I Don't Own RWBY
Name: Ash Kay
Level: 11 (225/900)
Title: Outsider
Semblance: The Gamer
Hp:630/630
AP:355/355
STR:10 (20%:2)=12
VIT:8 (20%:1.6)=9.6
DEX:21 (20%:4.2)=25.2
INT:16 (20%:3.2)=19.2
WIS:12 (20%:2.4)=14.4
CHR:8 (20%:1.6)=9.6
LUC:40
Points:53
Lien:1123
Title:Crime Fighter
You've gone out of your way to stop a crime in action, and as such, you know a bit more about what to expect the next time you jump in to help.
15% More damage when fighting criminals
10% Less damage taken when fighting criminals
Perk:Natural Born Thief
You've taken every chance presented to you to turn a good deed into your own gain.
25% faster leveling to skills: Lie, Stealth, Pickpocket, Lock Picking, and eavesdrop
Perk:Good Samaritan
You've been seen to help those out in need and those people appreciate you for it.
10% discount in prices for those that know of your good deeds
20 to relations of those that know of your good actions
That was all the things that I had gained and looked through while I was waiting in the holding cell I was in. It had been about five minutes and I had gotten a bit bugged at having my hands locked together, so I just used my ability to move around my windows, with a bit of effort, managed to use the fact that the hand cuffs were connected to me as a way to store them into my inventory, and effectively removing them from my wrists.
I just didn't like the idea of being bound, and that was what those handcuffs were doing. At another time I would have found that to be an interesting new part of myself, but at the moment I was more caught up in being in a holding cell than anything else. Right now, I was a bit thankful for my newest perk, well, not the Thief one, which I felt wouldn't help me here in a good way. The Good Samaritan one on the other hand would hopefully help me out a bit.
"Ah, I see you've made yourself more comfortable" I blinked before looking up to see who had said that. What I found, well who I found, was a tall man with grey hair looking at me. I looked up a bit above his head and blinked at the sight of three full question marks, along with. Ow. I flinched a bit as I looked down away from his name, whatever it was. That was new.
"You're name hurts my eyes" The man blinked at that. Not knowing what to do with that information for a moment before repeating what I had just said for some reason.
"My name, hurts your eyes" I nodded at that, though as the silence in the air seemed to stretch out, I thought he might have wanted me to explain my words a bit more.
"My Semblance quantifies information. I can see peoples name's above their head. Your's hurts to look at" The man just nodded at that though I wasn't sure what he was thinking about as for an interesting reason, my Body Language skill was telling me anything about him. It was quite interesting and a new experience, though it also had the effect of being a bit worrying as well.
"I see, in that case, allow me to introduce myself. My name is Ozpin. Do you happen to know who I am?" I looked at the name for a moment, wondering why he would assume I knew about him for a moment before deciding on shaking my head.
"I see, well then, I am the headmaster of Beacon a training Academy for hunters and huntresses. And as such, I'm quite privy to a good deal of information, and yet, when the police and myself tried to look you up, nothing registered. Would you mind explaining that?" I wasn't sure what he was expecting me to say to that as I had no real idea about who I was either.
"I don't know. To be honest I don't know much about myself either" He raised an eyebrow at that, a sign I've learned means curiosity, but I was being told that from my skill, it was just me having learned that expression from people watching.
"And what do you mean by that?" I thought about shrugging before deciding against it as I still wasn't much of a fan of that particular bit of movement. I've gotten accustomed to using my head to signal yes and no but that was about it. Still, all that was besides the point of the question he had asked me. It would be best if I didn't lie here as I have a feeling like it wouldn't work, or it would just make things more complicated.
"I woke up about two weeks ago without any memories. So far I've only been able to remember my name" He hummed at that while leaning forwards a bit on the cane he had already been resting his weight on a bit. We just looked at each other for a moment, though I wasn't sure why. After the moment had ended, he leaned back and asked another question.
"And what is your name?" I blinked at that before realizing that I hadn't given it. I believe doing that is considered rude.
"Ash Kay" He nodded at that before pulling out a scroll before typing something on it. After a moment he frowned faintly before lowering his arm down to his side with the scroll still open in his grip. I was unsure what he had just done.
