Hello there my most wonderful readers. It's been long, I know. This will be the first part of what might be to a series of chapters where characters are more thoroughly examined and what aspects of Bloodborne they are tied too. There will be slight changes, but nothing to major that would ruin the characters themselves or even the 'quest' that was tied to them. OC'c in any soul's series is almost a must since the games are always centered on them, but they're not the major part of these stories, rather just a way to put motion into my plans. I really hope you folks enjoy this chapter and the ones that are to come.
I don't own anything but then again there's always better to have a disclaimer then none
The four teens sat in front of the open door, silent as a cat.
"Visitor, moon-scented hunters, welcome to our place of dwelling. If discussion must be made, then follow; if not then be gone." The woman turned around, gesturing the girls to follow her into her form room. Yang sent a confused glance towards Blake, and was returned, the two then shared the look towards Ruby, who in turn had the same look; lastly they looked towards Weiss, and instead of seeing the shared look, was instead shown an empty spot where they're teammate once was. Turning their heads, they noticed their rather silent teammate entering the room without any question.
Before any of them could call to her, she also gestured towards them to follow into the room. A sudden chill came over them as if a sudden blizzard was on its way, and the only shelter was that in front of them. Ruby was the first to follow, then Blake, and finally Yang, who once inside, closed the door behind her.
The first thing they noticed upon entering the room was the decorations that hung upon the wall. A crown of gold embezzled with Jewels and next to it a gray, silver helmet that looked as if it would cover the entire head, as if to hide something. The two very different in looks, but looked as if they held a significance next to one another. Spaced from the shelf, was a glass box, and inside sat an opened letter, one that wasn't addressed to a single individual, but rather a special invitation to what could possibly be a ball of some sort. More shelves adorned the walls and on them sat crimson red candles, each one lit with a small, but illuminating flame.
On the opposite wall sat three weapon stands, two very different weapons, and two of the same.
An intricate Katana separated from its sheath. The most beautiful silver that could be found seemed to have made this very weapon. Small carvings lined the entire sheath till the top, which had a chain connected to it, slanted across what looked to be a cloth as red as blood, almost as if it was drenched in it before hand, yet it held it all within the fabric. The handle of the sword was entirely different to what the sword displayed. Groves and slants lined the handle of the sword, and the hilt was not a typical rounded hilt, but instead was created as to support the chain of the sheath when sheathed. It too had small carvings upon it; the carvings themselves when together looked as if it could tell a story such as murals.
The second weapon looked much more familiar to the four girls; a rapier of the same silver that the katana was made out of, with the very same carvings upon it, much clearer now with the hilt being almost a large half sphere sitting upon it, and a trigger mechanism lying beneath it. On the opposite side of the hilt sat an almost six inch barrel with its very own firing mechanism upon it, though the color contrasted the silver of both the blade, hilt, and handle with its slightly tinted gray, crimson color to it. How the weapon itself looked, not one of the girls had a clue just by looking at if at afar.
Lastly were the two handguns that sat crossed of one another, a crimson red shared by the woman's nightgown, the firing hammer itself shared the same silver color to it as the fellow weapons above it; long barreled pistols with even more intricate designs when compared to the katana and rapier, and even more a mystery when glancing towards the rather large spherical block on the end of the pistol hilt. All three weapons hung above one another, the katana above the three, followed by the rapier, and finally the twin pistols. That alone drew the most mystery to the four girls. They could not decipher whether or not the weapons on the wall were for either actual use, or an heirloom like their fellow student Jaune.
A cough directed the girl's attention to the woman sitting down at a rather fancy table with its own silk white tablecloth. Upon it was a crimson red candle sitting in a glass wax stop. Five plates were set out and on each were a cup for each. Inside sat 3 different types of liquid. A white cream in two, a dark black substance in another and the last two contained a clearest brown liquid; each one having its own steam emanating from the very cup. Another open container looked as if to contain cubes of the whitest sugar that any of them had seen, as if snow was slightly darker than it. Sitting in one of the seats was the woman herself; a smile on her face, and her arms spread.
