[RWBY] RWBY Shorts

[AndrewJTalon]

Huh, makes me having him make cosplay for his adopted sister fitting then in my Yang/Pyrrha/Jaune snippets on the other thread..I really need to crosspost them to over here one day.

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I look forward to more of the story! It's a lot of fun.

 

[SharkCultist]

I like this would like to see it happen for friendship and maybe more later on

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By the way if you're curious the YouTuber this is based off is a slightly amped up version of future canoe

 

[dragon_cloud16]

I look forward to more of the story! It's a lot of fun.

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I plan to have another snippet our this month. Just work and life right now keeping me from writing it..

Well that and both Pyrrha and Yang threatening me if I don't change my starting point for it. Aqua kind of fucked up in it and tried to get Jaune involved in solving her problem personally. Something about a girl and a bar tab...

 

[AndrewJTalon]

You know, it would have been fun if Adam had a right hand man, a minion. Someone to bounce off of, someone who could be his long suffering valet. Someone Adam did trust. Might be even more amusing if he was a human servant, who had been a retainer for his family for a long time. What do you think?

 

[SharkCultist]

You know, it would have been fun if Adam had a right hand man, a minion. Someone to bounce off of, someone who could be his long suffering valet. Someone Adam did trust. Might be even more amusing if he was a human servant, who had been a retainer for his family for a long time. What do you think?

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...I'm imagining a dignified looking older gentlemen in a crisp suit. Clean shaven, white hair combed neatly. Looks like the perfect butler.

Isn't.

"Why are we letting a human hang around base? We should rough him up!"

"I wish a bitch would try."

"Did he just beat Jim unconscious with a steaming kettle?"

"Ah damn Adam is gonna be pissed.that was his mom's kettle."

 

[LordofBones]

You know, it would have been fun if Adam had a right hand man, a minion. Someone to bounce off of, someone who could be his long suffering valet. Someone Adam did trust. Might be even more amusing if he was a human servant, who had been a retainer for his family for a long time. What do you think?

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A Blake handpuppet.

The advice she gives is so good that Team RWY is out to save her too.

To add insult to injury, Blake gets ignored whenever Better Blake is around.

 

[AndrewJTalon]

...I'm imagining a dignified looking older gentlemen in a crisp suit. Clean shaven, white hair combed neatly. Looks like the perfect butler.

Isn't.

"Why are we letting a human hang around base? We should rough him up!"

"I wish a bitch would try."

"Did he just beat Jim unconscious with a steaming kettle?"

"Ah damn Adam is gonna be pissed.that was his mom's kettle."

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Blake enters into Adam's room at their latest HQ.

Blake: "Adam, I wanted to discuss..."

A balding middle aged human in elegant trousers and waistcoat with an eyepatch and a neatly trimmed white beard is standing at attention.

Blake: "Ah... Adam? Who is this?"

Adam: "Hm? Oh! This is Drennel, my human slave. Say hello, Drennel!"

Drennel: bows "Your Highness."

Blake: "Wha-You have a slave?!"

Adam: "He's human, and I pay him for it. So... He's more like a servant but he insists on being called a slave. Just like your Astrid."

Blake: "B-But we don't call her a slave! She's a maid!"

Adam: "Fine, he's my butler. Is that better for your overly sensitive ears?" Looks at Drennel "Honestly, she's such a bleeding heart."

Drennel: "Indubitably, sir."

Blake: "But why are you keeping him around?"

Adam: "Apparently there are traitors in the White Fang, and the only thing that is truly reliable in this world is your gun-sword and a fully broken slave. When were you broken, Drennel?"

Drennel: "Forty years, eleven months, three days ago, sir."

Adam: "Huh! We're coming up on the anniversary. We'll have to celebrate."

Drennel: "May I have anchovies, sir?"

Adam: "Only if you're good and Blake doesn't want any."

Drennel: "Very good sir."

Adam: "Now, want to watch him juggle? He's very good at juggling, Blake."