"I see, nice to meet you Ash. Now then, I do believe you're telling the truth but I have to ask...If you don't remember anything, where did you learn to fight like this, and better yet, if your semblance is information gathering, where did these weapons appear from?" He lifted the scroll up a bit and showed me what was on the screen. It was me, holding Memento pressed against a man's ribs before shooting the gun enough times for the aura around the man to break and the man fell. The screen sped up a bit more to show the rest of the men I took down as well.
"My Semblance was called weird by a...friend of mine, it's main use is showing me information but it can also store things as well. The weapons were a gift from the friend I met that helped me get to Vale, and no one taught me to fight, I was just doing what felt to be the best action to take" That was a lot of words, my mouth felt a bit dry from that long winded bit of talking. Ozpin just raised his eyebrow again and said.
"Your marksmen like aim and minor skill in using a short sword was just what felt right?" I nodded, not really sure what he was trying to get at from saying my words back to me in a different way.
"Alright then...And who might this friend be?" I wonder why he is asking so many questions. I didn't really do anything wrong to my knowledge, well, nothing wrong that they know about, as this man has yet to bring up anything about me stealing about fifty thousand Lien worth in dust crystals.
"Slate Natune. He is a part of Team TGSG, I believe they went to Shade Academy. I had run into them in the nearby forest after they completed a mission" Ozpin hummed a bit at that as he lifted the tablet back up as he typed something on it while the cane he had been holding was just balancing upright without him touching it. I found the sight to be a bit interesting to be honest instead of having to look at a face that I couldn't read at all.
"Ah yes, I thought I recognized the name, they're quite well known for the fact that they take missions from all over Remnant, not just staying in their own kingdom" I nodded to that even if I didn't actually know it was uncommon for such a thing to take place.
"Well, that does add credibility to your story, but as it happens, you are an unregistered faunus walking around with armed weapons with, from your own admission, zero training...Though before I get onto that I want to ask. What do you want to do? If you don't remember anything, I'm curious about what your plan might be" I wasn't sure why he was still asking these questions as from what I've figured, that out of everything has even less to do with the topic at hand than all the other all things we've talked about.
"I want to... I want to learn about what kind of person I am" I was going to say explore the world, but my main goal has always been learning about who I am now. Traveling the world just seemed like a logical way to do that by experiencing a number of different cultures and types of people. Ozpin looked at me a bit more seriously again for a long moment before asking.
"I see, that is quite the goal. I don't know many that truly understand the type of person they are" I blinked at that as it would appear that we both had a similar idea on how difficult it actually is to understand yourself fully. Still, I wanted to explain it in a way that let this man understand where I was coming from.
"It's confusing to suddenly just exist with knowledge that you shouldn't realistically have, like knowing what a tree is before you even know how tall you are, or what is your dominate hand..I don't like not knowing about myself. What kind of person I am when my power is something that gives details everything else, when you know so much, but have no idea as to who you are. I find it...unsettling" Ozpin went quiet, not saying anything which was good because in the last five minutes I've spoken more than I think I have in the last week and it was a bit jarring.
"You might not believe me, but do trust that I do understand what your experiencing, in a way at least" I just blinked at that, not really knowing in what way he was talking about. After a moment, before I could really try and figure out his words, he spoke up again, with words that I wasn't expecting this at all.
"I feel it only fair to give you the opportunity to come to my school. It would teach you to hone those natural talents you seem to have. I've learned that learning one's body and honing it through training is half the battle in learning about yourself, in mind and body" I blinked, something I do seem to be doing a lot of in this conversation, but it's all I could do as my mind seemed to stop for a moment at the ludicrousness of the request. And as such I was more than fine with distracting myself with the new box that had popped up in front of me. At least until I read it a bit.
Quest Created
Life's new path
You've been invited to one of the most acclaimed hunter schools in the world, Beacon. By the Headmaster himself no less. Now all you have to do is make your choice as two if you want to take a bit of a different path to self discovery
Objectives:
-Accept Opzin's request
-Complete the team selection Side Quest
Rewards:-New Title
-New Perk
-5 Stat Points
-2,500 Exp
Accept?
