[RWBY] RWBY Shorts

[zMADLAXz]

They have a Call of Duty Modern Warfarestyle game in Remnant.

Whose dropojng the first slur in the chat among RWBY JNPR?

The smart will say Weiss, the Wise will say it's Neo disguised as Weiss.

 

[RedDragonEmpress]

So here's the last of them. Again this is an outline so it doesn't contain dialogue. I'll get back to it when I can, but for now, here you go.

P.S. This too was written a long time ago and was probably my earliest one based on this thread, so bear with me just a little bit more.

• Rwby Fanfic, RWBY/FF16 Crossover - as based on conversations within "RWBY SNIPPETS AND PLOT BUNNIES" by AndrewJTalon

[Team Rainbow]​

• Ifrit - Jaune [Placeholder] Arc
• Phoenix, Warden of Fire - Pyrrha Nikos
• Ramuh, Warden of Thunder - Qrow Branwen

[The Lost Eikons]​

• Bahamut, Warden of Light - Ozma/Ozpin/Oscar
  • Now originally Bahamut's Dominant is supposed to be Ozpin, as in the original Ozpin before he became fused to Ozma, but due to Ozma's ever-reincarnating/semi-immortal nature, it screws with the way the Eikon functions with its Dominant. The way I see it Dominants have multiple ways of priming/summoning their Eikons fully into being, this being either consciously, willing the being into existence on purpose and having some semblance of control over it, or subconsciously, willing the being into existence on accident and having little to no control over it. The latter is caused more often than naught during times of extreme duress or in OG Ozpin's case near death. However, much like in turn-based RPGs magic spell activations go in the specific order that they were cast in unless a preceding spell effect supersedes the preceding one (i.e. A magic user casting counterspell or a legendary creature using a legendary action or the DM and/or a GOD utilizing Divine Intervention). So naturally when OG Ozpin is about to die this should activate the spell that releases Bahamut, but because Ozma is ever reincarnating OG Ozpin technically doesn't die and so the summoning spell gets put on hold until Ozma gets into a new body. Therein lies the problem as after Ozma goes into the body of Oscar the spell summoning Bahamut activates and since neither Ozma nor Oscar are Ozpin Bahamut has no real Dominant and therefore becomes a wild Eikon that lacks a tether to the material plane. Keep in mind, that even an accidental summoning of an Eikon allows for some level of control over it as the being in question will never do something that its' Dominant wouldn't do itself. (Jaune's case is an exception due to the nature of Ifrit's instinctual need to subsume the other Eikons as placed there by Ultima.) So with Bahamut now summoned into the other world without anyone to control it the creature effectively becomes a wild animal lashing out at its' surroundings. Ozma/Oscar is due to escape, but not before witnessing Bahamut laying waste to the majority of the southern centralized Anima Continent. Though this event does drain Bahamut of its natural magical energy and since being tethered to a Dominant also grants the Eikons a way to very quickly regain their magical energy after it is used Bahamut must now rest and regain its energy on its own which is significantly slower than if the being were connected to a Dominant. Think of it like a phone [Eikon] that runs out of battery and needs a charger [Dominant] to plug into an outlet [The World] to recharge itself before being able to be used again, but in this case, there is no charger and while there are ways to charge to the phone without it, such as an external battery pack [Dust], they don't charge the phone as quickly as would a charger plugged into an outlet. This effectively makes Bahamut a neutral threat, to be dealt with whenever and at whoever's discretion as they can't be controlled due to them being their entity in the world.
• Leviathan, Warden of Water - Alyx/Luis
  • Leviathan is a unique existence as even in the original game…