Blake: "... Why is he juggling skulls?"

Adam: "What? Did you think they're the skulls of his ancestors or something, Blake?"

Blake: "Wha-Why would I think that-?!"

Adam: "I mean I know a number of Faunus families still do that in secret but your father outlawed the practice. These skulls are from some humans I caught and killed. Drennel did the preparation!"

Drennel: "I'm very good with embalming fluid, Your Highness."

Blake: "... I'm... Uh... Good. If you'll excuse me Adam, I am having... Womanly issues and will not be sharing your bed tonight."

Adam: "Ah, yes. We should wait until marriage until you have my children. You're good with children, right Drennel?"

Drennel: "Very good, sir. I can make balloon animals."

Adam: "He can make balloon animals!"

In the present...

Blake: "It was about then I realized Adam may have been too far gone to follow any longer."

Yang: deadpan "Gee, ya think?"

Nora: "Oooh! Balloon animals! I love balloon animals!" turns to Astrid, Blake's human maid "Can you make balloon animals, Astrid?"

Astrid: "I'm afraid my training as a human servant did not cover that area, miss."

Nora: "Phooey!"

 

[TheFabulousCustodes]

Astrid: "I'm afraid my training as a human servant did not cover that area, miss."

Nora: "Phooey!"

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Astrid - "I can make you some pancakes instead!"

Nora - "Anytime I want?"

Astrid - "Certainly!"

Nora - "Blake, I'm stealing your slave!"

Blake - "She's not a slave!"

 

[SharkCultist]

Who wants to bet the slave thing is secretly a kink for the menagerie humans?

That or they just enjoy making people uncomfortable

 

[Gur40]

SNIP

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Retainer Battle Harem Maid Katy: I Told My Lord that Servants were allowed at Beacon
... how long until Ruby ends up in a combat maid outfit that make Roberta the Terminator Envious

Drennel and Astrid being Adam and Blake loyal servants is peak!

 

[AndrewJTalon]

Again, while it can be fun for just making Blake have to grow as a character, the concept of Faunus empires once having human slaves, human empires rising and enslaving Faunus, and some Faunus families still having human servants in Menagerie is a very interesting one. It adds a lot to the world, it makes the human/Faunus conflict more nuanced and thus more realistic, and gives you some options for more storylines and character development.

 

[Handspan]

On the NSFW thread someone mentioned the idea of a super jacked Juane. I'm going to be honest that's both hilarious and feasible. Our favorite absolutely not the protagonist is canonically very fit. If you change practically nothing about his routine except give him aura he should blow up like a balloon. Just cutting down on recovery time would allow him to work out harder, to say nothing of its auras augmented healing. His friends reaction watching him going from a fit but normal teenager to an absolute mountain of a man would amazing.

 

[ExFelineServer3]

Jaune needs to reach the same peak growth that Nicholas has!

 

[AndrewJTalon]

So, once again, my Discord server got into a discussion about the backstories of a few other characters. And one of them was General James Ironwood and Sienna Khan.

One thought we had was that Ironwood and Khan were on the same Atlas military team in the past. During a mission, they were sent in on dubious orders into an ambush by raiders or a local warlord's troops in Mistral. Their team leader sacrificed himself to save them, but during the mission Ironwood was so badly injured he had to become a cyborg later. This same team leader instructed his troops to blame him for everything going wrong.

Later, they learned that the people who executed the mission knew it was going to fail but had to make the effort due to politics and were willing to sacrifice soldiers for their own ends. They blamed Ironwood and Khan's commander for the mission failure. This outrage prompted Ironwood to dedicate all of his efforts into becoming a general and getting enough clout to prevent this sort of tragedy from ever happening again. In contrast, this incident is what led to Sienna leaving the Atlas military and joining the White Fang, reasoning that if humanity was willing to enslave Faunus AND sacrifice their own in such pointless, horrible ways, the only way to change the system was through violence.

