Hello, I'm back again. Man I'm just tearing through these chapters. I'm having a blast! Now, thanks to idomo3912, WarmasterCain55, DarTxeez, and Dr. Science for favoriting/following this story since last time!

I decided I'm actually going to think of a outline for this story and now have 25 chapters planned, with more on the way. Most of those though are going to be 2nd season RWBY with slight AU included due to Slender. It'll diverge later the further it gets.

Now then, it's Blake's turn! Let's see how that goes... (evil smirk)


Disclaimer: I don't own the two things in this story, those two things being Slender and RWBY.


"Well, let's go before there's nothing left." Weiss, Yang, Nora, and Ren exited the room, leaving Ruby and Blake, plus Jaune and Pyrrha in the room. After getting their controllers, Jaune and Pyrrha bid their adieus and left.

It's quiet again, Blake thought. I miss the noise but I don't at the same time, probably because I liked having my friends here. Well, this party's over so I'll just read until something happens next or I fall asleep. Blake went over to her bookcase and rifled through the collection of books she had, giving 'Ninjas of Love' an embarrassed glance over. Still don't know what possessed me to bring that to school, she thought, ignoring the part of her that said 'for alone time.'

She pulled out a book titled 'The Third Crusade', the latest book she bought from her fellow Faunus Tukson in his bookstore. It was the last copy he had at the time so it was extra special. Not that it would be different than all the other books she had, excluding the ones supporting Yang's bed above. Those were cheep 1 Lien a dozen kind and she didn't mind the damage being done to them.

The Third Crusade was a slightly romanticized novel that takes place during the last Great War. What made it great was its historical accuracy but with just enough of a deviation for the main characters to make it a story. Blake picked up where she left off at Chapter 33 and read a paragraph before she saw Ruby doing something at the computer.

"What are you doing?" Blake asked curiously.

"I'm going to install this game I bought. It's only single player from what I gathered." Ruby answered.

Blake regarded her for a moment then said, "Just use your headphones while your playing." After the noise of Crash Bros. my ears need a break. All four of them.

Ruby smirked, "Okay." She popped the disk in and started the instillation process. Soon enough the game was ready to play and Ruby immersed herself in it.

Blake went back to her book and basically ignored Ruby as much as possible. There were a few groans and Ruby's breathing was becoming a little erratic, but Blake figured that was just the game's energy making Ruby pumped up.

That was until Ruby's outburst.

"Oh come on, I can walk faster than this! Heck, I could crawl faster than this!" Ruby suddenly exclaimed with exasperation evident in her tone. Blake glanced up and saw Ruby throw her hands up in the air for a moment before going back to the game. Blake smirked. Speed is important to her, especially because of her Semblance. So if someone, or rather, her character is going slow, Ruby's probably getting really annoyed with the game. Plus she's naturally energetic.

From the angle she was at, Ruby's body was right in front of the computer monitor so Blake couldn't see exactly what Ruby was playing or doing. But she could see the way that Ruby's body was reacting to whatever she was doing. Blake found herself more and more drawn away from her book and just interested herself in looking at Ruby.

Ruby was getting progressively twitchier, and with her Faunus enhanced senses, she could smell Ruby's fear. Okay, so I guess she's playing a scary game. She frowned, That doesn't sound like a game that Ruby would buy for herself. She doesn't like scary games. Maybe she bought it by mistake? Ruby twitched again and groaned. The twitch Blake recognized as a wince, but the groan Ruby made somewhat amused her. A little bit later Ruby sighed in palpable relief.

Then the screen flashed.

Blake couldn't see what happened, only that Ruby was silhouetted for a moment because of the screen glow.

She however did see and hear Ruby's reaction.

Ruby squealed in fright and jumped in her chair and then all but yelled, "Oh god oh god oh god oh god, ahhh!" Blake was startled and slightly alarmed because she'd never heard Ruby say anything close to a curse without censoring herself into saying something else.

Ruby continued in relief, "Oh thank god, no I can finally get out of here!" There was a pause then Ruby said, "I'm out!"

Blake was flipping between worry and amusement. On one hand, Ruby was an innocent young girl that saw everything in black and white and playing a scary game could blur that line; Blake knew from experience. On the other it was still funny seeing someone else get scared, in the sort of humor one gets from seeing someone else scared.

Ruby whimpered and Blake could see Ruby shaking. Then Ruby said, "Yes!" as if she solved something. Her breathing was becoming shallower and quicker as she played. What's scaring Ruby so much that she's having this reaction? Blake was becoming curious as to what the game was.

In the game something must have startled, or rather scared Ruby because she screamed and jumped about two feet in the chair and also banged her knee under the desk, causing a loud 'thunk'. At the same time she literally punched the whole keyboard and also disconnected the mouse from the computer. That was slightly impressive to watch, Blake thought. "Ow! My knee!" Ruby yelled in pain.

