Gray and Tawny

This is an ask/RP blog for RWBY OCs Gray Kincaid and Tawny Sharhadar, first-year students at Beacon Academy. If you’re interested in RPing, just let me know! Mun is 18+ in case it ever matters.

[ponyandlioness]

Gray’s eyes widened, and he glanced rapidly back and forth between the two of them. The Faunus had done something strange to Robbe’s aura, he could tell that much, but he had no idea what it was.

As his partner staggered toward him, Gray brought his hands up and frowned. “Robbe?”

Hari cackled quietly to himself and, while they were distracted, turned and slipped over the edge of the roof. There was no sound of him hitting the street below.

[thelambandtheraven]

Gritting his teeth, Robbe struggled in vain against the…the whatever it was that was making him move forward like this so unwillingly. “Gray….somethin’ ain’t right…I ain’t movin’ on my own…” he grated out, his shoulders incredibly tensed as he tried to keep from stepping forward.

[ponyandlioness]

The large boy's face twisted in indecision for a moment, then he sighed. "I'm sorry."

Robbe saw a gauntleted fist flash toward his head, then everything went dark.

They were moving when he came back to consciousness. The engine noise and lingering BO of a city bus assaulted Robbe's senses and left little doubt where they were.

Gray leaned over him, frowning with concern. "Robbe?"

[ponyandlioness]

Formalities

For seventeen years Tawny had lived under the thumb of her well-meaning but overbearing mother and father. Traveling to Vale and attending Beacon had brought her a release, a sense of freedom she’d never enjoyed before. Here, she set her own pace, tackled her studies the way she felt like doing…

[headmaster-james-ironwood]

Ironwood glanced up from his work, looking over her the girl. His cold and calculating gaze examined her, immediately recognizing her. “Greetings, Miss Sharhadar.” He responded, caught off guard by her appearance. “I must admit I’m surprised to see you here of all places. May I ask what’s brought you here?” He asked, standing up from his desk. He walked over to her, standing before her with his arms behind his back.

[ponyandlioness]

She ducked her head. "I apologize if I'm interrupting, sir. I just thought it would be rude of me not to greet you after you traveled all this way. You are, after all, a close friend of my family."

Tawny swallowed nervously, waiting with dread to hear what the general would have to say to her. What conversations had he had with her father? She suddenly regretted not keeping in better touch with her family, just so she might have a better idea what to expect.

[team-vrml]

[ponyandlioness]

Tawny had been relaxing, leaning back in her seat and tuning out the world with the help of her headphones. She had originally come here with plans to study with Blake, but the Faunus girl had canceled on her. Collaborative study had turned into solo reading, had turned...

[ponyandlioness]

She handed it back with a smirk and a shake of her head. “You need to work on your aim, there.” Amused, she watched him dump the bit of paper directly into the trash can this time – no chance of missing from so close – and trudge back to his seat.

About a minute later, something bounced off his own head – a piece of paper, folded over and over again into a tiny square. When he looked at Tawny, her eyes were closed and she seemed to be simply enjoying her music.

[thelambandtheraven]

[ponyandlioness]

Tawny was distracted, giggling at their team leader, so she couldn’t react in time to dodge Robbe’s counterattack. “Ack!” Flustered, she answered with a quick barrage of several poorly-aimed shots.

Gray, meanwhile, leaned over...

[ponyandlioness]

Tawny warded off Robbe's pillow with a raised forearm, easily knocking it aside. "Oh, come on, can't you do better than that? Some marksman," she teased, sticking out her tongue.

Abruptly, Gray lurched back to his feet...and took the whole mattress with him. Holding it by either side, he lifted the cushion into the air, then turned and swung it in retaliation at Tawny. The girl squeaked in surprise as he batted her aside with it, and she fell in a giggling heap on the floor.

Turning again, he brought the mattress up until it nearly touched the ceiling, then swung it down at his partner's head.

[thelambandtheraven]

[ponyandlioness]

Hari backed up to the edge of the roof, holding the knife out to keep Robbe at bay. “C’mon, Pence…y’know I’m just following orders, right? Gotta do my job, deliver to the bosses, or they take it outta my hide!” He began actually...

[ponyandlioness]

Gray's eyes widened, and he glanced rapidly back and forth between the two of them. The Faunus had done something strange to Robbe's aura, he could tell that much, but he had no idea what it was.

As his partner staggered toward him, Gray brought his hands up and frowned. "Robbe?"

Hari cackled quietly to himself and, while they were distracted, turned and slipped over the edge of the roof. There was no sound of him hitting the street below.

[ponyandlioness]

Formalities (closed RP with headmaster-james-ironwood)

For seventeen years Tawny had lived under the thumb of her well-meaning but overbearing mother and father. Traveling to Vale and attending Beacon had brought her a release, a sense of freedom she’d never enjoyed before. Here, she set her own pace, tackled her studies the way she felt like doing instead of having to conform to anyone else’s methods. Although in the back of her mind she knew she would have to return home after graduating, it was easy to believe in the illusion that this would be her life from now on.

