VALR + RWBY POST

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[THIS IS A POST FOR CHARACTERS OF THE RWBY CANON AND VALR TABLETOP GAME TO MEET.

VALR is a game set on Remnant, very similar to the show. Grimm exist and attack, Huntresses fight them, empowered by Dust. In this Remnant, though, the countries are Verse, Stanze, Octavias, and Canto. Our heroes are centered in Lantern Academy. The Grimm are big, just as deadly, and occasionally immortal or made of humans. And the fate of the world is controlled by a small black book.

But, more importantly, we're a bunch of stupid teenagers, mostly. Whether or not you're from another universe ported over, or an AU, or there's a mutual jamjar game going on, post your toplevel here and thread with each other. Team up with Huntresses from another universe to take out the biggest, nastiest Grimm, or just gossip about who's dating who.]

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Ruadh Speir

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[The R in Team VALR, Ruadh Speir is a girl with a very shady dark past. A Semblance made of body horror, a split personality that keeps murdering people, and so on... But hey, she's better now! She even has a cute girlfriend.

I. You might find Ruadh in a weapons lab, having taken her spear apart into at minimum three pieces. She's paring down a Dust crystal to test its fit into the spear's chamber, but... Well, it's Earth dust, and with one wrong sneeze, and her spearhead is now erupting into earthen spikes. And now she's staring at the spear in dismay. This is going to take a while to undo.

II. Or you may be in a forest with the trees made of glass. This would actually be very pretty, if it weren't for a Grimm in front of you the size of a literal mountain. A single Huntress is smaller than one of its toes. And Ruadh is here with her spear to look very, very worried.

Help her out? Please. Please help her out oh god she's going to die.

III. Or maybe you're just at the dorms. Beacon or Lantern, whichever you'd prefer, but Ruadh is there, in her uniform, doing the literal boneless cat thing- She's laying down on a couch and all her limbs appear to just be... stretchy and liquid, or something, because they're hanging down and piled up way too hard. Someone took the 'boneless' part of this expression way too literally.]

ii, no v6/7 spoilers, we are in headcanon town here babey

[hallucinogem]

[Emerald Sustrai is no stranger to taking risks. she's not cowardly, she's not a woman who sits around and lets things happen to her anymore, and she's not afraid to do what she needs to to survive. she's not afraid of things like Grimm; she's seen worse, survived worse. and she's not a hero, either. she's not sure what it means, but she's not interested.]

[ever since she escaped Salem and started running through Remnant without someone to guide her for the first time in too, too long, Emerald Sustrai had no clue who or what she was. but she had gotten very good at defining herself by what she wasn't.]

[her Semblance probes into the mind of the Grimm, massive and stronger than she could ever be. it won't hold for long, the projected image of an utterly empty clearing in front of it, but maybe it could buy them enough time to escape. she hisses through just barely open, bright red eyes at the Huntress she's found.]

Are you out of your mind? Get the hell out of here!

[Emerald Sustrai isn't sure what she is. but she knows she is not a monster.]

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[Another Huntress in training? Good. Perfect timing... hopefully? But what's she doing?

As Emerald probes into the mind of the Grimm, an impossible link is established. Even though Emerald's powers just do not work that way, even so, she gets a small glimpse of what this Grimm is feeling.

Fear.

This mountain-sized Grimm, ancient and powerful, so incredibly beyond Emerald and Ruadh that it does not even deign to notice them... is terrified.

Ruadh shakes her head.]

We can't leave- The Lord of the Forest isn't supposed to be active again for another month, we have to either take it down or stall it until help gets here!

[hallucinogem]

The Lord of—

[wait. wait, is she. feeling the Grimm's emotions right now? her eyes open wider and her head turns up to... to the Lord. of the Forest. okay. her expression softens and she isn't proud of it.]

What happened? [a pause. she's gonna sound like a moron in a second, but.] I don't know if it wants to be awake yet either.

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None of us are sure. This shouldn't be happening... Last time, it was Piper and the Rat King, but this time....

[that's. sure helpful, isn't it!]

... Wait, the Rat King- Maybe there's another one around here! That would explain it. Have you seen a Grimm that looks like a mouse?

[hallucinogem]

I've been too busy trying to get the hell away from—

[she shuts her mouth. it's not important. she doesn't know who this girl is but she can already tell that her Semblance is resisting the link with the Lord of the Forest, and she has to let it drop—but she's pretty sure it's not going to matter. she's pretty sure this thing doesn't care about them right now.]

What do you mean last time? You fought this before? [doesn't matter. she grabs at this girl's arm, but she doesn't pull her anywhere yet. she's not—it's fine.] We need to get out of here and find an army.

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Yes- We killed it once before! My team, along with team FATE and three of team PATH, and then team RIFT supporting us...

[this isn't the time to discuss that, though, because she's holding her spear like she means to fight the Lord.

