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Could I drop a fic idea? What about v9 ruby, just after drinking the tea suddenly finds herself in beacon just before vytal, but she's still v9 rubes and vol 2 RWBY is there still witnessing this future version of their leader desperately working to prevent everything and the more they interact with future ruby the more they can't shake the feeling they all failed her in the future

(This was a fun idea to write.)

Ruby felt herself fall through the air, already certain she knew her fate. She was dead. She had drank the tea that Neo had given her, she had been beaten and killed, and she no longer had to worry about being a burden to her team and letting them down. And now, all that was left was to ascend and to take a new role, one that she couldnt possibly fail. 

Atleast, that is what she had thought until she suddenly felt herself on the ground again. There was no thud, no pain, just the feel of grass under her. The sound of people chattering filled the air as she opened her eyes to find herself in the familiar grounds of the Vytal Festival. 

“Are you okay?” 

Ruby froze as she heard the voice of her younger self speak to her, heart raced as she took a glance around the stalls that still stood, almost certain what she saw was a dream. And yet, it all felt real. She could still feel the cool breeze that blew across her face, smell the food that was cooking at each of the food stalls, hear the chimes and people chatting about the teams that had already fought. 

“Miss, are you okay?” the younger Ruby asked again. “If you’re this dazed, we should get you to the infirmary-” 

“I’m fine,” Ruby answered as she picked herself up. “I-I… I guess I got a bit too relaxed. Fell asleep and lost track of time.” 

“Well, try not to get too relaxed again or you’ll miss the matches. Speaking of, I need to find my team so I’m not late to ours. We’re up against team ABRN first. I hear they’re really tough, so it should be a fun match.” 

Ruby nodded and watched her younger self rush off to make it to the coliseum, still a bit dazed. She swore that she had been in the Ever After just a few minutes ago, but here she was, back at Beacon during the Vytal Festival. But if she was back here, then that meant she had a second chance to stop everything that went wrong. A chance that she could make everything right and no longer carry that same burden. 

She heard her stomach growl and she winced, not realizing just how hungry she was. “First a meal, then I can find Cinder and stop her.” Ruby sighed and started to make her way to the nearest food stand, mouth already watering as she smelled the different foods she’d missed. Noodles, takoyaki, cinnamon buns, sweets of all sorts, an overload of smells that she had missed all those months ago, finally settling for a bowl of noodles just like she had with her team. 

Ruby took the bowl as it was handed to her and took her time to savor each bite of the noodles, almost relaxing as she took the time to enjoy her meal. She had lost herself to the moment, listening to the crowds around her and letting herself relax and put her guard down even for the brief moment she had. And for once since Beacon had fallen, things had felt right.

She finished her noodles and glanced at the screen at the stall, a small smile crossed her lips when she saw that her younger self and her team had beaten ABRN. Everything was still going as she remembered. And as long as she could keep ahead of Cinder, she might be able to prevent Beacon from falling. Though, that did leave her with the issue of trying to remember where Cinder and her team were at and trying to figure out what she could do about them anyway. It wasnt like she could just go straight to Ozpin, he’d have questions that she’d never be able to answer. And if Qrow was already here, he’d recognize her right off the bat, which would also bring more questions than she could answer already. If she was going to do this, she was going to have to do this alone. 

Ruby paid for her noodles and made her way back to Beacon. Though, as she walked through the courtyard, she found herself slowing down. She could remember the day Beacon fell as though it had happened yesterday, citizens running and screaming as grimm ran through the streets, buildings collapsing and burning as the White Fang caused chaos, watching Pyrrha die in front of her… her heart raced as she took a breath to try to ground herself. That wouldnt happen again. She would never let that happen again. She could stop all of it, allow herself to continue to attend Beacon, earn her license naturally and never let her younger self have to go through losing her friends the way she did. 

That was, at least, her intention until she ran into her younger self again, knocking her over. “S-sorry,” Ruby said as she offered a hand. “Guess I wasnt watching where I was going.” 

“Its fine,” the younger Ruby answered as she took Ruby’s hand and got up. “Though, I’m glad to see you on your feet.” 

“You know her?” the younger Weiss asked. “Why am I even asking? Of course you made another friend.” 

The younger Yang playfully punched the younger Weiss’s shoulder. “Let her be. Besides, dont you think her new friend looks… familiar?” 

“She does, doesnt she?” the younger Blake asked.

“Look, its a long story, but I… I need to go.” Ruby pushed past her younger self and her team to make her way to the dorms. “I’m looking for someone and its important I find them.” 

“Maybe we can help,” the younger Ruby said. “We can point you in the right direction.” 

Ruby shook her head. “You should get something to eat. I saw your match and I’m sure you’re hungry.” She pulled out some lien and handed it over to her younger self. “There’s a noodle stand I’m sure you’ll enjoy. It’ll cater to all of your tastes.” 

“I cant accept-” 

“Consider it a gift for fight well done.” Ruby relaxed and started to make her way to the dorms. “And enjoy yourselves. You dont know how long you’ll have to do so.” 

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Ruby leaned against a wall after hours of searching the dorms for Cinder or her team with no luck. No one seemed to know who she was talking about, and the one room she was pointed to had already been emptied as if they were preparing to leave right after the festival. And yet, she still couldnt seem to find them. “Maybe I should’ve gone to Ozpin first,” she said to herself. “If I explained things, he’d at least be able to understand. Though, I’m sure he’d ask how I knew about this and would probably accuse me of working with them, and I’m not entirely sure how he’d accept my answer of being here.” 

She sighed and pulled out her scroll, pausing when she finally saw the time. It was about time for the singles rounds to start. Which meant Yang and Penny… Ruby dashed through the halls with her semblance to make it towards the arena. She had to make it there before the fight to warn Yang about fighting Mercury. And while she had no doubt that Yang would win, it didnt matter if she got disqualified again. But if she could get there fast enough-

“Alright, that’s everyone that can get in, you’ll need to wait for the next transport,” one of the Atlas soldiers said as he closed the door to the airship carrying people up to watch the fights. “Next one will be back in about ten minutes, plenty of time to catch the start of the first round.” 

