[RWBY] RWBY Shorts

[mgl1206]

You know, I'm surprise that there is no crossover with the Destiny games since they do have a common premise (super-powers warriors frighting from a devasted world against monsters from the void)

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There are, not as much, but there are. Summer Rose as a guardian, Ruby, even a few with Jaune.

 

[LordofBones]

Another Salem trolling moment!

Salem: "Have you ever wondered where the idea of you being Qrow Branwen's daughter started? It was me, Ruby Rose! I went to Patch, shapeshifted into a nosy old biddy, and mentioned it during bridge night!"
Ruby: *recoils*
Salem: "And that time when you were thirteen and thought you wet the bed? The one your sister wouldn't stop teasing you for weeks about? It was me, Ruby! I sent a dwarf Nevermore through your open window with a pail of ammonia water!"
Ruby: "You fiend!"
Salem: "Oh, and your mother's cookie recipe? The one your sister brags about? It's mine, Ruby! I wrote it! Summer Rose couldn't boil water without burning down a house!"
Ruby: "Nooooo!"
Salem: "And your team placements? I meddled in that, too! You could have been in the Arc's team, evolving your silver eyes and testing yourself against the Nikos girl, and instead you became a prop for the Blake Belladonna Hypocrisy Hour! I PUT YOU IN A TEAM OF GIRLFAILURES AND KEPT THE ARC CLAN PASTRY SECRETS FAR AWAAAAAAY!"
Ruby: "Wait, how did-"
Salem: "It's magic, I don't have to explain it! Also, that one time you tried baking a cake and missed the sugar for the salt? IT WAS ME! I switched the labels and ruined your father's birthday cake while you were getting the eggs!"
Ruby: *lips quivering* "Then...you...Yang and Blake..."
Salem: "Oh no, that quasi-NTR bullshit with the fucked up psychological implications is just nasty."

 

[SharkCultist]

Huh. I think I just realized something.

The gods played Ozma and Salem.

Ok so their big bitch fit was about Salem upsetting balance (and going to dark second).

So they made Salem immortal. Except by their own rules they need a balance to her. Remnant can't have one hostile immortal so they made ozma a counter immortal.

And I think that might also be how their immortality works.

Kill ozma but Salem is still alive? He gets dragged back.

Do fatal damage to Salem but ozma is alive? She regenerates.

The only way for them to die would be to die together and the gods ensured they'd always be fighting.

 

[Gur40]

Stolen from Tumblr by Wu Gang -"Jaune: Gods says he made everything except me and wants to know who and what I am."

The Idea the Brothers look and Jaune and see he technically the TREE Creation sends me, 2 Elementals with inflated Ego looking at Jaune in horror because THERE Creater is able to effect Remnant and that includes them. But from the outside POV it looks like the Gods are freaking out about Jaune and i just want Salem and Oz to have a mental breakdown at that revelation

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Weiss Jaune and Ruby

Spoiler: color coded

this is basically the end of V9 right?

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Found a RWBY is a D&D session and

Spoiler: they really are huh

 

[NightDranzer]

A post-Haven prompt


Because Jaune pretty much used his Semblance to basically snatch Weiss from the hands of Death and because it was Jaune's first time using it; the experience was far more intense for Weiss than anyone else. As a result, Weiss has gained a sort Jaune-sense that is kind of attuned to Jaune's Aura and Soul.

...or tl;dr, Weiss can instinctively tell the real thing from a fake due to the fact she kind of always feels a "pull" towards Jaune's soul ever since Haven.

 

[SharkCultist]

Th this AU idea has a splash of fate, zatch bell, helltaker, and a few others.

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Nora Valkyrie was a cheerful but very lonely girl.

No family, no friends (or at least none who hang around for long) , and no plan for the future.

She's give anything to have a friend. Which is probably why she wound up carving a pentagram at midnight on her birthday.

This was her last shot. She's tried anonymous friend meet ups, dating sites, jail, gangs, conspiracy boards, even underwater basket weaving forums!

But luckily(?) for her before she could contemplate becoming a crazy cat lady the pentagram lit up.

Nora made her single desperate wish for a friend. Just one that's all she needs!

The circle hears her wish. It takes its price and gives her her reward.

Nora Valkyrie didn't summon a friend.

She summoned seven of them. Straight from hell.

The seven deadly sins.
Ren - Sloth
Yang - wrath
Blake -lust
Ruby - gluttony
Pyrrha - pride
Jaune - envy
Weiss - greed

Nora finally has friends! And as a bonus she got magic to boot! Lightning is so cool!

