Here's the new chapter! Enjoy! I'll answer comments next chapter! Also a big thanks to Shinkuu Ryuuga for beta reading it for me.
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Blake, Coco, Velvet, Kali, Summer, Terra, and Neo were all happily waiting for Ninjas of Love to start only for the screen to stutter.
"Uh, what's wrong with that thing?" Neo pointed as she drank her Neopolitan shake.
"I'm afraid to ask if that's some sort of cannibalism," Terra told the tiny girl.
"Eh, but back to my question, what's up?" The Curator appeared and hummed.
"It seems that this world has come to a stutter," he replied. "As in the world doesn't know how to go on."
"So…that world is having writer's block?" Summer snickered.
"Yes. So let us put something else for a moment." This caused the women to moan in complaint. "I hope you guys like Game Night," the Curator replied.
The screen lights up with Jaune sitting behind a screen and smiling at the camera. "Hello everybody, and welcome to today's Game Night! Where a bunch of us nerdy hunters-in-training play tabletop games," Jaune greeted the people. The camera pans out to show the people around the table cheering. Sitting around was Sun, Ren, Flynt Coal of Team FNKI and Yatsuhashi Daichi from Team CFVY.
"Hey, the big guy is joining them!" Coco grinned.
"That's good to know, he has more guy friends now," Velvet smiled.
"Who's Flynt Coal?" Kali asked. They have never seen him before. All the women shrugged since they too didn't know who he was.
"A person from Atlas Academy, he becomes friends with Jaune in this world and yours," the Curator replied.
"As I'm sure you're all wondering, why are we here? Well, someone had donated a lot to the team's Sponseur account asking for the return of me."
"I wonder who did that?" Terra asked, honestly confused as to who would give money just to see Jaune.
"And as you can see, I had decided to bring in some other people. Some who are also O&O nerds much like myself."
A few of the women grinned at the thought that someone who looks cool as Flynt was a nerd.
"So for today, I am going to run a level 20 one-shot for these guys, since they are almost all experienced enough. This is Ren's first time."
"Ah, an O&O virgin, I remember when I was one of those," Kali nodded.
"Me too," Summer agreed. "What were you?"
"A bard," Kali grinned. "My husband didn't like the fact I dressed sexily for our game nights too."
"And why is that mom?" Blake wondered.
"Because the other players would look at me too often," Kali explained to her daughter. "How about you Summer, what were you?"
"I was proudly a warlock!" she replied. "Shooting people with my eldritch blast!" They grin at each other. "We should play sometime. Tai can DM for us."
"Of course!" The two moms high-five.
"I hope you guys enjoy it."
So Jaune begins his tale about how their group had all gathered at an inn within the land known as the Summer Kingdom. They were called by someone who needed help for a little job and knew that these were the best ones for the job.
"Summer kingdom?" Velvet asked.
"Jaune was too busy figuring out the plot, that he forgot to name things well," the Curator replied. That made Terra laugh.
"Yeah, brother-in-law would do that," she laughed.
"So, guys why don't you introduce yourselves," Jaune grinned.
The camera pans to Sun first who was smiling. "You see a female panther tabaxi with black fur walking up to the bar," he started to say. "She's dressed in black leather armor, with a hooded black cape. On her side was a shortsword, and around her waist was a belt with numerous pouches."
"He chose to make a cat person," Kali said.
"Did he just make me?" Blake asked incredulously.
"You are dating him in our world," Neo pointed out. "There it's still probably only a crush."
"What's her name?" Jaune chuckled.
"I'm only known by alias, Nightshade." Sun put his arm over his face, trying to hide, making the boys laugh.
"Wow, he did some research," Kali grinned at her daughter. "Nightshade is another way to say, Belladonna." The younger Faunus blushed at that.
In the JNPR room, currently being used for girls night since the boys were out, Blake dropped her jaw. Yang grinned. "Seems like we know who she's based on."
"Shut it you," Blake glared and her face heated up.
"Ah! She has the same cute reaction as you!"
"MOM!" The women all laughed at the reaction.
The camera went back to the people and it showed Flynt sitting there. "Hey there, this is the first time you guys are meeting me. At least in this capacity. Name's Flynt Coal and today I am…" He paused to get into character. He tossed a bit of his hair behind him and put on a haughty look. "I walk over to the bar as well. I'm a female aasamir dressed in some leather armor as well over my dress. Most of it is white. To my side is a rapier and there is a bag slung over my shoulder."
"Aasamir?" Velvet asked looking to the two people who seemed to know the most about O&O.
"Aasamir is the child of humanoid and what accounts to an angel," Summer explained.
