"Dammit, Dammit!" I yelled while slamming my fists against the war table. My whole plan and operation failed, I wasn't able to even kill a single Human and the Grimm mostly injured the citizens, and only a few were killed, there weren't many deaths because the Huntsman killed them before they could kill more, Fuck!
Ok, ok, calm down what went wrong, firstly the traitor Clover and many others abandoned the White Fang. Clover was a Lieutenant she held many members of the White Fang's trust, they'll see that she betrayed her family, others will question what their doing is wrong more and more and some will even leave.
So many problems she made for me, but all who abandon this cause will be handled with extreme prejudice. Secondly, one of the dead Captains I think his name was Coal. His captive, the boy escaped and reported to have killed seven members, he has been handled. This child also fought against me thinking he could win, he did take a quarter of my Aura, but that was because I was just playing with him, but that kid fought like a Huntsman in training though, he thought out his moves and made plans during our "Fight." And he went with his instincts that combination usually makes a fierce warrior if he trained more.
I feel I will see him again, but next time victory won't be so easy for me, I saw so much potential in him that it frightens me a bit, but no think logically. I hit him with a strong Moonslice at point blank range I'm sure I severed his spinal cord and he would have died from blood loss before they could operate on him, he's already dead, but I can't rule out he might have lived, crazier things have happened lately and if he is still alive he must die before he becomes a problem. Thirdly the Beringel that we captured didn't do almost any damage. I lost two brothers imprisoning the beast, may my brothers and all Andres killed, rest in peace.
"Dammit!" I yelled again. They needed to destroy Kakariko Village to be able to get closer to Vale without being in danger of patrol and take the equipment inside the Village they needed for the attack. I need those Bullheads. They are the best way to transport Grimm without endangering his brothers and sisters. Then the sound of high heels clanking on the floor came from the entrance of the room. A beautiful brunette woman came through the entrance, she wore a dark red dress that clung to her body perfectly and she wore glass heels.
"Well, the mighty Adam Taurus failed his mission, why?" She started mocking him at first then asked a question with interest.
"They're two reasons for the mission's failure," I said without fear of this woman, who I knew was Stronger than me.
"What were they and they better be good ones and just so you know, I don't like it when my partners lie to me?" She said lighting a flame in her hand showing off her power to me, but I didn't even care for her power and listed the reasons for the failure.
"The main reason was that one of the Lieutenants and a small portion of my family betrayed me and the smaller one is a child named Andres. He wasn't strong, but he did get in the way of the mission, but he's dead now. I killed him, he won't be a problem anymore." I said giving the reasons, but not giving her the one where he didn't just kill the boy and finish the mission, but he had to play with the kid. It was his fault as well, but he was too prideful to say that to this manipulative Human scum.
"This Lieutenant, what is their name, I'll take care of them for you." She said to me with a cocky smirk. She wants all obstacles to be destroyed and what better way than to do it by your own hand.
"No you won't, she betrayed the White Fang, she and the other will be our prey, not yours and if you still disagree, then the agreement we have is over, you don't just walk in here and expect us to do as you say. We fight for our voices to be heard and our actions to be seen, we will be free to do as we want and a Human won't deny us that even if she's working with us." I said as my hand gripped my Ninjato ready to attack. While I was giving my impromptu speech I gripped my Weapon with a metal bending hold. Then I heard her speak and let go of my Sword calming down from my righteous rage.
"Fine you take care of her, but if you don't then I will. Now onto the more important issues can we still commence the attack even though we don't have the equipment?" She said concerned that the attack wouldn't be able to happen.
"Yes, but there will be more casualties on my side and I won't have that, get into contact with an arms dealer and we'll buy it instead of stealing it." Said more like ordering her to buy them because I wasn't going to risk his family's lives.
"If we do that they can track us down and the attack won't work." She said angrily with what Adam had to say. Her mission has to happen for her "Queen." She can't let him get away.
"Then we won't attack. I won't have my men and women die because we didn't give them the best equipment to survive the attack." I said putting my Soldier's lives up the priority list rather than getting back at the Humans. I wasn't going to budge on this, I Never Will.
Seeing the best option keeping the White Fang on her side and getting Torchwick to get the equipment. "Fine, but you better not back out of the attack." With that, she left with a frustrated face with not being in control of Adam as she left the room.
God did I hate her, she came into my camp and threatened to kill everyone there if I didn't cooperate with her. She is stronger than me, but when she shows weakness I will kill her without hesitation. This is all a mess, time to call back the members in Kakariko, it's a lost cause. The council probably already has Bullheads of Huntsmen coming to secure the Village and protect it for months because of the attack that failed.
Getting into his office after a good night's sleep he found Glynda with a frown with a wrinkle on her forehead.
"Glynda, what's with the frown? It's too early for that." Ozpin said cheerfully for the peaceful morning.
" Something happened Ozpin you want the good news or the bad news first." This got Ozpin's attention, Guest not a peaceful morning after all.
"Bad news, what happened tell me?" Ozpin said, getting serious.
"Kakariko Village was attacked by the White Fangs," Glynda said with concern for the people of that Village.
"Give me the full report now," Ozpin said fearing the worst had happened. Villages rise and fall often, but Kakariko had stood for decades and held very dangerous weapons.
"The Village was attacked from inside The White Fang released Grimm inside the Village they killed currently 32 of the citizens while many deaths could have happened there were minimal casualties. The worst part is that after the Huntsman killed the Grimm in the Village they went to the wall and defended it from Grimm, but leaving the emergency shelter exposed to an attack and an attack did happen Adam Taurus showed up." She said with venom in her voice, Adam Taurus he was a ruthless Faunus known for killing everyone in his way. "He was going to kill everybody, but at the last second a foolish boy fought him, he did last long enough for reinforcements to come and drive Adam off, but he's still lost badly and now the boy is in critical condition. It's been two days since this happened, the Village is rebuilding and buried the dead. None of the equipment of the War Relics was stolen and the Village is now secure, that's the end of the report."
Thankful that the weapons were not stolen, but the bad news was still bad. "That is terrible, has the Council sent Huntsman?" He said immediately just in case they weren't doing their jobs.
"Yes, they did during the night they didn't inform you because it was an emergency and they weren't going to wait for you," Glynda explained why they did not give Ozpin a notice.
"Finally their good for something, this boy that did this they got his name," Ozpin said, getting his hopes up maybe this is Andres and he hasn't died.
"No they didn't," She said with a little anger, how hard is it to get one boy's name.
Thinking of a way to get accurate information Ozpin had a plan "Send Mr. Port to the Village to see if this boy is Andres. It's unlikely, but if there's a chance that it's Andres then we should take it. If he grows so much that he's going against Adam of all people already, then he really has the potential to overcome the Witch. I know Port will love to see his brother again after hearing of the attack." He said, giving Glynda the order to inform Port of his mission.
"Yes sir I'll get Port right away, but it'll take a few days for him to leave because of classes. Ozpin please don't get your hopes up there is a very slim chance that this is Andres." She said so Ozpin won't fatigue himself because he thinks Andres is alive out there. Ozpins really thinks that this boy is the spark to light the way to a better tomorrow, she thought, but not knowing what Ozpin really wanted him for.
I don't feel my body there, it's not that it's my lower half. I can't feel my legs, please dear God please don't make me disabled, I never want to live life like that and I need to be as strong as possible to complete the deal.
I was in a black void floating into the nothingness then a bright light blinded me and all the sudden I was on a building, but my body was fine except for the part where my lower half was fucking gone, no this is a dream calm down.
Looking around I see skyscrapers and then see a huge statue far away on an island surrounded by water. Looking more closely it was the copper Statue Of Liberty, I was in New York, the fuck. Everything looked normal. There were even cars and people walking in the streets, maybe all of that Remnant thing was a dream and somehow I got up here on the skyscraper, then a roar snapped me out of my confused state looking up.
