time for a full-time girlfriend?"
Glynda grasped her by the thighs, smiling thinly. “I might make an exception for a little stray cat.”
Emerald
She knew Emerald hadn’t slept. All the signs were there. When she rolled over, she saw her wife wide-awake, staring at the ceiling. Her hands were cold, a faint sheen of sweat glistening on her skin.
"Let's call in sick," Ruby immediately said, and they decided to go to Patch. The parks were empty now, with all the kids in school.
In springtime, it erupted into flowers. They hung from groaning tree limbs and floated in the ponds and danced through the air. Emerald seemed to enjoy it. Though insomnia stamped its hideous mark on her, she never complained or let it slow her down.
Ruby, constantly, felt torn between pride and dismay. She looked at Emerald and saw the rapid change, glorious growth, incredible strength. Emerald, by all accounts, only saw nightmares.
“You like this island so much.” Emerald swung their clasped hands as they walked. “Why don’t we get a little house here?”
“My job’s in Vale,” Ruby reminded her, lifting their hands up so she could kiss the back of Emerald’s palm.
“You could always teach weapon smithing here in Signal Academy. They’re dying to replace your dusty uncle.”
They paused to rest under the shade of a weeping willow. Emerald reached up, shaking a branch to let a stream of petals fall onto the river below. The water carried it away.
Winter
“I’m pretty sure this is illegal.” She wiped her sweating palms off on her lap before quickly clutching the wheel again. “You’re sure I’m doing this right?”
“I wouldn’t lie to spare your feelings.” Winter leaned over the pilot seat, adjusting Ruby’s position. She straightened her out, pulling her back by the shoulders so that she sat upright. “There. You’re a natural.”
Ruby glowed under the praise. She really, really wanted to fly the private cruiser at least once, but she never dreamed that Winter Schnee would let her. “We gotta swap out before landing, though. I am NOT doing that.”
She heard the older woman chuckle as she walked round to the other side of the chair. “Of course. You might scratch her, and we can’t have that.”
"I really should have taken those pilot lessons back when they were offering them in Beacon," Ruby groused. Though that was more than ten years ago, and it's not like flying opportunities came every day.
Leaning over, Winter kissed the top of her head. “I’m a licensed instructor. I can teach you more... if you want.”
Ruby nearly lost control of the ship. “Really?!”
“Really.”
Reese
“Eaaaaaaat my shorts.”
Ruby rolled triumphantly in circles around Reese, sticking her tongue out. For her part, Reese flushed and dug a few paper lien out of her pockets. She extended her hand and Ruby snatched the cash on the next circuit before kicking off and rolling away.
“I told you she could actually skate,” Yang said, leaning an elbow on Reese’s shoulder.
“I thought she was lying to impress me.”
“Nope!” Ruby said, zipping past them again.
“My sis is a pretty terrible liar.” The next time Ruby whooshed by in a rush of red petals, the stack of lien was in Yang’s hand. “Now have fun, you two.” She patted Reese on top of her head and chuckled before taking off.
When Ruby finally returned the skateboard, she was grinning from ear to ear. “Can I take it apart now?” That was her part of the wager. “I’d love to see how the pistols work.”
Red-faced, Reese agreed. And so Ruby hopped up, kissing her cheek.
Blinking a few times, Reese stared at her. “But I lost the bet.”
“Yeah.” Ruby was turning red too, but she still managed to keep her grin. “I felt like kissing you anyway.”
Arslan
Wrestling, feeling, groping, stretching. When she focused long enough it became reflex. She flipped and pinned Arslan underneath her on the mat, sometimes managing to keep her there. But sometimes, like today, she short circuited the moment Arslan touched her.
It didn’t help that Arslan only wore tight shorts and a sports bra when they trained. Ruby sweat straight through her t-shirt. Red in the face, she gasped for breath as she frantically tapped out.
"You're doing much better," Arslan promised, slinging a towel around Ruby and rubbing her down playfully. "In a few months, I think you'll be able to give Yang a run for her money."
That was how this started, of course. And then they started hanging out afterward. And then they started hanging out before...wards. (Beforewards isn’t a real word, Ruby.) (She was pretty sure it wasn’t a real word.)
“When do you think I’ll be able to beat you?” she muttered, cracking open a bottle of water.
“Haha! Hmm. Maybe when you stop over thinking every move. That’s your weak point, you know.” Arslan dropped a kiss on her forehead.
“Y-yeah,” Ruby agreed breathlessly, glad she had the exercise as an excuse for how warm she was.