[Third Party]​

• Shiva, Warden of Ice - Willow Schnee
  • I chose Willow for this particular role for three reasons: the first reason being that I wanted Willow to serve a greater purpose than an estranged alcoholic mother figure and what better way to do that than by giving her power over a being whose strength oftentimes rivals entire Kingdoms, the second being that as the Schnee Matriarch she serves as one of the primary targets for Sienna Khan and all her followers and it would seem unfair if, by giving Sienna - the leader of the White Fang, a group hell-bent on Faunus supremacy and of whom collectively see the Schnees as their main oppressors, - an Eikon, she or at least one of the Schnees didn't have one, and the third and final reason being that I do not want to give any credence or level of importance to Jacques other than his status as a terrible father if he can even be called that, and human being. Past that, I can genuinely see Willow in this being Sienna's antithesis, at least in this story. In wanting Willow to be more than the character we see her as in canon, I would have her, in this story at least, be the kind of person who believes herself to be nothing more than a prized songbird trapped in a gilded cage with no hope of escape, but with the understanding that though she believes herself to have no chance to free herself from her current position she doesn't believe that it's too late for those around her to, i.e. her children. Perhaps in her own messed up way of thinking she believes that in distancing herself from her children they would have no reason to stay at the mansion where Jacques's can directly influence them. Willow ultimately believes that in pushing her children away they would have all the more reason to get away from Jacques does just that, but is unable to fully commit to it they are after all still her children. So whenever one of her children leaves the nest to pursue their path Willow fully commits to aiding said path. Winter wants to join the military, well a few greased palms and the right favors to the right people to get what her daughter needs to thrive in that environment and speed things along never hurt. Weiss wants to become a Hunteress, well wouldn't you know it her music contract just ended, and should Weiss happen to find a brochure of Beacon along with a brand new Dust revolving rapier that she's been wanting and though it does seem suspicious at first it's not like she's going to say no to such gifts if it helps her achieve her goal and hey if Willow's accounts were somehow just a few million liens shorter the next day ain't nobody gonna bat an eye the woman drinks she probably spent it all on booze. Whitley shows an interest in engineering, well if a few unfinished toy contraptions that he can fiddle with alongside numerous books on the subject, as well as various pamphlets to universities and technical schools that specialize in it, somehow find their way into his room well who is he to look a gift horse in the mouth I mean it's not like they're anybody else's, after all, why would they be if they were left in his room, and if Willow seen with a small smile on her face whilst having just come the direction of her son's room after somehow managing to sneak a peek at a few of his finished works it's not anybody's business. In short, I want Willow to be a person who despite being trapped helps others to escape becoming trapped like her, and yet despite it all still views herself as the one building cages around others, as the oppressor, as everything Sienna thinks her to be. Now as for how Willow obtains this power, I envision an ancestor of hers, let's say in this case her grandmother, passing on the power to her when she was little, but Willow, being as young as she was, did not understand what was given to her and just thinking it to be some ritualistic aspect of the Schnee hereditary semblance. With regards to how Willow uses this power, because she didn't know she had this power in the first place she doesn't use it at all really at least not to its' fullest potential. Oh back in the day she would have made for a powerful Huntress what with her semi-priming during every bout she became a part of, but with her path set on continuing the family business and subsequent will breaking under Jacque's regime that power of hers is dormant. This would remain this way until at least the Atlas arc wherein Jaune, through him being Ifrit's Dominant, can sense the Eikon of Ice within her leading to a very explosive unleashing of both the power itself and Willow as she now holds quite the power to overtake Jacques and break free.
• Garuda, Warden of Wind - Sienna Khan