That illusion was shattered on the day the Atlasian air fleet darkened the skies over Vale. They were an unwelcome reminder of home, of reality, and of the burdens she was trying desperately to forget. Her heart sank even further when she found out General Ironwood, a personal acquaintance of her father, had arrived at Beacon.

Two days passed, and she grew more and more agitated as the time went on. She kept expecting, any moment, a summons to come for her. Her teammates knew something was wrong, but she skillfully evaded their questions and insisted she was too busy to sit and talk.

In the end, she got tired of waiting. Her family crest got the attention of Ironwood’s soldiers, and after a brief wait she was led to the man himself. Recalling rules of etiquette she hadn’t bothered using in months, she stopped just inside the door of his cabin, saluted, and addressed him, “Greetings, General.” Her face was pale and her brow furrowed. She clearly wasn’t enthusiastic about speaking with him, but she’d sought him out anyway.

[headmaster-james-ironwood]

Alright, twenty minutes late but I promised I would have this blog up and running by nine. Not bad if I do say so myself.

Let’s get this thing really running with a few threads, shall we?

[ponyandlioness]

(( I'm at work right now, but I'll try to get that Tawny starter up when I'm on my lunch break. ))

[team-vrml]

Incoming! (RP with ponyandlioness)

All but kicked out of his room, Varden had taken shelter in the library; Pallas was cleaning, and you didn’t want to be in the way of that. It was a good chance for him to force some homework out of himself, anyway. Maybe. If he could actually be bothered to focus.

Instead, he was rifling through his notebook under the pretense of “organizing.” Some of the oldest pages were all but useless, and he had a decent pile of them ripped out and stacked on the table. Glancing around to make sure nobody was paying him any mind, he took the top one, crumpled it into a little ball, and aimed for the trash can over by the computer desks. It wasn’t too far, but the shot was hastily-aimed, and fell short. Still, nobody looked up or scolded him - and after a pause to make sure of that, he crumpled up the second page to try again. He over-corrected, of-freaking-course, and the shot hit the corner of the desk instead, bouncing up in the direction of a brown-haired girl.

He cringed and looked guilty.

[ponyandlioness]

Tawny had been relaxing, leaning back in her seat and tuning out the world with the help of her headphones. She had originally come here with plans to study with Blake, but the Faunus girl had canceled on her. Collaborative study had turned into solo reading, had turned into boredom, had turned into relaxation with serious consideration of a nap.

When the wad of paper hit her, she blinked her eyes open, found the offending object sitting in her lap, and quickly spotted the very guilty-looking student a few tables away. With an expression that was halfway between amusement and annoyance, she held the paper up and quirked an eyebrow at him as if to ask, “Really?”

[ponyandlioness]

(( Rough sketch of Tawny, just relaxing with some tunes. I may or may not finish this later. ))

[ponyandlioness]

(( Sorry I've been inactive this past week. If I owe you a reply, just send me an ask as a reminder! ))

[rockees-deactivated20210616]

a ferocious beast

[mylittlespambox]

Baby Tawny.

[thelambandtheraven]

Just a Simple Pile of Pillows [Closed RP with ponyandlioness]

[ponyandlioness]

Tawny was distracted, giggling at their team leader, so she couldn’t react in time to dodge Robbe’s counterattack.  “Ack!”  Flustered, she answered with a quick barrage of several poorly-aimed shots.

Gray, meanwhile, leaned over his bed and began bundling up the blanket in his arms.  His backside, unguarded, must have seemed like a very inviting target.

[thelambandtheraven]

Crawling out just a bit from the bed, she snagged Robbes ankles and tugged, “Sorry!” she called out as he toppled with a cry and a flail, flinging his gathered pillows every which direction, some of them going for Gray’s exposed backside and others yet sailing for Tawny.

[ponyandlioness]

Battered, Tawny fell back on her hands, snickering and calling out, "Get 'im, Abbie!"  Rolling over, she popped back up to her feet, and looked up just in time to see Gray toss the bundled blanket at her.  "What the--?"

It unfurled after being thrown, covering her like a net.  Gray began to reach for her, but before he could get a hold of his prey, she darted forward and slid between his legs, struggling free of the entangling blanket while he tried to reorient.  "Ha!  I'm not such easy prey!"  Before he could turn on her, she leaned into him and pushed, and he went toppling onto the bed with a loud thud.

[ponyandlioness]

"That’s fine." Tawny’s smile returned and she nodded. "Any help would be greatly appreciated."

She looked around at the library. “So, do you like spending time here?” There was certainly a sort of quiet charm to the place. “Maybe we could just meet here, if you want?”

[dragonsdance-deactivated2022111]

"This is a nice, quiet place to get some studying done" Blake began as the response to her second question, before answering her third question with a small nod of her head. It would be easier since she usually came by to Library to either study or read when she was bored. Though she wasn’t getting as bored as she used to with Ruby’s hyper activeness. Though she did like this place there were other places she could think of that might be better but they were a bit of a walk to get to and she didn’t want to ask Tawny to meet her somewhere that was twenty minutes away.  

