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RWBY: Press Start
Level Four
Enter New Player: Blake Belladonna
High on top of a tree branch, Blake scouted the area below in hopes of finding the rest of her team but to no avail. The fall down was very surprising for the Faunus girl but with a cool head and a lush forest below, she used Gambol Shroud to embed it into one of the trees trunks and land safely. Now the only trouble is locating the rest of her team. Already Blake knew the land was unfamiliar to her and the creatures she's seen so far were…unique in a way. Still, her priority was still finding everyone else wherever they are. With the search being hopeless now, Blake jumped down branch to branch until she was at ground level. The next best thing Blake can do right now is to look for other people.
Now that she thought about it, what were the people in this world like anyway? Was there Faunus like back in her world or something else? While in thought, Blake heard some bushes rustle nearby. What emerged from them were a pack of large wolves that were dark pink and purple with a horn on their foreheads. They were snarling at the Faunus girl and looked at her as she was their next meal. Blake's first instinct was to fight them but since they were larger than your average beowolf, reason came over and decided to flee. Taking them on while she was alone wasn't a good idea. Speaking of bad ideas, she heard the wolves chasing her. One of them caught up to her quickly and tried to attack Blake. She made a copy of herself and the wolves attack it. The copy disappeared but the wolves were still on the Faunus.
Blake made several more copies to deceive the wolves. Well, they went after them but as soon as the copies vanished, they continued to pursue Blake. It appeared they weren't as easy to fool as Blake thought. If running on the ground wouldn't work then jumping on the branches should work. She jumped onto the next branch above and jumped onto one branch to the next. Blake looked down to see the wolves still chasing her. If anything they were relentless. It was time to try something out. Blake pulled out her weapon and it turned into a gun. Close combat may not be ideal but maybe some long range attacks can do some damage. The Faunus girl stopped and turned around to aim at one of the wolves. She let out a few shots at them. The shots made one of the wolves stagger a bit but that was it. The wolf shook off the shots and continued to pursue Blake. It seemed that ordinary bullets had very little effect on them. Blake had no choice but to continue on.
One of the wolves decided to jump where the cat Faunus was. Blake barely looked back to see the wolf close to her when she jumped onto the next branch. The wolf snapped the branch Blake was previously on. The longer the chase goes on, the more dangerous the situation will become. Blake continued to jump on ahead until saw a light at the other end. Once she arrived at the last branch, she saw that the forest ended and what lay beyond was grassland. Since she couldn't go any farther, the Faunus girl thought of climbing of up to get away from the wolves. However, that wasn't going happen as the two of the wolves appeared from behind and snapped the branch Blake was on. She fell to the ground and the wolves were closing in fast. She moved out into the grassland and tried to plan out the next move. She saw all of the wolves emerging from the forest and was staring at her. They slowly approached Blake, surrounding her. She held up Gambol Shroud. If it had to come down to it, she would have to fight. If they were beowolves, Blake could handle them easy but since they shrugged off bullets like they were nothing so who knew how effective her sword would be.
Two of the wolves jumped toward Blake. The Faunus girl prepared herself for the attack. "Move it!" Blake heard a voice coming from behind. The next thing she heard was several gunshots. One of the wolves in front of Blake yelped and vanished in an instant. Suddenly a young girl with long brunette hair showed up from above and she was wearing an oversized blue coat with a lot of cell phones strapped to the waist. Two weapons suddenly materialized in her hands and swiped at the next wolf. Just like the one before, the wolf disappeared in an instant. Blake just stared at the girl who just took down two beasts effortlessly. "Hey." She turned around to look at the cat Faunus. "You're not injured are you?"
She didn't seem like an enemy to Blake so she shook her head at the question. "I'm fine. Thank you for your help."
"Don't start thanking me yet. We still have a pest problem to deal with." She turned to the wolves that were still at the moment. "Just hang back and I'll deal with them." She took a running start at the wolves. The wolves did the same and ran right toward her. The girl ran past one of the wolves and slashed its side. It disappeared in a flash of light like the others before it. One of the other wolves tried to swipe at her but she back flipped to avoid the attack. She pulled out her gun and let out a couple of shots and that killed the wolf. One of the wolves managed to sneak up from behind to attack the girl. Blake didn't want to feel helpless or useless so she quickly ran to the beast and attacked its side. Unlike the beowolves she's always fought, her weapon didn't even cut through the fur and it took most of her strength to push the beast off.
The girl looked behind and shot the wolf with her gun. In the next instant, the wolf vanished. Blake was wondering how she was killing these creatures with ease while her weapon didn't even make a dent in their fur alone. "Thanks for watching my back."
Blake sighed. "Don't mention it."
Both of them looked at the three remaining wolves. "Think you can help me finish off the rest of them."