[Team Salem]​

• Titan, Warden of Earth - Hazel Rainhart
  • My reasoning for Hazel being the Dominant of Earth, Titan, is quite simple, Salem's faction needs two Dominants, and Hazel as the muscle of the group fits the bill for it. However, there is of course more to it than that and that mainly involves how I envision Hazel's story in regards to this version of Remant. I see Hazel learning that he is a Dominant at an early age, but as Dominants and Eikons are not a well-known occurrence being unable to truly grasp what he is. Hazel at this age just believes he has unlocked his semblance when he unknowingly semi-primes his power and takes on the aspects of Titan, but quickly learns that what he's done is not natural as he is immediately shunned by those around him. This is especially apparent when Hazel's own family abandons him believing his power to be some dark omen because it couldn't be a semblance His aura wasn't even unlocked so it must be some kind of curse (outer village folk do be superstitious like that). Now alone with nowhere to go and believing himself to be a curse upon the world for his newfound abilities Hazel is initially at a loss for what to do. His savior comes in the form of his older sister Gretchen who admonishes the rest of their family for having done what they did to Hazel and all for something that was entirely out of his control. Dispelling his previous thoughts that he is a curse onto this world for his powers and choosing to set off with him so that he doesn't remain alone Gretchen becomes Hazel's light in what is admittedly his darkest moment. As the years pass Hazel can't help but look up to his sister and hold her in such high regard for that day and all that she's done after that she essentially becomes his strength to continue despite all that's happened, but this unknowingly his greatest weakness as he has effectively, if albeit unknowingly, turned his sister into his crutch believing that without her he is lost. Following her death whilst on a mission for Ozpin, Hazel finds himself without purpose…
• Odin, Warden of Darkness - Arthur Watts

[Story Draft]​

 

[AndrewJTalon]

A fun silly idea: Common law marriage is something that's been around for a long time in many human civilizations. Naturally the laws would vary from region to region. It might be amusing if RWBY and JNPR were in a town with a common marriage law of three days sleeping under the same roof with a single man (or men) and the girls overreacting to it.

It doesn't actually apply to them since they aren't residents of this region but it might be amusing to see everyone's reactions until they sort it out.

 

[ThunderBasilisk]

It doesn't actually apply to them since they aren't residents of this region but it might be amusing to see everyone's reactions until they sort it out.

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That sounds absolutely hilarious. Possible plot is that Rab it Faunus idiot tries to take advantage of it or other obscure laws and Jaune and Cardin disappears him.

 

[LordofBones]

A fun silly idea: Common law marriage is something that's been around for a long time in many human civilizations. Naturally the laws would vary from region to region. It might be amusing if RWBY and JNPR were in a town with a common marriage law of three days sleeping under the same roof with a single man (or men) and the girls overreacting to it.

It doesn't actually apply to them since they aren't residents of this region but it might be amusing to see everyone's reactions until they sort it out.

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Jaune: *dead on his feet* "Look, we'll just get divorce papers written up if it means I can get some sleep-"
Yang: *lips quivering* "You're leaving me?!"
Ruby: *sniffling*
Weiss: "You heartless cad! You can't just walk out on me!"
Blake: "A human faunus marriage can't end in divorce! It just can't! I can be better, Jaune!"

 

[SharkCultist]

So I don't know if someone drugged my root beer or something but I had a very VERY weird AU idea.

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The Legendary Hero Ozma. Hero of a hundred stories, savior of entire civilizations, champion of the gods.

Brought back to life in the modern age with a mission given to him by his lords.

He is to find the woman who will one day be known as the Grimm Queen Salem. And make sure she doesn't become that monster.

And as a supremely skilled hero he finds her quickly only....

The future queen of the dark demons of despair. Is a shy high school shut in who spends her day drawing romance manga.

He can't kill this! There's ending a threat early then there's just bullying. Nobody will write a epic poem about his awesome powers if all they're used for is barbecuing teenage girls.

Well. His job is to stop her from becoming the evil queen right? He just needs to get her some good friends, maybe a significant other, positive reinforcement, all that good stuff the bards like.

How hard can it be?

"Mommy why is that funny dressed boy standing on the light pole talking to himself?"

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So it's a AU. Modern(ish) day. Magics a thing but it's whatever for most people. Why bother spending two weeks learning to conjure fire when a lighter is like a dollar?

Ozma is also a teen here. He's a supreme narcissist but still a good guy at heart. Prone to overdramatic and saying stuff he should really keep to himself out loud.