The white knuckle grip on her spear's shaft is the only sign of her fear.]

.... If we don't kill it, it will make it all the way down to Hazel Lake. Professor Arten can kill it again, but we have to stall until she can get here!

[The Lord of the Forest raises one gargantuan leg, shifting it forward to take one absurdly huge, colossal step, that shakes the very earth when it touches down. The one mercy is that its sheer size makes it incredibly slow, but...]

[hallucinogem]

[teams that Emerald hasn't heard of, but there's only one she really knows anymore and she'd much rather leave the Y out of it right now. she has too much to think about already. she glares at this obviously suicidal moron, and she's about to spit some more invective when it starts moving. and slams one foot down and trembles the earth. and visibly shaken, because there's no other way for her to be after a footstep like that, she returns her attention to this Huntress.]

You're insane. These guns? [she pulls one out of her holster while she talks.] That thing won't even feel them, and I don't have enough chain to trip it. You just said it took fifteen people to take it down. What the hell do you think we're going to do alone?

Anand Maere

[preventedmurder]

[The A in the equation is Anand Maere, a raven faunus who is somehow probably the best-adjusted person on her team. Her Semblance is future sight, and she's wound up dealing with one emergency after another for quite a while now, but in the end she's an everyday girl just trying to live up to the accomplishments of her big sisters and the needs of this clusterfuck of a world. Or avoid notice entirely, but she blew that idea when she started organizing armed resistance against her girlfriend's asshole dad, so might as well own the hero thing.]

I

[Anand's not hard to spot out and about in Hazel Lake - or Vale, or anywhere except maybe Menagerie if she happens to be in that version of Remnant - thanks to the sizable corvid wings poking out of her shoulderblades. That's also making her ensemble rather awkward - while she normally just wears a tanktop to accomodate them, it's freezing cold out now and Anand is improvising with a hat, gloves, scarf, and a weirdly-tailored cardigan to try and keep herself warm without draining all her aura. She still looks miserable, and she keeps shaking her wings to warm them up.]

I hate the cold.

II

[Anand in a fight is confident, but serious. Rather than fighting directly, she hangs back when faced with hordes of Grimm and focuses, Aura flaring as her Semblance tells her the enemy's moves and helps her guide her allies away from strong blows.]

[Until a Grimm actually approaches her, of course. Then she's already moving, firing countershots from a handheld sickle-pistol combination charged with fate-altering Aura and ducking expertly out of the way of teeth and claws, and striking back with charged strikes that blast enemies backward and cross their paths into each other, bowling over swarms of Grimm.]

Coming up from the ground, move about ten feet forward if you don't want to get eaten.

[Abrupt though her instructions are, they're accurate if followed. For her part, Anand dodges the incoming Burrower Grimm tunneling up from the soil by leaping into the air and, with the aid of some Wind Dust, keeping herself aloft on wings of focused Aura, letting her fly quickly above the battlefield despite her normal wingspan not being remotely sufficient for that.]

Oh, that's a big one. I'll try to keep its attention up here, you focus on the joints in the carapace.

III

[Anand on a day off is...probably sleeping. If she's not, though, the one thing Huntsman Academies have that she unreservedly likes is nice architecture and gardens, so she can be found in one looking like she's trying to relax with a cup of coffee and her scroll. She'll smile and wave over anyone who wants to join her, but she keeps her attention on the device for at least another few moments. Seems like she's updating the encryption, which isn't weird at all.]

iii

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[time for CASUAL ANTIFA

and by that i mean ruadh's going to sit next to her and lean.]

How's it going?

[preventedmurder]

[Anand doesn't look up, but she does fold a wing back and reach out an arm to pull that lean in closer.]

Not bad. Weird stuff going on as usual, but I've got some time to sit and think on in for once.

Plus, you're here.

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[CUDDLE TIMES YESSSSS]

I'll stick around for a bit, then. I think I made some progress on that Faraday cage idea, though!

[preventedmurder]

I'm glad. I can make this thing as secure as possible, but it'll be nice to have somewhere we can absolutely guarantee some privacy.

[Is she smirking a little? Isn't she always smirking a little? The answer to both is yes.]

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The bad news is it makes a lot of noise, but... I mean, with how often we're deep in the wilderness anyway...

[preventedmurder]

Technically, noise is good. Stops us from being overheard. And it's not like you can ignore everything just because you block out EM signals anyway.

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Yeah... Now if only we had an anti-Grimm Faraday cage...

