Just something on my mind. As stated in Chapter 0: Prologue, this was originally an OC fic with Neo, Miltia and Melanie. So I want your opinion on this. Also I will say that the GnG poll is over since it's been going on for so long.a
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In a room, a young man in all black was working on the computer as he was in deep thought.
'Still wonder if it can work still,' he thought, typing on the keyboard. As he did this, he was still having a nagging thought about this before stopping and sighing in defeat. 'I need help in this.'
"What are you doing, Guy?" a sweet voice said behind his back.
"Hey, Ruby," the teen, Guy, replied to her. He turns around to see the red hood reaper, who was looking at him with a curious face.
"Why are you here? Working on the next chapter?" she asked, wanting to see more of his work.
"More like I'm in a pickle," Guy told her, turning around as he turned back. "Can you get the others. I do need help on this."
"Sure!"
So now, Team RWBY came with JNPR. Along with Glynda and Ozpin, seeing he also need their opinion.
"So what do you got for us?" Yang asked, excited for some action.
"More like your opinion on the matter here," Guy said as he threw some a couple of folders in front of them. Each related with his current work, Only Boy.
"So, you are debating to continuing the story?" Ozpin asked, taking a sip. The gang began to read the script for things that will cover both Volume 1 and 2 right now.
"More like how should I approach it," he muttered loudly as he took the folder with the letter MC on it.
"Well you have our fearless leader, Jaune," Nora basically all but shouted out, making said boy to wanna hide. "Surely that is enough, right?"
"Well remember, Nora, he did wanted to make this an Original Character story of this first," Ren pointed, remembering the Prologue.
"I see, you want to make it about him in a way, right?" Blake rhetorically asked, knowing the answer.
"Yep," Guy confirmed. "Though this wasn't going to be like many in certain ways." This made the cast to look at with interest.
"How did you wanted to approach this then, Mr Guy?" Glynda asked she went scanning the folders.
"Well first off, the OC was Stein Stalin Forester. He was the real son of both Angela Forester and Dimitri Stalin," he said, showing them the concept art and backstory of the kid. He was basically like how Jaune is in the story, but a bit more fitting.
"Wow," Jaune said, now seeing how it was suppose to be.
"Tell me about," Yang said, now seeing it before looking at Guy. "I can totally see this guy whooping my ass more than Vomit Boy here. No offense."
"None taken."
They saw how the drawing was as the adolescent was tall, like Jaune's current height. However, he's a bit of a mix here as he has very spiky hair that was black. His eyes were the same with red on the right blue and left red eyes. His outfit was hard to combine as he had on a blue jacket over what appears to be a no sleeve, black muscle shirt. He was also wearing very dark blue that can pass as black sweatpants with a pair of strapless tan boots that goes up to his shins. (1)
On his right hand and a different paper was Cold Blade, but the name was instead Blood Killer on it in both Scythe and Sword form. Then there was his another with his Aura surrounding him with his semblance, Azure Install, on. It made him appear more demonic in nature that send shivers down their spine.
"So this was going to be the main character of the story of Only Boy?" Prryha asked, stun on this was close to replace Jaune.
"And can still do it, if the readers are OK with it," Guy said to them, surprising them. "What? Even You gotta admit that while making a character OCC is easy, it's sorta hard to make them likable. You gotta find that pizzazz or if people are alright with it in general."
"That I don't blame," Blake said as she knew how hard it is.
"Like you and your books?" Weiss told her with narrow eyes, causing the Faunus to blush.
"Sorta like Ichika and Issei are?" Ruby asked, getting most to nodded at that.
"That's true. I gave Infinite Stratos a shot, and I gotta say, I feel sorry of Ichika," Jaune said, with some hiding the urge to sigh at that.
"And that Issei fellow is just plain creepy with his perversion tendencies," Glynda added with a furious blush on her face. She found him the most shameless pervert ever, even with naming a move to remove women's clothing with a snap of his fingers.
"You just don't want to follow the trend or scare that Jaune by be like Naruto?" Yang asked. Everyone just couldn't help but sigh sadly at that.
It has been true since that while it's understandable why Naruto is popular, it doesn't make it alright to ignore everyone! There is so much thing of that fandom in that it's better to see it than hear it.
"Yea, especially after Volume 3," Guy said, as the teams flinched at that.
"You just don't want many people to reject it?" Ozpin asked, knowing why.