This gives both Ironwood and Khan a LOT more background and character and could be used to facilitate a lot of interesting stories. Even if they weren't romantically involved at some point, this dichotomy could be very interesting. What do you think?

 

[Dragon Bob]

So, once again, my Discord server got into a discussion about the backstories of a few other characters. And one of them was General James Ironwood and Sienna Khan.

One thought we had was that Ironwood and Khan were on the same Atlas military team in the past. During a mission, they were sent in on dubious orders into an ambush by raiders or a local warlord's troops in Mistral. Their team leader sacrificed himself to save them, but during the mission Ironwood was so badly injured he had to become a cyborg later. This same team leader instructed his troops to blame him for everything going wrong.

Later, they learned that the people who executed the mission knew it was going to fail but had to make the effort due to politics and were willing to sacrifice soldiers for their own ends. They blamed Ironwood and Khan's commander for the mission failure. This outrage prompted Ironwood to dedicate all of his efforts into becoming a general and getting enough clout to prevent this sort of tragedy from ever happening again. In contrast, this incident is what led to Sienna leaving the Atlas military and joining the White Fang, reasoning that if humanity was willing to enslave Faunus AND sacrifice their own in such pointless, horrible ways, the only way to change the system was through violence.

This gives both Ironwood and Khan a LOT more background and character and could be used to facilitate a lot of interesting stories. Even if they weren't romantically involved at some point, this dichotomy could be very interesting. What do you think?

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It could be interesting, but personally I think that Khan doesn't need to be connected to Ironwood like that. Having a higher-up of the White Fang be ex Atlas military makes a lot of sense, especially since the White Fang is fighting Atlas the most. But I feel like it would be better served as a general instead. Basically give the White Fang their version of the Marquis de Lafayette, an ex military officer who turned the unorganized militias and protesters of the old White Fang into the fighting force of the new White Fang.

 

[AndrewJTalon]

A few years before canon, at a diplomatic dinner, where the White Fang is now seen as the militant arm of Menagerie but not widely seen as a terrorist organization (yet)... Sienna and James meet again. They get wine they sip as they look out the window from a balcony.

Ironwood: "It's been a while."

Sienna: "It has, yes. A very long while."

Silence.

Ironwood: "You need to stop your attacks."

Sienna: "What attacks-?"

Ironwood: scowl "Sienna... Don't."

Sienna: "... It's just for the purposes of gaining leverage."

Ironwood: "And you think you can put the genie back in the bottle? You think you can keep it under control?"

Sienna: "We don't have any choice. It's the only way to change things for the better!"

Ironwood: "I'm trying to change the system from inside!"

Sienna: "And that won't work! You have to make too many compromises!"

Ironwood: "You'd prefer to burn everything to the ground, no matter how many people you end up killing?!"

Sienna: "There's no other way to compel change!"

They glare at one another. They both untense a little. James drinks, as Sienna does too. Silence falls, heavy and oppressive.

Sienna: "... You could have come with me."

Ironwood: "No. I couldn't. You made that clear. There are no humans in the White Fang."

Sienna: "... I would have made an exception for you."

Ironwood: "You can't have it both ways, Sienna."

Sienna: "And if I had come with you?"

Ironwood: "You wouldn't be a terrorist. We would have been making real change-together."

Sienna: "You're right. I am a terrorist. But we're making things change. Real change."

Ironwood: "Through fear, and hatred, and resentment."

Sienna: "Everything has a price."

Ironwood: "And how long does that price get too high?"

Sienna: "... I don't know."

They fall into silence again. They again sip their wine, bitterly.

Ironwood: "If we keep this up, Sienna... One day, I'll have to kill you. Or you'll have to kill me."

Sienna: "... It doesn't have to come to that."

Ironwood: "You know better."

Sienna: deep sigh "... There was a time I would have given up everything for you. Was there a time like that for you?"

Ironwood: "... I can't answer that. And it's not fair to ask me that."

Sienna: "No... No, it isn't."