She's just gotta be careful about the supernatural threats she's now aware of.

Like the other people who summoned demons and might want to feed her friends to their friends to make them stronger.

Or the random hidden supernatural monsters.

Or the magic police led by a immortal witch.

Oh poo.


Eh, still worth it in Nora's eyes.

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I paired every sin and character with who I thought out of the 7 other rwbyjnpr members they matched best.

 

[LordofBones]

Yep.

And Nora is Thor who was definitely his child.

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Jaune: "Would it be bad to say I have a divine voice advising me in my head?"
Pyrrha: "Chosen by the gods."
Ren: "I'm a literary epic."

Ruby: "Wait, then why aren't you-"

Jaune/Michael and the Heavenly Host: "WE WILL NOT HAVE OUR CHAMPION CAST INTO DAMNATION WITH THEE."
Pyrrha: "Grandfather Zeus calls you four the 'blood of Typhon'."
Ren: "I'm about filial duty, not terrorism."
Nora: "My sorta-adopted granduncle Loki says you four make him look good, then he got all sulky and went off to convince Uncle Jorm to eat Menagerie."

An amusing thought; Remnant has a system similar to the Nasuverse's textures and all myths are somewhat true. The Brothers of Light and Darkness exist, but they're Ozma's and Salem's gods, with the deities of other religions active. In Vacuo, for example, the moon was shattered by the Primordial Serpent of Chaos, Apophis, in his battle with Ra and his defenders - and that's also true.

Ozpin: "She has taken many names over the years - the Nightmare Queen, the Dark Mother-"
Sakura: *teacup shatters* "Ara? Please, go ON-"
Ozpin: "Her goal is destruction-"

*A blue-skinned four-armed woman superimposes herself over Jaune's grand-aunt Sakura, both smiling eeriely.*

Arjun: "KALI-MA, NO! WE'LL HANDLE IT! PLEASE DON'T DESTROY THE UNIVERSE!"

 

[SharkCultist]

*Salem gets blasted into the air by Ruby then sucker punched by Yang who got launched by Weiss and smashes through a wall*

Salem: yeah that's enough. OZ. I'm calling in that favor. We're switching early.

Ruby: what?

Oz: fine but you have to fix up the castle before I move in.

Salem: fine but I'm keeping Cinder!

Ruby: somebody better start talking or I let the crazy blonde start swinging.

Oz:....how do you all feel about being the bad guys?

Everyone: what?

Oz: we're immortal and get bored. We tried killing each other for the first few centuries but after a while the hate just kinda burned out and got stale. So....

Salem: we turned it into a giant roleplay. Every few centuries we do something to shake up the world and swap who's the bad guy.

Weiss: so the story about the gods was fake?

Salem: oh no, those guys are dicks.

Ruby: you killed my mom! And pyrrha!

Salem: no. No no no. That's not on me. I maimed your mom after she broke into my house and decapitated me 12 times. She's still alive, and hey since we're clearing the board I'll let all the silvers out of the goop Grimm ok?

Yang: what about pyrrha?

Salem: fun fact, when you're one of the only two people who knows magic and you're teaching someone else they really can't tell if the disintegration spell you're teaching them is actually a teleportation spell.

Yang: you know you're being a lot more casual then you were five minutes ago.

Salem: it's almost like I was roleplaying.

Yang: the sarcasm is noted and not appreciated.

Ruby: what about the Grimm? Have you been killing millions of people for your games?!

Salem: truthfully? Yeah I have no control over those spawning. I can directly control some of them but for the most part their just doing what the god of darkness would have done.

Yang: be a dick?

Salem: be a dick.

Yang:....soooooo we're the bad guys now?

Oz: if you want.

Ruby: no! We're supposed to be heroes!

Oz: I'll put self cleaning and dramatic wind runes on your cloak.

Ruby: glory to the darkness!

Salem: oh she's going to be a fun one.

 

[Hahoalki]

That's not on me. I maimed your mom after she broke into my house and decapitated me 12 times.

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I mean... valid.

 

[Gur40]

Salem: no. No no no. That's not on me. I maimed your mom after she broke into my house and decapitated me 12 times. She's still alive, and hey since we're clearing the board I'll let all the silvers out of the goop Grimm ok?

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pretty sure after the mindrape/agony most the Silvers that survived are going to be insane or just filed with hate

though funny enough 99% of the evil being done by people that Salem keeps in check as her strategy worked really well for her

also can see a post Ever After Jaune snap if Pyrrha wasn't alive in the basement and use the staff to throw the Immortal Couple into the EA as a Fuck you...

