Ruby Rose was confused. One minute she was helping Weiss carry a metal briefcase covered in yellow safety tape that was full of Dust back to their room. Weiss was saying how important the crate was. Supposedly it was full of experimental dust that was still in testing. Weiss wanted to see for herself what the Dust could do and she was blabbering on and on about how if she wanted to be the next one to run the SDC, she should make a connection with her employees and personally test each product in development to know it's quality and whether it was fit for mass production. Ruby then remembered Nora suddenly coming out of nowhere yelling about how it's Pancake Day in the cafeteria. Nora then crashed into her causing her to fall and the metal briefcase full of Dust was destroyed in the impact (Nora was really strong and tough), the contents then fell on top her head and all she could see was white. When she came to, Ruby realized that where ever she is, it was not Beacon.

She was in the middle of the woods but it didn't look like the woods that were near Beacon and it didn't look like the Emerald Forest plus it didn't help that her head hurt and that she probably has shards of glass stuck in her scalp from the dust vials.

"Weiss, Nora, where are you guyssss ?"

Suddenly she was suddenly startled when she heard something rustling .

"Guys, this isn't funny. You guys can come out now. "

Suddenly something bursts forth out of a nearby bush and Ruby startled, took out Crescent Rose and started to swing erratically and fired off a few rounds of fire dust. Only for her to realize it was just an ordinary guy.

"Holy shit, Tommy. You alright ?"

"Earl, let's get the fuck out of here !"

"No arguments here !"

"Run away !"

Ruby wanted to facepalm herself. She nearly killed someone ! She was Ruby Rose, Huntress in Training not Ruby Rose the girl who nearly killed someone. But more importantly, she needed to get help. She wasn't going to lie, the place scared her and she felt kind of woozy.

"Why is the world spinning ? Is this whattt people feel when they passss –"

And with that Ruby was out cold. Her mind couldn't handle all of it and her mind just shut down like an overheating computer plus the head trauma from the several vials of Dust falling on top of her head didn't help.

Jaune was exhausted, he had been driving for hours and hours only stopping to take a break. The RV was running low on gas but luckily, a gas station was nearby.

"A quick stop and a nap and then we're good to go. What do you think Ziggy ?"

Ziggy didn't respond or more accurately he couldn't respond. Ziggy was his pet bearded dragon that kept him sane, and going. Ziggy also gave Jaune's absurd life some semblance of normality. His sister gave him Ziggy during his 15th birthday. It was the same birthday where he discovered the world beyond and met Troy, his mentor and guide into a world that was filled with absurdity and things that don't make a lick of sense.

He loved every minute of it. Jaune's life was pretty boring to be honest. Being a kid from a small town, there wasn't anything he could really do. He didn't even have a smartphone until Troy gave him one ! The only things that a person could do in their small town was gossip, go to church, and attend community events. But those were all uninteresting, somewhat boring, and super duper lame respectively. But the town was surprisingly progressive, when his sister came out and revealed that she was dating Terra, a girl from her school who also came out. The town was surprisingly supportive. His sister now works as a lawyer while Terra, now her wife works as scientist, a surprisingly famous one too. They even have a kid now, his nephew Adrian. Adrian's birth made national headlines because the way he was conceived was like something out of a science fiction novel.

Terra somehow found a way to fuse two egg cells together. There was a surprising amount of upsides to the procedure. It boosts the immune system and lowers the risk of miscarriage in women. When Adrian was born, he was dubbed the baby of the future which in Jaune's opinion is a stupid title. He also chuckled when his sister revealed to him that she was going to name her kid Adrian. Why did he chuckle, well it's probably because his sister's favourite movie was Rocky. It didn't help when his sister revealed she used to have a crush on the female lead in the film, who also named Adrian.

But enough reminiscing, he had a job to do and he needed to get some rest. Pulling over to a self service gas station. He filled up on gas and went inside to the store to pay and to also pick up some snacks for the road.

"How much ?"

"Gas is 75 and the snacks are 25."

Jaune handed the man a 100 dollar bill but before he left he overheard something that caught his interest.

"Hey, did your hear about what happened to Tommy and Earl ?"

"No, the hell happened to those idiots ?"

"Apparently those two dumbasses decided that it was a good idea to go late night hunting again."

"Didn't the sheriff already told them knock it off ?"

"Yup, when they scared a bunch of teens partying in the woods. I think they almost got sued too but the sheriff talked to the kids and asked them to give them a second chance."

"So it happened again ?"

"Yup but the kid was armed, nearly took Tommy's head off with that big ass scythe of hers and nearly burnt the forest down too when she fired her gun."

"Wait, how the hell was that possible ?"

"I know some details but I don't if they're right or not. So apparently she was using fire bullets or incendiary bullets or whatever they call it. But get this, the weapon she was using was real high tech, the scythe she was using was also a fucking sniper rifle."

"Whoa, you think she's connected to that weird ass cult that suddenly moved in a couple days back."

"I think she is, but sheriff says it's just a rumour but they haven't ruled it out yet."

"So is she a member or something ?"

"Probably one of their victims, when they found her, she was unconscious and bleeding. Turns out someone smashed her head in with a bottle or something. They found shards of glass stuck in her scalp. Poor girl."

"Damn, the poor girl must have thought Earl and Tommy were going bring her back to those psychos and eat her or something."

