>>1689655
Oops.

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>>1683357

YEA RWBY QUEST. We are going to get waifus and headpat Imoutos, and we have plenty of both.

You duck behind a tree to try and catch your breath. You thought she was your friend, but Ruby was merciless. As if some horrible, alien intelligence had taken her body and she sat screaming behind her own eyes, helpless to stop her hands as they moved in for the kill. You poke your head around the trunk to catch sight of her, but a flash of red is all you see before a high caliber round digs into the bark and you’re forced to duck again.

It had only been a few days since your argument with Blake, and Ruby had changed so quickly from an excitable little girl into the monster that haunted you now. You weren’t sure what to expect when she invited you here, but this wasn’t it.

Another flash and she’s swept in front of you. The sniper rifle levels towards your head, and she pulls the trigger. You can barely make out the ground rushing up to meet your ruined eyes before it’s washed away in a sea of blood. The blood pools and shifts, eventually forming into words: “YOU DIED”

“Man, speed power ups are cheap.” That’s the third time in a row she’s killed you this match. “They are not!” Ruby protests, “Do you have any idea how hard it is to aim when you’re going that fast?”

“That’s not a problem when you stop dead to line up a shot!” This is why you insisted on no power ups, but “My Room My Rules” trumped any logical debates you put forward. Ruby gives you nothing but a smug grin and a laugh, but the expression settles into something more genuine.

“Thanks for coming over, Whitaker. Yang only likes fighting games, Jaune’s TERRIBLE, and Ellie’s never here.”

“Ellie? Liquorice?” It’s the only person she could be talking about, and she nods, “Yeah, Yang started calling her that, cause of her letter on the team, and it seems to have stuck.” Ruby stalls a bit after bringing up her team. She doesn’t seem as happy as she had been only a second ago. Did something happen in RYAL?

>A) Stay out of it. It’s not your team, it’s not your responsibility.
>B) Prod for details, but don't tip your hand. “Where are they, anyway?”
>C) Come out and say it. “Do you want to talk about it, Ruby?”

>>1689671
>C) Come out and say it. “Do you want to talk about it, Ruby?”

OPERATION LITTLE SISTER IS GO

>>1689668
Chemo is expensive but it's probably the best treatment.

>>1689671
>>C) Come out and say it. “Do you want to talk about it, Ruby?”

>>1689671
>C) Come out and say it. “Do you want to talk about it, Ruby?”

>>1689671
>>C) Come out and say it. “Do you want to talk about it, Ruby?”
Time for Onii-chan mode

>>1689671
>C
Imouto Defence Force mobilize

The most exiting part of the day has arrived!
>>1689671
>B) Prod for details, but don't tip your hand. “Where are they, anyway?”
Play it cool, Whit.

>>1689671
>C) Come out and say it. “Do you want to talk about it, Ruby?”

>>1689671
>>C) Come out and say it. “Do you want to talk about it, Ruby?”

>>1689671
>>C) Come out and say it. “Do you want to talk about it, Ruby?”

>>1689671
>>A) Stay out of it. It’s not your team, it’s not your responsibility.

>>1689671
>>B) Prod for details, but don't tip your hand. “Where are they, anyway?”

>>1689676
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>>1689700
Roll 1d100, best of first three replies to this post.

Rolled 6 (1d100)

>>1689722

Rolled 63 (1d100)

>>1689722
hi

Rolled 67 (1d100)

>>1689722
Let's go

>>1689726
67 is your roll, writing!

>>1689726
Gut enuff?

I kinda want to get a relatively close relationship with Neo so that the inevitable betrayal is more interesting

Volume 3 Spoilers

Holy fuck! I just got to Roman's Death

>>1689737
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmDakhg45rk

>>1689734
if we actually put effort into interacting with her, and get good roles in doing so, getting her on our side isnt impossible. itll be hard, but def not impossible.

>>1689768
I dunno, she's pretty devoted to Roman. We'd have to convert him first and I just dont see that happening at all.

>>1689770
anythings possible when the dice gods are on your side. also our mc's a pretty good dude

>>1689768
A sure-fire way to win Neo's friendship is to kill an innocent person by stabbing them.

Since we're still in volume 1, the shadow people haven't been culled yet. We can kill one of them.

To be fair to the "convert Neo" group, IIRC we never actually learn Neo's motivation for being a criminal.

I don't know how successful trying to turn her will be but I'd be willing to try.

>>1689784
you never know if you dont try

>>1689770
If you want to change someone's mind, you have to attack their motivation for doing what you don't want them to do, then create one to serve your interest. So, what's Roman's motivation for helping Cinder?

>>1689787
Getting close to her works for me even if we can't turn her, namely, creating an interesting development for our character.

>>1689789
He's scared of Salem and her minions, and thinks that by helping her he's on the winning side.

>>1689799
so to turn roman is making salem/her minions seem not scary?

>>1689799
>>1689803
Obviously we should just get Salem to join our side

>>1689803
That'd be my plan if I were going to try it. "How?" is a bit beyond me.

>>1689799
He's scared of Cinder, odds on he knew nothing about Salem.

>>1689806
im in, if for the hilarity of an instant death early on

>>1689803
Sure thing. We just need to make Whitaker seem more terrifying and powerful than Salem, and then Roman and Neo will become our pals. Hooray!

>>1689807
Well, that and make it look like Salem/Cinder will lose.
>>1689808
That's also a pretty good possibility, and much easier to handle.

I mean, alternatively we can make ourselves seem Scarier than Salem/Cinder

>>1689814
Grimm Overlord Quest?

>>1689815
Not likely.

>>1689815
We already had ne of those in /trash/.
It became smut after like 3 posts.

>>1689819
I mean, we dont gotta be evil, we just gotta spook the shit outta Roman, just a ton of OP goons in front of him, and turning him/Neo might be a cinch

>>1689814
So what you're saying is, after we find out it was Cinder's idea to kill Penny, we unleash all our bottled rage and brutally murder Cinder.

You know who we should really be worrying about converting? Jaune, I'm telling you guys that kids pure evil.

>>1689820
Any archives for... research.