Ruby pushed her way through the crowd, only to stop as she watched the airship take off and make its way up to the arena. Her heart pound in her chest as her eyes stayed glued to the airship. Ten minutes was going to be too long to wait if it meant getting to Yang after her fight had started. But, seeing as even with the control she had with her semblance now, she still wouldnt be able to get high enough to reach the arena, all she could was wait. 

The airship arrived soon enough and Ruby boarded once she was allowed to, nervous as she waited for the airship to fill before it’d take off. She glanced at her scroll once more and saw that it had been time for the fight to start. It was already too late to warn Yang, but maybe she could stop it. Emerald had to be in the stands and if she could find her, then she could put a stop to whatever she did.

She tapped her foot as the airship took off and stared out the window as she watched Beacon below her get farther away as she arrived up towards the arena. Once the doors opened and she could get off, she rushed towards the stands near the fight as quickly as she could. She kept her eyes peeled as she made her way through the crowds and into the stands, slowing as she started to watch the fight. She had almost forgotten how quickly Yang had nearly lost the fight, though, the more she watched, the more it almost seemed like Mercury was toying with her. 

Ruby shook her head and started to make her way to a nearby Atlas soldier. “You need to stop this fight.” 

“Please sit down and enjoy yourself,” the soldier said as he tried to move Ruby out of the way. “Besides, the fight’s almost over.” 

“I can see that but-” the words stopped as Ruby as she finally caught a glance of Emerald in the stands. Without another word, she rushed over to her to stop her from getting Yang disqualified. And then she stopped as she heard Mercury yell out in pain. 

“My leg!” Mercury yelled out as he clutched his leg. “You broke my leg!” 

“He attacked me!” the younger Yang yelled out. “Didnt you see that? He attacked-” 

Ruby felt her heart break as she watched Yang watch the camera footage, too late to stop Emerald. But it was only one mess up. Sure, she couldnt keep Yang in the tournament, but she could stop Penny from being torn to pieces and stop Cinder from causing Beacon to fall. All she had to do was get Emerald and then-

“You need to come with me.” 

Ruby froze as she heard Qrow’s voice behind her and felt his hand on her shoulder. She slowly turned around and gave him a nervous smile. “Hey… Qrow.” 

Qrow rolled his eyes and pulled Ruby with him. “Come on, we need to go see Ozpin.” 

“Wait, I cant go see him yet!” Ruby retorted as she tried to pull out of his grip. “I have something I need to do-” 

“And I need to find out why you look like my niece.” Qrow sighed and glanced over towards Yang as she was led out by some soldiers. “But first, Ozpin wants to talk to you and I need to see what’s going on with Yang. So come with me and then you can explain what you’re doing.” 

Ruby sighed and followed Qrow without another argument as her eyes caught the younger version of her team make their way back to the dorms. It was different watching from this perspective, how much she didnt realize just how much even then she always hid what she felt, still seeing a smile on her face. 

Once they were far enough, Qrow finally spoke. “Why do you look like my niece?” 

“Its… its a long story and I’m not entirely sure you’d believe me,” Ruby answered. “But that doesnt matter. What does is that I… I know what’s going to happen and we can stop it.” 

“And what’s going to happen?” 

“I can answer once we get to Ozpin.” 

“Fine, but then you have to explain everything.” 

“I will.” Ruby boarded the airship with Qrow and watched as Amity started to pull away. Two hours. She had two hours until Penny would be called to fight, two hours to try to prevent all of this. And yet, it still seemed like an impossible task. 

She sighed as the airship landed and she was escorted to Ozpin’s office, her heart raced as she entered Beacon tower and brought into the elevator. Time almost felt like it slowed as she waited for the elevator to reach Ozpin’s office, her thoughts and fears raced through her mind as she tried to keep herself focused. Save Penny, stop Beacon from falling, and everything would be right. And as the elevator door opened, all she could do was take a breath and try to relax as she practically shook in her boots. 

“Ah, Miss Rose,” Ozpin said as he looked up from his desk. “You’ve finally joined us.” 

Ruby slowly made her way over to sit down in front of his desk. “You… you know who I am?” 

“I’d recognize one of my students anywhere.” 

Qrow rolled his eyes. “And how can you be sure this is Ruby? You know she and her team are going to be in their dorm with Yang. How can she be here too?” 

Ozpin took a sip of his hot chocolate. “That will be for her to explain.” 

“I’m… I’m not sure…” Ruby sighed and looked at her scroll. An hour and a half. An hour and a half left. “I cant explain why I’m here, but I know I can fix things. Or at least stop what’s about to happen.” 

“And what is going to happen?” Qrow asked as he eyed her. “What do you know that we dont?” 

“Cinder… Cinder and her team plan to bring Beacon down to get at the relic. She’s going to kill Penny during her fight and its going to cause panic across Remnant.” 

“That’s quite the accusation.” Ozpin motioned for Qrow to leave and moved a few papers. “Qrow will take a look to see if he recognizes them, but until then, there’s not much we can do.” 

“You have to stop the tournament!” Ruby said as she stood up, slamming her hands on the desk. She paused when she caught Qrow staring at her near the door, and she slowly sat down again. “If Penny is called to her fight, then it’ll be too late.” 

Ozpin sighed and looked at Ruby almost apologetically. “And unfortunately, I cant do that. I’m no longer in charge of security of the festival, which means I cant stop the tournament. At least, not until we have proof that Cinder is who we’re looking for. Though, I’m sure she’ll be with her teammate while he’s getting his leg looked at.” 

“He’s going to be in the camera room.” Ruby paused for a moment. “He’ll… he’ll be in the camera room. I’ll stop him there!” 

