#lbwings stories

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Page 1 (continuation of chibi comic outfit change).

Carmyne is trying on an outfit Qrow made her. Ruby has something to say about that though.

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Carmyne shifted through the crowd. Her head was bouncing back and forth quickly as she tried to scan for the crowd just as quickly. It felt as if the entire city was at the port now trying to push and shove their way onto any ship out of Vale; after what happened at the Festival a few hours ago Carmyne could not blame anyone. She needed to find one person though. Carmyne turned. “Blake! Blake!” Carmyne shouted as she pushed through the crowd. Carmyne reached out and grabbed a shorter shoulder, “Blake, wait please!” Carmyne said.

           Blake turned around to the teacher she saw only a few moments earlier sitting with the injuried members of Team RWBY. “What are you doing here? You should be with Yang and Ruby. They’ll need you,” Blake tried to say as she hick-up at the teacher who felt more like a counselor to the entire team.

           “What about you? Don’t you think Yang will need to know what happened to you when she wakes up?” Carmyne questioned as she tried not to make keeping a hand on Blake odd. The crowd tried to push them around and would have separated them if not for Carmyne keeping a hold of Blake’s shoulder.

           “You can tell her. You’re dating her uncle so you’ll be with them, right?” Blake tried to suggest but her lip began trembling.

           Carmyne sighed as she looked Blake in the eyes. “I will be with them and him for a while after this. But Blake the last thing she saw was that you needed help,” Carmyne tried to softly convince Blake to stay. She knew Blake’s habit when things got rough and no one would argue how rough Team RWBY had it the last days. Especially considering what each of them went through individually.

           “And it cost her arm! She got hurt so bad because of me. How could I ever,” Blake began.

          Carmyne pulled Blake tight against her. Blake saw the soft red glow of the jewelry on Carmyne’s arms. “Listen, no one else will hear this and frankly it is none of their business. What Adam did is not your fault. You are responsible for no one’s actions but your own, Blake. But there is something I do have to say,” Carmyne stopped.  Blake lifted her head to reveal that would put a kicked puppy to shame.  “Thank you,” Carmyne began. Blake tilted her head in confusion. “You stood up to Adam Taurus. You brought Yang back. He would have kept going till both of you were dead. By pulling out when you did you saved both your lives. You came back to us and you brought Yang home to her family. I lost so many students today. Thank you for coming back alive,” Carmyne explained.

   “But look what happened! How cou,” Blake began again before Carmyne squeezed her into another hug.

   “I’ve dealt with people like Taurus before. I know Yang and you might not think it right now but both of you were very lucky in that fight to come back alive,” Carmyne repeated. She sighed as she let Blake have what room she could. “You’ve come so far Blake. You stood up against one of the toughest opponents you’ve had to deal with so far. Will you come back and help Yang with her fight?” Carmyne questioned. Blake tried to move her mouth. Her shoulders lifted and dropped. Carmyne released her breathe. “All right. But do you have a plan of what to do next? You know that he won’t stop Blake,” Carmyne wondered.

   Blake shook her head. “I know. But I don’t know what to do. I can’t. I just can’t!” Blake almost shouted.

   Carmyne patted her shoulder again. “All right. Blake it is all right. Take what time you need. But I want you to know there is a limit. This was a beginning move of something. And it will probably reach all the way to Menagerie if this many faunus were involved tonight as well as those other times you dealt with,” Carmyne reminded Blake.

   Blake was vacantly staring at the ground. She barely noticed the dress line of Carmyne’s moving to show her boots. A small stack of lien appeared in front of her. “What is this for?” Blake asked.

   “An old friend helping Kali’s kid get where she’s going,” Carmyne said with a wink. Blake tried to sink into her shoulders for a moment. She forgot her teacher knew who her parents were. “I’m not sure how much you had on you when the school went down but this should be enough for a snack and a ticket somewhere. Just please Blake take care of yourself. I’m sure Kali would be happier to see you than me,” Carmyne tried to tease.  

   Blake tried to smirk at the effort. “Thank you. Stay safe Professor,” Blake said as she took the lien. She disappeared with hardly any effort into the crowd.

   “You too,” Carmyne said as her shoulders dropped.

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Funny Outtake thought

Winter walks up to General Ironwood who is typing on his scroll. She was looking for him in the fair that was being prepared at Beacon Academy. “Sir. Sir? What are you doing?” Winter ask as the general barely glanced up from his scroll. 

