Hello there! My name is Lonessa, and if you're here, you probably know I am Quicksilver Trash and am PROUD OF IT!

My profile picture is of Rai Solane, the main protagonist in my novel Elemental Reactions. If you're interested, check out my website: vanessaleighrupertus dot com!

GoddessofRemnant and Cryocene are my adoptive siblings and we are partners in RWBY crack ship crime and you cannot stop us!!!! :D *insert heroic music*

Completed Fics:

Maybe Possibly Like You: RWBY - Real World AU where Ruby Rose and Mercury Black are stuck in an elevator together during a power outage. Other pairings are featured but not focused on.

The Weight of History: RWBY - Consists of two one shots revolving around Summer Rose and Cinder Fall respectively. Other characters are mentioned. Maybe one day I'll finally finish that third part...I'm finding my inspiration to do so has dried up.

A Surrogate Family: RWBY - AU one-shot connected to Wilted. Mercury spends his first Thanksgiving with Ruby and the gang. Emerald tags along and watches soap operas. Pure fluff fic.

Get it Right: XCOM - one-shot about a time travel idea I couldn't get out of my head. My Commander is named Natara Vaanstilion. I might use her in other fics because I am testing her character for a novel. Don't steal her please!

A Sacrifice to the Scorpion: RWBY - Ruby could feel his eyes on her. He could never be seen, but he's always there. She doesn't know if she can keep running, but she knows for sure one thing; she can't hide from the Goddess' Scorpion. Guess the pairing ;)

Once Knew: RWBY - a small little snippet 'what-if' scenario. It won't make sense if you don't know how Ruby and Mercury established a friendship that turned into a relationship in my multi-chapter fic Wilted. This story is in no way canon to Wilted's current storyline and I just wrote it to get back into writing.

Worse Than Any Pain: RWBY - Yang's thoughts when Ruby leaves for Mistral with JNR. Another small thing to get back into writing.

Walking Along Brimstone: RWBY - a character study of Emerald Sustrai, revolving around her life on the streets and how Cinder indoctrinated her to her cause. Just something I wrote in an odd spur of productivity at three in the morning... I need sleep.

Ongoing Fics:

1. Wilted: RWBY - Story revolving around the relationship between Ruby Rose and Mercury Black and how it affects the plot line of RWBY. Other relationships are hinted at but are not focused on. QuickSilver.

2. To Be Human (On Hold, Not Abandoned!): Red vs Blue - A mysterious girl arrives along with Caboose and seems to know everything about the Reds and Blues. She even has a sister that is on the other team! Not to mention she's friends with the half-woman, half-shark freelancer that shows up to assist them. Will be a TuckerxOC story, and possibly GrifxOC. Also contains WashxTex and a bit of YorkxOC.After the Blood Gulch Chronicles are completed, I will be going on a hiatus to map out the next seasons as well as create more backstory chapters.

3. Silent Saint (Now Ongoing!): Saint's Row - Follow my interpretation of the leader of the Saint's as she rises in the ranks before eventually taking the throne as top dog of the Saints. However, she does have one main issue that she has to work around all the time... This story will probably not receive as much love as Wilted and To Be Human, but I really love the SR games and want to put out this idea. Updates will happen whenever I have time to make a chapter and there will be hiatuses in between games.

4. To the Rose: RWBY - Just a place to put all my random poetry. All pieces revolve around RWBY and is told through the eyes of another character. So far I have completed poems with Tyrian, Roman, and Cinder voicing them. Will probably feature Quicksilver in some poems, since you all probably know that I am absolutely crazy over the MercxRuby ship. More will be added soon!

5. Cherry On Top: RWBY - Connected to Wilted, this revolves around the side pairing of the ever nonexistent pairing of Neo and Scarlet David! Nearly done the next chapter guys, just hold on!