Jaune: THAT'S IT! KILLING YOU BOTH!!

Because no way in any reality are Salem and Oz getting out of the EA without being soul rewritten or mind broken

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The Done Side To Cuddle Piles

Spoiler: SI BS Jaune

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Step Sibling War
the 2 sides of Dating Ruby

Spoiler: Both Sides

the dork dates vs team stalked dates [Yang got a knife! Blake and Weiss chilling]

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Ruby POV of Weiss

Spoiler: NERD

ironically Nora is the one to chime in with fun facts. after all she is team JNPR Dust Bomb Specialist

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Cool art

Spoiler: JL Weiss and Blake

I can totally see them dress like this as adults

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Why Siena Khan in Canon is what I call evil

Spoiler: RANT

THIS BITES:
Eneru: There is never, has never, and will never be anybody like me, you insignificant worm.
Cross: Pff… Pffhahahahahaaaa…
Eneru: What's so funny?
Cross: You think… that you're so special… That you're unique… well, that idea is just so hilarious… especially because you actually think it's true…
Allow me… to enlighten you.
Do you think you're the only one… who lords his powers over others? Who reigns with an iron fist… and who strikes down all who speak against him?
(zap)
N-no… there are hundreds who do that, every. Single. Day. And they do it better than you… or worse, as it were…
Do you think that you're the only one… who takes pleasure in the suffering of others? Who throws their head back and laughs at the agonized screams they cause… as if it were all some great joke?
(zap)
Like… hell… There are thousands… who torture and cause harm… and who enjoy it… and most… don't even know that they like it…
Do you think… that you're the only one… who thinks they're invincible? Who thinks so highly of themselves… that they think they're unbeatable… untouchable… so far above everyone else that they're just ants?
(zap)
That's… hilarious… but no. There are… more people like that… in the world… than I can count… There are so many… just so many…
Men like you… you always think you're one-of-a-kind… But that's not true. You're one-of-a-million. Perfectly uniform… So many of you that you're choking the world, one evil act at a time… If you want unique… then you need to look at the other end of the spectrum.
(zap)
Grgh! You need to get a new schtick, jackass, because that's starting to just tickle.
Eneru:And who would you claim to be unique, hm? You?
Cross: PFHA! As if! No, no, I'm worse than unique… I'm normal. I'm no more unique than you. How's that for a kick—! (gets kicked) AGH!
I'm as normal as it comes… Inside and out, just your everyday guy. People like me… people who can't stand bullies… people who won't let anyone push them around no matter what… People… who won't let bastards like you get away with shit like this… who won't hold their tongues, over shit like this… even if it means they get the crap kicked out of them… even if it could kill them… There's less of us than you, sure… but I'm not unique. I'm the norm.

I LOVE the fanon version that may or may not of had a crush on Ghira and is in a on and off relationship with Irondaddy but FUCK Canon White Fang

and stolen from Watch Party Spacebattle thread on why Dr Knowall should just go kill em all!

Spoiler: Adam and The Fang

That depends on two things:

1. Them believing a "race traitor"
2. Them not being so fanatically devoted to Adam that they don't see it as a problem.
3. The ones who DO have a problem with it not being worried about getting killed because of the hardcore loyalists.

Reminder, the ones with Roman weren't as on board with things as the ones on the train, and even THEY fell back in line when back-up arrived.
It seems Adam, like a true cult leader, may have been encouraging the members to snitch on each other.

Adam's gang was willing to attack Monster Hunter Academy on Planet Absolutely Infested With Monsters That Want To Kill Everyone Who Lives. They're pretty far gone.

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To be fair, the Volume One grunts showed some hesitation, but once Roman was put in charge of recruitment, they were able to filter out all the ones who weren't all in for burning it all down, additionally...

I think it's fair to say Adam's been ostracizing to outright killing anyone who's not radicalized enough in his cell, as Tukson shows, while it's not outright gone for now (as Tukson also shows), it's clear most of the members are either hardcore or too easily cowed into toeing the line to stop Adam's complete control of the cell at this point.

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THAT!
Adam just wants loyal attack dogs to sate his bloodlust, so he'd want to get rid of anyone who'd wasn't obedient to him, or who could get him in trouble with Sienna.

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Adam's gang was willing to attack Monster Hunter Academy on Planet Absolutely Infested With Monsters That Want To Kill Everybody. They're pretty far gone.

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"Somethingsomething traitor somethingsomething slander somethingsomething false accusation somethingsomething."

