[You Died.]
Fuck, where am I? Is this a dream or something?
I couldn't look around, as I didn't have a body anymore.
Ah well, whatever. So what's this?
I didn't particularly feel anything at my own non-existence, probably because I couldn't remember most of my life. All I could recall was just general knowledge.
[Rebirth in Process…]
Huh? Rebir—
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"Wahhh! Wahh! Wahhhh! Wah! Wahhhhh!"
Fuck that's annoying. I wanted to cover my ears and block out the sound of a high-pitched baby crying, as it was incredibly grating on my nerves, but my hands couldn't move. I tried again and found that my hands wouldn't move no matter how much I willed them too.
I tried opening my eyes, but the world was too out of focus for me to see anything. What is this? A hangover? I hadn't drunk much, so I never had a hangover before, but the fact my ears were extremely sensitive and I couldn't see clearly led me to think I was suffering from one.
[Rebirth Complete!] - [Welcome to Remnant, Noire Schnee!]
Seriously?
I wondered if I hit my head and was having hallucinations, and then I remembered seeing this screen thing just a bit ago, and apparently I had died.
Oh. So Remnant? Noire Schnee? Ah, wait, I remember.
Just as a passing thought, I had once imagined what if I was reborn in RWBY, and as the twin brother of Weiss at that. I didn't actually think further than my birth, because I quickly decided I didn't care about fighting or managing a business, so I discarded that idea and never revisited it.
And now I'm here, in this doomed world. I wasn't inclined to fight, especially not when the big bad was immortal, but I didn't really want to die when Salem started attacking the kingdoms, so I needed to be at least strong enough to defend myself.
Hey System-thing, what can you do?
[Current OS: 'Status Report' can report on your current status.]
Anything else.
[Negative.]
Oh. Can I exchange you for something useful?
[Scanning Soul & Mind.] - [Scanning Complete!] - [Installing OS: Support.]
Will that be useful?
[Installing OS: Support.] - [Progress: 0.0000000000000001%]
Wh— How long will that take?
[Installation Estimated Time: 18 Years.]
Fuck.
[Installation Estimated Time: 5 minutes.]
Sitting in an almost barren bedroom, I finished up a bit of work on my desk and stared at the countdown.
I would've expected to be a little nervous, I had been waiting for this since the day I was born, but honestly I just don't fucking care anymore. I hadn't just been sitting in my ass and twiddling my thumbs waiting for this moment. No, I started training young and even though I couldn't manage a single Glyph, I surpassed Weiss in Aura usage and could match her in swordplay.
Of course, Weiss was a fucking natural and just picked up the sword seven years ago, whereas I've been training for ten years, and she could also kick my ass with just a single Glyph. I tried not to let my emotions show on my face, but I probably scowled at her unconsciously after every sparring session.
I had my petty revenge by surpassing her in every academic field, but I doubt she even noticed. The shining blue eyes of admiration were always aimed at me whenever I tried gloating about my scores. And when she thought I wasn't looking she'd just pout at her own scores.
She was supposed to be envious of me, not sulking about herself, so I tried demonstrating the difference in our intelligence by tutoring her. That failed too. She'd just listen intently and eagerly write down what I explained to her.
It was still weird to think about the fact that Weiss Schnee was my twin, and that I was in Remnant, but I never really cared to think too much about it.
Going about my new life like it was normal wasn't particularly hard. Sure, I wasn't happy to have a mother that was drunk most of the time, and a father that was a shrewd bastard, but they were a lot more neglectful than anything else, so I hardly saw them. Honestly, I didn't even try and pretend to be normal, but I doubt anyone even noticed.
I had spent most of my time in the library or on the internet, just learning as much as I could about this world from an insider's perspective.
When I had free time, I mostly just hung out with Weiss, she would probably be my closest weapon if all else failed, I was definitely counting on her to save my ass if the time came. When she started training, I read up on everything I could get my hands on to help her control her Semblance. I probably scowled at her during those sessions too, it fucking sucks that I couldn't use our family Semblance, probably because of my stupid System-thing.
