JANUARY 2020: So. It’s been like, four years. I logged on for the first time in a long while just to let y’all know I’m not dead, just trying to stay above water with all my coursework and internships. I get a stray review, or private message at times, and knowing that people still care about my stories and how I’m doing really makes me happy, so I appreciate all of you. So, a quick synopsis of what’s going on in my life writing-wise.

The only story that I have been tending to is, of course, Wilted. My writing has evolved so much since I first posted the first chapter, and I honestly cannot continue it without going back and giving it an extensive edit. So, I’m redoing the entire story and, once all the chapters are newly polished, will repost in bulk. It might take a while, especially since I’m only on the third chapter, but Wilted is the one story I really don’t want to fade away. And honestly, I lost all hope in the show, so why not write up my own story of the heroes and I used to love? And my diehard Mercury fan within screams for him to grace my computer screen again, so he is.

I’m in my junior year of college, and things are pretty different. Some good, some bad. I’m going through a bit of a tough time, since I realized to late that I really don’t have as strong a passion for English that I thought I did, and it’s too late to change it up. So, in short, I will try my best to come back to fanfiction, it just might take some time.

And so sorry to all the peeps that are buried in my pm’s! I received at least twenty spam messages and I’m afraid to even open my message box in fear of there being a virus buried in there or something. Gotta clear it out!

Now I gotta get back to editing Wilted, so happy writing folks. ;) //end update

But anyway, that’s the cliff notes of what’s happening.

Hello there! My name is Lonessa, and if you're here, you probably know I am Quicksilver Trash and am PROUD OF IT!

GoddessofRemnant and Cryocene are my adoptive siblings and we are partners in RWBY crack ship crime and you cannot stop us!!!! :D *insert heroic music*

Ongoing Fics:

1. Wilted: RWBY - Story revolving around the relationship between Ruby Rose and Mercury Black and how it affects the plot line of RWBY. Other relationships are hinted at but are not focused on. QuickSilver.

2. To Be Human (On Hold, Not Abandoned!): Red vs Blue - A mysterious girl arrives along with Caboose and seems to know everything about the Reds and Blues. She even has a sister that is on the other team! Not to mention she's friends with the half-woman, half-shark freelancer that shows up to assist them. Will be a TuckerxOC story, and possibly GrifxOC. Also contains WashxTex and a bit of YorkxOC.After the Blood Gulch Chronicles are completed, I will be going on a hiatus to map out the next seasons as well as create more backstory chapters.

3. Silent Saint (Now Ongoing!): Saint's Row - Follow my interpretation of the leader of the Saint's as she rises in the ranks before eventually taking the throne as top dog of the Saints. However, she does have one main issue that she has to work around all the time... This story will probably not receive as much love as Wilted and To Be Human, but I really love the SR games and want to put out this idea. Updates will happen whenever I have time to make a chapter and there will be hiatuses in between games.

4. Cherry On Top: RWBY - Connected to Wilted, this revolves around the side pairing of the ever nonexistent pairing of Neo and Scarlet David! Nearly done the next chapter guys, just hold on!

Original Character Profiles: RWBY

1. Name: Tyrian Slate -- appears in Wilted

Disclaimer: Tyrian Slate was created before V4, and therefore before Tyrian Callows. Because of this, he is referred to as Slate instead of Tyrian, but still has a mainly purple color scheme.

Height: six feet

Emblem: The three heads of Cerberus

Inspired by: Hades (king of the underworld in Greek mythology)

Weapon: Cerberus

Semblance: Body Phases (Can distort his body into a corporeal being momentarily or turn to solid rock)

Appearance: Dark purple hair slicked back, murky green eyes, dark skin, skeleton-like steel helmet that covers parts of skull and nose

2. Name: Lynae Erin -- appears in Wilted, full profile on RWBY FanFiction Amino

Height: 5'5''

Emblem: azure blue woman's silhouette with gold wings

Inspired by: Erinyes (the three Furies, Tisiphone, Alecto and Magaera)

Weapon: Megaera (electric gloves), along with Tisiphone (bolt action sniper) combined with Alecto (large glaive)

Semblance: Relive Pain (can cause people with scars to feel the same pain they felt at the time they recieved the wound)

Appearance: pale skin with electric blue eyes; black hair with dark blue dipped tips held in a ponytail

3. Name: Phoenix Morea Branwen ~ more information on RWBY amino (my username is Lonessa)

Age (as of RWBY Volume 1 Episode 1): 19

Height: Approx 5'6" (She falls just shy of Yang's height)

Emblem: Phoenix encased in flames

Inspired by: Vesta (Roman Goddess of the eternal flame) and the mythological bird Phoenix

Weapon: Molten Wing (circular levitating ring with white hot blades around outer edge) and Crimson Envy (large falchion blade that can split into dual shotguns with blade attachments)

Semblance: Well that's a secret

Appearance: Long black hair with ashen ends, red left eye and amber right eye. Eyes are shaped similarly to Cinder Fall's, and she wears sparkling gold eyeliner and dark red lipstick. She regularly wears her hair in a high bun with lilac mesh covering it, and bangs fall down the right side of her face.