Like, this happens IRL when the stakes for dropping the perpetrator are basically nonexistent, unfortunately. Even the members who think they'd be against that kind of thing will probably write it off as either being an aberration in his behavior, or her having sour grapes, or it being untrue, or it being a bad time to oust him, or him being necessary for all the "good" he's doing even if he'll need to be dealt with (asked indecisively to stop, maybe) after the revolution happens and going after him now is just weakening the cause, or they can't leave because their friends are there (or they think they can still help in other ways, or they know they'll be gone after and just ignore what that means), or...

You don't need the group to be as radicalized and cult of personality-ish as the Vale Fang are to get people ignoring this kind of thing. It being both of those only helps him further.

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I wouldn't be surprised if it was an 'open' secret in Adam's Cell that, yes, he did groom that girl hanging around him, but are you gonna try and start shit and talk about it? Shit talk Adam? Not like Blake would ever substantiate those statements either, at least not when she was in the White Fang.

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The comic also reveals that, while Kali and Ghira weren't aware of what he was doing to Blake, they did turn a blind eye to a lot of his crimes for fear of "ruining that poor boy's life" or "sabotaging the cause", so it's entirely possible that many of his subordinates, even the ones who cared about the cause, might also have looked the other way because of how bad it would be for the White Fang if it got out.

In the end, however, turning a blind eye did more damage to the cause in the long run than turning him in would have.

Being realistic, it was probably already a bit of an open secret. As far as we know, Adam's relationship with Blake wasn't a secret, and Blake is enough of a public figure that her birthday was almost certainly public knowledge. And even if that wasn't the case, it doesn't take much more than a functioning pair of eyeballs to think "that girl is awfully young," especially if their relationship started on the younger side of Blake's time in the fang. People can dismiss or ignore a lot if it doesn't match their pre-existing opinion, and Adam runs things like a cult, and is very good at convincing people to go along with stuff that no reasonable person would think is good.

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At the very least, Adam probably kept it from Sienna, given that she tried to keep a good relationship with Blake's parents.

"Somethingsomething traitor somethingsomething slander somethingsomething false accusation somethingsomething."

Like, this happens IRL when the stakes for dropping the perpetrator are basically nonexistent, unfortunately. Even the members who think they'd be against that kind of thing will probably write it off as either being an aberration in his behavior, or her having sour grapes, or it being untrue, or it being a bad time to oust him, or him being necessary for all the "good" he's doing even if he'll need to be dealt with (asked indecisively to stop, maybe) after the revolution happens and going after him now is just weakening the cause, or they can't leave because their friends are there (or they think they can still help in other ways, or they know they'll be gone after and just ignore what that means), or...

You don't need the group to be as radicalized and cult of personality-ish as the Vale Fang are to get people ignoring this kind of thing. It being both of those only helps him further.

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The DC comics did actually touch on that, as I mentioned in the comment I was writing, but yeah...
Just accusing Adam isn't the instant win button one would think it is, no matter how true the accusations are.

One thing that possibly could stop Adam (or at least make him serious trouble) at this point is getting in contact with Sienna Khan and telling her about him being part of a "blow up Beacon with Grimm" crazy plan, but that requires both means to get in contact with her and somehow getting her to believe you.

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That requires getting in touch with someone who has very good reason to keep her location a secret while also being as hard to reach as possible.

Having Ghira & Kali be the ones to deliver the news could help legitimize it. And to be frank, I can't see Sienna dismissing out of hand "Hey it's me Blake Belladonna. I deserted from the Vale Branch because Adam has gone off the deep end and wants to let grimm into the city" I don't know how she'd react to Blake specifically but I can't imagine she wouldn't at least listen to the explanation first.

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The issue with getting in touch with Ghira and Kali so they can tell Sienna is that they're out of range of the CCTS, which makes it easier for the Albains to control the flow of information.
After all, their own ambitions were independent from Adam's, and they seemed pretty insistent on making sure the Faunus of Menagerie trusted "Big Brother" White Fang.

I mean, Black was his right hand, and was influential in the White Fang herself, and especially with there being an exodus of members fleeing the Vale Cell (in this timeline) there may be enough stirrings to make a theoretical Blake condemnation actually land and have her challenge Adam's position.

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We don't actually know how much authority Blake held when she was a member, just that she fought by Adam's side.
She may not have been more than an apprentice to him.

She would listen, but it likely would not be enough. This would likely result in her calling Adam and asking. and while there is some chance that he goes on a crazy kill all humans rant, he's probably still stable enough to make it sound like he's not doing that and Blake took some crazy ranting of a criminal they were vaguely allied with out of context or such. And she would probably believe him.

