I Don't Own RWBY

Words often fail me, if only for a few moments, but it is common that I often have to wait for a second for my mind to supply me with a word for describing something or a word that is used to translate a feeling. But as I looked out at the massive kingdom in front of me, no proper words came to mind. My mind couldn't supply the properly needed word to describe the sight in front of me, from the massive buildings and the beautiful streets, to all the faint dots that showed the life of the people in the kingdom walking around. All the way up to the massive tower in the distance.

But if I had to pick one that might begin to sum it all up. I believe the word I would choose would be awe. Because this is life, the culmination of all the lives in the kingdom in front of me and all the lives from before it which were there to build this place up in the first place. While the forests and the plains had been interesting and pleasant to travel through, it didn't show me what life could do...This on the other hand showed me exactly just how much people could accomplish. It was...Inspiring? Helpful? Insightful? Words were failing me again o help my mind describe what the place in front of me meant, what it could mean for me.

"Your smiling!" I blinked to myself as my mind noted Teal's sudden remark, dragging me away from the sight in front of me as I slowly brought my hand up to my cheek and felt it. She was right, I did seem to appear to be smiling. It was an interesting feeling, and I couldn't find it unpleasant even though I still think facial expressions are confusing and not really for me. I could admit I could see the value people put in it a bit more now.

"I am?" Even if I knew what I was doing it didn't make it slightly confusing for me as so far my face as only changed expressions when I made the effort for it, which was why so far I haven't seen much reason to do so. For it to do this was confusing for me and yet, I couldn't seem to find any real reason to be bothered with this change. It was pleasant, actually, maybe even the closest I've been to being happy so far in fact.

"Come on, let's get moving. Vale looks even better up close, where you can see the buildings" Slate had placed a hand on my shoulder and guided me away from where I had been looking after a few more seconds. It took me a second to really get along with the idea but followed the group all the same. I can come back and enjoy the amazing view at a different time, for right now I should take advantage of these four being here to help me around Vale.

Quest Completed

Your first escort mission!
You have arrived at Vale without dying. Good job.

Rewards:
-750 Exp
-Random Skill Book in the User's inventory
-New Title Unlocked: Outsider

The User's level has increased by three

Oh yeah, the quest. I didn't think I would be getting that many levels out of this quest, but I'm not going to complain. Though it has been a while since I looked at my status menu, I should look at it and make sure everything is up to date. Plus I want to look at this new title of mine as I'm not sure in what context the word 'Outsider' is being used in, in this case.

Name: Ash Kay
Level: 7 (75/350)
Title: The Gamer
Semblance: The Gamer

Hp:410/410
AP:215/215

STR:5 (20%:1)=6
VIT:6 (20%:15)=7.2
DEX:13 (20%:2.6)=15.6
INT:8 (20%:1.6)=9.6
WIS:6 (20%:1.2)=7.2
CHR:5 (20%:1)=6
LUC:1

Status Effects: Aura Enhance(Currently disabled)

Points:30
Lien:0

I have more points available than I would think but besides the much higher than it was before DEX stat, which came from the perk I have, nothing on this screen is all that surprising to look at. Well beside all the extra text that came from me using Aura Enhance, I wasn't sure why it was still on the screen even if I was at the moment only using the base stats but I didn't mind as it told me what my stats can be without having to do all the math myself. Now then, onto the title.

Title: Outsider-
You weren't born in any of the kingdoms and as such from your time in the in between lands you've grown accustomed to the life there.
Required hours of sleep reduced to six per night
+5 to all stats when outside of a kingdom.
5% more damage to all creatures out of a kingdom

Equip Title?

I read it over for a long moment before accepting the prompt and watched as 'The Gamer' was replaced. Sure it wasn't going to be much use when I'm in Vale but The Gamer as a title didn't actually give me anything so there wasn't a reason to hold onto it...Plus, this one felt more accurate to me than the other does. So with that I closed the menu after looking the available points for a moment. There wasn't a reason to use them yet as I'm still gaining stat points through very light activities so it would just be a waste.

