Wild Roses

Because those tamed ones are bullshit ♥ M!A: empty M!A: empty

[thewildroseblooms]

Ruby grinned from ear to ear as she looked at Pyrrha. “Great! Oh, and don’t worry about not doing well, it’s practice, remember?” She giggled with glee before she cleared her throat. “How about tomorrow? I know it’s a half day of classes for me, but if you can’t find the time then it’s okay.”

Humming as she opened her sketch book, Ruby then lifted a pencil and started to scribble a small scene of herself and Pyrrha, but as chibis. “This will be so cool! Can you imagine flying into battle? The Grimm won’t know what to do!”

[voicelessvictory]

That’s true, Pyrrha agreed. The thought reminded her of simpler times, when the more important things didn’t involve fighting Grimm or avoiding unwanted questions but rather waiting impatiently for her wings to get big enough so that she could start practicing flying with her father. He had always laughed whenever he’d come across her trying to get her wings to flap enough to actually lift her off the ground.

Ruby’s next words brought her back to the present, and she blinked quickly, bringing up a mental list of what classes she had tomorrow. It wasn’t as bad as some days, but she still had class till two in the afternoon. My classes won’t end until two, she replied, but after that I’m free.

The red-haired Faunus hesitated, not sure exactly how much time Ruby would be willing to devote to this exercise. If that’s too late for you, she rushed to explain, thinking that perhaps her friend might have other things to do with her teammates, I understand. We can always try another day!

And she certainly wouldn’t want Ruby to give up an opportunity to spend with her teammates if the younger girl was going to be stuck helping her instead. She watched Ruby return to sketching, picking up the sketchbook bearing her own small doodles in return, flipping to another page and observing the blankness of it for a moment. Well, she replied, not trying to dampen Ruby’s enthusiasm by any means, there are always Nevermores and such, but I do think they’d be surprised to see something else flying around up there with them!

[thewildroseblooms]

“Two sounds great!” Ruby laughed softly before she gave Pyrrha a thumbs up. “We’ll have this down in no time! We’ll be like, the most awesome huntresses ever!” The excitement Ruby had ebbing off her was like crashing waves on a shore, it nearly had the small teen jumping up and down. “I’ll tell Yang so she won’t worry because sometimes she wants me to stay in the dorm when she goes out so she doesn’t have to worry.”

Watching Pyrrha return to her own blank page, Ruby snickered at Pyrrha comment. “True, but I think we’d be faster then them so we could totally take them by surprise and get’em!”

A sudden ringing on Ruby’s scroll made her jump before she answered it, the worried face of Yang showing up. “Hey, Yang!”

“Ruby!? I told you not to run off before you finish your chores in the room. If i have to hold Weiss back another time I swear she’ll freeze my feet to the ground.”

“Oh! sorry! I forgot!” ruby gasped, then turned to Pyrrha. “I have to go! Thanks for hanging out with me, Pyrrha! You can keep the pencils!” She quickly said, speeding off in a flurry of petals.

[thewildroseblooms]

Ruby herself never caught her own slip up, but she did catch the small train of thought Pyrrha had. She didn’t believe could fly- and Ruby had a hard time herself with it, but it could be done to a degree.

Though…Pyrrha was rather tall, but her wings were thick and if Pyrrha put more work and attention on working her shoulders it could work. After all, her own wings were a bit small for her height yet she can take off and maintain some sort of flight for a few minutes.

“You’re very welcome, Pyrrha.” Ruby smiled back, watching as Pyrrha tried to copy the moves on the paper. “Hey, uh…There’s a nice, open field I know of. If you’d like; we can go their together and practice? I mean, I could just show it to you too and you can practice on your own if you want to do so.” The younger added, tapping her fingers together. “Pictures only go so far.”

