Summary/Disclaimer: Time for another chapter of A Lingering Ember. Enjoy the 2600-word chapter. I don't own RWBY, Monty Oum, and Rooster Teeth dos.
(Vale.)
Trivia and Ollie glanced around. He had been so tired, so much more than he had been before. Why had this gotten to such a state? It had been something that hadn't yet been a lot more of an issue. They hadn't the proper idea. There was a lot more to have gotten upon the mind.
It was something that hadn't yet been focused on, hadn't been dealt with. They had more upon the mind. They had a lot more to have been as of now. He had a lot more upon the mind he questioned. There was a lot more to have gotten to that was something else.
He hadn't the proper idea of what else before now. He hadn't the idea as he looked at the girl. He hadn't the proper idea before now. They hadn't the clue before he seemed to get onto the issue before, he had gotten before now.
"We didn't know what we're looking for, k? We need to get ready whatever when it's over." Ollie said before he sighed and shook his head. "Whatever they're doing? We need to be ready. There will be a lot more people here that we have to deal with." Ollie said before he shook his head and looked around.
He looked over at the rest of the focus when it came down to it. He hadn't had the proper training before he got ready for such things. He didn't know what else was going to have gotten when it was over for now. He had a lot more on his mind.
There was something else that had yet bothered her when it came down to it.
She looked seemed to have gotten to such a state that she was at peace when it had been and dusted. She knew that there were a lot worse things, a lot worse than they had been… A lot worse than it was a lot more of an odd end when this had gotten to such a spot.
Yep. It had been an odd thing, there was a lot more that had yet to snowball more and more and more down a hill… Such things hadn't yet seemed to have gotten as the moment.
She grinned, eager to bite and fight with the group… She noted several men wrapped in garish-looking orange and yellow robes which had yet to unfurl entirely. They seemed to be carrying crates that also had a garish crown symbol placed upon them. Paint dripped down the crates onto the ground.
They moved slightly, a rifle barrel dropping from their clothes as the man looked around. Trivia looked at Ollie who had fallen silent. She didn't know what else was to have been said… She didn't, there was too much on her mind for her to have gotten to such a state, it hadn't been where she excelled.
"Don't. I know what you're thinking. Don't. they will end up killing you one way or another. It will be a hard thing to have done but don't. I don't want you to have ended up killing you and I damn well ain't going to let that happen while you're still alive." Ollie added to there was a sigh.
He sighed as he realized this woman was going to be far more insane and unusual than she had been a few seconds ago. She didn't know when it came down to it. There was oh so much. It had been an odd thing to think about, but he knew too much about how well she'd have reacted. She wanted a fight; she was eager to use hush in a proper battle. It hadn't been something that had yet gotten to where there was a problem.
He hadn't a problem when it came down to it. He wasn't going to let her be such a problem. He wasn't able to have been able to protect her for a time. He wasn't able to have gotten such a thing. He didn't know what it was for now. He didn't know what she'd have done. He feared Trivia getting into a fight she couldn't have been able to win.
Still? He was terrified, he was horrified when this battle was over. She had to be saved. He had to stop her, he had to make sure that such a thing was over… And that whatever this was going to have gotten out of control sooner or later. He wasn't going to let her die.
He had a lot more issues with such a thing. There was a lot more to consider. Such problems hadn't yet gotten to where he had to take control of them. He didn't know that it had been a problem yet, he didn't know if there could have been a problem when all of this was said and done. The problem with such things hadn't yet proven itself.
"We need to go… Now." Ollie said before he shook his head and glanced at her. "If anyone ways to be, ok? There will be time for that later… We're not going to be getting anywhere anytime soon." Ollie added before he cracked his fingers.
Trivia glanced at the group before realizing there were FAR more of them than she guessed which was probably a reason that she had been bothered with such things.
She glanced at Ollie who had a hand to his chin. She flicked his nose as he turned his head towards her, too amused to have done much to have gotten off track. All it did simply was remind him that such problems had been beyond him.
He turned to her with an interested raised eyebrow. It was only when he stopped focusing that he could have gotten to such a place where he had to be interested. He could only smile at her, knowing that her heart was in the right place as was everything else. He couldn't exactly hold her at bay or hate her when it came down to it.
"Yeah? You, ok? Mistral isn't a good place when it comes down to it. People want to kill each other here all the time. I don't even know what's going to happen. I just know this is terrible and all going to fall apart slowly and surely… These monsters aren't going to touch you. I'll gut em first." Ollie said before he sighed to himself as he spun his blade through his hands.
He had been ready for anything. He had been prepared for the first few things on his mind. Yet? He wasn't about to let them hunt her down and kill her. It wouldn't happen while he was alive, even if it had been something that killed him.
She'd be stopped. If for nothing else? She'd be stopped. He'd stop her or stop living in the process. He didn't want to see her in such a state. He didn't wish to see her corrupted by all this violence. It hadn't gotten where he wanted, he hadn't gotten to it.
She tapped at his face, playfully. Not at all with the rage, she had before. If anything? She had so much hate in her, so much anger. It was a horrible thing. Something to have gotten over and cut through more and more and more.
It was all too much for him to have borne or could have borne the blame for anything or anyone. It just wouldn't stand. Not while he still drew breath at all… Nope, wouldn't happen. It was odd, but it would have all been torn down sooner or later.
He glanced around before he seemed to have gotten when it was a lot more to have been done.
There was more to this, something that could have been handled properly. She didn't know what else would have happened for now. There were a lot more problems as she tilted her head, too unhappy.