May Zedong
“No distractions,” she said sternly, and May started giggling. She flopped down, landing right on top of Ruby as she squeezed the trigger. “Oof!”
Bang!
Her shot went wildly off. The row of glass bottles they were aiming at remained undisturbed. Growling, Ruby let go of her rifle and rolled over, grabbing May instead. She wrestled her down to the ground, tickling her furiously as the other girl squealed in protest.
“You’re such a sore loser!” Ruby shouted, but she was grinning. “I can’t believe you!”
May insisted otherwise. In her struggles, her hat had risen up a bit. So she wiggled one hand free to tug it back down over her blind eye, laughing even harder. “A real sniper wouldn’t let that distract her!”
“A real sniper doesn’t cheat!”
"Out in the battlefield, it's not cheating. It's winning." Taking out the last bullet, May pressed it into Ruby's palm. "Here. One last shot. This'll be the tiebreaker."
“Kiss for good luck?” Ruby asked. So May took her hand and kissed the tip of the silver bullet, lips curling in a smile.
Melanie & Miltia
The problem was, she couldn't do numbers. Ruby tried her best to diligently remember every kiss, the exact amount of flowers, the dates. She even recruited Weiss's help to organize a little schedule, a daily planner to keep track of it all.
“Of course you would make life difficult for yourself this way,” she said with a sniff.
“Shut up. I like having two girlfriends.”
And she did love being around them, even if it got awkward sometimes. She wouldn’t trade it for anything else.
So that's why she knocked on their apartment at ten o'clock, hair askew and dark circles under her eyes. Miltia answered, thankfully. "Ruby?"
Not able to explain, Ruby got up to her tip-toes and kissed her. Then she relaxed, sighing.
“I forgot. I gave Melanie a good night kiss and I didn’t give you one even though you were right there.” She rubbed at her eyes, the heels of her palms digging in. “It’s just going so crazy with finals right now and I haven’t really slept lately, and I know you said it doesn’t bother you but that’s cause we usually do separate dates, and--”
Melanie popped into view of the doorframe, resting her chin on Miltia’s shoulder. “You haven't slept?”
Crap. Ruby backpedaled, trying to salvage this, but it was too late. As one, they each grabbed a wrist and dragged her inside.
Melanie unzipped her hoodie and Miltia tugged it off. She quieted her protests with another kiss. And then Ruby began to stress again, wanting to turn and kiss Melanie too, but Miltia stopped her. “You don’t have to count and give us exactly the same amount of everything, you goofball. When was the last time you ate?”
“I knew we should have had dinner,” Melanie complained, hanging up Ruby’s hoodie in the hallway closet. “But Miss Overachiever here said she had to go home and study.”
“I do have to study,” Ruby protested.
“Come here.” She was immediately squished into a tight hug, her face nestling in Melanie cleavage. There was a token amount of resistance, and then she let it happen. It was just so good to let them take care of her, especially during crunch time. Ruby knew neglecting herself when she stressed was a bad habit, but she couldn’t help it.
“I’m sorry,” she said, voice muffled as she returned the hug.
“You have to take better care of yourself, Ruby,” Melanie said.
“We’re not always going to be there to bail you out and force you to eat something other than energy bars,” Miltia added.
“I will. I promise.”
Melanie tutted, pushing Ruby back to run a hand through thick black hair. “Do you really count every kiss?”
This time, Ruby didn’t answer.
“Don’t lie,” Melanie said sternly.
Now Ruby really couldn’t answer.
“That’s probably why she can’t ever relax when we’re alone...” Miltia noted with amusement.
Ruby started turning bright red.
“Yup,” the two of them said, regarding each other with a knowing expression. “You’ve got a terrible poker face, Ruby,” Melanie said, and began undressing her.
Miltia promised her a thousand lurid things in the next kiss, lipping at the shell of her ear. “Just what are we going to do to get all those numbers out of your head?”
“I’ve got an idea.”
“Or two.”
Internally flailing, Ruby stammered out every disjointed thought in her exhausted mind. “I don’t... you don’t... I mean we don’t have to... I... this is against the rules... we said we wouldn’t? I mean you said you wouldn’t?”
Melanie hushed her with another kiss, untucking her shirt from her skirt. “We’ll make an exception just for you.”
Neon
She leaned down, tongue between her teeth as she grinned. “What, are you going to tell on me? Cry to mommy? Loser!”