Anyway, growing up in Atlas wasn't as exciting as I thought it would be. The technology here is only functionally advanced, as in they just did everything modern tech did but a bit more efficiency. Their culture was also spotty, their relatively young kingdoms hardly had any history, and mostly focused on combat and survival above all else.
I thought about recreating some Manga I remembered from earth for some spare cash, but that would probably take up to much time. So instead I recreated some famous books, like Harry Potter and the Lord of the Rings for example, I did use a pen name though to keep my identity confidential. I didn't really want to be associated with some books I plagiarized, I just wanted some easy money.
I learned some pretty useful skills, just some general jack of all trades type of skills, in case I ever found myself in a pinch. I tried learning hacking, but the computers here weren't really intuitive, and were also needlessly complex, so I gave up on that.
[Installation Estimated Time: 5 seconds.]
Now I felt nervous, my heart pounded and I held my breath. I rubbed my suddenly sweaty palms on my desk, and tapped my foot on the floor repeatedly. Whatever this was, I waited eighteen years for it.
[Installation of OS (Support): 100%!] - [System Installed!]
[Spend 10 Coins for 1 Gacha Roll.]
I'll skip over my fit, but just know that I wasn't happy and screamed for a bit before giving up and rolling the damn thing.
[Ice Fairy.]
[Select Subordinate] - [Weiss Schnee.]
I didn't really understand what was being asked of me, but I just went along with whatever it was and tapped on my sister's name.
Almost immediately I heard a scream from across the hall, from my twin sister's room. Without a second thought, I jumped up from my seat, grabbed my saber off my wall, leaped out my doorway and rammed straight into Weiss' room.
She had her rapier pointed at a small ice-blue fairy with snow white hair that was floating towards her, it wasn't troubled by her sword slashes or her Glyphs, the fairy just kept floating towards her.
Oh.
"Calm down Weiss, it's just a fairy." I dropped my sword to my side as I understood what was happening. "Can't you just be happy about your birthday present?" I immediately thought up an excuse.
"Pardon? Noire, what are you talking about?" Weiss was walking in circles trying to stay away from the small fairy with snowflakes drifting off its small body. Her eyes darted to me and back to the creature tailing her.
"It's a gift from me to you, happy eighteenth birthday. It's an Ice Fairy, it should function the same as Ice Dust, and it probably won't run out for a few years." I was mostly just pulling the explanation out my ass, but I have no problem being wrong.
Confusion and then contemplation covered her face, and then she silently held out her hand, the blue creature sat down gently. Wonder filled her face next.
"Okay, well, enjoy it and have fun, or whatever." I guess it was okay, if it meant she would get stronger I wouldn't complain… too much. A fucking fairy would have been great to have.
"Ah wait!" Weiss suddenly jumped up from her daze and frantically looked around her room, the Ice Fairy drifting behind her as she searched for something before giving up. She sulked over to stand in front of me with her eyes downcast and her cheeks flushed red in embarrassment. "I-I uh, don't have a gift to give you, the date slipped my mind, as my p-punishment, I-I'll b-be y-y-your ma-maid for today."
"Uh, fuck no." For some reason I'm now suddenly seriously concerned about my sister's mental health. "Do you have a fever? That's a pretty fucking weird thing to say. You didn't drink anything did you? Fuck Weiss, wait a few more years, jeez it's not that hard. Or what, you trying to get a head start and catch up to Mom? Anyway, I don't need a present, so don't stress about it."
With just a few steps, I walked back to my room. There was only a few more days until Weiss and I left for Beacon. I guess I should be glad that I wasn't tied down by any expectations and was able to decide my future without having to fight for my choice.
Oh, odd. Weiss didn't sing her mirror song at her farewell concert. Looking back on it, she didn't really have any of her signature cold or isolation based songs. Odd, I wonder what changed.
I hadn't noticed at the time, mostly because I couldn't remember a timeline of her music career ever existing. So I probably subconsciously thought she would eventually sing it, and when she missed the debut, I couldn't notice until now.
Okay, so how do I get more coins?
[Gain Coins from Completing the Story.] - [Next Step: Leave Atlas.]
I sighed, this'll probably take a while.
AN: Had some writers block for a few days.
I think the idea of Yang having two sets of floating robots arms would be cool.