"We've got a Huntress!" Roman Torchwick shouted as he slid the doors shut. The metal creaked as Glynda's purple energy beams struck and shook the bay doors, causing the metal to shriek and the bullhead to wobble in the air.
From the cockpit, two sets of eyes glared at him; one set of burning, glowing amber, and the other staring through pink-rimmed and black lens sunglasses.
"Oh, come on, pretty boy!" A gruff voice snarled. From the cockpit, a large teenager wearing a zipped up black leather coat, navy blue slacks, and a pink buzzcut. He also had a large magenta shell with spikes covering his backside. "You had one job! Is it really that hard to take off with a pile of magic rocks!?"
"There were some… complications! That's all! I didn't expect a kid with a hero complex to show up–!" Roman was barely able to finish before the teenager grabbed his collar, lifted him with one hand, and slammed him into the wall with enough force to cause the bullhead to shake. Despite Roman being twice his age, he towered over the thief by a good six inches.
"You got beat by a kid!?" The boy shouted loudly, embers dancing past his snarling lips.
"Calm yourself, Roy…" The boy rolled his eyes under his glasses before dropping Roman to the ground. "You shouldn't have expected much from a group of street thugs," Cinder said, sauntering out of the cockpit with a hand on her hip.
"If anyone is to blame, it would be that–" Roy snarled, and Cinder carefully considered her next words. "It would be Morton. As much as he… tried… to help, it's clear his judgment wasn't as sound as he thought."
"Feh…" The boy muttered. "Whatever. Roman, get your ass in the front. You're driving!"
"What, why am I–!"
"Did I stutter, half-wit!?" Roy shouted, making Roman cringe. "You're driving!"
"Fine, fine!" Roman said, snarling as he retreated into the cockpit.
Cinder crossed her arms, but smiled as he sourly walked away. "And what about us?" She asked. Her eyes locked onto the object in Roy's hand, a magic wand he pulled out of his shell.
"Simple. You stay up here for support. I trash the place and get the goods," Roy said with a cocky smirk. His wand transformed into a rocket launcher. Cinder rolled her eyes as he jumped out the bullhead.
Glynda's eyes widened when Roy jumped out. She noticed that pink, spiked shell on his back. She didn't recognize it, but she knew what sort of monsters it belonged to. "A Koopa…!?" She breathed.
"A who now?" Ruby asked, confused.
"Your worst nightmare!" Roy quipped with malevolent snarl. He raised his rocket launcher, and fired a dust-filled missile at Ruby. The girl gawked, and quickly spun her scythe around. As her blade sliced through, an explosion of dust filled the Vale rooftops, clouding her vision. Ruby heard Glynda curse. Some dust particles started to glow purple but not all of them.
Ruby heard Roy fire another shot, but instead of a blast of dust and sand, harsh winds caused the dust to spiral, moving faster and faster. She hissed in pain; her aura sparked as it protected her from the millions of particles cutting into her.
"Young lady!" Ruby perked up when she heard Glynda's voice and looked all over. She didn't even know Earth Dust can create sandstorms like this. "Can you hear me? Follow the sound of my voice!"
"Nuh-uh! You're not getting in my way this time!" Ruby flinched when she heard a harsh slam, and a pained groan. "Now, where's the other punk?"
Ruby whirled around as she heard footsteps coming from the side. As fired as many shots as possible, her bullets tore through the sandstorm. She heard her bullets hit something, and rushed towards the sound, bringing her scythe down on–
Nothing. "What?" Ruby whispered.
"Sorry. Just a couple inches short!" Roy said right in front of her. Next thing she knew, a hard shell slammed into her stomach, knocking her back. She nearly dropped her scythe, and was only able to keep it from flying away by grasping it with her nails.
The sandstorm began to let up slightly, and Ruby could see better. As she landed, she saw a hot pink turtle shell with spikes land in front of her. Roy popped out, smirking. "Tankier than I thought… not bad, girlie!" He complimented. A genuine compliment.
"Uh thanks?" Ruby blinked and launched herself at Roy, moving at near supersonic speeds with her semblance. Roy only hid back in his shell as Ruby launched a barrage of scythe slashes; none of them did any damage, none of them even chipped the scales.
"What the heck!?" Ruby cried out. Her scythe can cut through the bony armor of Grimm with ease, but it doesn't even damage a turtle's scutes?