[internally: "and while we're dreaming i'd like a million lien"]

Auralostilz Relkinn

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[ The R in Team DRGN, or the A in Team PATH, take your pick. Either way, Aural is a key member of VALR's B-team, so to speak. Aural expects perfection and delivers on it herself. She is not the strongest or fastest, but perhaps is the most technically precise among all of the students at Lantern. Her attitude might make her seem like the villain of a school-setting drama, but when facing Grimm there's nobody you'd want more on your side. ]


I. [ A gorgeous melody is drifting over the campus today, carried on the breeze or through the hallways of the hunter-school of your choice. If you follow it to its source - or if you were already heading in this direction - you'd find it coming from the cafeteria, of all places... and the new full-sized grand piano now taking up a corner of it, the tables and benches that once sat in its spot now pushed against an opposite wall.

Aural sits at the piano, playing with the grace of a professional pianist. As the melody reaches its final crescendo, she does a bit of flourish and ends the song. Those who can read into social cues or music might notice that she slams the last few notes a little harder than might be necessary.

She stands, gives a bow, and... finds a seat at a table. Maybe it's next to you, or maybe you come over to bother her. Either way, bother away. ]


II. [ Welcome to the Magma Crucible, a barren field full of magma streams and pools. It's hard to believe, but there's no volcanic activity here, simply huge amounts of Fire Dust underground that heats up the entire area to almost unbearable levels. It is also, unfortunately, the home to many Grimm, who aren't affected by the heat... and more unfortunately, the most direct path for refugees coming from the East.

Aural keeps several Grimm at bay using her semblance, Barrier - a literal barrier of green aura popping up to hold them back. ] You, think you can finish these ones off? I can't pull all the weight of this operation.


III. [ At school, Aural can usually be found practicing. Practicing what? Everything. Weapon drills, using her longsword-slash-rifle. Dust usage in the dust labs. Sparring. Chess. Running. Music.

And when she's done, she's going to find a nice quiet spot and start scrolling through her scroll.

Bother her whenever, but always at your own peril. ]

Velvet Scarlatina

[bunlimitedbladeworks]

[Here's a Faunus girl with bunny ears. You know Velvet.

I. You may be walking around, minding your own business. Except suddenly, there's a bright flash, as Velvet is taking a picture of you...r weapon.

And you, probably. But regardless, she may be in Lantern, or in Shade Academy, or maybe even in the wilderness on a mission. Please enjoy those spots in your eyes from a sudden bright light. Nothing to worry about, right?

II. In the deserts of Vacuo, Velvet is slowly losing her mind.]

I am so tired of sand everywhere.

[... Well. She's could be doing better, but at least she's walking towards some pyramid-like shapes in the distance. And if she sees you, she's making a beeline for you.]

Come on, we have to get to shelter soon. The storm is coming.

[There is, indeed, a sandstorm on the way. Run for it?]

III. Or maybe you're just fighting Grimm. When you can see Velvet pulling out hard light copies of weapon after weapon, attacking a huge rhino-looking Grimm... Which is notable, except she's also pulling out your weapon. Hope you don't mind!]

I - First time I've used this dumbass icon I specifically requested thank you

[preventedmurder]

[Okay ow. That's a lot of light for a pair of light-enhancing eyes to deal with and, after blinking a couple of times to figure out who just did that, Anand thinks that a rabbit faunus ought to know better. On the other hand, whoever just did that is extremely cute, based on what Anand can see around all the flash spots and blinking.]

Do we have a photography club now?

got you covered with stupid choices

[bunlimitedbladeworks]

[Velvet smiles apologetically as she puts the camera back in its box at her hips...]

Er, probably not, sorry. This isn't my school. But you could make one here!

[preventedmurder]

Oh, you're with...whatever the hell's going on right now.

[Anand blinks her way into a polite smile and makes sure to holster her weapon. Conversation is more important than cleaning at the moment.]

Maybe when I wrest the title of chess grandmaster away from Mint and inevitably get bored. Can I ask what you're going to use that photo for, though? I just want to know if I need to worry about my hair being fluffy garbage again today.

[bunlimitedbladeworks]

Oh, sure. Here, let me just...

[She pulls the camera back out, and turns on the screen on the back, scrolling through pictures...

The picture is. Definitely more focused on Anand's weapon than Anand herself.]

Can I ask what you mean by 'whatever's going on'?

[preventedmurder]

Nice. My sister designed this thing. I'll be sure to pass along she's got a fan.

As for 'whatever's going on', can I ask which school you go to? Assuming you're also a student Huntress, I mean.

[The camera does seem a little overengineered to be just a camera, I mean.]

[bunlimitedbladeworks]

Your sister? You didn't make it yourself?

[Her ears... wilt a little bit, but they stand back up after a moment.]

Well, Shade, now. What about you?

[preventedmurder]

I built it, and have rebuilt it enough times to know it like the back of my wings, but the design came from a certified genius engineer. I was not up to the mechanics of channeling Aura into a gun when I first needed this thing.

[Right, that was a less interesting side track.]

I'm a student at Lantern. Which I'm guessing you've never heard of until very recently, just like I've never heard of Shade. Although if we had some kind of secret black market anti-Academy, it'd definitely be called that.