Ruby Rose: A Game of Remnants Chapter 1, a rwby fanfic

Ruby Rose: A Game of Remnants

AN: Hey Guys, if you are reading this then you know that I am still alive and kicking, I really have no excuse for not updating like I promised beside from extreme laziness and some health problems. That said I am also sad to say that most of my stories will go on hold as I feel like I didn't make them as well as I could have. Because of this I am going to put up a poll on my profile that I want you all to vote on saying which two of my current stories you want me to prioritize. This new story was inspired by another Ruby/Gamer crossover here on the sight and will be written by me and two of my friends. Ok now that all of that is said please enjoy the first chapter of Ruby Rose: A Game of Remnants!

Ruby Rose lay dreaming in her bed, said dreams filling her with both wonder and apprehension. Scenes of amazing battles play out before her, scenes of a girl in a red and black corset wielding a large scythe carving her way through hordes of grimm even as a black haired girl with cat ears appeared and took out grimm at random. Further out she could see a girl in all white fighting against a large Ursa while another girl in yellow and black was surrounded by numerous grimm and yet still managed to fight them off. Yes these scenes while amazing also held some kind of underlying message that filled her with dread yet she couldn't figure out why. She watched in rapt attention and before too long the four people were back to back about to be overrun by the never ending horde when the scene before her began to fade out and become indistinct, everything going a stark white not allowing her to see how the scene ended and suddenly...she woke up.

[You slept in a bed, your AP, SP, and HP have been fully restored]

[You gained the well rested perk due to sleeping in your own bed]

She stared at the message boxes for a moment in confusion and blinked several times before saying the first thing that came to mind.

"Wah?"

At her confused statement a new message box appeared before her although this one had significantly more to say.

[Congratulations gamer on unlocking your new power, please say 'Status Window' to continue the tutorial and learn more about your new ability]

The young Rose was now highly confused and hesitant about what was going on but decided to do as the box said and discover what was going on.

"{Status Window}." The young girl said slowly waiting for someone to pop out and tell her that this all was a prank. To her great surprise not even a second later a new box appeared with quite a bit of new information

[The Gamer]

Ruby Rose - Level 1

HP: 35/35

AP: 20/20

SP: 700/700

Str - 3

Dex - 6

Con - 5

End - 7

Int - 2

Wis - 4

Cha - 5

Lck - 5

Spd - 8

[Please click on each stat to get an in depth description of what each stat represents before continuing]

Ruby was even more confused now but seeing as this certainly wasn't a prank went ahead to click on one of the stats when she reaised that she didn't know how. Her new ability seemed to pick this up however and a new message appeared over the status window.

[To click on a stat merely place your finger a stat on the screen then remove it, this will provide you with an in depth description of anything you use it on]

'Well whatever this is it's really helpful.' The young Rose thought to herself before clicking on the HP stat.

[HP or Health Points is a measure of the amount of damage someone can take before they are no longer able to continue resulting in either incapacitation or in more extreme circumstances Death. HP is determined by multiplying a person's Endurance and Constitution together. Ex: 5 Con x 7 End = 35 HP]

'That...was informative.' Ruby thought to herself before slowly going down the list of stats that she possessed.

[AP or Aura Points is a measure of the amount of aura one possesses and can readily use. AP is determined by multiplying someone's Intelligence score by 10. Ex: 2 Int x 10 = 20 AP (Note that items can restore AP along with its natural regeneration)]

[SP or Stamina Points is a measure of the amount of energy one possesses and determines how much they can do in a single day before becoming too tired to do anything else. SP is determined by multiplying someone's Endurance score by 100. Ex: 7 End x 100 = 700 SP. SP can be regenerated by performing restful actions or by using an item that restores stamina and will deplete at 1 SP per minute]

[Str - Strength is one of the physical ability stats and determines how much someone can carry, how much damage they do with melee type weapons, how effectively they can block damage, and is used in strength checks and strength based skills. Carry Capacity or CC is Strength x 10, Ex: 3 Str x 10 = 30 CC]

[Dex - Dexterity is one of the Physical ability stats and determines your agility and physical skill, hit chance, dodge and evasion chance, skill with ranged weaponry, and is used in both Dex checks and is the main stat in Dex skill stats]

[Con - Constitution is one of the Health based stats and determines how much HP you possess and how fast you regain SP while resting. SP regenerates at ½ your Constitution score]

[End - Endurance is one of the Health based stats and determines how Much HP you possess and how much Sp you have]

[Int - Intelligence is one of the two mental stats and determines how much AP you possess, how much damage your aura does and is the main stat used in Intelligence checks and Intelligence based skills]

[Wis - Wisdom is one of the two mental stats and determines the regeneration rate of your AP along with being the main stat used in Wisdom Checks and Wisdom based skills. AP regenerates at ½ your wisdom score]

[Cha - Charisma is the social stat, it determines your skill in social situations, your ability to inspire others, and is used in charisma checks]

[Lck - Luck is the random stat and determines everything random around you. This ranges from anywhere between certains events being triggered to critical hit chance to loot drops, the higher the score the better]

[Spd - Speed is one of the physical ability stats and determines your overall speed which helps your dodging and evasion skills, along with determining your attack speed, speed at casting spells, and general movement speed]

[Please open the {skills} menu to continue]

'But it didn't tell me how to open the skills menu.' She thought to herself before thinking back to a bit earlier and wondering silently. 'Earlier I had to say {Status Window} to get the stats page to appear so maybe it's the same process here?'