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Another issue is that Adam is popular. Faunus both in and out of the White Fang love him.
It's entirely possible that she thinks that news reports on the Vale Chapter's actions are just propaganda, so Blake would need evidence to back her accusations up, and Sienna would need something to justify casting Adam out or declaring him a traitor, lest the White Fang turn on her instead.

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I mean, for one, I don't think Khan's unaware that Adam's a dangerous element, as he's always shown an ambitious streak, plus being on the far side of 'kill the humans', but being an attack dog has its uses in a revolution, you can just outlive said use. For two, if she's been paying attention, she may have noticed how the Vale Cell's membership, not just her direct communications with its leadership, have been going quiet and 'closing ranks' (aka murdering anyone who's not onboard with plan genocide).

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I mean, from the looks of Adam's Character Short, he had also pulled the wool over Sienna's eyes, as she seems to have been treating him as an apprentice.

She was aware his anger could be a problem, but seemed to have believed she could teach him to restrain and direct it.

Because, in the end, she believed he cared about the cause, and didn't realize how little it mattered to him until moments before Adam murdered her for power.

And the simple fact is that we don't know what was happening offscreen, because as High leader of the White Fang, Sienna would have duties that took her eyes off of Vale.

 

[Ardrianian]

Taking cues from v9 RWBY (shudders)

The brother gods did not change when they left the ever after they just upgraded after they "created" humans. Salem was their choice to be the Jabberwock for remnant and Ozpin is the choice to be the Cheshire cat for remnant. Salem destroys to push change, Ozpin gives people ways to change until he too snaps when denied something promised.

 

[Sliverhero]

How would the cast feel if they find out that reason why the brother gods did what they did to set up the events of canon. is to create a force stronger enough that they can use to invade other realms and do mortal combat

 

[John Jackson]

Ruby Rose sat on the bus, blindfolded, her arms crossed over her chest. She had been pouting through it from the moment Jaune had asked her to go with him and put it on.

"Are we there yet?" Ruby asked.

"Almost," Jaune said reassuringly, squeezing her hand. Ruby sighed heavily.

"I mean, I'm glad you're taking me out somewhere. Especially given your fiances," Ruby grumbled.

"Fake fiances," Jaune sighed. Ruby scowled.

"Don't seem so fake to me," she grumbled. Jaune sighed. The bus finally came to a stop, and Jaune took her hand.

"I know, I know, "Jaune said, "It's a big mess. I don't know why everyone's gone crazy."

"UGH!" Ruby huffed, stomping her foot even as they went down the steps, "You're so unfair, you know?"

"Unfair?" Jaune asked, confused. Ruby huffed as they stood on a street, the sounds of traffic and pedestrian traffic filling her ears.

"Yeah! You-You stupid super Aura badass family line harem having jerk! I'm your best friend and you just keep doing all this stupid junk! Even Granny paid more attention to Yang over me cause you're engaged! So whatever you're doing to win me back had better be super, super good-!"

Jaune pulled her blindfold off. Ruby stared at the large sign before her.

FORT CELLIWIG: VALEAN DEFENSE FORCE BASE

Underneath this was:

WELCOMES THE REMNANT ARMAMENT EXPOSITION OF VALE

Ruby looked over: The gates to the base were open, the guards checking a wave of people of all shapes and sizes walking in. Kids laughing happily with their parents, soldiers, teenagers… And beyond the gates, the base. Full of military aircraft, vehicles, and stands full of weapons.

Ruby slowly turned back to Jaune. He smiled and handed over a ticket badge. He held up his own.

"Full weekend passes," Jaune said with a grin. Ruby gaped, slowly taking the badge into her trembling hands. "Just us together. What do you say, Crater Face?"

Ruby sucked in a deep breath… And then squealed.

"HEEEEE! JAUNE!" She hugged him tightly, her arms tight around his neck. "I LOVE YOU!"

"URK! Heh… I love you too, Ruby," Jaune said, hugging her back happily. "Let's go!"

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The Remnant Armaments Exhibition—RemArms—sprawled across Fort Celliwig, a cacophony of gleaming metal, whirring servos, and the sharp tang of Dust-infused fuel hanging in the air. Towering mechs loomed beside sleek fighters, their hulls reflecting the midday sun, while booths showcased mechashift weapons that gleamed with advanced technology—angular, robust, with glowing Dust conduits. Ruby Rose was a whirlwind of excitement, practically vibrating as she dragged Jaune Arc through the crowds, her silver eyes wide enough to rival a truck's headlights.