[voicelessvictory]

Pyrrha considered her options. Usually, in terms of trying to figure out how to make her wings work properly, she’d found a high building and essentially glided down from the top while trying to coordinate her wingbeats in a way that might outdo the pull of gravity. Admittedly, that had never seemed to work as well as she’d hoped, except for giving her experience in following the direction of the wind, which wasn’t useful if you wanted to go against the wind.

And besides, a large field would provide ample opportunity to learn to take off from level ground, since that was something she’d never quite managed to do. She could jump into the air, height augmented through the use of her Aura, and then glide back down, but she couldn’t actively stay in the air, so she didn’t really consider that ‘taking off’ per se.

The red-haired Faunus glanced back up from the wing sketches to her friend. Ruby had said they could practice together, which appeared to be implying that her previous assumption was correct. But, again, she chose not to mention it, because if it was so, then it was Ruby’s secret to reveal, and not hers.

I’d love to practice with you, Ruby, she reassured the younger girl, although I hope you won’t be too disappointed in me if my wings take a while to actually work well enough for flight. She smiled ruefully, wondering again if it was truly belief she lacked, and if it wasn’t her height working against her.

[thewildroseblooms]

Ruby grinned from ear to ear as she looked at Pyrrha. “Great! Oh, and don’t worry about not doing well, it’s practice, remember?” She giggled with glee before she cleared her throat. “How about tomorrow? I know it’s a half day of classes for me, but if you can’t find the time then it’s okay.”

Humming as she opened her sketch book, Ruby then lifted a pencil and started to scribble a small scene of herself and Pyrrha, but as chibis. “This will be so cool! Can you imagine flying into battle? The Grimm won’t know what to do!”

[yang-babbles-about-blog]

Look Sweet Wherever You Go by SugarRushRags

Browse unique items from SugarRushRags on Etsy, a global marketplace of handmade, vintage and creative goods.

We’re now accepting custom orders.

[yang-babbles-about-blog]

If you have clothes that you want painted on or done something to, we can do that!

[yang-babbles-about-blog]

Look Sweet Wherever You Go by SugarRushRags

Browse unique items from SugarRushRags on Etsy, a global marketplace of handmade, vintage and creative goods.

We’re now accepting custom orders.

[yang-babbles-about-blog]

If you have clothes that you want painted on or done something to, we can do that!

[yang-babbles-about-blog]

Fringed Ladder Top with Laced Up Straps Size S-M

Fringed ladder top, can be untied and adjusted to however you want it to fit. Brand new shirt, washed only to remove the sizing.

[yang-babbles-about-blog]

Hand painted Cherry Blossom Distressed Jeans

Hand painted Cherry Blossoms wrap around slightly distressed jeans. The paint is glitter and catches the sun beautifully. W 33 L 32

[yang-babbles-about-blog]

Upcycled Gothic Tank With Laddered and Macrame Straps Size L

Upcycled Gothic tank top, laddered back with macramé straps. Super cute with a not of edge.

[voicelessvictory]

Pyrrha raised her eyebrows. She appreciated Ruby’s efforts, really she did, but the physics of the situation seemed to be pointing steadfastly towards the champion’s wings never succeeding at true, powered flight. She was six feet tall, and her wingspan didn’t seem to be nearly long enough to compensate for just how tall she was.

Or…was it truly a matter of belief? Was it that she herself was holding back, because she couldn’t believe she could do so? Was it that she had convinced herself that there was a logical reason behind her wings being somewhat dysfunctional in terms of flight? She glanced backwards, to the reddish-brown feathers that were as familiar as her own face in the mirror. She reached out, lightly touching one of the longer secondary feathers, mulling it over. It couldn’t be that simple–could it?

The red-haired Faunus looked back up at the sound of scribbling, accepting the offering of pictures while at first only distantly paying attention to the words being said by her friend. She supposed she could try mimicking the sketches, since that seemed to be the help that Ruby implied the images would offer. But–there was something else–

She sat back, considering again. Ruby had said These kinda sketches helped me. And the younger girl wore multiple layers of clothing–it wasn’t unreasonable to consider that she might have hidden wings beneath them. But Pyrrha didn’t bring up such a comment, because she knew that if Ruby had wanted her to know, then she would have explained. It was only an assumption, after all, nothing more, nothing less.