"Surprised?" Just as Ruby was about to retreat, Roy's arm came out of the shell and grabbed the blade of her scythe. He pulled and slammed a knee into her gut. Ruby gasped in surprise, but refused to let go of her scythe. Roy smiled, and turned around to slam the scythe and Ruby into the ground.
Ruby bounced off the floor, and nearly flew off the edge had she used the blade to catch the railing. Her eyes widened as she heard Roy fire his rocket launcher, and hard as she could, she pulled on her scythe and launched herself up, just as a missile exploded where the scythe was. Tree roots shot out from the bullet casing, shooting out in all directions with multiple sharp thorns all over the bark.
Ruby pointed her scythe behind her and fired. The blast sent her flying towards Roy, and he nearly had a heart attack as she landed in front of him. Ruby spun her scythe and struck him with the tip. Roy grunted as brought up his arm to block the attack. Ruby then swung her foot up, kicking the turtle faunus in the chin.
Roy gurgled and stumbled backwards. Ruby landed on the ground, and used another blank to launch herself. In the middle of her swing, Roy brought his rocket launcher down and fired, just barely cutting into his jacket. The explosion launched him into the air, and also caused the sandstorm to die out. Ruby realized that her vision was no longer impaired, but the fact that Glynda was nowhere to be seen did worry her.
At the sound of creaking metal, Ruby looked up to see Roy standing on top of the bullhead, his arms crossed as he looked at her through his glasses. "Alright. I can see why Torchwax had a bit of trouble with you."
"Is that supposed to be a compliment?" Ruby asked, tilting her head.
"Take it as you will," Roy said, waving off her question. "Listen here, girlie. You've given me a pretty entertaining fight so far, and you'll only get better with age. Plus, if I dally any longer, I'm gonna be late for night school. So, why don't we call it a draw, for now. You go on your merry, I get that Dust Torchwax was supposed to get and… in two years time, we duke it out again. Deal?"
"Not a chance!" Ruby said. She raised her scythe from the ground, and shifted the weapon into its rifle mode. "It's because of people like you that energy prices are becoming so high! I'm not going to let you burden any more people."
"Huuuuuh! It's always the noble people that are always better fighters…" Roy sighed. "Fine. Have it your way girlie. Just remember this: it's not my fault you're going home in a body bag."
Ruby cringed at the comment. With a hiss, she pulled on the trigger, firing multiple blasts of Dust-filled ammunition at Roy. To her surprise, the Koopaling only smirked.
He turned his rocket launcher around, and pulled back on a lever near the end of the launch tube. Ruby gasped as powerful suction force drew in her rounds, loading Roy's launcher with her ammo.
Roy turned his weapon around again and fired; the round was a glowing hodgepodge of colors. Ruby jumped back, she couldn't move fast enough when a powerful shockwave of water, earth, wind and fire slammed into her.
"Bahahaha!" Roy taunted, laughing from his perch on the bullhead. "I blasted you with your own ammo! How's that for irony!"
"So, I guess bullets are out of the question…" Ruby muttered. She looked around the rooftops, and her eyes locked onto the mess of roots Roy made with his rocket. Using her semblance, she dashed over there as a spiral of red metals.
Roy noticed, and launched to fire rockets at Ruby. However, the eager huntress-in-training was too fast; she sped up the roots and jumped, just as missiles exploded and turned the roots to smithereens. The Koopaling grunted as she flew into the sky and skidded across the top of the bullhead, grinding her heels into the metal and causing the aircraft to stagger in the air.
Using a blank, Ruby instantly propelled herself towards Roy. She swung her spear upwards, and Roy used his rocket launcher block. The blow knocked his defense aside, so Ruby hooked the blade of her scythe around the launcher and pulled, bringing Roy towards her. Roy was about to retaliate with a powerful punch to the gut, but Ruby jumped up. She pulled on her scythe, yanking the rocket launcher out of Roy's hand.
It clattered on the other side of the bullhead, and turned back into a wand.
Ruby shifted Crescent Rose back to gun mode and fired, landing a harsh kick to Roy's head. The Koopaling grunted in pain, and as an instinctive response, retreated back into his shell. Ruby was going to bring her scythe down, but Roy spun out of the, causing her to embed the weapon into the ground.
Ruby grunted; she tried to pull her weapon free, but Roy came back, slamming her into her shoulder and knocking her aside. Roy uncurled from his shell and stomped on the ground. The bullhead shuddered, and metal dented severely, nearly folding the aircraft. Ruby yelled as she knocked off her feet, and fell to the floor. Due to the very significant incline of the bullhead, she started to slide towards Roy.
