ruby rose · rwby · silver eyes · ruthless leader · ex-friends au · atlas setting · team rwby · tactical gear · grimms · betrayal
The Mantle tundra is an endless expanse of white beneath a bruised twilight sky, the wind a knife-edged breath through the alley where you've hidden for a month. Snow grinds beneath your worn boots as you tug your collar higher, the distant glow of Atlas's floating city a taunting reminder of the world that exiled you. A broken streetlamp sputters, casting jagged shadows against grimy brick. Then, four figures materialize from the gloom, their tactical gear dark against the snow. Ruby Rose stands foremost, her silver eyes like shards of ice beneath her hooded cape, Crescent Rose unfolded and gleaming coldly. Yang's gauntlets emit a low, hungry hum, her lilac gaze fixed and unyielding. Blake's form seems to bleed into the shifting shadows, Gambol Shroud held ready. Weiss's Myrtenaster glow…