-I have a few story ideas, and I honestly don't know which one to start with, so I'm just listing them all here for reference. Most are RWBY fics. SUE ME-

Fraudulent Mother: RWBY - This is a rather new idea, but I wish not to spoil. I will say that it involves the Quicksilver pairing and I wish to force myself to work with characters I openly despise from the show. AKA Cinder, so she's one of the main characters of this fic.

From the Ashes: RWBY - If I ever get around to it, this is the story revolving around my OC Phoenix and her relationship with her family and Mercury Black. It will start before the timeline of the show and then extend into it. Also I'm planning for Rosewick to be in this story. (And after my mind stops being stupid, I will try to make a darker story concerning Phoenix and Mercury. I am trying to get away from my comfort zone of fluff and happiness)

This is our Rapture: RWBY - An AU that isn't really a crossover. Roman Torchwick is unfortunate enough to stumble upon the city Beacon, an underwater world where the citizens are hooked onto a damaging substance called ADAM. He meets many colorful characters, including the mysterious Mercury Black, the leader of the rebellious Huntresses named Ruby Rose, and the dangerous daughter of Cinder Fall. This might take a long time to finish or even put up. Features QuickSilver, and Rosewick that is purely platonic. Also contains OC's, Arkos, Black Sun, and some Arctic Ocean. Can you tell what my main OTP is?

Original Character Profiles: RWBY

1. Name: Tyrian Slate -- appears in Wilted

Age: Not important

Height: six feet

Emblem: The three heads of Cerberus

Inspired by: Hades (king of the underworld in Greek mythology)

Weapon: Cerberus (you'll see what exactly it looks like soon)

Semblance: Body Phases (Can distort his body into a corporeal being momentarily or turn to solid rock)

Appearance: Dark purple hair slicked back, murky green eyes, dark skin, skeleton-like steel helmet that covers parts of skull and nose

2. Name: Lynae Erin -- appears in Wilted, full profile on RWBY FanFiction Amino

Age: not important

Height: 5'5''

Emblem: azure blue woman's silhouette with gold wings

Inspired by: Erinyes (the three Furies, Tisiphone, Alecto and Magaera)

Weapon: Megaera (electric gloves), along with Tisiphone (bolt action sniper) combined with Alecto (large glaive)

Semblance: Relive Pain (can cause people with scars to feel the same pain they felt at the time they recieved the wound)

Appearance: pale skin with electric blue eyes; black hair with dark blue dipped tips held in a ponytail

3. Name: Phoenix Morea Branwen ~ more information on RWBY amino (my username is Lonessa)

Age (as of RWBY Volume 1 Episode 1): 19

Height: Approx 5'6" (She falls just shy of Yang's height)

Emblem: Phoenix encased in flames

Inspired by: Vesta (Roman Goddess of the eternal flame) and the mythological bird Phoenix

Weapon: Molten Wing (circular levitating ring with white hot blades around outer edge) and Crimson Envy (large falchion blade that can split into dual shotguns with blade attachments)

Semblance: Well that's a secret

Appearance: Long black hair with ashen ends, red left eye and amber right eye. Eyes are shaped similarly to Cinder Fall's, and she wears sparkling gold eyeliner and dark red lipstick. She regularly wears her hair in a high bun with lilac mesh covering it, and bangs fall down the right side of her face.

4. Name: Rai Panther

Age: around 21-22 range

Height: Approx 5'6"

Emblem: Outlined panther's head and Fleur-De-Lis

Inspired by: Amaterasu (Japanese Goddess of the Sun), Rai Solane (Main character in Elemental Reactions ~ I regret nothing)

Weapon: Luna and Sol Chrysalis (Japanese fans with reinforced titanium and razor blade edges. One transforms into a revolver and the other a sickle like dagger)

Semblance: Connections (to be revealed)

Appearance: green left eye, gold right eye. Shoulder length ebony hair that is curled around the ends, and wears black fedora with a orange strip of cloth. Outfit is detailed in CH18 of Wilted, titled "Demons and Angels"

Oh right. A little about myself.

Name: Vanessa Leigh Rupertus. Pleasure to meet ya!

