Ephemeral Dream
Summary: Jaune Arc isn't strong, smart, or skilled. Even so, he dreams of a future in which he is a Huntsman. He dreams of friendship, combat, and love. But every dreamer must wake. "Not yet…" He whispered, tears of blood streaking down his cheeks. "I can't let this dream end… Until I've turned it to reality." Gamer Jaune!
Warnings: Crossovers, strong and smart Jaune, later quite OP. Possible Harem.
VI: Syndrome
When I woke up, it was to a dimly lit room and a white ceiling. The only light present in the room was that from the moon and the lights outside, shining in through the windows. At the very least, I could clearly look around the room.
My initial focus moved onto the screens hovering in front of me.
[Quest: Bonds – The Great Escape has been cleared. Hidden Objective: Unlock Dying Will Flames has been cleared.]
[Rewards]
+500 EXP
+2,000 EXP (500 for each person saved)
+15 Stat Points
[Hidden Objective Rewards]
+2,500 EXP
+20 Stat Points
Able to unlock all Dying Will Flames
[You have levelled up by six.]
+2,440HP
+2,920MP
+48 Stat Points
+1 Perk Point
Before, I would have been happy to see the rewards I'd obtained.
Now though?
Now I could only glare at them.
I'd gotten arrogant, and a bit full of myself. And because of that, I'd cost a young boy, barely twelve or thirteen, his life. All because I'd put so much faith in the System. I thought it would never fail me, but it had… No, it was my fault.
I felt disgusted.
The rewards in front of me were things I didn't feel like I deserved. I didn't deserve this power; I didn't deserve these rewards!
I didn't deserve it.
[Would the player like to delete the System?]
Yes/No
My eyes widened in shock at the box in front of me.
It seemed the system had heard my thoughts and… Was offering to get rid of itself.
I could pick yes.
I could select yes right now, and bring the system to an end right here and now. I could move past this, and train on my own, without the System's help…
But then what?
Who was to say that would truly be its end?
Who was to say that the System wouldn't find someone else, find another person to 'lead humanity to the new age?'
I couldn't let someone else go through this.
I couldn't let the System corrupt someone else like it was already corrupting me…
And the System knew that.
"You bastard…" I growled.
[Are you sure you would like to delete the System? The player will never be able to access the System again if it is deleted. If the player selects no, the System will be bonded to the player forever, even after death.]
Yes/No
So, that was the ultimatum? Either delete the system and never have its power again, where it could attach itself to some other poor sap… Or let it stay with me forever, even after I died…
"… You're a cruel bastard…" I spat at the System…
… But I already knew that there was no other choice for me.
"… No."
[The System will not be deleted. The System has now bonded to the Player Permanently.]
"You sick fuck…" I spat at the screen.
I didn't get a response.
I was left with little choice but to press on. "Stats."
[Status]
Name: Jaune Arc
Level: 10
Race: Human
Job: None
Main Title: None
Sub Title: None
HP: 3,490
MP: 4,060
Strength: 14 + 30% = 18
Vitality: 13 + 30% = 17
Dexterity: 14 + 30% = 18
Intelligence: 28
Luck: 13
Sense: 12
Remaining Points: 83
Well, at the very least, the rewards would help me along the way. I was Level Ten, my HP and MP were now over double what they were previously, and I had plenty of stat points to invest.
"Put two points into Luck, twenty-two into intelligence, twenty-two into vitality, fifteen into strength and dexterity, and seven into sense," I grunted out.
[Status]
Name: Jaune Arc
Level: 10
Race: Human
Job: None
Main Title: None
Sub Title: None
HP: 3,490
MP: 4,060
Strength: 25 + 30% = 33
Vitality: 35 + 30% = 46
Dexterity: 25 + 30% = 33
Intelligence: 50
Luck: 15
Sense: 19
I let out a sigh as I saw my stats change, now looking more accurate to my level ten status, before a new window formed in front of me.
[Due to the player forming a Guardian Bond with Blake Belladonna, the Bonds Menu is now available. Would you like to view the tutorial?]
"Of course, I want to view the fucking tutorial," I spat out in annoyance.
[The bonds menu determines the player's friendliness with other people, and are ranked from E to EX, much like the player's skills and items. The higher the bond, the better teamwork the player and their bond partner can perform in battle together, and the more likely they are to get along without issues. Say or think 'Bonds' to open the menu.]
"Bonds," I muttered.
