Commander of Nothing

Indie RWBY OC Aron/Erin Keppel Mun and Muse are 18+

[sigal-rp]

Sigal had fallen asleep soon after sitting down. leaning against the couch. he didn’t really mean to sleep again it just kinda happened. though it was a tad uncomfortable his body didn’t seem to mind. As his name was spoken he slowly opened his eyes. as he realized he had fallen asleep again he stretched out his arms as he arched his back and yawned for a good few seconds. before rubbing his face with his hand and slumping to the side. “Yes……are you?”

[commanderkeppel]

“I..I guess.”

She stretched herself out, her average height barely stretched the length of the couch.

“Wait, when did I get up here? Last I remember I’d just gotten out of the shower, I came and sat down against the couch. From then I must have fallen asleep, but that still doesn’t explain how I got up here.”

She sat upright and motioned for the boy to join her on the couch again, she was tired enough though that soon after he did join her, she flopped back down resting her head on his lap. She did actually stay awake this time, but just took the chance to spread back out and relax again.

“So….whaddya want to do now?”

[sigal-rp]

Sigal moved to sit on the couch just to have her lay on his lap he didn’t mind. “Oh yea I moved you. you seemed uncomfortable so I thought I would put you on the couch and then I kinda fell asleep soon after….” another yawn as he talked. “Honestly I don’t mind taking another nap.”

[commanderkeppel]

“She laughed, another nap it is. This may seem like a weird question, but is there a chance we could either put on a movie to fall asleep to, or maybe move to a place where both of us can have a comfy place to stretch out in? If your room is anything like ours, there are several beds, do you think your teammates would be mad if I used one of the spares?”

She sat back up, allowing the boy to move wherever he saw fit for whichever option she’d offered.

“Or we can just stay here if that might make you uncomfortable. That’s okay too!”

[sigal-rp]

“I mean If you don’t mind you could sleep in mine. with me. we only have four and I don’t know how they would feel with you in their beds. but yea we can put on a movie.” he stood up and offered a hand to her. “Come”

[commanderkeppel]

“Um,” Her face grew really red, “o..okay.”

She took his hand and allowed herself to be led back into the bedroom for the team. She wasn’t exactly comfortable with this arrangement, but she wasn’t all that uncomfortable with it either. 

“So, like, how does this work. Granted we’re not all that large of people, but that is a fairly small bed.”

It was evident on her face, that she had already figured out some of the semantics of it. 

“I’ve never actually shared a bed with anyone before, but like...nothing is going to happen. Right? I just see all those movies where like..immediately they’re y’know.. not that I’m opposed to that happening at some time in my life. But like how does that happen like that?”

[brnzsniperbabe]

“Hmm..” She took a few minutes to go through what was retrieved. “Mostly junk, some of it can fetch a bit of a price though..” making a few piles of what to take back and what to leave for the scavengers. After a few moments she held up a dagger of sorts and removed it from the sheath. “Ah, here we are..I believe this is what I was looking for. Seems about right anyway.”

“This is part of a slightly larger set, unfortunately the set was stolen from it’s original location a number of years ago. Nobody knows where most of it is, believe it or not it originated in Atlas. It wasn’t particularly used in battle..more of an ornamental set I suppose.” Sheathing the dagger and slipping it into her pack.

“Reason it’s here is more a..misunderstanding than anything really. I’ll tell you the boring story some time. Anyway, whatever else you want from the valuable pile is all yours.”

[commanderkeppel]

“Really? I woudn’t have thought that any of the more ornamental sets would have been separated. It seems like the rich and famous covet those sets more than their own families. It is a shame that it has been scattered about though. All that history that might have just been completely lost.”

She poked her way through the piles and found one or two things that were worth her time, a couple hand axes that would work well as a gift for Melyn, and for whatever reason, there was a completely worthless, heavily rusted knife that practically called to her. The structure of the teal, blue, and gold of the handle, the patina of the blade. She had seen it before somewhere. Or at least one similar. She gathered it up, or at least, tried to before the rusted blade flopped clumsily out of the hilt. 