Silence falls again. From some distance away, their subordinates are watching this exchange. One Winter Schnee, and one Adam Taurus-Before he went over the line.

Winter: "... They had a thing."

Adam: "What? No! Sienna would never sully herself with-"

Winter: "A human?"

Adam: "... An Atlasian military commander."

Winter: smirk "I suppose men are all the same, whether human or Faunus."

Adam: "And what's that supposed to mean?"

Winter: sips her wine "They cannot see what's right in front of them when a woman is in love."

Adam: "Hmph..."

 

[zMADLAXz]

Winter: sips her wine "They cannot see what's right in front of them when a woman is in love."

Adam: "Hmph..."

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You dense motherfucker.

I can't even lie, I have fumbled two or three times like that so seeing it was like reliving the most awful moments of 10th and 9th grade again.

 

[AndrewJTalon]

You dense motherfucker.

I can't even lie, I have fumbled two or three times like that so seeing it was like reliving the most awful moments of 10th and 9th grade again.

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In this case? Sienna and James just have so much history between them that as much as they might love one another...? They can't be together.

Sienna: "Did you ever dream of falling in love? Marrying a woman? Having a farm? Children?"

James: "Yes. Once. A long time ago."

Sienna: "... Me too. Once."

Silence.

Sienna: softly "... Would've been nice."

James: nods, his voice heavy with regret "In another life."

 

[zMADLAXz]

Mercury has the power

To turn people into marketable plushies.

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I scrolled past it yesterday but holy shit man, what the fuck.

Hermes might be the God of thieves, travellers, businessmen, messengers and Zeus' personally psychopath on chain but that doesn't.......

Ok scratch that, this fits his mythological background really well. Cook more.

 

[zMADLAXz]

In this case? Sienna and James just have so much history between them that as much as they might love one another...? They can't be together.

Sienna: "Did you ever dream of falling in love? Marrying a woman? Having a farm? Children?"

James: "Yes. Once. A long time ago."

Sienna: "... Me too. Once."

Silence.

Sienna: softly "... Would've been nice."

James: nods, his voice heavy with regret "In another life."

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Ok Robute Guilliman, we see you right there.

 

[The Brotherhood of Steel]

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I like the idea of Sienna being very ex Atlas so I'm definitely going to incorporate this into the patlabor rwby crossover I'm working on.

The character meant to meant to be a nod to Goto i was planning on having ties to Tyrian who was an ex specialist turned serial killer. (Non Salem AU) Adding Sienna as another former member of his team sounds like it could

 

[Bommel]

Blake Discovers Adam's Slave

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While an interesting consept, with how Adams personality is and his character in general, there's absolutely no way that he would be that civil and polite agains his own slave or even payed servent who's a human.

Adam has actively been terrible to everyone under him, his superiors and even the person he claims to be in love with.
He literally tries to blow up everyone there, including himself and his own followers, just to deny Blake victory in "Downfall".
Later on when his men are defeated, Adam flat-out bails on them to avoid being arrested, and after that when his remaining followers call him out for his cowardice and mock his ineffectiveness as a leader when confronted by a fearless Blake, Adam slaughters them all in a spiteful fit of rage.

Adam is being way too nice to his slave butler, when its much more in character for him to hold a whip and lash them just for kicks and because he broke something of himself and is blaming the servents for not catching it in time when they were in a completely different room.

 

[AndrewJTalon]

If Mordred had trained Jaune, things would have been very different, that's for sure. Mordred is a very kind, wonderful woman and loves her nephew... But she is definitely a Blood Knight. And so...

Jaune: Unleashes a massive Aura Slash that cuts a Deathstalker in two "... DAMNIT! That's it? This isn't even half as hard as what Auntie put me through! Ugh, this school is going to be soooo boring!"

Pyrrha: drooling, yandere look

Yang: same

Nora: "Can you teach me how to do that?!"

Jaune: "Totally!"

Nora: "YAY!"

Later...