[Bonds]
Guardian Bond – Blake Belladonna – Cloud – Rank D
Friendship Bond – Ruby Rose – Rank B
Friendship Bond – Yang Xiao Long – Rank C
Friendship Bond – Neopolitan – Rank D
Friendship Bond – Hikage – Rank D
Bond – Raven Branwen – Rank C
Bond – Summer Rose – Rank B
Bond – Taiyang Xiao Long- Rank C
[As the player can see, there are different type of bonds. The level of bond goes like this: Bond – Friendship Bond – Romantic Bond – Marriage Bond.]
"And what about the guardian bond?" I raised an eye when I didn't see it listed… And who the hell was Neo?
[Guardian bond is a special bond unlocked by the player unlocking their Sky Flames. The player is able to harmonise their Sky Flames with the flames of others, and create 'Guardian' bonds. The Guardian Bond creates a mutual feeling in the player and the recipient, the desire to protect the other and make them happy, to aid them when they are suffering, to get revenge on those that are the source of their pain, etc.]
My eyes bugged out of my skull.
"How the hell are guardian bonds formed?" I asked rather urgently. How did I form such a bond with Blake? I barely knew her, I only tried to help her escape! How did such a bond form?
[Guardian Bonds can be formed one of two ways. First; the player spends a long time in the presence of another person, with small amounts of exposure to the player's flames (Sky, Cloud, etc.). Second; the player unleashes a huge amount of their flames all at once, forcibly creating the bond between themselves and the recipient.]
I could only stare…
So back when I'd unlocked my flames and unleashed them, the exposure forced a Guardian Bond between Blake and myself!? How was that fair to her or myself! I hadn't done it on purpose!
"How do I break a Guardian Bond!?" I asked frantically.
[To break a Guardian Bond, the player must completely betray the trust of their Guardian, or either the Guardian or the player must die.]
[You have completed the Bond Menu tutorial.]
I stared at the screen in front of me with a horrified gaze.
In order to break the bond, I had to do something to completely betray Blake's trust… Or one of us had to die.
The System… It was pure evil.
It was twisted, disgusting, to force me to keep this bond by making those the only options to breaking it. I wouldn't let myself die, I wouldn't let Blake die if I could help it- she didn't deserve that- and I certainly wasn't going to deliberately do something to completely and utterly betray Blake's trust.
"Well, there's no changing it now…" I muttered bitterly to myself. In that case, I needed to adapt.
As I was done using the menu, I began to survey my surroundings… In hindsight, I probably should have been doing that right away considering last time the world faded to black and I woke up, I was in a cage with no way of escape, but it wasn't too hard to tell that I was currently in a hospital.
The walls and ground were white, which was an awful colour to have all around you. A light blue would have been more pleasant to look at, less of a headache.
Glancing at the clock on my H.U.D, I could see it was around two in the morning… Logically, I should go back to sleep, but I needed more information. So, I focused on my surroundings.
I was in a room with three beds other than mine. One of the beds had a young boy on it, one I vaguely recognised as being one of the kids who was locked up down there with us. On the bed next to his, I saw the girl with multi-coloured hair from before.
She looked very similar to the Neopolitan in my dreams… Was it possible that the System had been influencing my dreams slightly, and some of the people that represented my thoughts and emotions were real people the System put in there?
It was a possibility I couldn't discount.
I shifted my gaze to the left. There, on the bed, was Blake… She looked so peaceful as she slept, I was almost jealous she could look so peaceful… Were it not for the fact the system made sleep feel so short, and didn't give me dreams unless I wanted them, I was sure that I'd be having nightmares in her place…
Hell, I didn't know how long she ended up in that cage. She probably had frequent nightmares, perhaps tonight was just one night when she was okay.
Other than that, there was nothing initially threatening about my surroundings. So, I let out a sigh and opened up my quest menu, intending to open up my Projection quest and used the time limit to see how long I'd been out.
Time Limit: 10 Days
I let out a groan… I'd unlocked the bonus objective a day before my day with Ruby. That explained one day away… I was only out for a few hours before I was up in that cage, which meant… I must have been unconscious for three days at this point.
"I've been out for three days…" I muttered. "And I don't know how much longer I'm going to be here… So, the only choice I have..." I clenched my fist. "Is to grind… I need to get stronger… So that something like this never happens again."
I took a breath… And the grind began anew.
~~Ephemeral Dream~~
[Projection has levelled up by one.]
[Magic Circuit Quality has levelled up by one.]
[Due to reaching Level 50, Magic Circuit Quality has become Rank B.]
