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RWBY Let's Play Haunting Ground

Summary: The shopkeep of 'From Dust Till Dawn', in appreciation of Ruby's efforts in thwarting the robbery, lets her select any game from his newly opened video game shop. She plays only the finest games but some games are too scary for her to finish alone... but little does she know she lives in the presence of a horror game master.

WARNING: This will contains spoilers for Haunting Ground.

Disclaimer: I don't own RWBY or Haunting Ground. Please do not sue me.


When Pyrrha Nikos arrived at her locker, she found a note pinned to the front door. It was a notice of challenge penned by inked brush. She knew this day was coming ever since Pyrrha accidently ate Yang's pudding cup. And thus, came their challenge to settle once and more for the pudding cup feud. Taking down the notice, Pyrrha found the message to be thus:

Pyrrha Nikos! I, Yang Xiao Long, hereby challenge you!

Ha. The Goddess of Victory does not run from any challenge. Taking the notice of challenge in hand and crushing it in her fist, Pyrrha shouted to the heavens with the passion equal to that in a young male comic book demographic: "Yang Xiao Long! Anywhere. Anytime. Whatever the challenge! I accept!"

And so, that is how Yang got Pyrrha to agree to the strip horror gaming.

"Wait, what?"

Yang gave a smile that gave no hint of sympathy. "We are going to be play this game that Cinder recommended. You know Cinder? Visiting student from Haven, kind of looks older than her age. Great rack? Well, we play. And each time one of us gets scared and jumps we have to take off a piece of clothing. Simple, right?" Yang crossed her arms and gave a nod.

Pyrrha set down her spear and shield. She was expecting something more… combative. A contest of strength and wills to be held in a grand arena with an audience cheering.

Not her own Team JNPR dorm room. With Jaune sitting by.

"D-Does Jaune r-really have to be here?" Pyrrha did not want to embarrass herself in front of him. This was a challenge in a sport not of her forte; Pyrrha desperately wanted to impress.

"He's the referee!" Yang cheered.

"I'm just the referee," Jaune sighed. "I kind of also ate Yang's pudding cup too… I mean seriously that strawberry banana pudding cups are… just wow! Anyways, I referee this and I don't have to pay her for them. You know how expensive those pudding cups are!? Imported ingredients and fruits picked only on a full moon! You know how long it takes to get a full moon when half of it is blown up?"

Pyrrha sighed.

Jaune explained the rules. First person to close their eyes or turn away from the screen have to strip. Simple enough. Turns will alternate based on time or voluntary concession. The contest lasts as long as the game or when one party admits defeat or both parties concede to a draw.

Pyrrha held the controller in hand. There will be no draws. Victory for the Goddess of Victory. Defeat for Yang Xiao Long! The famous arena fighter was dressed in her usual combat uniform, as was Yang. Taking a seat, Yang began loading up the game of the evening: Haunting Ground. The intro movie played.

Naturally the protagonist, Fiona, was stripped naked in a cage.

"Yang…"

"What?"

"Is there a certain reason why this game was chosen…"

"Whatever could you mean, Miss Nikos?"

"I mean she's nak-eep!" Pyrrha shrieked as a jump scare popped out at her. With an eerie mood, Pyrrha clutched her heart as the terrifying monstrosity that could barely be called a man limped away into the shadows. "Oh...Oh my… my heart…"

"Say ref, that's a classic jump right?" Yang nudged. Jaune agreed. Pyrrha scowled. The first point went to Yang as Pyrrha undid an arm bracelet.

"This will be the last", Pyrrha declared.

Slowly, Pyrrha advanced through the game facing stalkers and creepers and all manners of methodical jump scares. Slowly, Pyrrha had to strip article after article of clothing from herself.

A few minutes later, Pyrrha was huddled on the carpet in front of the television. She had refused to yield the controller to Yang and was down to her undergarments, a blanket donated by Jaune keeping her somewhat decent. Jaune himself was blindfolded. Yang was rolling the floor laughing.

Pyrrha Nikos will not allow herself to be undone by this game.

"Eeep!"

"Not doing so well are ya, Pyrrha?" Yang said with a confident smile. Pyrrha sighed. She removed another article, her second to last. Pyrrha felt her chest lighten. She was down to the cloth that covered her lower parts. "Seems one more scare and I win," Yang observed.

Pyrrha took in a deep breath. Yang had grown more and more tolerant of horror games through the week whereas Pyrrha resigned herself to covering her head with a pillow during Yang and Jaune's play sessions of various first person horror games.

It was a disadvantage, but it's not over until it's over.

"This is where my counter attack begins, Yang." Pyrrha readied herself. She watched a cutscene where Danielle, the maid, watched her character eat her meal. An awkward conversation carried by Danielle about being unable to feel pain or pleasure ensured… then came the gestures towards the womb… and the screaming and laughing and a shattered mirror…

Oh… oh… it's coming… it's coming…

"Eeeeeeeep!"

Pyrrha was crying. She was just too terrified to go on. Yang stood up in a grand victory poise as she tackled Pyrrha to the ground.

"Now it comes off, Pyrrha!"

A wrestling match ensued between the victorious Yang Xiao Long and a defeated Pyrrha Nikos who, after a short tussle, was left bare on the blanket. Yang held the pink bear stamped cloth trophy high into the air as a gesture of her triumph.

"Y-Yang," Pyrrha sobbed from the terror. "Y-You win."

Yang proceeded to dance and sing of her great glory. Jaune sighed.