"Please take a seat. Warm milk for Ms. Rose and me," Ruby's eyes widened at her words and glanced towards her cup and seat. She sat down, and released her surprised expression from her face. "A cup of the best coffee I can offer to Ms. Xiao Long, and sugar as well if it's not to your taste." Yang glanced around the room for a second and took a seat as well. "Any last but certainly not least, what I consider to be the finest tea from my own dwelling for both Ms. Belladonna and Ms. Schnee. I certainly hope all of this is too your liking." The last two girls glanced at one another and took a seat as well. The seats ordering from left to right, the woman, Weiss, Blake, Yang, and then Ruby, all of which seemed uncomfortable except for the woman herself.
"Relax young maidens. I mean you no fowl harm, I only wish I had more time to prepare an actual meal as well, but I suppose you only would have accepted the drinks anyways seeing the time of night." She chuckled to herself. "Forgive my impudence, I haven't even introduced myself. Well team RWBY, my name is Arianna Mesh, a most pleasant evening to you." She bowed her head slightly.
The four were silent to her introduction. Thoughts ran through their mind as they tried to decipher what exactly has happened in the last few minutes. A woman invited them into her room, a room of which looked unlike any room they've seen before with the atmosphere being unlike anything else. She offered them beverages that suited them almost perfectly, and knew each of their names without them even knowing hers until just now.
Not wanting to remain in silence, Blake spoke up. "If you wouldn't mind me asking Ms. Mesh was it?"
She returned a smile. "Please just call me Arianna."
Blake nodded in response. "Okay Arianna, not to seem rude or anything, but how exactly do you know who we are?"
Arianna chuckled once again. "You maidens are quite something at this school of yours, you know that right? Not everyone destroys a lunchroom on a daily basis, nor does one stop dangerous operations that happened at a certain dock and expect no one to even speak of it. Believe it or not, but you are the talk around here, along with that friendly team of yours, the one with the young knight."
The four turned to each other; Blake with a rather surprised look while Yang seemed to be basking in her supposed glory. Ruby seemed excited about their hidden fame while Weiss could only shake her head over the incidents that caused this commotion.
Arianna continued. "So to answer this question of yours, it doesn't even take a day for me to hear about you maidens and your actions, no matter how extreme they might be. As for you beverages and how I knew that you were curious about them, we'll just leave it a mystery tonight since revealing secrets have never been a strong point of mine." She slid her hair behind her ears, at with it revealed a chain which connected a rather elaborate necklace attached to it.
Weiss's eye caught the single ornament upon the chain, a ring with a rather large diamond, but clearly contrasted by what seemed to be a splatter of blood covering the entire ring but the elusive rock.
A mischievous smile appeared on Arianna's face. She grabbed the ring and held it up to the four. "I believe this small thing might have caught the attention of one it seems."
In an almost instant reaction, Weiss snapped out of her trance and acted flustered when she made eye contact with Arianna.
"Worry not Ms. Schnee, but do not take this as a contract of any kind. The ring here was a gift for another, but sadly it has not been accepted yet. As sad as it might be, some things are not meant to be." Arianna's smile disappeared and right after Ruby sprung up with her hands on the table.
"That's not true!" She had a rather displeased look on her face as she looked towards Arianna. The receiver of the look was taken aback from the sudden jump of the young leader, a shared feeling from the rest of her team. Ruby noticed the looks she was receiving and became a bright red than the candles themselves. She sat back down and tucked her hands below the table.
"I…I can't accept that there are things that stop two people from being together. I mean if you really do like one another, then why should you just accept that it can't happen, I just don't get it." She lowered her head, hiding her face.
Yang grew a big smile and reached over to her sister and wrapped her arms around her and squeezed. "My little Rubes believe in true love, ohm it's so adorable!" The rather tense feeling that lingered in the room now gone and a smile appeared on the faces of everyone. A gasp from Ruby's voice escaped the bear hug from Yang. "Yang, you're squeezing me!"
A laugh came from Arianna, one hand on the table, and another covering her own mouth. Soon following after, Weiss began to laugh alongside her and Blake followed suit. Late at night, in a room separated from others, five maidens laughed together of such a trivial matter to some, while to others it was of upmost importance.
The laughter soon died down and everyone had a smile on their faces. "Thank you Ms. Rose, your words are most kindly appreciated, and most hopefully things permit these feelings of mine to traverse the largest of barriers to complete this wishful bond of mine."