"Really?" Jaune said surprised. "I did not expect that. What's your name?"
"Lady Frostsky," Flynt replied with an attitude getting a few snickers from those around him.
The Curator suddenly choked and laughed. The women all turned to him. "Sorry. She's an aasamir named Frostsky...she's a snow angel."
That had Blake giggling. "That's what Jaune lovingly calls Weiss to her annoyance." Now that made both Terra and Neo laugh as well.
"Do you know him?" Ruby asked her partner since his character was based on her.
"No, I don't think so," Weiss murmured. She was sure she would have remembered someone like Flynt.
"I wonder why he chose to play as her though," Coco hummed. "Maybe they know each other in this world?"
The next one to talk was Yatsuhashi. "You see a tiny halfling girl walking up. This one was wearing some chainmail as she approached, a large pack over her tiny shoulders. The thing that stuck out the most was the longbow on her back, as well as her red-tipped hair."
"HA!" Summer snorted before she laughed. "Oh, Ruby is not going to like that. She doesn't say it often but she does want to be taller. Making her a halfling? That would be terrible."
Now that got a lot of looks from the room. That made him blush. "What?"
"Nothing, I just thought...huh…" Jaune muttered. "So little girl, what's your name?"
"Garnet Lily." Jaune gave him a deadpan stare.
"It is my baby girl!" Summer clapped. Kali raised her hand and they high fived again. "I wish Raven was more like you. We would have hung out more."
"Rather on the nose aren't you."
Ruby looked confused, as did Coco and Velvet who were in their room watching with Fox. "Wait...why did he choose to play that Rose girl?" Coco asked.
"I think the theme they chose is Team RWBY," Velvet told her best friend's other.
"By why them though?" Coco wondered aloud. They could have played as another team! Like their own!
"I don't know," Velvet shrugged. "They've only met, like, once or twice." They looked towards the other boy who shrugged.
Lastly, Ren was the last to go. "You see this tall human woman walk in with long black hair. She has no armor on and had just a tiny satchel on her with a greatsword." That made Jaune blink trying to think of where this was going before he looked down at the character sheet and choked.
"Now that was certainly a reaction," Terra said. "I wonder why he did that?"
"Ren...you serious?" Jaune said with fear in his eyes.
"Yes. I am." The stoic boy looked at his leader and the two had a silent but quick conversation.
"I'll try to defend you as much as I can then afterward." Now that had everyone interested. "What is your name?"
"Sunny Drake." Once more Jaune groaned and rubbed his forehead. The mic had caught him whispering.
"Nora is going to flip…."
"Wonder what's making the dork knight sweat?" Neo asked.
"Again seems like they are playing as team RWBY. Nora may just be angry that he's not playing as her," Terra replied.
"But Ren doesn't look like Yang," Kali said.
"Maybe it has to do with subclass," Summer told her. The Faunus mother blinked and facepalmed.
"Right."
"What does he mean?" Nora asked as she munched on chips.
Pyrrha shrugged. "I'm not sure. But it seems like Jaune does. I wonder why he seems so nervous." She turned to the screen wondering what will happen.
After their intro and getting to know one another, the gang meets up with the person that had called them. They were asking for a simple task, to go save his daughter who went missing at the abandoned castle up the mountain a day's walk away. She was there for some help to renovate the entire thing with the people of the city.
It sounded simple enough.
"It does, but for a level 20 one shot?" Summer said confused. "It sounds too simple."
"Why?" Neo asked the experts.
"That is usually a level 1 adventure," Kali said frowning. As a player, she was trying to figure out what idea this Jaune boy had as a DM.
"From what my wife told me and the few games she sat in on with her version of Jaune, he has crazy ideas," Terra informed them.
They all had walked to the castle, and began investigating the place.
-Teacher's lounge-
"I have to say, his storytelling isn't that bad," Ozpin said as he was watching with some of the other professors. "He can set the scene rather well."
"He's almost as good as me!" Port grinned and laughed.
Everyone who sat in on Professor's Port lesson groaned in pain. From what they've heard so far, and how Jaune was speaking about the adventure, he was leagues above the portly professor.
This got dubious looks from his fellow professors.
"He seems to have put more effort into this evening than most of his schoolwork," Glynda said. Especially, when he produced a 3D map for them to play on. A shame it went to games.
-Show-
"When the heck did you find time to do this?" Sun asked, marveling at the room that looked like the dungeon he described. "Are those light-up torches!?" Jaune chuckled and clapped his hands, and the torches went off. He clapped them again to turn them on.
"Okay, so far he's a more dedicated DM than Tai," Summer said.
"More effort than Ghira too," Kali commented. "Maybe have him as our DM?"