A battalion of Dragons came from the sky charging up their blasts. Moving to the edge I was going to yell for all to run. Suddenly a Dragon blocked my view of the city and in a split second the peaceful atmosphere of the city turned into hell on Earth. Every building over ten floors was burning down. Looking down at the streets, I knew I wasn't going to like what I was going to see but did it anyway. I saw so many burning corpses, every car was turned into a pile of molten metal and the air smelled like ashes.
I cried so much, why. Is this happening? I'm still alive. I know this is a nightmare, but why is my brain showing me this? Is this my future, is this what will happen if I keep sidetracking myself at every person who says they need help. Walking to the other edge on the opposite side of the building almost unwillfully. I was going to look down at the burning city, but a Giant black reddish Dragon appeared flying up and looked me in the eyes. I know who this was, it was Paarthurnax.
"What happened here is your fault. You chose to keep being a Hero at every twist and turn, your luck only lasted so long before you died and the deal was revoked and we had to destroy Earth." He spoke in the past tense like I already died.
Then his body split into three different people. It was My mother, Aron, and a person whose whole body was white. They all spoke at the same time. "We knew you could have saved us, but you chose to try to be a Hero and save everyone and died, why do you care about Remnants more than Earth, and if you don't then why do you keep risking your life to save a couple hundred on Remnant while you could save billions on Earth. Why do you keep choosing to be a Hero?" They all spoke. I knew they were speaking the truth, but I didn't want to hear it. I want to save the Earth, but I would never be able to live with myself if I didn't try, but who cares about my soul if it dies to save everyone, it's worth it. One life for billions logically the answer is incredibly obvious, but I can't just stop being who I am.
The three people who I knew were fake combined forming a big sludge. The air around me started to feel heavy to breathe and all of the color in the sky of the destroyed world faded. Remembering this feeling I see the sludge turning into a Human figure, I hoped I was wrong. Then Adam Taurus in his horrifying glory looked straight at me.
"You are so weak. Do you really think you can save everybody? What are you a child, this is reality, people will die and if you pick the wrong path so will your planet die." He said. Then he grabbed his blade. It made me flinch, the pain he inflicted on me will be a reminder that I was never strong, to begin with. The fear of his Semblance filled me then as he slashed at me.
Closing my eyes, but I felt nothing.
As I opened them I saw him turned back into a sludge and a person was formed, but not just one, but many of them were multiplying and multiplying until there was a thousand in front of me. All of them looked like they've been crying and have become homeless people and their eyes looked like they haven't slept for five days. All dirty and Sickly.
Then they all spoke at once in a desperate voice "To save us you have to throw away your want of being a Hero. We deserve to live, don't pick being a Hero over us please we want to live, fight for us not the people of Remnant. Don't let us die please." As they begged me to save them and in their final sentence they all started to become Dust, within seconds they all vanished and were gone with the wind. Falling on my invisible body's knees I wept, they spoke the truth I want to be a Hero, but by doing that I'll die before I finish the deal, Dooming them.
"This path that you are going down right now will almost mean certain death, but if you do follow and push through all of the hardships. There will be a reward at the end that your world and others want, something to restore what has been lost. Choose your path wisely and if you do, maybe we'll be able to meet." Looking up to whoever said that, but getting a glimpse of a dark purplish shadowy Humanoid figure that looked like its body was made of mist then in a split second of seeing it, it disappeared from sight. What it said was different than what I heard from the people.
I fell to the ground and for hours thought which one will I choose. choosing which path to follow, either the path of the single minded asshole who only cares about completing the quest or the Hero who helps everybody who needs it.
I needed to choose, but it was so difficult because my very soul was begging me to be the Hero, but my mind picked the logical path to save Earth I could save way more if I kept to the mission.
Having enough of a headache thinking I looked up into the sky of this destroyed Earth I saw a light and it was getting bigger, feeling I was going to wake up soon I lifted my invisible hand into the air hopefully making the wake up process faster. Then a beam of light covered my body and I flew in the air being lifted through the hole.
Day 11 of 720 before Earth's Death
My closed eyes barely moved and I heard a woman's voice "Andres hey I know you're awake, so you know wake up already."
Opening my eyes and seeing someone I didn't expect.
Clover. Shit was I kidnapped again and she lied about leaving the White Fang, fuck got to get away. I try to get up abruptly flinging the white blanket away and getting up, but a needle in my arm pulled me back, also ouch that fucking hurt.
"Dumbshit don't try to yank off the needle you'll damage an artery!" She yelled at me with a tone filled with concern. As she grabbed the blanket and covered me again.
"Why are you here Clover I thought you left?" I said with bitterness in my voice, ignorant that she is the reason I'm alive. Then I looked around the white room. I was in a hospital bed and there was a dresser with my clothes with flowers and cards and medical equipment all around me with an I.V bag attached to my arm by a needle. I was being treated by actual doctors.
"I did, but I came back, what you said hit me hard in the heart. If I am to redeem myself I'm going to need to stop Adam's, White Fang." She said giving me her new goal to take down Adams' company. Guess she is actually going to redeem herself.
"Wait Adams the leader of the White Fang?" I didn't know that I fought the leader of the bastards. The fucks wrong with me it's like a mouse going against a lion in comparison to our fight, I'm an idiot.
"No he isn't, but he has his own faction of them. His faction kills everything in their way and leaves no survivors, his company is ruthless to the core and I need to stop him, but I don't know what he's up to." Ok, he's not the leader, but he is at the same time. Also, he killed everybody in his sight then why didn't he kill me from the beginning of the fight, oh yeah I remembered he wanted to "Play" With me, What a tool.
"Ok, but why did he attack Kakariko Village? It doesn't seem that important of a place?" I said remembering the map this Village has no military advantage unless you count proximity so why did they want everybody to die here.
"It's not Kakariko they were interested in, but what it has, this town was one of the frontrunners in the Great War and the Faunus revolution so it still has some war equipment that his White Fang wanted." She said, So that's why there was no White Fang around anywhere, they were all getting ready to just loot the equipment, I really hope that they didn't steal anything because that will be disastrous in these extremists hands.
"Wait, this Village has army equipment, what kind?" I say trying to come up with a plan if they stole the big guns that the Village has.
"There is everything too guns that are rings to flying BullTanks, the most advanced Bullhead to ever be developed a single shell from it can take down a fully grown Goliath and a dozen of them can turn the tides of battle. This town has a huge cache of weapons and artillery. It's a perfect place to steal from if you want the weapons to kill a lot of people." She said very angrily. Killing innocent was never why she signed up for when she joined the White Fang.
"If this place has that much firepower then why not use it against the Grimm?" I said using my logic to think of the uses of these weapons.
"We can't, after the Faunus Revolution they were banned for everything. The whole world hates the things that broke us apart and killed one another with. So the World Powers banned them, so we can't use them against Grimm even if we want to." Fuck what stupid politics, the weapons could have made living on Remnant safer, but they choose to ban the weapons that could mean more land to have, what bullshit.
"Stupid rules I hate them…..and Why am I not dead. Didn't I get cut in half?" I said remembering what Adam did to me. I shiver a bit from just the memory
"No you didn't, Adam just chopped through just a little more than one-third of your body, you're lucky to be alive you were in the "Can't come back period." but still came back and the Docs patched you up. you'll make a complete recovery, but you will have some phantom pains from the present that Adam gave you from now on." She said All I heard was good news except the phantom pains.
"Wow, so I won't be disabled for the rest of my life," I say thankfully without thinking
"No, but if you want me to make that happen I can." She said snarkily at me with a smirk.
"Shut up. Wait why aren't you….in….you know shackles?" I asked a very awkward question.
"Oh yeah, the Mayor pardoned all of the former White Fang. He told me he believes that what we did was brave and a step in the right direction for Faunus kind, but for pardoning us he wants us to help him rebuild and protect the Village from now on." She said with joy that her people aren't going to live the rest of their lives behind bars.
"And the Village just accepted you guys, you all did help kill their people," I said, questioning if he really had that much control of the Village.
"He didn't tell the citizens we were White Fang and he'll keep it a secret. He is a really optimistic person. All he sees is the good we can become, personally I like him." She said happily that life started to turn her way. She chose the path to not hurt innocent, but protect them and the universe gave her a pardon from her crimes.