“Wait Ruby-” 

“I can still stop this!” Ruby said as she rushed to the elevator and tapped her foot impatiently as the door closed and the elevator slowly made its way down the tower. She checked her scroll and paused for a moment. She had less than an hour to make it to that camera room and stop Mercury. And as long as she could stop him, then Penny could live. 

The elevator made it to the bottom of the tower and Ruby rushed out as soon as the door opened. She pushed with her semblance to make it to the airship to get up to the arena to stop Mercury, only to once again miss the airship up to wait for the next one. She took a few breaths as she waited to calm herself, to focus on what she needed to do. 

A sigh of relief left her lips as the next airship finally came. She made her way on board and tapped her foot as she waited for the airship to take off, fingers tapping her scroll as she waited for the airship to land. Thirty minutes. Thirty minutes until Penny would be called and to stop Mercury. 

Once the airship landed, she rushed towards the camera room with her semblance and opened the door. Ruby relaxed a bit once she didnt see Mercury there, and leaned against the door frame. “He’s not here, which means I beat him and I can stop all of this.” 

“And what exactly are you planning to stop?” Mercury asked as he entered the maintenance hallway. 

Ruby unfolded her scythe and readied herself as she stared at Mercury. “As long as I keep you from messing with the cameras, everything will be fine.” 

Mercury smirked as he looked up at the screens that showed the next round of fighters. “Polarity against a machine. That’s not going to end so well, is it? Well, doesnt matter if you stop me, my jobs to keep the cameras rolling during the fight. Cant let anyone miss it, can we?” 

“What do you mean?” Ruby asked as she lowered her scythe. “If I stop you from messing with the cameras-” 

“Penny is still going to be torn apart.” 

Ruby’s arms shook as she glanced towards the arena to see Penny and Pyrrha fight, and then towards the camera controls. If she couldnt stop the fight, then she could at least stop it from being broadcast. Penny could be rebuilt, but if no one sees her die- 

She was pushed out of her thoughts as Mercury rushed towards her, instinctively blocking a kick with her scythe as she was pushed back. Then, she saw her younger self make it to the door, just like she’d done before. “Ruby, you have to go! Find Emerald!” 

Mercury paused for a moment when he saw the younger Ruby at the door start to run off. “She’ll never find her in time. Everything is already in place.” 

Ruby took a breath and steadied herself. “All I have to do is stop the broadcast.” 

“And I wont let you.” 

Ruby pulled back as Mercury rushed towards her, blocking kick after kick with her scythe and pushing away from him as she kept an eye on the fight. All she needed was an opening to turn off the broadcast and everything would finally be fixed. And yet, that opening seemed so far away as Mercury kept rushing at her. She blocked kick after kick, pushed him back with her scythe and took a few shots at him, but nothing seemed to get him to back off. 

“You seem distracted!” Mercury said as he pushed off a wall and slammed into Ruby. “And now, you can watch everything fall.” 

Ruby froze as she watched Penny get torn apart on the broadcast again, but this time, things were different. This time, she could hear the metal crunch as the wires wrapped and cut through Penny in the broadcast. Five seconds. All it took was five seconds for it to be all over. 

She got up and rushed outside, only to pause as the world around her seemed to quiet as panic took over the audience. As the grimm started to swarm, the world almost seemed to freeze for her. After everything, she had still failed. 

“You failed again, didnt you?” the younger Ruby asked. “Or atleast, you failed me, right?” 

“I… I did… I was supposed to fix everything.” Ruby dropped to her knees as if she felt the weight of the world on her. She watched as the nevermore broke through the shield of Amity as the citizens started to be escorted out. “I can still stop Cinder-” 

“And what will that change? Even if you managed to change things here, it doest change anything for you, right?” 

“It can.” Ruby stood up and faced her younger self. “If I stop Cinder here then everything goes back to normal-” 

“And then you, what, stay here in a fantasy of your creation?” 

Ruby took a step back as she watched the world around her start to shatter as if it was a mirror, collapsing around her until nothing was left besides her and her younger self. “I… I dont understand.” 

“You failed us, but that doesnt mean you have to end it like that.” The younger Ruby offered her a hand. “You may not be able to go back into the past and fix your mistakes, but you can move forward and move on.” 

Ruby took her younger self’s hand and watched her disappear. Once she was certain she was alone, she dropped to her knees and closed her eyes to keep a few tears from streaming down her cheeks. “I… I dont know what to do.” 

“All you have to do now is wake up.”

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#sailor moon

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before the poll, a quick definition of terms:

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with that out of the way:

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Yeah, this works

I see those tags. Quit being a coward and draw Ruby with a strap. Draw her pegging Cinder, you know you want to.

I was holding onto this ask for until I did it but considering my drawing tablet is out of commission, perhaps some fic would do?

https://archiveofourown.org/works/43991937/chapters/140813950

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Draw Weiss in a suit, pleeeeeeaaaaaaasssssseeeeeeeeeeeeee

god I miss suit weiss so much

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Could I drop a fic idea? What about v9 ruby, just after drinking the tea suddenly finds herself in beacon just before vytal, but she's still v9 rubes and vol 2 RWBY is there still witnessing this future version of their leader desperately working to prevent everything and the more they interact with future ruby the more they can't shake the feeling they all failed her in the future

(This was a fun idea to write.)

Ruby felt herself fall through the air, already certain she knew her fate. She was dead. She had drank the tea that Neo had given her, she had been beaten and killed, and she no longer had to worry about being a burden to her team and letting them down. And now, all that was left was to ascend and to take a new role, one that she couldnt possibly fail. 

Atleast, that is what she had thought until she suddenly felt herself on the ground again. There was no thud, no pain, just the feel of grass under her. The sound of people chattering filled the air as she opened her eyes to find herself in the familiar grounds of the Vytal Festival. 

“Are you okay?” 