[Due to your logical reasoning you have gained one Wis]

The young rose was caught off guard by the new message and stared at it for a moment with gaping mouth.

'Guess my guess was correct.' She thought quietly to herself before whispering. "{Skills Menu}."

A moment later a new screen appeared before her eyes which was quickly overlapped by a second screen that if she were to guess was an explanation of the skills page. A second later another smaller screen appeared over the second screen catching her attention before she could begin reading.

[Due to your quick and logical reasoning you have gained one Wis]

Ruby swiftly read over the third message then realised the message hadn't disappeared like she expected it to.

'How do I get this thing to disappear?'

Her question was soon answered as another message appeared describing how to get rid of any old or unwanted messages.

[To remove an old or unwanted message simply swipe your hand across the screen where the message is and that message will be removed]

'Good to know.' And with a deft flick of her wrist the top message was soon gone allowing her to read the description of the skills page as she had been preparing for.

[Welcome to the skills menu! In the skills menu you can take a look at all of your acquired skills and be given a description of each skill, its skill type, its cost, its effects and level, and lastly the amount of experience you have in each level of the skill. Anything can be made into a skill from cooking to sword wielding most all actions have a corresponding skill and each of these skills has a type that they fall under.

There are six types of skills and they are Physical, Auric, passive, Social, Mundane, and Crafting, an example of this involving the two earlier mentioned skills is that sword wielding would fall under the physical branch while cooking would fall under the mundane branch. Please look at your skills Menu now]

"{Skills Menu}." The young dark haired girl said excitedly, wondering what amazing skills she already possessed as the menu opened before her. The first thing she noticed is that she didn't have many skills, in fact she only had four of them each of those four skills were passive in nature each of which had a different symbol to differentiate between them.

[As you can see you currently don't have many skills, but don't worry we promise you'll gain many more later on. First though take a look at the skills that you do possess. As is already evident each of these four skills is passive in nature and each of them give you decent bonuses starting out]

Not needing to be told twice Ruby quickly tapped on the first skill on the menu which had a picture of a chibi her fighting a grim and a small exp sign above her head.

{Gamer's Body} (Passive) [Max]

[This skill allows the owner to live life like it's a videogame]

'So this is what's allowing me to do all of this? To be honest I'm kind of disappointed, I thought it'd be something more….cool.' She thought to herself before closing the {Gamer's Body} description and clicking on the next skill which had a picture of what looked like a brain emitting some kind of yellow energy field.

{Gamer's Mind} (Passive) [Max]

[This skill allows its owner to perceive the world as if it were a videogame and allows the user to keep calm and collected therefore preventing psychological effects]

"So this skill is why I'm not freaking out right now," Ruby said to herself quietly her kind racing with thoughts before she realised something, "so wait, that means that it's the {Gamer's Body} and {Gamer's Mind} skills allowing me to do all of this. That's actually a bit more cool than I originally thought." She allowed herself to think on the subject a bit more before dismissing those thoughts and exiting the description message and moving on to the next skill which had a chibi picture of her with a bright yellow ball in her chest.

{Simple Soul} (Passive) [Max]

[You possess a simple soul acting like a beacon of hope to others even in dark times, reroll failed charisma checks]

The description of the third skill filled her with a small amount of happiness. She was glad to know that she had that kind of effect on people even if she hadn't realised it before. A flick of her wrist later and the description message was gone allowing her to tap on the fourth and final skill she currently owned, the picture representing this skill being what seemed to be a close up of one of her eyes

{?} (Passive) [Max]

[You are a member of the ? granting you access to amazing abilities and powers should you ever learn to harness your birthright, doubles Grimm encounter rate, 50% more damage to Grimm]

Blink. That's all Ruby could do as she stared at the fourth skill in shock and curiosity. In the end though her curiosity won out causing her mind to wander enough that she missed the new message that popped up.

'I wonder what it's talking about, I can't read the name of the skill and part of the description is missing also. The only thing I know is that it's some kind of birthright and that I will run into grimm even more often than normal, at the least though I also deal more damage to them than a normal person.' Her thoughts continued to wander for a few more minutes before finally snapping herself out of the self induced daze. Immediately her attention was caught by the new message that appeared some minutes ago.

