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So... New story
Probably going to end in 10-20 chapters? So it's rather short story. I'm going to approach this story with a different style of writing than my other story!
So I hope you all enjoy, Comments and criticisms are welcome.
No promises on fast updates or a masterpiece of a story but I'll try my best!
Anyways... Introducing RWBY: Survivor's Journals
(Journal 1 of 5, Owner:?)
Analysis of the Journal: A brown-reddish book with hints of purple underneath. Can safely assume the book is covered in the blood of the owner(Analysis proven correct, Testing reveal the substance to be dried blood), Owner of the Journal assumed to be dead. The Owner appears to be a civilian that survived and witnessed the Downfall of Remnant. Some of the pages are covered in blood. Rest of the book appears to be unused with some pages ripped out
Well. If you are reading this journal. Majority, if not all, of us are probably undead. Yep you are reading that right. Undead.
If you think that this book, However old it is at the time you are reading it, is a fictional tale? I pray that your world will be kept that way because this has been the single most terrifying thing I've witnessed ever since Grimms.
What we know about this? Abso-fucking-lutely nothing. Besides the fact it started in Atlas? There were no other indicators of what the thing is. Some thought it was a pathogen, Some thought it was a Chemical outbreak, others claimed it was the power of the Brothers, Bringing their wrath down upon us.
Some even bolted to the conclusions that the grimms had evolved to such a point where they could hijack our entire body without us noticing. The most radical among us pointed their fingers to the Hunters and claimed it was a mutation in their system. We claimed bullshit but we stayed far far away from the Hunters after that.
It didn't really matter how or what it was after the first month of course, Atlas or shallI say, General Irondick, Told us that all that the infected were contained and there was no possible way for what was affecting them to travel. Five days later and another one popped up in Mistral. Two days after that, there were three in the tribes of Vacou and a week after that? An entire clubhouse in the slums of Vale. All infected.
... It's at this point that I should probably explain why this is so scary. The infected aim for one thing and one thing only. Flesh and not animal flesh mind you. Human flesh. Scariest part is that they retain all their skills and abilities. Their sanity may be gone but a sprinter or athlete can still use their skills to take a meaty chunk from you.
Of course. The Kingdoms quickly deployed their most trusted assets, The Hunters, to deal with the situations... What a bloody fucking mistake that was, Within an hour. There were two hunters infected, Another five hours after that and the entire hunter population was decimated. We had no help, We had no one to call out for and our bullets didn't work against them.
Why didn't it work? Because those things can use aura. I saw my neighbor, A grizzly man standing at six foot tall and rippling with muscle, get his arm snapped by an infected huntsman. I'll never forget the man's screaming and pleading or how the sound of his flesh being teared from his bones sounded.
Contained my fucking ass. Ironically. Vale was the first to fall despite being the last infected, Then it was Atlas, Vacou followed soon after. Mistral took a final stand and they managed to last fairly long. For about three years the last kingdom of Remnant stood strong and tall.
Mistral... Mistral renamed itself to Zealon and not long after. The entire Kingdom went down in fiery explosions and the tremors could be felt from Vales. Mistral refused to give a single more to the Infected. Deadheads we called them. and it was truly inspirational.
I haven't met another person in months. I've been writing in this book I've found at random intervals. Maybe I should keep jotting down information for whoever finds this when I die. Yeah, I'm going to do that. Am I even writing my thoughts down here? Even though it's just writing? Yes. judge me for it, I don't care. I'm probably dead.
March 1st
10 years after patient zero. I've found another survivor and her kid, It's no short of a miracle that she's still alive, With a kid nonetheless. They claim they need shelter but the mother seem to be hiding something. I will keep an close eye on the two.
March 2nd
The mother was turning.
The kid refused to leave her side
I executed both
Nothing more
March 14th
The oddest thing just occurred to me. Grimm count have been dwindling if not going outright extinct. It's been several years since I saw a beowolf and with the CCT gone. I can't confirm this fact but... It's so odd, We should have been slaughtered but our only worries now are just the Deadheads.
We've actually been so concerned with the new Deadhead threat that we forgot about the grimm! Tomorrow I will hunt for a grimm. This could be my last entry
March 16th
The Emerald forest near beacon is empty. Yep, you saw it here first folks. The forest that was filled to the brim with grimms are completely devoid of said grimms. In fact the only thing I saw thriving in the forest were the fruits of trees and plants. I harvested some but got interrupted by a few deadheads. They had aura, It was fucking scary!
May 13th
It's been a few months. I found a small gathering called the SVC, Survivor Vale Collective. It's a community where we pool our resources to try and stay alive as long as possible. Most incredible thing? There's three hunters here, Or rather Beacon students. They have aura and are usually responsible for scavenging and they've brought back items every time! I forgot how incredible those with auras truly are.
May 26th
We were exploring the ruins of Beacon and we found something. A tunnel or hidden room under the headmaster's tower, Here's to praying it has some food or medical supplies.
We didn't find any supplies but we found some tubing and a suspicious looking machine. Was it Vale's fault that this apocalypse exists? Did it start in Vale and migrate to Atlas? I don't know anymore. The beacon students are getting some backlash for this. I don't know whose side I should take
July 2nd
They're dead.
The survivors killed them. Killed in their sleeps. KIDS MURDERED IN THEIR SLEEP
I can't be in this group. it's not right. Kids barely half our age, Murdered in their sleep because of their school's hidden intentions. Kids who had nothing to do but were just in the wrong place at the wrong time
ITS NOT
OUR FUCKING
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43 NOR
34 WES
FIND IT HURR
(Analysis: The rest of the pages are blank. The words under this sections are illegible and covered in blood.)
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First chapter out
let me know what you think!