Ruby froze as she heard the voice of her younger self speak to her, heart raced as she took a glance around the stalls that still stood, almost certain what she saw was a dream. And yet, it all felt real. She could still feel the cool breeze that blew across her face, smell the food that was cooking at each of the food stalls, hear the chimes and people chatting about the teams that had already fought. 

“Miss, are you okay?” the younger Ruby asked again. “If you’re this dazed, we should get you to the infirmary-” 

“I’m fine,” Ruby answered as she picked herself up. “I-I… I guess I got a bit too relaxed. Fell asleep and lost track of time.” 

“Well, try not to get too relaxed again or you’ll miss the matches. Speaking of, I need to find my team so I’m not late to ours. We’re up against team ABRN first. I hear they’re really tough, so it should be a fun match.” 

Ruby nodded and watched her younger self rush off to make it to the coliseum, still a bit dazed. She swore that she had been in the Ever After just a few minutes ago, but here she was, back at Beacon during the Vytal Festival. But if she was back here, then that meant she had a second chance to stop everything that went wrong. A chance that she could make everything right and no longer carry that same burden. 

She heard her stomach growl and she winced, not realizing just how hungry she was. “First a meal, then I can find Cinder and stop her.” Ruby sighed and started to make her way to the nearest food stand, mouth already watering as she smelled the different foods she’d missed. Noodles, takoyaki, cinnamon buns, sweets of all sorts, an overload of smells that she had missed all those months ago, finally settling for a bowl of noodles just like she had with her team. 

Ruby took the bowl as it was handed to her and took her time to savor each bite of the noodles, almost relaxing as she took the time to enjoy her meal. She had lost herself to the moment, listening to the crowds around her and letting herself relax and put her guard down even for the brief moment she had. And for once since Beacon had fallen, things had felt right.

She finished her noodles and glanced at the screen at the stall, a small smile crossed her lips when she saw that her younger self and her team had beaten ABRN. Everything was still going as she remembered. And as long as she could keep ahead of Cinder, she might be able to prevent Beacon from falling. Though, that did leave her with the issue of trying to remember where Cinder and her team were at and trying to figure out what she could do about them anyway. It wasnt like she could just go straight to Ozpin, he’d have questions that she’d never be able to answer. And if Qrow was already here, he’d recognize her right off the bat, which would also bring more questions than she could answer already. If she was going to do this, she was going to have to do this alone. 

Ruby paid for her noodles and made her way back to Beacon. Though, as she walked through the courtyard, she found herself slowing down. She could remember the day Beacon fell as though it had happened yesterday, citizens running and screaming as grimm ran through the streets, buildings collapsing and burning as the White Fang caused chaos, watching Pyrrha die in front of her… her heart raced as she took a breath to try to ground herself. That wouldnt happen again. She would never let that happen again. She could stop all of it, allow herself to continue to attend Beacon, earn her license naturally and never let her younger self have to go through losing her friends the way she did. 

That was, at least, her intention until she ran into her younger self again, knocking her over. “S-sorry,” Ruby said as she offered a hand. “Guess I wasnt watching where I was going.” 

“Its fine,” the younger Ruby answered as she took Ruby’s hand and got up. “Though, I’m glad to see you on your feet.” 

“You know her?” the younger Weiss asked. “Why am I even asking? Of course you made another friend.” 

The younger Yang playfully punched the younger Weiss’s shoulder. “Let her be. Besides, dont you think her new friend looks… familiar?” 

“She does, doesnt she?” the younger Blake asked.

“Look, its a long story, but I… I need to go.” Ruby pushed past her younger self and her team to make her way to the dorms. “I’m looking for someone and its important I find them.” 

“Maybe we can help,” the younger Ruby said. “We can point you in the right direction.” 

Ruby shook her head. “You should get something to eat. I saw your match and I’m sure you’re hungry.” She pulled out some lien and handed it over to her younger self. “There’s a noodle stand I’m sure you’ll enjoy. It’ll cater to all of your tastes.” 

“I cant accept-” 

“Consider it a gift for fight well done.” Ruby relaxed and started to make her way to the dorms. “And enjoy yourselves. You dont know how long you’ll have to do so.” 

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Ruby leaned against a wall after hours of searching the dorms for Cinder or her team with no luck. No one seemed to know who she was talking about, and the one room she was pointed to had already been emptied as if they were preparing to leave right after the festival. And yet, she still couldnt seem to find them. “Maybe I should’ve gone to Ozpin first,” she said to herself. “If I explained things, he’d at least be able to understand. Though, I’m sure he’d ask how I knew about this and would probably accuse me of working with them, and I’m not entirely sure how he’d accept my answer of being here.” 

She sighed and pulled out her scroll, pausing when she finally saw the time. It was about time for the singles rounds to start. Which meant Yang and Penny… Ruby dashed through the halls with her semblance to make it towards the arena. She had to make it there before the fight to warn Yang about fighting Mercury. And while she had no doubt that Yang would win, it didnt matter if she got disqualified again. But if she could get there fast enough-

“Alright, that’s everyone that can get in, you’ll need to wait for the next transport,” one of the Atlas soldiers said as he closed the door to the airship carrying people up to watch the fights. “Next one will be back in about ten minutes, plenty of time to catch the start of the first round.” 

Ruby pushed her way through the crowd, only to stop as she watched the airship take off and make its way up to the arena. Her heart pound in her chest as her eyes stayed glued to the airship. Ten minutes was going to be too long to wait if it meant getting to Yang after her fight had started. But, seeing as even with the control she had with her semblance now, she still wouldnt be able to get high enough to reach the arena, all she could was wait. 

The airship arrived soon enough and Ruby boarded once she was allowed to, nervous as she waited for the airship to fill before it’d take off. She glanced at her scroll once more and saw that it had been time for the fight to start. It was already too late to warn Yang, but maybe she could stop it. Emerald had to be in the stands and if she could find her, then she could put a stop to whatever she did.