Now then, on to the next item to check up on which in this case is actually an item. A book to be accurate. Opening up my inventory while slowly trailing back a bit so I was behind the others. I looked into the grid of spaces for a moment before reached out and pulling from it a small, yet slightly thick, bound book. I didn't have much time to look over the cover as a box opened up as soon as I pulled it fully out of my inventory.

Skill book acquired
Would the User like to learn skill: Manufacture?

That was in fact quite random, though I feel like the quest was more referring to what skill the book would be about while I was referring to the fact that apparently certain books can just give me skills from touching them. I figured I would have had to read through the entire thing to unlock another skill as all previous skills I've gotten from doing something, not so much just choosing accept. Oh well, I'll take the free skill either way.

(Active) Manufacture [Level 1]
A building skill. The higher your level, the better the goods you can make.
5% better quality items
20% likelihood of success

Current Blueprints:0

Neat. While it was a bit bad as a skill at the moment I'm sure it'll come in use after a while of leveling it up I'll be able to make some good things from it, with a muchless likely chance of failing. of course to do that it would appear that I have to both gather the needed items and also get the designs for the item in the first place, though I probably could make the designs myself as well, though that would be a bit more difficult to manage. I was going to think about it a bit more but a box letting me know my INT increased by one interrupted my thoughts on the matter.

I just read through it before dismissing the message around the same time I noticed that the book that had been in my hand was suddenly missing. I guess I don't get to keep the book after I use it then. Unfortunate. I would have added more thoughts onto that as well but once more I was interrupted as I noticed that we were now at the entrance of Vale and suddenly all my focus was gone from my Semblance. Much more in faint awe as I walked into the kingdom, looking around at the massive buildings that were around me. Seeing and knowing are to separate things, and this was the biggest example of that that I've ever had.

"Awesome isn't it. Come on, when we come here we normally get something to get at this nearby restaurant, something I'm sure all of us would like after scarfing down those damn food' bars for a week straight" Oh yeah, those things, I haven't actually had one of them in about five days now, I still feel fine of course but the taste was making my mouth feel like, um...Cotton? I believe it would be accurate even if I've never experienced the feeling first hand. What I'm getting at, is that I wouldn't mind another kind of food.

So I just nodded and followed after them, mostly now wondering what kind of food would be there. I know the names of most if not all the things they'll more than likely have but that doesn't mean I know anything else. Or at least the important parts of them, like the taste. Huh, I'm excited for this, that's new. And yet I still can't see a reason to see this as a bad thing. With that I followed behind the team and wondered, for the first time ever with little patience, how long this walk would take.

Food was good...Great? I wasn't sure what word to use to describe it, besides pleasant because I find that word to be quite good at describing things that I like. And that's all that was needed to say about it really, I liked it a lot, I had something called a pizza and it was both messy and yet really tasty. All in all it was really nice. And yet, the quite good mood I had built up from eating was quickly draining away as Teal spoke.

"Well, me and the rest of the team are going to be leaving soon. So before we go I want to see if I can find anything about your family" They were leaving. I had nearly forgot all about it to be honest. I wasn't sure what I was feeling at the moment, it was a hollow emotion though, I knew that for a fact. Of course I knew the likelihood of me staying with them would be very low, I just didn't really put much thought into what that would mean. Disappointment! That's what I'm feeling...I don't like it.

"I see, thank you for your help but if your in a hurry then I won't mind if you leave" Lie leveled up in front of my eyes, I didn't bother looking at it, instead I just dismissed it while taking a weird amount of joy in watching Teal shake her head before giving me a smile and said.

"It's not a problem Ash. Besides I wouldn't feel right just leaving you out here to fend for yourself" I just nodded to that, not knowing what else to really say on the matter. I was..grateful, that's it, I'm grateful for their help. But I should also not depend on them so much as well, I don't think I like being dependent...And yet I don't want them to leave me. I can't help but find this whole thing very confusing.