Salem here is shy with a capital SHY. Her family is loaded and her father is doting. So when his darling baby girl started getting scared of interacting with people he did the only sensible thing.

Bought four city blocks and turned them into a literal fortress (complete with princess tower!) for his little girl and let her take home school classes.

And everything was great. Until that crazy (and handsome) Ozma boy broke Into their house and made Salem go to high school. (A lot of magic was used.)

Side characters include.

Hazel - the friend who hates Ozma because his precious sister is crushing on him (a long with a third of the school)

Arthur - Nerdy and with a ego to match Ozma he likes to try to build things to try to beat Ozma's magic (and maybe impress the hot rich girl)

Tyrian - creepy simp mildly yandere. The universes slapstick kicking bag.

And cinder - a little girl (the one from the end of the snip) who heard about evil queen salem and thinks being a minion would be fun. Ozma is not happy but all his attempts to keep her away backfire spectacularly.

 

[RedDragonEmpress]

And cinder - a little girl (the one from the end of the snip) who heard about evil queen salem and thinks being a minion would be fun. Ozma is not happy but all his attempts to keep her away backfire spectacularly.

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Hold on, you can take this one step further and have the rest of the main RWBY cast (RWBY, JNPR, CVFY, etc) be child versions of themselves playing/interacting with things on the side. What are they playing? Hunters vs Grimm. It's them playing make-believe heroes fighting against the ultimate evil that is shadow monsters. In this case, the bulk of canon RWBY is just them playing a game with one another. It's why they do everything themselves rather than getting the adults involved, get into so much trouble with little repercussion on their end (They're 7), and keep changing locations without exploring too much of it (They keep getting chased off of various properties. Also, Beacon is their Elementary school which got closed down after someone - Cinder - lit a portion of it on fire.). Also whenever a "Character" dies it's just them either leaving for vacation and then coming back later, Penny, or moving away entirely, Pyrrha.

P.S. I am also reminded of the "Finding Neo" comic that had a similar premise to following the child adventures of Team RWBY and co, but mostly CinderShark.

 

[AndrewJTalon]

Blake's ears twitched as she was reading the library. She heard singing. Very sweet singing, actually. She got up and followed the sound, out into the hallway before she looked outside. In a nearby courtyard, hidden in some bushes, Jaune was playing his guitar.



Jaune: "Hm hm hmmm... Hmhmhmmmm... Roland, Roland, your name will live in song,Whenever brave men take up arms to right a grievous wrong.The fairest flower of chivalry to bloom in all the land,And the noblest of all the knights of Charlemagne..."



Blake: "The Song of Roland?"



Jaune: "ACK!" He jumped, and then looked up at Blake. "O-Oh! Hey Blake. You uh... You know it?"



Blake: "It's a very old song. I saw it referenced in... Some historical fiction I was reading."



Armored Hearts, a very spicy and erotic tale about knights and ladies in medieval Vale, but Jaune didn't need to know that.



Jaune: smiles "Yeah. It's very dear to my family, actually, since my ancestors were Charlemagne and Roland. Well, Roland the First... And Second... And a lot of others."



Blake: "Wait... You're one of those Arcs? Descended from Jeanne D'Arc?"



Jaune: "Yep. She's the matriarch. There's a bronze statue of her and everything in the center of Radian. You uh... You like history?"



Blake: "I-I do... Wow. Though I only know more than a little about La Hare, her Faunus rabbit companion."



Jaune: grins "Ser Lapine? Yeah, he has a shrine too. I've even gotten to touch his sword! It was so cool, it's kept in the church along with every other artifact we could save. He became captain of her guard when she became a queen."



Blake: "Yes... And Roland the First?"



Jaune: "Oh, yeah. He was a knight for King Charlemagne, or Charles the Great as he was also known. Also one of his sons. He fought at the battle of the Amber Pass against the Vacuoans. He'd tried to get around the blockade to aid the Gallian Allies on the other side of the mountains, using a secret pass... But he was betrayed and fought to protect his troops as they escaped."