>>1689808
>>1689813
Actually, his dialogue when he's fighting Ruby makes it pretty clear he's aware that Cinder is a part of something bigger. A few times, he refers to "the people" he's working for and is afraid of. "People", plural.

He's obviously not talking about Emerald and Mercury, he messes them around to their faces. So he must know that Cinder is a part of something bigger or he would just say "this woman". He may not know about Salem specifically, but he knows there's a bigger faction at play.

>>1689823
I'd be down. Imagine how crazy we get to the point that we aren't flinching from attacks anymore.

>>1689821
That's true, like >>1689808 pointed out, it's not likely you have to compete against Salem. And the Schnees DO have a lot of weight to throw around. I suppose it's possible, but getting there is a trip. If you guys do get there.
>>1689826
That makes me question what exactly Cinder showed him to scare him into line.

>>1689815
That's not how you spell Jaune, that devious secret agent.

>>1689826
He may know about Watts, Tyrion and forgetable but I doubt Cinder told him about the goddess queen of the Grimm.
>>1689825
One VERY lewd greentext that I won't post out of fear of being banned.

>>1689831
>That makes me question what exactly Cinder showed him to scare him into line.
She does threaten him with her fire powers once. Not sure how she got him scared of Salem's group, though. But all know that RWBY can skip over those sorts of details, sometimes.

>>1689824
>>1689835
What if QM pulls a fast one, and actually makes Jaune an undercover agent? We'd never see it coming.

...Fuck, now I'm getting paranoid. This is what being Whitaker does to you, I guess.

>>1689843
Jaune's seven sisters are the seven branches of Mistral Intelligence (MI).

>>1689846
Does that make him MI8?

>>1689846
Who said he was the youngest? Could be MI6.

Out of curiosity who's everyone's waifu at the moment?

Going for Blake myself

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>>1689843
I'd like to point out that we never saw exactly HOW Jaune managed to sneak a forged transcript under Ozpin's nose.

But that's none of my business.

>>1689861
Penny/Neo

>>1689861
Blake as well!

>>1689861
Penny.

>>1689861
Yang, clearly the only woman capable of leading the company by our side.

>>1689861
...Ciel

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>>1689865
I mean when the he reveals it to us we can just ask him.

>>1689866
>>1689870
Pic Related

>>1689872
Were you the one guy to vote Ciel on the poll last thread?

>>1689872
No shame in that, Anon. She's much more developed in this than canon, having been bumped to "Supporting Cast Member" and all.

>>1689861
Ruby gets a Schnee harem.
It's convoluted!

>>1689874
Nah, I don't vote in my own polls. Doesn't feel fair. I just think it'd be funny if we end up dating Ciel and she's having some silly internal strife about dating a robot.

>>1689872
IM actually with you on that, i would have also put Ciel, but Penny and Neo are my top two, didnt feel like writing in a third.

>>1689861
Blake

Everyones more or less good and stable but shes got a lot of baggage and shit.
I like to help and fix waifus

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>>1689871
Well at least mama won't be drinking alone when our wife drags her down to all those Atlesian nightclubs built into the sides of iceburgs
>>1689874
Pic related.

>>1689887
Its extremely likely it would have been cleared up by that point if we get that far.

>>1689892
Until we get the QM confirmation that aura will protect our hand I vote no to fisting robots.

>>1689861
I actually don't have a strong opinion. I'll go for whoever I think will make for an interesting story. Ciel or Yang might be good, but I'm open about it.

...But I wouldn't mind a fling with Arslan, should the opportunity arise.

What if we start dating Salem by accident?

>>1689892
Plus, assuming that the favorite pairing for our sister is Ruby, It'd be a sibling double date.

I am literally fine with anyone other than Yang actually, i dont even care if i dont get one of my top 3.

>>1689902
If there is a merciful God then Licorice will be Salem in disguise.

>>1689893
True, but let me dream. Just a little.

>>1689671
It’s obvious she’s upset about something. Was there an argument within her team? You knew what that felt like. Your sympathy pulls at you, and you have to come out and ask, “Do you want to talk about it, Ruby?”

She jumps, but slaps together a strained smile. “What’s there to talk about?,” she lies, “I mean, it’s not that bad of a nickname!” If Ruby had done that on a stage, you would’ve called it comedy, but right now it worries you. If she didn’t want to talk about it, though, you probably shouldn’t push her.

“I was talking about reopening negotiations for the removal of these stupid power ups!” You fake turning your scrutiny back to the game. Out of the corner of your eye, you see Ruby relax, and the two of you return to your competition.

“Not a chance! They’re part of the game, you can’t just rip out mechanics like that!” You do noticeably better over the next few rounds, and you can’t help but wonder if it’s because she wants you to stop complaining or if her mind is somewhere else.

(CONTINUED)

I'm pretty neutral on Yang personally, although imoutoing Ruby would be very cute. Obviously I'm not going to try and sabotage votes if she wins though.

>>1689915
(THE NEXT DAY)

SPWB had been to a few different combat classes over the past few days. Most, like Ms. Goodwitch’s sparring class, took place inside interior arenas the entire class sat around. Professor Port’s second class, “Team Combat”, took place in a relatively safe section of the Emerald Forest, whichever part of it happened to be mostly free of Grimm when the class loaded into the Bullheads.

“Today, you youngsters will be sharpening your coordination tactics! I know, I know, some of you have already demonstrated talent in this area,” Port says, with what you may have imagined being a pointed look at your team, “but talent is useless unless it is honed into a skill, and honing a skill comes only through practice!”

He points a dramatic finger into the air and lists your objectives, “Our reports claim that several Beowolf packs have been spotted around this area recently. You will be scored on how many of these packs you manage to clear before the end of our session today!” That sounded pretty easy.

“But it isn’t all that straightforward, oh no!” Damn, teach you to be optimistic. He continues, “Kills shall only be counted if at least two members of a team contributed to its demise! You begin in three minutes! Take this time to set out your strategy.”

The girls look to you expectantly. You’ve got this. You think. After all, its situations like this that got you selected as the leader.

>A) Split up and cast a wide net, Beowolves are child’s play.
>B) Stick together and mow down the packs quicker.
>C) (Write in!)