"Wow, he is a better person than I thought. How long until I can travel again I have places to be?" I said. I liked the Mayor more than before and asked when I was able to leave. I still needed to complete the deal.
"Well you were in critical condition a day ago, but you healed very fast with the medicine I gave you. It's a miracle you're even alive and it's an even bigger miracle you'll make a full recovery. I would say about five weeks until you'll be able to travel again.." A Doctor said as he walked into the room with a clipboard in hand.
Feeling like that was too long I asked "Can you heal me faster I'm really in a time crunch and just so you know I will still go even if you don't heal me." I needed to keep going to Mount Helios. It's waiting for me.
"...Fine, I'll put you on the Healing Dust. It'll accelerate the healing process by five times, but do know that it will burn like hell on all of the wounds you've suffered and it will leave scars behind." The doctor said, grabbing an IV bag filled with pink liquid with sparkles inside of it, oh God that's going inside me.
"That's fine, I know chicks dig scars," I said, boosting my confidence for having scars on my body, after all I was pretty insecure with my body, but now was not the time to be embarrassed.
"We really don't," Clover said, taking away what little confidence I was giving myself.
"Shut up, let me believe the lie, so doc that's a yes so hook me up," I said, getting ready to feel even more pain. Seriously why does this planet want to just give pain the whole time I've been here all I've been doing is running, fighting, and hurting.
"This will hurt and you will need to stay in bed for the first two days just to be safe." He said while replacing the other IV bag in a serious voice that meant no funny business.
"Gotcha doc and can you tell me my injuries by the way?" I said before he switched medicine.
"Of course and the estimates of recovery I'm going you will be with the healing Dust, your body suffered two bullet wounds one in the right shoulder and the other bigger one on your inner left thigh these will take about three days to heal and one stab wound in the right chest that's already healed up thanks to your Aura. Now your right hand fingernails, I assume you were being tortured because they were just ripped off, my condolences you didn't deserve that. They will take a week to heal up and three weeks for them to come back. Then you have fractured forearms that are healed, you had three ribs cracked that are healed as well and the rest of your ribs will be bruised, that will take weeks even with the healing Dust for the pain to go away and the final wound the worst of them all the laceration from Adam it was on your lower left abdominal region just above the hip bone that wound was stitched intensively and will take 3 days to heal to the point it wouldn't open up if you walk and with the healing Dust you'll be able to walk tomorrow and all of you other injuries will heal faster. You're lucky if he went an inch further through your body, he would have severed your spinal cord and there would have been a guarantee that you would have been put in a wheelchair forever. You'll make a complete recovery in a week and a half, but I know you won't stay that long. I will let you leave after tomorrow once I know you don't have any other problems we haven't seen yet, that is all goodbye." He said professionally as he walked out of the room.
I didn't notice that the healing Dust from the I.V bag that the doctor put up was almost at the entrance of my body.
It goes in and I feel pain in my forearm and it starts to spread all over my body. It felt like an itch you can't scratch.
Seeing me in pain Clover said, "Don't worry I'll knock you out and you'll wake up tomorrow in way less pain than right now believe me I know from experience." As I see a blur of a fist and get knocked out.
Waking up again I felt not nearly as much pain as before. I look around and see Clover sleeping in a chair and her head laying on my bed. Fucking annoyed with her knocking me out, but I wasn't that petty to wake her up when she's sleeping so not wanting to bother her I look outside to the morning, fuck either I was knocked out for a couple of hours or a whole day and a couple of hours. I lay back down feeling like my body was exercising but wasn't. I loved thinking, but right now I didn't like the thought of choosing the path of a Hero or a Solider I fucking hated it.
"You should, it's a tough decision." A voice in my head said then I remember the magical Dragon in my noggin.
"Paarthurnax you're here, please help. I don't know what to do, I don't want to let my soul be destroyed to save Earth." I said as a tear fell from my eyes. Guilt hit me hard from the absolute selfishness I was thinking.
"Then don't pick the path of the Soldier." Saying the obvious answer that I wanted to pick.
"But there's a chance I will die before I finish the deal," I say disagreeing with him. What's more important than my world, practically nothing and mostly my own morals shouldn't be placed above my world.
"Yes there is a high chance of death, but the two times you almost died you grew so much in strength, skill, and instinct. you improved immensely and remember this the Witch you will fight is leagues beyond Adam. You need all of the strength and experience you can get to defeat her and let's say what if you get to the end and find her, but you didn't learn everything you could before meeting her. She'll destroy you in an instant because you're so weak, but if you experience struggle, fighting, and learn from it you might have a chance to beat her. Also, do you really think you're the only one I ever gave this deal too? There have been hundreds I've given the same deal to, but all of them failed because they were so focused on their one objective that they can't see the knife coming from behind. The only ones that ever made it far were the ones who chose to save everyone as much as possible and when they failed, it was because they doubted their way. That is why I chose you because you were a Hero before I even met you. I've been looking for a Hero that will help if there's trouble and fight if people need to be defended, but it is your decision to choose which path to take." Paarthurnax said, giving me a speech. Guess even real life Heros get plot armor until they doubt it.
"So it's a Breath of The Wild scenario to either adventure and become stronger, more skilled and fight Ganon after you become overpowered or go straight for Ganon and fight him with an almost certain chance of losing. One way takes time and I actually do have time even when I say I don't, I just don't like wasting it, and the other way go straight to the final boss and hope I get lucky and win because this isn't a game, I don't have respawns. I have one life, one chance, I needed to decide which way to go. With massive thought into this problem, I sorted out the pros and the cons and I made up my mind and I chose what my instincts, heart, and soul told me to do.
I will keep going down the path of the Hero. I won't let people around me suffer while I can stop it.
My body started to feel warm and fluffy and it also started to shine the color dark red brightly into the room. Wow, it's as if my Aura just thanked me for picking what I truly wanted. "I will be a Hero," I said, speaking my mind out loud.
"Well, you're already are one." The voice came from a happy looking Clover. "You might not think it, but you saved a lot of people from dying by killing that very dangerous Beringel that was getting close to the shelter and taking on Adam long enough for me to get back to make him retreat. You've done so much good and I know you will become an even better Hero over time." She encouraged me with really kind words that warmed my heart. She was the one to save me wow I've been an asshole to my savior.
"Thanks, for the speech Clover I really feel like a shonen protagonist," I said, I mean who didn't want to be some shonen character when they were little, let me tell you I really wanted to be one, guess now I am one well now, now all I need is plot armor, wait no I do have that too. Cool the new shonen character, Andres Mondragon.
"No problem and whatever that means, now get up there's a carriage to take you to wherever you want to go," Clover said, telling me some great news.
"What really, thank you whoever did this for me," I say getting out of bed, but not remembering about the paper robe you wear when you're in a hospital. The paper ripped and showed Clover the full view of my family jewels.
Covering her eyes with her hand and screaming "Oh god cover yourself you asshole, goddammit this better not make me a pedo."
"Sorry, my bad and yes you're now a pedo," I say awkwardly jokingly while I quickly put on the clothes that were on a drawer. For the next ten minutes, it was really awkward silence so not wasting time. I started to read the cards filled with thank you and one had an address and red lipstick kiss marks on it, that's kinda hot, then the door opened and the doctor came in.
"Good evening Andres, do you feel worse or better?" He said, checking my body for any problems.
"I feel a whole lot better, thanks Doc," I say happily.
"Ok the two days of your hospitalization is over you can leave, but remember no exercising for a week your body still needs to heal." He said with a stern voice.
"Sure Doc let's go, Clover, I got places to be." I told Clover for us to skedattle then the doctor spoke again "Your hospital bill is on the house. It's the least I do for you saving my grandpa and this Village." The Doc said with a grateful smile.
Walking out of the hospital I feel much better than being cooped up in bed because it always makes me feel worse. Ok back on track I needed supplies again, I really hope they will just give them to me because I really don't want to steal again. Wait where are my weapons, I need them.
"Clover, where are my weapons and my backpack? I need them." I said a little scared that they took my protection away.