"That's one of the reason," Imaginary Guy told them as he look at the folders in front of him. "On one hand, I still want Only Boy to go how I wanted it to be, which is following OC Stein's life. You get to know more of him as the story progresses. Neo, Melanie and Miltia will also help him as it goes on."
"But the other, many won't know how to approach this, and may treat it as some OC centric story. Despite his team members being the Malechite Twins and Neo," Weiss deduced. Guy said nothing but nodded.
"I can see why this is conflicted for you right now," Ozpin said, seeing how this is for the poor writer. "You want to appeal for both the masses but also your own. How will this be approach then?"
"Why not make a poll for this?" Nora suggested. "I mean, you do have what you need for GnG done, right?"
"Yea," Guy said. "Since it's been up for almost a year now, might as well close it."
"And how much people wanted for, whatever it was?" Weiss said.
"It was a choice in which video game should be spent more on the torturing for both Issei and Riser," Pyrrha answered, looking at the plans and the votes. "It says here that Ninja Gaiden for the NES is at the lead by 19 votes. Battletoads for the same system is 2nd place at 7 votes. Ghouls and Ghost, Sonic 3 and Knuckles, Yoshi's Island and Super Mario Bros The Lost Levels are tied by 5 votes. Comix Zone is in fourth at 3 votes. The first Megaman at 2 votes. And in last place is Contra Hard Corps and Chaklan by 1 vote."
"Damn, I feel sorry for the phoenix now," Ren said, as while he did hate the arrogant devil, after playing those games that are rage inducing for the littlest of things will be very suffering. He wasn't the only as the others also agreed with how the games were.
Ninja Gaiden's main problem is the knock back, which will kill the player a lot. Ghouls and Ghost on the Genesis was as unforgiving as the first. Sure it may look like Super Ghost and Goblins, but it's not (2). Battletoads, that game made them hate co-op play in games with no friendly fire. Even Ozpin hates it. Super Mario Bros 2, or the Lost Levels, are for experts only, that will be said about it. Yoshi's Island has it's difficulty, especially later in the game. Sonic 3 and Knuckles was a good game, but was challenging due to certain levels being a huge finger to the player. Especially in the water level in Sonic 3 segment (3). Comix Zone was fine, but the whole one life was extremely unforgiving. The first Megaman was hard though with the level design and the bosses' weakness being a gamble at first with no guide. Chaklan just had the jumping against it, with platforming being tricky to do.
And finally Contra Hard Corps. That made them shiver in fear of even thinking about the game. They gave the Contra series a shot and learned that you need, no, MUST have twitch relfexes and hawk eyes to beat the games. Contra 1 and 2 was a challenge. The Alien Wars just dragged on due to its difficulty, but Hard Corps. That game is just asking to much! You need to change guns with one button, have to change which firing mode is good, you only 3 lives, pick which paths for which endings, and a course its infamous 1 hit death mechanic.
Never again.
"Can't blame anyone not voting enough, though," Guy said with a smile, snapping them out. "Since I know there are more games that are notorious than the ones I know."
"So, will you?" Yang asked.
"Yea, why not," Guy shrugged but shivered. "But there is an Author I'm following that sadly has the tendency to cancel and re-write his stories due to issues. Don't want that happen to me."
"Oh come now, how bad can that be," Glynda asked, finding that hard to believe. She have read stories that were revamped, so how-
"Let's just say that he had this on story that, to my limited knowledge, never past 10 chapters."
That made them to look at him with wide eyes at that.
"I can see why you don't to be like that guy," Yang said, finding this mind blown.
"I know writer's block can be a nightmare, but that is taking it a bit too far," Blake added, just amazed.
"So for that reason, I want the readers to tell me should I continue with this OCC Jaune, or go with the OC Stein route. And if I do, should I delete the whole story and re-write or just replace Jaune in the recent chapters," Guy said. "So for that, I want them to vote in my profile."
"So how long will the poll last?" Ren asked.
"And do we have to be girls in this?" Jaune asked in embarrassment, making both boys to blush.
"Maybe during Spring Break, since college is going to start soon and I won't have time," Guy said, seeing he won't have time. "And yes, you two will be girls, even if Jaune is still the main character." That only made them all to blush, yes even Ozpin at that statement.
(1) Think a blend of teen Ragna from Blazblue and Seto from Fragile Dreams.
(2) I seen gameplay and it feels like the original with updated graphics.
(3) I made it to that level on my Sonic Mega Collection Plus, and I never manage to beat the game since.
Please vote guys. Should I do it or continue on?