Ruby tried to pick herself up, the incline was so steep, she could barely stand and keep her feet stable against the floor. Roy laughed, small embers leaving his mouth, and jumped. Ruby managed to kick the first hand away, but the second he jumped he managed to grab her foot.
"Gotcha, sucker!" Roy laughed as he tossed her back to the roof. Ruby groaned as she picked herself up, only to be slammed back to the floor after Roy nailed her in the forehead with her own scythe. "So, I guess that's it, huh? You're done."
"Wh-what are we talking about!?" Ruby shouted in defiance, grabbing her scythe and shifting it into its rifle form. "This isn't over until you and Torchwick are done!"
"Nah, you're done," Roy taunted. "Cinder, light her up!"
"Huh?" Ruby felt that the ground was a bit too hot.
"Guess what we got!"
Neo turned her head, as did the boy in front of her. He was burly, practically towering over the shorter girl. He had dark skin and short, spiky white hair. He had a star tattoo over his left eye, and had a black spiked Koopa shell. He wore a dirty tank top with the logo of some Val basketball team, and blue jeans torn at the knees and the bottom hems.
The two were playing patty cake when Roy, Cinder and Torchwick stumbled inside.
"ROY BACK!" Morton exclaimed, making Neo wince from the volume of his voice. "ROY GET DUST!?"
"Y'know it!" The shorter brother exclaimed, raising two cases filled with the stuff. The only people who didn't seem pleased were Cinder and Roman behind him. Roy tossed the cases of highly explosive crystals and powder haphazardly behind him, making the two behind him scramble to catch them as Morton and Roy shared a powerful fistbump.
"WHERE GOONS!?" Morton asked, once he realized that only the trio had come back.
"Ahh… sorry bud, they bit off more than they could chew," Roy said apologetically, patting him on the shoulder.
Morton let out a flat "Oh."
"But hey! That's still another successful mission for Lord Bowser, if I do say so myself!" Roy boasted, raising the spirit of the younger brother.
"YAY! MORTON TELL LORD BOWSER! LORD BOWSER PLEASED BY PERFORMANCE!" The excitable Koopa exclaimed, turning around and stomping towards the underground bunker the Koopalings set up. Roy laughed as he watched Morton go.
Cinder rolled her eyes at the Koopa. Meanwhile, Neo quickly walked up to Roman as he took the Dust to the back of the bar. She signed something that Cinder couldn't understand (nor care to understand), and something the Roy could only half-translate.
"I'm fine. Just got my ass kicked by a kid," Roman grumbled. Neo snickered, but Roman didn't have the energy to snark back.
"Lay off him, ice cream." Surprisingly, it was Roy who came to Roman's defense, despite the fact he got chewed out by the Koopaling earlier. "Girlie was a decent fighter. A huntress-in-training, if I had to guess."
Neo turned around and signed to him. "She wanted to know if you got your ass kicked too," Roman quickly translated.
Roy barked out a laugh. "Hah! She managed to get a few hits in but, nothin' major. Can't wait to duke it out with her again!"
Cinder scoffed at Roy's comment. The three turned around to glare at her. "Eh? Somethin' the matter over their?" Roy asked. "Y'know, something tells me girlie might be able to kick your ass too! It'd do you some good, getting you off ya damn high horse!"
"Even if she did…" Cinder drawls, her glowing eyes glaring at the Koopa, "I find it idiotic that you let her live. She was a thorn on our side today, and now you're not treating the wound. If you had let me eviscerate her–"
"And what good would that do?" Roy argued, interrupting Cinder. "What kind of random street thug would be able to turn a huntsmen-in-training to dust? That'll only make Ozpin and his cronies suspicious. Also, I told you I was going to be late for night school! I don't have the time to hide a body!"
"That wasn't a bit!?" Cinder shouted in confusion.
"Of course not! Knowledge is power!" Roy snapped back.
"Knowledge is power, you say. Well then, you're certainly lacking in it! Revealing that you are a Koopa to one of his personnel was an idiotic maneuver!" Cinder shouted angrily.
Neo glanced at Roman. She signed something, and he nodded. Neo grabbed the crate of dust Cinder was supposed to put, and left the woman and the Koopa alone.
Roy did wince at that comment. "W-well…!" Cinder smirked before Roy managed to find his argument.