Nicknames: Vesta, Swan Queen (I don't understand why they call me this but they're my friends so I deal with it), Nessy, and of course Lonessa

Interests: Video Games, RWBY, Red vs Blue, anything artsy (painting and ceramics are my preferred mediums), Forensic Files (I'm obsessed really), and writing writing WRITING

Favorite RWBY character: Ruby Rose, Mercury Black, Roman Torchwick (I'm still crying), Yang Xiao Long, Qrow Branwen, Pyrrha Nikos (yup, I'm crying), Neopolitan oh gosh can I just say ALL OF THEM (Minus Cinder. But I swEAR TO GOD IF SHE'S DEAD AND MY GIRL RUBBLES DIDN'T GET A SHOWDOWN WITH HER IMMA SMASH SOMETHING). And okay but can we talk about Adam's character short he's such a well-developed character and I just aadsalffkejn I don't want to love him but holy cannolis he's my official problematic fav

Least Favorite RWBY character: Cinder Fall. Obviously I'm supposed to hate her, but she's so stupidly smug yet has had her ass handed to her multiple times and just won't learn. And her death? Pitiful. And she was killed by a different villain, so throughout that I fight I couldn't care less which one croaked, so. Also for some reason I got really annoyed when Neon Katt was introduced, but that may just be because she was messing with my girl Yang. Also, unpopular opinion? I think Illia's redemption arc was wayyy to rushed. I didn't know anything about her and didn't really care which side she was on, so it didn't have a big impact that it could have had. As of V4, not a big fan of Blake either.

Favorite RvB character: Either Tucker or Grif. They are both equally awesome, though I am leaning slightly toward Tucker more so than Grif

RWBY OTP: Well, my mind keeps screaming for QuickSilver to be a thing. I have no idea why. I used to bounce between Rosewick and QuickSilver but then the Rosewick ship was eaten by that damn Griffon. Arkos is also making me cry hardcore tears. Also, I really like Seadragon (YangXNeptune). I think Yang would be more compatible with him rather than Weiss. And in my own head-canon of Cinder possibly being good once, I do think Fallen Crow is okay.

RWBY Pairings I Cannot Stand: Cardin with anyone. Especially Velvet or Jaune, because really people, you are promoting abuse there. And Enabler... just no. I can understand White Rose and Bumbleby, but sister on sister is just not cool dude. BUT THE MOST DISTURBING OF ALL, FALLING PETALS. Cinder kind of wants to kill everyone in the world for the evil Grimm lady and Ruby is the most innocent thing that exists currently after Pyrrha turned Penny into quarters (I'm so sorry I hate myself for the pun not really) so I don't see that ship happening. Cinder would rather drain the freaky silver mojo right out of Ruby rather than seek her out for a cuddle session. Just sayin.

Fav Video Games: Mass Effect 2, Saint's Row series, Bioshock 1 & 2, XCOM, Dead Island, L4D2, All the Splinter Cell games, Outlast (scary as hell but I can't stop playing), Halo, Dead by Daylight (it shows a lot of promise despite being so early in development), there's probably more but that's all I can think of right now

Favorite Quotes: (I limited myself to only three quotes to one show at most but I don't know if I succeeded)

RWBY:

1. Nora: I don't need him to hurt... I just need him to GO DOWNN! (do not fuck with Nora my dudes)

2. Ruby: Uncle Qroooooowwww! *latches onto Qrow's arm* Oh it's so good to see you! Did you miss me, did you miss me?!

Qrow: *long pause before grinning* Nope. *ruffles Ruby's hair affectionately*

3. Roman: *makes mocking gestures behind Cinder's back as she scolds Emerald and Mercury before laughing awkwardly as Cinder turns to him*

Cinder: And you. Why wasn't this job done sooner?

Roman: Uhh... *gestures to dust crates on his right* Eh? *turns to dust on his left* Ehhh? *Makes grand gesture to all the dust crates stacked behind him* EHHHH?!

