Rated T for Fantasy Violence, Mild Suggestive Themes, Mild Language, Mild Blood, and Use Of Alcohol.
"Remnant. A world of wonders. A world of terrors. The four kingdoms; Vale, Mistral, Vacuo, and Atlas. The untamed lands outside the kingdoms, dominated by monsters. The Grimm are creatures of darkness, without souls. The Huntsmen and Huntresses fight to protect civilization from these ravages. However, even the most brilliant lights will flicker and fade. Perhaps, then, victory lies in the forgotten things. In a smaller, more simple soul."
There are several types of scenes in this story. First, there is the narration. A narrator explains the more vague parts of the world of Remnant and how they work for Ruby. The rules of this world, so to speak.
Second is the main free-roaming part, where Ruby and her party wander the world to find adventure, wherever it may be.
Third, the battles. This is where Ruby and her party fight enemies, opponents, or other challenges.
Fourth, rewards! After every battle, Ruby and her party receive Experience Points, Career Points, and Lien. These scenes will be brief, only lengthened when a character levels up.
Fifth, cut-scenes, in a manner of speaking. Though this story is in no way interactive, there will be a distinct difference between the "gameplay" and the "cut-scenes". Namely, more dialogue.
Sixth, the stores. This is where Ruby and her party buy new equipment with the money they've earned. Weapons, clothes, items, and Dust are available in these places. These scenes are short, but offer a break from running around.
Finally, Ruby's Diary. This is where Ruby writes down everything she learns about the world around her. Well, not literally everything, but all the important stuff.
The story is based off the gameplay of Bravely Default, a game by Square Enix, but with the world and characters of RWBY, a series by RoosterTeeth and Monty Oum.
Diary entry: Characters
Ruby Rose: Ruby is a fifteen-year-old girl from Vale, she lives with her sister, father, and faithful dog on the island of Patch. She attends Signal Academy with her sister, where her father and Uncle Qrow teach.
Ruby's stats: Physical Attack, Physical Defense, Aim, and Evasion are at a base value of 10. Aura Attack and Aura Defense are at a base value of 0. Health Points are at a base value of 50. Aura Points are at a base value of 0.
Strength, Vitality, Intelligence, Mind, Dexterity, and Agility are at a base value of 10.
Ruby is naturally immune to the Silence status ailment. You can't shut her up.
Ruby has no elemental resistances.
0 Experience Points, 0 Career Points, 0 Lien. Next Experience Level in 10. Next Career Level in 20. Career choice is Patchworker.
Inventory: Zilch.
Chapter One: Ruby Rose
The sun rose over the horizon on a wonderful Saturday morning. Ruby Rose pushed herself up in her bed, blinking away Sleep. She heard Zwei out in the backyard playing, probably with Taiyang. To Ruby, it was another happy and cheerful day. A day, she knew, that would see her victorious. She was going to start finding materials to build the advanced weapon of her dreams. Her designs were perfect. Crescent Rose...
Getting out of bed, she looked about her room. At the moment, she was unarmed and needed something of a weapon. Really, she just wanted to have things in her inventory. Anything would do at this point. Inspecting everything, she selected various items that might help. A normal gray pillow, a cute puppy face pillow, two chairs, her desk lamp, about forty books off the bookshelf, an empty fish bowl, her diary, a locked tin of cookies, and a box of dog treats. Some of it seemed useful, and some not so much. She put the chairs back right away, stuffing the rest into her inventory. She noted the usefulness of the remaining items.
Ruby's Diary was of obvious use, helping her keep track of what was going on around her. The books could clearly offer some status upgrades or enhance her base values, and she might even learn some resistance or immunity from them. Maybe even some offense moves to go with it. The lamp could be used to inflict Blind on her foes, if used correctly. The fish bowl might offer some Physical Defense as a helmet. The pillows were the most obvious first choice as weapons. The cookies would be great for replenishing health, if only she could find a key to unlock the tin. Finally, she was sure the dog treats could be used to summon Zwei to her side at any given time. She would have to save them for the most desperate times, however.
She would be back at Signal in the coming week, where she would definitely wear her new dress. For now, however, she just needed her standard t-shirt and shorts. Of course, she had to have her red cape as well. She turned to the foot of her bed where her cape was always hanging and found...
It was gone. Only a note remained, and in Yang's handwriting. "Hey, Rubes! Guess what? If you want your cape, you're gonna have to come and get it! I'm at the usual hangout! Come and see me... if you dare!" -Yang
Ruby ripped up the note and shook her fist into the air. "Yaaaaaaang!"
Heading down the stairs, she found just the key she was looking for on the table. She used it to quickly unlock the cookie tin to find it contained twenty chocolate chip cookies, and five raisin cookies. She knew the chocolate chip cookies restored 40 HP, and the raisin cookies lowered all base values. She figured the raisin cookies would have to be thrown into Yang's mouth.
Searching through the drawers, Ruby also found a fork and 200 Lien. In the inventory they went. Once she was satisfied, and had her shoes on, she stepped out the back door into the backyard.
BATTLE!
Ruby vs Zwei
Zwei barks, dropping Ruby's to PDef 50%! Zwei rolls over, raising his Evasion to 150%!
Ruby tackles, but misses!
Zwei headbutts Ruby, dealing 1752 damage.
Ruby's party has been wiped out.
Ruby got back to her feet, back in the house. She decided it would be best not to challenge Zwei to a duel just yet. Yang first. Ruby equipped her Puppy Pillow and wielded two-handed, raising her PAtk to 12. The Puppy Pillow, in all honesty, wasn't that great of a weapon. But Ruby knew it was specially effective against small animals and big sisters.
Setting out from her house, Ruby made her way along the street towards the edge of the small town. She was headed for the fields of Patch, where wild creatures lurked and Yang waited at the tree on the hill. Ruby would hunt down this menace and return the Ruby Cape to its rightful owner. She entered the Patch Fields, and quite immediately encountered a wild creature.
BATTLE!
Ruby encounters one small yellow rat.
Pichu gets first move.
Pichu headbutts Ruby, dealing 8 damage!
Ruby swats Pichu, dealing 17 damage with a critical blow!
Pichu zaps Ruby, dealing 15 damage!
Ruby swats Pichu, dealing 9 damage!
Pichu fainted.
VICTORY!
Ruby gains 5 Lien, 3 Experience Points, and 1 Career Point.
Reaping her rewards, Ruby quickly decided it was in her best interest to dual-wield. She equipped the Gray Pillow, which was much like the Puppy Pillow in that it was effective against small animals, but did not have the special power over big sisters. Holding the Gray Pillow in her left hand, and Puppy Pillow in her right, her PAtk was raised to 14. To make her even more fearsome, she could now attack twice in one move.
Moving further through the fields, she encountered another creature.
BATTLE!
Ruby encounters one Pichu.
Pichu gets first move.
Pichu headbutts Ruby, but Ruby dodges!
Ruby swats Pichu once with each pillow, dealing 7 damage and 15 damage with a critical blow!
Pichu fainted.
VICTORY!
Ruby gains 5 Lien, 4 Experience Points, and 2 Career Points.
Realizing that her HP was getting low, Ruby turned and headed back into the town. She went back to her house and took a moment to rest, healing up from her battles. Her father poured her a glass of milk, then went back out to play with Zwei. Steeling herself for another bout, Ruby prepared her pillows and headed out the door. The hunt for Yang continued.