The screen lit up again and something happened because Ruby screamed in fear and literally fell out of the chair and rolled into a ball on the floor. At this point Blake put her book down and went over to Ruby.

"Ruby? Are you alright?" Blake's somewhat alarmed voice cut through the now silent room. She crouched down next to Ruby and put her hand on her back.

Ruby shook her head, her eyes shut. "I no like. Go away." Blake could tell that Ruby wasn't referring to her and rather the game so she stayed.

"It was the game wasn't it? Something scared you?" Ruby nodded and began to relax as Blake began rubbing circles on her back.

"The thing chasing me, it follows you. Has no face. No eyes. Always watches. " Ruby shivered once then relaxed a bit more. "Ugh, why did I buy that game?" She sounded more like herself now.

Blake grinned despite herself. "I don't know, you tell me."

That actually managed to get Ruby fully out of her comatose state as she began thinking again. "Oh yea, it was only 8 Lien, that's why." Ruby stood up and glanced at the screen. Blake looked and it said 'Pages 4/8' and 'Click to continue.' Ruby went over and hit a button, which caused the game to quit. "Right, not playing that again," Ruby said to herself.

Blake frowned in thought. She wasn't one to be hugely interested in video games, but for some reason she wanted to see what caused Ruby to go into a near coma. "Hey Ruby, do you think that I could play?"

Ruby spun around so fast that a rose petal flew away. "What? No you don't! Why would you want to play a game like that? It's scary!"

Blake shrugged, "I just want to try it and see what it's like."

Ruby stared at her like she was crazy then gestured to the computer, "Knock yourself out, it's downloaded to the hard-drive so anyone could play it now. Just don't expect me to watch," Ruby finished and she jumped up to her bed and promptly hid herself under the covers.

Ah, she'll come out to change into her pajamas in a little while, Blake thought as she sat down at the computer. She looked around for the recent game and saw the title 'Slender- The Eight Pages'. Okay, I can see how Ruby would buy this game. The title is ambiguous enough for her to not worry about it. She clicked on it and chose the regular settings and checked the controls. Everything's fine, and there's the jog/sprint that was causing issues for Ruby. Not having anything else to do, she put on the earphones over her human ears and hit 'play'.

The screen went black, and then creepy music started playing. Blake was struck still for a moment before she shook herself out of it. Okay, that's one good thing about a scary game that this one has: unnerving music. Sets the mood. She checked the options and found that it was just basic stuff and didn't do anything with it. Next was 'Extras'. There were two options unlocked; 'Normal Mode' followed by two options that were just '?', then 'Flashlight', also followed by two '?'s. I suppose those are other game modes that haven't been unlocked yet. Having nothing else she backed out and hit 'Start Game'.


The screen went black and the music ended, the only sound being the crunching of feet on the ground, as if stepping on leaves. Parsec Productions made this? I've never heard of them. They're probably a small group of programmers that built this game on their own free time. (OG: No offence to anybody in Parsec, it's just what Blake thinks.)

Her character finished climbing over the fence and the flashlight turned on. "'Collect all 8 Pages' huh? Okay, that's doable."

"You'd be surprised," Ruby commented from her bed. Blake could hear her since she had an extra pair of ears on her head. Blake spared a glance and saw her leader now looking down at an angle so she was able to see the screen and also make a quick getaway if things ended the way it did for her.

"We'll see." Blake said confidently, and she started walking off to the right. She tried the sprint and was almost as disappointed as Ruby. "Wow, you're right, the sprint is as fast as your normal walk," she said.

"I know, right? Why is someone even going that slowly anyway?" Ruby said.

"I assume that's part of the game," Blake said as she saw a red cylindrical object in the trees. She headed towards it. "It's the way to make the game difficult. Limited movement, and hindered speed. A person naturally wants to go faster when scared, following the 'fight or flight' response, so not being able to do either well makes the person playing more frightened."

"Wow Blake, you made that sound reasonable." Ruby said in amazement at Blake's assessment.

"It's not the first horror game I've played," Blake said, slightly shrugging. Also, talking to someone helps with the terror a bit. She found a page on the other side of the red thing, which said 'Help Me'. She clicked it and the words 'Pages 1/8' appeared.

And the drumming started. Thum… thum… thum… thum…

And now starts the constant sound to unnerve you, Blake thought. Ruby squeaked from above, knowing what Blake was hearing. Blake continued onward, a little disoriented from where she was heading, but picked a direction and went with it. She soon was rewarded with a series of white rocks. She strafed left around them and found the page almost on the side she started on.

This time the page said 'Don't Look… Or It Takes You' with a stick figure in the bottom right corner with long arms. Well… that's encouraging.

Pages 2/8.

As Blake continued her trek, her vision started getting a little static in it. The sound started to rise, as did the intensity of the static. Uhh, okay…? Blake turned away and started walking with a tiny hint of sprint thrown in and the static dissipated after a few moments. So there was something that way then.