“What do you suppose we bury these extras somewhere we’ll remember in case there’s ever any need to find something else?”

[commanderkeppel]

Not all who wander..

[huntsman-ash]

“I pulled security. Lotta people wanna steal that kind art. Others wanna deface it. Others just want it gone. It arises a lot of very complicated and often conflicting emotions in people, so they had me and my team backing up the regular security guards. Probably one of the weirdest jobs Ive ever worked in all honesty.”

[commanderkeppel]

“I’ll bet! I’m certainly glad that I didn’t encounter any of that kind of installment in my previous visits to Atlas.”

Her face began to redden at the thought of some of the items that may have been on display. She hadn’t much knowledge on the subject, but she was familiar enough with the content that may have been shown to be awkward about it. She longed to change the topic, but the words had been removed from her brain, and replaced with wonderings of the ways someone would deface the installations.

[huntsman-ash]

“It wasn’t so bad. Most of the hype seemed to come from people who had never seen it themselves, just the exajurated rumors passed around by the high and mighty. It was…honestly kind of tame. I’ve seen much weirder in person in Mistral.”

[commanderkeppel]

“Please, don’t explain any more than that.”

Her face was now beaming bright red. She was raised in a rather conservative family, and although she did have two brothers, her parents were always very careful that they wouldn’t know anything about how that worked. Hence her embarrassment.

“Sorry, I was just raised in a home that wasn’t very open to that. In all honesty my parents likely would have been among those trying to get rid of the exhibit. So, mostly because I don’t have any experience with that I might ask if we can move on to a different topic?”

Her voice was hesitant and timid. Other that Sigal, this was the only boy she’d really spent much alone time with, and she hadn’t even seen him since the very early years of combat training. Before their family had moved away from Atlas.

[huntsman-ash]

Heheh. Softy. Not that Ash blamed her, he was kind of…an exception when it came to most people who came through Atlas.  HKs saw the worst. Fought the worst. Slew the worst. It coated them as it did their weapons and unlike a blade, you couldnt just wipe it on the grass.

“Sure. Thats kinda boring anyway…the REALLY cool part is the Ordinance Hall. They’ve got weapons form over a millenia ago, artistic blades and shields to full armor suits to modern Huntsmen weapons.”

[commanderkeppel]

“Ordinance hall huh? I don’t think that was there the last time I went through the museum.”

Erin brought her finger to her chin, tapping it several times.

“That would have been about seven years ago though. So I shouldn’t be too terribly surprised. That does sound rather interesting though, Maybe there will even be some stuff there from before the great war?”

[commanderkeppel]

So...

apparently, they announced a CFVY book about the team being at Shade academy. I would be overjoyed to write with members of team CFVY on my OC blog here, so like for a starter!!

[brnzsniperbabe]

“Yeah, don’t really think it’s a fantastic idea to reveal everything. Girl has to keep a few secrets.” Smiling at the other woman and listening to her. “Well yes, it’s rare for anything of the sort to be out here but it does happen. Probably have leftover relics in every kingdom if you know where to look. To be honest, I’m not entirely sure what all we’re going to find when we get to the right location..”

Which didn’t exactly seem far off as they entered the final set of ruins. A large structure could be seen in the center of what was once a town. “Ah, there we are. People had already begun excavating under the..well nobody really knows what that building used to be but there’s a few chambers under it. Anything else you find down there, feel free to keep. Just bring the weapon back to me.” Moving closer to where one of them would be able to enter.

[commanderkeppel]

“Sounds like agreeable terms to me!” 

Erin slid her way through the opening, doing her best to pay extra attention to her semblance. It may not be perfect, or really even do all that much, but even a spit second’s worth of notice was worth the extra effort.