Thank you for the pictures, she said instead, setting them down in front of her, studying the way the feathers swept up and out, or canted downwards. And ever-so-carefully, she stretched out her wings, trying to mimic the image in front of her.

[thewildroseblooms]

Ruby herself never caught her own slip up, but she did catch the small train of thought Pyrrha had. She didn’t believe could fly- and Ruby had a hard time herself with it, but it could be done to a degree.

Though...Pyrrha was rather tall, but her wings were thick and if Pyrrha put more work and attention on working her shoulders it could work. After all, her own wings were a bit small for her height yet she can take off and maintain some sort of flight for a few minutes.

“You’re very welcome, Pyrrha.” Ruby smiled back, watching as Pyrrha tried to copy the moves on the paper. “Hey, uh...There’s a nice, open field I know of. If you’d like; we can go their together and practice? I mean, I could just show it to you too and you can practice on your own if you want to do so.” The younger added, tapping her fingers together. “Pictures only go so far.”

[thewildroseblooms]

Ruby didn’t know how well the answer sat with her. Maybe it was an unfair question, or one that would never have a good answer to it. either way, Pyrrha’s experience would never match her own- she was a champion after all and she was…well…that one kid that got in early.

Looking to her sketch of a bird, Ruby sighed and closed her sketch book. She didn’t want to see anything that reminded her of her problems. If she were being honest with herself, she’d tell Pyrrha how envious she was of her. She didn’t have to hide her wings.

“Why don’t you use them? If I could have wings out and stuff, I’d use them. I’d fly all over the place, even if it were for a few minutes.” Ruby said, her voice almost dreamy like, with a touch of sadness. “And I’d learn how to care Yang around too, if she wanted to go flying with me and not ride her bike.”

[voicelessvictory]

Pyrrha set aside the sketchbook in her own hands, after seeing that Ruby had done the same, briefly wondering to herself if they would ever get back to drawing now that they had treaded towards deeper topics of conversation. Her wings shifted behind her awkwardly, and she stared down at the metal flakes pooled over her palms for a long heartbeat, trying to think of how to explain.

It’s not that simple, she tried, frowning hesitantly. Avian Faunus are rather rare, and…I come from a very small village in Mistral, of which Faunus are a minority, and my father and I were the only avian Faunus in the area. My wings didn’t grow at the same rate I did, and I was tall before my wings were long…

The red-haired Faunus hesitated, a memory filling her mind’s eye, of a twinkling gleam in her father’s eyes as he leaned down to ruffle her hair, as he promised, “We’ll be flying together one of these days, your wings just have to get a little bit bigger, alright?” She had enthusiastically agreed, of course; her father had always been one to keep his promises, and she had been determined–of course her wings would catch up to her growth spurt. Of course they would.

My…my father was going to teach me, how to fly, she carried on, shoving away the shard of memory, having recalled that she was still part of a conversation. But…he never got the chance to. Her hand rose halfway to her throat before she could stop it, and quickly she returned it to her lap.

I can glide, she moved on to a slightly safer subject, but…true flight eludes me. I doubt that my wings will be able to grow anymore, since I’m not likely to get any taller. I’m too tall and too heavy, I think, at this point, that I won’t be able to do anything more than glide. I’m sorry, if that’s disappointing to you, but… she trailed off, hunching her shoulders. I’m afraid that’s all I can do.

[thewildroseblooms]

Ruby was rather shocked to hear that avian faunus were rare, she was never told that by Yang or her father,  but that wasn’t what stuck with her...Pyrrha was...she had brought up a sad memory.

She could tell her friend was was moving onto lighter subjects and that was good. Ruby didn’t truly mean for things to get so heavy. “I think you could fly...if you really tried. I mean, if there was one person I’d put money on- well I’d put money on Yang too but besides her it’d be you.”