Ruby: "Um, Jaune? Blake is actually a former terrorist and we think she's going off to stop them and-"

Jaune: "Hold it. We're fighting terrorists?"

Ruby: "Um, maybe, but mainly we're trying to find Blake-"

Jaune; "If we find Blake, will we get to fight terrorists?"

Ruby: "I mean, maybe-?"

Jaune: "YES! COUNT US IN!"

Later...

Blake: "JAUNE! STOP! THEY SURRENDERED!"

Jaune: "Did they?"

White Fang Thug: "HA! Like we'd ever surrender to some human fool with a stupid sword and his whores!"

Jaune: "... He's totally asking for it."

Blake: "N-No!"

Weiss: "He is. Jaune? All yours."

Ruby: "YEAH!"

Yang: "Come on, stop hogging all the action!"

Pyrrha: "He's MY partner, we're beating this fucker together!"

Nora: "Awwww... We're running out of thugs to break!"

Ren: "Jaune, Nora's sad. You're hogging all the fighting."

Jaune: "Aw man, I'm sorry guys. Tell you what. You all get to beat up the rest of them!"

Yang, Weiss, Ruby, Nora, Pyrrha: "WOO!"

Ren: "Woo."

Blake: "SERIOUSLY?! YOU SHOULDN'T ENJOY THIS!"

Jaune: "I'm really not. I thought I was fighting hardcore terrorists but these guys all suck!"

Nora: "WHEEEE! TRY HITTING THEM LIKE A BASEBALL! BATTER UP!"

WF Thug: "PLEASE NO-ARRRGGGHHHH!"

Jaune smacks the guy back with the flat of his sword... Sighs

Jaune: "I mean that was KIND of fun..."

Blake: "WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU?!"

Jaune: "Says the former terrorist princess."

Blake: "I'M TRYING TO DO BETTER!"

Later... When they encounter Adam...

Adam: Unleashes a Moonslice... Jaune barely dodges it

Jaune: "Wow... That was awesome! Here's my Aura Slash!" Unleashes his Golden blast, which Adam barely dodges

Adam: "Impressive... Golden Lion's Roar?"

Jaune: "You know it?"

Adam: "So, you're descended from Arturia Pendragon?"

Jaune: "Yeah, she's my Nana! And my auntie Mordred trained me."

Adam: "... She was so terrifyingly cool."

Jaune: "I KNOW RIGHT?! You're all right, masked man!"

Blake: "HE'S A CRAZY TERRORIST!"

Jaune: "Blake! I am talking with him right now! Don't be rude!"

Adam: "Yeah Blake. Don't be rude."

Blake: "WHAT?!"

Adam: sighs "She's my ex."

Jaune: "Oh wow."

Adam: "Does she still do that screechy thing when she's upset?"

Jaune: "All the time! It's really annoying!"

That was the day, Jaune and Adam made a pact promising that should they ever fall in battle against the other it would be done "with the coolest, most epic finisher ever!"

Adam: "Yes, and whoever wins has to go 'To the best enemy I ever had.'"

Jaune: "Oh! Oh! It should be to a sunset!"

Adam: "Yeah, sunset would be rad. Or a thunderstorm."

Jaune: "Thunderstorm during a sunset!"

Blake: "ARE YOU BOTH TWELVE?!"

Yang: "I dunno, that does sound pretty cool."

Blake: "YAAANG!"

Adam: "Blake, please. My new best arch nemesis and I are trying to talk! We'll get back together later!"

Blake: Scoff "ARE YOU KIDDING?! I DON'T WANT TO GET BACK WITH YOU! AND HE'S A HUMAN! YOU HATE HUMANS!"

Adam: "But I finally met a human who GETS ME! Dramatic battles where we debate the meaning of life and the philosophy of warriors!"

Jaune: "And with massive explosions and super cool attacks!"

Adam: "YES! The essence of a warrior's life is debating and fighting for your ideals while making it look as awesome as possible!"