"Alright" She gave me another smile before walking forwards a bit to a building I was told was called a hotel, where we would be staying for the night. Slate just gave me a thumbs up before following after Teal as Grey and Garnet stayed next to me. I could tell from her body language that Garnet still found me uncomfortable to be here but Grey on the opposite side of things was completely relaxed. I still don't understand these two to be perfectly honest. Which was why I was almost caught off guard when Garnet's voice spoke up from besides me.

"So what are you planning on doing?" I blinked, before looking up at her, she looked up straight ahead for herself, and since she was a bit taller than me, I couldn't really see her face. So instead I just put some thought in the question she asked me about. I had a number of faint ideas of what I wanted to do, but none of them where things I truly put much thought into. But all around, they all had the same general idea behind them so I guess I could talk about that.

"I should be of age to find work. From there...train a bit and get strong enough to defend myself, then head back out to head to another kingdom" I think that might have been the most I've said at once in a number of days, it was weird. But still, that was my plan to do, I wouldn't mind staying here but I wouldn't really learn more about this world by staying in one place, no I want to actually experience life, in it's entirety. Good and bad, just to see what this life is all about.

"I see. Try to not get roped into anything, I know many companies and business that exploit your kind for labor" I had to think about it for a second to realize what she was referring to. Faunus. I keep being told about how many my lot will be in life because of some racism but so far I haven't experienced anything all that bad to be honest. Sure, it would be hard to not notice some of the sneers that have been directed in my direction by some of the citizens here but those were very easy to brush off. Still, if I'm getting all these warning, then more than likely, it's for a reason and it would be ill advised for me to just ignore it.

"I'll keep that in mind" I think I just saw her give a small nod to that but I was distracted as Teal and Slate returned, letting us know that the rooms were books, and that apparently I'll have a room to myself, which I just gave a nod to.

It was night at the moment and yet I wasn't in bed, I didn't really need sleep, at least I don't believe I do, I haven't really tested it out to a higher extend yet. Either way, I was taking a bit of advantage of the fact that I had a room to myself and was currently sitting, cross legged, on the bed with a dissembled gun in front of me. It took a few moments but it wasn't difficult with my gun knowledge. And it even shot my maintenance skill up by two levels as well.

But that wasn't what I was focusing on at the moment, no what I was doing was memorizing where what went where. It wasn't all that hard and from the effort I even got a point in INT as well, though that also wasn't what I was going for, just a nice side bonus. Still, I continued to look over the pieces for a few moment minutes before reassembling all the parts back together. And that's when it popped up.

Blueprint: Handgun unlocked

I looked at the message for a moment before dismissing it as suddenly the semantics of what I can only assume to be the needed components of a handgun were imported into my brain. After a second I dismissed the window as I looked over the gun in my hand for a moment before, out of curiosity, used observe on it. After all, it had been a while since I really looked it over, plus I want to know how the maintenance skill is effecting it.

Slate's Backup-
Rank: C
A compact basic handgun designed and used by Slate in case of a weapon misfire from his semblance.

Base Damage: 50 + DEX
Maintenance Bonus: 5%

Magazine size: 12 bullets/3 Dust rounds

Current Ammo: 12/12 bullets

Five percent might not seem like a lot but add that onto the base damage which is sixty-three, and that equals sixty-six and then you add on the fifteen percent bonus from the gun mastery skill I have and then it becomes seventy-six, which is basically doubled the DEX modifier on the weapon. All without mentioning the twenty present bonus I can give my DEX stat from Aura Enhance. Which I believe makes the total damage per shot, after redoing the math, a little less than eighty.

What I'm getting at is that it all adds up over all the modifiers in one way or another. And yet it isn't actually all that much, eighty damage times twelve rounds... That would still be about five hundred points off from the needed damage to kill that one Beowolf that attacked me. From what I've heard as well it that those things are suppose to be one of the weaker ones of the large sized Grimm.

