#dlrwbyau

[cjskribblez]

So me and @rev-pirate cooked up a RWBY au...

We have SO much for it already but essentially we looked at divorce quartet, said: is anyone gonna make them worse?" And then didn't wait for an answer

Quick synopsis- (and if you have no idea what rwby is, the main things you need to know is weapons have multiple forms, semblances are basically their superpowers, dust is a magical sunstance that can be used to enhance weapons, and they all go to this university and get put in teams of 4 to learn how to fight monsters called Grimm.)

-Martyn-

Nobody expected Martyn to be the leader, least of all him. He doesn't see what the headmaster does, and he won't until it's much too late for his team.

Weapon: electric guitar/axe

Semblance: Attacks are stronger when landed to the beat of music. The longer the combo, the higher the strength (He has trouble keeping rhythm without listening to music, which is why he always has his headphones near.) (Yeah just think hifi rush we hit him with Chai beams)

-Cleo-

The de-facto leader after Martyn decides team J.T.R.B are much funner to hang out with, Cleo is forced to attempt to keep a collapsing team from breaking apart. At least before graduation.

Weapon: staff/nunchucks/twin SMGs

Semblance: They can create decoys of themselves or other living things anywhere in sight. Now usually these would be illusions. But in combination with something called Dust in this universe they can be made solid. Which works really well in conjunction with Martyn's semblance. In that if given the opportunity they can make decoys that Martyn can hit to not break his combo between enemies. or to build a combo before going in for the strike for higher damage off the bat. Unfortunately for them. This team is doomed

-Scott-

As the heir of Aeor dust company, the leading supplier of the world's dust, graduating from a huntsman academy should have been one of the easiest tasks to accomplish. Little did he know...

Weapon: wooden longbow with dust enhanced arrows/staff

Semblance: glyphs (yeah he's basically Weiss LOL) The magic glyphs can spoil different things when infused with dust, like a speed or jump boost, and summon avatars of previously defeated Grimm out of dust.

-Pearl-

Pearl thought the worst thing that could happen was her classmates finding out she's secretly apart of the white fang. Turns out she hadn't planned to be grouped up with the heir of the white fangs biggest enemy.

Weapon: scythe/twin sickles/boomerang

Semblance: Anti-gravity. She can levitate any nonliving thing she's touched and control it. Used with gravity dust enhances this, allowing for her to control her weapons without needing to touch them. (As she grows stronger, she'll be able to control more things)

ALSO THIS POST IS SUPER LONG ALREADY SO have some weapon doodles as a treat, next team post soon

[cjskribblez]

dude rwby au goes crazy. offhand mentions of other teams?? is jtrb jimmy/joel, tango, ren, bigb/bdubs?? who else is white fang other than pearl?? is gem her ilia?? is she her adam?! need to know xoxo

Thanks so much lol and yes actually! Spot on guess, our second main team and the other focus of this au is Jimmy, Tango, Ren, and BigB! Unlike M.C.S.P they are very functional and get along very well. Until the incidents but don't worry about that.

Gem we have alot cooked up for, she was a prodigy and has not only already graduated as the leader of her team, (Lizzie, Etho, and Joel), but is also the current Spring Maiden. At first we didn't have any plans for her and Pearl to interact since this is more of a double life au, but this ask actually gave us quite a bit to discuss, and shinyduo will for sure have some fun fights later on. (Sorry for cliffhangering you it will be brought up again in the future (and hopefully after I can cook up some more art LOL)

Also... what..? More white fang members.... surely not...

[cjskribblez]

My first thought upon seeing the RWBY au is:

How fucked up are things gonna be? :D

oh, ya know..... :)

In all seriousness tho we won't be straying too far from the ideas rwby canon has so. Probably not much more fucked than things are in the show. (Not a high bar I realize now but LMAOOO)

[cjskribblez]

Heloo I just found u and your art style is so deliciousssss it’s so pretty and glowy and!!!! Very enthused abt it.

On a scale of last life to wild life to double life (not doomed, everyone thinks they’re doomed, Doomed Tragically) how doomed is M.C.S.P?

Also is Scott and Pearl going to have a tragic moment of reconciliation after it becomes too late (Sacrifice! Sacrifice! lol)

also also, does xornoth exist? Is he Scott’s brother? The Aeor Company exists is the Exor Company a puppet rival company used to drive up prices (if that’s not how this works oops, I’ve never seen RWBY, but divorce Quartet makes me insane)

also also also do the watchers and listeners exist here???

Thank you so much! 😭🩵

And it terms of doomedness, we think if Martyn was a better person, maybe they could have figured out some way to focus their energy in making a truce between Pearl and Scott, however because this not what happened, we fear they would not have even made it to graduation. (lucky? For them beacon academy was destroyed before they could get themselves expelled.) As for reconciliation we haven't thought that far in the future plot wise yet.

🫠 (Now that you say it though I think it would be funny if Scott blew himself up at some point)

Xornoth does exist, he is Scott's brother and more interested in political/war matters than the family dust business. Also he sucks but this we knew. (Also no worries on zero prior rwby knowledge we hope this is enjoyable for everyone haha)

The watchers take the place of our main antagonists, the group that sows chaos through the world and the leader of which can create Grimm (mosters that feed on humanities negative emotions)

The listeners are apart of a secret organization that were made to protect the academies many secrets and help usher in and keep an eye on the Maidens (4 superpowerd women that each have the power of a specific season. The power will move on to someone else if they are killed.) (This is a really big thing we will get into later LOL)