"There at the carriage, I'll go get them for you, but you need new clothes because those rags aren't going to cut it in the wild there's a Huntsman clothing store over there on Lotus street, and please don't show off you body again you might kill somebody if they see it." She said snarkily, but she is right these stolen clothes are already destroyed.
"Asshole, I think I look fabulous in my birthday suit," I say with a fake confident smile on my face.
"Let me tell you the truth you don't, but if you burn that fat and get some muscle you might, but don't get your hopes up." She said giving me some advice. I mean I did lose some weight from being malnourished for however long I was a prisoner.
"Don't get your hopes up," I say in a mocking voice as I walk away. Walking I looked for the "Huntsman." Clothing store and lord and behold it was as if gamers had a hand in making this store. The store had a display, on display, there is a flaming dress, a suit that had what looked like lighting coursing through it, and the most RPG you can get, it was full body armor and it looked like it was made from Dragon Scales, that's shit fake I have real ones. Wait where are they, no calm down there probably with my weapons and Clover is going to grab them for me. Walking into the RPG type store which was called Destroyers of Grimm, really.
As I walked in I saw a pretty normal shop for clothes. Walking up to the cashier I asked "Excuse me, can you help me."
The cashier that had blue jeans with a purple blouse on she looked like she was eighteen her name tag said Lavender then she sees me and puts he hands on her face and says "Oh my god you that guy that saved us from that White Fang guy, you were so awesome until ya know he almost killed you." Wow, she is very blunt, I like her.
"Thanks, can you help me?" I say, not wanting to talk about that belittling fight I was in.
"Of course, but you know I can do more than just help you." She said with a confident smirk and a wiggle of her brow. My eyes go wide from what she means by that, do I say yes I've never been asked this before, what no I need to stay focused mission first get laid later, not now.
"Wait are you a virgin?" Paarthurnax said out of nowhere, the fucker sounded like he was going to burst out laughing.
"Shut up," I said through my thoughts embarrassed. Yeah so what I'm a virgin, I only had two girlfriends. One wasn't that serious, but the other one was, me and her like each other a lot, but over time we drifted apart until one day she said I wasn't very good with talking and a month later she's cheated on me with the school's second biggest asshole, fuck her, but she was right I was never very good with talking and there were other problems, but I don't want to talk about them, they'll open up old wounds.
She sees the sad look on my face and says "Wow you're a downer, so what do you want?" I tell her what I want and my size, in a second she runs into the aisles grabbing all that I asked for. She came back with the clothes and grabbed me and threw me into the dressing room without warning, dam how strong she is.
Getting what she meant by throwing me into the dressing room I put the outfit on. Coming out and looking into a mirror I see myself with a dark red shirt with a black flannel that curved with my chubby body with the sleeves pulled up and folded, people always asked me why I wear flannels and I would say I felt comfortable in it, but I always felt insecure with my figure and used it to hide it. The jeans were a light shade of black, but fit perfectly with room to move how I like and enough room for it not to feel tight. My steel toes were almost already destroyed from all the fighting I've been in so I got new ones. These were brown steel toe boots, what I love boots don't judge me. I even got new underwear, with all of that I still kept my grey bandana, it was from my mother, I would never get rid of it, but during the attack in the Village, it got a slice looking damage on it.
"Why do you still have that ugly bandana with you?" She said bluntly, not knowing the value I have for it.
"It's a birthday present from my mother," I said with happiness and sadness at the same time. My eyes watered up by thinking about my family, not now another day.
Lavender sees my eyes watering up and understands why it's so valuable to me. "Oh shit my bad, sorry for saying that."
"No, it's fine my mother never knew how to pick pretty things," I say, my mother always got me clothes that were always too baggy and really ugly, but I still kept them, wait….I have no money. "Uhh, do I have to pay for this." I said really hoping I don't.
"...Wait, are you telling me that you don't have any money to pay for these?" She said pointing at my clothes.
"Kinda," I said embarrassed, I am an idiot. I need money.
Her frown turned into a mischievous smile and she said "I'm messing with you, it's fine I was going to give you them for free anyway, besides these are the low quality brand it doesn't give much protection." She was giving me cheap stuff, I'm still grateful, but I wonder what the high quality must feel like because these low quality already feels amazing.
"Thank you so much for your generosity," I said with my manners kicking in.
"I don't know why you're thanking me. You fought on the Grimm and the White Fang for us and you didn't ask for anything in return so it's the least we could do, but there's something I need you to do for me if I'm giving you all these clothes, I need you to take a selfie with me." She said with a smile.
I hated selfies or pictures with me in them, but why not. "Sure why not," I said with a shrug
She grabs me by the neck and pulls me to her, our bodies were smushed together and she pulled out this weird looking phone it was see through and a gold diamond in the middle. She snapped the picture and said, "My sister is so going to flip when she gets this, and thanks again, have safe travels, Hero." She grabbed me and kissed me on the cheek. I felt somewhat discombobulated as I left the store. I looked back and saw Lavender waving goodbye. Wow being a Hero pays off, if only for a little bit.
I walk away feeling so much pride for what I've done. Now, where do I go to the carriage? Just going with the flow of people I walk in a random direction, after 10 minutes a door to my right gets slammed open getting my attention as my instincts flare up and grab someone.
Finishing up the blade for that young man, I felt pride with this piece. I put my blood and heart into it and now in all of its glory, I put it into its new sheath. Walking out of my Smith area I put the Sword on the counter. I go to my mini fridge to grab a water for the hard work put into the Sword for the last two days then I hear a slam at the front door and I come back and I see the weapon gone, no I made that for the boy.
Running outside to see where the thief went. As if good luck has struck I see a young man holding a child by the hoodie he was wearing. The little boy was dirty and smelled like he hasn't showered in days.
"Thank you, young man," I say then I look at the young man's face and recognize the man, he was the young man that he was making the Sword for. "Young man please come with me. I need to give you something." I say, wanting him to get the Sword the proper way.
"Um, sure, but can you tell me where the carriages are after." The young man said.
"Of course, now chop chop inside," I said hurrying him inside.
"So what do you need?" The man says confused by what I was doing.
"It's not what I need, but you. Your Longsword was destroyed when you were defending us from that Terrorist, so I put it upon myself to make you this as the gratitude this Village has for what you did for us, so please take it." I said with gratitude for what he has done for the Village. I pulled the Sword I made and got on one knee and gave him the Sword like he was a king.
"Really you made this just for me." The man looked flabbergasted that someone made him a new Sword.
I felt so happy, I was being shown so much gratitude. I grab the blade he gave to me and unsheathe it. It was a Longsword the blade was a shiny metal with weird writing in the middle of the blade, it was double edges and the edges of the blade were razor sharp, the guard was a red color in a U shape that had spikes inside it's probably for disarming enemies. The hilt of the blade was black and red stripes intersecting each other overall it looked like a Sword you'll see in museums for how beautiful it looked. Looking around the store I see weapons everywhere and I get a selfish idea.
"Thank you for this, but can I also get some weapons from here," I said testing his generosity.
"Of course grab from the left aisle those are the low brand weapons." He said with a smile.
Looking around I see weapons galore and a random newspaper about some bandits that are from Anima appearing in Sanus weird, but something catches my eyes a small circle of metal with a button.
I grab it and press the button and as a video game the circle of metal decompressed into a compound bow, what how the bow is kinda small, but how does it get that small, this world is just so weird and awesome at the same time. Looking at the bow it looked awesome and grabbing 4 flares, feeling like I was only going to need these, I went to the counter.
"Is this all, I expected you to tell me you wanted a mechanical weapon that did everything for you, like you I respect the classics." He says I do like the classics, but what did he mean? A mechanical weapon isn't a compound bow that. Smith grabs a quiver with a strap that goes around my waist with 30 sharp arrows and gives it to me. I put the quiver strap around my waist, but the quiver was at the back of my waist.
When I was a little kid I got a wooden bow and I loved it, I was really good at it until I missed and hit my mom on accident then I was not allowed to use it anymore, well my mom isn't around, time to be a disobedient teen.