"Where did you find these things?" Ren asked also looking at the display.
"And you even have music ready," Flynt whistled.
"How are you able to put this together in such a short amount of time?" Yatsu asked as he looked at their figurines that Jaune had painted.
"This isn't my first rodeo. I've played as a DM for my family! Who do you think asked for me to play for you guys?" Jaune replied.
"So he probably just asked his family to send his stuff over to him," Neo nodded. "Shortcuts for the win!"
-Argus-
"Damn straight!" Saphron shouted. "You will feel my pain!" The elder sister was laughing maniacally as she stared at the screen as the fight was starting. Terra and Adrian shifted a little away from their significant other and mother.
"I've never seen her like that before, even when she spoke about it," Terra explained. "I think it's because she's never expressed this much fervor for the game prior."
"Uhh...are you okay?" Terra asked Saphron.
"Never better," Saphron cackled. Terra fixed her glasses.
"Does this have anything to do with why we are watching this?" Saphron's eyes were glued to the scene as Jaune flooded the room with dozens of demons from somewhere in the prison. Making her laugh even more.
"Your wife is a bit crazy," Neo giggled.
"I guess there's some trauma in that world involving this game," Terra blushed. The two who played a lot nodded their head.
"She probably lost a character she liked," Kali said. Summer put a hand to her heart. "Always a tragedy."
"Nightshade!" Flynt glared at Sun who looked sheepish. "What did you do?"
"Look, there was a treasure chest in there, and I wanted some loot!" Sun tried to defend himself.
Summer and Kali, even Blake, shook their heads. Such an amateur move.
"Did you at least decide to check the area first?" Ren said in fear as four minor demons appeared on the map, in total six were on the field entirely.
"Uh...No?" Sun said sheepishly. The entire table looked at him and then Jaune, who was grinning. Ren saw it and pointed.
"Wait, I know that grin. That's the grin you have when things are going your way! Did...Did you plan that?" Ren asked his leader. Jaune nodded his head.
"No duh. Even as a character, Sun's kleptomania shines through so well." Jaune explained.
"Genius," Coco smiled. "Using a person's weakness against them. A good leader."
"Very much so," Summer agreed with her fellow team leader.
"That's something Roman needs to learn," Neo said to herself.
"Now...roll for initiative."
"Initiative?" Velvet asked.
"Battle. They want to see who went in order."
The order for their side was Sun first, then Yatsuhashi, Flynt and then Ren. Sun showed off his skills as an assassin, using other people as a distraction to get large amounts of damage.
"Hey, that's what you do in real life, Blake!" Ruby pointed at as the monkey Faunus emulating.
"Please," Weiss said. "As much as I respect Blake, if she was willing to use us as a distraction I would very much be angry at her."
"But extra damage!"
"Sneak attack!" Summer yelled agreeing with her alternate universe daughter.
"And I'm sure that Blake would be able to clean up faster with sneak attacks. Right, daughter?" Kali turned to her daughter, who was still confused that her mom was like this.
"Sure."
On Yatsuhashi's turn, he proceeded to use his attack to snipe the demons from afar with his bow, while using his magic to also blast those with an area of effect spells.
"Ooh! I wonder if I can do that? Maybe spread shot bullets? Make a railgun to make electric bullets!?" Ruby murmured.
"Of course she'd be getting ideas about that from a board game," Blake shook her head but a fond smile was there due to her leader's so happy mind.
"Ruby stop talking like that, you're making me worried," Yang said. "It's just a game."
"But ideas!"
Before Flynt could take his turn, the demons moved. Using their abilities, they piled on damage onto the players, using teamwork and some magic to disrupt the flow of the fight.
To the point that Jaune seemed able to predict what the players were going to do and counter them easily.
"Now that is a good mind on his shoulders," Summer mumbled. "Seeing the battlefield and adapting to the flow of the battle."
-Teacher's Lounge-
"I have to say, that boy has better battle awareness when he has people to command," James said from his spot with Ozpin and his group. "From what I can see he's planned well enough to put pressure on the team."
"Even two headmasters agree," Neo blinked. "Okay, so this Jaune is a person to watch out for."
"He was chosen as a leader for a reason," Ozpin smiled. To see that Jaune Arc was using his mind for combat in some sort scenario was good. Even if it was a board game like this.
-Game Show-
"Who needs healing?" Flynt shouted. Sun and Yatsuhashi raised their hands since they took a lot of damage. The musician cleared his throat before he started to sing, to cast his healing magic.
"Wow, he has a good voice," Neo blushed. Coco and Velvet did too.