She tapped her foot as the airship took off and stared out the window as she watched Beacon below her get farther away as she arrived up towards the arena. Once the doors opened and she could get off, she rushed towards the stands near the fight as quickly as she could. She kept her eyes peeled as she made her way through the crowds and into the stands, slowing as she started to watch the fight. She had almost forgotten how quickly Yang had nearly lost the fight, though, the more she watched, the more it almost seemed like Mercury was toying with her. 

Ruby shook her head and started to make her way to a nearby Atlas soldier. “You need to stop this fight.” 

“Please sit down and enjoy yourself,” the soldier said as he tried to move Ruby out of the way. “Besides, the fight’s almost over.” 

“I can see that but-” the words stopped as Ruby as she finally caught a glance of Emerald in the stands. Without another word, she rushed over to her to stop her from getting Yang disqualified. And then she stopped as she heard Mercury yell out in pain. 

“My leg!” Mercury yelled out as he clutched his leg. “You broke my leg!” 

“He attacked me!” the younger Yang yelled out. “Didnt you see that? He attacked-” 

Ruby felt her heart break as she watched Yang watch the camera footage, too late to stop Emerald. But it was only one mess up. Sure, she couldnt keep Yang in the tournament, but she could stop Penny from being torn to pieces and stop Cinder from causing Beacon to fall. All she had to do was get Emerald and then-

“You need to come with me.” 

Ruby froze as she heard Qrow’s voice behind her and felt his hand on her shoulder. She slowly turned around and gave him a nervous smile. “Hey… Qrow.” 

Qrow rolled his eyes and pulled Ruby with him. “Come on, we need to go see Ozpin.” 

“Wait, I cant go see him yet!” Ruby retorted as she tried to pull out of his grip. “I have something I need to do-” 

“And I need to find out why you look like my niece.” Qrow sighed and glanced over towards Yang as she was led out by some soldiers. “But first, Ozpin wants to talk to you and I need to see what’s going on with Yang. So come with me and then you can explain what you’re doing.” 

Ruby sighed and followed Qrow without another argument as her eyes caught the younger version of her team make their way back to the dorms. It was different watching from this perspective, how much she didnt realize just how much even then she always hid what she felt, still seeing a smile on her face. 

Once they were far enough, Qrow finally spoke. “Why do you look like my niece?” 

“Its… its a long story and I’m not entirely sure you’d believe me,” Ruby answered. “But that doesnt matter. What does is that I… I know what’s going to happen and we can stop it.” 

“And what’s going to happen?” 

“I can answer once we get to Ozpin.” 

“Fine, but then you have to explain everything.” 

“I will.” Ruby boarded the airship with Qrow and watched as Amity started to pull away. Two hours. She had two hours until Penny would be called to fight, two hours to try to prevent all of this. And yet, it still seemed like an impossible task. 

She sighed as the airship landed and she was escorted to Ozpin’s office, her heart raced as she entered Beacon tower and brought into the elevator. Time almost felt like it slowed as she waited for the elevator to reach Ozpin’s office, her thoughts and fears raced through her mind as she tried to keep herself focused. Save Penny, stop Beacon from falling, and everything would be right. And as the elevator door opened, all she could do was take a breath and try to relax as she practically shook in her boots. 

“Ah, Miss Rose,” Ozpin said as he looked up from his desk. “You’ve finally joined us.” 

Ruby slowly made her way over to sit down in front of his desk. “You… you know who I am?” 

“I’d recognize one of my students anywhere.” 

Qrow rolled his eyes. “And how can you be sure this is Ruby? You know she and her team are going to be in their dorm with Yang. How can she be here too?” 

Ozpin took a sip of his hot chocolate. “That will be for her to explain.” 

“I’m… I’m not sure…” Ruby sighed and looked at her scroll. An hour and a half. An hour and a half left. “I cant explain why I’m here, but I know I can fix things. Or at least stop what’s about to happen.” 

“And what is going to happen?” Qrow asked as he eyed her. “What do you know that we dont?” 

“Cinder… Cinder and her team plan to bring Beacon down to get at the relic. She’s going to kill Penny during her fight and its going to cause panic across Remnant.” 

“That’s quite the accusation.” Ozpin motioned for Qrow to leave and moved a few papers. “Qrow will take a look to see if he recognizes them, but until then, there’s not much we can do.” 

“You have to stop the tournament!” Ruby said as she stood up, slamming her hands on the desk. She paused when she caught Qrow staring at her near the door, and she slowly sat down again. “If Penny is called to her fight, then it’ll be too late.” 

Ozpin sighed and looked at Ruby almost apologetically. “And unfortunately, I cant do that. I’m no longer in charge of security of the festival, which means I cant stop the tournament. At least, not until we have proof that Cinder is who we’re looking for. Though, I’m sure she’ll be with her teammate while he’s getting his leg looked at.” 

“He’s going to be in the camera room.” Ruby paused for a moment. “He’ll… he’ll be in the camera room. I’ll stop him there!” 

“Wait Ruby-” 

“I can still stop this!” Ruby said as she rushed to the elevator and tapped her foot impatiently as the door closed and the elevator slowly made its way down the tower. She checked her scroll and paused for a moment. She had less than an hour to make it to that camera room and stop Mercury. And as long as she could stop him, then Penny could live. 

The elevator made it to the bottom of the tower and Ruby rushed out as soon as the door opened. She pushed with her semblance to make it to the airship to get up to the arena to stop Mercury, only to once again miss the airship up to wait for the next one. She took a few breaths as she waited to calm herself, to focus on what she needed to do. 

A sigh of relief left her lips as the next airship finally came. She made her way on board and tapped her foot as she waited for the airship to take off, fingers tapping her scroll as she waited for the airship to land. Thirty minutes. Thirty minutes until Penny would be called and to stop Mercury. 

Once the airship landed, she rushed towards the camera room with her semblance and opened the door. Ruby relaxed a bit once she didnt see Mercury there, and leaned against the door frame. “He’s not here, which means I beat him and I can stop all of this.” 