"Thank you again for this, but what about the boy, what will happen to him," I asked him about the kid feeling bad for him.
"I'll call the militia soon to pick him up." The Smith said to me with a sad expression.
"But he's a kid," I said, feeling unfair to hand a child to the authorities just because he tried, but failed to steal.
"Yes, but some people died during the attack despite your and the Huntsman effort he may be an orphan now." He said with a face of sorrow.
"Hey kid, where are your parents?" I asked, wanting to get to the heart of the problem.
"...Ther dead, the Grimm got them while they were asleep, but I got away before they got me." He said with a stream of tears coming down his face. "Why didn't you save my mom and dad? They did nothing wrong why them, I just want my mommy and daddy, it's not that much." The kid started to cry, letting out all of his emotions.
"I'm sorry I didn't save your parents," I said, feeling responsible for their death for not getting out of my prison and searching more of the area for people. "You're still going to call the militia on him?" I asked the Smith with an expression of guilt.
"I don't know, but you can leave now. I'll take care of this issue and come back some time. I do make some of the best weapons around." He says as he leads me to the front door and gives me the directions for the carriages.
I waved goodbye as I left the store. All of these people did so much for me. Especially the new Longsword I needed a new one because of that asshole Adam breaking mine, pain strikes feeling my wound flare up for thinking of him dammit.
I walked for twenty minutes and I got to the entrance to the transportation building. Entering I see Clover with Violet and the Mayor standing and talking in an empty waiting room. Walking up to them they greet me.
"Andres here your weapons and also your Scales looking things." She said handing me my weapons and Scales, thank goodness I need these Scales to survive my World.
"Thanks, Clover," I said, happy to have my tools back.
I heard Clover say as I'm putting on my straps like last time, finishing I felt good. "You're welcome and he needs to talk to you." She points at the Mayor, I remember I still don't know his name. I look at the Mayor and wait for him to speak.
The Mayor had a grim look on his face "As Azure Port Mayor of this Village I hereby arrest you, Andres Mondragon, for vigilantism, possession of illegal owned weapons, and detonating explosives in the Village." He said with a grim look. No, he wouldn't do this right I mean I helped save the people here. His grim look turns into a smile and laughs "I would be saying that but I don't feel like it and the militia don't either so you're free to go." He said without a care in the world.
"Fuck, you scared me there, I was about to book it," I said admitting that I was really scared.
"Yes I saw it in your eyes, but those charges could still happen if you stay here the Council of three will be reviewing everything about the attack and what you did during it, they don't care if you helped save us, they don't want people without a Huntsman license to fight." He said with a serious face
"Why do they have that law its stupid," I say getting angry by this law that puts innocent people who want to help in shackles, its stupid, I've learned that this Council I really goddam hate.
"Yes it is, I also heard that Headmaster Ozpin is sending my brother here to investigate the attack." He said with a cheerful smile he was going to see his brother again soon.
Frightened by this revelation I can't let Ozpin know where I am yet. "Azure please don't tell your brother anything about me, my name, what I look like, or what clothes I wear, nothing," I say with fear in my voice, and the others hearing it was incredibly obvious.
"Wait, why," Azure said, confused why he couldn't speak tales about his Village's Hero.
"Ozpin wants me, he doesn't know where I am, but I can't let him know right now," I said, letting them know that Ozpin wants me and I'm trying to get away from him.
"I see then, I won't tell my brother a thing, but why does Ozpin want you?" Azure asks with interest.
"He wants me to be his puppet and use me as he sees fit," I said without really knowing what Ozpin wanted from me, but I trust my gut, and right now it was telling me to get the fuck away from Ozpin, He's dangerous.
"Well you learn new things about people every day, now your carriage is here for you and you need to leave before my brother arrives. He should be here soon." He said, hurrying me to my carriage.
"Thank you, Mr. Azure," I say appreciating what he's doing for me then I turn and see Violet really close to me and she had a face of anger. "Hey, Violet, how you holding up?" I say almost nonchalantly, I hoped that if I did that she'd be not as angry, but she just got redder. Oh god, she's going to kill me.
"I don't know what you mean by that? or are you talking about how I saw you gushing blood everywhere, almost dead because you were protecting us." She said she wasn't angry with me, but she was still angry nonetheless. Bullet dodged.
"I'm sorry you had to see me like that," I said, feeling bad it was an idiot idea to take on Adam.
"It's fine you're alive and obviously well I'm just glad you didn't die. You've been in my life not for long, but what you've done for me and my people makes you one of the most important people in my life." She said lovingly, oh god I hope not I can't stop and get into a relationship right now.
"Thanks and I've loved saving you guys," I said trying to play off what she said.
"Well this is goodbye, I'll miss you. Will you come back?" She leaned in and gave me a kiss on the cheek. Hope this doesn't mean she likes me.
"Of course I'll come back and I'll miss you too," I said happily and walked away from a blushing Violet.
I walked the way that Azure said was the way to my carriage. I and Clover walked in silence until "You know that was your moment to get your Hero's farewell kiss, you know that right." She said with confusion.
"I know, but I don't want her to do that, maybe another day, but not now." I can't get sidetracked right now maybe in two years, but not now. "Are you coming with me on my journey?" I asked Clover because she hadn't left my side until she came here to grab my stuff.
"No, I'll just make sure you get to the next Village you want to go safely." She said kinda sadly. Guess she wanted to go with me.
"Thanks, Clover for everything for being my friend, teacher, and for saving me from Adam," I said going off the list of things she's done for me. While I do appreciate what she's done, I still can't seem to get that disgusting feeling of hatred for her betrayal.
"No problem, now where do you want to go," She says as she goes to the carriage driver to tell him the next destination.
I look at the map and see the next settlement very far away. Its name is Silverkeep its 630 miles away, that was fucking far and it's the halfway point to Mount Helios. " Silverkeep Town,'' I say the next Village to get me closer to Mount Helios
"That's a two weeks and a half week journey, let's get going." She said commanding the driver to let go.
"Yeah let's." Said agreeing.
As we left a Bullhead came down next to the carriage seconds as we started traveling. Peter Port, a professor, and part-time Huntsman walked out of the Bullhead.
I saw a carriage leaving the Village and saw a young man with wide eyes. He must be amazed by seeing what a Veteran Huntsman looks like, he looked like someone I recognize, but I've met loads of people in my epic adventures. I wave to him filled with joy seeing children being inspired by my very presence. I walk to the building and go through until I see my brother.
"Azure it's good to see you, have you lost weight I know, I can see!'' I say. I am happy to see my brother again especially after the assassination attempt on his life.
"Peter it's good to see you too, now why I owe the pleasure of your presence," Azure said in a joyful voice.
"Well, Ozpin is interested in the boy that's in critical condition," I said getting to the point.
With the brothers, they left for Azure's office discussing the boy and what happened. Azure kept his promise to Andres even when Peter pressured Azure for information. Azure informed the Village people not to cooperate with his brother. Peter left a couple of days later with no information on the boy, no name, how he looks, and no records, nothing except that he fought one on one with the White Fang Lieutenants Adam Taurus and came out alive, that was amazing.
Ozpin must want the boy for his righteous heart and will to protect the innocent. I would like to meet this young Hero, but I feel in my belly that I will meet him soon.
As a red headed girl ran to the cafeteria trying to get the freshest of food before everyone else like an idiot she ran into a person. She fell over while the person she hit just was pushed back a bit
Snapping out of her dazed state she immediately started to apologize to the person she tackled on accident. "I'm so sorry I didn't see where I was going!" Then Ruby recognizes the person she was Coco the leader of Team CFVY the best second years in The last ten years.
"It's ok just look where you're going next time, hold on short stump your that new team I heard all about Team RWBY right." I recognize her as the new best team out of the freshman.
Ruby blush because from the attention of being recognized "Yeah that's my team and me were team RWBY, yeah." Ruby said very awkwardly to Coco.
Being the blunt person I am I say "That was awkward, well I need to go to the Bullport I have a mission to get too." I say being happy to finally go on a mission without a teacher breathing down my neck and my teams.