"And what's Oz Brained supposed to do with that info, huh?" Roy asked rhetorically (yes, he does know what that word means). "Tell the cops? The government? So I got a shell with spikes, so what! I could be a snapping turtle, not a Koopa!"
"It let's Ozpin know that Lord Bowser is actively meddling in the affairs of the Kingdom!" Cinder said. "Now he will be on guard at every moment. Driving from Beacon using those bomber trains might not even work now. He'll put extra defenses not only around the Kingdom, but around Beacon as well!"
"Like hell he will! And even if he did, what are the chances he knows we're drilling under the city? That we're using Mount Glenn!" Roy shot back.
"That's not the point! The point is Ozpin knows now that Lord Bowser is behind this scheme, and will take extra precautions that could endanger our plan! I could ruin everything!" Cinder growled.
"Well, then maybe your plan wasn't worth the effort," Roy scowled. Cinder's eyes widened, and she snarled, clenching her fists so hard she managed to draw blood. With a huff, Cinder turned around and walked, muttering darkly under her breath.
"None of you are worthy of being Koopas," She snarled. "None of you are."
Roy sighed as he watched Cinder walk off. "That woman… what a crazy dame, I tell ya," He snorted. "There's one thing us Koopalings have that blasted witch doesn't."
"An ounce of empathy."
In the darkest depths of Evernight Castle…
Bowser Jr. is playing Joy Mech Fight HD DX Limited Collector's Anniversary Edition & Knuckles on his scroll.
Being only eight years old, his room befitted a child of his age, with random toys strewn about ranging from model trains to large, soft skrunklies of Grimm and other animals. His entire room was a mess, save for the single bookshelf next to his undone bed. Except, the books were tossed haphazardly onto the floor, and model Gundams were on the shelves instead.
"C'mon, c'mon!" Bowser Jr. grumbled. His own health bar was in red, and his opponent, xXx_SilverScythe_xXx was too busy being a wimp and camping on the side of the arena, waiting for time to run out. Bowser Jr. tried his best to counter, but he kept losing in neutral and continuously sent back to the other side of the stage.
Eventually, Junior had enough of losing and turned off his scroll with an enraged shout. He lept off his gamer chair and started stomping on the floor, and kicking his skrunklies away. The boy kept speaking unintelligible to himself, until he heard somebody knock on his door.
"What!?" Junior shouts, his red ponytail in disarray once he stopped stomping in anger.
"Lord Junior. Lord Bowser requests your presence in the throne room," Ludwig's cool, baritone came through the door.
"King Dad wants what!?" Junior shouts in surprise. He rushes over to his mirror and adjusts his hair.
Bowser Jr. is wearing a yellow and orange jersey and matching shorts with his favorite white bandana, the one with a few sharp teeth he colored when he was two. Junior took a moment to fix his ponytail and slide his crocs onto his teeth before rushing out his room.
Outside, Ludwig was standing next to the door. He was wearing a dark blue tailcoat, matching vest and white shirt and black slacks. His outfit reminded Junior of all the snobby conductors that, err, conduct at orchestras.
"What're you still doing here?" Junior asked Ludwig. The older Koopaling gave him a deadpan expression.
"Just making sure you didn't ignore everything I just said and went back to playing your video games," Ludwig responded with a bored, almost snobby tone. Junior huffed and crossed his arms, his messy bangs swaying as he walked away.
"Whatever. You can go now! I know my way to Kind Dad's throne room," Junior snapped. Ludwig bowed and started to walk away. Before he managed to turn the corner, Junior spoke up.
"Hey, wait!" Ludwig turned around, and folded both hands neatly behind his blue, spiked shell. "H-how's Larry? What's he doin' right now?"
"By now, the Advanced Koopafication process should be underway. Grimm essence and Koopa DNA are seeping into his own genetics as we speak. If all goes right, he should have his shell by… tomorrow morning," Ludwig quickly explained.
"'Kay, thanks for lettin' me know," Junior said. Ludwig nodded, bowed again, and walked off.
With that, Junior quickly made his way through winding hallways of his dad's castle. He smirked whenever he passed by a Grimm. It made him feel powerful, knowing that the monsters the entire world fears are subservient to him, his dad, and his siblings. In addition to the grimm, many Faunus of prehistoric creatures roamed the castle. With Bowser's incredible magic, he was able to grant life to the many skeletons and fossils he found in the Darklands as well as a human form.