Blake took a moment to wipe her hands on her pants to get rid of the clamminess. Then she shook her head to get rid of that feeling that was growing.

Thum… thum… thum… thum…

At this point, Blake was lost. She didn't know where the road was and was now aimlessly wandering through the trees. She eventually reached the boundary of the map as she came across the chain link fence that she had climbed over in the intro. Oh great, fence. I guess I have to go left then. Blake made a sharp left and continued on. Blake found the road again and continued on it. She came to a 'T' intersection and went left, coming to two rows of carved wooden poles.

That's not ominous at all, Blake thought. The flashlight illuminated just enough of them so that she could see them, but not enough so that they were clear except for the one in front of her. However she did see the slightly glowing outline of a page on the middle right pole. This one just had a tree on the left, the out of proportion faceless man, and the word 'Follows' on the right.

Pages 3/8.

At this point the music/sound changed so that a low droning noise came over her. Blake shivered and muttered unintelligible things under her breath. Okay now this game is getting to me. She continued on in the direction she found the third note in and came across a concrete tunnel. Oh, something bad's going to be at the end of it, isn't there? Blake wiped her hands again and entered the tunnel.

Right away she could see that she was at the wrong end as the paper was on the left at the far side. Going with her gut feeling, Blake jogged towards the page and collected it, this one saying 'Leave Me Alone'. I understand and completely agree with that assessment, Blake thought and continued jogging.

Pages 4/8.

At this point her character was breathing really hard and she stopped jogging, the heavy breathing raising Blake's hackles even more. If she could see herself, her bow was twitching and she was making small adjustments in her seat. The game was getting to her.

Thum… thum… thum… thum…

She came across an open field and saw that there were two options for her: a red brick building or some old tankers. I'll take the tankers. There's more space for me to run. And to hide. Blake shivered and started searching the tanks. Luck was on her side this time as the third tank on her left had the note. This one saying 'Can't Run'. "Well that's appropriate." Blake said sarcastically, a bit of tension in her voice.

Pages 5/8.

Somehow in her mind she recalled that Ruby only got four, so that record was beaten.

A new noise started up which sounded vaguely like howling wind.

And the drums continued.

Thum… thum… thum… thum…

Blake headed to the building and saw the static start to creep up on her again. She hurried and just as the whine became really loud she entered the building and the static started to disappear again. She turned right and made her way down the tile hall, her footsteps now adding to the noise.

Blake wiped her hands again. He breathing was shallow.

She took another right and followed the hall down another right and saw a doorway on the left this time. She went in and saw that it was a dead end.

Even worse, there was no page in there.

Blake made a high-pitched whine of despair in the back of her throat and peaked out of the door.

It was there.

Tall, inhuman or Faunus arms going near to the floor, faceless. It looked like it belonged in a nightmare, a nightmare that you couldn't wake up from.

Which is entirely accurate.

The noise raised as the sound of someone slamming on the piano suddenly slapped into Blake's human ears, causing her to shriek despite herself and duck back into the dead-end, putting her back against the far wall, waiting for the static to stop. Okay there's only one entrance, so if you watch it, it can't get in. And you'll just stand there, waiting… waiting until the end. Blake's breathing was erratic and short and her mouse hand was shaking slightly.

Everything calmed down a bit.

But then the static started again.

"Wait, what? No, I'm watching were it's supposed to come in." Blake said in despair.

Suddenly that piano slamming noise was heard and her screen shifted without her moving it so.

It was right next to her.

The screen flashed with heavy static and the thing's face was behind it, staring at you without eyes.

Blake gave a scream and jumped, not as impressive as Ruby's though, but remarkable enough.

Then the screen went black and the words appeared.

Pages 5/8

Click to continue.

Blake's breathing went back to normal and she pulled off the earphones and took a deep, calming breath, then let it out. She shook her head and then looked up at Ruby. She had a pillow covering most of her face except her silver eyes that were peaking out, looking at Blake.

Blake stood up and put the earphones on the desk. "Good game. Simple, yet that's what makes it work." She tried to make her voice steady by forcing the quivering out of it.

"You're crazy Blake," was Ruby's reply.

Blake just chuckled. Their attention was drawn to the door as it opened, letting Weiss and Yang in, each carrying a plate with different foods on it. "Hey guys, we're back!" Yang said. "We brought food, and what was that scream we heard down the hall?"

Ruby and Blake just looked at each other, a silent plan going between them.

They had both played Slender.

Now they were going to get Yang and Weiss to play.


Ha ha! Next time both Weiss and Yang are going to play at the same time! Good idea? Not if they want to win the game. Yes if you want the humor. Oh those two are going to go at it...

So that does it, Read, Review, Favorite, Follow!

-OrangeGalen