Ruby suddenly got a star in her eyes and started to fangirl about what mission Cocos was going on. "You have a mission, what are you doing, are you Exterminating Grimm, protecting a princess, or are you searching for a lost boy," Ruby said, assuming the mission will be that glamorous.
"None of that fancy stuff, we're just going to protect a Village while the resident chief Huntsman takes a vacation," Coco says. It might sound lame, but it's one of the only missions that actually needs a Huntsman in training help.
"Wow where?" Ruby said, wanting to know where.
Coco puffs up her chest and says " Silverkeep town they need the awesome might of Team CFVY to protect them." I said a little exaggerated, what I might look confident all the time, but I do become a downer, and when I do have that I need to encourage myself often to get rid of it.
"That's so cool, stay safe I'll see you later!" Ruby said happily knowing that one day she will be going on missions as well.
I left going to where I told my team to meet up for the mission. Seeing my best friends I wave back. "Sup guys ready for this mission."
"Yes, mam!" They said like Soldiers.
"Ok let's get going to Silverkeep town. It needs some protection." She said getting on the Bullhead that was heading to Silverkeep.
"Hey, Clover, why did you join the White Fang? You don't seem like the type to just kill whoever." I asked a very hard question for her.
"...Believe it or not the White Fang used to be peaceful and when the old leader stepped down a new more violent leader stepped up. The reason why I joined was because of my late husband." She said almost crying at the end.
"What happened?" I said pushing more on this topic.
"A lot, let me tell you a time when I was the happiest woman on Remnant." She said with a smile filled with joy.
I was ten years old and as a Dog Faunus it should have been hard, but my traits were in my mouth not very visible unless you were really looking for them. So life was great. I lived in Mistrial. The people there were nice, but in a manipulative way.
One day a group of Human extremists found out that my Faunus family had a "Human." Child, so they came to my home and killed my father and beat and raped my mother. I wanted to kill them, but I was too weak.
This started my hatred for Humans. My mother was hurt by the horrible people so I went off to look for food and medicine for the both of us then I met an orange haired boy. He was the cutest boy I've ever seen and not just that he also had the biggest heart his name was Aslan. He saw me in rags and helped me and my mother the best he could, being just 11 years old, but disputes his best efforts to help us. My mother died three months later of an infection, probably from those filthy rapists.
Without anyone to go to I ran away. What I didn't know was that Aslan was looking for me. I was an idiot and stayed in a dark alley alone and three creeps came up trying to get a young defenseless girl, I fought back and my Aura activated giving me more strength to fight, but I was still too weak. He came at the last second he fought all of them and won, he was my Hero.
After it was over he was bloodied and beaten all over but had a smile on his face. He took me to his home and made his parents adopt me. After 7 years of being in the same house as him, we liked each other, but we were too shy to say anything, we fell in love, he would do anything for me and that went the same for me.
It was as if the midst of a horrible life had risen and the beautiful sight of life was shown to me. I was so happy when he took me on a trip to Patch a small island off Sanus. He proposed to me on the ferry we took together. We immediately got married two months later because we had true love.
During our wedding, I unlocked his Aura to show I would always know what he felt. We spent two years together living in a house we bought together with the small wages we had, but we didn't care, we were happy if we were together.
One day a mob of Human extremists came to our home asking about me. They knocked down the door looking for me, but all they found was my husband Aslan. He fought against them, but even with Aura he wasn't strong enough, they beat him to an inch of his life for marrying what they said was an animal. Feeling the anger and helplessness of Aslan I knew he was in danger so I ran the fastest my feet could take me to him at our house.
Running in I found Asian on the floor choking on his own blood. I picked him up with all my strength and carried him to the closest hospital, while I was running to the hospital he said his final words to me "Don't hate the Humans for this forgive them, but don't forget me, live your life happily know this I loved you since the day I met you, Clover." Tears flowed down my face as I rushed to the hospital.
The emotions I felt from him were just sadness and happiness, how can he be happy when he's dying, the doctors immediately started to operate on him, but they couldn't save him, she knew because the link she had with him was gone, the love of my life died because I was a Faunus.
Weeks later recruiters came to my temporary home looking for me. They gave me information showing that Aslan could have been saved, but one of the doctors decided to not treat him properly to kill him.
My hatred for Humans came back; they took what was most precious to me. They gave me this doctor's information. Two days later his corpse was found rotting in a ditch. I killed him, he deserved it so much, the hate was flowing through me like it was when I was young, but way more intensely.
The world's Faunus were facing injustice every day and now I had nothing to live for, so I joined their ranks. I had an Aura so I was a more valuable member and soon I started to climb the ranks of the White Fang. After four years of being with them, I'm the fourth strongest member of the White Fang. And now I left the White Fang because of the horrible path of killing innocent people. Adam was the second strongest in the White Fang, and the first was a man who nobody knew about except the high leader Khan Serrah.
Clover finished her story of a better time for her. I got up and hugged her because she really needed one. I say "I'm sorry that happened to you." I said with tears coming down my face. If I was in her place I would have turned out worse, maybe even like Adam.
"It's in the past, but I'll never forget Aslan." She said letting a river of tears flow.
"I wish the world would just stop shitting on good people," I said angrily that a good man like Aslan was killed because of fucking idiots.
"Yeah, me too, now hurry up and get to reading you aren't allowed to train for a week, remember." She said commanding me to start reading as she wipes away her tears.
I opened the book for Dust, Aura, and Semblances."
Information dump read if you are interested in what Dust does and Some Lore.
Dust is a source of energy in Remnant. The physical properties of Dust make it incredibly useful for a variety of purposes, particularly in the weapon of Huntsman and Huntresses. It is known to make a distinctive " Shimmering" Sound passively and when in use. The name "Dust." Is implied to be a reference to the primordial state from which mankind was born. As a natural resource, it is sometimes poetically referred to as "Nature's Wrath.", or more prosaically as an energy propellant.
Mankind gains a valuable tool. According to ancient legends, mankind was fighting a losing struggle against creatures of darkness known as Grimm. However, through their resourcefulness and ingenuity, Humanity managed to discover and harness a source of power they named "Dust." In order to battle the Grimm. The advent of Dust became the turning point in the war. It would appear that after mankind drove back the Grimm and built civilizations, Dust became integrated into everyday life within Remnant. Ok Dust is very useful to know.
Despite its widespread use and preValence in society, Humanity has yet to understand the origins or the implications of their involvement with Dust. So people don't understand where Dust comes from. Well it seems mystical maybe their wizards that made it, I mean Dragons exist then wizards can as well.
Dust is known as a naturally occurring, crystallized energy propellant triggered by the Aura of Humans and Faunus.
Dust can be found in two distinct states, crystalline and powdered. Dust, whether crystalline or powdered, is highly explosive. The powdered form appears more volatile since something as innocuous as a sneeze is enough to detonate a cloud of Dust. This Dust is explosive that's why every bullet ive shot seems to explode on contact.
For unknown reasons, Dust does not function outside of the atmosphere of Remnant, precluding the possibility of space flight. They can't go to space because Dust doesn't work outside of the atmosphere. So I can't take some Dust to Earth after I'm done here.
Types of Dust for Huntsman and the colors of Dust that are the basic Dust types.
Red-Fire Dust is red in color and can be used to create fire in various forms, such as fireballs and fire waves. Fire Dust can be combined with Water Dust to create Steam Dust.
Dark Orange-Rock Dust is dark orange in color and can be used to create rocks. When used with a weapon, Rock Dust can fire large stones as projectiles. Rock Dust can also be used defensively.
Bright Orange-Among other things, bright orange Dust can be used to launch a fiery projectile that splatters to the ground when blocked and to make weapons out of obsidian or some other form of black glass and to melt ice by generating heat.
Yellow-Electricity, or Lightning Dust, is yellow in color and can be used to generate electricity in forms such as bolts of lightning and electrical currents. Electricity generated from this Dust can be used to stun enemies, The electricity can also interfere with electronics, including prostheses.