>>1689895
I mean, there's no denying nor confirmation that she's not compatible.

There's also nothing stopping us from 'investing' upgrades to her. Like demagnetization.

>>1689919
>>B) Stick together and mow down the packs quicker.
Time to get use to fighting as a team.

>>1689919
>>B) Stick together and mow down the packs quicker.

>>1689919
>B) Stick together and mow down the packs quicker.

inb4 Alpha Beowolf Pack.

>>1689919
>B
Stay as a team for team building exercises.

>>1689919
>>B) Stick together and mow down the packs quicker.

>>1689919
>B) Stick together and mow down the packs quicker.
I mean if we're learning team combat we should probably be with our entire team.

>>1689919
>C: Bring the artillery...Aka bombs, explosives ranged weaponry..But into two man teams.o3o

>>1689919
>>A) Split up and cast a wide net, Beowolves are child’s play.

>>1689919
>>B) Stick together and mow down the packs quicker.

>>1689919
>B) Stick together and mow down the packs quicker.

>>1689919
>>B) Stick together and mow down the packs quicker.
Splitting up is dangerous. There's worse stuff than Beowolves in the Emerald Sustrai Forest.

>>1689915
I feel sorry for Ruby, having Neo on her team. She's gonna be so let down having a turncoat teammate.

>>1689919
>B) Stick together and mow down the packs quicker
Make it a little less likely we'll be up against a Grimm alone and thusly unable to get points from the kill.

>>1689950
Are you sure it's Neo you should be worried about and not Jaune?

>>1689919
>B) Stick together and mow down the packs quicker.

We should treat this like we're in a horror film, and STICK THE FUCK TOGETHER.

>>1689919
>>B) Stick together and mow down the packs quicker.

>>1689919

>B) Stick together and mow down the packs quicker.

Back to back, AND THEN WE ARE INVINCIBLE

>>1689861
No strong opinion either way

I just don't want a waifu war

>>1689861

I'm still vanguarding the MoonBeem initiative

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>>1689982
You're keeping the team together! Give me a minute, because you'll have to get a little more in depth with this choice!
>>1690002
I've seen you say it several times now. What's MoonBeam?

>>1689861
As long as the quest doesn't get shit up by haremfags I'm don't really have a preference as to who Whit ends up with.

>>1690008
IIRC Moonbeam is Yang+Blank

>>1690015
that is gay.

>>1690015
faggoty ass name

>>1690015
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>>1690024

It's MoonBEEm. Don't you get it?

>>1690014

You clearly have no ambition

>>1690030
Yeah, and it's a dumb name.

>>1690031

You've got a better one anon?

>>1690030
I want haremfags to go and stay go.

>>1690030
No, he's right, haremfags are terrible

It's just blatant wish fulfilment rather than any desire for a consistant and intruiging narrative

>>1690038

Well cry me a goddamn river, not like I'm gonna be leaving. And two isn't a harem, it's polygamy

>>1690038
anti-haremfags being more annoying than those of us who want harems. never thought id see the day.

So I went to google to find the ship name that is used for Yang+Blake(Bumblebee) and I found out that the Blake+Neo+Penny ship name is creamed pussy magnet.

>>1690045
>implying im aiming for just 2

So what do we do when Neo and Jaune's teamwork cleaves through the Grimm as fast as we can cast a sigil?

What do we do if he becomes GUTS-like in his decimation?
What do we do if Jaune taps into his super onii-chan powers?

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>>1690036
Yeah, it's called anything but bloody damn Moonbeam. Damn son, it makes Me think of hippies or elves.

>>1690053
The only option I came up with addressing Jaune's Onii-chan powers is that we marry one of his sisters and gain the rest as our sisters.

>>1690054

I haven't slept for days when I made this name anon

>>1690053

Then we must panic and immediately find a way to expose him as a mole to Ozpin. Or follow this anon >>1690062

>>1690054
or just hippy elves then or wait? wouldnt that just be regular elves?

>>1689919
Sticking together was the entire point of this class! If you aren’t going to practice as a cohesive whole, you might as well go home. But where will everyone be most effective?

You should…

>A) Take the lead and initiate, forcing the Beowolves to focus on you while the rest cut them apart.
>B) Hang back and finish off any Beowolves your team leaves open for you with your rifle.
>C) Focus on setting up for the others with your semblance.

Penny…

>A) Needs to be the powerhouse. Place her - and her swords - in the middle and let the team dance around her.
>B) Should repeat her last performance as a distraction and peel off any non-Beowolf Grimm who come to distract you from the mission.
>C) Has incredible multitasking skills. She should focus on injuring as many Beowolves as possible and let the rest worry about killing them.

Weiss…

>A) Is a born flanker. Keep her on the outside, darting in and out for opportunities that the team provides.
>B) Should set up kills with her Semblance.
>C) Needs to use her Dust expertise to corral the Grimm into one area.

And Blake…

>A) Is the perfect scout. She should find Beowolf packs and either lead them into the fight or lead the team to them when there’s no fight to join.
>B) Can keep the Beowolves focused on her without much risk, thanks to her semblance.
>C) Should move between the battlefield and stab them in the back.

((List each team member and option separately, like:

Name:
>Option)

Just to make counting easier. Majority rules per person, not as a whole.))

>>1690072
Whitaker:
>A
Penny:
>C
Weiss:
>B
Blake:
>C

>>1690072
Whitaker:
>A
Penny:
>C
Weiss:
>B
Blake:
>C

>>1690072
>>A) Take the lead and initiate, forcing the Beowolves to focus on you while the rest cut them apart.
>C) Has incredible multitasking skills. She should focus on injuring as many Beowolves as possible and let the rest worry about killing them.
>A) Is a born flanker. Keep her on the outside, darting in and out for opportunities that the team provides.
>A) Is the perfect scout. She should find Beowolf packs and either lead them into the fight or lead the team to them when there’s no fight to join.

>>1690072
>Whitaker
>>B) Hang back and finish off any Beowolves your team leaves open for you with your rifle.

>Penny
>>A) Needs to be the powerhouse. Place her - and her swords - in the middle and let the team dance around her.

>Weiss…
>>A) Is a born flanker. Keep her on the outside, darting in and out for opportunities that the team provides.