Quickly grabbing her sketch book, Ruby sketched out a few wings that were folded, stretched out, flying, and fluffed up before she handed it to Pyrrha. “I’ll give this to you so you can see how they work- not that you don’t know but, these kinda sketches helped me.”

[yang-babbles-about-blog]

Browse unique items from SugarRushRags on Etsy, a global marketplace of handmade, vintage and creative goods.

Hey everyone! I’m sure y’all might have been wondering exactly what I’ve been up to while I’ve been on hiatus - well, my mom, sister, and I have decided to try and open us up a small clothing shop on etsy.

I’d really apperciate it if you could take a look and reblog this! I have a lot more things that will be put up in the next few days, so please keep an eye out!

[thewildroseblooms]

Shop eBay for great deals from rust.rus!

Hey Guys! Sorry i haven’t been on at all but I have a reason! besides getting Pateron up and running (come check it out I got three stories up and it’s free to read until second chapters) I’ve set up...THIS AWESOME CLOTHING STORE!! The clothes are new as well as gently used and were either de-stressed or even hand painted on! Do you like Hello Kitty? Or awesome cherry blossoms? well we got the pants for you!! Looking for rad shirts or even silk nighties? We got you!

Now, we don’t have all of it up because we have tons of in trend shirts or just some cute threads so keep an eye out! If you can’t buy, no worries! Just a reblog will do! If something is a bit pricey throw me a mail and we can talk! It’s all free shipping, so come on and see! XD

[thewildroseblooms]

“Ah, but training and homework gets boring, right?” Ruby offered, then grinned as she pointed to herself. “We can hang out a bit more, if you’re bored enough. I know I’m younger so we can’t go see like, super gory movies or go into that bar in town like Yang can but I can be all nerdy with you!” She offered.

When Pyrrha offered to see what and how she can draw the small, hopping bird. It was a good idea, and she happily nodded before she watched on with soft eyes. Ruby smiled softly as her friend showed the…piece. “Ah. Well, you do…have the right ideas. You’re just not being careful with your sizes and forms.” Opening her own book and taking a pencil in hand, the younger drew two circles touching each other, one smaller and off set from the slightly larger one. “You have to break things down into shapes.” She said with a small hum to her voice. “So, then the overall form is easier to see.”

Slowly adding the shape of the body and then the beak. She stopped in between steps to give tips and advice so Pyrrha wasn’t overwhelmed. As the bird picture was nearly done, Ruby stopped and sighed. “Do you…hate your wings? Like, do people give you a hard time and stuff?”

[voicelessvictory]

Well, you can be assured that I don’t like gory movies very much, Pyrrha reassured her friend, smiling wryly. They start to get a bit predictable after you’ve watched a few, you can usually figure out who’s going to be dying fairly quickly. She paused, idly tapping the end of her pencil against her cheek in thought. And I’ve never understood why people can be so fond of bars, so I doubt I’d be going to any of those anytime soon.

She tilted her head, watching Ruby’s reaction to her ‘work of art’; at least the younger girl wasn’t asking what it was supposed to be, but that might have been because she already knew Pyrrha was trying to depict a bird. The idea of how to go about drawing it–breaking it into simpler shapes–was one she hadn’t thought of, primarily because it seemed like every time she had watched someone else draw, they just seemed to–draw. Like they already knew what to draw and how to show it on paper without needing to do anything else.

The red-haired Faunus watched carefully, seeing how Ruby drew out the shapes, how collected together they did indeed appear much like the bird. She switched the sketchbook’s page to another, clean one, thinking that she would try out the other girl’s suggestion–it appeared to work for Ruby, after all–and was considering where to start when she heard Ruby’s other question.

Idly she glanced back, to the red-brown feathers framing her shoulders. She shrugged her shoulders, cautiously stretching out one wing before folding it against her back again. People see what they want to see, she answered finally, and if I’m wearing my weapons, people usually assume they’re a cloak made of feathers if they’re not looking closely enough. I’ve never received any threats based on my wings, if that’s what you mean.