Green-Plant Dust it's green in color and can grow a plant instantaneously, and can be used for defense as a wall. It can also be used to capture people with vines.
Dark Blue-Steam Dust is dark blue in color, it can generate clouds of steam. This type of Dust is created by combining Water and Fire Dust.
Blue-Water Dust is blue in color and can be used to create water.
Light Blue-Ice Dust is light blue in color and can be used to create ice in any shape, such as crystals, thin sheets or even large structures like curved ramps or platforms that float in water. Ice Dust is formed by the combination of Water and Air Dust.
Cyan-HardLight Dust is cyan in color and can be used to form solid objects made of light energy. Atlas is a major user and creator of technology that uses this Dust. The cities of Argus and Atlas also use it for defense. Shield technology appears to be its primary use. It has also been seen in the pipes of a train engine in Mistral.
Black/Purple-Gravity Dust is black, sometimes purple in color and can be used to manipulate gravitational fields, often to pull objects or create a field that pushes outward. Gravity Dust crystals cause the pieces of land in which they form on to levitate, thus creating floating islands such as the ones above Lake Matsu in Anima. The tracks of Argus Limited are lined with Gravity Dust. It allows the train to move faster and more efficiently by hovering above the tracks.
White-Wind, or Air Dust is white in color and can be used to create wind in various forms, such as gusts and tornadoes.
Rainbow- Combustion Dust it rainbow in color it's used to power Vehicles and can be used offensively to create explosions.
Holy shit is all of that awesome. So my gernade launcher was shooting gravity Dust and the assult rifle was shooting ice Dust that is fucking awesome. Wait I was in a weapon store why didn't I get some Dust, well too late.
I'm a huge idiot that stuff made Adam go as slow as me and that was just one type of Dust think of all the others. With my overimagination I could think of so many ways to utilize the different types of Dust.
Uses of Dust
Dust serves as a power source for the majority of technology in Remnant, from airships to androids, though some alternative technologies do exist.
Dust can still be used without the aid of weapons or machines and can be unleashed in its raw form such as lightning. Technology powered by Dust is known to glow. The people have attempted to achieve spaceflight and space-based communications with Dust as propellant fuel, but its inability to operate outside of Remnant's atmosphere hindered these endeavors. These people have androids, why don't they just mass produce them and reclaim Remnant with quantity over quality. And I learned from a book that quantity is a quality all of its own.
Combat
The discovery of Dust was instrumental to Humanity's initial defeat of Grimm, and Dust continues to be used extensively in combat. Dust can be harnessed in a variety of ways, but when used in its raw form, its full potential requires both an Aura and the intelligence to use it, meaning Humans, Faunus are the only ones who are able to use it for combat in this state. Furthermore, the effective use of raw Dust requires a certain level of discipline to keep from losing control of it. Methods of using raw Dust include weaving it into clothing, fusing Dust with oneself, forging a blade imbued with Dust and inserting Dust crystals or powder into one's even my Sword can use Dust if I modify it, I might do that.
Fusing Dust With One's Body
This is incredibly dangerous do not attempt. If you do your body will be in excruciating pain, but you would be able to control the Dust you had fused into your body. Apparently, there is a limit to how much raw Dust an ordinary person is capable of metabolizing at a time. So I can eat Dust and gain its properties. I might use this in the future.
Dust-imbued Blades
These blades are imbued with a certain Dust making them more powerful. So my fucking Sword could have Dust always coursing through it.
Powdered Dust
Adding powdered Dust to one's weapon. Some weapons have chambers that you put Dust vials in.
Dust Crystals
Adding a Dust crystal to one's weapon. It is uncommon, but it does happen people use raw Dust crystals to power their weapons.
Dust Bullets
Dust bullets are much simpler to use, merely requiring the user to pull the trigger. It is mentioned that such rounds come in several different sizes and cartridges to be used for any given situation.
Dust and Semblances
a Semblance needs to meet certain requirements to use Dust. The Semblance will become more powerful and will have the applications of the Dust they use for a short time. So when I get my Semblance maybe if the universe is kind I might get to use Dust to enhance my Semblance.
Vehicles
Vehicles run on Dust, Vehicles, such as trains and streetcars, make use of Dust in varying ways. trains pipes glow cyan when it's active and fade to a dull gray when powered down. Argus Limited's track has a line of gravity Dust through the middle of it. A refueling station offers services to refuel vehicles somewhere in Anima.
Mundane
As Remnant's primary source of functional power, Dust has many uses in everyday life, across all walks of life and the full breadth of morality. Nearly all screens from the commonly used Scrolls to computers are holographically projected in the air and are made with Hard-light Dust. Mantle houses with Dust-powered systems. One example of this early in Remnant's history was when Mantle integrated Dust into a system built in their houses. Stoves use Dust to heat the burners, as indicated by Dust's signature " Shimmering" Sound.
Wow that was a lot of information to process, dam does Dust have what our oil doesn't, it's versatility. Feeling like I didn't want to read for the rest of the trip I keep reading about Aura and Semblances
I read through the whole thing finishing it. I knew it all because I talked with Weiss and she explained it incredibly well to me. If I ever see her again I'll give her that kiss I joked about. I can't wait to get me a Semblance, what will it be destroying flame, creation of my imagination, maybe kaioken from DBZ, or maybe blue lightning. The best part about a Semblance is that it's like a muscle it can grow stronger the more you use it that's so fucking cool. That's what I love about RPGs is that you will always be improving the sensation that your moving forward is so addicting to me.
Ok how to improve a Semblance I need to find out what my Semblance is before I can improve it. Now onto the book of the history of Remnant, but before that one I need to know about what a Faunus is.
Faunus are one of the two intelligent races that inhabit Remnant, the other race being the Humans. While Faunus resemble Humans, they are often easily distinguishable from the latter in that they possess the traits of animals.
Faunus are similar to Humans, except for the fact that they share certain traits with animals. Some types of Faunus are more common than others, with some being extremely rare. Faunus with mammalian traits, in general, seem to be quite common.
Some Faunus with animal ears also appear to have a set of Human ears, and some Faunus have animal ears in place of Human ears. Some may even have traits that augment their mobility such as
In general, wings and mermaid-like fish tails are rather rare, and in the case of mermaid-like Faunus, the trait can be a disability by making it hard to walk. Thus, the Shallow Sea makes life manageable for mermaid-like Faunus.
Faunus can only have a single physical trait in common with their animal. Most Faunus have remarkable night vision, a trait that they use to great effect in combat.
In addition, Faunus on multiple occasions are able to possess other non-physical traits of the animals that they are based on. One such example is food preference,
Little is known about the origin of the Faunus, and scientists still currently struggle to discover or understand anything about them.
Humans' discrimination toward Faunus began early, due to how startling Humans found it that Faunus looked and acted like them, but had animalistic features that were sometimes frightening, such as fangs. This discrimination only grew through rumors and stories that spread fear and suspicion. It was not uncommon for Humans to chase Faunus out of their Villages or even to hunt them down and kill them.
At some point in history, a Village in Sanus fell under attack from the Creatures of Grimm, and its survival was thanks solely to the fact that Humans and Faunus worked together to defeat the invading Grimm. After this event, Humans grew to realize that Faunus were not that different from them after all. However, rather than treating them equally, Humans used the Faunus' differences from them to exploit and continue to discriminate against them. Damn are Humans just racists because we discriminate against people on Earth their skin color and Remnant because of their animal traits.
Now onto the book of Remnant.
CONTINENT
Sanus-Vale and Vacuo are located on the continent called Sanus.
Solitas-Atlas is on the continent of Solitas.
Anima-Mistral is on the continent of Anima.
Menagerie- a continent in the middle of the ocean
KINGDOMS
Vale-is known as most "Normal" Out of the kingdoms
Vacuo-Vacuo for its rough-and-tumble lifestyle.
Atlas-Atlas is known for its martial nature and technological advancement
Mistral-Mistral is known for being the most diverse, people go there so see the colorful landscape.