"GASP!" Ruby squealed, skidding to a halt before a massive vehicle. "It's the new Kalvis Motors M-77A2 Chimera tank with full Dust grenade launchers and advanced cannon!" She practically crawled up the side of the hull to the bemusement of the troops near it. She was nearly drooling. "And the Vasagus MG-90 120mm Electric Dust-Accelerated Smoothbore Cannon! With the new Vasagus SR-445 Multipurpose Tank Round!"

"Easy Ruby, easy," Jaune managed, tugging gently on her cape at the looks from the tank crew. Ruby scanned around, and her silver eyes widened even more.

She teleported in a burst of rose petals across the crowded boulevard, into a hangar. Jaune hurried after her. He entered the hangar just in time to hear her cry: "THE VFS-47C TEMPEST VIPER FIGHTER!"

She was practically glomming at the sleek, angular strike fighter's side, ogling its reinforced cockpit and variable geometry wings.

Jaune, trailing behind in his worn hoodie, scratched his head. "Yep. That's a… fifth-gen fighter? Right?"

"UGH! Fourth-gen, Jaune! You're so frustrating sometimes!" Ruby huffed, hands on hips. She immediately darted to the head mechanic, bombarding him with questions about thrust vectors and Dust propulsion. Stuff way over Jaune's head, but he watched her impress the mechanics and talk more to her about the avionics and weapons.

Minutes later, she bounced back, beaming, and threw her arms around Jaune. "I'm sorry, Jaune. I'll teach you all about the differences!"

"Thanks," Jaune chuckled, ruffling her hair. "Maybe it'll give me a leg up next year for Weapons Maintenance class."

"YEAH! Ooh! Ooh! The mechashift weapons section! Let's go! Let's go!" Ruby grabbed his arm, dragging him toward a booth glittering with collapsible rifles and plasma-forged blades. Her grin was contagious, even if he couldn't keep up with her tech talk. He was very glad to see it on her face again.

Suddenly, two voices purred in his ears, and Jaune felt the unmistakable jab of something—potentially weapons—into his back.

"How fitting, Jaune Arc!" one voice teased.

"That you should die with a smile on your face~!" the other cooed.

Ruby turned back and gasped at the two cloaked, hooded figures, "Jaune!"

Ruby was already going for Crescent Rose… But Jaune didn't flinch, recognizing the voices instantly. "Oh, hey girls." He deadpanned.

The hooded figures groaned, pulling off their cloaks to reveal twin girls with Jaune's blonde hair and blue eyes. One had green highlights in her spiky hair. The other had orange highlights in her no less wild mane.

"Phooey," Green pouted.

"You had to spoil it! You couldn't have pretended for a bit?!" Orange whined.

"I mean, not when there's multiple million lien around," Jaune said, gesturing to the high-tech gear all around them. He smiled and nodded to Ruby. "After all, I owe this little lady a good time, and I gave my word."

Ruby lit up. "Oh! You're his sisters!"

Green huffed. "Ugh. The other ones spoiled the reveal."

"Yeah," Orange sulked.

"Oh no! Nonono! Nobody else appeared by pretending to hold Jaune up!" Ruby said, waving her hands.

Orange perked up. "Hm. There's that. I'm Coral!"

"I'm Verdy," Green added, grinning.

Jaune, who'd scored RemArms tickets through them, smirked. "Say, I don't suppose you could… I dunno, show us around? Maybe what you've been working on?"

Best Buddy Points and Cool Big Brother Points in one big brain move! Arc, you're a damned genius! he thought.

"We were gonna!" Coral chirped.

"Come on!" Verdy grabbed Ruby's arm, leading her to the Radian Militia Booth—a proud display for Arc Armaments, Inc., stacked with polished rifles, mechashift swords, and a prototype hoverbike bristling with Dust cannons.

"We work on and fix all the weapons for the Radian Militia!" Coral boasted.

"And the vehicles and gear," Verdy added.

Ruby's eyes sparkled, diving into a technical rant about recoil dampeners. Jaune stepped back, knowing she'd be occupied. Those Best Buddy Points are ripe for Cool Fake Fiancé Points with Yang.

Not that he was looking to get more points with Yang… Or was he? Geez… This entire thing was getting complicated.

"So, weren't you working on a glider? That one-man flying wing thing?" Jaune asked.

"Yes!" Coral cheered. She walked over to the large, green, bat-wing shaped vehicle standing on some elaborate aluminum tube mountings. "Ta-da!"