Ren looked around the map and frowned. "Okay, I got this. I go into a rage! And when I'm angry my hair glows yellow and I do fire damage to those around me!"
"Wait...he's me!?" Yang shouted as Ren began fighting several monsters with a heavy weapon and smashing them.
"SEE HE WAS YANG!" Summer cheered!
"Seems like they chose team RWBY as their template," Pyrrha snickered. Meanwhile, Nora was pouting.
"Why didn't Renny choose to play as me!?" she whined.
"I now know why Jaune was worried. Nora is going to badger Ren for that," Blake stated.
"They chose to play like the best team obviously," Ruby grinned. That caused Nora to pout even more.
"Poor Nora," Velvet said, ear drooping a little. It was such a sad sight to see an energetic girl be so depressed.
At the end of the battle, the fictional team RWBY managed to get out of the fight tired but nowhere close to death. Having a healer (Yatsuhashi) and a support character (Flynt), made it easier to survive the battle. After taking an hour to lick their wounds, they kept going through the castle and yet they found nothing. No sign of the missing person at all, or signs that there were people there. So they take whatever loot they've found and leave the castle.
"Good on them, but why did it seem too easy?" Kali asked, trying to figure out what happened. Summer was in the same boat. Those who did not know much about O&O didn't understand what happened.
As they were leaving, Jaune chuckled. That got the group to stare at him. "What's with the laugh?" Sun asked, eyes narrowing suspiciously.
"He is up to something," Summer said.
"Nothing, nothing," Jaune said as he switched the music track.
As it played, Flynt shifted in his seat and frowned. "Do you guys hear that?" he asked. Even those watching on their screens had noticed that the song was weird.
Everyone in the theater, even those who were watching this world in various other rooms, suddenly felt uneasy. The background music made them all tense. Ilia even left the library after a few minutes of feeling scared.
"I don't know what you mean by that Flynt Coal," Jaune replied. "You guys managed to beat the monsters fast. You guys head back hoping to relay news."
The story continued but something had shifted. What had originally started as a fun lighthearted game switched the moment they got out of the castle and Jaune switched up the music.
-Hideout-
"Damn," Roman said in his hideout as he shivered. "I know we were watching because that kid was fun last time but this is making me feel weird."
Neo nodded her head, trying to find out what exactly was wrong with the stream. The music had something to do with it!
"I wonder what is happening," Neo agreed with her other-self.
All around, those listening felt off, that they were in a constant state of dread. The only one who didn't was Salem, who was reveling in it. The dark emotions raising all around Remnant, no matter little, was great. She was also enjoying how Jaune kept saying something weird.
"So...the big evil woman has a nightmare fetish?" Terra blanched. That was an odd thing to hear.
"Guys," Ren said warily as he rolled his dice in his hand. They had been attacked during their trek back, and it was so weird. "Weren't those orcs odd to you?"
"You mean other than the fact they turned to mud when they died!" Flynt said. He was shaking his leg the entire time. "And would you stop smiling!"
"Okay, am I the only one feeling more scared now?" Velvet asked as they looked at the smiling Jaune.
"I did stop smiling but you weren't looking," Jaune replied and the music got slower even eerier. "But hey you guys managed to survive right?"
"AHH! STOP THAT!" Flynt said. "I don't know what's wrong with you but the way you are speaking is freaking weird man!" Off to the side, Scarlet was nodding his head furiously as were Sage and Neptune.
"It is! I just noticed something is wrong with his way of talking!" Coco yelled, the chill in the air making her freaked out. "What is wrong with him!?"
The moment Flynt said that Jaune turned to his face completely stoic, and a smile inched its way from his mouth. The people on camera all shuddered, while others were laughing in fear. Ren used his semblance to not be freaked out. Sun had lifted his shirt to hide behind and peak. Yatsu had scooted his chair away. And Flynt was caught in the crossfire.
"AHH!" Velvet shouted in fear. "He's being too weird!
"NOPE!" Ruby said pulling her cloak over her head. "NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE!"
"I never thought I would be afraid of Arc, but now I am," Weiss shudders.
"Was he always doing that?" Blake utters from beneath her covers. She watched Jaune turn back to everyone, the smile going back to normal as he kept describing their trek back to the village.
"Doing what?" Yang said hiding behind a pillow. This vomit boy was not something she liked seeing.
The people who were watching themselves were mimicking their counterparts, scared of Jaune.
"It's been subtle, but every time he speaks either in character or as a DM, he's been tilting his head from side to side ever so slightly." The moment Blake said that all the girls noticed as Jaune described them walking into town, she was right. Every other word he moves his head in a manner akin to a metronome. Added to the eerie music, it sent chills down the girls' spines.