Quest

[Member of the family]

There is something about your heritage you are unaware of, something powerful, something mysterious, something dangerous. Discover the truth behind your family and heritage so that you can begin working on whatever it is you have inherited

[Rewards]

Success: 75,000 EXP, 15,000 Lien, A new skill

Failure: Death

Y/N

Ruby's gulp was audible throughout her and Yang's room as she saw the strike through the N signalling that the quest could not be denied before finally accepting it causing the screen to disappear.

[Congratulations on accepting your first quest, the first of many to be sure. While not all of them will be as grand as this one all of them will grant a reward of some kind. If you wish to check your quests simply say {Quest book}]

'I can always check it later.' Ruby thought to herself even as her gaze traveled over to her sleeping sister.

Yang Xiao Long - Level 12

Signal Academy student

'I wonder what her scores and skills are like.' She wondered while staring at her sister intensely.

[Skill Created]

[As a result of your diligent observation the {Observe} skill has been created]

{Observe} (Passive/Active) [Level 1, 00.00% EXP]

[A skill that allows the user to observe the world around them gaining valuable information about whatever it is they are observing be it animal or something else. The more you use the skill and the higher the level it reaches more information will be provided]

"{Observe}." She whispered excitedly, eagerly wondering what her older sisters scores where like.

Yang Xiao Long - Level 12

Signal Academy Student

Stats

HP - ?/?

AP - ?/?

SP - ?/?

Mood - ?

Str - ?

Dex - ?

Con - ?

End - ?

Int - ?

Wis - ?

Cha - ?

Lck - ?

Spd - ?

Description - Yang Xiao Long is the daughter of TaiYang Xiao Long and Raven Branwen, adopted daughter of Summer Rose, as well as the elder half sister of Ruby Rose. She is preparing to start her 3rd year at signal academy.

'It didn't say hardly anything at all, I already knew everything that was in her description. The only information I got out of that that I didn't already know was her level and even then that was visible beside her name when I was looking at her.' Ruby pouted mentally while thinking over what she had just read and the description of the observe skill before remembering what had been at the end of the message as her eyes grew slightly wide, 'but wait didn't it say that the higher the level the skill the more information it would provide? If so then i just need to level up the skill which I think it said I could do by using the skill more and it did say that I could use the skill on practically anything so leveling it up shouldn't be to hard either!'

Her thoughts were derailed momentarily as a small ping sound heralded another message popping up for her to read.

[Due to your logical reasoning with all the available facts you have reached a sound solution, you have gained one Int]

The young Rose hastily swiped the message away already rapidly looking around the bedroom for anything that she could use to level up her {Observe} skill to the next level before her eyes landed on the desk lying in between her and Yang's bed.

"Better than nothing, {Observe}."

[Sturdy Oak Desk]

[Item Type - Decoration]

[Quality - Average]

[Description - A sturdy oak desk, nothing more nothing less]

[Your {Observe} skill has leveled up to level 2]

'Sweet, maybe now I can get some more information about her scores.' She thought then turned towards her still sleeping sister. "{Observe}."

Yang Xiao Long - Level 12

Signal Academy Student

Stats

HP - 256/256

AP - 100/100

SP - 1600/1600

Mood - Sleeping

Str - ?

Dex - ?

Con - ?

End - ?

Int - ?

Wis - ?

Cha - ?

Lck - ?

Spd - ?

She was deeply affected by the disappearance of her mother and the death of Summer leading her to take on a very protective nature over Ruby

'That still wasn't as much as I would have liked to know but at least the HP, AP, and SP stats give me clues as to some of her scores.' Her thoughts were cut off as a loud yawn broke the silence of the room coming from our young protagonist causing her to look over at the clock sitting on the desk and see that it was only 2 in the morning. 'Eh, I guess I can think about it later,' She mumbled as her eyes began to droop and she leaned back against her bed and was soon sound asleep snoring away quietly and contently completely oblivious to the rooms new arrival.

'Sleep well young Rose for your trials start tomorrow, my friends and I have placed a lot of faith in you after seeing some of your alternates and this is us giving you a chance to surpass them all. Please don't disappoint because I am looking forward to the coming chaos this will cause.'

And with that the mysterious figure disappeared in a gentle breeze as if the entire event that had just played out was nothing more than a figment of someone's imagination, nothing more than a dream.

AN: We hope all of you enjoyed the first chapter of A Game of Remnants and would like to give a shout out to Raisuke The Lightning Herald and his amazing story Ruby Rose: Life Is A Game for inspiring this story as well as giving me and my friends permission to use some of his ideas. For now this is Exodus, TheBooogyMan, and Utherlightcore signing out, till next time everyone!