It would be difficult to do so for Blake but anything that'll get her out of this mess. "I guess I have to." Both of them ran toward the last remaining wolves. They or rather the girl who helped Blake out made quick work of them but the Faunus girl did manage to do what damage she could. The monsters in the world she was in were much stronger than the grim back in her world. She sheathed Gambol Shroud.
"Nice work but you were kinda having a hard time dealing with them." She saw the girl walking up to her. "Care to tell me your name?"
The Faunus girl didn't see any harm introducing herself. The girl seemed trustworthy enough. "It's Blake Belladonna."
The girl put her hand on her hip. "Blake huh? I'm IF." IF? That was a strange name to give a girl. "So what are you doing out here anyway Blake? Are you doing a quest from the guild?"
Quest? Guild? These are terms Blake hasn't heard of before. The best way to clear this was to explain. "Uh no. I'm not from a guild. It's…well a bit complicated. Best I can tell you is that I'm looking for the other members of my team. I don't suppose you can help me with that?"
IF observed Blake closely. If she wasn't from the guild, then what was she doing here in the first place? It didn't seem like she was lying though as IF could tell. "So you're lost then right and you need to find them. You have any idea where they are?"
Blake shook her head. "Unfortunately I don't. I don't even know where I am."
The brunette raised an eyebrow. "How can you not know where you are? Well for starters, you're in Leanbox. Well just outside of it of course." Leanbox? Well, at least Blake knew the location she's in. It also proves even more that she isn't in her own world. "If its help you, I can take you to the basilicom. Maybe Vert can help you out."
It wasn't the best lead but at least it is one and Blake won't argue with it. "That sounds fine. Thank you for your help." There was one more question the cat girl had. "By the way, how did you find me?"
IF laughed nervously. "Well, I was on my way back when I spotted you being surrounded by the wolves. In all honestly, it was by mistake." Now Blake had to laugh but internally. Well, it was one mistake she was glad that happened. "Now let's get out of here."
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Blake was on the back of IF's motorcycle. How a girl about the same age as Ruby is able to have a license to operate was beyond her. Right now though Blake was taking in the city they were in. No doubt it wasn't anything like in Vale. There were highways all over and the colors were green and white with some black. In fact, the city looked futuristic. "If you don't mind, we're going to the guild first. I need to turn the quests in."
"Uh…sure." IF kept mentioning a guild. Was it an organization like the White Fang? Blake shook her head. "No, she isn't like them. Plus I doubt there are any beings similar to Faunus in this world."
They arrived at a building with people going in and out of it. IF parked the motorcycle. "You're more than welcome to come inside to see what it's like." Both girls went off the bike and entered the building. It was quite interesting to Blake. There were numerous boards up all over the place and people were approaching them and leaving them. She followed IF to one of them.
IF pulled out a card and placed it on the screen. "Welcome guild member IF. Are you returning from a quest or selecting one?" She chose the first option. "Returning from a quest. Please select the quest you have completed." IF chose one of the options and it lit up. The word complete appeared with a checkpoint next to it. "Your reward has been transferred. Would you like to choose a quest?" She selected no. "Thank you and come again."
She pulled back the card. "All done here. Let's get going." Both girls left the building and went on the motorcycle. IF revved it up and both were on their way to basilicom.
While traveling there, Blake had another question. "So what was that place?"
"That's the guild I've mentioned before. The purpose of the guild is to give out quests from the people who requested it. These quests include ridding of monsters to finding certain items you can't find in your local store. Once you complete a quest, you get a reward. There are six quest levels starting from E which is the easiest to D to C to B to A and then finally to S which is the hardest. The higher the level, the harder it is to complete but the reward is better."
Seemed like a pretty basic system to Blake. It wasn't that much different than the hunter jobs back in her world except the creatures here were a bit tougher. "So what quest were you coming from?"
"From a C-level quest. If you can believe it, those wolves are considered to be in C class quests a lot." What IF said surprised Blake. Those wolves they fought were on the lower end of the quest level and still that tough to take down? She hated to see what the monsters of the higher quests would be like. They continued to travel on the road for a while until Blake saw a large mansion in the distance. Was this the place IF mentioned? They parked in a spot and IF turned off her motorcycle. "Well, here we are." Both of them got off the motorcycle. "Welcome to the basilicom."Blake didn't know what a basilicom should look like so she couldn't judge it. As for now, Blake thought it was impressive. Whoever this Vert is must be a very important person. Both girls entered the building and the interior was just as impressive. "Hey, I'm back!"
Blake heard footsteps approaching them. Soon enough she saw a woman wearing a black dress and had green hair coming to them. "Oh, you're back." She spoke with no emotion in her voice. She looked at Blake. "And it seems you brought someone along. So who are you?"