"THAT IS CREEPY!" Velvet shouted.
"As you walk back into town, it feels odd," Jaune said as if everything else was fine. The boys around the table were listening carefully, all hooked onto his words despite the fear they are feeling. "The people are all enjoying their day. You get back to the tavern, safe and sound."
"I don't trust it. I check my surroundings," Yatsuhashi using a cutesy voice mimicking Ruby. "Even if you were safe and sound I don't feel it."
"Sure roll me a perception check," Jaune replies. The big guy took his d20 and rolled..a 1.
"What does that mean?" Coco asked.
"If you roll a one, it usually means you instantly fail," Kali told them
"Oh crap," Flynt groaned. "And he had the highest wisdom out of all of us!"
"Everything looks fine and dandy to you."
Yatsuhashi sighs and turns to everyone else. "All clear!"
Now despite the situation, the happy voice coming from Yatsuhashi in such a cheery female voice proved to be too much to some people. They laughed happily.
"Good, I could go for a nice drink right about now," Ren said, copying Yang's voice. Ren even flipped his hair behind him. That got a few snickers from those who knew the blonde brawler. He had his character go to the bar and grinned at the bar owner. Grinning flirtatiously at Jaune, Ren went, "Strawberry Sunrise, don't forget the little umbrella."
Summer grinned at the display of how well this boy knew her step-daughter.
"He's got you so down," Ruby grinned.
"Sh-Shut up!" Yang stutters against her sister.
"SUNNY! Now is not the time for drinks," Yatsuhashi said pouting and doing his best to look like Ruby would, and that got more laughs from the others. "Something is wrong here."
"Okay, these guys are really good," Neo laughed. "They're mimicking those girls well."
"The dolt is right," Flynt said sitting next to them. "Whatever happened in that castle was weird. And then those orcs that came from the forests that just turn into sludge? Something is wrong here."
"He's got Weiss down pat," Blake grinned.
"I can go off and look around if you want me to," Sun said ever so calmly. The people kept speaking, yet it was Scarlet who noticed it first. He tugged at Sage's sleeve.
"What?" Sage said.
"He's still bouncing his head. And did you see he changed the music again?" Sage and Neptune who was listening in on the conversation noticed. The blue-haired teen nodded.
"Yeah, I can hear it too. It's so weird," Neptune whispered as they watched the people decide to go rest themselves in various places.
"The music changed again," Kali said as she shifted in her seat. "Everything is making me feel on edge the entire time since they left the castle."
"I'm feeling the same thing," Summer replied.
For some reason, everyone watching the entire thing had been unnerved. It felt like dread was creeping up their spines. Terra had decided to put Adrian to sleep, Roman had decided to say fuck it and leave. Even some of the teachers who noticed the odd mannerisms, like the odd twitching here and there of his lips to the way Jaune was blinking one eye at a time was freaking them out.
The women watching nodded. Something was wrong with what they were watching, and it made them want to watch even more.
Saphron meanwhile was reveling in it. The last time he did something like this was for a Halloween game asked for by their eldest sister Carmine. She wanted a horror one shot and Jaune delivered. He got toys that looked creepy, made the house creak, spoke in an odd whisper. And while it all scared the ever-living hell out of the sisters, they all had a good time.
And she wanted others to feel her pain. Her deliciously scary pain.
"I now question Saphron's motivations when watching horror movies," Terra laughed.
As soon as they separated ways nothing happened. Ren decided to have his character Sunny go to a brothel for some...friendship.
"I don't do that!" Yang says. "I've only had one or two boyfriends at most!"
"Oh goodness, I hope Tai isn't watching this," Summer said.
Yatsuhashi had Garnet go eat dinner at that cafe she saw full of sweets.
"Okay, I can see myself doing that," Ruby admitted as the girls looked at her.
Sun had Nightshade sneakily gather info, with some decent stealth rolls.
"You did that with the whole White Fang fiasco," Weiss told the embarrassed Faunus. And she did do that, it was surprising how well Sun had played her out.
"He was on that adventure with me after all," Blake replied. Weiss could give her that point.
"He was? He helped you on some adventure against the White Fang?" Kali asked. "Should your father talk to him more?"
"Please don't," Blake said.
And lastly, Flynt stayed back and performed for the people to earn money. Saying that their group, if they decided to stay together, needed more than enough funds despite being level 20.
"Ah, ever the responsible one," Pyrrha nodded her head. Weiss took it as a compliment.
"If you're a bard that makes sense," Coco nods. "That and Flynt has a good voice."
It is at this point they decide to take a potty break. Letting people relax from the tense situation.