Ruby smiled and returned a nod. "If you wouldn't mind, could we ask you some questions? You are new around here and quite a mystery at that." Yang asked.
"I've never had a problem sating the curiosity of others, there is always information to be gained from such, and from it relief of mind. So please, ask at your digression."
Before Yang had a chance to speak a single word, Ruby quickly spoke up. "What kind of weapons are those?" She spoke with such excitement and what seemed to be like stars in her eyes.
Arianna glanced towards the weapons upon the wall. "Those are indeed weapons, and they are all mine as well." Ruby leaned in more, as much as the chair would permit that is. "I guess it wouldn't hurt to explain what they're capable of." She stood up and walked over to the mantle and grabbed the katana from the top. "The Chikage, a weapon of elegance, but also a rather crude weapon at that, but I suppose I should explain what weapons are used for where we come from." Their heads turned around and noticed a figure standing at the doorway. Closing the doorway behind them, the golden pyramid shone from the lit candles.
Weiss called out the figure in the doorway. "It's you, the one from earlier!"
"The name you'll call me is Queen, not 'you'; it's rather offensive," the figure returning the gesture, soon falling into the room with slow footsteps that seemed to echo into the room. "But as I was saying, we're not the same hunters you four, and what seems to be the majority of hunters on Remnant."
Ruby questioned Queen. "Do you not hunt Grimm then, or do you mainly act as an enforcer of some kind in the other cities?"
Both of the foreign hunters soon let out a laugh, Arianna chuckling softly while Queen let out a rather hearty laugh.
The four of them looking at one another then onto the foreigners in confusion, each not following the sudden outburst of laughter at their leader's question since it was not exactly a 'funny question'.
Queen was the first to stop his rather abrupt laughter. "I apologize for my attitude towards your question young hunter, but I must assure you that we do indeed hunt beasts, but not the kind you are familiar of." Queen walked over and placed the large wheel next to the bed along with parts of their heavy robes from the drawl, to the small tassels around their wrist. "If you wouldn't mind, I would prefer if you ladies would turn around for but a minute. These robes are rather heavy to wear for an entire day without rest, and I'd much like for them to be removed."
Team Ruby soon went wide eyed and quickly turned around, Yang taking her time while slowing rotating in her chair while attempting to make what seemed to be eye contact with Queen, before finally turning around with a smile on her face.
"I would appreciate if you would turn yourself around as well Arianna; though there is a time and place for everything, I'd much rather save some time from having to manually turn you around." Their voice sound slightly more forced than before.
"Whatever you say milady," soon followed up by a small chuckled and the scoot of a chair.
"Now young maidens, I believe we left off at explaining what exactly it might be that we hunt from we're we hail from."
The four didn't turn to face Arianna, but instead just nodded their heads in agreement.
Queen spoke up, "From what I said earlier, the Chikage is rather crude in its execution, using one's own life to fuel the effectiveness of the weapon." Ruby quickly turned her head around, only to see instead of a figure in heavy robes, to what seemed to be a rather robust Faunus male wearing only a tank top and sweats, and what seemed to be hair jetting out profusely on their left side while the right only seemed to be slightly covered in it, and the skin color of them was dark burgundy that looked more than unnatural.
"Ummmmm." The young girl hummed aloud for those around to hear, only for the others to also turn around and see the strange sight before them. Each girl had their own reactions to the sudden show of skin, and everything else that came along with it. Weiss widened her eyes larger than they previously were and could only stare at him in the strangest of ways. Yang only did stare, not in any way would expect, but rather with what one could say an open-minded stare. Blake kept to herself and instead turned her head away once again, not exactly sure of what to make out in front of herself. Lastly Ruby kept staring open eyed at the bad that lay on the man's head, curious as to what lay beneath.
"My god Queen, I've told you numerous times to fix yourself when there are guests, but here you are a beast in front of them." They quickly turned their heads in her direction, again with varying stares, mostly in displeasure or confusion only to hear the rebuttal of the 'beast' sitting in front of them.
"I've told you various times that one cannot just revert from beasthood at moment notice; it takes time and effort and without the Rune table, it would take even more time. Plus if you didn't notice, I just arrived from a rather long meeting with the Headmaster and without any notice of us having guests so if you would kindly refrain from speaking to me in that tone until they are gone, please do so," his voice becoming sterner near the end.