>Blake
>>A) Is the perfect scout. She should find Beowolf packs and either lead them into the fight or lead the team to them when there’s no fight to join.

>>1690072

Whitaker: >A
Penny: >B
Weiss: >C
Blake: >A

>>1690072
Whitaker:
>C
Penny:
>A
Weiss:
>C
Blake:
>C

>>1690072
Whitaker:
>A
Penny:
>C
Weiss:
>B
Blake:
>C

>>1690062
>we marry one of his sisters and gain the rest as our sisters.
YOU FOOL, THEN THAT MEANS HE GAINS OUR SISTERS.

>>1690072
Whit
>>A) Take the lead and initiate, forcing the Beowolves to focus on you while the rest cut them apart.
Penny
>>C) Has incredible multitasking skills. She should focus on injuring as many Beowolves as possible and let the rest worry about killing them.
Weiss
>>A) Is a born flanker. Keep her on the outside, darting in and out for opportunities that the team provides.
Blake
>>A) Is the perfect scout. She should find Beowolf packs and either lead them into the fight or lead the team to them when there’s no fight to join.

>>1690072
Whitaker:
>A
Penny:
>C
Weiss:
>B
Blake:
>C

>>1690072
Whitaker
>>A) Take the lead and initiate, forcing the Beowolves to focus on you while the rest cut them apart.
Penny
>C) Has incredible multitasking skills. She should focus on injuring as many Beowolves as possible and let the rest worry about killing them.
Weiss
>C) Needs to use her Dust expertise to corral the Grimm into one area.
BLake
>A) Is the perfect scout. She should find Beowolf packs and either lead them into the fight or lead the team to them when there’s no fight to join.

>>1690072
Whitaker:
>A
Penny:
>C
Weiss:
>C
Blake:
>C

>>1690072
Us: >A)

Penny: >C)

Weiss: >B)

Blake: >A)

>>1690072
Whitaker:
> A

Penny:
> A

Weiss:
> B

Blake:
> B

>>1690072
Us
>C
Penny
>C
Weiss
>C
Blake
>A

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>>1690142
Our winners are:

Whitaker:
>A)

Penny:
>C)

Weiss:
>B)

And Blake:
>A)

Writing!

>>1690053
I have no idea how to read you guys' reaction to Neo and Jaune partnering up. Everyone seems to believe it'll lead to Shin-Jaune wrestling the Elder Gods, and I don't know why.

>>1690219
same here, its really strange

>>1690219
We just want to protect that small cinnamon bun Liquorice from that agent Jaune.

>>1690219
It's quite obvious that Jaune is a God of Chaos masquerading as a Secret Agent who's pretending to be a inept huntsman.
It's why we must make sure that whatever evil plan he's got in store be stopped in it's crib.

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>>1690219
Schnee fear the Jaune. A Juane is the complete opposite of the Schnee.

>>1690072
Take the lead and initiate, forcing the Beowolves to focus on you while the rest cut them apart.

Has incredible multitasking skills. She should focus on injuring as many Beowolves as possible and let the rest worry about killing them.

Should set up kills with her Semblance.

Is the perfect scout. She should find Beowolf packs and either lead them into the fight or lead the team to them when there’s no fight to join.

You’ve taken almost half your allotted time to come up with a plan, and the girls are beginning to look worried. Just as you begin to sweat, it all clicks into place. You’re able to speak with confidence as you give your team their orders.

“Weiss, you and Penny will be working together to keep the Beowolves off of their game. Use your semblance to keep them in place. Penny, don’t worry about whether or not you land a kill, just hit as many of them as you can.” The two nod at you. Penny looks to Weiss for something, but Weiss focuses on loading more Ice Dust into Myrtenaster and ignores her teammate.

“Blake, scout out the area. If we’re in a fight, bring any small packs or lone wolves you find towards us. If the fight dies down, point us at the next group.” She narrows her eyes at you. “Where are you going to be?” she asks. You shrug in response, “Someone needs to actually kill the things.” You look between the three of them and notice something that puts you on edge. Blake is glaring at you, Weiss is glaring at her, and Penny is looking between the two of them, at a loss for what to do or say.

“TIME!” Port’s voice cuts through the tension, and the four of you dash into the forest, any tensions forgotten. For the moment.

((Roll 1d100, best of our first three replies))

>>1690239

He's in fact the embodiment of Chaos Undivided. And is an Antedilluvian, a Yozi, and some Outer God beyond Azathoth

Rolled 25 (1d100)

>>1690257

>>1690257
FUCK, I meant to delete those options reminding me what you picked! Please ignore them, I am retarded.

Rolled 4 (1d100)

>>1690257

Rolled 36 (1d100)

>>1690257

LET THE HUNT BEGIN

Rolled 57 (1d100)

>>1690257

Rolled 81 (1d100)

>>1690257

Rolled 93 (1d100)

>>1690257

man, our rolls are such shit.

>>1690265
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>>1690270
Anons... I guess 36 is your roll. Writing.

>>1690270
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>>1690265
Welp, time to bite the concrete and crack some teeth.

>>1690272

My first roll is good and I get ninja'd twice.

Well this is disappointing

Also why is Blake glaring at us?

Fuck

>>1690285

Maybe she thinks we're gloryhunting?

Maybe thinks we're bloodthirsty?

Maybe thinks we're keeping her away form us because racism?

Honestly I just kinda don't like Blake.

>>1690291
>Maybe thinks we're keeping her away form us because racism?
How could you? She's human, just like you.

Right?

>>1690257
Out shit roll aside, it looks like our team isn't getting along so well...

We're gonna need some serious big bro power to patch things up, over time.

>>1690298
hahaha, it's a good thing this is just an exercise right?

>>1690304
...Right?

>>1690266
It kind of works as Whit's inner dialogue.

>>1690219
When you see a blundering guy fend off stoneshattering blows with a a steel shield and the prime celebrity huntress says she finds his aura impressive, you start imagining WHY.

That, and the fact that Tyrian finds him interesting, and he dude can fight Qrow.

Oh, and his role is based around Joan d' Arc, who led the French army to win against Brittain, one of the largest and most sophisticated military forces at the time. She was also a saint.