"Brothers damn it," Ren said laughing as he looked at Jaune. "Why did you choose a horror?"
"You guys told me to go crazy! It's not my fault that you guys didn't stop me," Jaune grinned.
"...I feel sorry for them. They didn't plan it out too well," Terra said. "I mean Saphron had a hand in it but...wow."
"Boys are stupid sometimes," Neo laughed.
"I am terrified of what happens next," Flynt said as he took a drink of cola. "You sir know how to set an atmosphere. How'd you do it?"
"I'll tell you guys after the game." The blonde took his turn to the bathroom and Yatsuhashi was looking at him with a glare upon returning. "Uhh...yes?"
"I was not expecting the eeriness. I appreciate it but at the same time don't," Yatsuhashi told him, this caused Jaune to laugh again.
"A sign of a good GM, people are having fun despite the fear," Summer grinned. She appreciated what the guy was doing.
"Sorry," the blonde said as he sat down. Once they were given the go ahead, Jaune recounted what had happened so far. And then…
"So as all of you all lie in your nice beds. I want you to make perception checks." All four guys blinked, and they were all suddenly reminded of what they were doing.
"OH GOD THEY FORGOT THEY WERE IN A HORROR MOVIE!" Velvet shouted. "RUN AWAY! RUN AWAY!"
"Bun-Bun here is barely holding on. She's not into horror movies," Coco explained.
"10," Ren informed him. Followed by Flynt's 14, Yatsuhashi's 28 and Sun's 19.
Jaune's grinned. "You find something off immediately." The people tense. "Garnet, you notice the sweets are putrid. Instead of strawberries, you find eggshells. Chocolate is turned to chunks of manure."
Yatsuhashi and Ruby both made a disgusted face.
The people who are watching looked at their food and paused before gagging.
"Nightshade, the houses you are on are twisted. Darker and bent, they look over the streets. The people in their homes have noticed you. They all stand, silently looking at you."
Sun and Blake both hid deeper into their safe spots.
"That is not what a rogue should be seeing," Blake frowned. "Being seen means you are going to be caught."
"Lady Whitesky, the patrons are silent. The spotlight that was on you, blinds you now. Yet you could still see them just standing there."
"No, anything but that!" Both entertainers scream in horror. A quiet crowd post-performance would scare any entertainer.
Coco flinched. As a fashionista, she understands that feeling. If she wore something new, and no one mentions it, she instantly felt bad.
"Lastly, there is Sunny and her conquest. As she turns to face the guy, Sunny screams. For what was sitting next to her scared her." Ren and Yang froze. "The man she had slept with had changed right then. Gone was his eyes, black holes replacing them. Its mouth turned into a toothy fanged grin. Its entire body looked to have atrophied. Turning towards you, its claws caress your stomach."
Velvet passed out then and there. The description alone had her passing out from fear. Neo chuckled and ate more popcorn enjoying the imagery.
"As both Ren and Sunny, Fuck that!" Ren exclaims as he hears what happens. "I punch the thing the face!"
Blake facepalms. "He's playing Yang so in tune with her that it's scary. She would do that."
"Roll for an attack," Jaune told him.
"Does a 29 hit?" Ren asked. Jaune nodded his head. "I do let's see...11 points of bludgeoning and 4 fire damage to its face. My magical wrappings lets me use unarmed attacks with D6s instead of just flat strength and adds fire damage."
"It's still alive."
"Huh interesting, how strong do you think the monster is?" Kali asked Summer.
"Not that strong," Summer hummed. "If I'm sure about how this is going to go. It's mostly going to be fodder."
"I use my second punch. Does a 14 hit?" The table flinched. At level 20 most of their stats were high enough to mitigate bad rolls. Ren, however, rolled a 3.
"Oh that's going to miss isn't it?" Terra asked.
"It hits," Jaune explained. Everyone turned to Jaune. "Roll damage."
"What?" Neo was surprised. "It hit?"
"Ah, I see you what mean now," Kali nods her head. "It's going to be one of those things."
"10 points of bludgeoning damage and 3 fire damage."
"You punch the monster twice, murdering it. It slumps to the floor, with a burning hole. You hear a commotion outside the door."
"I get dressed quickly," Ren stated.
"Oh boy, get out of there!" Neo shouted.
"He's going to get out," Terra replied to the short girl.
"The door opens to reveal more monsters."
"Yeah, no, I jump out the window…"
"Smart move," Summer said. "Surprised he didn't make Ren do a roll for that."
"We'll leave that for now and go to Garnet," Jaune states.
