I don't exactly have much to say so I'll just get on with it… Atlas yay! Also some other fun stuff from the game so off we go!
I do not own RWBY, it belongs to Rooster Teeth (RIP Monty Oum). Anything else that you know I probably don't own.
"Thoughts"
"Speech"
[The Game]
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Onyx was pissed.
The day started out just like any other since he started on his trip to Atlas… he woke up, did some stretches in the hopes of getting some more stat points, which over the past month he has, stole Qrow's weapon (for some reason he was not able to gain a proficiency with. He theorized that it's because when using Structural Analysis on it, it was labeled as Qrow's Harbinger) and did some hunting for food so he could cook the pair of them breakfast, and finally punched trees for a while to increase his vitality and strength. Overall a pretty efficient training method for a three year old. His stats now appeared as such:
[Name]
Onyx Shade
[Species]
Human
[Title]
Good Luck Charm
[Perk]
Gentleman
[Level]
Lvl: 1
[Dependent Stats]
Health: 150/150
HP Regen: 30HP/s
Aura Capacity: [Locked]/220
AP Regen: 42AP/s
Mana Capacity: 1100/1100
MP Regen: 110MP/s
[Independent Stats]
STR: 24
END: 20
VIT: 15
DEX: 25
AGI: 23
INT: 21
WIS: 22
LUK: 30
CHA: 10
[Skill Points]
0
Yes, that's correct in the past month he's increased his stats more than he had in the past three years, he was depressed when he found out as well. It was actually by complete accident that he had the ability to do this regime. He had unlocked a new skill one day by complete accident, funnily enough there was no "Hunting" skill.
[Sneak Lvl: 11 (Passive)]
Allows for stealthy movements, makes it harder 11% harder to be detected while sneaking.
As it turned out Qrow was not very observant when it came to children.
Why is any of this important you may ask? Well today Onyx got caught. Qrow had been suspicious when he discovered his surrogate son cooking meat that came from seemingly nowhere but when he discovered what was actually going on two things happened.
The first was that Qrow was thoroughly impressed with the child's ability to go hunting with a weapon twice his size and even agreed to train him. The second is the situation that has Onyx in his mood…
"I thought you said you were going to train me, not use me as a pack mule." Onyx pouted while carrying Qrow's weapon, all their food (there wasn't too much) and a couple rocks in his arms "I'm soooo tempted to just throw all these things into my inventory but I don't want to raise any suspicion… OUM DAMNIT THIS IS ACTUALLY GETTING POINTS!"
[+1 STR]
[+1 END]
Qrow just kept walking along as he laughed "Haha kid, I am training ya, but I gotta know… Why do you want to be trained? Until you can answer that question, you aren't gonna use a weapon again."
Onyx gave the old crow a glare that, had he not been a child, would have put him six feet under, but he was a child so it only made the man laugh harder.
That said Onyx did answer his question "Isn't it easy? I want to be a huntsman!" he proclaimed like it was obvious, and to him it was.
Qrow just shook his head "Nope~" he teased while popping the 'P' "That's why other kids want to be trained by they normally start asking around the age of five, you are three, what's driving you?"
Onyx sighed, "That made sense. He should have known that someone who had been, will be? It doesn't matter, someone who had been a teacher would be able to tell if a student knew what was driving them, there were tells to this kind of thing after all" he thought as the pair continued walking.
[+1 WIS]
They continued there walk in silence as Onyx's thoughts returned to the six skills he wasn't supposed to have. He'd used a LOT of reinforcement spells in the past month but he still hadn't been able to gain a single level in it, in fact no matter what he did his proficiency skills would not increase and it was beginning appear as though there's a glitch in the system or that he hasn't met the prerequisites for them to increase. He sighed as his thoughts once again lead him to Shirou, the original possessor of the Unlimited Blade Works…
He had tried to emulate Shirou's methods of getting and using the UBW before but he realized that there was a drastic difference in their ideologies, a difference so large that the only value that Shirou could bring for him was the steps to using it and the first step, was an activation aria, perhaps that's why it hadn't increased? Until Shirou learnt his trigger of "Trace On" his skills never improved.