I let out a small sigh as I stored yet another gun into my inventory. I knew grinding would be faster at the lower levels, but it was taking a while. I also took notice of something… Due to the MP recovery rate, and my MP pool, it was now inefficient for me to stay up all night and do the grind. It was better for me to do my projections early in the morning, do them throughout the day, do them one time before I slept, and then just sleep for eight hours and wake up to full MP to start it over again.
Until I reached the higher levels and managed to lower my MP recovery time, that was just going to be a fact. One I had to deal with.
As I stored the last gun into my inventory, I turned my attention to something I'd noticed when I stored the first gun in there.
The store was, finally, available.
So, I decided to take a look and…
[Store]
[Knight Slayer] – Rank C – 1,000,000 Gold
… The prices were ridiculous. A C Rank weapon cost a million gold! And it just wasn't worth it in my eyes to spend that much, especially when I knew you could make a quality weapon for a fair deal cheaper in Lien. Of course, I imagine the weapons in the store such as [Knight Slayer] probably had some special bonuses on them that put them above other weapons.
Still, I wasn't just going to recklessly spend money unless I was left no choice.
There were a few other options available though. There was an armour options, which did have some nice-looking pieces, and there was also a potions menu. It had HP potions, MP potions, and even status healing potions. It wasn't hard to figure out the store was also for me to help others.
What was most interesting was the clothing option. Clothes were pretty dirt cheap, but they had some pretty nice clothes in there, so I'd probably be spending some gold on some nicer clothes.
Oh, and I also sold all of guns I'd projected in my inventory. They were all D Rank, and cost five thousand gold each. Which meant, by selling 538, I got…
[You have obtained 2,690,000 Gold.]
… A lot of gold.
I may not have been the happiest camper with the System… But if it had obvious exploits that all but broke the money system, then I was going to abuse the shit out of it.
I heard groaning to my left, shifting my gaze over as I saw Blake slowly waking up. She sat up slowly, reaching her hand up and rubbing her eyes, before she looked around the room with a clearly tired gaze… And then her eyes landed on me.
I gave her a small wave as her eyes widened. "Morning Blake."
"Jaune…?" She asked quietly.
"That is my name," I told her.
"Thank goodness you're okay…" She sighed in clear relief… I couldn't imagine how stressed the Guardian Bond had made her feel. "You've been out for three days."
"Three days, huh…" I already knew that, but it would be a bit difficult to explain how I knew. "What's happened in the three days I've been out?"
"Well…" She paused, wondering where to begin. "After you passed out, we took the elevator up. It came up into an abandoned warehouse on the outskirts of town. We headed to someone's house and asked them to call the police, and an ambulance. The police showed up first, and I took the lead and told them about how we'd all been kidnapped and were being sold off as slaves, and how you showed up and managed to get us free, but Kyle was killed during the escape."
I nodded softly, committing the name Kyle to my memory as it was obviously the wolf faunus boy. "Then what?"
"The ambulance arrived shortly after," she said. "We were all piled into the ambulance, and Kyle's body was carefully taken away. They checked on all of us and said that, besides being malnourished, most of us were completely fine, but they still wanted us to stay in the hospital for a while just in case. They asked us for our names, and the names of our parents so they could contact them… That's where complications started."
"How so?"
"First off, three of the kids were orphans," she said. "So, blood tests were taken to find out who their closest family members were… The results are a bit personal, but two of them are bastard children from members of the Vale Council…"
I winced. If that ever got out, it would lead to a hell of a lot of drama. Many of the members would probably get booted off the council for even the possibility of abuse of power, and the scandal that would no doubt happen because of that. A huge political power play would probably be made as soon as that information came out. And it would, secrets like this never stayed secret.
"Neo," Blake continued, gesturing to the girl with pink and brown hair, confirming that she was the Neo in my Bonds menu, "Couldn't have her parents properly identified, which means they're either not from Vale, or her parents were from the wilds, I don't know which it is…" She shifted about uncomfortably.
"What?" I asked, noticing it immediately.
"W- Well…" She hesitated. "They called my parents, and they came as fast as they could. They fret over me, and promised they'd make sure I was feeling better and get me home as soon as I was safe to do so. But I…" She looked down. "… I don't want to go."
I froze. "… Beg pardon?"
"I- I don't want to go," she repeated. "I was hoping I could… Stay with you."
"… Why?"