It took everything in her power not to swing at her. “If you don’t give Crescent back to me--”
Neon didn’t even let her finish, bursting into laughter. “You named your weapon?! Oooh, is she your girlfriend? Did I steal your teddy bear?” she held Cresent like a lover, smothering it in kisses. “Mmmmmwah.”
“Lots of people name their weapons!” Ruby lunged for her, trying to grab it with both hands.
“Lots of people name their weapons!” Neon echoed, skating back an inch with the rifle over her head. “Tell you what, if you can beat me in a race around the stadium, I’ll give you your little peashooter back.”
Standing rigid with her hands clenched at her sides, Ruby silently counted to five. She had no idea why this stupid girl was bothering her, but she was already on Ruby's crap list for the way she'd taunted Yang during the doubles match. Making fun of Crescent pushed her into unforgivable territory.
“Fine,” she snapped. “Loser has to kneel and beg forgiveness.”
Neon’s eyebrows rose up, grinning in impish delight.
Penny
After it was all over, she took Penny shopping. It wasn’t exactly her forte, but Ruby wouldn’t let her down. They’d spent so many nights talking about the lives of normal girls, all the things they both missed out on. Ruby was content to let it all fly past her, to focus only on the edge of her blade.
Something about the way Penny went all wistful about it made her change her mind.
“Here. Red is one of my favorite colors.”
She knelt down, fastening the shoe onto Penny’s foot. It was a little red kitten heel, made to match the dress she’d picked out for her. Occasionally she sent snapshots to Yang and Coco for advice. They had nothing but good things to say, and Ruby found a strange satisfaction in getting this right. Like she’d passed some kind of test.
“Ruby? You all right?”
Penny sounded nervous, and Ruby blinked a few times before looking up with a smile. “Yep.” Standing up, she straightened out the ribbons on Penny’s shoulders before kissing her cheek. “Just lost in thought.”
She bought the dress for her, and they walked out of the store arm in arm.
Just like a pair of normal girls.
Ciel
“Again.”
Ruby took off like a bullet, running as fast as she could without her semblance. The obstacle course was a brutal one, designed for people stronger and more nimble than her. Or at least, that’s what she figured, since she could never do it according to Ciel’s exacting standards.
Ever since she started training with Ciel and Penny to be on their team next year, she’d been put through the wringer. Ciel was tough. Way tougher than she looked. She ran alongside Ruby the first few times to give her the hang of things and then retreated to bark orders at her.
“Keep your balance there,” she shouted from the sidelines, running along just outside the edge of the course. “Go! Go!”
“I’m going!” Ruby yelled, windmilling her arms as she tried to keep on top of the narrow catwalk. When she reached the other tower she shimmied down before bolting to the final climb. Leaping up, she scaled the wall and then tumbled over the other side, landing at the finish in a heap of limbs.
“Oof.”
She sprawled out on her back, staring at the sky as her chest rose and fell. Ciel leaned over her, obscuring her vision with a permanent frown.
"You beat your best time," she said at last, clicking her stopwatch.
Rolling over onto her hands and knees, Ruby gasped. “Really?”
The words fought her on the way out. “Yes.”
“YES!”
Leaping up, Ruby punched the air. Stepping closer, she grabbed Ciel by the waist and kissed her cheek, careful not to get too much sweat on her. “What’s my prize?”
“I won’t make you do suicides until your legs cramp up and you faint or throw up,” Ciel said.
“I’ll take it.”
Amber
The four of them took turns standing guard. Ruby took the last watch of the night, the one that felt like forever. It was too early to be morning and too late to be night. The hours didn’t pass the same, with the forest making all sorts of alien sounds and the stars clearer than city lights.
It felt like she’d stepped through a mirror, landing in some other version of the daylight world. Shivering, Ruby crossed her arms and tried to drag herself out of her thoughts.
She wasn’t chosen for this duty because she daydreamed on the job.
So she heard it when the Maiden stirred. Maybe awoken by some otherworldly force, some ancient ken with the energies around us. Or maybe she just had trouble sleeping. Ruby sat up a little straighter as her ward approached, a thermos of hot ginger tea in her hands.
“Want a sip?” she offered, sitting down next to Ruby.
Ruby kept gnawing on her tongue, at a loss for words. She just shook her head, staring straight out into the night air.
“You know you don’t have to be so nervous around me.” Amber tried to tease her, but way her voice dipped sounded decidedly sly. “We don’t have to let it get to us.”