“Just handling something. Ms. Schnee which one do you like?” Ironwood asked showing Winter his scroll. 

Winter looked at the scroll to see a selection of different flower bouquets. “Sir, may I ask why are you looking at bouquets?” Winter wonder as she came closer to try and whisper while looking at the selections.

“I heard some complaining that students don’t think Carmyne has a love life,” Ironwood began.

“Isn’t she dating Qrow? For some reason I just can’t understand,” Winter mostly complained. 

“Who do you think was complaining?” Ironwood said with what hinted at a scheming grin on his lips as he glanced at Winter. 

“Funny. With how blunt he is I thought he would have publicly,” Winter began saying as she caught onto her general’s thoughts. Recalling how often Qrow publicly loves to yell, tease, fight or lacks any control over his mouth in public the thought that he probably never said anything about a girlfriend was odd. Especially considering how much they hung on each other. “Sir are you?” Winter began. 

“I believe the term is poking a bear Ms. Schnee,” Ironwood answered quickly. 

Winter snickered quickly before leaning closer. “Is there a giant balloon or something we can attach to one of these? Oh! This one would be good,” Winter suggested as she enjoyed the plotting. 

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Day 5 of #inktober is the family out for a walk. The boys change like daddy does; except one as an owl and the other a dog. Qrow has to keep reminding him that he can't fly yet.

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The Fic List

I have been thinking of stories for Sapphire and the Legion for a little bit. BUUUUTTT I'm horrible at writing them out or drawing a lot for it. So I thought to give something a little fun to read tonight here are the summaries for the concepts I have so far!

Enjoy!

(Below the cut because it is long.)

Outline

How we met: Kel-El and the Legion of Superheroes are working protection for an ambassador meeting to have Sapphire do an impressive feat for her employer.

I Was Hired: Cos (and a couple others) thought it would be interesting to get Kel someone to talk to regularly to help him ‘adjust’ so they hire the person he made a comment about on the last mission. But both her and Kel are annoyed when they figure out the Legion is trying to be ‘helpful’. She ends up evaluating Kel (and the Legion) agreeing only if Kel does to stay around. She agreed to help him learn current habits but mostly to teach him about leadership, battle strategy, and recovery efforts in order to be an effective leader instead of a weapon.

First We Play: Sapphire brings Kel some games to play, much to his annoyance. Her goal: getting him to see the whole field. She did not expect the entire crew to get involved.

Everything else: Kel starts asking about other parts of life. Eating, sleeping, how her powers work since he’s noticed they flux. Finding her alone later that night for a real explanation.

Who’s the Best Superman: Sapphire has a debate with Brainy about which Superman is the best. Brainy starts to see she’s more open-minded than he thought. He begins to wonder why when she engages with Imperiex she doesn’t stay in the fight long or what else she is thinking about.  

The Blunt Edge: Getting run through and kidnapped by Imperiex overloads Sapphire’s empathic fuel and damages her psyche. Despite needing to be rescued, her hunger for battle quickly rivals an Apocalyptic heritage.  Can her mind be healed after Imperiex’s poisonous touch or is he now a part of her?

Forging a Sword: Sapphire, and the rest of the Legion, come to terms with the aftermath of her kidnapping as she develops a new power. Her built and support equipment were destroyed.  

Hungry Friend: A friend of Sapphire’s comes to visit when he hears about the psy-wave fallout. He also came for a psionic meal from his ‘little woman’. With a reminder that if she wanted any new equipment she would have to go home for a while; even if it meant risking getting sold off.

Home for the Cattle Drive: Sapphire does have to go home after Brainy failed to rebuild her equipment to previous specs. While a warm welcome was given for the Queen’s favorite it is not long till the full title of Favorite Hunting Dog is discovered as the planet is holding an auction of their best ‘beasts’.

A New Beginning: With a brother dog and a betrothed the crew encourages a new look for Sapphire and maybe some new living arrangements for Kel.

Death of a Family: Kel-El was only getting used to having something in his shadow, a warmth around him, when it got snuffed out. He wasn’t sure if it was pain of losing his new friend or of watching Sapphire cry over her brother that caused his chest to hurt. But he wasn’t ready for when Sapphire disappeared in flash too.

Another Time, Another Home: Sapphire fights an enemy to get trapped in the 21st century when she has to protect a woman who turns out to be Lana Lang.