The vast majority were some subspecies of Koopa; such as the Paratroopas, the Lakitus, Buzzy Beetles, Spinys and the occasional Dry Bones, but Bowser had more minions in his Koopa Troop, ranging from the carnivorous Piranha Plants, the Chain Chomps (ancestors to all future dog species), and ancient jellyfish-like creatures called creatively named Boos.
And that's only a fraction of their total forces.
Yes, while Ozpants was twiddling his thumbs doing who knows what for millenia, Bowser was busy creating an Army to rule the world, with Junior and the Seven Koopalings (eight, if Bowser decides Cinder is worthy).
Junior reaches the entrance to Bowser's throne, but he can hear talking from inside. He crosses his arms and waits. After a few moments, the door opens as Bowser top minions, Bosses, all exit the chamber.
Junior watches as King Boo, Kammy and Kamek, Goomboss, the Elite Trio, General Guy, Tyrian, and Watts all leave. The only one who acknowledges Junior standing by the door is his nanny, Kamek.
"Oh, you're here," The younger magikoopa says. His blue robes sway as he floats in the air using magic the Koopa King implanted into his fossilized remains. "No wonder Lord Ludwig was in the room at the beginning."
"What were you guys talking about?" Junior asked.
"Oh, nothing, really. Just boring politics that'll send you to sleep," Kamek said. "Really, the only thing of importance was about getting Koopalings their own airships."
"Wait, really! We're getting airships!" Junior shouted excitedly, his eyes sparkling. Kamek coughed into his fist.
"No, not you. You already have your own personal armada."
"Oh, right. But still! I don't have an airship that I can call mine, do I? What's the point of giving me an armada if I don't have my own flagship?" Junior argues.
To his credit, Kamek doesn't respond immediately. He adjusts his glasses for a moment before speaking. "Well, I suppose you're right. I'll talk to Lord Bowser about getting you a flagship. If he agrees today, Watts should have blueprints ready for you to choose from in three days time. But, you should also talk to your father about it, alright?"
"Okay, got it!" Junior says excitedly, already dreaming of all the mischief he could make. "I'll talk to King Dad about it!"
"See to it that you do," Kamek says before hovering away.
Junior turns around and pushes the door to Bowser's throne room open. "King Dad? You wanted to talk?" His voice could be heard saying before the door slams shut with a deafening crack.
Ruby pouts slightly as Pr1nC3_gR1MM disconnects from their match of Joy Mech Fight HD DX Limited Collector's Anniversary Edition & Knuckles. "Man," She grumbles.
Right now, Ruby' lying down in a hospitable room that… somehow found herself in. She was fighting the pink-themed Faunus kid and when she blinked, she was lying on the soft mattress feeling sore and confused.
Really, it's the weirdest thing that ever happened to her.
Cops came in and interviewed her, and she explained the situation. Once they were done questioning, she left all by her lonesome, waiting for her dad and sister to come and pick her up.
Ruby perked up when she heard the door knob to her room click open. "Dad? Yang?" She said hopefully.
Her jaw dropped when Ozpin walked. Carrying a plate of cookies, of all things.
"You… have Silver Eyes," Ozpin says slowly, leaning in closely. Ruby stutters until he leans back.
"Ruby Rose, correct?" Slowly, the girl nods. "I believe you already know who I am, correct?"
"Y-yes, sir," Ruby says with another nod. "You're Professor Ozpin, Headmaster of Beacon Academy." The urge to stutter is fierce, but Ruby tries desperately to not embarrass herself in front of her future headmaster.
He nodded, and placed the plate on Ruby's bedside table. "Ruby…" He grabs a chair from the other side of the room and sits down. Next, he takes a scroll and unfolds, the screen instantly changing to the fight in front of the dust shop, and later the rooftops. "Where did you learn to fight like this?" He asks. When Roy comes into frame, he pauses the feed.
"Uh, Signal Academy, sir!" Ruby says excitedly.
"Really? They taught you how to fight using a complicated weapon to master?" Ozpin asked, tilting his head slightly.
"W-well, one teacher in particular!" Ruby corrected slightly, smiling to herself.
"I see…" Ozpin whispered. He nodded to the plate. Ruby, albeit timidly at first, reached out to grab a few. "I assume that teacher you speak of is Qrow Branwen?" He asked, and Ruby nodded excitedly.
"Yep! He's my uncle," She explained, her mouth stuffed with cookies. "He lives with us, so, I do some extra training at home too."