Blake: nods "Yes... It is a sad song. Though... Roland might have been better served if he had retreated with his men."



Jaune: nods "Maybe... Maybe it was a stupid thing to do. But it was also a heroic thing to do. It saved the lives of his men."



Blake: "Mm..." She sat down next to him "Why don't you sing like this around Weiss?"



Jaune: "Er... I mean... I've been singing this song forever. Heck, my dad sings it all the time. I wanted... I wanted to sing her a song I wrote. Be more personal."



Blake: "Mm... It wasn't very good."



Jaune: crushed



Blake: wince "But... But I like how you sing this song."



Jaune: "Oh..." smiles "Thanks."

 

[RustedSands]

I like this and completely unrelated but has anyone else noticed how most writers essentially turn blake into Robin from onepiece when writing her?

 

[AndrewJTalon]

I like this and completely unrelated but has anyone else noticed how most writers essentially turn blake into Robin from onepiece when writing her?

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It's better than her canon characterization.

 

[RustedSands]

It's better than her canon characterization.

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Yeah I guess best big sis is better than shitty kitty. Kinda funny how her "character development" just made her worse.

 

[SharkCultist]

Hold on, you can take this one step further and have the rest of the main RWBY cast (RWBY, JNPR, CVFY, etc) be child versions of themselves playing/interacting with things on the side. What are they playing? Hunters vs Grimm.

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I mean it's a fun idea but the Grimm don't exist quite yet. There's demons and monsters but Grimm aren't a thing until Salem becomes the Grimm queen.


Also this is set up as a comedy fic (maybe a romcom) but the thing is. This is one of those "you find your destiny on the path to avoid it" kind of things.

If it ever gets to a epilogue it will end up mostly like canon RWBY just with magic and Salems group being tighter knit.

So actually it might be slightly worse off.

 

[TheFabulousCustodes]

Blake: "It's a very old song. I saw it referenced in... Some historical fiction I was reading."

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Ruby finds Blake's "historical" fiction, and starts asking Yang questions...

 

[LordofBones]

Jaune: "Oh..." smiles "Thanks."

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Oh dear, a human bard serenading a catgirl princess?

Weiss: "Blake, what is this?"
Blake: *straight-faced* "Traditional Menagerian royal attire."
Yang: *tilts head* "Silks, a veil, jewelry...you look like an exotic Vacuoan concubine."
Blake: *straight faced* "Vacuo stole our traditional costumes. Now, if you'll excuse me..."

*Later*

Weiss: "He's serenading WHO?! No, no, no calm down Weiss, Arc's singing voice is-"
Ruby: *silver eyes glowing* "Ooooh my, his voice sounds so...so..."
Yang: *licks lips* "Smooth...soft....deep..."

 

[AndrewJTalon]

One thing that would have been a lot of fun for RWBY? Grimm cults. They've been around since the dawn of civilization, and religious activity is something all humans do. The Grimm are an all encompassing menace, monsters that feed on humans for their negative emotions. They would seem like the wrath of the Gods, or something we might be able to appease if sacrifices were made. This idea of bartering with the supernatural is universal for all humans, and it would arise very naturally in Remnant. For the most part, Salem would not have directly managed these cults. Rather, she would be amused at how they rise, and provided some encouragement here or there to deal with Ozma.

At least in my own fanon, the rise of the Quitalan Empire and other great powers would see these cults reduced to the fringes. A few smaller powers ruled over by Grimm Cultists might have arisen in this ancient period, not too different from the ancient Aztecs, Mayans, Celts, Mesopotamians, and many other civilizations. But being sacrificed to monsters tends to make your people hate your rulers, and so empires whose philosophy detested this practice stamped them out, leaving them to be secret orders. Some were able to infiltrate the ranks of great empires: The Quitalans had at least one mad emperor who tried to make Grimm Worship the dominant religion before their fall, their version of Caligula. Salem might have made an appearance or had one of her agents act as an emissary to guide these cults when it was advantageous.