>>1690340
Sure, but what's Neo got to do with any of that?

>>1690349
Surely, you don't expect her not to qualify as a sister to him, right?
The dude is a sister-figure magnet. It makes him more powerful!

>>1690364
wat.

>>1690364

Huh?

>>1690257
The first pack Blake finds is pitifully small. Only three Beowolves are mulling about in the clearing, and your master plan doesn’t even get a chance to be put into action before they fall. Several skirmishes pass before you find a large enough group. The pack is nearly thirty Beowolves strong, which should be enough for Blake to lead more in before it’s over.

Blake disappears into the trees as you charge the group, letting out an overly dramatic battle cry to get their attention. Penny and Weiss are right behind you, and the three of you soon settle into an uneasy rhythm. Penny’s blades carve chunks out of the Beowolves that Weiss freezes in place, but your grandstanding and wide swinging keeps the bulk of the pack on you. You only know Blake is doing her job when the second pack crests a nearby hill and joins the fray.

The added pressure forces your group to focus up, and the tentative steps become a well-orchestrated dance. You don’t think you’d ever shattered this many frozen Grimm before, even during Winter’s mass combat exercises. The record climbs higher and higher as the fight carries on, and then a Beowolf’s claws bite into your aura from behind. You can’t help but let out a surprised shout, and the offending Grimm is quickly stabbed through the eye by Weiss.

“Are you alright?” You don’t answer, because the pain wakes you up from the daze you had fallen into and you notice exactly how many Beowolves surround you. No wonder one hand landed a hit, you could hardly see the grass beneath them all! You, Weiss and Penny are slowly forced to back into one another and abandon the plan. There simply isn’t enough space to safely separate anymore, and with the constant pressure, there’s no chance for you and Weiss to set up for the move you used the last time you were in trouble with a pack. What do you do now?

>A) Rely on your team. “Penny, please tell me you’ve got something to clear them out!”
>B) Try the time dilation anyway. “Penny, keep them off of Weiss!”
>C) Find a way to reach Blake, you’ll need everyone if you want to win this.
>D) You can’t risk people getting injured for a team building exercise! Get out now!

>>1690431
>A) Rely on your team. “Penny, please tell me you’ve got something to clear them out!”

>>1690431
>A) Rely on your team. “Penny, please tell me you’ve got something to clear them out!”

>>1690431
>>C) Find a way to reach Blake, you’ll need everyone if you want to win this.

>>1690431
>C) Find a way to reach Blake, you’ll need everyone if you want to win this.

>>1690431
>A) Rely on your team. “Penny, please tell me you’ve got something to clear them out!”
go go gadget lasers

>>1690431

>A) Rely on your team. “Penny, please tell me you’ve got something to clear them out!”

Everyone, we need to measure our rolls carefully. Got it, when we're rolling nobody just start immediately rolling. One anon should roll, if it's high then we can roll some more, if low then we need to be more careful

>>1690431
>>C) Find a way to reach Blake, you’ll need everyone if you want to win this.

>>1690431
>>A) Rely on your team. “Penny, please tell me you’ve got something to clear them out!”

>>1690431
>A) Rely on your team. “Penny, please tell me you’ve got something to clear them out!”

>>1690431
>>C) Find a way to reach Blake, you’ll need everyone if you want to win this.

>>1690431
>A) Rely on your team. “Penny, please tell me you’ve got something to clear them out!”

>>1690431
>>C) Find a way to reach Blake, you’ll need everyone if you want to win this.
We should get her to stop baiting everyone.

>>1690453
Sure, how do you plan on measuring the rolls?

>>1690431
>>C) Find a way to reach Blake, you’ll need everyone if you want to win this.

>A) Rely on your team. “Penny, please tell me you’ve got something to clear them out!”

>>1690512

Every anon needs to just wait about two or three minutes before another rolls. That way not everybody just floods in with high rolls that are not used. Or we just pray that Brother let's have a best of five instead of a best of three

>>1690431
>AC) Rely on your team to carve a path to reach Blake.
Because honestly, the longer we stay in one spot the more likely everyone ends up dying.

>>1690436
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>>1690528
Teamwork makes the dream work! Let's see what surprised Penny has in store!

>>1690552
SELF DESTRUCT ACTIVATED

>>1690556
You can never change the outcome, only the road you take to reach the destination.

Have a short Penny fic while we wait for the update. I'll be glad for any criticism.

https://pastebin.com/zH7TeHHM

...Isn't the yang/blake ship called bumblebee? Not moonbeam?

>>1690577
Moonbeem is Us+Blake+Yang

>>1690567
I like it.

>>1690577
I think MoonBeem is supposed to incorporate Whit, because this is literally the only place I've ever seen it.

>>1690567
It's a nice take on a tragedy story from Penny's viewpoint.
I give it nine refrigerators out of ten. Needs more viewpoints to work with like the other teammates to accentuate the death.

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>>1690567
You fucker!

>>1690567
I enjoyed your story, but I also regard it as a dark timeline that we must prevent.

>>1690567
>>1690666

It occurs to me just now we can avoid this fate by just not selecting Penny as our final fighter

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>>1690567
You're a real piece of shit, you know that?

Hold me...

>>1690431
You’ve got no answers for this, and you don’t think Weiss will either. Blake’s out of your reach for now, so there’s only one place you can look to for help. “Penny!” you shout, dodging another swipe at your neck, “Please tell me you’ve got something to clear them out!”

Penny hesitates for a moment and is nearly skewered by a Beowolf’s claws. Weiss cuts the creature’s arm off at the elbow before berating Penny, “Pay attention!” The girl’s swords return to the melee as if she never stopped, and she finally answers you.

“I believe I have something, but-” You cut her off before she can make her point.

“We don’t have time for ‘buts’! Whatever it is, DO IT!” Penny nods with apprehension and draws her swords into a circle in front of her.

“Whatever happens,” she says, “stay behind me!” It’s all the warning you get before a green light blinds the forest behind you and you hear a monstrously loud humming sound. Despite everything, you can’t stop yourself from turning. Penny’s sword circle is firing an absolutely MASSIVE laser into the crowd of Beowolves, and she’s beginning to turn towards you. You’ve completely forgotten about her instructions, so instincts alone force you into moving out of the way and to the safest place in the soon-to-be clearing: Right behind Penny.