“And what exactly are you planning to stop?” Mercury asked as he entered the maintenance hallway. 

Ruby unfolded her scythe and readied herself as she stared at Mercury. “As long as I keep you from messing with the cameras, everything will be fine.” 

Mercury smirked as he looked up at the screens that showed the next round of fighters. “Polarity against a machine. That’s not going to end so well, is it? Well, doesnt matter if you stop me, my jobs to keep the cameras rolling during the fight. Cant let anyone miss it, can we?” 

“What do you mean?” Ruby asked as she lowered her scythe. “If I stop you from messing with the cameras-” 

“Penny is still going to be torn apart.” 

Ruby’s arms shook as she glanced towards the arena to see Penny and Pyrrha fight, and then towards the camera controls. If she couldnt stop the fight, then she could at least stop it from being broadcast. Penny could be rebuilt, but if no one sees her die- 

She was pushed out of her thoughts as Mercury rushed towards her, instinctively blocking a kick with her scythe as she was pushed back. Then, she saw her younger self make it to the door, just like she’d done before. “Ruby, you have to go! Find Emerald!” 

Mercury paused for a moment when he saw the younger Ruby at the door start to run off. “She’ll never find her in time. Everything is already in place.” 

Ruby took a breath and steadied herself. “All I have to do is stop the broadcast.” 

“And I wont let you.” 

Ruby pulled back as Mercury rushed towards her, blocking kick after kick with her scythe and pushing away from him as she kept an eye on the fight. All she needed was an opening to turn off the broadcast and everything would finally be fixed. And yet, that opening seemed so far away as Mercury kept rushing at her. She blocked kick after kick, pushed him back with her scythe and took a few shots at him, but nothing seemed to get him to back off. 

“You seem distracted!” Mercury said as he pushed off a wall and slammed into Ruby. “And now, you can watch everything fall.” 

Ruby froze as she watched Penny get torn apart on the broadcast again, but this time, things were different. This time, she could hear the metal crunch as the wires wrapped and cut through Penny in the broadcast. Five seconds. All it took was five seconds for it to be all over. 

She got up and rushed outside, only to pause as the world around her seemed to quiet as panic took over the audience. As the grimm started to swarm, the world almost seemed to freeze for her. After everything, she had still failed. 

“You failed again, didnt you?” the younger Ruby asked. “Or atleast, you failed me, right?” 

“I… I did… I was supposed to fix everything.” Ruby dropped to her knees as if she felt the weight of the world on her. She watched as the nevermore broke through the shield of Amity as the citizens started to be escorted out. “I can still stop Cinder-” 

“And what will that change? Even if you managed to change things here, it doest change anything for you, right?” 

“It can.” Ruby stood up and faced her younger self. “If I stop Cinder here then everything goes back to normal-” 

“And then you, what, stay here in a fantasy of your creation?” 

Ruby took a step back as she watched the world around her start to shatter as if it was a mirror, collapsing around her until nothing was left besides her and her younger self. “I… I dont understand.” 

“You failed us, but that doesnt mean you have to end it like that.” The younger Ruby offered her a hand. “You may not be able to go back into the past and fix your mistakes, but you can move forward and move on.” 

Ruby took her younger self’s hand and watched her disappear. Once she was certain she was alone, she dropped to her knees and closed her eyes to keep a few tears from streaming down her cheeks. “I… I dont know what to do.” 

“All you have to do now is wake up.”

#rwby #ruby rose #rwby ruby rose #mercury black #drabbles #angsty drabbles

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How much of a sweet tooth is your Neo?

Her sweet tooth is GIGANTIC, to the point the main stuff she knows how to cook, is all sweets

I had a headcanon for this, actually (of her just LOVING sweets and fast food), and while I mentioned it a while ago, I'll do it again

She was so denied of fast food and sweets in her early life, that once she became free, she's been kinda addicted and obsessed since, like, her mom made her fave cakes from time to time, but that's as far as they got with letting her eat stuff of that nature, they were strict with her for that the same they were strict for the majority of other stuff-

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A Cinder Commission from the artist Mastrocecchi on Twitter

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The key shortcut of "windows key" and "." held together has changed my life

like

emoji access? supremely powerful 🙂💖

But

Kaomoji ?

The year is 2013 and I am unstoppable ヾ(•ω•`)o o(*￣▽￣*)ブo(*°▽°*)o

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Approval, yes, but I still wouldn't call what happened completely Salem's plan. Especially since it was after the fact that she called Adam and his faunus useful. That sounds more like she wasn't sure how they'd benefit Cinder until Bracon fell.

So it just occured to me. The Huntsmen Academies are to protect the Relics instead of train students. Putting aside the fact that guardians who are not told they're needed to stand firm/guard aren't going to do so, Haven and Shade are within major population centers. And Atlas/Mantle were proven to be entirely in the collateral damage field.

And Relics attract Grimm.

Priority of the populace or the relic stated right there. Something something, Huntsmen as an institution has the look of protectors but not the substance.

and beacon—the only academy that is not in the middle of its kingdom—is also the only school whose vault probably isn’t on campus.

to be a little fair to ozpin, he professes to be under the impression that the attraction is “faint,” and might be lost in the noise of an urban center. to be less fair, the leviathan BEELINES to ruby and completely ignores 1. the city full of terrified people behind her and 2. the ship full of likes dozen panicky huntsmen actively trying to get its attention, because ruby has the relic on her hip, so the attraction is clearly a lot stronger than “faint but undeniable” and ozpin has a very well-established habit of downplaying and hiding information, and if he’s been carrying these relics around for years he ought to know better.

yeah just put the grimm bait where all the civilians are. and then keep it secret. the funny part is that as a strategic choice to protect the relics, it makes the most sense if oz assumed—whether consciously or not—that the risk of thousands of civilian casualties would actually deter salem from going after the relics. which. given how long she kept her distance…

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Blake gets a bit jealous of girls staring at Ruby in the gym. Ruby, who is a bit uncomfortable with the attention, is surprised when Blake corners her in the showers for a fuck. (NSFW obviously,)

Blake stayed off to the side of the gym as she watched the girls that seemed to flock around Ruby as she worked out. Normally it didnt bother her with how much attention Ruby received, but today seemed to be different. Today was supposed to be the day that she was going to finally ask Ruby out after a couple years of working up the courage. But now, all she could feel was a tightness in her chest as a frown crossed her lips. 