She frowned. "I don't really know. I just have this desire to be near you, to be close to you. I don't think it's love, I was told I would know if I was in love. I'm fairly sure I'm not, but I don't know what it is. While it hasn't officially been diagnosed, the doctor thinks I'm in the first stages of Stockholm Syndrome."
"Wait, isn't that when you fall in love with the person who held you hostage or something?"
"There are multiple forms of it," she explained. "One is when you gain a strong emotional attachment to the person who saved you… The Doctor thinks I may be in the early stages of that, which is why they have you and I so close to each other. They don't want me to freak out because you aren't there."
This… Was troubling. So, not only did I and Blake have a Guardian Bond that couldn't be broken… But she may or may not also be in the early stages of Stockholm Syndrome. Or perhaps the Guardian Bond simply appeared as the first stages of Stockholm Syndrome at first glance…
With a start, I realised that Blake's desire to stay with me wasn't just her. I was, to a lesser extent, experiencing that same thing. I wanted her to stay, I wanted to get closer to her, know her better… It must have been the Guardian Bond, at least… I figured it was.
"Well…" I sighed. "This is a Dilemma… What about my family?"
"They came to visit," Blake told me. "It was kind of weird though. Your parents took one look at you and nodded, as if that had confirmed something for them. They looked shocked when they found out you were the one who managed to get us out of there, almost in disbelief really."
I felt a stab of irritation. Did my parents truly believe I wasn't cut out for the Huntsman lifestyle? That annoyed me, it annoyed me a lot. Right then and there, I made a decision: I wasn't going to tell them about applying to Beacon. If they would just look at me in a clearly weakened state and just assume that I wasn't cut out for being a huntsman without listening to the details, then they could fuck off and I would do things my way.
"Your sisters stopped by, and they just look concerned," Blake continued, unaware to my internal thoughts. "They've come by to visit every day. So did your parents, though I noticed a couple of times your mum tried to do something weird to you, and I heard her mumbling something under her breath. She looked satisfied for a moment, before then looking shocked moments later."
I frowned… And then my eyes widened in horror as I realised what she'd been trying to do.
She was trying to seal my Aura.
It was a horrific thing to try and do, and I was feeling sick to my stomach at the thought my mother would try and do that to me. That wasn't something you did to a child; it could damage their minds and their souls!
There were several recorded tragedies where children had their aura sealed… One of them happened when I was only seven-years-old in Atlas, where a young girl's aura was sealed by her mother. Doing so did something to the girl's mind, giving her an obsession to 'return to the womb,' and she killed her mother, and many other women- mostly prostitutes. She was eventually stopped and put in prison.
They called her 'Jack the Ripper.'
At that moment, as I came to realise that, I began to hate my mother. She knew, she knew, that sealing a child's aura was wrong. It was a capital offence to seal a child's aura, it instantly led to life in prison for doing such a thing.
The only reason she'd failed was because of the Planet's Blessing on me that healed all abnormal conditions. That… That… Bitch!
Sure, I was fifteen, and the youngest someone had kept their sanity intact was also fifteen when their aura was sealed… But even so, it was asinine to do such a thing! By all accounts, I should have been crazy! And Blake made it sound like she'd done it multiple times!
Why the hell was my mum trying to cripple me!?
"Are you okay?" Blake asked. She must have noticed my distressed look.
"I'm… Fine," I told her. "Just… Processing…" I took a deep breath.
"Uh…" She tilted her head. "Another family came to visit you. One girl had blonde hair, and made a lot of bad cat-based puns at me, the other was more concerned with you. Their parents were nice though… Uh, speaking of, why do they have 2 moms and a dad?"
"Half-Siblings," I told her. "Raven is Yang's mom, Summer is Ruby's."
"But why are they all… Together?"
I stared at her, tilting my head. "… Because he's married to both of them?"
Her eyes shot wide open. "That's legal!?"
"Um… Yes," I nodded. "It was made legal after the faunus rights revolution, to account for alpha natured faunus that had instincts driving them to have more than one lover. Of course, it started out with just those exceptions, but it eventually became legal for anyone to do so. It's not just men to women either. Women are allowed to have multiple husbands too… Did you not get taught that or something?"
Her cheeks pinked and she turned her head away. "I'm home schooled by my mum. She doesn't like talking about the aftermath of the Rights Revolution very much, so it must not have been brought up…"
I just gave a nod, before I cleared my throat. "Look, Blake, you can't stay with me."
She whipped her head to me, and the hurt look in her eyes made my heart ache a bit. "Why? Do you hate me?"