"Yeah you might be right. Luckily she's going to be fine and fire was out by the time they got there and the damage wasn't serious."

"Where's the girl now ?"

"She's in the county hospital, still unconscious though. Doc says she might wake up tomorrow."

"Does she have anyone guarding her ? With those psychos still on the loose she might be in danger."

" I don't know but it's safe to assume that there is one. But you know what's the weirdest thing. She apparently has silver eyes."

"So she's blind ?"

"No, the Doc says she can see and that her eyes other than their unusual colour are basically normal but I haven't heard of anybody that has silver eyes. Those pieces of shit might have done something to her."

"Like human experiments and stuff like that ?"

Jaune then continued to listen but the conversation turned to talk about conspiracy theories and other stuff. The girl fit the description that Troy gave him and she had a giant scythe and it all added up, if she wasn't the girl that he was tasked with finding, he didn't know who else in this town that had fit her description. Silver eyes are pretty unusual but in Jaune's world it was pretty common to see people with unusual eye colours. The conversation eventually stopped and the two men that had initiated it had left.

Jaune did catch something pretty interesting though. This cult that moved into this quaint little desert town worshipped a goddess.

A goddess named Salem, which kind of reminded him of the Salem Witch Trials. Maybe this goddess of theirs is a witch that had survived and is seeking revenge or something. He has to consult the Codex and the Grimoires and maybe they have something on this Salem person.

So Jaune has a few things to do tomorrow. First, find and question the girl. Second, consult the codex and the grimoires about this Salem lady. And last but not least, update his new blog. Or maybe update it now since it's still 8 pm. He has a few hours before needing some shut eye. Jaune entered his RV and fed Ziggy and gave him some water. He then opened his laptop and to his utter shock, someone followed his blog ! More than one actually, around 6 people were following his blog. Jaune then started to make a new entry.

January 13th

Oh wow. It turns some guy talking about his absurd job on the internet has interested some people. First of all, I want to thank you guys for following this blog and reading it. Please if you have any complaints or criticisms (such as how I can make my blog better and readable and etc.), please let me know. With that said, I want to address something that I forgot to mention in the previous post. No, I wasn't hunting the Moth Man, I was just there to document him, his habitat, his lifestyle and eating habits, and to tag him with a tracker in order to study his movements and patterns. You know basic cryptozoology stuff. Also this stuff isn't really public knowledge and I shouldn't really talk about this stuff since as my mentor Troy had said "A person is smart. People are dumb, panicky dangerous animals" and I'd have to agree with him on that. Some of these guys just want to live their lives and not bother people. If people find out about them, just think of the carnage. Some of these guys could be tied up, sold off, hunted, and killed either out of fear or because out twisted sense of entertainment.

You guys know Bigfoot. He was so nice and his fur was so fuzzy and soft. He can't even go out of his cave home because he got caught exploring and dicking around on a construction site. The most popular evidence of his existence (the video, you guys know which video) was because he was trying to find food and go fish (Yes, Bigfoot likes to fish. Don't judge him guys, Bigfoot's allowed to have hobbies). And then the hunts started. He almost got shot, almost got caught in net traps, and almost killed. The ones that he hated the most were the tabloid journalists that report him a mindless beast. He once got so frustrated that he screamed out all his frustrations and then got caught by a lady nearby. Then those Finding Bigfoot Guys (fucking hate those guys to be honest) came in and started combing through the entire forest. The poor thing couldn't go out of his home to forage and hunt for food. Luckily I managed to find his cave. But fuck, when I got there he was nothing but skin and bones and couldn't communicate with me. I gave him some candy bars that I had brought just in case because I had gut feeling that this would happen. Luckily, he pulled through and is doing just fine. The surrounding forest near his cave is now closed off so he could hunt and forage for food. If people managed to sneak in, don't worry he's good at hiding. An expert now, I mean if you played hide and seek with him, he would win (no contest). But the rumours are true, Bigfoot stinks like a wet dog. (Sorry Big Guy).

But enough rambling for the time being, so how am I being allowed to post this. Well us "exterminators" are employed by a collective of like-minded individuals that want protect these creatures from humanity and protect humanity from the creatures that are hostile. We usually put these hostile creatures to sleep and contain them in man-made biomes but if we're forced to, we are allowed to kill. So this collective which is called the MSIU short for Magical Scientific Investigative Unit, develop a lot of stuff such a perception filter which can be attached to and used on files and stuff on your computer. I'll try to explain it next time but basically, each and anyone of you that reads this just assumes this is just a fictional story like an ARG and stuff like that. You'll also just assume I'm trying to make this story/blog self aware when I reveal stuff like the perception filter and stuff which I'm not doing or trying to do but you'll still just think of this blog as a guy trying to do a fictional story disguised as a blog.

So I have to go to sleep since I have big day tomorrow. See you guys tomorrow. Be safe and don't let the bed bugs bite.

Author's Note: I want to thank those that had read and gave this story a shot. Huge thank you from the bottom of my heart to the people who followed and favourited this story. If you guys have any criticisms or suggestions such as cryptids and other odd events, please PM me or leave them in the reviews. Also I hope you guys like this newer format. The blog part won't always be in the end. It could be in the middle or the start, who knows ! Again, thank you for reading.

Edit: Fixed up a bunch of stuff !

Edit 2: Figured out how to do a line break ! (Is that what they call it ?)