Blake tried to answer but IF interrupted. "Her name is Blake. I brought her here. We have to see Vert."
The woman crossed her arms. "Sorry but Vert is indisposed at the moment."
IF rolled her eyes. "Come on Chika, we both know what that means. Come on Blake." She walked past Chika.
She looked at the woman. "It was…nice meeting you." Blake walked past her and followed IF. The Faunus girl caught up to IF. "So who was that woman?"
"Her name is Chika. She's the oracle here." IF explained.
"Oracle? That woman is important?" Blake asked.
"You can say that. She's the one who's in charge of the basilicom."
That raised some questions for Blake. "If she's in charge, then what is Vert in charge of?"
Both of them stopped in front of a door. "Of the land itself. She is the CPU or goddess of the Leanbox."
Blake tried to make sense of what she heard. "Goddess?"
IF opened the door and the Faunus girl heard a voice of a woman. "Left flank attack the enemy! Right flank defend from oncoming attacks!" Both girls entered the room and Blake couldn't think of anything to say. The room she was in was completely full of posters of boys close to each other on the wall, figurines on multiple shelves, games of all kinds stacked on top of each other. "March on! Victory is almost within our reach!" Both girls turned to a door off to the side. Blake slowly turned the knob and opened the door. The room was dark with only the light of multiple computer screens and sitting on a chair was an older woman with long blonde hair playing on a game controller and talking into a headpiece. "The path is clear! Victory is ours now!"
She raised her arms while she cheered. It appeared she won. IF cleared her throat. "Uh…Vert?"
Vert turned her chair to her. "Oh hello, Iffy. When did you come back home?"
"Just now." The brunette answered.
The goddess smiled. "Wonderful." She turned to Blake. "It looks like you have a visitor. Welcome to my basilicom. Care to tell me your name?" Blake really couldn't answer. She just kept staring at Vert. Or rather Vert's breasts. They were bigger than Yang's. She was definitely beautiful to the cat Faunus with a great figure no less. It was like she was a more graceful Yang to her. She heard Vert giggle. "Do you like what you see?'
Blake snapped out of her gaze. "Oh I-I'm sorry. I didn't mean to be rude."
Vert smiled at her. "Do not apologize. I know you do not mean any disrespect."
She was very polite. Vert may look like Yang a bit but behaves the complete opposite. "What were you doing before we arrived?" It didn't seem like anything a goddess would do to Blake.
"Me? I was in the middle of a castle siege on Four Goddess Online." Vert explained. A goddess who plays video games. Well, Blake already saw the room so that was believable. She may be closer to Yang than the cat girl thought.
"And how long did it take you this time Vert?" IF asked.
Vert smiled proudly. "A total of eight hours." Blake had to hold back her response. A woman like her was playing a game for eight hours straight? "But enough about that. Who is your new friend Iffy?"
This time the Faunus girl would introduce herself. "My name is Blake Belladonna ma'am. It's nice to meet you."
Vert smiled at Blake. "Please don't call me ma'am. Call me Vert instead."
The cat girl straightened herself. "My apologies. I didn't mean to rude to you again."
The goddess giggled. "I can assure you that you weren't. Now then, would you like to explain as to why you're here? Iffy wouldn't bring you to the basilicom if it wasn't important."
At least Blake could explain the situation she was in. Not fully since she doesn't know if they'll believe her as a person from another world. "I was separated from my team a while back and I don't know where they are. I'm sure they don't know where I am right now."
Vert crossed her arms under her chest. Blake could've sworn she saw the goddess pushed them up to make them look bigger. "I see. So you were separated by your party. How did that happen?"
Blake tried her hardest to look at Vert's face but her eyes kept going to her bust. "I'm not sure. We all saw a bright light flash right before us and the next thing I knew is that I was by myself."
Vert knew the girl before her was keeping something to herself. Not mention she was questioning about Blake's eyes and the bow she was wearing but she won't intrude on that…yet. "If you're worried about your party members, then rest assure I will help. I am a goddess after all and I will help those in need."
Blake was relieved to hear that. "Thank you. This means a lot to me."
The CPU stood up from her chair with her breasts doing a slight bounce. Again it was hard for Blake to avert her eyes from them. "We'll continue this matter at the dining room. Would you be interested in something to eat Blake? You must be hungry at this point."
Come to think of it Blake hasn't had anything to eat since arriving in this world. "I am. Maybe a tuna sandwich?"
Vert put her hands together. "Great. Let us depart then. Iffy, would you like to join us?"
IF nodded at the question. "Sure. I could go for something to eat."
The goddess smiled. "Splendid. Let us all depart then." She walked past the two girls. They followed the goddess out of the room and headed toward the dining room. While doing so, Blake thought back to the rest of her team. Even if they were reunited back, would there still be tension between them? She could hope no but somehow doubted that.