You and Weiss defend her from behind, but the fight is token. Most of the wolves hesitate at the sight, and before their murderous instincts can take hold of them, they’re blown away. When it’s over, all that’s left of the Grimm are rapidly evaporating piles of ash.

You and Weiss don’t say a word. You’d like to think that you were both trying to catch your breath, but the truth was that you had no response to what you had just seen. The scene remained perfectly unchanging for a few moments before Blake broke through the treeline with your shocked expression on her face.

“What was that?!” Her words snap Weiss out of her trance, and your sister angrily stalks forward with a snarl. “Yes, what was that!? You must have lead HUNDREDS of those things here! They nearly KILLED all of us!”

Her aggression puts Blake on the defensive. “I was doing my job! Unless I misheard him, that job was ‘bring Beowolves here!’”

This is getting out of hand, fast!

>A) Take the blame. “It’s my fault! I made a bad call and didn’t think everything through!”
>B) Defend Blake. “She couldn’t have known we were getting overrun, Weiss, we didn’t have any way of telling her!”
>C) Stay out of it. Stopping them before didn’t help, maybe they’ll get it out of their systems.
>D) Redirect, you can assign blame later. “Are you two serious?! Forget about that! Penny, how did you DO that!”

>>1690732
>D) Redirect, you can assign blame later. “Are you two serious?! Forget about that! Penny, how did you DO that!”

Taking sides will just draw the ire of the opposed and cause the dislike to fester.

>>1690609
Maybe I'll do a follow up with Whitaker's side. Not now, I'm a bit burnt out.

>>1690664
>>1690679
I'm sorry, but I had to.

>>1690666
>I also regard it as a dark timeline that we must prevent.
Make it so, Satan.

>>1690732
>>B) Defend Blake. “She couldn’t have known we were getting overrun, Weiss, we didn’t have any way of telling her!”

>>1690567

The Sorrow/10

I'm not for waifuing Penny but....goddamn it man my heart

>>1690732

>A) Take the blame. “It’s my fault! I made a bad call and didn’t think everything through!”

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>>1690732
>>A) Take the blame. “It’s my fault! I made a bad call and didn’t think everything through!”

>>1690732
>>D) Redirect, you can assign blame later. “Are you two serious?! Forget about that! Penny, how did you DO that!”

We didn't coordinate with scrolls?
that would have been super useful

>>1690732
>>A) Take the blame. “It’s my fault! I made a bad call and didn’t think everything through!”

We should have kept in contact with Blake to regulate the number of wolves

We have a fucking scroll after all

>>1690732

>A) Take the blame. “It’s my fault! I made a bad call and didn’t think everything through!”
>B) Defend Blake. “She couldn’t have known we were getting overrun, Weiss, we didn’t have any way of telling her!”

I vote for both of these; they look like they work well together.

>>1690765
>>1690766

...You know, I legitimately forgot scrolls were a thing that existed until you guys brought it up...

>>1690765
>>1690766
>>1690776
You'd have to either call or text, and your weapon is two handed. It isn't safe to DRIVE and text, much less fight then encroaching horde of darkness.

>>1690732
> A) Take the blame. “It’s my fault! I made a bad call and didn’t think everything through!”
We need to take this one on the chin. In hindsight, it wasn't a great decision.

>>1690732
>>A) Take the blame. “It’s my fault! I made a bad call and didn’t think everything through!”

>>1690778
Can't we do what Jaune did in the first volume and have it strapped to our arm with a call running?

If we had the connection to Blake from the start we could just have yelled

>>1690778
After this we're getting a rubberband and combining it with our scroll to make a bluetooth headset then.

>>1690797
Well, we'll say your shitty roll was you forgetting to do that then.

>>1690732
>A) Take the blame. “It’s my fault! I made a bad call and didn’t think everything through!”
A leader's gotta take responsibility for when plans turn into fuckups.

>>1690732
>A) Take the blame. “It’s my fault! I made a bad call and didn’t think everything through!”

>>1690732
>A) Take the blame. “It’s my fault! I made a bad call and didn’t think everything through!”

>>1690809
But now we can do that in the future.

Hell in the season 4 trailer with Ruby we saw that we can do conference calls too

>>1690797
We could view this as a learning experience for Whitaker. He's just learned the hard way how important it is to keep in communication with his team during a fight.

>>1690732
>A) Take the blame. “It’s my fault! I made a bad call and didn’t think everything through!”

>>1690732
>>A) Take the blame. “It’s my fault! I made a bad call and didn’t think everything through!”
>>1690809
>>1690830
Guess we should've predefined the limit of Grimm Blake should bait to us so she didn't keep piling it on.

>>1690797
>>1690800
Do they have an earphone version for calls? Sounds like something people would want.

>>1690732

>A) Take the blame. “It’s my fault! I made a bad call and didn’t think everything through!”

We should phrase it as a learning experience about communication instead of 'this was a bad idea/bad call'. Ironing out hiccups like this (forgetting you can communicate with your team) are the point of teambuilding exercises in the first place

I dont really know much about RWBY or what a 'scroll' is, but i am running on the assumption it is a cell phone

>>1690732
>D) Redirect, you can assign blame later. “Are you two serious?! Forget about that! Penny, how did you DO that!”

>>1690859
Imagine a Switch, but mixed with a smart phone.

>>1690749
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>>1690859
You're the leader, it's on you when things go bad. I'm gonna take a quick break to get a drink, then writing!

>>1690882
The chains of command are such a burden.

>>1690906
And yet, it is a burden that we must bear.

>>1690567
Just read through this. im fucking crying right now.

>>1690906
>>1690941

We'll get better everybody. But if we did worse than Cardin right now then I'm gonna go hang myself and every other low rolling anon

>>1690966
We fought like, an army. No way he did better.

>>1690976
Well... Penny did.

>>1690954
I'm sorry, anon. Just know this can be prevented.

>>1690979
Still counts.

>>1690979
Oh shit, she did solo a lot of them with her mexibeam didn't she? So we're not getting any points for those.