“I-I think its time for me to make my way out,” Ruby said as she got up. “Lots to do!” 

Blake paused as she watched Ruby rush off towards the locker room. For a brief moment, the jealousy she had felt disappeared. But as she watched the girls that had been flocking over Ruby, she found herself making her way to the locker room to follow her. She licked her lips as she walked through the doorway and glanced at Ruby’s clothes on the bench. 

A thought crossed her mind as her ears twitched once she caught the sound of water running in the shower. She slowly started to strip as she quietly made her way to the shower, making sure to only be in her underwear as she approached the locker room showers. A smile crossed her lips as she heard a soft moan come from Ruby. “How was your workout?” 

“I-it was fine!” Ruby called out. “Until everyone started to watch me. I’m still not sure why everyone thinks I’m special. Its not like we’ve done much since graduating Beacon.” 

“True, but you’re still the youngest huntress to graduate Beacon in recent history.” Blake slowly stripped out of her underwear and joined Ruby into her shower. “You’re someone everyone wants. Including me.” 

Ruby quickly turned around. “B-Blake? What are you doing?” 

Blake smiled as she made sure Ruby couldnt just run past her. “You and I both have something in common: neither one of us really likes the attention that you’ve been getting from everyone when you work out. So, I have a solution that I think both of us will enjoy.” 

“I’m… I’m not sure what you mean.” 

“What I mean is that I’m going to make you mine.” Blake pressed Ruby up against the wall of the shower and pulled her into a kiss. “And then you dont have to worry about anyone else giving you attention.” 

“B-Blake…” 

“I’ll be gentle,” Blake purred as she pressed her knee against Ruby’s crotch. Her ears twitched as she heard a moan leave Ruby’s lips, a shiver of pleasure ran down her spine. Once she was sure Ruby was ready, she slowly moved her hand down to Ruby’s clit and gently rubbed her. 

Ruby let out another moan and leaned into Blake’s touch. “P-please…. I-I need this.” 

Blake smirked and slowly slid a finger into Ruby and pumped it, listening to each moan. She peppered Ruby’s shoulders in kisses, and then gently bit down. Her ears twitched again as she listened to another moan echo in the shower from her crush. “Relax, and I’ll mark you as mine.” 

“P-please!” 

Blake slowly moved her finger out of Ruby and pressed her cock against her. She took a deep breath and slid her cock into her, nipping at her shoulder. The world around her seemed to slow as she savored the moment. The smell of strawberries that came from Ruby’s hair, how soft her skin was as she pressed against her, the sound of the soft moans and whimpers that left her lips, all of it just as she imagined it’d be.

She thrust into Ruby, pinning her back against the wall. She gently nipped at her shoulder, leaving soft marks as she let out a soft growl as she spoke. “Mine and mine alone.”

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Morgan gave a toothy grin as she watched the bandit in front of her drop. The smell of gunpowder lingered in the air and sent a shiver down her spine while her heart raced from the familiar thunderous roar her flintlock pistol made. Even the feel of grip in her hand again brought back the familiar thrill of battle to her mind. And she craved more.

“Morgan,” Skylar whispered to her. “Dont get carried away.”

“I never get carried away,” Morgan replied as she glanced at the bandits that started to circle her and Skylar. Her finger lingered against the trigger of her pistol as she counted each bandit. Twelve in all, not a small number to just be wandering around the forest. No, they had a base nearby which meant more would be on the way if they took too long. “I do what is necessary.”

“We need to get back to the main road and-”

Morgan didnt let Skylar finish her thought before she rushed at the nearest bandit, slamming her fist into his gut at full sprint. The sound of ribs cracking delighted her ears as cold shadow started to coalesce around her arms. Her body started to fade in and out of existence as she ran to the next bandit, swords slicing through her as if she were a shadow herself.

One of the bandits pulled back as he dropped the sword in his hand. “She’s not human!”

“Human or not, she’s still flesh and blood!” Another one called out. “Hit her-”

Talon-like claws punctured through the bandit, the scent of blood drove Morgan’s hunger as the shadows created a mask in front of her face. Her eyes almost glowed red as the shadows settled along her body, her form almost that of death itself as she lashed out at another bandit. It had been much too long since she had felt this thrill, no longer wanting to lose it.

Morgan growled as she lashed out at another bandit, her body disappeared and reappeared like a specter with each movement. She had become the embodiment of death, a reaper of souls once more. With each slice of her claws, she’d watch the blood drip down and with each shot of her flintlock, the more she lost herself.

“They got in your way,” the shadows whispered to her. “End them now and you can keep moving.”

“Morgan, stop!” Skylar yelled.

Morgan froze with her flintlock raised at Skylar’s head. She glanced at the cowering bandit behind her, and then to the weapon in Skylar’s hand. “Why would you get in my way?” she asked calmly, her voice deeper as the shadows distorted her words. “You wanted the bandits gone from this part of the road, didnt you? Killing them is the only way to clear out the filth.”

Skylar moved to protect the bandit, her gaze still on Morgan. “You agreed to quit fighting as soon as anyone surrenders. And they surrendered. Now back down.”

Morgan stayed still, flintlock still raised as she glanced at the bandits that were strewn around the clearing. This was how she had always dealt with anything that got in her way. Bandits, knights of the kingdom, rogue pirates, rivals and enemies… all were to be killed so they were no longer a threat. To let them live was to invite them to try again. And yet, as she looked at the determination in Skylar’s eyes, she found that no matter how hard she tried, she couldnt pull the trigger.