Red vs Blue:

1. Church: *listening to a prerecorded message and trying to leave a voicemail* There is no eleven you FUCKING WHORE!

Doc: Language!

2. Doc: *showing the Blues the difference in green light with his medical gadget* And this represents repressed anger from feelings of inadequacy! (Or something along those lines, can't quite remember)

Church: If that thing keeps talking bad about me I'm gonna fucking smash it.

3. Tucker: *In every situation ever* BOW CHIKA BOW WOW!

Everyone: SHUT UP TUCKER!

- Also that entire scene where Church is launched across Valhalla while screaming was just gold. I was dying in peels of laughter

Reoccurring themes that happen accidentally in my writing: My characters I create always end up either having at least one sibling or have friends that they consider siblings. I have no clue why this occurs, since I am an only child and therefore have no siblings, but my psychology side is telling me it is because I have secretly wished for a sibling and this is my way of compensating... Man, that got a little dark.

Now I have a lot of stuff ongoing (life, it's crazy man. Can't get away from it) so updates are probably going to be very sporadic. Like, seriously. Don't try to find a pattern because woo, learning the ropes of college, fun times. Though if I have a bulk of chapters available I'll post as often as possible.

Happy writing! :)

This is a small reading I wrote up during my stay at my first choice college. One of my fellow FanFiction writers (I won't name them just in case they wish not to be named) mentioned something while messaging me and it really struck me. So this is for her. You know who you are ;)

Title: Ask Me

Dear Bully,

I am a Geek.

Now, what did you just picture in your mind? Be honest, what did you immediately think I looked like? Do you see a girl with oily hair and a pleated skirt hiked to just above my belly button, a wrinkled blouse with grease stains from my lunch wiped on it? Do you see a face with so many freckles and red, angry blemishes that you cannot see the color of my skin? Tell me, why do you see what you see? Why did you immediately think this?

But the more important question is one that I will never ask, and you will never answer. Why am I a Geek to you?

Because you think of a Geek in a bad way, stereotypical way. Your connotation of Geek is negative. You think of an awkward girl with no social skills and a slight lisp. You think of a loser.

That is not what a Geek is. A Geek is passionate, passionate about something worth investing time in. I will tell you why I am a Geek.

Because I am an artist. I scratch pencil marks on a page to create a masterpiece. I create portraits, landscapes, and abstract pieces of art out of any materials I can get my hands on. Because I am a sculptor. I wedge messy versa clay and mold it into coil pots, plates, and cute little pinch pot animals. One I'm most proud of is a bird I named Josie, after my mother's amazon parrot. Because I am a writer. I think of grand stories and scrawl them down until my hand cramps. I spew my thoughts out in an unending typhoon and throw my finished pieces out into the world like pebbles into the river, watching the pebble skip along the surface before sinking and settling in the depths of the blue water.

I am a Geek because I have passions. And believe it or not, dear Bully, you are a Geek as well.

I know you will brush off this statement. You will call me a fool, and you will walk away with rigid shoulders and an air of superiority around you that masks the seeds of doubt in your mind. You will continue calling me a Geek, because you are afraid that if you don't, you will realize something that you wish to keep hidden even to yourself.

So I will go through life with my passions, I will thrive in them as I soar as high as Icarus did, and I will not be burned by the sun. I will leave you squinting up at my golden carriage on the ground, denying vehemently what I already know to be true, and I will hone the skills needed for my passions until I am at peace. I will exit into the world with a smile, presenting my work with a proud flourish. I will shine.

And that leaves you, still stuck to the ground, your own carriage destroyed due to your denial. You see, you were a Geek, dear Bully. You had a passion. You had a pathway to success. But you chose to force yourself to be something you weren't, pushed yourself away from your passion, until you had nothing. I am no longer here with you, dear Bully. We could have been Geeks together. We could have pursued our passions, explained to each other our talents. But you chose not to.

I am a Geek. I have made my spot in the world.

But dear Bully, what spot in the world is yours?