It didn't seem to complicated but the implications of it. So far I've been quite clear about how I feel about free will, I like making my own choices, I like being able to do what I please, even if I really haven't done much with that piece of myself yet. Maybe it's time to do something about it. This is a much clearer road to follow down than just walking in the wild and trying not to die. Plus, I can still always do that later in life, it's not like spending a few years in a school is all my life is going to last for. I am young after all.
Still, the idea of free will, it will still be there of course, I'll still be able to make my own decisions, this is just one of them that I have to make. And if I feel like the school is going to contradict that in a way that I can't stand. Well then, I'll just leave in that case, that's all there is to it really. If I don't want to stay then they can't really force me and if they do, well that will have to be a problem I solve if it ever happens. So with that I accepted the quest and said.
"Alright" He smiled at that, though a skill registered something about it, it wasn't Body Language though, it was Lie. He's smile was false and I was unsure as to why that would be the case.
"Good. Now then, I will have Glynda give you the details for the bullhead to take you to the academy along with all the other new students. I don't believe you would have a scroll?" I shook my head at that. He nodded before turning and leaving while telling the guard that had entered after a few minutes into our conversation to let me go. I wasn't sure how he had the power to do that since he was only a teacher but I couldn't see a reason to complain about it.
Through having a drawn out conversation for once, CHR has increased by one
For making a wise and introspective decision, WIS has increased by two
It was the same day, well, night as when Opzin approached me to join his school. Right now I was just resting in my apartment at the moment, though, thinking about it, it won't be mine for much longer, both in terms of rented time and the fact in about two days time I won't be living here anymore. It was a weird feeling, not one of any negative standing, more like..anticipation.
More a number of things actually, for one I don't mind the idea of learning to properly fight to be all that bad of an idea, plus Ozpin was right, learning about one's self mentally is good but to learn about the same through one's body can be just as important to some, and I feel like it was be a disservice for me to ignore that now that the idea is in my mind.
Though I will admit that was almost second to the other thing I was quite excited about at the moment. And that would be dust. I have some now, a lot of it in fact. Pulling up my inventory for a moment, I looked through the dozens of crystals for a moment that I had managed to take before pulling out a black and a red one. These two. Gravity and Fire, they were the ones that I first touched, it felt right that I used them first. I believe the word is symbolism.
With that I set the black dust down onto the bed while I held the red one in my hand for a long moment before activating my new skill. I already knew what was going to happen of course, the skill itself informed me all of what I was currently capable of with this dust. But that didn't change the fact that a small smile slipped onto my face as in my left palm, a small ball of fire formed in it.
It wasn't much but that's what very minor meant, still, it was much more than I had been able to do before so this was quite interesting. Even if my control wasn't all that prefect at the moment, I still had enough skill in the skill to make the fire move around a bit before putting it out after a moment of just playing with the small ball of flame. It gave me a new feeling, a pleasant one, watching the fire dance around my hand, knowing I was the one to make it act in just a memorizing way.
But even while I did find enjoyment in watching the sight of the flame, I was also quite the bit curious about how i would be able to use gravity dust. So with that I set the fire dust down on the bedding and picked up the other crystal. Holding it in my hand for a moment, I looked at the item as I thought over what I knew I could realistically achieve with this dust before reaching out with my off hand into my inventory.
I pulled out a coin from my funds area before flicking it into the air. I watched as the coin dropped down for a long moment before holding out my hand and watched as from the black crystal came a faint glow of what could be described as darkness as the coin's fall slowed down before stopping, mid spin, in the air. After a moment of focusing on the coin, the coin floated out i my direction, to the point in which I could grab it.
It was surprisingly difficult, but not in the way most would think, the skill was doing all the actual work, but that didn't mean I was doing nothing. I still had to put the required effort in to visualize the effect and depending on the complicatedness of the task it would require more effort of focus to achieve. Gravity wasn't something as simple as telekinesis. To make it so the coin appeared to be floating, I had added a field of gravity that was pointed upwards at a speed equal to the planets natural gravitational flied.
While making the coin float to me was a full another three charges of the dust in my hand to have the gravity change to pull the item to me like my own natural field of gravity was much greater to the coin than it actually was. It sounded complex but that was because it was, I believe I was only able to do the action because I have a skill made to do all the complex parts for me. In a way, compared to the average person, my ability to use dust is much greater.