-Land of Shadows-
"My oh my, he does know how to spin a tale," Salem hummed as she drank some wine. Rare was it for her to do this but this was an interesting occasion. Listening to a horror story while watching someone utterly decimate others? It was exquisite. Not to mention the eeriness of the young man speaking. If she could, Salem would ask him for help in her plots.
"Stay away from my brother-in-law you whore!" Terra shouted. She did not know where that came from but it felt like that was the appropriate thing to say in this situation.
When this Jaune boy states that they all are being attacked by monsters and forced them to fight back, he had increased the volume of the music to make the boys more fearful and Salem nodded. That was a sound tactic indeed.
-Argus-
"Run!" Saphron yelled. "Don't let them escape!" The elder Arc sister shouted. "Don't let them live! If Ela Quil didn't survive they shouldn't either!"
"Hot," Neo said. "Your wife is hot when she's angry."
"I thank you for that but please stay away from her," Terra told the smaller woman.
"Ela Quil?" Terra asked her wife as she maniacally laughed as hordes of people began fighting the group of four.
"My bard," Saphron replied. "Murdered by my brother with the use of a Lich. She had so much to live for…" Terra pats her wife's shoulder and hugs her. She didn't truly understand what was happening, but maybe she should ask Jaune to set up a game with her.
"Do you want to join Summer and I's game night?" Kali asked her excitedly. "We can do a wives club for it!"
"I'm technically not married and we need like two more wives for this," Summer said. "Raven won't join us."
"We can always ask for them to drop one off!" Kali said happily. Okay, that did sound good.
-Teacher's Lounge-
"Something is off about this," James said as he stared at the screen munching on popcorn. Rarely anyone knew it but he loved the horror genre.
"What do you mean, headmaster?" Oobleck asked as he sat next to Port, who was in tears at how 'marvelously the Arc boy weaves his story'.
"Ugh, that looks disgusting!" Coco stated as she looked at the crying Port.
"The fight with the devils was much harder than this, as were the Orcs in the forest on their return. Here the girls are easily slaughtering everyone before them."
"Pretty sure there's going to be a boss fight included here," Summer said as she watched the screen.
"Me too," Kali waited patiently for that.
"James is right," Ozpin agreed. He flinched when Jaune describes how some of the monsters are struck down by lightning called upon by Yatsuhashi. "Everything about this feels too easy."
"I wonder why," Glynda murmurs.
"Ah they don't see it yet," Neo grinned. "Maybe because they don't play games."
-CVFY Dorm-
"Tell me when it's all over!" Velvet shouted as she covered both her ears and eyes. Why was Jaune so descriptive!? She didn't need to know that Flynt had massacred so many monsters with a fireball!
"Well, that bunny outlasted ours," Coco laughed.
"I have to say this seems fun to play," Coco grinned. The way Jaune did it was so immersive and attention-catching. It made her want to give O&O a shot now. Fox nodded his head.
"Would you?" Blake asked Coco.
The fashionista shrugged. "Maybe. It does look fun to do. It all depends on the DM I guess."
The group murders the entire village of monsters who tried to kill them. Bringing them closer and closer to death as the fight went on, but they persevered.
"Keep going!" Terra cheered, getting into the spirit of it all.
No one was left behind, even those that tried to flee were killed. "We should put up a sign this place is cursed," Yatsuhashi said as their characters were leaving.
"I'll do it," Flynt said. Getting out some magical paint, he wrote on the side of a large barn wall "QUARANTINED. DO NOT ENTER!"
"Good idea helps people to not go here in future campaign runs," Kali applauded their smarts.
"Hopefully, people don't go here anymore," Sun said.
"I agree. It would help if people didn't," Ren sighed.
"And that's it! All that's left is an epilogue!" Jaune said. "Would you guys just want to sit back and listen?"
The boys nod, but in her home, Saphron was fuming! She paid good money for Jaune to murder more PCs! But they got away!
"She is cute when she's all pouty," Terra grinned. Her lovely wife was rare to anger but seeing this? It warmed her heart.
"A few days later another group of adventurers was making their way down the road. It consisted of a paladin, a fighter, a barbarian, and a monk. All of them were heading down from their adventure and wanted to make a pit stop at a small town."
"Huh, that's an interesting team comp. I wonder who they are based on?" Coco said.
"I think I know," Blake replied. "It's team JNPR with Nora as the barbarian, Ren as the monk, Pyrrha as the fighter and Jaune as the paladin."
"They fit those roles too well," Coco agreed.
"As they pass by, the Paladin points out to the ruins of a familiar castle. One that was said to be cursed by something otherworldly."
"The castle where all their problems started," Neo pointed out. "I guess they weren't listening to the lore or didn't ask the right people."