"Is it over ye-" Jaune undid his blindfold, having forgotten the stipulations of the challenge and why he was wearing the blindfold in the first place.

Pyrrha looked at Jaune.

Jaune looked at Pyrrha. He continued looking at Pyrrha. All of Pyrrha.

Pyrrha threw a bed at Jaune. Yang rolled on the floor laughing at Jaune was knocked out due to having a mattress along with its frame being thrown to his head and Pyrrha flushed red from embarrassment.

The next day, the Goddess of Victory laid her head down at the breakfast table. She couldn't face Jaune, her very own team captain. It was simply impossible. When she saw Jaune approached, Pyrrha quickly left the table and disposed of her tray. She took a walk into the courtyard, not wanting any company.

But people have a habit of being bothered.

"Excuse me, Miss Nikos?"

"Huh? Oh… you're…"

"Cinder," the girl introduced herself. More of a woman. Her features were well developed and she looked much older than Pyrrha. With an air of maturity and seductive wisdom, the girl gave a low bow. "You seemed trouble. Care to talk about it?"

Pyrrha sighed. She did need to vent.

"Well you see…" And so Pyrrha explained her troubles. The bet with Yang. The strip horror game. The embarrassment by seeing by a boy-not to mention a boy she had a particular interest in… last night was the Goddess of Victory's most shameful display.

"It appears… beyond your defeat, you're more disappointed you lost. Especially showing that you're a scaredy cat in front of your lover."

"L-lover?"

"Isn't he the lover of the Goddess of Victory?" Cinder asked with a tilted head.

"No!"

"But you want him to be." Pyrrha twiddled her thumbs silently like a little girl's who deepest secret has been exposed. "I'll just take that for what it is… but anyways, the solution is simple, Miss Nikos."

"What is it?"

"Tell him the truth," Cinder said with a careless shrug. "A reputation's a thing that can be tossed away. Gained or stolen. No need to get frustrated. What good is a reputation if you have no friends? I doubt he would care. Especially if he is to be your lover."

Pyrrha nodded with a crimson tinge on her cheeks. "You're right… thank you," Pyrrha said with a bow and ran off.

Cinder watched the young girl run off. Ah, to be young and in love… Cinder wondered if she would ever know the taste of it. The red string of fate attached to her heart had not quite yet found its other end. But soon, she supposed. Soon.

Pyrrha ran into the Team JNPR dorms and found Jaune dozing off with a comic book as a blanket. It was far from a rare sight but still, Pyrrha leaned closer taking in his scent.

It was a strange habit, slowly becoming a ritual.

"Jaune," Pyrrha whispered with her breath inches away from his.

"Huh? What? Are we under attack? Oh hey, it's Pyrrha. What's up?" Jaune hastily wiped from drool from his mouth. "Oh and sorry about last night…"

"It's okay… but Jaune… I don't think I can handle scary games," Pyrrha admitted sadly.

Jaune shrugged. "You know we don't have to play scary games."

"W-we don't?" Pyrrha was surprised. She thought Jaune was only impressed by girls who could play the terrifying games of horror he often played with Team RWBY.

"Nah, they get boring after a while. Want to try some fighting games at the arcade in Downtown Vale? Then we can kick a can on our way back to the dorms," Jaune suggested.

"C-can it be an aluminum can?" Pyrrha requested softly. She wanted to win but more than that… she wanted to impress. Even if it meant using her semblance of polarity to be the best, she wanted Jaune to see nothing but. Jaune gave her a knowing smile with a ruffle on the head.

"Sure, then afterwards we can some dinner. Man, I want some fried chicken," Jaune suggested. "But you know, you don't have to win at everything. Take me for example, I'm bad at everything."

"No you're not…" Pyrrha sat down on the table. The SchneeStation 2 controller from the previous night still there. Stroking it gently, Pyrrha declared, "one day I'll beat Haunting Ground."

"Take it one day at a time," Jaune suggested. "Nobody gets good in a day."

"I recall telling you something similar when we first started training on the rooftops…"

"Did you?"

Pyrrha looked to the floor. "… probably not, but still. Would you mind keeping me company while I play it?"

"Of course. But first, let's play some arcade games and get some dinner!" Jaune stood up and went towards his closet. He was rummaging through his things to find his wallet. "It's a guy's job to pay right? Now where did I put that allowance my mom sent me… Oh! And after dinner we can get some ice cream. You like strawberry right? Man I'm a rocky road guy myself but… hey Pyrrha, you think I can have a taste? I got a coupon for ice cream somewhere in here… eggs too..."

Watching Jaune from a short distance across the room, Pyrrha couldn't help but smile.

"I'd like that," Pyrrha said softly with a blush, out of Jaune's earshot. "I'd like that a lot."


RWBY Let's Play Haunting Ground Fin

Author's Notes: Iono what I'm doing next… either SCP: Containment Breach or maybe Fatal Frame… or Siren… iono. I'm working on Rule of Rose but it's probably going to be a while before it's finished. I have quite the list and only so much time to write/watch Let's Plays/play these damned games again.

More strip horror gaming?

Also Halloween is coming up on October 31st. I was thinking of doing a special chapter where the cast could watch a scary movie (Ringu, the original Japanese version of the Ring, is the only good horror film that comes to mind). I thought it'd be a nice change of pace to have a Let's Watch movie night for a change on the special night of horror. Popcorn anyone?

Also at some point after I finish all these horror games (I kind of want to hold off on the sequels), I'll probably move onto a different genre. Maybe JRPGs? Zombie genre? Weiss plays Grand Theft Auto?

I love the Halloween by the way.