She was not certain what she was looking for, and as such started grabbing as much of what she could. Not out of greed, but just trying to be sure she grabbed the right item. She returned to May with an assortment of old weapons and armor pieces, most of no value. She hoped the correct weapon was in the pile.

“Life would be so much easier if there was an obvious sign that something was valuable like there always is in the movies! I just grabbed whatever I could and hoped I got the right one at some point. I didn’t know whether you were going to be following me down or not.”

She laughed, trying to hide her nervousness, a goal of which she was only partially successful with at best.

“I can always go back down and look again if I need to!”

[commanderkeppel]

Not all who wander..

[huntsman-ash]

“I pulled security. Lotta people wanna steal that kind art. Others wanna deface it. Others just want it gone. It arises a lot of very complicated and often conflicting emotions in people, so they had me and my team backing up the regular security guards. Probably one of the weirdest jobs Ive ever worked in all honesty.”

[commanderkeppel]

“I’ll bet! I’m certainly glad that I didn’t encounter any of that kind of installment in my previous visits to Atlas.”

Her face began to redden at the thought of some of the items that may have been on display. She hadn’t much knowledge on the subject, but she was familiar enough with the content that may have been shown to be awkward about it. She longed to change the topic, but the words had been removed from her brain, and replaced with wonderings of the ways someone would deface the installations.

[huntsman-ash]

“It wasn’t so bad. Most of the hype seemed to come from people who had never seen it themselves, just the exajurated rumors passed around by the high and mighty. It was…honestly kind of tame. I’ve seen much weirder in person in Mistral.”

[commanderkeppel]

“Please, don’t explain any more than that.”

Her face was now beaming bright red. She was raised in a rather conservative family, and although she did have two brothers, her parents were always very careful that they wouldn’t know anything about how that worked. Hence her embarrassment.

“Sorry, I was just raised in a home that wasn’t very open to that. In all honesty my parents likely would have been among those trying to get rid of the exhibit. So, mostly because I don’t have any experience with that I might ask if we can move on to a different topic?”

Her voice was hesitant and timid. Other that Sigal, this was the only boy she’d really spent much alone time with, and she hadn’t even seen him since the very early years of combat training. Before their family had moved away from Atlas.

[rp-ask-memes-deactivated2026012]

MAKE MY CHARACTER FEEL LOVED.

all of this ANGST lately – while nice – it’s getting a bit OLD. I want your character to try their best and make mine feel super loved. give them ALL you’ve got. make them blush like crazy and CRY because they’ve never heard such beautiful things before. do it. I dare you.

[commanderkeppel]

Not all who wander..

[huntsman-ash]

“I pulled security. Lotta people wanna steal that kind art. Others wanna deface it. Others just want it gone. It arises a lot of very complicated and often conflicting emotions in people, so they had me and my team backing up the regular security guards. Probably one of the weirdest jobs Ive ever worked in all honesty.”

[commanderkeppel]

“I’ll bet! I’m certainly glad that I didn’t encounter any of that kind of installment in my previous visits to Atlas.”

Her face began to redden at the thought of some of the items that may have been on display. She hadn’t much knowledge on the subject, but she was familiar enough with the content that may have been shown to be awkward about it. She longed to change the topic, but the words had been removed from her brain, and replaced with wonderings of the ways someone would deface the installations.

[brnzsniperbabe]

“They weren’t that good? I don’t even consider myself anything above average. So they must have been terrible..” Joking a bit as she watched the other woman clean her face off. Strange, she wondered why she was even bothering with that. Consider she’d likely just end up dirty again fairly soon. 

“Yeah..right…I didn’t tell you what it was did I?” Still slightly ignoring the question itself as she led her along. Passing by another set of ruins, more settlements that had long ago been abandoned. “Would you believe me if I told you it was a weapon?” Glancing back at her briefly.