Through intense thinking over your ability to use and manipulate dust. Dust Mastery has increased by two levels.
Through putting much thought into the functions of the User's skills, INT has increased by one
That was nice. I thought about pulling out all the other dust types that I had procured and using them for a while but decided against it. For one, just holding them all while I stole them gave me all the skills I could want from them, and while it might be good for Dust Mastery, it would just be a waste of the charges in the dust which I might want or need to use at a later time. As unlike bullets, dust was much harder to get my hands on, unless I wanted to go rob another store.
But I don't believe that would be a good decision nor will I have the time to actually do so if I wanted to plan something out for the fact that I will be leaving for Beacon sometime soon. So instead, I withheld my urge to pull out some yellow dust as I'm sure that was lightning, and instead pulled form my still open inventory, my short blade. Blade Maintenance was something I wanted to level up and what better way than to deconstruct this weapon.
It worked for Memento, plus it also gave me the blueprint for it as well so I don't see why it would be that big of a deal. So with that I began to look over the weapon, while my mind happened to wonder about that weapon the red girl had used. A scythe sniper rifle. It was strange but two in one was an interesting idea. I wonder if I could do something similar... Thoughts for later. I want to make sure I remember what I'm doing with my blade so I don't accidentally just end up breaking it when I put it back together.
Scroll's are interesting devices, I had gotten the chance to use one until recently when Glynda, though I was told to call her Goodwitch, got me one on Opzin's order. It also gave me a new skill, Computer Mastery. It wasn't all that impressive but it did give me enough information to properly use the scroll a bit better than someone who has never touched one before should be able to use it.
Though my interest in my newest item was outclassed by the view I was currently receiving. I must say, bullhead's are quite interesting to ride in, especially since the name made me think of something else than the large flying ship I was currently standing inside of. The windows allowed for quite the amazing sight to see, of course it was a bit off set by the fact that it would seem someone in the back ground was puking and the screams of the people there them were distracting me a bit away from the incredible sight as we flew towards the academy.
"Hey! Your here to!" I turned to look to see who had spoken and turned in time to see Ruby. Yeah that was the red girl from before's name, Ruby Rose, she also happened to be level twenty-four so there was that as well. Turning to face her, I noted her expression seemed to dim a bit. That seemed to be something that happens when people look at me. I believe it might be because I don't emote with my face.
"Hello. Yes" The girl next to her, who was a bit taller and a bit stockier in build with yellow hair laughed nervously a bit at that for some reason. I just looked at the red haired girl for a while as I waited for her to say something, as I've learned that most conversations work in turns. I've said hello and answered her question so she should say something.
"Umm. I like you knees!" I blinked at that, as I was unsure if that could be considered a compliment or not. She said she liked them but nothing in my mind seems to register knees as something that is often remarked upon.
"Thank you. Your's are...normal" I was unsure what to say so I just went with a neutral answer, one that made the girl next to Ruby laugh. It brought my attention back to her as I looked up over her head and noted the name. Yang Xiao Long, she was level twenty-eight. I feel mildly out of place with this level gap between me and the others. I remember something about teams being formed, so I hope I get on one that can help me until I've leveled up to their level.
"Uh, thanks? Oh! My name's Ruby by the way! I never got yours" This was more familiar land that I know slightly better how to navigate. I mean I've given my name out at least four times now so I believe this means I'm close to an expert on the matter.
"My name is Ash, nice to meet you" She looked unsure about what face to make, and as such it was an interesting mix of a smile and a nervous look. Am I that off putting? Is so I feel like that is slightly disappointing in a strange way.
"Well, anyway, come on Ruby, we're landing!" Yang pulled Ruby away from me a bit quickly for some reason as I turned and watched them depart as I looked out a side window and noted that we were still at least five minutes out... I'm confused now.
I was standing in the court yard outside the main entrance of the school at the moment. Mostly just taking in the sight of it all. At least that was what I tried to do before a big shoulder pushed itself past me, making me have to correct my balance as a teenager with very short brown hair walked by with a smug grin on his face. I just blinked at the action for a moment before moving past it. It would be incorrect if I thought that my stance in the average human's eye would change much.