Of course, that was easy for her to say. Who was Ruby to the Autumn Maiden? Nobody. A huntress given the honor of watching her every move. Breathing down her neck because some very bad people wanted her dead.
Ruby bit her lip again, ducking her head low. “If you’d known...”
The Maiden made a noise to let her know she was listening.
“I mean if you’d... known I’d be assigned to you. Would you have? I mean. I didn’t know who you were. I wasn’t doing it to get closer to you or anything like that.”
"You don't strike me as someone who tries to sleep with the boss to get a promotion." Amber leaned over, and to Ruby's shock, she kissed her on the cheek. It was the same way she'd kissed her three weeks previously, in some dimly lit place much like this. Except there, the walls thrummed and throbbed with tension and bass. Ruby had been so lonely her whole body hurt, and the only way things went quiet was when she was in some place louder than her own thoughts.
She swallowed a thick lump in her throat. “I’m really, really sorry.”
“For what?” Amber pushed the thermos into her hands now and Ruby felt she had to accept. She took a sip, letting it warm her, and the sweetness did calm her down and she felt like she could think again. “You didn’t know your group would be guarding me.”
“I know. I just...” Her face started turning red. She knew it, wondered if Amber could see it in the dark. “Well, I wonder if maybe now that... I mean I’d really like to be friends, if we could try that for a while.”
“I don’t have many friends.” Amber placed a hand on her knee. “So I think I’d like that too.”
Raven
“No. No. I want to be like you,” she said, wiping her cheek off with one gloved palm. Raven’s mouth wiped away the rest of her tears, licking her like a mother cat. Her body radiated warmth, a rare commodity in the frigid wastes she called home. Pinned to the wall of the abandoned cabin, she clawed for that heat.
Ruby felt like those broken wooden walls, aching and groaning with every stray touch. “I want it,” she said again, stumbling with every attempt to return a touch, artless and grasping. Raven’s body was stringy and wiry, ravaged by years of hard living. But it was soft in its own way, as she could be in the tender moments when she ceased the relentless training. Those soft moments were disgusting in a sense. It wasn’t what Ruby came here for, was the opposite of what she wanted.
“I don’t,” she hiccuped, pausing just long enough to stop and come to her senses, pushing Raven away. “No. I want to be like you. I want it to stop.” She sunk down to her knees, crouched over as it all came out. “I want to stop needing it. I don’t want to need people anymore. I want it to stop hurting. I can’t. I can’t.”
Raven paused to catch her breath, standing with her hip cocked to the side and one palm on the hilt of her sword. Then she crouched down as well, buttoning her shirt back up.
“It never stops,” she said. “There’s no way to get rid of it. You just learn to carry it.”
“I don’t want to--” Ruby started angrily, but Raven cut her short with a fierce grip under her chin.
“None of us want to,” she snapped. “But we’re the ones who’re left, so we have to. That’s just the way it is.”
They paused, struggling over whatever was growing between them. Resentment over the fondness that had crept into their everyday life despite their best attempts to quell it.
“I’ll see you in the morning,” she said. “Same time as always.”
And in a rush of black feathers, she was gone.
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Yes! I did it! My second RWBY OC team reveal!
And now after months of developing, writing, rewriting and editing. I give you....the Villianous team.
Name: Kodachi Kuo Satome. Gender: Female Faunus: weasel Faunus Fearures: She has a black birthmark around her right eye. Hair Color: Blackish brown Eye Color: brown Weapon: dual sickle sythes Weapon Name: Tusk and Toss Weapon (ranged): Sickle and chain Semblance: Kusa kattā (Grass Cutter) -Upon activation of her semblance she will start swinging her chained sickle sythes in large overlapping archs aiming for the upper bodies of he opponents. If an opponent is caught and tied up by one of the chains she will either swing the other sickle sythe to cut them down the middle, OR pull herself to her opponent with blade drawn to cut aiming their throat- Attitude: Cocky, Arrogant, stubborn Nickname: Devils Claw Unarmed Fighting Style: Simple fighting.