“Not like a current day weapon, nothing super awesome that turns into something else. Just..a regular weapon…heh regular might now be the word. It’s made of some very valuable materials and it’s the missing piece of a set. You know, one of those things that history professors lose their minds over. It’d fetch a lot of lien. Course one could hold on to it if they just wanted to own a piece of history. It’s slightly important…”

[commanderkeppel]

“They, they had their moments, but they were nowhere near consistent.”

Erin dropped the nonexistent hem of her shirt after having cleaned the dirt off her face.

“I don’t know that I’d have a choice but to believe you! It seems to be a somewhat important venture we’re on. I’ve heard of such sets of armor and weaponry, but from my understanding, many of them were last used in the war. I’m honestly slightly curious how you found it’s location, but I don’t know that I’ll ask. Sources of information are private to some people and I can respect that.”

Erin had not heard anything about any of these sets being in the area. There were several that had been found in the outskirts of Mantle. She’d even helped on some of the hunts when in the more introductory combat schools. 

“I had a teacher in Atlas that was obsessed in that kind of stuff. But there seems to be very little interest in them down here. It’s nice to meet someone with an eye for history!”

[brnzsniperbabe]

She made her way down and carefully over to the other woman. She had to be sure she didn’t attract any attention, they only had a small opening. “Nice job out there. I like your style” She nodded and gave a thumbs up..why she had no idea but she did. After a moment she waved for Erin to follow her and made her way far to the left of the rest of the creatures.

“We should be fine..we took out the only one of them that was patrolling that area..the rest should leave us alone. We can make our way through here and make good time” She seemed to be right…though she was still careful, darting from cover to cover when possible until they were a good disance past “We’re clear for a bit. Soon we’ll be where we need to..be..you can go in grab the item for me..I’ll watch your back and we’re fine. No problems..”

[commanderkeppel]

“Thanks! I wish my old team’s ranged weapons ‘specialist’ was as good a shot as you are!”

Erin giggled, a mix of awkward, and shy. She returned the thumbs up, not knowing what else to do herself. Not normally one to care about her appearance, Erin normally would stay all dirty and sweaty. This time however, in front of a person who didn’t know her well, she pulled up the bottom of her strangely torn shirt and began wiping the filth from her face.

“Glad to hear it, as much as I love a good fight, I don’t think we could take the rest all at once.”

Another awkward laugh.

“I’ll be in and out with the item in a flash, just you watch. Actually, what is the item?”

[commanderkeppel]

Not all who wander..

[huntsman-ash]

“Onwards then. Awesome.” Ash paused to check his sidearm, make sure it was secure and loaded (it was on both accounts), then lead her away down the streets towards the Archive. 

“Shouldn’t be much of a line, todays not exactly BUSY.”

[commanderkeppel]

“Is there normally a line for this kind of stuff?”

Erin scoffed, 

“Back home the museums are best at gathering dust. Not even the people that work there care about them. There’s too many people hopping on an SRT and heading to the beach.”

[huntsman-ash]

“Depends on whats being shown in the rotating exhibition gallery. When they had that famous erotic artist you couldn’t even buy tickets there were so damn many people i there.”

[commanderkeppel]

“I’m sorry, the famous what artist? That does not sound like something I’d want to go to.”

The girl laughed in a very forced and awkward manner, hoping above anything else that there wasn’t any such art there today. She had seen the old paintings and sculptures in classes that she took from the normal school, but by no means was she prepared for that kind of exhibit otherwise.

“I take it you went to that one?”

She had no intention of making that sound as accusatory as it did, but the words were already out. “I guess we’ll see how he takes it,” she thought to herself. 

[sigal-rp]

Sigal had fallen asleep soon after sitting down. leaning against the couch. he didn’t really mean to sleep again it just kinda happened. though it was a tad uncomfortable his body didn’t seem to mind. As his name was spoken he slowly opened his eyes. as he realized he had fallen asleep again he stretched out his arms as he arched his back and yawned for a good few seconds. before rubbing his face with his hand and slumping to the side. “Yes……are you?”