"Wow!" Ruby gasped. She immediately began zipping around it, examining it from every angle. "Let me guess, ten gyros and a fully integrated IMU system for stabilization? With cameras to aid in orientation on these two arrays on the front?"

Coral and Verdy's eyes widened, impressed.

"Exactly!" Coral said cheerfully. She pointed at the sensor arrays on the front of the glider, which looked like the mouthparts of a manta ray, "Splitting them in half like this helps with pitch, and matching the arrays behind helps with the rest of the flight dynamics!"

"Yeah, but you still have to be crazy to fly it," Jaune pointed out, "You guys crashed it every time you flew, right?"

"We did fix that part!" Coral insisted.

"And it now flies great!" Verdy added happily.

Verdy sighed. "But Caboose asked, 'Won't flying on it just make you more exposed to weapons fire?'" Verdy huffed and shook her head. "He was so cool about everything up til that point!"

"She was sooo mad," Coral giggled. "Ranted at Caboose for so long. 'Out, am I?!'"

"It's so unfair! It's so cool!" Verdy whined.

"Good," Jaune said. "I saw the flight suits—Mom and Dad would've never allowed it." The twins glared at him, but he smiled unapologetically.

Ruby nodded, then frowned. "Still, you are really vulnerable on it. I can see it as a light recon vehicle, but why so many bulky weapons? And the primary intercooler is way too exposed! One shot would take it out!"

"Why wouldn't you want weapons on it?!" Verdy gasped.

Ruby's mouth opened to answer before looking confused, then appalled. "You're right! Why wouldn't I want weapons on it? Silly me!" Ruby bonked her head, sticking out her tongue.

"And the intercooler is not too exposed!" Coral insisted. "We even have some air scoops to help with the heat exchange!"

"Yeah, but even so, if it gets hit, the whole turbojet system would overheat and you'd just crash like a rock!" Ruby protested.

"The trick is to NOT get hit!" Verdy insisted.

"I suppose that would be the trick," Jaune deadpanned.

"Can I try it?" Ruby asked happily.

"We're… Not legally allowed to let anyone fly it," Verdy winced.

"Which sucks," Coral sighed. She grinned.

"Of course once we get the chance-"

"No! No, no," Jaune ordered, wrapping an arm around Ruby's shoulders, "Keep her out of it."

"But Jaune!" Ruby whined.

"I was their test dummy," Jaune said flatly.

"You were fine!" The twins said in concert.

"... Mostly," Verdy muttered.

"Mom was mad," Coral sighed. "Okay fine! We won't make Ruby be our crash test dummy."

Ruby turned on the big puppy-dog-eyes, absolutely crestfallen.

Jaune smiled gently. "Well… They'd definitely let you work on it until it could work, right?"

Ruby looked over at the twins. They grinned.

"We would!" They said in synch.

"Yay!" Ruby cheered.

The twins walked over on either side of Jaune, their grins wide and shiny.

"Oh! Jaune! We got you a surprise~!" Verdy chirped.

"A super surprise!" Coral added.

Jaune narrowed his eyes, suspicious. They got their pranking out of their systems… I hope.

"…Sure."

"What is it?" Ruby asked, bouncing.

"That would spoil the surprise!" Verdy said. "But… if you want to try it out, you can do it next."

"Totally!" Coral agreed.

"Next?" Ruby blinked.

"He is our brother," Coral said.

"Yeah. And we want to make some things up to him!" Verdy added.

"Especially since he ran out on us," Coral muttered.

He… had done that, hadn't he? Jaune winced.

"I mean… for like a month, we didn't know if you were alive or dead, Jaune," Verdy said quietly.

"…Yeah, sorry, guys," Jaune said, rubbing his neck. "In my defense, would anyone have let me just walk out of Radian for Beacon?"

"We could've, big bro," Verdy said softly.

"In a heartbeat," Coral added. "We love Mom, we really do… but everyone's so scared of standing up to her and telling her when she's wrong."

"Yeah… she is pretty intimidating," Jaune admitted.

"Oh… she's why you weren't… um…?" Ruby asked, eyes wide. Jaune slowly nodded.

"Yeah."

Coral clapped. "So! Coral! Verdy! What exactly have you brought here?"

The twins grinned wickedly.

- - -

Fifteen minutes later, Jaune-now in a snug flight suit-was strapped into the backseat of a Tempest Viper taxiing onto the runway. Kara "Stardoe" Trace, a cocky pilot with wild brown hair, grinned over her shoulder.

"You okay back there, Jauney?"