Vytal is the name of the island to the north of Vale. The last Dragon-shaped continent remains unidentified. Although it was apparently at one point inhabited, no settlements are currently known to exist on the continent.
Culture
Religion
The Vytal Festival is an event at which the diverse cultures of Remnant are celebrated. Remnant has a vibrant culture owing to the diversity of its inhabitants. Each of the four Kingdoms has a unique identity and this distinctive character is encouraged by events such as the Vytal Festival, where the people of Remnant gather to celebrate their cultures. Given the importance of Huntsmen and Huntresses in mankind's continued existence, part of this celebration also includes a combat tournament between students of the Kingdoms' respective academies. So Beacon is one of the schools I hope I don't run into another Headmaster because they are probably as bad as Ozpin.
Names
Color Naming Rule a significant part of the Remnant's worldwide culture is the practice of naming children after colors. During the Great War, attempts by tyrannical oppressors to limit individualism and self-expression were met by a violent backlash from the populace. In response to persecutors' attempts to destroy art, people began to name their children after a fundamental element of art - color - sending the message that the next generation would also fight to prevent the destruction of their individuality. That's why Ozpin said that my name didn't mean a color that always seemed weird for him to say. My name might not be a name for a color, but it does mean "Manly, Brave, Strong, Courageous, and Warrior and just to let you know I really like my name. I might have the name, but it doesn't mean I am those right now.
The Great War
The Great War, also referred to simply as The War, was a significant conflict that occurred on Remnant, that being between the Kingdoms of Vale and Vacuo on one side and the Kingdoms of Mantle and Mistral on the other side. It came to its conclusion roughly eighty years since this occurred.
The Great War preceded the Faunus Rights Revolution, a conflict over racial politics, by several years.
Tensions
In the century leading up to the War, there was high tension between the four kingdoms, mostly caused by Mistral, which had allied itself with Mantle. The two traded frequently, with Mistral sending supplies and Mantle providing insight on how to settle the snowy northern region of Anima. After an incident with the Grimm, Mantle came to believe that, if it abolished the arts and repressed self-expression to control its citizens' emotions, it would be safer from Grimm. Rather than lose its alliance, Mistral complied with Mantle's wishes to an extent, banning the arts and self-expression everywhere in the kingdom except for within its central power. This added to the list of things that Vale disliked about Mantle and Mistral, which included the two kingdom's treatment of their own citizens, their use of slave labor and their insistence that their way of life was what was best for everyone.
Eventually, Mistral and Vale both set their sights on settling the islands and peninsulas on the east coast of Sanus. Despite what his citizens wanted, the king of Vale chose to share the land with the settlers from Mistral.
Outbreak of Conflict
However, the immensely high tensions ultimately resulted in a riot between the two bands of settlers. It is unknown who attacked first, but it began the first battle of the Great War. Mantle quickly came to Mistral's aid, and battles were fought on both Sanus and Anima soil.
For a time, Vacuo remained neutral, due to Mantle and Mistral having established a presence in their territory in the years prior. When the two began pressuring Vacuo to ally with them, the citizens of Vacuo realized that if Vale fell, there would be no one left to stop Mistral and Mantle from conquering them. Vacuo rallied against Mantle and Mistral and pushed them out of the Vacuole territory and allied themselves with Vale.
Overall, the Great War lasted for ten years. Food and Dust rations were put into effect, development of technology accelerated, Humans and Faunus on the battlefield grew closer and Grimm attacks increased worldwide. Whenever the Grimm would invade a battlefield, the armies called a temporary ceasefire long enough to eradicate the monsters, before continuing to fight each other. Many settlements were lost to the Grimm, due to their best warriors being away to fight in the War, and most of those settlements were never reclaimed. Why did Grimm attacks grow? I get the whole world negativity thing, but why are there more attacks? There are only so many Grimm. No that can't be because Humanity would have destroyed them already, but how do they come back.
Approximately eighty years since this event, the Great War came to an end during the Vacuo campaign, where Mantle and Mistral targeted Vacuo, hoping to cut off their enemy's Dust supply by conquering Vacuo's mines. The king of Vale arrived and personally led his army alongside Vacuo's, thoroughly decimating the opposing forces. It is said that Vale's king, from then on nicknamed the Warrior King, laid waste to countless men on his own, but historians believe that this feat was aided by Vacuo's unusually violent weather patterns and Mantle's inexperience in desert combat. Ultimately, it was the deadliest battle of the entire war. Death and more death why can't we just get along.
Resolution
Following this battle, the four kingdoms gathered on neutral ground on the island of Vytal, where they formed a treaty and planned the future of Remnant. Although the Kingdoms were ready to bow before the rule of Vale and it's Warrior King, he decided against it. Instead, the leaders redistributed territories, abolished slavery and restructured the governments. The Faunus were given equal rights and were gifted the continent of Menagerie for their own use in order to compensate for their previous mistreatment. So this king was pretty cool.
Vale's king founded the Huntsman Academies in each of the four kingdoms; Beacon Academy in Vale, Shade Academy in Vacuo, Haven Academy in Mistral and Atlas Academy in Mantle. He placed his most trusted followers in command of each academy. The intended purpose of the academies was to train Huntsmen and Huntresses, warriors whose sole purpose would be to fight the Grimm, and whose allegiance would not be tied to the kingdoms. Sometime after the end of the Great War, Mantle's capital was moved to Atlas, and the government, military and academy were combined. How much you wanna bet Ozpin is this king and he never aged a day, I'm just fucking with stupid ideas and if this one is right in will sleep with one of the three girls at Beacon, that's how much I'll bet on this.
After the end of the War and the defeat of this subjugation, the practice continued into the present day, and virtually all citizens of Remnant have names derived from colors.
Discrimination
There is a significant amount of discrimination towards Faunus in Remnant's past and present. Since the Faunus War, in which they gained freedom by law, Faunus have continued to face discrimination and exploitation from Humans. Whether this is the norm or the actions of a minority is unknown; however, it is enough to cause some Faunus to turn to the terrorist group, the White Fang.
Technology
Remnant has a wide variety of advanced technologies. The Kingdom of Atlas, in particular, is known for its technological advances in numerous fields. Most technology is powered by Dust, which is the primary source of energy in Remnant. One of the most significant examples of Remnant's technology are the weapons of Huntsmen and Huntresses that transform for versatility.
Robotics is an advanced field in Remnant – The field of robotics, as well as artificial intelligence, is incredibly advanced, with Atlesian combat androids used throughout the world. Large Human-controlled mechanical suits, such as the new Atlesian Paladin-290 are also produced by Atlas.
Prosthetics are also used by the general population, with incredible ranges of cybernetics available, from cybernetic limbs to eyes or full body torsos.
Communication and data transmission over vast distances are also possible through the use of the Cross Continental Transmit System. The CCTS was created by the Kingdom of Atlas following the Great War as a gift to enable the Kingdoms to communicate with each other.
Advanced personal electronics are also commonplace. The Scroll is a mobile device that serves multiple purposes, including making phone calls, taking photographs, viewing live video feeds, as a form of personal identification, and as a digital data storage device and are capable of monitoring a combatant's Aura. Holograms are also common, being used as personal avatars, computer displays, and even as traffic lights and barriers.
In terms of transportation, land-based transports include standard motor vehicles, such as cars, motorcycles and trains, as well as non-motor vehicles, such as bicycles. Airborne vehicles include enormous passenger Airships, agile VTOL aircraft known as Bullheads, and hoverboards. However, spaceflight is impossible since Dust loses its power once it leaves the atmosphere.
Ok that was a lot. Gotta finish the survival guide first before I go to sleep. Grabbin the survival guide reading through it remembering most of it. After eight hours of reading I finished with the books, damn was that some really cool information, but so much. Time to go to sleep. Maybe tomorrow will bring a happier time.
Author Note
Thanks for reading. The reason I wrote this Fanfic was for you guys to see a Hero that needs to sacrifice more than just his body and his mind but every ambition he has because lets be real Heros normally have lives outside of their daily Heroic activities. This Story will get more into the Psyche of Andres because who doesn't love digging for someones reason to tick.