[commanderkeppel]

“I..I guess.”

She stretched herself out, her average height barely stretched the length of the couch.

“Wait, when did I get up here? Last I remember I’d just gotten out of the shower, I came and sat down against the couch. From then I must have fallen asleep, but that still doesn’t explain how I got up here.”

She sat upright and motioned for the boy to join her on the couch again, she was tired enough though that soon after he did join her, she flopped back down resting her head on his lap. She did actually stay awake this time, but just took the chance to spread back out and relax again.

“So….whaddya want to do now?”

[sigal-rp]

Sigal moved to sit on the couch just to have her lay on his lap he didn’t mind. “Oh yea I moved you. you seemed uncomfortable so I thought I would put you on the couch and then I kinda fell asleep soon after….” another yawn as he talked. “Honestly I don’t mind taking another nap.”

[commanderkeppel]

“She laughed, another nap it is. This may seem like a weird question, but is there a chance we could either put on a movie to fall asleep to, or maybe move to a place where both of us can have a comfy place to stretch out in? If your room is anything like ours, there are several beds, do you think your teammates would be mad if I used one of the spares?”

She sat back up, allowing the boy to move wherever he saw fit for whichever option she’d offered.

“Or we can just stay here if that might make you uncomfortable. That’s okay too!”

[brnzsniperbabe]

She was rather impressed watching Erin fight..she certainly had a unique style to say the least. Though she did notice the lack of lethal strike..would be a major downside in some situations. Still, seemed she was fully capable of dealing with these things. Noticing the marked spot, she’d load another round and take aim..a few seconds later when the position was just right and she had adjusted for the wind she took the shot, hitting her target directly on the..mark as it were and watched the creature drop. As it started to dissolve she quickly jumped from the building and made her way over. “Good stuff! we’ve got a bit of an opening before the rest of them make their way over, we should be able to get through without much trouble. Good to go?” She knew they didn’t really have a large window of opportunity..

[commanderkeppel]

“On your mark!”

Erin spoke quietly into her scroll, making certain that she wouldn’t attract more Grimm. Her poor mood had nearly done that earlier. Now it was time to be more careful.

The blue and green clad woman opted to extinguish the dust currently on her staff. Her beads would likely be enough for this next fight. All she needed was an open mouth, nothing was more comical than watching a Grimm die solely because it tried to instill fear with it’s voice. A fire or ice pellet usually quelled that almost instantly!

[commanderkeppel]

Not all who wander..

[huntsman-ash]

“Onwards then. Awesome.” Ash paused to check his sidearm, make sure it was secure and loaded (it was on both accounts), then lead her away down the streets towards the Archive. 

“Shouldn’t be much of a line, todays not exactly BUSY.”

[commanderkeppel]

“Is there normally a line for this kind of stuff?”

Erin scoffed, 

“Back home the museums are best at gathering dust. Not even the people that work there care about them. There’s too many people hopping on an SRT and heading to the beach.”

[brnzsniperbabe]

She seemed..slightly confused when she noticed her partner get slammed to the ground..wasn’t her semblance supposed to…was it not working? She became a bit panicked and loaded another road before noticing the other woman standing up..did she notice a smirk..?

Still..she waited and when she had an opening she fired a fire dust round directly at the creature’s face, apparently blinding it at least momentarily. Her plan was to get the creature to take a few blind swipes with the tail which it seemed to do. Sort of spinning around for a moment trying to locate it’s prey. The effects were shaken off and the creature took a still somewhat blind strike towards Erin..

She certainly hoped her partner was prepared, they’d need to deal with this one quickly before the others started moving in a group towards them..