The reason why I was thinking about this is the fact that I wasn't lying to Garnet, I want to explore the world, and yet I'd die if I wasn't extremely careful as I am now. So the only viable factor I can see that would be the biggest help here is to train my stats mostly, as they dictate my base damage output while also putting some effort into my skills. Which sounds all fine and everything but that doesn't change the fact that I also need money as well...Well, I mean, do I?

I don't really need to eat, though I must admit I really enjoy doing the action anyway, and the same could probably be said for sleep as well. I mean, what's the real point for money again? When I get rid of those two main factors, the only other thing I can really think about it things like better clothes, that while I wouldn't mind new ones, I don't really need them. The other thing being supplies for making another gun and the ammo that would be needed for such a thing as well.

Quest Created

In the name of self defense!
You want to explore the world and yet you can't really do that when you can't defend yourself. The only thing to do is to get better or get smarter, preferably both!

Objectives:

-Find a way to obtain 100 bullets
-Obtain 1,000 Lien in some way
-Reach level 5 with the skills: Handgun Mastery, Aura Enhance, and Strong Hit

Rewards:
-500 Exp
-New title
-3 extra stat points
-1 New blueprint

Accept?

The experience points were a nice bonus, along with the extra stat points, though I was a bit curious about what the new title would be, the same could also be said as well for the blueprint for another thing I could make with Manufacture. It was that curiosity that lead me to accepting the quest. After all, the rewards were still to good for me to pass up on something that I would be doing anyway.

Though I did notice something in the wording that made a small idea pop into my head. It didn't say I had to pay for the ammunition, nor did the quest mention that it would be a job that would be from where I would be getting this Lien. Could I just steal the items listed on the objectives? Another question is should I do so at all? I believe something called morals would want a person to do do those things and yet I can't seem to find a part of me that would particularly care about such things.

I mean, should I care? Stealing, as I believe the word is what I'm talking about, seems to be the quickest way to gain the items I need and it's not like anything as told me that I shouldn't do such a thing. My morals, whatever those might be, clearly don't care about such a thing and it's not like I can remember being taught differently. Plus I can't see something like this to be all that difficult, I mean my inventory would make such a thing quite a bit more easy.

For thinking about just what your comfortable with doing and what you'll do to achieve those things, WIS has increased by one point

I guess that's something as well, even my semblance doesn't have any problem with it, and since it's basically a part of myself, why should I disagree with it when we both are agreeing with this course of action... I believe I now have a plan, alright then. I should probably get started on this at a later point, for right now, I want to give this gun a bit more maintenance and then put it into my inventory, as from experience the time on it doesn't go down when it's in there. So with that I got back to work on the gun that had been given to me.

What are we doing? That's what I wanted to ask, along with a number of other things and yet I didn't as we walked up to what looked like a massive tower. Teal hadn't told me much about what was happening at the moment but apparently this this a good why to find information about people. I didn't really understand it much but followed along anyway.

Looking around at the interior as we walked into the building, I was slightly confused at the screens that seemed to be all around before my mind helpfully gave me the word computer along with how they work, in basic terms of course, I still only knew the basics about them but it was more than I had when I first walked into here. After a couple more minutes of walking and an elevator ride, which was quite interesting. We were now standing in front of a man that stopped us. I just glanced up above his head to look.

Level: 39
Rube Asime

"Yeah yeah, I know. He's with me by the way" Teal had spoken up before I could think anything about the man. So I just changed my focus onto her as I watched as she pulled out something that made my mind twist a bit, it wanted to call the item something else for half a second before I registered the item as a scroll. It wasn't the first time it's happened and it was quite confusing as I have no idea what the word phone means in this context.

Though I didn't get much more time to think on it as the device opened up with on the holographic screen appeared to be a picture of Teal along with some words that I couldn't make out from where I was standing. Still, it was all that was needed as the man stepped to the side as we walked into the room he seemed to be guarding. I looked to Teal as we walked in, which she noted my mute confusion at the interaction, even though my face never changed.