"If you're attending Signal, then you must be training to become a huntress, correct?" Ozpin asked. Ruby eagerly nodded.
"Yep! Everyone in the family is Huntsmen! W-well, except for me and Yang, of course," Ruby said, scratching the back of her head. "I only have two years before I graduate from Signal, and once I do, the first thing I'm going to do is send my application to Beacon!"
"That won't be necessary."
"Say wha…?" Ruby muttered in confusion.
"Truth be told, I'm impressed by your skills with your scythe. Very impressed, both by your dedication to your craft, and the skills you managed to learn from Qrow," Ozpin said, his eyes shining mischievously through his glances once Ruby realized what was going.
Truthfully, he'd rather Ruby stay in signal to temper her skills. But, given recent developments, having a pair of Silver Eyes on his side that he can personally keep an eye on, and possibly train in private, would be the safest option for her and the survival of humanity.
Right now, Beacon is probably the safest place for Ruby.
Literally the next day…
"Ren, look!"
The stoic young man looked to where Nora was pointing to. In the middle of the courtyard was a boy, balancing on top of a large circus ball.
He was short, small… practically a child, now that he thinks about it. At first, he thinks of that small girl in red and black he saw in the airbus, who seems smaller than most, probably around fifteen. But, this child barely looks older than ten, maybe twelve.
Other than that, the kid also appeared to be a faunus of some kind. A snapping turtle, perhaps? That's the only animal that comes to mind when he sees that yellow, spiked shell. He also had a rainbow-colored mohawk and yellow ponytail, and dressed like some sort of jester, at least partly; he had brown pants and shoes, and a long, baggy top that was half purple and blue.
Ren blinked when the faunus child turned around to look at them.
"Ooooh!" The child faunus jumped on the ball and turned to face them. "New friends?" With perfect balance, he rolled all the way over to them. Ren crossed his arms, while Nora looked ecstatic as he came closer, practically vibrating in place.
"Hi, hi! I'm Lemmy! What're your names?" The boy, Lemmy, said excitedly, extending a hand.
"Lie Ren," He said curtly. He felt… Well, the way Lemmy looked at him made him uneasy, to put it bluntly. But he's not exactly sure why.
"I'm Nora Valkyrie!" His friend exclaimed. She raised her hand to shake Lemmy's.
And she started to shake. "Yyyyyoooooowww!" Nora shrieked, pulling away from Lemmy. The boy started to laugh loudly, so much so that he fell on his ball and started to flail and kick his feet. Somehow, the ball didn't pop even when Lemmy's spikes touched it.
"I got you! I got you, I got you, I got you!" Lemmy laughed. He stood back up and showed his palm, which had a joy buzzer tapped to it. "Ah ha ha, I got you with one of the oldest tricks in the book! Ha ha!"
Weird. Ren didn't notice the buzzer earlier. Lemmy isn't even making an effort to hide his palm. The sleeves of his outfit barely even reach his wrist, so he couldn't hide it like that.
"Huh? Oh, you did! Man, that was hilarious!" Nora said, laughing alongside the turtle faunus.
Even though Nora clearly enjoyed his company, Ren still felt like there was something… off about Lemmy. He felt like Lemmy was laughing at Nora, not with her. He seemed too erratic. Not like Nora's erratic nature; her's was born from a natural curiosity of the world, a desire for adventure and fun, and to stay as far away as possible from their impoverished early lives.
Lemmy's…
"Hey! You wanna see a new magic trick?" The faunus asked.
"Yeah, yeah!" Nora said, nodding eagerly. Ren tilted his head… and his eyes were blown wide as Lemmy pulled out five bombs that looked like bouncy balls from somewhere.
"Look very carefully! Are you watching?" Nora nodded excitedly. The fuses on the bombs suddenly ignited, and Lemmy started to juggle all five bombs. "Great, now, I'm going to time this perfectly!"
"Nora, I think we should stand back…" Ren muttered, concerned for both their safety, as usual.
"Oh come, Ren! Don't tell me you're afraid of some props!" Nora teased him.
"Yeah, Reeeeeen!" Lemmy parroted. "Don't be scared! I like putting on shows for… mostly everyone to enjoy!"
That didn't help calm the feeling in Ren's gut.