[commanderkeppel]

Erin easily deflected the strike incoming from the Grimm, and mere seconds after, she leapt up as high as she could, leveling herself off near the height of it’s tail, the fire coated surface slammed into the tail, sending it in a trajectory that would cause it to meet the head of the beast. Then a second strike with the icy surface, froze the tail to it’s head. Now, not only was it blinded, but there was no threat of lethal attack. She slid the handle nearly all the way to the end of the staff and used it to vault herself away from the reach of its pincers. Upon landing, she pulled out another dust bead and threw it at the side of the beast, marking the area of a vital shot on the monster. She hoped it may alert the woman accompanying her as to a place to fire. As much as she loved her weapon, she did understand that there was little to no killing ability that it possessed. A quality useful when she was with Mel, however, much less useful when being the only melee attack option.

[commanderkeppel]

Not all who wander..

[huntsman-ash]

“Fair enough point. I think I can find us something cool to do around here. Not much in the line of museums and shit…but you don’t really seem like the kinda person to like those. How about Victory Hall? Go look at some cool paintings and statues, a mural or two.”

[commanderkeppel]

She looked over at the boy expectantly, by no means did she expect this random person to stick around. She figured it was time to stop trying to be the Atlas version of pleasant, and just be herself.

“Yeah, I can only handle a museum or two before I get the unbearable urge to break something,” Erin laughed, “So, where is this Victory Hall? It must be fairly recent, I don’t remember it being here when I came up with my family summer before last. But seriously, what is it about museums that just triggers that urge to break everything in sight? I can’t be the only one right?”

[huntsman-ash]

“No, you’re not. Course, thats usually cause everythings behind glass and on podiums with huge “Don’t break this shit” signs plastered to every surface. People instinctively want to NOT do what they are told, and do what they’re told not too. Its just part of human nature.”

[commanderkeppel]

“Human nature it is,” the girl laughed a little too heartily at that, especially because it wasn’t even meant to be a joke, “so museum it is I take it? I’m not sure I have the self restraint for that, but it sounds fun anyway! Let’s do it.”

She got a call on her scroll, most likely her parents trying to check up on her. She was in a situation that she knew they’d hate, alone with a boy! Scandal of the century!

“Yeah, I’m not going to answer that, let’s get going.” 

[brnzsniperbabe]

She watched as Erin snapped the small bead and knew she was ready. A small smirk on her face as she turned her attention to the group of grimm in the distance. Not many of them, shouldn’t be an issue. It took her a few moments of waiting though. Having to get just the right shot..she needed one of them to be far enough away from the others so she could get it’s attention and not the entire group’s.

She finally pulled the trigger, quickly landing a non lethal shot on the wandering beast. Lucky for her it was stupid enough to simply head in the direction the shot came from which would soon lead it to the right of Erin. She prepared another shot and waited while keeping an eye on the rest of the group, she didn’t need her new friend getting overwhelmed.

[commanderkeppel]

Erin waited for the girl’s shot. She was quite the marksman to be perfectly honest. It wasn’t at all surprising, Erin had seen her tournament match, but sniping close quarters, and sniping long range were two very different techniques. Or so she’d been told.

She could feel the warm sun loosening up her stiff muscles. Her focus had returned, and she was ready for a fight. The girl had found a long dead shrub that had concealed her position to the grimm. All at once it seemed, she leapt out, and hurled herself at her foe. As she reached the top of her arc, her shoulders nearly level with it’s tail, she covered the other surface of her staff with ice dust. Her plan was to burn one set of eyes, and freeze the other set. Unfortunately she landed unsteadily. She had still managed to burn the first set, but a claw interrupted her second attack. She was blindsided, her semblance wasn’t there. But how? She slammed into the ground, being thrown from it’s back. Whatever happened in that collision had brought it back though. Now this would be a fair fight. A smirk tugged on the corner of her mouth,

“Looks like it’s time to have some fun.”

She stood in wait, not knowing when, or if, her companion would fire again. Her first plan had failed, but her second wouldn’t. She readied herself for a one-two punch so to speak. This time she was going to smack the stinger down near the body with the flame side, and then use the ice to freeze it to it’s own back.