She finally lowered her pistol as the embrace of the shadows left her. She turned away and spoke with a growl. “Fine, we do it your way.”

Skylar turned around and slammed a foot into the bandit behind her.

Morgan paused and looked at Skylar. “I thought you didnt want to kill him?”

“I didnt. He’s just knocked out.”

Morgan rolled her eyes and continued to walk back to the road. “I dont think I’ll ever get used to these rules.”

Second snippet of a project with @rei-of-sunsh1ne

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Tbf, the fall of Beacon wasnt an outright assault on Salem's part. For the most part, her plan seemed to be for Cinder to find a distraction and then subtly bring Beacon down with the Vytal Festival by inciting panic. The White Fang being used as an actual assault force was definitely more Cinder's plan than anything. So far the only outright assault Salem has planned has been Atlas and even that seemed last minute.

Salem does seem to play towards the shadows, she doesnt make her own presence known unless its to recruiting followers or getting Ozpin to play into her hands. She seems to like to manipulate the shadows until she cant, but even then, she still prefers to keep herself in the back and let her opponents bring themselves to their knees. Partly why Beacon fell was due to the fact that Ozpin was expecting something differing in terms subterfuge than what actually unfolded. Even Haven was meant to be something to get done quietly. Walk in, walk out with relic in hand before anyone noticed. Let the White Fang destroy the school and take the heat.

This is very much a known pattern.

So it just occured to me. The Huntsmen Academies are to protect the Relics instead of train students. Putting aside the fact that guardians who are not told they're needed to stand firm/guard aren't going to do so, Haven and Shade are within major population centers. And Atlas/Mantle were proven to be entirely in the collateral damage field.

And Relics attract Grimm.

Priority of the populace or the relic stated right there. Something something, Huntsmen as an institution has the look of protectors but not the substance.

and beacon—the only academy that is not in the middle of its kingdom—is also the only school whose vault probably isn’t on campus.

to be a little fair to ozpin, he professes to be under the impression that the attraction is “faint,” and might be lost in the noise of an urban center. to be less fair, the leviathan BEELINES to ruby and completely ignores 1. the city full of terrified people behind her and 2. the ship full of likes dozen panicky huntsmen actively trying to get its attention, because ruby has the relic on her hip, so the attraction is clearly a lot stronger than “faint but undeniable” and ozpin has a very well-established habit of downplaying and hiding information, and if he’s been carrying these relics around for years he ought to know better.

yeah just put the grimm bait where all the civilians are. and then keep it secret. the funny part is that as a strategic choice to protect the relics, it makes the most sense if oz assumed—whether consciously or not—that the risk of thousands of civilian casualties would actually deter salem from going after the relics. which. given how long she kept her distance…

#beyond that I think Ozpin just... really doesnt know Salem as well as he'd like to claim right now #he does tend to blame everything on Salem when things happen #but like Ironwood #Ozpin played right into Salem's hands #he over estimated what Salem was going to do #and in turn ended up watching his school come down around him because of Cinder

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Saw someone post designs that were for v2 rwby dance and I saw them and had to put them together 😭. It's them 🫶

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Y'all, the world is sleeping on what NASA just pulled off with Voyager 1

The probe has been sending gibberish science data back to Earth, and scientists feared it was just the probe finally dying. You know, after working for 50 GODDAMN YEARS and LEAVING THE GODDAMN SOLAR SYSTEM and STILL CHURNING OUT GODDAMN DATA.

So they analyzed the gibberish and realized that in it was a total readout of EVERYTHING ON THE PROBE. Data, the programming, hardware specs and status, everything. They realized that one of the chips was malfunctioning.

So what do you do when your probe is 22 Billion km away and needs a fix? Why, you just REPROGRAM THAT ENTIRE GODDAMN THING. Told it to avoid the bad chip, store the data elsewhere.

Sent the new code on April 18th. Got a response on April 20th - yeah, it's so far away that it took that long just to transmit.

And the probe is working again.

From a programmer's perspective, that may be the most fucking impressive thing I have ever heard.

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I'm rewatching RWBY and I just finished V3 and like. I'm having so many thoughts about Ruby

She was an eager student, yearning to follow in her mother's footsteps and help others, who got accepted into Beacon Academy two years early. But she felt worried that she'd be singled out; she wants to be normal among her peers, not anything special. "I just want to be a normal girl with normal knees," she says to Yang.

Then she's thrown into the position of leadership despite her young age and relative inexperience, and while she takes it in stride she's incredibly hard on herself in the process. "We need to put our teammates first, and ourselves second," she says to Jaune.

And just when she grows comfortable in her skills and her position as team leader, everything falls apart. Beacon falls. Penny and Pyrrha die horrifically right before her eyes and she's left behind to blame herself. Yang loses her arm — and a part of herself. Weiss is snatched away by her father, Blake runs away. Ozpin has vanished, his lieutenants left to pick up the pieces of the broken, ruined Vale. Most of the ppl that Ruby has come to count on, just... gone. And then immediately after she wakes up from all that, Qrow dumps on her that, congratulations kid, you have silver eyes which basically means you're destined to save the world, have fun! "Then what can I do? If I'm so special, I can help, right?" she says to Qrow.

It's no wonder she got such a martyr complex, no wonder she threw herself so heavily into the identity of a hero, no wonder she fell to pieces and grew consumed by guilt and grief and self-loathing later in the show. She just wanted to go to school and learn how to protect ppl. And then she couldn't even protect the ppl who mattered most to her, not out of some failing on her own part, but bcus she is a child, a child with way too much on her shoulders. And it's just gotten worse. Now she's expected to save the whole world, all bcus she inherited her mother's eyes.

The weight of the entire world upon the shoulders of a grieving teen girl.

How would that not be too much for anyone to bear?