"No!" Jaune yelped in his helmet, gripping the seat and checked his harness for the umpteenth time.

"Well, you'll probably change your mind in the next few seconds!" Kara laughed. The Viper surged forward, slamming Jaune with 7 gees-his Aura barely cushioning the crush-as it rocketed skyward, breaking Mach 1 with a sonic boom that rattled the fairgrounds. Crowds below cheered, awed.

"My… brains… are going… into… my feet…" Jaune groaned, fighting nausea.

"Now comes the fun part!" Kara cackled, barrel-rolling into a dive.

"HURK!" Jaune's lunch threatened to revolt.

She pulled up, skimming five hundred feet over the crowd, then climbed steeply again. Jaune clung to the straps, praying they held.

Last time… LAST TIME I EVER TRUST MY SISTERS!

- - -

On the ground, Ruby watched, green with envy. "Ooooooh! Darn it, Jaune! I'm next!"

"Later, later!" Verdy said, plopping Ruby onto a bench. "Right now, we want to get to know you!"

"Yeah!" Coral handed her a fancy store-bought cookie—not chocolate chip, but decent.

Ruby nibbled suspiciously. "Well… I'm always interested in learning about Jaune's crazy family."

"Oh?" Verdy leaned in.

"Really?" Coral smirked.

"How much?" Verdy pressed.

"Well… what have you got?" Ruby countered, eyes narrowing.

"Oh, no, no, no… it's more what we want from you, Ruby Rose," Verdy said slyly.

"Your sister said Jaune was engaged to her!" Coral accused.

"And then Nana Arturia told us you were engaged to him!" Verdy added.

"And Lilac said this Blake girl was engaged to him!" Coral continued.

"And then this crazy red haired woman yelled he was engaged to this Pyrrha Nikos girl and fought Papa!" Verdy finished.

"And afterwards she had tea with us, and showed us her armor, so that was great," Coral gushed.

"True, it was very pretty cool," Verdy sighed happily. Coral turned her glare to Ruby, soon copied by her twin.

"So… who is his real fiancé, huh?" Coral demanded.

"Tell us!" Verdy insisted.

Ruby blinked and coughed. "Well, I think Blake just wanted a safe out because of her parents, and claimed Jaune. Like, her aunt came by and asked awkward questions about her personal life, so she said she was Jaune's fiancé. And um… Well, Yang claimed Jaune was her fiance because our Granny is really, REALLY scary-Though honestly I think it's the only way she'd ever get a boyfriend. And Pyrrha, well, she's kind of got this crush on Jaune and her aunt is really overbearing-"

"We know," Coral commented, "Also violent."

"And well… He… He's my first real friend and um, ya know," Ruby blushed, "I-I didn't say anything officially but maybe Nana misunderstood me…?"

Verdy gaped, leaning in, sensing juicy gossip. "Wait… so you're all lying?"

"You DON'T want to marry our brother?" Coral gaped.

"Well… I didn't say that. Ruby tapped her fingers bashfully, her face as red as her hood. "Well… not right away."

She cleared her throat.

"Say… I don't suppose you could help me… persuade Jaune to think about me?" Ruby ventured. "My Pappy said to eat high-carb food to make my boobs bigger… or my hips… or my butt. I haven't seen any size increase yet. But I could use some help from the inside."

"Sure thing!" Verdy chirped.

"Though we're gonna be assessing—" Coral started.

"The other brides too," Verdy finished.

"And taking bribes," Coral added.

"Don't tell her that!" Verdy hissed.

"Ah! B-bribes!" Ruby wailed. "Oh no, if Weiss gets interested, I'm sunk! Look, I don't have money, but—but I love him! I—! We're best buddies! I want to be best buddies forever!" She looked like she was about to burst into tears.

Verdy and Coral hugged her tight, patting her back.

"Aw… she's so cute!" Verdy cooed.

"Okay, Ruby! We'll help you marry Jaune!" Coral declared.

"If… you help us build weapons with ALL the guns!" Verdy added.

"R-Really?" Ruby sniffed, wiping her eyes. "You mean it?"

"Totally!" Coral said.

"Absolutely!" Verdy nodded.

Jaune staggered back towards them from the runway, still in his flight suit, looking ill.

"I have regrets, and I will be sharing them with you," he said, glaring at his sisters before leaning on his knees and dry-heaving.

"HAHA! Great job, kiddo! He only puked twice!" Kara laughed, slapping him on the back.

The impact made Jaune's eyes go large. "HURK!"

"Three times!" Kara corrected, grinning.

Ruby leapt up. "Best in-laws ever!"

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