In the chaos following the fall of the Quitalan Empire, and many other empires like Iksander's, Grimm cults arose in response to the despair and loss and pain. In the wake of wars, these dark practitioners stepped in to try and seduce lost, lonely, and broken people into their ranks. Some were granted boons by Salem herself: A bit of magic, Grimm implants, and so on.

The rise of the Tablebreaker religion was a major counter to these cults and Salem's plans. Ozma would not have anything to do with the actual events of the Tablebreaker religion forming, but he would encourage it as it provided a source of hope against the Grimm in these times. He did the same with Pathism (the equivalent of Buddhism) as its origins were also outside of his purview but he saw the good it inspired and so he encouraged it, and any other faiths that resisted the darkness of the Grimm.

The Witch Queen of Argus rose in the wake of the total collapse of the remnants of Iksander's Empire falling, forcibly uniting the Hellenic League and making war across the sea. The Tablebreaker religion called for crusades against her and other Grimm cultists. Jeanne D'Arc herself was a believer who attributed her victory over the Witch Queen to God. A Monkey Faunus warrior and his Pathist monk ally were able to bring down a Bull Faunus Lord named "Red Boy", or the Divine Infant Great King, who had turned Mistral into his slaughterhouse for Grimm sacrifices.

These defeats made Salem become far more subtle. She would work with her cults here and there quietly, carefully, as the modern age arose. A mad king seeking immortality there, an order of priests subverted to the cult there, but all very quiet and careful.

In the wake of the Great War, many elites became disillusioned with the religions and philosophies of the old world, just as they did on Earth after the world wars. And a number of these elites formed secret societies, becoming Grimm cultists. They used and abused the lost, the poor, and the desperate in their macabre rituals because they had lost faith in humanity. A number were actually found out and arrested, but legal battles with the rich and powerful are complex affairs. At least a few of them got away thanks to their riches, influence, cleverness, or luck. They still try to make contact with Salem, still make sacrifices in the hopes for power, and still practice the old ways in secret.

(Obviously inspired by H. P. Lovecraft's stories.)

This would be seen most dramatically when the Kauravas overthrew Pandu. They didn't overtly practice their Grimm rituals in public as that would lose them influence, but they kept them up in secret. The reveal of this by Team AARN with Ozpin's help allowed for Arjun to rally the people and overthrow them. At the time though, they would be seen as whackjobs who believed that the Grimm were ruled by a goddess, something in the modern day would be seen as insanity. Ozpin would suspect the truth and try to learn more, but the surviving Kauravas went deep underground, and Lionheart helped cover them up.

At least a few in Vale's government could explain why the city fell so fast and why Cinder and her agents were not found out. Lionheart and others like Hazel or Tyrian being contacted by Salem though such a cult would deepen their characters and the lore of the world. And of course, it gives you more possibilities for villains.

At their core? Most of them would be motivated by despair and nihilism. There is no defeating the Grimm, there is no saving Remnant. There is only trying to gain power by appeasing the ravenous darkness threatening to consume us all. Some like Tyrian would feel serving Salem is truly being righteous, is truly fulfilling (and would also be sociopaths). Some might even believe they would be reborn as Grimm when they died. The possibilities are vast.

 

[Grrrrrrr]

Mercury: "Yeah right. You couldn't make him like you!"

Cinder: "Oh? Is that so, Mercury?"

Mercury: "I'm just saying, that guy is so dense you'd have to basically drag him off and tie him to the bed to get across that you liked him."

Cinder: "Hmmm..."

Emerald: "N-No! Cinder could get him to like her without anything so-so debased and lewd! Sh-She doesn't even need to!"

Cinder: "True... On the other hand I do like a challenge."