Name: Agathia Magdus Lov'Heart Gender: Female Faunus: Vampire bat Faunus Fearures: Fangs Hair Color: Scarlet Red Eye Color: Ruby red Weapon: Claymore Weapon Name: Coffin curse Weapon (Ranged): Chained Claymore Semblance: Blood Remberance . (By drinking the blood of her opponent she can copy an ability at 1/4 the power.) Attitude: Stuck up Nickname: Blood witch Unarmed Fighting Style: Slapping and kicking
Name: Tess Saddler Gender: Male Faunus: Lamprey Faunus Fearures: sharp claws Hair Color: Deep sea Green Eye Color: blue Weapon: clawed gauntlets Weapon Name: latch-cutter. Weapon (Ranged): Darts Semblance: Drain touch (when touching by biting or grappling with hands. He can drain the aura of his opponent to strengthen his own) Attitude: Humble, sly Nickname: The Leech Unarmed Fighting Style: Judo
Name: Cerbi Noctus Wolfsbane Gender: Female Faunus: Wolf Faunus Fearures: tail Hair Color: grey Eye Color: purple Weapon: Hunting rifle Weapon Name: Prey Semblance: The Pack (upon activation 2 spectral wolf's will distract and chase the target, allowing her to line up a shot and shoot them, causing an explosion) Attitude: Calm and calculated Nickname: Hunter Unarmed Fighting Style: Muy Tai
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Mustelid!Faunus Rose-Xiao Long- Branwen Family
Weasel!Faunus Ruby
Yang: So, what's for dinner, Rubes?
Ruby: Leftovers!
Yang: Again?
Ruby: What's wrong with leftovers?
Yang: We've had leftovers everyday for the past week!
Ruby: It's too cold to go out right now!
Yang: Ruby, there's so many leftover boxes, I have to move them to get to the milk!
Fun Fact! Weasels are one of the few animals that "refrigerate" their food. In the winter, their nests have a hole near the entrance in which they store prey for later. One whole was said to be filled with about 150 lemmings!
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Fisher Cat!Faunus Yang
Yang: Can't hit me, can ya?
Yang: I'm just dancin'! Whattaya gonna do?!
Yang: POW! Knock out!
Ruby: Yang! Your armlooks like a pincushion!
Yang: Huh? (Looks at arm, Needles all over) Meh. I'll walk it off.
Fun Fact! Fisher Cats are among the few animals that regularly hunt porcupines. Lions and other large predators often die from infection after fighting porcupines, but Fisher Cats manage to survive with minimal injuries by tiring out the porcupine.
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Wolverine!Faunus Summer
Ozpin: Close the school.
Goodwitch: Sir, that's-
Ozpin: I SAID CLOSE THE SCHOOL!
Summer: Oh, Ozzie, it's already too late.
Ozpin: Oh no...
Summer: Now, how are my girls doing in their classes?
Fun Fact! Wolverines, despite their average 33lb size, are infamous for their tenacity and rage, and are willing to hunt down grizzly bear mothers and their cubs. When a wolverine had found it's way near a Yellowknife Middle School, the entire school was put on lockdown. Also, it should be noted that there is no escaping a wolverine in the tundra as they are too good at moving through snow to the point they leave little trace in their pawprints.
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Giant River Otter!Faunus Raven
Raven: Take the chairs.
Raven: Take the tables.
Raven: Take the seat covers.
Raven: Take the door.
Raven: Take the wall.
Raven: Take the-
Fun Fact! Giant River Otters are the second most formidable predator in South America, after the Jaguar. Like their smaller cousins, they are pack hunters who live in packs up to nine otters, can grow up to six feet long, have paws wider than human hands, and regularly hunt anacondas and caimans, the former of which they bash against tree trunks. Also like their cousins, they will eat all parts of the animal.
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River Otter!Faunus Qrow
Zwei: (Barking happily)
Taiyang: (Tosses stick) Go get it, boy! Qrow! Come on out and play with us!
Qrow: I'm not going near that son of a bitch!
Taiyang: Language, Qrow, and what did Zwei ever do to you?
Qrow: He knows what his kind did...
Fun Fact! In Anchorage, Alaska, there is a warning posted for locals and their dogs to use caution near bodies of water. A "gang" of river otters have been attacking children, adults, and especially dogs who come near the water. It is uncertain why, or even if they are the same animal each time, though it is likely due to a history shared between otters in the area and dogs.
#rwby#ruby rose#yang xiao long#summer rose#raven branwen#qrow branwen#taiyang xiao long#zwei#ozpin#glynda goodwitch#weasel!faunus ruby#fisher cat!faunus yang#wolverine!faunus summer#giant river otter!faunus raven#river otter!faunus qrow
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You've just been hired as the new Writer for Volume 9 of RWBY. Yay! Now how do you fix the shitstorm of broken writing now that Salem has the staff of instant win? Salem should use magic to make her voice heard across all of Vacuo that she will use the staff to summon a giant city wide rock in the air, where gravity will make it fall and crush everyone, if the relic isn't handed over to her, along with Ozma while your at it. Because we know that won't happen, and yet it clearly should.