But of course, that could well be because, as the four-time champion of the Mistral Tournament, it would be fairly difficult for someone to make any threat against her without having some sort of retribution. Celebrities didn’t just disappear, after all. Pyrrha pushed away those thoughts and focused her gaze on Ruby once more. I don’t hate my wings, she added on after a pause, I’ve just never been very good at using them. Rather like my drawing skills, I suppose.

[thewildroseblooms]

Ruby didn’t know how well the answer sat with her. Maybe it was an unfair question, or one that would never have a good answer to it. either way, Pyrrha’s experience would never match her own- she was a champion after all and she was...well...that one kid that got in early.

Looking to her sketch of a bird, Ruby sighed and closed her sketch book. She didn’t want to see anything that reminded her of her problems. If she were being honest with herself, she’d tell Pyrrha how envious she was of her. She didn’t have to hide her wings.

“Why don’t you use them? If I could have wings out and stuff, I’d use them. I’d fly all over the place, even if it were for a few minutes.” Ruby said, her voice almost dreamy like, with a touch of sadness. “And I’d learn how to care Yang around too, if she wanted to go flying with me and not ride her bike.”

[yang-babbles-about-blog]

Click here to support Tax Refund Taken Because of Brother by Rusti Rush

My brother made my mother get a loan out to send him to college in about 2011-2012, and had made a promise to pay her back 100%. He would get a job, support himself, and send some money back home while he did school. So, my mother trying to be a good parent did so. However, my brother held a jo...

[yang-babbles-about-blog]

Click here to support Tax Refund Taken Because of Brother by Rusti Rush

My brother made my mother get a loan out to send him to college in about 2011-2012, and had made a promise to pay her back 100%. He would get a job, support himself, and send some money back home while he did school. So, my mother trying to be a good parent did so. However, my brother held a jo...

My family and I had just received news in the mail that all of our tax went to a loan that is my brother’s. It would mean so much to me if we could get some help.

Please, signal boost this and donate if you can.

I appreciate every little bit of help. Please.

[thewildroseblooms]

Ruby grinned as they settled beneath the tree, the shade just cool enough to keep them comfortable as well as keep the sun off and out of their eyes. She giggled as she watched Pyrrha look at all the pencils, her eyes telling her just what she thought.

“I do have a lot, maybe too many, but I use all of them enough to justify the means.” She giggled herself, her own eyes sparkling with mirth. She watched as Pyrrha looked and combed through them all, choosing a black pencil and making a good natured joke. “Nah~! You should see Yang! she’s not very good, but its fun to watch her.”

Picking her own, basic pencil and started to sketch out a light doodle before she turned to Pyrrha. “Hey, do you like birds? I’m not asking because you have wings or anything, but I mean…I could teach you to draw them, if you like? I find their feathers to be pretty and I love how they hop about.”

[voicelessvictory]

It’s good that you have a hobby you can enjoy in your free time, Pyrrha encouraged the younger girl, smiling. I never really know what to do with myself if I don’t have anything else to do, like training or homework. Of course, she didn’t always have nearly as much free time anyways, given that she had to train Jaune also, but there were the occasional moments when she didn’t have anything to do. You could only train so much, and homework had never been an issue for her concerning getting it all done.

She tilted her had at Ruby’s announcement that Yang also wasn’t very adept at drawing; while she wasn’t sure where that placed herself on the ranking of a sliding scale between Ruby and Yang–or maybe she was worse than Ruby’s sister, there was always that to consider–it was good to know she wasn’t the only horribly-skilled artist of their group of friends.

The red-haired Faunus blinked at the other girl’s suggestion, considering it for a moment before bobbing her head in a nod. I do like birds, she agreed, smiling, but perhaps before you try teaching me, wouldn’t it be better to see what I can already accomplish?