Emerald: face falls

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Mercury:I don't know why you're complaining, do you not want to see her tying the idiot up?

 

[RedDragonEmpress]

Oh dear, a human bard serenading a catgirl princess?

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Wasn't the first song I thought of, but definitely, at least to me, fits the vibe.

https://youtu.be/VnHgZ3JF8pA?si=26ovbhVhozhSVlGx

 

[AndrewJTalon]

A fun idea I had for May? Given Vacuo is very cutthroat and dangerous, May is actually a very effective silent killer. The arena battle played to none of her strengths. Perhaps Blake learns she has Aura Vision and Ruby asks her to help them with the White Fang. May happily agrees.



Ruby: "Okay, we need to take out that sentry-"



May: "On it!"



May sneaks up like a shadow, grabs the sentry from behind and puts a knife to his throat. She then slashes his throat and drops him silently. She looks over at the stunned RWBY and JNPR.



Ruby: "Woah woah woah! What are you doing?"



May: "Oh, I-I'm sorry. You told me to take out the sentry, and um, guns are too loud-"



Ruby: "I didn't mean kill him!"



May: "Ohhhh. You wanted to take him for interrogation to get intel! I'm so, so sorry!"



Jaune quickly works to stabilize the man.



Ruby: "Wha-How-?!"



Jaune: "I did almost get into medical school, you know. Huh! You made a very clean cut."



May: fretting "I'm sorry, I was nervous! I usually do a much better job-"



Jaune: "No, no! It's good because it's easier to heal!"



May: "Oh! Well, um, thank you!"



Jaune: "Er, no problem! I'm sure you do great work with a knife!"



May: blush "You-You're very kind... Um... So Ruby! I don't kill anyone else?"



Ruby: "NO!"



May: "Right, sorry!"



May is basically very sweet and kind, like Hinata Hyuuga and Yor Forger. She is also a very dangerous killing machine who will do whatever it takes to protect her team and loved ones and will kill without a second thought... Like Hinata Hyuuga and Yor Forger.

 

[SharkCultist]

....oh. here's a idea.

Ruby, Weiss, and Nora end up hanging out and trying to have some fun playing games together.

They end up having a sonic game marathon.

34 hours, a dozen Red Bull each, and a stupid argument they're doing sleep deprived dust experiments.

And somehow recreate the chaos emeralds.

 

[Bommel]

Jaune: "I did almost get into medical school, you know. Huh! You made a ragged cut."



May: fretting "I'm sorry, I was nervous! I usually do a much better job-"



Jaune: "No, no! It's good because it's easier to heal!"

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Huh?
From everything I know clean cuts are easier to heal than ragged cuts, and just heal faster in general without any medical intervention like stitches.

Very fun idea though, and it also makes for a very fun duo/pairing with Jaune (healer and damage dealer).

 

[Frakir's brother]

May is basically very sweet and kind, like Hinata Hyuuga and Yor Forger. She is also a very dangerous killing machine who will do whatever it takes to protect her team and loved ones and will kill without a second thought...

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Selene Sokal has a story where everyone thinks May is like this, but she's really just using some mild corruption to get the really good ammo for herself and her team.

 

[ThunderBasilisk]

And somehow recreate the chaos emeralds.

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And they wake up to a very unimpressed Jaune who now has streaks of Red and Black in his hair and a the Quills of a Hedgehog(Jaune got merged with his pet that his sister sent over cause Nora accidentally triggered the Emeralds when he went to show them his pet)

 

[Frakir's brother]

There's also the idea of making May act like an actual irl Sniper instead of RWBY's idea of one. She sets up traps, drops grenades, and has an e-tool for melee when she is forced into that. In the context of the Festival this is boring and poorly represented, but out in the wilds or in a true urban combat she's deadly.

 

[Fusion Blaster]

....oh. here's a idea.

Ruby, Weiss, and Nora end up hanging out and trying to have some fun playing games together.