"We both know what's going to happen. They will hunt you done." Trivia heard as she leaned on him, looking up and around the ship.
She smiled, tilting her head as one of them looked around before now. There was only more that he could have done with such things that hadn't yet.
He hadn't yet seemed to have gotten where it should have been for now. This had yet gotten to where he didn't know much about it was all over. He didn't know what the problem had seemed to have gotten there.
He tilted his head, clicking his fingers against his throat. She glanced at the Crown soldiers, there was a few moments to have gotten to where he should have been.
"Are you ok?" Trivia stated while she tilted her head as she looked around. "Are you going to have been, ok?" Trivia questioned while she nodded. "Are you going to be, ok? I need you to be ok. We're going to have to think smart. There are a lot worse enemies here. A lot worse. We don't know what else the crown is going to throw at them to hurt us." Trivia heard as she looked around, there was a few seconds.
She smiled at him, clicking his fingers against hers as she nodded. She typed in something on her scroll. Such problems had yet gotten where he should have been. They had been prepared for the worse. He looked at his friend who had been prepared for the worst. There was a lot more to have gotten on about.
"Ok… if they're going to move stuff? Here's a good question. your semblance? The one you used to get away from people? It works on you, right? You can hide what you look like?" Ollie asked as Trivia nodded and typed a yes. "Good, then we disguise you as one and I'll disguise myself as your helper. Then? We get in there, might want to hide your umbrella somewhere you can get it. if things go bad? We go out swinging." Ollie said before he tapped at his chin in interest.
"And I want to be 1000% honest with you… No, I'm not going to leave you behind. If you think I'm using you? Tell me now." Ollie said as he rounded towards her with a raised eyebrow. "Those guys are screwy Louie in the brain. All of them have it coming and there's no way at all I'm letting those nutjobs hurt a friend." Ollie said while he sighed and shook his head to himself
This was all going to end sooner or later the more time went onwards and onwards as of now. This hadn't yet gotten where he had to have been. Such a problem had cut into his mind. There was more to this, he didn't know what to have gotten this far.
"You scared?" Trivia asked as she gripped his face, pulling her gloves off as she did so. "I not scared. I protect you. You protect me." Trivia typed to which Ollie gripped her hands.
He felt her manicured nails dig into his skin as he smiled and tapped her nose before he rested his forehead against hers.
"I got you, Triv. I'm always going to have you unless you run off or hate me or something. Trust me, running away from someone ain't my style. I don't do that as easy as you think." Ollie said before he smiled, too assured as for the time being.
He hummed as they ducked into the thicket of trees and rocks. It had been something that he didn't at all understand. He wanted more than anything to have gotten some good old-fashioned payback on them. Ollie knew he sure as hell wasn't going to split when he had someone counting on him to come through at the end. That just wouldn't happen, not while he was still alive.
Trivia continued communicating as of now. She drew her manicured fingers across his flesh. It made him smile, but it remained something he did not understand… Not that such things could have gotten that out of hand.
She drew her fingers to his eyes before poking the edge and then moving his head towards the Crown soldiers.
"I help… I partner, right?" She typed before he nodded.
She gripped his hands again, she wished for their warmth. The boy has given her warmth, something that she cherished. It was followed by her starting to trace across his hands, eager for the warmth they gave. She locked their fingers together, making sure he couldn't run… Not that she expected him to have gotten away.
No, Ollie didn't seem like the type to have run. She trusted him. she didn't want her friend to have gotten where he should have. She watched as he clicked his fingers against her back. It hadn't yet gotten when it seemed to have gotten where it should have.
She knew better than to have gotten where it should have been. It was too nice to have been beyond this thing… And yet? Well, his head hurt.
"You SURE you want to go with me then? Because…." Cye started to say more and more as he sighed. "There's no stopping you, ain't there? Fine, c'mon, we need to get going before they find out where we are, Triv. The sooner they find us? The sooner we have people to stab, trust me. That's not going to be fun…. Except for you, Ms. Stabber, I don't think you realize these are trained murderers with swords and guns and everything pointy that goes out of your body." Cye said before she tapped his nose again playfully.
Still? Such things had been far beyond his control, far beyond what he had wished or could have wished with it. He knew far more than enough to have gotten that far.
"I protect you… Kill them." Cye heard from Trivia as she snipped at his nose with Hush before pulling his mask slightly.
"Easy, Triv. Do you want to kill some of them? Fine, but you don't bite off more than you can chew… DEAL?" Ollie asked as she nodded and sprang Hush's blade from the parasol.
He knew damn well she'd have killed a lot more people if he let her go. She was dangerous, far more dangerous than she could have hoped to have been. She was powerful, sure… But she was still one woman against an army of people who wouldn't damn well even waste a second trying to talk to her. No, they'd chop her up, cut her up like sushi and then throw her into the ocean or something horrible. All it did was remind him of the fact that she had been in a horrible position once.
"Triv? Just make sure you stay safe, ok? If you're going to hurt any of them? Make sure to put them in the woods where they can't be found…? You do know that, right? Don't kill all of the ones you find either, they won't let us use the uniforms then." Trivia heard before Ollie rubbed at his temples in amusement.
He sighed.
Author Note
Phew. Another chapter is done! I want to point out the next chapter will be a bit delayed and such. The next chapter will be in 2-10 months and will show Ollie and Trivia fighting the Spiders and more of her Neo persona. Until then, Lighting Wolf out!