"You ok?" I blinked before turning back to look at a teenage girl, I seem to run into a lot of those recently. She was wearing mostly black and had a bow on the top of her head. I glanced up a bit above her head, which was why I had made note of the bow, while I checked her name. Blake Belladonna, level twenty-six. Looking back down to her eye level, I noted she seemed to be a bit tense for some reason when I had been looking at the top of her head.
"I'm fine" She looked at me for a moment before nodding. With that she quickly walked on a bit further, pulling out a book as she went as well. I wonder why I seem to drive people away. It is the first part of my personality that I don't seem to like or find interesting. No, it's more closer to...Frustrating, that's the word I'm looking for. As while I'm not to big on talking, I will admit, having someone to keep company with wouldn't be something I think I would mind.
I think it's what I've been missing the most since my friends left. It's only been a week though and the feelings were a bit muted so I've been fine, but being surrounded by people I'm going to be spending a long time with just ignore or seem to dislike me... Well, I believe the word needed to sum this up would be a small bit disheartening. I didn't mind as much when it was just random people or even when I thought about going out on my own for who knows how long. I wonder why it's bothering me so much now.
I don't believe that is a question I'm going to be finding an answer for, so all I have to do I guess is to move on and see if the problem won't become a bit more clear in time. So with that I headed on into the main area where I believe everyone was suppose to meet up and wait for Opzin to give us a speech. I wonder what he'll talk about, I've never seen a speech before so I have nothing to compare data to, so this will be quite interesting.
Walking into the room, while looking around the massive area for a long moment, noting that most of the room was filled with a large amount of people. Looking a bit upwards, I noted that the average range of levels seem to be from about twenty to forty. It was a wide range of levels, but considering that some only have one year left while others still have four to go through of what I can only image will be intense training. Well, it made more sense when looking at it in that way.
Oh. Ozpin is walking out onto the main stage now, along with Glynda. I was a bit glad that as long as I didn't focus on the name above the man's head then my eyes would hurt from looking at it. I'm still unaware as to why it hurt to look at but I figured that maybe it was something to do with the fact that his level was registered as three question marks, the most I've ever seen so far. Maybe it was so high that it hurt to try and comprehend? No that sounds like something Gamer's Mind wouldn't allow. It's confusing...Thoughts for later I guess, because he's starting his speech now.
"I'll...keep this brief. You have traveled here today in search of knowledge. To hone your craft and acquire new skills. And when you have finished, you plan to dedicate your life to the protection of the people. But I look amongst you, and all I see is wasted energy, in need of purpose, of direction. You assume knowledge will free you of this, but your time at this school will prove that knowledge can only carry you so far. It is up to you to take the first step"
That was...vague. Really all he did was say words that were almost insulting. I understood what he was saying though, I mean, the comment on new skills and needing a direction or purpose honestly sounded like they were almost pointed at me though I knew it wasn't the case. Though I will admit, it did bug me a small bit when he said that knowledge wouldn't help. It had to help, because otherwise, being here serves me no point... Maybe I'm just misunderstanding, it is fully possible. I already said his words were quite vague after all.
Either way, Glynda walked up and spoke to everyone, letting us know that we should make our way to a large room where we were to sleep for the night before the 'initiation' tomorrow, which will probably have something to do with the side quest I had been told about when I first accepted Ozpin's offer. Well, anyway, if everyone is going to be sleeping, then I see no reason why I can't use this time to continue to learn more about my weaponry. After all, I did get the blueprint for my blade recently, and I am curious about maybe combining the two blueprints I have on my gun and blade into one item in some way.
I feel like it's a bit obvious that this Gamer system isn't the exact same power that the original gamer had, but I feel like if I call Ash's power a semblance, then I have to actually make it work in some realistic way so it can actually interact with the world's power system like aura and dust in a way that actually makes sense. As for the perks, well those are usually going to be things that wouldn't make sense as a title or a skill, so they go into a new category. I thought about putting the Gamer's Mind and Body into the perk section but decided against it for some reason that I can't remember at the moment. Anyway, See ya.