Qrow had noticed that Onyx frequently gets deeply lost in his thoughts. Sometimes he considers asking him what he's thinking about but ultimately decides against it. If he's going to be the boy's father he's gotta let the kid know he trusts him.
Turning his gaze from Onyx he notices where they are "Onyx," he said catching the boy's attention "We're here."
Looking forwards Onyx couldn't help but gape.
In front of them was a large city that looked to be straight out of a fantasy, which it was in a way, the lightly falling snow painting the world white. The buildings themselves were made of a blue material that after using "Observe" on it was revealed to be called malachite, a type of metal that is frequently used to strengthen other metals as opposed to just using it raw.
Looking to Qrow, he said "It's beautiful…"
He nodded, "Yep, that was my reaction the first time I saw it too," he said while giving Onyx a light shove, "now come on, James' probably ready to explode by now, he did want us to take a bullhead instead of a ship and a hike, hell he even paid for our tickets!"
Onyx stopped dead in his tracks. Smiling, perhaps a little too sweetly, he turned to his surrogate father "Dad… do you mean to tell me that we could have just flown here instead of hiking through a snowy forest for a month immediately after sailing a tiny little boat across an ocean, because you wanted to irritate someone?"
Qrow had never been as glad as that day that he'd chosen to dump everything that needs to be carried on someone else as he took off.
[Skill Unlocked- Intimidation: Lvl: Max]
Under the correct circumstances this skill will activate automatically and will quite effectively, terrify anyone on the receiving end of it. Cannot be activated on your own volition though you must be trying to intimidate the target.
Snickering to himself as he started sprinting after Qrow, he was planning all sorts of ways to terrify Qrow now.
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After catching up with Qrow he noticed the notifications in his FOV informing him that his agility had just increased by 5, his strength increased by 4 and his endurance had increased by 6.
After their impromptu game of "tag" Onyx dumped everything that he'd been carrying the whole time into Qrow's arms with a grin to which the older male had sighed and shifted it all into one arm. The two wanderers had, by the end of all this, actually managed to arrive at the Atlas Academy where James Ironwood was waiting for them.
James is a tall, broad shouldered man where a typical uniform for a general with dark blue eyes and black hair that was beginning to grey. For some reason he wore a single white glove on his right hand. All in all he was a fairly strong looking man… and he did NOT look pleased.
"Qrow," he began while walking forward "It's so nice of you to show up, it's not like you're 28 DAYS LATE OR ANYTHING!"
Recognizing that Qrow was probably about to say something stupid and make things worse, Onyx took a step forward and extended his hand "Hello Mr. Ironwood. My name is Onyx Shade it's a pleasure to meet you!" he introduced causing the general to smile.
[+1 INT]
[+2 CHA]
At that moment all three of them froze. Ironwood because a small child realized that Qrow was about to make a situation worse and stopped it, Qrow because he saw the general smile and Onyx because he just did something he assumed was impossible and acquired two points to charisma at the same time.
Ironwood was the first to recover with a cough "General James Ironwood, it's a pleasure to meet a young boy as well-mannered as yourself, especially when associated with this barbarian." He said while gesturing to Qrow.
Said man at least had the decency to look offended by this but just as he opened his mouth to respond Onyx cut him off again "I apologize for my father's lack of manners but I will say that he is not a barbarian. He might be reckless and impolite but he was still able to raise me, does that not say anything about him? A barbarian would have cast me aside so I'd like to request that you do NOT insult my father again. Surrogate or otherwise."
Onyx's words sent Ironwood reeling, this child that could be no older than three had just shown intelligence FAR beyond his years, and he was Qrow's son? Impossible.