[ponyandlioness]

"I wouldn't mind a little bit of music to liven things up," she thought aloud, one finger on her chin.  "Is that allowed here?  Ah, probably not..."  Her expression suddenly brightened as she had an idea.  "Maybe we could study in the music wing?  If that would be alright with you."

[thelambandtheraven]

Just a Simple Pile of Pillows [Closed RP with ponyandlioness]

[ponyandlioness]

Gray’s eyes widened and he gave Abigail a look like a kicked puppy.  This lasted for all of a second, before he set his book aside, grabbed a pillow in each hand and threw them at Robbe and Abbie with a savage grin.

Tawny burst out laughing, but quickly dove for cover behind her bed as the room erupted into a full-on pillow fight.  As luck would have it, she had a couple of spare pillows stashed under her bed, and now was the perfect time to grab them.  Peering out, she watched for an opening, then pelted Robbe in the face as he turned toward her.

[thelambandtheraven]

Robbe managed to duck the first pillow tossed by Gray but not the second one thrown by his mortal enemy. With a growl, he nabbed the one that fell by his feet and brandished it at the darker girl. “I ain’t got time for this crap, lion girl…!”

And he whipped the pillow at her.

As that was happening, Abbie toppled off her bed as the pillow aimed for her struck home with a squeal and crawled under the bed, watching ankles dance back and forth.

[ponyandlioness]

Tawny was distracted, giggling at their team leader, so she couldn't react in time to dodge Robbe's counterattack.  "Ack!"  Flustered, she answered with a quick barrage of several poorly-aimed shots.

Gray, meanwhile, leaned over his bed and began bundling up the blanket in his arms.  His backside, unguarded, must have seemed like a very inviting target.

[thelambandtheraven]

Just a Simple Pile of Pillows [Closed RP with ponyandlioness]

It was a lazy day for the whole team. A powerful storm had blown in canceling most classes for the day excepting for those upper class-man who were working on final thesis. ARGT remained indoors, in their room unless they had to head out for food…

For now, though, they were settled enough that it didn’t matter at least for the time being.

Abigail was reading contentedly on her bead, surrounded by pillows, Gray was on the other side of the room doing something similar, both of them doing their best to ignore the bickering duo in the middle of the room.

Frustratedly, Robbe paced the room, growing more and more irritated at the darker skinned female before finally, he snatched up a nearby pillow and chucked it at the irritating girl. “Just SHUT UP!”

However, Tawny was not a girl fresh out of learning to walk, so she ducked and moved to the side, laughing at Robbe and blinking in confusion as both of the boys were frozen in what looked like shock. Turning her head slowly showed her why.

The pillow had landed squarely against Abigail’s face, her hands spread to the sides in shock, book knocked askew. Slowly, the pillow falling down on to her lap. Eyes widened, she stared at the pillow and then everyone else, and as Tawny and Robbe erupted in apologies, she snorted.

"You…why you…" she reached to the side and grabbed a different pillow, face going grim, as she threw it at the offender. Unfortunately for her, Robbe dropped to the floor and the pillow sailed for Gray. "Oh!"

[ponyandlioness]

Gray's eyes widened and he gave Abigail a look like a kicked puppy.  This lasted for all of a second, before he set his book aside, grabbed a pillow in each hand and threw them at Robbe and Abbie with a savage grin.

Tawny burst out laughing, but quickly dove for cover behind her bed as the room erupted into a full-on pillow fight.  As luck would have it, she had a couple of spare pillows stashed under her bed, and now was the perfect time to grab them.  Peering out, she watched for an opening, then pelted Robbe in the face as he turned toward her.

[theshadowsandthesun-deactivated]

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[ponyandlioness]

Hari backed up to the edge of the roof, holding the knife out to keep Robbe at bay.  “C’mon, Pence…y’know I’m just following orders, right?  Gotta do my job, deliver to the bosses, or they take it outta my hide!”  He began actually quivering as the younger boy drew near, and the knife fell from his hand as he dropped to his knees to beg.

[mylittlespambox]

He stopped several paces back, not wanting to get close enough for Hari to pull a trick attack. “Yeah, sure they will. Yer doin’ this out of yer own wants I bet. Ain’t one of th’bosses cared a lick that I went off elsewhere fer schoolin’.”

[ponyandlioness]

Hari licked his lips and slowly looked up.  "Hey...c'mon, you should give yerself more credit...you always were the best back then."  The Faunus lifted his head a bit more and locked eyes with Robbe, suddenly grinning as his eyes glowed and pulsed a bright yellow.  "Then again...times have changed."

Opposite them, Gray noisily climbed up the fire escape, finally making it to the roof.

Hari retrieved his knife and stood, slowly and calmly.  "'Ey, Pence.  Get rid o' the ox, will ya?"