"This is a restricted area for only hunters, it has our own database for some things. So it's kind of a bit protected though I still don't get why this place has guards when you need an access code for like everything. Including what we are here for, a databases on all registered humans and faunas in the kingdoms" Oh, that makes sense I guess, though I feel there is a very easy way to exploit that as I doubt that all hunters and huntresses are pure good.

"Alright then. Let's see what we can find about one kid named Ash Kay" We had made our way to a terminal as Teal sat down and began to move around a few windows and sites until a screen popped up that asked for a name, presumably to search matching results for. To her word, she typed in my name on what I know to be a keyboard and watched as an error popped up. I wonder what that means.

Teal leaned back a bit before typing in my name again after dismissing the error message, this time spelling my name incorrectly for some reason, only to get the same message. I could tell from her tense shoulders, she had been expecting something to show up, after a moment she stood up and waved for me to sit down while telling me.

"Put your name in there" I wasn't sure if it would make any difference if I was the one typing the name out but did as she asked anyway. It took me a few seconds to get use to the keyboard as I had to look to see where each needed letter was, but I managed all the same as my name is only six letters long in total. And yet the error message showed up once more. Teal said something that made a few images of unwanted things to pop up in my mind when the word was registered.

"I really thought we'd at least get something...Are you sure this is your name?" I just nodded at that as I was quite sure as it was the name I've always had, even if always only meant about a week and half a day. Teal just sighed at that before shaking her head and said.

"Well, it isn't to surprising I guess, you were probably born outside one of the main kingdoms then. Sorry, I was really expecting some results" I didn't mind, though I was a bit curious about why she was the one sorry when it wasn't her fault. So I just said the first thing that came to mind.

"What now?" I wasn't sure I would be the best when it comes to something like comfort so the best I might be able to do is deflect her focus onto another task. Thankfully she took the opening and stood up straight and said.

"The first thing to do is to get you somewhere to stay. We are expected back, without a kid in tow, in two days, which means we need to set out tomorrow at the latest...Damn it, I was really hoping we'd at least get something from this...Well come on Ash, let's see what we can find for you. None of us are hurting on money and your smart enough to take care of yourself for a few weeks if the rent is already paid... Damn it!" I wasn't sure why she kept saying that but nodded and followed all the same.

As I was a bit more wrapped up in the fact that they were now suddenly suppose to be returning and would be leaving me tomorrow. It was much sooner than I expected and that feeling from before was suddenly back.

I wasn't expecting this, but here I was, in a small rented for one month apartment, alone. Absently I looked down at the gun in my hands. I had tried to give it back, as I had always figured it wasn't mine and just on loan or something. Slate just laughed and handed it back to me, telling me that he didn't really need it and that I could have it to remember him by. Right now I was thinking about the item update it gave me when it was handed to me.

Slate's Memento

The status and rank were the same but name had changed, to show that the ownership had also changed. It was the last thing he had told me before leaving, before they all left me. The feelings were muted, I knew that, and yet it was the most painful emotion I can say I've felt so far. Even if it might not be a lot to other people, what I'm feeling right now is a hell of a lot to me. I don't like it.

After a moment, I lifted the gun up and looked it over for a moment before placing it back into my inventory. I won't be needing it, even if holding it seemed to add a small comfort to me. It would just add attention as I go around the city and see if I can pick up a pick pocket skill. As I feel like it was draw less attention to just take a few wallets than rather rob a store or something like that. That decision had also granted me a point in WIS as well, so I assume that it was a good choice.

Now then, time to get to completing this quest.

I don't think I've ever written a purely good character. They all have some major flaw in them in some way or another, and I'm not changing that now when I have a fun, very emotionally confused and very morally grey character to mess around with. I don't know, it adds a bit of depth to the character and personally I can relate to someone that has a hard time understanding emotions. In fact Grey's story about his sister was actually loosely based on my own experience in a way, as I used to not expression anything until I learned why it was an important part in, well, society, not to mention it made my life a hell of a lot easier. Anyway, my emotional stuntedness aside, See ya.