Lemmy continued to juggle the bombs, humming to himself as he put on show. But merely juggling wasn't enough for him. Lemmy fell on his back, bouncing off the ball while the bombs bounced into each other. Lemmy managed to catch all of them as they scattered, his ball rolling this way and that to catch.
Lemmy started to jungle the balls while jumping up and down; he bounced and tossed the bombs into his ball, launching them up into the air while catching them with one hand. Nora 'ooooh'ed and clapped at Lemmy's antics, and Ren couldn't help but feel somewhat impressed by his acrobatics and balance.
Lemmy smiled a wicked, unnerving smile for a brief moment. Ren barely caught it. "Alright, it's time for the grand finale!" Lemmy exclaimed, and tossed his bombs into the air. Ren and Nora watched with bated breath as they rose, slowed down, and soon came falling down.
"Three… two… one!" Lemmy cheered as the balls came crashing down.
They exploded. Ren let out a gasp as blue and purple flames burst from the bombs. Both her and Nora were sent flying back as a shockwave of heat slammed into them. The fire the bombs created vanished, leaving only a charred crater with nothing inside.
"Woah…" Nora breathed out. "That… was awesome!" She exclaimed, hopping back to her feet excitedly. "Let's do that again!"
"Again?" Ren got to his feet as Lemmy rolled next to Nora from behind, excitedly bouncing up and down on his ball. "Sure! I can do it again! And again and again and again until…!"
Before Lemmy could finish the bell rang. "Nora, we should head to orientation," Ren urged her, grabbing her arm and tugging on it gently.
"Oh, shoot, you're right," Nora mumbled. "Welp, I guess we'll see you later, Lemmy! Maybe we can be partners! On the same team, y'know?"
"Huh? Partners…?" Lemmy paused for a moment, confused. "Sure! We can be partners someday! I'll see you then!" Lemmy waved at them, even as they disappeared inside the castle.
"Man, she seems fun. I sure hope they don't die horrible deaths!" The Koopa said, placing his hands on his hips and smiling brightly.
Tattle Log #1
Ruby
Oh, uh, Hi! That's me! Wow… I looked a lot different back then. How many years has it been? *Cough* Well, anyways… yeah? I wield a scythe, and I was the leader of Team RWBY for a while. I might not have been the best leader at all times (I've definitely screwed up more times than I want to count) but that boundless optimism was able to keep all of us going.
HP is 15 / 20 / 30, ATK is 2 / 3 / 4, DEF is 0
Attacks
Scythe Swinger (0 AP)- Hold the Left Stick back, and release when the light turns red. POW: +0
Scythe Sniper (2 AP) - Tap the button once it appears to strike the first enemy in line. Getting an "Excellent" on the Action Command causes the bullet to pierce through and strike the next enemy in line. POW: +2 (Hit 1) +0 (Hit 2).
Petal Boost (9 AP) - Mash the button on screen to charge an attack that smashes through all enemies. POW: (+4 (Max Charge) OR +2 (Charge 2) OR +1 (Charge 1)) +3 (Hit 1) +1 (Hit 2-4) +0 (Hit 5+)
Petal Storm (6 AP) - Tap the correct button as they appear to hide you and your Partner in a cyclone of petals. Grants 1 turn of Dodgy for each correct input.
Tattle Log #112
Roy
[Battle Theme - ROYal Rumble (Paper Mario: Color Splash)]
That's Roy Koopa. He's one of the Koopalings, and the toughest member in their ranks. He may look like a punk and a bully but… well, he is, but if you're one of his comrades, then he'll treat you with the respect you deserve.
HP is 75, ATK is 6, and DEF is 3.
Attacks
Three-Hit Combo - Strikes one Party Member twice, and on the third hit, launches them to the Party Member behind the first one. POW: +2 (Hit 1 & 2) +2 (Hit 3) +(Target DEF - 1) (Hit 4)
Dust Chamber - A Passive Ability. When a Party Member uses a Dust item, Roy sucks it into his Rocket Launcher. He can store up to 3 rounds of dust. POW: N/A
Rocket Launcher - Fires a Dust Missile at an enemy target, and then launches up to two more missiles if there is Dust in the Dust Chamber. This attack can Freeze, Burn, Bury, Confuse, or Paralyze an opponent depending on the Dust Missile fired if not Superguarded. POW: +0 (Hit 1) -2 (Hit 2+)
Shell Slam - Roy retreats into his shell and strikes two random Party Members. Roy does not take damage if this attack is Superguarded. POW: +0 (Hit 1+)