Summary/disclaimer: Time for another chapter of the thief and the girl who walked on Fire. Enjoy the 2300-word chapter. I don't own RWBY, Monty Oum, and Rooster Teeth do.
The craft set down upon the edge of the fringes, something that almost terrified Cinder before she looked at Cye who had fallen silent, knowing that what came next wouldn't be easy. It wasn't something that he and she would be joined in this path ahead and they would be fighting through the world and its path.
They had been carried here by the winds of fate, knowing what had been coming undone by now. This wasn't going to be utterly over sooner and later for now as he paused to keep going.
This? This all bothered him, it made him want to scream, to cry, to vomit and fall in half before slowly yet surely seeming to keep going and going now.
He sighed, feeling exhausted for good with the exhaustion setting in at the same time, making him wish to end it for now.
There was a LOT more at the end of the day now and for good with such options now and for good at the time. Cye did not wish to keep growing and going down the path.
He sighed, utterly baffled by it in waves it couldn't be dealt with and couldn't have been messed with. cinder slowly put a calloused and worn hand on the seat next to her knowing that she could be done with it for now.
Such a thing on his mind worried her as Cinder slowly put a dainty foot upon the ground, stumbling from the worn leather of the seat she was in.
"Relax," Cye said before he took a deep breath and fell utterly silent before she seemed to look downwards at the ground.
Cye would be able to try and deal with it as Cinder looked at her blistered feet, putting a hand on the worn metal before she fell utterly silent before now, something that cut deeper and deeper.
"You, ok?" Cye asked before he paused to look around and sighed to himself. "If we're going to create a home on this ship? It needs dust… Which means getting our hands on crystals and such." Cye stated before he sighed.
"I am… Are you usually this quiet? It's a lot different than you think, there are a lot of problems at the end of the day. I don't know what to try and deal with for now." Cinder stated before she paused to think, taking a deep breath.
This would need to be something that could end well enough for now, if they should have relaxed now, knowing that it could have been dealt with for now.
"Are you going to be able to get that sort of thing on short notice?" Cinder questioned before she turned to try and figure out what to try and deal with for now.
They both shared a second of silence before Cye spoke, knowing that it wouldn't be able to be done easily, something about it all seemed to be amusing for now. he could trust her as her golden eyes brimmed with energy.
Perhaps it would be something that she could deal with as of now.
They had a lot more to see and do and he would be able to relax knowing what was coming and dreading it for now, too far removed from what needed to be dealt with for now and for good.
The madness within him would be something that he could relax upon seeing. He needed it to be that way for now. He had more to see and do for now, it almost didn't seem to matter much for now, not even a little, and wouldn't even be close enough to revel in it for now… The consequences of it were almost too much, far too much.
Cinder looked over at Cye, watching as he paused, thinking of it for now and pondering what he was doing, she rubbed at her feet, slick with frostbite as she knew that the cold would cling to her as rust would to an aging metal pole.
It always seemed to make him utterly maddening for now, not being able to relax, not at this very moment.
"You know nobody is going to kill you here, right? We are safe here… As safe as possible here and the last thing we need to do is worry… But you are because you know something I do not know." Cinder heard as she sighed before she turned to look downwards at the ground.
Cinder was silent, unsure of what to try and deal with while she relaxed for now… There wasn't going to be a lot more to try and figure out for now… This was going to be easy… But it would not be something easily dealt with for now… Yes, if it were so important that she could deal with it for now, it wasn't to be as easy as it was.
"I do not want to talk about it all… Not right now, not with so much going on. I have a lot more to try and deal with and it wasn't going to be dealt with easily." Cinder said as Cye sighed before he rubbed at his eyes, knowing what she'd say.
Cye knew that Cinder was going to keep hiding something, it was next to impossible to try and deal with her now… Yet? He dealt with her at the same level he'd deal with anything.
Perhaps she was special, different in a way that he didn't notice or couldn't notice, it wouldn't have surprised him at the moment, not being willing to do much of it for now.
He would not be able to relax knowing that she could try and figure out something that went down the slope, this wasn't going to be a short journey but she could be dealt with for now.
The two slowly started to walk towards the other sort of room, they had a very long path in front of them and the longer he went down the road.
Cye could not wait to try and relax, he could not wish to poke through Cinder's life, knowing the cuts in her armor were hers to make and he wouldn't be able to cut it all to pieces with the skill and control he required for now and for the end of the day.
This was not going to matter for now. not when he had other ideals upon his mind… It meant going to war, going into another field to battle and he could not wish to handle it, could not at all imagine it.
Such a thing was hard, unstoppable even as they walked further and further into the forest. It meant something for now, an idea that had not yet been done and dusted.
She looked over at him, pausing as he seemed to try and understand. There was a small amount of pause as she looked over at him, watching as he seemed to think of it as a game and nothing more or less.
