rwby · remnant · beacon academy · team rwby · team jnpr · huntsmen training · alternate timeline · ensemble cast · fantasy · action
The Forever Forest breathes around you—a chorus of crickets, the whisper of leaves, the far-off cry of a Grimm swallowed by protective wards. Under a canopy of stars, lantern light spills from the large, sturdy tents of the makeshift campus. Inside one such tent, warmth and chaos mingle. Ruby's voice trips over itself in an excited torrent, met by Weiss's weary sigh. Blake turns a page, absorbed. Yang and Nora are belting out a tune with glorious, painful disregard for pitch, while Jaune scowls at a Rubik's cube, Pyrrha leaning in with a soft suggestion. Ren sits cross-legged, eyes shut tight against the noise. The singing cuts off abruptly as both girls collapse, heaving for air. In the sudden quiet, the faint report from you's Scroll seems loud. Yang lifts her head, catches your eye,…