#vampire!winter

[howlingday]

Legacy of Blood & Snow

Willow: ...A word to the wise, Mr. Arc. You are only on this hunting trip because I allow it. And when I am hunting, I only have one rule; DON'T GET IN MY WAY.

Jaune: ...

Willow: Am I understood?

Jaune: Yes, ma'am.

Jaune: (Blinks, Willow's gone)

Jaune: (Cautiously looks left, Looks right)

Elk: (Bellows, Charges towards Jaune)

Jaune: (Covers face, Knocked over)

Jaune: Ugh... (Looks down, Deer head on lap)

CRUNCH! SNAP! CRUNCH!

Jaune: (Pushes head off, Looks over)

Willow: (Handful of viscera, Blood on face)

Jaune: ...If this is your attempt to try to scare me out of dating your daughter, then you're mistaken.

Willow: (Gulps, Sucks finger) Yes... Winter had told me as much.

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Winter: Weiss was born here, you know. People used to call her snowdrift because everywhere our grandfather went, she was right behind him. It wasn't long before she was put in charge of her own mining facility.

Jaune: ...Facility #17?

Winter: (Nods) The same. What do you know about it?

Jaune: ...Three hundred years ago, there was a failing in one of the mining equipment. Historians aren't sure what the cause of failing was, but they suspect it was either fault and surge in the power grid or some form of seismic activity. Weiss... doesn't like to talk about it.

Winter: Did she ever tell you why?

Jaune: No. She didn't want to say, so I didn't pry.

Winter: (Nods) More than one hundred people died in that "failing," as you say. Among them was Neptune Vasilias-Schnee and Polaris Vasilias-Schnee. Her own husband and child.

Jaune: ...

Winter: Neptune will always be her true love. And you will never be able to replace the blood, sweat, and tears she poured into futilely trying to save her little Polaris.

Jaune: ...I will never leave her-

Winter: Yes, you will. Willingly or unwillingly, your life is fleeting all the same. Since her husband's death, Weiss has not taken another soul into her bed, much as father has tried to remedy this.

Winter: ...This place... is where I sired her. It had been almost half a century since the loss of her child, but she still worked in the mines. This wasn't in the history books, but she was crushed by some falling machinery. She was weeping, sweating, screaming with a hoarse voice. I remember, in my desperation, asking her...

Winter: "Are you sure?"

Winter: She told me to do it.

Jaune: ...What was she like after that?

Winter: If Weiss in her human life was inconsolable, then her new life as a vampire was insatiable. Every night, she found something new to hunt and kill and feed on. She's calmed down only in her more recent years. I remember when she broke my arm in a flash of fury, only to cower when I lifted her off the ground. (Chuckles) You are lucky to not have met her in that time.

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Jaune: (Walks into dark room)

Winter: (Rises behind him, Vampire) You were foolish to come alone. For I, Winter, Vampire Lord, will suck your... BLOOD~. (Chuckles)

Jaune: (Slaps upside-down t on her)

Winter: Was... Was that supposed to do something?

Jaune: ...Oh! Oh, shit, my bad. (Flips t)

Winter:

[howlingday]

Inequal Winter

Winter: ...It sounds like the Ace-Ops have failed.

Winter: General, head to the roof. I'll deal with these intruders.

Ironwood: Tear them to shreds, Schnee. (Leaves)

Winter: (Turns, Hand on saber) This is as far as you go.

Ruby: Just give up. You might be a Specialist and Schnee, but you're still outnumbered four-to-one!

Blake: Keep your guard up; she's called "Inequal" for a reason.

Yang: Heh... Another empty title!

Winter: An "empty" title that is well-earned.

RWBY: (Ready their weapons)

Winter: (Draws her blade) Do you know how I've earned the title "Inequal"? It's not a reflection of my battle record, flawless though it may be...

Winter: (Dodges Ruby, Parries Weiss, Deflects Blake, Counters Yang)

Winter: It's because as the Grimm continued to spread, supplies dwindled. The Schnee family fled to another kingdom, Weiss included, and I was the only Schnee stubborn enough to stay in Atlas.

RWBY: (Shoot Winter, Strike Winter, Outmaneuver Winter, Cut Winter)

Winter: And here I stand. The last Schnee remaining in Solitas. Winter the soloist. Winter without equal.

Ruby: (Dodges Winter, Cuts through Grimm)

Weiss: (Parries Winter, Matches her glyphs)

Blake: (Deflects Winter, Shoots from behind)

Yang: (Counters Winter, Strikes her directly) YOUR FANCY MOVES WON'T PROTECT YOU FROM ME!

Winter: (Overwhelmed, Stumbles) Ghk!

Soldier: Specialist Schnee! I'm here to assist!

Winter: Hah... Thank you, Soldier...

Winter: (Tosses aside sword, Grabs Soldier)

Winter: (Grins wide with fangs, Pulls close)

CRUNCH! CRUNCH! CRUNCH! CRUNCH! CRUNCH! CRUNCH! CRUNCH! CRUNCH! CRUNCH! CRUNCH! CRUNCH! CRUNCH! SHLUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUURP!

Winter: (Covers her face)

Blake: ...Disgusting.

Weiss: What... What kind of Schnee would eat her friends?!

Winter: ...Friends?

Winter: No. These humans were never my friends. They looked to me with fear, merely tolerating my existence because I gave them the solution they desired. As payment, I would be allowed to eat my fill of prisoners. Unfortunately...

Winter: (Removes hand, Reveals manic glee) IT'S NEVER ENOUGH FOR ME~!

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One intense fight later...

Winter: ...

Ruby: She's... She's not moving.

Yang: She's still standing, though...

Weiss: She's unconscious, but she refuses to kneel. Oh, Winter...

Blake: Can you hear me, Specialist Schnee?

Blake: I get it. The hunger. That feeling deep down that only gets worse when you're completely alone.

Blake: But if you try to fill that void with the company of fascists like Atlas...

Winter:

Blake: THEN YOU CAN BURN WITH THEM.

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Jacques: Stay back! GAAAH! I mean it, I'll hurt you if I must! I swear, I'll- (Trips) NO!

Winter: You seem to be in a hurry.

Jacques: Winter! Thank dust! Help me! Help your father!

Winter: Oh, this should be good. And what's the problem now?

Jacques: I'm being chased by vampires!

Winter: Vampires? That's a new one. Good evening, citizens; can I help you with something?

Vampire: Back off, Schnee! We don't want trouble, but the little man is ours.

Winter: And what exactly has he done to make you hunt him like a stag?

Vampire: There's word that he's been reaching out to Ironwood!

Jacques: That's a lie! I've never spoken to James! You just want to turn me into one of you blood-sucking freaks!

Winter: (Sighs) Why is it that the more sad the little man is, the more he thinks we want to turn him?

Jacques: What--?!

Winter: (Red eyes, Sharp fangs) SOMETIMES A GIRL JUST WANTS A LIGHT SNACK.