>>1690989
>He continues, “Kills shall only be counted if at least two members of a team contributed to its demise!"
t. Professor Port.

>>1690994
Stupid Gingerbot.

>>1691001
I mean, we told her to do it so...

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>>1691003
The one test you're not supposed to use a surperbeam on, and Anons pull out the superbeam. Tsk tsk. Poor marks.

>>1691016

I'm thinking we need a best of five, because goddamn it we've had mediocre and shit rolls all through out the quest

>>1691027
But you've always had at least an 80 in the top five, things would get a bit too easy, I M H O.

>>1691027
What about the roll to comfort Penny? And the roll to convince Ciel that Atlas has a secret robot army?

Points are not important. Team building is important. As long as we walk away from this with some good lessons about communication and keeping our eye on the goal then who gives a shit about the grade.

But like if we want to get really semantic Blake lured them all into a nice tidy package for the Penny deathlaser. "Luring them all into one place so our high power team members can kill them quickly and efficiently" sounds like 'contributing to their demise' to me.

>>1691052
That just might be rules lawyering hard enough to get us a passing grade, but I'm pretty sure we're going to get an intensely sceptical glare from every professor in a six mile radius if we say it like that.

>>1691052
Do you think we can get Port to believe that?

>>1691078
I agree, I think taking the fail in exchange for dat sweet team building experience about communication and keeping the mission goals in mind makes a better narrative as well

>>1691027
Just be glad Brother is using Bo3 instead of the systems Star vs Quest or Monster are using.

>>1691052
>>1691078
>>1691106

I mean did you not see the great length and risk Blake went through to get so many Grim for Penny to laser? Efficacy at it's finest

>>1691078
Technicly right is the best kind of right

>>1691110
Out of curiosity, what are they using?

>>1691106
I don't know shit about RWBY, but probably not!

Taking the fail graciously and learning from it as a team is the better option either way.

>>1691027
3d100 is fine. It's a classic, the curve is just right for the quest format.

5d100 basically guarantees that every roll will be extremely high, so the DC range that the QM can use actually becomes more limited. Not to mention that chances are, bias will mean that the difficulty wouldn't actually change much, so if anything things would feel even worse.

>>1691163
Port's a bit of a fop in canon, but the man is a Professor at one of the top schools in the world and has kicked griffon ass off screen, and those guys proved too much for the MC. I choose to believe he's good at his job, he just has quirks.

>>1691133
Star: d20 rolled by players with QM rolling a d10 to select a roll to use based on last digit of post number. 20s outside of the selected roll add 2 to result, 1s subtract 2.

Monster: d20 with QM rolling 1d3 to select used roll from the first 3

>>1691185
Wow, that sounds like utter garbage.

>>1691198
It sucks 95% of the time. Occasionally you get a great set of rolls and can tear shit up, like getting a result over 30 with mods and pluses in Star vs but most of the time you end up being randomly bad at tasks you should be proficient at.

Of course the true patrician choice for systems are dice pools but I have seen maybe 4 quests ever that use them.

>capcha HAMBURGO TARRAGON
Tarragon doesn't go on hamburgers, silly robot

>>1691246
I saw a system once where it was best of 3 1d100, but everytime he'd roll a d2 to see if it was high or low

>>1691274
Some of these dice rules make no sense to me.

>>1691274
Seems like most rolls would end up mediocre?

The one system I truly hate and is used by a fairly well known QM is 5d20 with crits. It is so random none of the choice really matter since you will either fail horribly or completely demolish any task you have to roll for, no matter how you chose to approach it.

>>1690732
You have to step in. You’re the leader of this team, and if anything goes wrong for them, it’s your responsibility. “Guys!” Your voice cuts through the building argument, and everyone stops to look at you. You gesture to yourself as you explain, “It’s my fault. I made a bad call. I sent Blake out on her own with no way to contact the rest of us.”

Your words hang in the air for a moment before Weiss throws her hands up. “How is that what you take away from this?!” she asks. You and Blake are stunned, but Blake is quick to throw herself back into the argument.

“What is that supposed to mean?! How am I supposed to know when you’re having problems if no one tells me!” Weiss pretends to think about it for a moment, putting a finger to her chin. “Hmm, that’s a good question, Blake,” she says, before letting her real anger back into her voice, “Maybe next time, you could try LOOKING AT THE FIGHT!?”

They’re back at each other’s throats, and you don’t have any other ideas to stop them. You’re trying to come up with something when a familiar voice booms from further in the trees, “Poor communication skills!”

The two of them grow quiet again as Professor Port steps into sight. “Insufficient logistical foresight!” You flinch. Those were clearly referring to you, but he continues, “Inciting arguments! Ignoring a leader’s tactical reevaluations!” This time he’s clearly looking at Weiss, and she seems abashed. She can’t meet his eyes, but Port isn’t done yet.

“Failure to reaffirm team status! Refusing to reassess your actions!” Blake steps back towards the rest of you, and soon the entirety of Team SPWB is in position for the scolding. “And finally!” he bellows, and Penny takes a half step, hoping to position herself behind you.

“Disregarding the entire point of this exercise to handle things yourself!” You feel a pang of guilt. You had ordered Penny to do that. You open your mouth to point it out, but Professor Port holds up a hand to preemptively silence you.

(CONTINUED)

>>1691315
“Believe or not, ladies and gentleman, but these are not the worst issues I have seen today. It is clear that none of you are used to working together. It is to be expected, but here at Beacon, you are also expected to perform to a level many would find unreasonable. I trust that, when we next have this exercise, you will not repeat these mistakes.” A chorus of quiet “yes sir”s are the only responses you have.

Professor Port turns to lead you back to the Bullheads, and thus back to Beacon, but Weiss can’t hold herself back from asking, “Sir? What was our grade on this assignment?”

The man seems to consider the question a moment before answering, “Grade? What grade? I specifically remember saying that you were to be scored, I don’t remember anything about a grade.”

No one says anything else, so you decide to bite the bullet and ask, “So, what was our score?”