Qrow on the other hand was just staring at Onyx. To defend your dad was hard, to defend your adoptive father was even harder, but when that adoptive father was Qrow, someone who even thought of themselves as irredeemable, and the person they were defending them from is James Ironwood it should have been impossible. Yet, his son, and to Qrow he was no longer his surrogate family but a genuine one, had just done that… and won… it almost brought a tear to the man's eye. So what if the kid was smarter than he should be, he's still his son.
"Ah dammit, I really do consider him my dad now don't I? Whatever, in this world, he pretty much has nobody, so I'll be there for him as much as I can." Onyx thought while awaiting some kind of response from one of the two older men.
Ironwood was still struggling to wrap his head around what happened but answered regardless "I, will do my best…" there was a couple seconds of pause before he continued "Now, Qrow, would you please come with me so we can begin our discussion?"
Qrow nodded before turning to Onyx "He kiddo, why not go explore for a bit? I know you have a great sense of direction so have fun, just meet me back here in two hours." He said while ruffling his hair which was now quite a bit longer than what it was a month prior.
Onyx nodded while mentally setting a waypoint on the mini-map "Okay dad, see you soon!" he said as he ran off while using his map to try and find the Schnee mansion.
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Surprisingly, it actually wasn't all that far away but when he arrived he saw something very interesting. In the courtyard in front of what might have well been the Schnee palace there was a nine year old girl swinging a wooden rapier around as though she was actually fighting.
The girl had snow white hair and ice blue eyes. Her long white coat billowing as she danced around with her sword in hand, striking the enemies of her mind's eye as she did so.
Onyx used "Observe" to see if he knew who this person was in cannon.
[Winter Schnee]
[Lvl: 4]
[WIS: ?]
[VIT: ?]
"Well it seems that I can get some information on people that are a higher level than me but it won't be complete until I level up my Observe skill… So that's what Winter looked like as a child eh?" While he was thinking Onyx didn't notice that Winter had seen him staring and began walking over to him.
It was only once she cleared her throat that he noticed she'd moved "Hello," she said "What are you doing around her? Are you lost?" she asked getting Onyx to question if this is in fact the same Winter as the one that he knew in the show.
"No, sorry. I was just looking around and I stumbled across you practicing… You're really good! But aren't you supposed to have an opponent?" he said while looking around as though he was trying to find said opponent.
"Oh a smart one?" she said before she curtsied "My apologies, where are my manners? My name is Winter Schnee, and yes I am supposed to have an opponent but nobody wants to duel with me."
Onyx quickly followed suit with a bow, earning him a point to charisma, "My name is Onyx Shade, it's a pleasure to meet you Winter." He introduced "If you want I could spar with you?"
Onyx's suggestion was met with a careless nod before she brought him to the courtyard to get him a practice sword like her own. Her thoughts were in a bit of disarray however "Why did I agree? He looks like a three year old! And I'm going to spar with him? He probably doesn't even have Aura!" she thought.
Onyx however was determined. This was the first time he'd be fighting after all. So as Winter took her stance on one end of the courtyard he subtly cast "Structural Analysis" on her and mimicked her stance perfectly "First hit?" he asked without breaking eye contact to which Winter nodded.
"On the count of three we'll go…" she said as she began counting downwards.
"3"
"2"
"1"
"Go!" and with that both combatants jumped forwards with Winter being absurdly faster than Onyx. As they clashed, the only reason that Onyx didn't get hit right then and there was because he had already analyzed the move and was continuously casting to ensure he wouldn't get hit.
The two clashed multiple times, glorified stick meeting glorified stick over and over until Onyx was confident that he'd learned all he could about Winter's style so he did something ridiculously stupid.
He used reinforce on himself without any practice.
The only reason Onyx's blood vessels didn't explode was because of his luck stat and his initial level fifty reinforcement and with his completely bullshit maneuver he actually started turning the match around.