"Are we going to be here a while?" Cinder asked to which Cye nodded. "Do you have a plan?" Cinder asked as Cye sighed and then looked down.
"First, we need to find someplace to try and hide… Then we can continue onwards… Then from there? We find out where to go and end up dealing with that. After that? We can find a place to eat, there might be a place to sell some dust." Cye said, sighing.
He knew damn well that if they survived? He would be too busy dealing with their problems, too thrown off by it to bow out. Yet? Here he was, tired from their travel.
He wished them no harm, any of them harm. He turned to look at Cinder who squeezed his hands, forcing him to relax.
He did not know what was to happen and yet he squeezed her hand, utterly tired, exhausted, found out, and bored for now… It made very little help for him but it helped enough that he aided it regardless.
Such things only managed to make him more amused, more tired for now, and unable to do more than press on as Cinder's golden eyes… They glowed like the center of a sun and he felt himself knowing that she was not at all like she had seemed, he found some sort of kindred spirit in it all now.
He had a lot more upon his mind and something about it all seemed to drive him further and further insane, he believed it could all be done and dusted and they could have what they wanted and eat it too.
There was a LOT more to try and figure out for now and he? He wished only to keep growing.
He had been thrown down a hole, interested and even invested in ways he could not allow. It made mincemeat of his ideas, a way to grow.
"You should know that the only way we're going to get out of here is for some very bad stuff to happen to very bad people," Cye stated before he sighed.
He paused to try and think of what to see and do. he wished to do something that would be utterly tiring, he looked down at the ground, too devoid of anything considered too horrid.
Yet? He had been too silent, too fascinated by the ideas swirling through his head. He had been too tired, exhausted, worn out, and thrown to the ground.
He was too interested, too fascinated, too unworthy of such a thing, too wishing to be dealt a grievous blow.
Yet? For all the power he controlled? He honestly felt a rather tiresome idea for now, wishing to be able to control what had come. Cinder paused, looking over at Cye, not wanting to try and deal with something for now.
He was tired, too fascinated by the ideals in his head and the power he controlled. It felt less like he was trying to deal with a huge ideal for now.
This meant something to him but little to her. It felt more like he was trying to cut through the idea like this.
He paused, too tired for now, and relaxed for now as he paused to keep relaxing for now. He wasn't too interested in this for now as he cracked his fingers.
"You, ok?" Cinder questioned to which Cye paused. "You look a lot more tired," Cinder stated for now and seemed to fall tired.
"There is just too much to the game," Cye said before he sighed. "No, I am tired… I just do not know what is going on. I am all over the place. I cannot even tell what is going on." Cye stated.
"I suppose that makes sense. A lot is going on lately and I cannot even tell what the best plan is for now." Cinder stated to which Cye hummed.
"There is a lot I do not believe you can deal with properly," Cinder stated as Cye paused, too relaxed, too unable to do more than relax.
"This will be something to do for now and I rather like some help with it if your game?" Cye stated to which the Faunus passed, relaxed, too unwilling to do more and more.
"There will be something else, an idea which needed to be understood," Cinder stated before she paused, relaxed for now. "I'll help if I can, though," Cinder stated to which Cye hummed and then yawned, putting his hands in his pockets while he tried to think.
She did not know what to try and figure out something. She wanted to keep growing for now and then paused while looking down at the ground.
He had been too tired, too interested for now.… He relaxed for now, he had been too tired, and he seemed to be ready to try and deal.
He was too tired to try and figure something out as he paused to ready, for now, there was chaos that seemed to keep building… He had been too thrown for a loop, ready for now, ready to keep relaxing.
Cinder said nothing, knowing what was coming next. She could tell that Cye was acting like this for now… She had been too ready; she had been too unsure.
"You ready to get some work done? Because we are going to be dealing with something insane." Cye stated before he sighed and rubbed at his nose.
"There are a lot of things that needed to be done and dusted, there's a lot I do not know when it comes down to it," Cinder stated.
"What is going on?" Cye stated to which Cinder paused and looked downwards at the ground. "There is a lot of chaos in the wind, but I feel something is off… Like off." Cye said as Cinder hummed, readying her sword.
She could say nothing as Cye seemed to keep ready, preparing for now, too interested. She seemed to try and deal with it for now, an idea that seemed to be enough.
He had been ready to deal with something for now, he had been prepared for violence but not in this way, not once did he had been unable to deal with it.
If anything? He looked at her with sympathy and something beyond chaos… Even then? He could not have dealt with it in the same way.
Author notes
Phew. Another chapter is done! I want to point out that the next chapter will be in 2-10 months and will show more of Cinder and Cye fighting and training. Until the 900–6500-word chapter, Lighting Wolf out!