Your Past My Future: Clark and Sapphire bond after Lana calls to tell him she picked up an alien friend. Expect this time Clark is fully grown and Sapphire is the new girl in town. How will they spend their time together before someone else finds out?

                -Note: Includes adventures with Wonder Woman, Bats, and New Genesis for the injury and evolution/scaling. But also some nice time with Martha and the farm.

Days or Months: Sapphire finally gets a ride back to her time, to many people's pain, but the shock of going back to the 31st century after almost a year to find she disappeared only days ago brings its own dysmorphia.

Stolen, Again: While fighting Imperiex, on almost even keel, Sapphire and Imperiex are taken. This time to alternate timeline of many alternate versions. But the Kel-El in this time is a calm, focused, older leader that merely wanted to barrow the two of them for a moment. After they finish helping all the variants they can be sent home- if they survive. Can’t go back if we all die right?

Temporal Headaches: After making it home again, this time within minutes, Sapphire finally answers questions about her time jumps. While it might come across other versions getting the attention from Kel-El there’s no reason to throw a tantrum. Oh wait you’re a baby; good enough.

The Big Questions: After everything that happened Kel begins to take being betrothed more seriously but wonders why Sapphire isn’t as forward with it.

                -Note- Goes over her concerns about his timeline and why she needs an empathic anchor.

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What do you like reading?

It is official I have lost my first AO3 subscriber. 

I know subscribers come and go on all websites but the first times sting. I was also wondering as I looked over the rest of the stats what type of stories people like reading. Because out of 31 stories: 

Only 5 are above 100 hits. This does not include the story with the highest Kudos. - 1 drama story, 2 romance, 1 backstory, 1 comedy

Only 4 have comments. None in the top 5. 3- angst , 1-comedy

8 bookmarks. Only 2 in the top 5. -5 romance stories, 1 drama, 2 comedy

I know the sample size is small but I would hope I would get a clue. I like writing things people enjoy too.  Especially since I was considering doing a large fic about Toshi and Grizel’s trip to see Dave and Melissa.

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How Carmyne got her new shirt

Carmyne did not know what sea-creature she would turn into. Something happened to her as a child and stopped her awaken from happening. But each year on her birthday people can get a peek if they look in on her at midnight. Qrow and peeked over Ozpin’s shoulder to see a baby tiger shark making laps in the tub. Which gave him the most fun teasing her about the next day. Little did he realize that she did not know what she was bound to change into. The image of her tears streaming down her face as she screamed about people having more reasons to hate or fear before she locked herself in the bathroom replayed in Qrow’s head as he walked down the street. Her voice as she called herself a monster again and again just ate away as his brain. Even telling her sharks were cool didn’t stop her. A small image caught Qrow’s eye though and stopped him in his tracks. A smirk came across his mouth as he walked into a shop. 

Qrow came back into Carmyne’s bedroom. She had made it to the desk. Qrow dropped a small bag in front of her. “What?” Carmyne began. She was used to Qrow’s brash mindset just dropping items on whatever she was working on. 

“Open it,” Qrow said as he moved in closer behind her.

Carmyne picked up the card attached to the bag. ‘This is the only type of monster you are. Q.’ Carmyne’s lip rolled up. “Qrow!” she almost balled again. 

Qrow leaned on the chair, planted his head in Carmyne’s hair, and rubbed against her, “Just open it.” 

Carmyne almost sniffled as she pulled a shirt out of the bag. She held up the shirt looking for the logo. Finally she found an image that was a small shark wrapped around a heart with the words ‘Cuddle Monster’ around it. “Qrow,” came out of Carmyne’s mouth in a much softer tone as she turned back to face Qrow. He already had a smirk on his face as he took his head out of her hair. She wrapped her arm around his shoulder as she brought him down to kiss his cheek. Her face went back to his shoulder.

Qrow leaned onto Carmyne, “Told you.”

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The Byrch Trio

I was thinking about the Byrch trio (Carmyne, hubby, and big brother); how they all grew up and were such a dangerous little group. Than a paragraph came to mind. (If I remember and hopefully play nice maybe I’ll get time to draw it into a short comic soon!) See if you can spot who’s being talked about with each part:

When I was young I was taught that the Red Sea Witch embodied death. But now I wonder if the actually meant change. It can be sudden, quiet, and quick. It can be violent, dramatic, and devastating. It can be hated just as much. Because it will happen and most don’t know how or when. And THAT is what terrifies them.