Striking harder and harder, faster and faster, Onyx took the upper hand.
"What?!" Winter thought as she was being pushed back "He just got stronger! And his style… it's exactly the same as mine!" It was a chilling realization but she quickly got over it as she continued to block his strikes. She had noticed a faint turquoise glimmer on his arm but it disappeared so quickly she assumed it was just the light playing tricks on her.
They continued on like this for almost a minute before Onyx slipped up, literally, he slipped on a hunk of ice and because of it got struck ever so slightly on the arm but it did drop him by 1HP. So he put his hands up, ending the match.
It took another four seconds for his health to begin regenerating, something else he'd discovered during his time in the woods of Atlas was that HP didn't start regenerating until ten seconds had passed without taking damage. He assumed that Aura would do the same and that the reason Mana regen was constant was because he wasn't supposed to have it in the first place.
Looking up he saw Winter's hand outstretched to pull him up. As he took it he noticed how many notifications he'd just received.
[New Friend Added]
Winter Schnee
[+6 STR]
[+7 AGI]
[+8 DEX]
[+4 END]
[+2 VIT]
[+8 INT]
[+11 WIS]
[+9 LUK]
[+16 EXP]
[Lvl Up!]
[+20 Skill Points]
"That's… really good… it seems as though fighting is indeed the best way to gain experience…" Onyx thought before he looked at the time "Well Winter, this was a lot of fun, but I have to go now, my dad should be done his meeting with General Ironwood, by now so I'll see you again sometime if you decide to swing by Vale! Bye!" he shouted as he ran off down the road after giving her back her practice sword not noticing that when she placed it back into the bin she got it from, the handle cracked from where Onyx had held it.
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When Onyx arrived back at the academy he saw Qrow waiting for him, as soon as he reached his father he was quick to make it known that they were taking a bullhead this time.
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The return trip went off without a hitch as the two wanderers took the time to bond a little bit more. At one point Onyx told Qrow that he'd met Winter to which he muttered something along the lines of "Lucky bastard…"
All was good until they landed, that's when it all got shot to shit.
[Quest Updated]
"Save Summer Rose"
Objectives:
-Await the fateful day
-Find Summer
Rewards for Success:
-1000 EXP
-500 Lien
-Summer Rose as your weapon teacher
-Summer lives
-Fate Changes Drastically
Failure:
-Summer Dies
-Ruby's growth is reduced by 25%
It was time to save Summer… and Onyx wasn't ready…
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So there was a lot of statistical growth this chapter and for very good reason, next chapter begins the last couple chapters of the childhood arc, two more at age three and one at age 13.
Now I'd like to let everyone know that this Game System is fallible, It can and will have errors or be lacking information from time to time… and all because I wanted a reason to insert the UBW…
Also winning against Winter… she's nine, she hasn't even gone to combat school… Reinforcement his halfway to being completely mastered making its capabilities for self-use absurd. Not to mention a lot of the fight was won by luck (Much like all of his social interactions to date… There haven't been many Charisma checks yet because he bull shit his way through it with luck), until it failed him and he slipped on ice… R.I.P potential badass conclusion. Oh as for why Wisdom and Intelligence went up during that fight? Yeah whenever Onyx uses magic or eventually Aura, it will put EXP into WIS and when it regenerates after it increases INT, this is slower than studying or something but still efficient.
[Name]
Onyx Shade
[Species]
Human
[Title]
Good Luck Charm
[Perk]
Gentleman
[Level]
Lvl: 2
EXP to Next: 24
[Dependent Stats]
Health: 170/170
HP Regen: 34HP/s
Aura Capacity: [Locked]/340
AP Regen: 60AP/s
Mana Capacity: 1700/1700
MP Regen: 150MP/s
[Independent Stats]
STR: 35
END: 27
VIT: 17
DEX: 33
AGI: 35
INT: 30
WIS: 34
LUK: 39
CHA: 13
[Skill Points]
20