"What? No, no!" I waved my arms. "It's not that at all! It's just…" I looked to the side. "… Look, Blake. There's some drama going on with my family at the moment, my mum and dad being the main cause of it. I don't want you to be caught up in my family drama… I also don't know how long you were gone for; it would be selfish of you to try and stay with me when your parents have been so worried."
"… I know it would be unfair to my parents, and selfish of me…" She sighed. "But…"
"Okay, look," I said. "Your aura is unlocked. That means you're training to be a huntress, right?"
"Yeah?" She tilted her head, wondering where I was going with this.
"Well, I'm going to be a Huntsman," he told her. "So how about this? I'll give you my scroll number, and we can stay in contact. In two years, we'll both be attending Beacon. That's four years right there where we can hang out."
Blake frowned as she considered it. "… Can I come visit?"
… Okay, maybe she did have some form of Stockholm Syndrome.
~~Ephemeral Dream~~
After that, Blake and I just chat about small things. Likes, dislikes, dreams for the future, etcetera, etcetera. We didn't talk about any heavier stuff, though I did tell her my scroll number, which she committed to memory and said she'd come and visit me a few more times before she left town with her parents.
Eventually, the Doctor came in, immediately calling a few nurses and asking me to lay down so they could check me over. I complied, and let them check me over.
"Miss Belladonna," the Doctor turned to her. "You are now cleared to go. Your parents will be here to sign you out soon. We suggest you arrange some meetings to discuss what I said to you the last time we spoke."
"It's fine," she grumbled. "I don't have Stockholm Syndrome; I was just a bit panicked. I'll go with my parents without a problem."
"Even so, I'll be giving this same suggestion to your parents," he told her. "One of the nurses will take you to help you get cleaned up before your parents get here to take you home."
"Right, I understand," she nodded.
The Doctor gave a firm nod before turning to Jaune. "Nurse, how is Mister Arc?"
"He's physically fine," one of them told the Doctor. "But I'm a bit confused, Doctor. His Aura, for some reason, is showing signs of someone sealing it…"
I winced, and I heard gasps. From the Doctor, the nurses, and Blake especially.
"Showing signs," the Doctor repeated. "What do you mean?"
"That is what has me confused," the nurse frowned. "He's showing signs of his aura being sealed, but it isn't. You know how aura sealing works: it does, or it doesn't. The fact he's showing signs means it must have taken hold, and yet his aura is completely fine."
"Young man," the Doctor turned to me. "Do you know who could have possibly done that to you?"
"No," I said, doing my best to keep a straight face.
I wanted to deal with my mother myself, I didn't want outsiders getting involved.
"Do you know anyone who is unsupportive of you being a Huntsman?" The Doctor pressed.
… Charisma, don't fail me now.
"I don't think that's very important," I said as smoothly as I could. "Or relevant. My aura is fine, we should just leave it at that and never speak of it again."
It was so strange to watch, as the Doctor, nurses, and Blake all nodded along to my words as if they made perfect sense. "I suppose you're right," the Doctor nodded. "I will need to report this, however-!"
"I don't think there's a need for that," I cut in. "No harm done, and it sounds so unbelievable, doesn't it? Better to just leave it out, they may think you're crazy."
This time, the Doctor hesitated… Before nodding as if my words made sense. "Well, Mister Arc, I can find nothing wrong with you whatsoever. I would say you're good to go, but we'd like to keep you here another night just to be safe, is that alright with you?"
I nodded. "Doctor's orders are absolute; I have no complaints."
He nodded firmly, before he had the nurses wake up the other two occupants of the room, and another go and get some breakfast for all of us.
Oh right, food.
Ever since I obtained the System, I didn't need to eat food any more, I just ate more out of habit than anything else…
Wait, did food actually give any bonuses? I'd have to check later… I really needed to pay better attention to the System and the things it did, or else I might really die just from not being careful.
After breakfast, a nurse took Blake away to get cleaned up, and I spoke up as the Doctor was about to leave. "Excuse me, Doctor?"
He looked back. "Yes?"
"I don't want to receive any visitors today," I told him. "I just need a bit more time to process everything, if that's okay."
"I understand completely," the Doctor nodded. "I'll make sure the reception desk knows and makes it clear to anyone who comes to visit you'd like to be left alone today."
"Thank you…"
The Doctor gave a sharp nod before leaving the room, likely to tell Blake's parents his recommendation for her, and to check on his other patients.