He chuckles to himself before answering, “Well, I’ll have to go through the footage to check. It’s up to some interpretation, you understand, but with Ms. Belladonna leading the packs to a single area, it could be argued that all the Beowolves Ms. Polendina finished with her impressive assault count to your score. If that ends up being the case, I’d say that puts you around… Maybe three hundred ahead of the next group?”

(CONTINUED)

((Gotta walk the dog, I'll keep writing when I get back!))

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>>1691325
Just gotta say, you've really done a good job at capturing the feel of the show here. The party argument is very in-keeping with the tone, and the characters are being consistent. Too many QMs make the mistake of having every character be more reasonable than they should be in an attempt to 'fix' what they see as pointless conflict, but you've hit an ideal middle ground.

Slightly random praise, sorry, but I felt like I should say it.

>>1691577
Fucking.
Thank you.
Holy shit, is that all I can worry about every time I hit the " key. That means a lot.

>>1691325
You’re in your dormitory and continuing your book. It’s after classes, and the hallway outside is silent. It’s unusually quiet inside as well. All of your teammates claimed to have somewhere to be after the dressing down Port gave you all. It’s clear that none of them were feeling particularly great after that display, despite your high kill count. They knew what the lesson had really been about, and if it HAD been for a grade, it would’ve been a miserable failure.

You wonder if a similar situation had happened the day before, between Team RYAL. Ruby had seemed upset, despite her refusal to share the burden with you. Thoughts about your fellow team leader turned to thoughts about Ciel. You had barely heard anything about how she was taking to Team CNRP, and leading one of the most promising Huntresses of a generation. Just as you were beginning to wonder, your scroll beeped with a message. The number displayed was Ciel’s (which you had obtained from Penny, in case of emergencies relating to your teammate that Ciel would be better equipped to handle). The message was a brief three sentences:

“Are you free? Want to talk. Can later.” You open the reply box and think about what to say…

>A) “Sorry, got SPWB stuff.” Your team isn’t feeling great, maybe you should find one of them to cheer up. (Say which)
>B) “Can’t, meeting up with Ruby.” If she’s having trouble with her team as well, it’d be a good idea to talk to her. A problem shared is a problem halved.
>C) “Sure, where at?” This is the first time Ciel’s reached out to talk to you. It doesn’t seem important, but maybe the most important thing isn’t what she has to say, it’s showing up.

>>1691603
>>C) “Sure, where at?” This is the first time Ciel’s reached out to talk to you. It doesn’t seem important, but maybe the most important thing isn’t what she has to say, it’s showing up.

>>1691603
>>C) “Sure, where at?” This is the first time Ciel’s reached out to talk to you. It doesn’t seem important, but maybe the most important thing isn’t what she has to say, it’s showing up.

>>1691603
>>C) “Sure, where at?” This is the first time Ciel’s reached out to talk to you. It doesn’t seem important, but maybe the most important thing isn’t what she has to say, it’s showing up.

>>1691603
>>C) “Sure, where at?” This is the first time Ciel’s reached out to talk to you. It doesn’t seem important, but maybe the most important thing isn’t what she has to say, it’s showing up.

>>1691603
>>C) “Sure, where at?” This is the first time Ciel’s reached out to talk to you. It doesn’t seem important, but maybe the most important thing isn’t what she has to say, it’s showing up.

>>1691603
>B) “Can’t, meeting up with Ruby.” If she’s having trouble with her team as well, it’d be a good idea to talk to her. A problem shared is a problem halved.

>>1691603

>B) “Can’t, meeting up with Ruby.” If she’s having trouble with her team as well, it’d be a good idea to talk to her. A problem shared is a problem halved.

But we can talk with her later

>>1691603
>>B) “Can’t, meeting up with Ruby.” If she’s having trouble with her team as well, it’d be a good idea to talk to her. A problem shared is a problem halved.

>>1691603
>>B) “Can’t, meeting up with Ruby.” If she’s having trouble with her team as well, it’d be a good idea to talk to her. A problem shared is a problem halved.
>>1691603
>Can later.”
Well we can talk to her later.

>>1691603
>C) “Sure, where at?” This is the first time Ciel’s reached out to talk to you. It doesn’t seem important, but maybe the most important thing isn’t what she has to say, it’s showing up.

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>>1691733
Let's see what's happening with Ciel! Writing!

>>1691603
>>C) “Sure, where at?” This is the first time Ciel’s reached out to talk to you. It doesn’t seem important, but maybe the most important thing isn’t what she has to say, it’s showing up.

>>1691603
“Sure,” you type, “Where at?” You don’t have to wait long before the response. “Ballroom, from the first night. It’s empty.” You set your book aside and lazily carry yourself there. The moonlight is enough to see by, and the halls of Beacon are comfortably silent. Most teams are sleeping, you suspect. Once you find the ballroom, it is, like the halls, lit with an eerie blue light that shines through the windows. Ciel is standing at attention, observing something outside. As she said, the room is totally abandoned save for the two of you.

You walk towards her, and the sounds of your shoes is enough to alert her to your presence. “Whitaker,” she says, as stiff and formal as if she were here for a bunk inspection. So much for that tiny voice in the back of your mind teasing you about how romantic the set up had been. It sounded a bit like Weiss, now that you thought about it. No skin off your nose, in any case, you weren’t in any sort of mood for things like that today.

“Ciel. What’s up?” She turns to face you completely and she takes in your pajamas, frowning slightly. What did she want from you? It was eleven o’clock. “I’m here to ask you two things. The first, for you to clarify on exactly what you meant during our conversation outside your room. What, in detail, did you learn about Penny?” That’s what this was about? You guess it really WASN’T important, but you humor her anyway.

“Honestly, she didn’t tell me too many details, but it was easy to piece together. Small family, no social interactions, but skilled enough to get into a Huntsman academy? Penny has “secret-rich-girl” written all over her. I’m not sure why that was supposed to be a secret. I mean, I lived it too, how was I NOT going to figure it out?”

Ciel’s face take on a deep blush, but her features remain stoic and she nods slightly. “I can see how you, of all people, would come to the conclusion. I would thank you not to spread it around.” You half-nod. It didn’t seem like that big of a deal, but if Penny wanted it kept secret, then no one would hear it from you.

(CONTINUED)