Nicknames: Vesta, Swan Queen (I don't understand why they call me this but they're my friends so I deal with it), Nessy, and of course Lonessa

Interests: Video Games, RWBY, Red vs Blue, anything artsy (painting and ceramics are my preferred mediums), Forensic Files (I'm obsessed really), and writing writing WRITING

Favorite RvB character: Either Tucker or Grif. They are both equally awesome, though I am leaning slightly toward Tucker more so than Grif

RWBY OTP: Well, my mind keeps screaming for QuickSilver to be a thing. I have no idea why. I used to bounce between Rosewick and QuickSilver but then the Rosewick ship was eaten by that damn Griffon. Also, I really like Seadragon (YangXNeptune). I think Yang would be more compatible with him rather than Weiss. And in my own head-canon of Cinder possibly being good once, I do think Fallen Crow is okay.

Edit: I like the idea of Marrow x Ruby as either friendship or relationship because I like the idea of them interacting more. While I haven’t watched V7, I saw some clips of Marrow and I love him to death, and tbh, the way the show treats him as comedic relief pisses me off.

RWBY Pairings I Cannot Stand: Cardin with anyone. Especially Velvet or Jaune, because really people, you are promoting abuse there. And Enabler... just no. I can understand White Rose and Bumbleby, but sister on sister is just not cool dude. BUT THE MOST DISTURBING OF ALL, FALLING PETALS. Cinder kind of wants to kill everyone in the world for the evil Grimm lady and Ruby is the most innocent thing that exists currently after Pyrrha turned Penny into quarters (I'm so sorry I hate myself for the pun not really) so I don't see that ship happening. Cinder would rather drain the freaky silver mojo right out of Ruby rather than seek her out for a cuddle session. Just sayin.

Edit: Kind of don’t like most of them these days. I heard Fair Game shippers are freaking out, and not in a good way, so uh... good luck guys.

Favorite Quotes: (I limited myself to only three quotes to one show at most but I don't know if I succeeded)

RWBY:

1. Nora: I don't need him to hurt... I just need him to GO DOWNN! (do not fuck with Nora my dudes)

2. Ruby: Uncle Qroooooowwww! *latches onto Qrow's arm* Oh it's so good to see you! Did you miss me, did you miss me?!

Qrow: *long pause before grinning* Nope. *ruffles Ruby's hair affectionately*

3. Roman: *makes mocking gestures behind Cinder's back as she scolds Emerald and Mercury before laughing awkwardly as Cinder turns to him*

Cinder: And you. Why wasn't this job done sooner?

Roman: Uhh... *gestures to dust crates on his right* Eh? *turns to dust on his left* Ehhh? *Makes grand gesture to all the dust crates stacked behind him* EHHHH?!

Red vs Blue:

1. Church: *listening to a prerecorded message and trying to leave a voicemail* There is no eleven you FUCKING WHORE!

Doc: Language!

2. Doc: *showing the Blues the difference in green light with his medical gadget* And this represents repressed anger from feelings of inadequacy! (Or something along those lines, can't quite remember)

Church: If that thing keeps talking bad about me I'm gonna fucking smash it.

- Also that entire scene where Church is launched across Valhalla while screaming was just gold. I was dying in peels of laughter

Happy writing! :)

This is a small reading I wrote up during my stay at my first choice college. One of my fellow FanFiction writers (I won't name them just in case they wish not to be named) mentioned something while messaging me and it really struck me. So this is for her. You know who you are ;)

Title: Ask Me

Dear Bully,

I am a Geek.

Now, what did you just picture in your mind? Be honest, what did you immediately think I looked like? Do you see a girl with oily hair and a pleated skirt hiked to just above my belly button, a wrinkled blouse with grease stains from my lunch wiped on it? Do you see a face with so many freckles and red, angry blemishes that you cannot see the color of my skin? Tell me, why do you see what you see? Why did you immediately think this?

But the more important question is one that I will never ask, and you will never answer. Why am I a Geek to you?

Because you think of a Geek in a bad way, stereotypical way. Your connotation of Geek is negative. You think of an awkward girl with no social skills and a slight lisp. You think of a loser.

That is not what a Geek is. A Geek is passionate, passionate about something worth investing time in. I will tell you why I am a Geek.

Because I am an artist. I scratch pencil marks on a page to create a masterpiece. I create portraits, landscapes, and abstract pieces of art out of any materials I can get my hands on. Because I am a sculptor. I wedge messy versa clay and mold it into coil pots, plates, and cute little pinch pot animals. One I'm most proud of is a bird I named Josie, after my mother's amazon parrot. Because I am a writer. I think of grand stories and scrawl them down until my hand cramps. I spew my thoughts out in an unending typhoon and throw my finished pieces out into the world like pebbles into the river, watching the pebble skip along the surface before sinking and settling in the depths of the blue water.

I am a Geek because I have passions. And believe it or not, dear Bully, you are a Geek as well.

I know you will brush off this statement. You will call me a fool, and you will walk away with rigid shoulders and an air of superiority around you that masks the seeds of doubt in your mind. You will continue calling me a Geek, because you are afraid that if you don't, you will realize something that you wish to keep hidden even to yourself.

So I will go through life with my passions, I will thrive in them as I soar as high as Icarus did, and I will not be burned by the sun. I will leave you squinting up at my golden carriage on the ground, denying vehemently what I already know to be true, and I will hone the skills needed for my passions until I am at peace. I will exit into the world with a smile, presenting my work with a proud flourish. I will shine.

And that leaves you, still stuck to the ground, your own carriage destroyed due to your denial. You see, you were a Geek, dear Bully. You had a passion. You had a pathway to success. But you chose to force yourself to be something you weren't, pushed yourself away from your passion, until you had nothing. I am no longer here with you, dear Bully. We could have been Geeks together. We could have pursued our passions, explained to each other our talents. But you chose not to.

I am a Geek. I have made my spot in the world.

But dear Bully, what spot in the world is yours?