I let out a small sigh, staring down at my hands and clenching them into fists.
How did everything get to be like this?
My mother was trying to seal my aura, I was in a bond with Blake that made us both want to be close to one another, I now had so much blood on my hands that I felt sick to my stomach, and the System had finally shown itself to be a manipulative bastard.
I turned my hand lifting it up in front of my face… And let the orange flame flicker forth into life, blazing across my palm.
Calling forth the Sky Flames was all too easy, as if it had always been part of me and had just been waiting for the day it would be called out.
My senses suddenly tingled and I jerked my head to the side, greeted by the sight of Neo. She was staring at the flame in my hand as if fascinated, I could see the orange reflected in her pink and brown eyes.
I closed my hand, snuffing out the flame. "Hello… Neo, right?"
She pouted as the flame went away, before she looked at me and nodded.
"Well… Nice to meet you. I'm Jaune Arc…" I offered my hand hesitantly.
She stared at my hand, and then at my face. She reached out and shook my hand gently…
Before she tugged on my hand, pulling me in as she leaned in and kissed my cheek.
I felt my eyes go wide.
[Your Bond with Neopolitan has changed from Friendship to Guardian. Your bond with Neopolitan has become Rank C.]
My eyes widened in further shock as I stared at her.
She was smiling at me adoringly, before she climbed onto my bed and cuddled into me, letting out a content sounding sigh. Her pink and brown hair sprawled out on the sheets as she looked up at me… As if I was her reason for living.
I felt my blood run cold.
It seemed Blake wasn't the only one with Stockholm Syndrome…
Publish Date: 24th September 2020
Word Count: 4,996
Hehehe... I bet all of you are shocked by this development, right?
Okay, probably not so much the Guardian Bond thing. I hinted at that last chapter when I mentioned Jaune smelt something when Neo cloaked them, and how he likened it to the mist.
BUUUUT I bet you're shocked by the Stockholm Syndrome! Just to clarify, I have looked this up to be sure, and a desire to be near the person who saved you is a sign of Stockholm Syndrome. It's just the most common one you hear about is the one where people fall in love with their captives, there are other variants too.
With this, Blake begins her path as the elusive cloud who watches over the family from afar... Oh I have plans, oh such plans! Don't expect to see Gambol Shroud, HAHAHAHAHAH!
Ahem, right, now to respond to some reviews.
Guest (Please give a name next time you comment so I can address you directly): I am not going to add in the seven flames of Earth into this, for a couple of reasons. The first is that not all the qualities of the Earth flames are really described, so it'd be hard to find people to use them. Also, the Seven flames of the sky plus the Flame of Night is already a huge amount of things to add in given the unique possibilities for each one. So no, no Flames of Earth here. At least, no plans for them as of yet.
DragonTetho: Hyper Intuition will be acting as Eye of the Mind in this instance, so he won't be receiving those skills. It's essentially 'Eye of the Mind (True)' if you think about it, except it's also very applicable outside of battle.
Artekha: As I believe I've stated before, but if I haven't I'll state now, I have no plans for the pairing of this story right now. Ideally, I'd like it to be a harem. But I've decided that, instead of having a pairing and trying to force it, I'm going to write the characters as naturally as I can, and let relationships bloom on their own if they're going to. That way, the story will feel more natural, and the pairing won't feel forced.
Now, I want to make a comment about crossovers, as some people have shown a bit of concern about how the crossovers are going to work in this story, so I'll do my best to explain.
For the most part, crossovers are more going to be people and abilities. If I do crossovers with people, what I'm going to do is do my best to have them fit into the RWBY world, with explanations of their lives and how they reached the state they have. An example is like what I did with Jack the Ripper in this chapter, who is from the Fate Franchise.
I also don't plan to crossover EVERY power. For example, say Jaune uses perk points and gets the Rinnegan. What will happen is he will obtain all Rinnegan EXCLUSIVE abilities. That means the Seven Paths that come with it. He will not have access to every chakra nature, and be able to throw around Jutsu like nobody's business. I am talking strictly things like Deva Path's Gravity Manipulation, Animal Path's Summoning, things like that. Please don't take this as confirmation he'll get the Rinnegan, just giving an example.
And, to finish this off... None of you have guessed the Servant right yet. And again, I'm really not going to give hints. I really, really, want this to be a huge shock when he summons them. I want to blow your minds out of your asses, and that's precisely what this summon is going to do... I hope.
Anyway, that's it from me guys! This is Ezras Hargrave, signing off!