"As they kept walking, they arrived at the village, only to see various kingdom troops stationed at various points all looking to investigate the charred remains of the village."
"The what!?" Coco gasped. "The remains of the village? Excuse you they exterminated the monsters."
It clicked in Kali and Summer's mind then and there. They knew what had happened.
"They asked the guards what happened and why was the place closed off."
"The guard shook his head. "A bunch of explorers came to town and stayed for a bit before going to the castle, despite being told by many to not go there." He shook his head. "They came back and in the night proceeded to kill every villager in the town."
"WHAT!?" both the table and everyone watching, including those in the theater, shouted.
"That's right. They went to different parts of the city and began murdering everyone. Not just the men, but the women and children as well. They slaughtered them like animals."
"Oh I feel dizzy," Blake said. "How did they? Where when!?"
""To top it all off they wrote down something on that wall." Everyone turned to the barn where the quarantine warning was supposed to be."
"Instead they saw the words, "The Twilight is at hand! M'Kaabl is at hand!"
"That was supposed to be a warning to the others!" Terra said confused and angry. "How did it change to this?"
"And that's where our story ends!" Jaune laughs. Everyone takes a moment before sighing in relief and then clapping their hands.
The two mothers clapped their hands, feeling like it was a satisfying story.
"Holy hell dude," Sun said. "This was an Ancient Ones one shot? I didn't expect that! No wonder you turned up the eeriness factor! Bravo!"
"I can't believe it took me to the end to understand what sort of story this was!" Summer groaned. "Mind screwing and things like that are all part of an Ancient Ones game!"
"I haven't played one of those in so long, no wonder I didn't notice," Kali sighed shaking her head.
Scarlet, Sage, and Neptune agreed. All of them clapping their hands as well.
"Ancient ones?" Ren asked. This was his first game and he loved it.
"It's one of the rarer monsters to find in O&O or at least more recent editions," Yatsuhashi explained. "Beings so inexplicably unfathomable it messes with your mind." Ren nodded at the explanation.
"That's interesting. Maybe we should get a Jaune to DM us a game," Summer said.
"What did you do to the music to make it so creepy?" Flynt asked.
"I chose children's songs, pitched it down or sped it up in some cases, and then layered it with the frequency that makes people feel scared," Jaune explained.
Flynt nodded. "And the way you spoke?"
Jaune shuddered. "Took me the entire week to get into that and let me tell you it's hard. I spoke only in iambic pentameter, but stressed the wrong parts of the word."
"That did make me feel scared and uncomfortable as he spoke. Like I knew something was wrong but wow...to go that far…" Blake stated in surprise.
"And I moved my body ever so slightly. Not just my head but my body kept twisting and moving subtly to go against my head movements so that when you look at me it felt wrong."
"He put a lot of thought into that, bravo," Neo nodded her head.
"Heck yeah, it did!" Neptune shouted. "I was about to tackle you in fear man!" That got laughs from the people around them.
The women who were still conscious laughed as well.
"So that's this week's game night. Sorry, it took four hours of your night but glad you enjoyed it. If you want me to do this again just do what you did last time and support sunrise gaming. And be specific on what kind of world you guys want so it's not a scary one!"
The screen fades.
"That wasn't Ninjas of Love but I still enjoyed it," Summer said as she and Kali left, so they can discuss what to do next and how to set up a game.
The next people heading into the theater were RWBY and NPR.
The screen turns on to show Jaune Arc dressed rather nicely with a large brown parka over his shoulders. In his hands were two daggers. Behind him was an army of shadow knights. With Igris at his side.
"Oh snap! We're visiting this world again?" Nora cheered. "This is going to be great!"
"OOH, you don't mind if I sit in right?" a disembodied feminine voice asked. Everyone looked confused until a dimensional portal appeared over an empty chair and someone landed in said chair.
Sitting there was a tall woman with short red hair. She had blue eyes and was dressed in a brown baggy jacket and a black skirt. On her feet were sneakers that said, left and right on the bottom of each foot and she had a dorky smile on her face. On her head was a bright green bow.
"Uh sure...but who are you?"
"Well, I'm here with my father who is in the lobby speaking to the Curator. The time of the meeting is almost happening, and I came with my dad. My name is Athena, nice to meet all of you!" Athena introduced herself.
"Sure but….who's your dad?" Pyrrha asked. The blue-eyed girl turned to face Pyrrha and she could swear the girl looked familiar.
"Jaune Arc obviously," Athena grinned.
That's right folks, we're revisiting Solo Leveling. Debating on whether or not to do Burka or Kurugan. I just put his outfit for Burka just incase. Leave a review!