Now that I’ve literally written tens of thousands of words on Our Flag Means Death and (somewhat) purged it from my system, we can return to our regularly scheduled RWBY posting :D
It’s pure coincidence that @invincibleweasel and you posted back-to-back, anon. Putting aside the rather dubious honor of being in charge of Volume 9 (lol), my mind immediately went to the far less entertaining question: “Does Salem know the Staff's password yet?” We know Cinder’s got it because she used Ambrosius to summon fire and obliterate the group’s getaway bridge, but as far as I can recall, Cinder never uses Ambrosius’ name while meeting back up with Salem in the finale. She just hands the Staff over, says she “added more flames,” and tells a couple of lies about how Neo killed Ruby and she prioritized the Relics' safety over the Maiden. Actually, looking back at this conversation, it really highlights how little RT thinks through the “Who knows what?” question—why in the world would Salem assume that Cinder not only managed to, somehow, discover the Staff’s password but ALSO used it (“You said they used the Staff. I assume you rid the world of their creation. What did you create in its stead?”) when she herself has spent the last two Volumes trying to figure out/use the Lamp and failing??—but my point here is that, as of yet, Cinder hasn’t actually given Salem the means with which to use the Staff. So, you know, she doesn’t have to in the future. If Cinder refuses to give up Ambrosius’ name for whatever self-serving reasons of her own, the Staff will remain just a pretty bauble in Salem’s hands (albeit one capable of summoning the Gods if it’s brought near the others). The group is currently lost on the island, Penny is dead, Ironwood is dead, Watts is dead, the others are in Vacuo, Qrow was never a part of the Ambrosius conversation to begin with and we already know Ozpin doesn't give out this information lightly… Cinder is the only one currently nearby who could tell her Ambrosius' name. So maybe Cinder high-tails it out of there before Salem asks (because Salem is stupid and never takes the obvious, easiest route to victory). Maybe Cinder tries to blackmail Salem with it for something she wants. Maybe she gives a false name and then tries to convince Salem that she’s just as surprised as she is when, suddenly, it doesn’t work. Idk. Honestly, if the show were to go this kind of route—one where Cinder keeps access to the Staff to herself for some future plan—it would have been much better if Cinder never told Salem she’d used it, period. She could have easily told all those other lies and simply said that the group escaped without ever mentioning that, oh yeah, I destroyed said escape route because I figured out the password. Better to have Salem think she's just as ignorant about how to use it.
Honestly though, I like Weasel’s idea better: maybe Salem can’t use the Staff because the magic doesn’t consider her to be human enough anymore. (Though, frankly, I don’t want RT to even touch the faunus question. Let’s just work under the assumption that “humanity” means all soul-having peoples of the world, kind of like how we sometimes say “men” even though we mean men, women, non-binary folk, etc. It’s a narrow-minded term, but one that really just means all non-grimm on Remnant.) It could definitely work, especially if we consider that Light created these objects in opposition to Darkness’ forces, ergo someone who has been twisted by a grimm pool is out of the running, so to speak. Though frankly, that’s another idea I would have preferred to have been worked into the story proper right from the get-go. This could explain why Salem hasn’t gone after the Relics until now—she knows she can’t use them and it’s only recently that she’s decided she’d prefer to just die by bringing them together and summoning the Gods. We could have had a scene where Cinder has to convince Jinn and Ambrosius to obey her, considering they’re on the fence given her grimm bug and grimm arm. Or maybe that obstacle is only hinted at with Jinn recoiling from Cinder when she's summoned, but it’s actually Watts who asks what the group has been up to, dodging the need to reveal yet that Cinder doesn't have this power. Then later Ambrosius refuses to obey her at all and Jaune has to fall some other way, Watts dies some other way, etc. Hell, this could even explain why Ozpin hasn’t won his side of the war either: maybe a guy whose soul has been warped by reincarnation across thousands of years by merging with others' isn’t considered human enough either, despite the fact that he’s technically the one in charge of Light’s goals (a bit of tragic irony there). Give us a snow scene where Ozpin tries to tackle Ruby because he literally can't just ask a question of Jinn first. The concept of the Relics having a “humanity only” requirement could be a very easy way to explain why both our Big Bad and Big Good haven’t used the all-powerful, magical objects to obliterate each other yet… but it’s an idea RWBY needed to know about and implement much earlier than Volume 9 to make it worthwhile.
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