Jaune: "TOTALLY!"

Blake: "I thought you wanted to liberate Faunuskind and rule over mankind!"

Adam: "I can want two things at once! Maybe three. I want a sandwich, can you get me one Blake?"

Jaune: "Can I also have a sandwich?"

Adam: "Jaune also wants a sandwich."

Yang: "I'll get Jaune a sandwich."

Blake: "WHERE'S YOUR SELF RESPECT?!"

Yang: "What? I'm not getting your ex a sandwich."

 

[RustedSands]

Chad Jaune infecting the rest of the crew with his warrior brainrot.

 

[Azzy Rael]

Im in my 30s and I want to have an amazing battle to the death with my archnemisis, only for the winner to realize that they slew their true closest friend.
During a thunderstorm at sunset. Possibly to a metal solo that slowly peters out to a sad symphonic chord.

 

[SharkCultist]

So I was listening to a song and while doing that I looked at the image with it and thought "huh that kinda looks like Blake."

And that birthed a idea.

Adam isn't mad at Blake for leaving and becoming a huntress, at least as a huntress she can improve some people's perceptions on faunus and maybe stick it to some human criminals.

No no no.

He's pissed because after she left him she spent 2 years as a conwoman in a lesbian relationship.

I mean she didn't even wait two weeks! And really? She jumped right into being a con artist. Oh yeah because her parents are gonna be so much more supportive of that.

It isn't until that relationship ended that Blake decided to go to beacon.

(Here by the way is the song in question)

View: https://youtu.be/8sn-HirWLKs?si=aZdLayrKdK4pB0Sq

 

[dragon_cloud16]

And that birthed a idea.

Adam isn't mad at Blake for leaving and becoming a huntress, at least as a huntress she can improve some people's perceptions on faunus and maybe stick it to some human criminals.

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Honestly, one could do a entire comedy story about Blake making bad/hypocritical choices and everyone's reaction to them.

Yang: So you broke up with me, triggering my abandonment issues, to join a circus. Only leaving after four years and coming back after realizing that it was a cult?

Blake (wearing a clown costume and makeup): Yes, so how about..

Yang: No, now get lost before my husband shows up with our three year old and the groceries. (Jaune rides up in a car where a little girl napping in the back and bags of groceries can be seen.) Too late, damn it. So much for getting to be on top tonight.

 

[AndrewJTalon]

Jaune: "Auntie Mordred? I have girls fighting to become my girlfriend. What do I do?"

Mordred: "What are you, a pussy? TAKE THEM ALL! Only a coward would let them fight over you! That way, everyone wins!"

Jaune: "Well, if you say so Auntie!"

Mordred: "What about this one? gestures to Blake"

Juane: "Oh, she's my rival's ex. It just wouldn't be right."

Mordred: "Rival?"

Juane: "Yeah, we don't know each other well enough to be each other's nemesis, but we're working on it."

Mordred: "What kind of rival?"

Jaune: "Adam Taurus."

Mordred: "Wait wait wait... That cool edgy terrorist guy? Wants to rule over humanity and take revenge for Faunuskind's mistreatment?"

Jaune: "Y-Yeah... I mean he's my first rival and all but he's actually pretty cool! He thinks all battles should have awesome soundtracks and awesome attacks and explosions! And he has a sword that's also a shotgun!"

Mordred: "Well! That's good, Jaune! I'm very proud you found such a fantastic rival for your first!"

Jaune: "Thanks, I'm pretty excited too!"

Mordred: "Did he quote any classic literature?"

Jaune: "He actually quoted parts of Moby Dick not in the Space Quest movies!"

Mordred: "Oh, he's a keeper for sure!"

 

[Handspan]

Blake: why is he more excited to have a good rival then a bunch of girls fighting over him?

 

[SharkCultist]

Blake: why is he more excited to have a good rival then a bunch of girls fighting over him?

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Cardin: Because he literally has women throwing themselves at him. Rivals nowhere near as plentiful.