Arianna only sighed as she turned herself back to face the girls. "I apologize for this fools apparent lack of manners. As you can see from his rather unjustly form, it's not exactly the prettiest for guests."
"No, its fine." A sudden answer came from none other than the quietest of them all, Blake. "His appearance is perfectly fine for us." The other girls nodded in agreement as they stared at Arianna.
The two foreigners stared at one another and back at the four. "Oh, I see what's causing this sudden twist in attitude." Arianna smiled and pointed to the top of her own head while staring at Blake. She didn't change her glare at the woman, but sat silent.
"I'll go take care of this to clean up any misunderstanding about…this" Queen gestured to his self. He stood up and began to walk towards what seemed to be a connection to their room, the girl's eyes following him. "There really is no need to fix anything Mr. Queen it's perfectly fine how you are." Weiss spoke up as the man continued to make his way.
He waved his hand as he entered the side room and close the door behind him.
"Let me fix this misunderstanding of yours young maidens, especially yours Ms. Belladonna. That man in the other room right now is not of Faunus origin at all, and isn't even remotely connected to it either."
The four went wide eyed, only Blake responding to her statement. "What do you mean he's not a Faunus; does he just dress up like one to…" Arianna raised a finger to stop her.
"The man that you think is a Faunus such as yourself is rather a Hunter that uses a rather crude way to enhance his abilities to that of a beast, not Faunus, but beast. The consequences of using such ways are allowing such features to from upon one's body and make thus, become a beast."
Weiss spoke up this time. "So what I'm getting from what you've spoken of currently, when you refer to what you hunt is not Grimm, but these 'beasts' that originate from where you come from."
Arianna clapped in return. "Exactly Ms. Schnee, you answered almost perfectly. Beasts are one's that have fallen to their own 'beasthood' and are unable to recover from it. Some Hunters such as Queen decided to use a special method to use their enhanced abilities while still retaining their human minds, making them quite a foe, but also making them suffer from the same things a normal beast would."
The four nodded in understanding, each one making notes of what their learning about the foreigners lands.
"Queen said that it would take some time to 'revert his state''; will that take much time?" Yang asked abruptly after setting her hands on the table.
"All I will say is that he could finish quickly if he would just remove the rune, but the way he does it is differently from others. He physically puts the runes into his body, so he takes both mental and physical pain if done quickly." A rather large grunt came from the other room along with objects collapsing onto the floor. The four stood up quickly but were motioned down from Arianna.
"And from the sounds of it, it seems he's practically finished; don't mind his appearance when he does show himself though, it still takes some time to completely reverse the effects." As she finished, as if on cue, the door opened and a much different sight appeared.
The 'man' now looked even more robust from the lack of hair and the muscles almost making the clothing he wore stretch more than it should. His dark skin contrasting Arianna's pale skin, and the height made it clear who stood tall between the two. Almost as if a perfect model like those seen in stone, that's exactly what Queen turned out to be; a perfect body molded out of darkened quartz. Their eyes traveling up to his face gave off a very different impression, though not bad, just different. His face was sculpted just as his body, but hair seemed to cover most of it as would a mountain man's face. His hair was very unruly and in a mess, but a clean mess. His eyes having a dark complexion as well, except what made it odd was that his pupils seemed to have switched with his cornea and so his eyes gave off a mirrored look with the center being white and everything around it a dark brown. The next notable aspect of the man's face was the teeth. Sharp fangs hung out from his closed mouth, the sharpness that of a Beowulf's, as well as the whiteness.
He looked down at the girls and gave a rather deep bow. "It is nice to meet you team RWBY, and I welcome you to our humble dwellings. Though it is small, I hope we can continue our discussion before we so rudely interrupted ourselves."
Some of you might have a possible idea of where this might be going, others not so much. All I can say is that "The Queen Killer" as yet to accomplish what he's been known to do, that's all. There's not much to say here besides thank you for reading the entire chapter. You might have noticed the 'descriptiveness' of the characters at times, and that's mostly just for you to get a feel of what they look like while still giving some, though very little, imagination to it. Thank you once again and if you would kindly give me some possible feedback, if not, that's fine, but pls.