They end up having a sonic game marathon.

34 hours, a dozen Red Bull each, and a stupid argument they're doing sleep deprived dust experiments.

And somehow recreate the chaos emeralds.

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And now you have Robotnik show up jumping universes messing everything up for everyone

 

[AndrewJTalon]

There's also the idea of making May act like an actual irl Sniper instead of RWBY's idea of one. She sets up traps, drops grenades, and has an e-tool for melee when she is forced into that. In the context of the Festival this is boring and poorly represented, but out in the wilds or in a true urban combat she's deadly.

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Indeed! She's a very pragmatic Huntress not some showy flashy arena fighter.

 

[Bommel]

Indeed! She's a very pragmatic Huntress not some showy flashy arena fighter.

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The whole thing kinda reminded me of of this video of a old veteran explaining how to use a knife and how to practically and pragmatically use it.

Spoiler: This video.

 

[AndrewJTalon]

Jaune: "So, are you looking forward to the tournament?"



May: "I guess so. But I don't think we'll do a very good job."



Ruby: "Aw, but May! You shouldn't be so hard on yourself!"



May: "I'm afraid the rest of my team is mostly focused on frontline, close range combat in support of me. Though they can handle guns and grenades, I'm the only one with any real offensive punch and I can't fight any of you solo in an arena." sigh "It's a real shame how it's designed. If it was an urban combat arena, I might be able to do some interesting things, but it's not very showy so I see why they don't allow it."



Jaune: "Oh? Like what?"



May: "Well, I would split JNPR up with grenades. Jaune's High Aura means a battle of endurance wouldn't work, so I'd have to incapacitate him right off the bat since he coordinates you-Either by separating him from you or knocking him out with poison gas or Grimm venom darts. After that, hit Pyrrha with flashbangs to disorient her and use Dust grenades to herd her into a trap: Land mines and plastic explosives wouldn't register to her magnetic senses."



Pyrrha: pause "... You figured out my Semblance?"



May: blush "O-Oh, um, sorry. I watched hundreds of hours of your arena fights and realized it was either limited telekinesis or magnet manipulation. Given that the former would give you an advantage in blind fighting and would explain your incredible ability to counter, it seemed the more likely explanation. I'd have the guys use wooden weapons or hit you from range to wear you down-Napalm or other fire attacks would distract, drain Aura and be less visible to your senses. Grimm venom darts and my bullets would finish you off."



Pyrrha: "... I see."



Jaune: "That's incredible!"



Nora: "Ooh! OOH! DO ME! HOW WOULD YOU KILL ME AND RENNY?"



May: "Oh, um... Removing Jaune and Pyrrha would leave you two with incredible synergy. Since Ren isn't as tough as you I'd focus all our efforts on killing or incapacitating him, and drive you into a berserker frenzy. When you ran out of Dust and/or Aura, you'd be easy pickings as long as we kept our distance and wore you out."



Nora: "Wow! Good call!"



Ren: raised eyebrow "Yes. Very effective."



Ruby: "Ummm..."



May: "Oh! I'm sorry Ruby, I didn't mean to leave you out!"



Ruby: "No, it's fine-"



May: "I mean it's very rude of me! I've drawn up contingencies to entrap and destroy your team too!" tears up "I-I wouldn't want you to think I didn't care about you! You're my friend and I should always work as hard as possible for my friends!"



Ruby: "N-No! No, that's okay!" hugs May "I'm... Totally looking forward to hearing how you would kill me and my friends!"



May: sniffle "Really?"



Ruby: "Sure!"



May: beams "Yay!"

 

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Murderously wholesome?

 

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Murderously wholesome?

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If you're her friend or an innocent civilian she's shy, wholesome, a kind big titty anime girl.

If you're a Grimm, White Fang, a bandit or other enemy, she's "War Crimes? More like Fun Times!

 

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War Crimes? More like Fun Times!

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I don't think Remnant has war crimes yet