To prove her point, she focused intently on a robin that was hopping among the leaves to the far left of them. She eyed it carefully, scribbling down in the sketchbook, thankful that the little bird hadn’t flown off already. After about eight or so minutes of deliberating over different parts of the picture, she turned around the resulting so-called ‘masterpiece’ for Ruby to see.

If one was being honest, it didn’t even really look much like a bird; the ‘head’ was far too large for its comparatively-tiny body, its legs were awkwardly positioned too far forwards, and its wings looked more like two rows of haphazard spikes along its back.

[thewildroseblooms]

“Ah, but training and homework gets boring, right?” Ruby offered, then grinned as she pointed to herself. “We can hang out a bit more, if you’re bored enough. I know I’m younger so we can’t go see like, super gory movies or go into that bar in town like Yang can but I can be all nerdy with you!” She offered.

When Pyrrha offered to see what and how she can draw the small, hopping bird. It was a good idea, and she happily nodded before she watched on with soft eyes. Ruby smiled softly as her friend showed the...piece. “Ah. Well, you do...have the right ideas. You’re just not being careful with your sizes and forms.” Opening her own book and taking a pencil in hand, the younger drew two circles touching each other, one smaller and off set from the slightly larger one. “You have to break things down into shapes.” She said with a small hum to her voice. “So, then the overall form is easier to see.”

Slowly adding the shape of the body and then the beak. She stopped in between steps to give tips and advice so Pyrrha wasn’t overwhelmed. As the bird picture was nearly done, Ruby stopped and sighed. “Do you...hate your wings? Like, do people give you a hard time and stuff?”

[yang-babbles-about-blog]

Click here to support Tax Refund Taken Because of Brother by Rusti Rush

My brother made my mother get a loan out to send him to college in about 2011-2012, and had made a promise to pay her back 100%. He would get a job, support himself, and send some money back home while he did school. So, my mother trying to be a good parent did so. However, my brother held a jo...

My family and I had just received news in the mail that all of our tax went to a loan that is my brother’s. It would mean so much to me if we could get some help.

Please, signal boost this and donate if you can.

I appreciate every little bit of help. Please.

[hawkbranwen-archived]

Closed Starter

[hawkbranwen-archived]

Hawk frowned looking at Ruby in confusion. “If your not a faunus…. what are you then, beyond my sister?”

[thewildroseblooms]

“I…I’m a werewolf, Hawk. I’m not human.” Ruby admitted, looking away from him. “Am I your ‘sister’ now? Can you look at me the same now?!” She yelled, crying into her hands.

[hawkbranwen-archived]

Hawk sat for a moment thinking. So she was a werewolf, somehow that relieved him. It meant he wasn’t the weirdest person here. He reached over and turned her head to look at him, a sad expression on his face as his eyes began to glow brightly.

“I can, because these eyes aren’t……quiet human themselves.” he said before turning away. “My,,,,,,Father…….I once found my mothers journal……apparently….he was from another world.”

[thewildroseblooms]

Ruby’s eyes widened as her ears jerked forward, hanging on every word before they twitched and relaxed, the girl sniffling and looked down to her hands. “Another world? So…I’m not the only weird one?” She asked, then gave a soft chuckle before she wiped at her eyes. “You and Yang’s mom seems to find really weird guys, huh?”

[hawkbranwen-archived]

“Pfftt, your not weird.” he said rubbing her head and giving her a quick ear scratch. “Trust me I’m thousands of times weirder than you, and not in good ways.” his face fell slightly at that, it was true after all. Even if she was a werewolf she was still pretty innocent, but him? Well normal people had problems with killing he didn’t have.

[thewildroseblooms]

She leaned into the ear scratch, smiling softly before she noticed the change in mood. He had guilt about something. Troubles, that maybe, her and Yang could help with. they were family after all.

“Thank you, Hawk. I mean that. I know it was sudden, but I was so afraid of you finding out and hating me and then Yang would get mad and stuff.” she whined, making a sound very much like the wolf she was.