All three of them just stared at Jaune. There was silence for around half a minute before Pyrrha spoke up.
"What do you mean by a video game?" she asked as they got a little closer.
"Well, for starters I have two special abilities called Mind of the Gamer and Body of the Gamer. Mind helps me keep a calm head during combat, along with making me immune to psychological attacks and status effects." Nora interrupted before he could continue
"What do you mean by psychological side effects"
"Well for starters I used to get motion sick very easily, and before you say anything," he said and looked at Nora "motion sickness is a much more common thing than you think."
"That sounds like it would come in handy in the future, should someone have a semblance that affects the mind," Ren said as he placed a hand on Nora's shoulder to help calm her down. He motioned for Jaune to continue.
"If it wasn't for it, I probably would have vomited up on someone's shoes from motion sickness" Jaune laughed nervously. "Well body makes it so that whenever I am dealt damage, no physical mark is left, instead I have aura and HP bars. Along with a stamina bar and something that I don't know since it's represented by a question mark."
"If you don't mind me asking," Pyrrha said as she sat down on her bed "what kind of video game does your semblance use as a base?"
"From what I've seen so far, it seems to be based on a Vacou RPG" Jaune replied.
"Oh, well I've played a few for promotional reasons and I kinda liked the Vacou ones over Vale ones. In a lot of them, you were able to create a party. Since your semblance is like a game, you might be able to" Jaune thought about what she had said and figured that there was no harm in trying.
"Party," He said. Nothing happened "Uhm, form party" A screen popped up
Form Party (y/n)
He clicked yes,
Enter the name of party _
"Hey guys, what do you think the name of the party should be," Jaune asked his team. There was silence for a few minutes before Nora spoke up.
"How about team Sloth," she said with a huge grin on her face, to which Ren smiled and rolled his eyes.
"No Nora, we're not going to be named team Sloth," Ren said, "why don't we just name the party JNPR, that is the name that we were given after all."
"Hmm I don't know," Pyrrha said "The name should be something that special only to us"
"We'll come back to this later" Jaune said as he closed the window "Does anyone have any other questions about my semblance?"
"Ohh Ohh Ohh," Nora said as a smile grew on her face "Since you're like a real-life game, can you see our stats?" To which Jaune shook his head
"No, I am only able to see Name, Level, and Age. Your level, by the way, is 38, Ren's is 37, and Pyrrha's is 40" He said as a thought came to him "Wait a thought just occurred to me. Pyrrha you said that all creatures with the exception of Grimm have aura, right?" To which she nodded. Jaune smiled before opening a window and letting out a loud whistle. Just like in the forest, several high pitched chirps were heard before the eagle flew through the window before landing on Jaune's shoulder. Nora stared at it in awe, Ren with a small smile on his face, and Pyrrha with beauty.
"Wait, what was that thing that you said to unlock my aura," Jaune asked to which Pyrrha told him" Jaune nodded and recited the poem with his hand on the eagle's head. Once he finished everyone saw a golden-blue aura surround the eagle. It died down and Jaune saw a message.
You have lost 300 Aura
Congratulations! For both thinking about unlocking and unlocking the aura of your animal companion you have gain 1 INT and 1 WIS
Dismissing it, Jaune stared at the eagle and an idea came to mind.
"Observe" He simply stated
NAME: (F)
LV: 7
SPECIES: Golden Eagle
HP: 200/200
AURA: 500/500
STR: 15
DEX: 18
CON: 10
INT: 10
WIS: 16
CHA: 12
Name your Golden Eagle? (y/n)
He clicked yes and was shown to a new screen. After a few seconds of thought, he put in the name, Arcus. Exiting the menu, Jaune saw everything seemed to be moving slowly before quickly speeding up.
"He's so pretty" Nora exclaimed shooting up and petting Arcus's head "What's his name?"
"HER name is Arcus" Jaune replied as Arcus took off from his shoulder before landing on Jaune's bed. "I noticed something when I observed her. I was able to see her stats even though my observe skill is only level 3, despite me using it constantly for a week"
"Hmm that's interesting, maybe you have to use it a certain number of times to level it up," Ren said as he pulled Nora back from Jaune "You also might be able to see Arcus's stats because she belongs to you"
"Maybe you're right Ren" Jaune replied sitting down when he suddenly exclaimed "Wait that's it. I know what to name our Party. Form party." NPR waited for a few seconds before they (even Ren), jumped back a little. Seeing all three of them poke in the air, Jaune was about to speak when he saw them fall onto their knees with their heads in their hands in pain. All three's aura started to glow, getting brighter and brighter, causing Jaune to have to shield his eyes. When suddenly… they stopped glowing. The first one to start getting up was Pyrrha, and even then it was slowly.
"Ow my head," She said as she stumbled forward a bit
"What on Remnant happened," Jaune said as he rushed over to help her to the bed. "One moment everything was fine, then the next you collapsed to your knees"
"Well after something popped up into my vision asking if I'd like to join Arcus," She said taking in deep breathes "I clicked in and felt intense pain all over my body, but was stronger in my head."
"Do you see anything else?"
"Yeah, a box that says… You are now playing Remnant The Game. Do to you being an invited character, you will have restricted access to the functions of the game, " Jaune saw Ren and Nora start to get up. "You will share any skills and abilities with the Admin, but will only be half (rounded up) as effective. You will be unable to use Stat Points. You will only be able to store 10 items in your inventory." She finished as they heard
"Owie, I stood up way too fast" they turned to see Nora fall onto her bed still clutching her head. With Ren slowly rubbing her back, his hand still on his head.
"Sorry about that" Jaune said with an apologetic smile "I didn't know that that would happen"
"It's fine," Ren said as he took his hand off his head "Could you give us a rundown on any commands that we'd need to know" Jaune did just that when Ren said "Stats" Everyone was quiet for a few seconds when….
"What's a Nephilim" to which Jaune explained what the game had told him "Interesting"
Arcus started chirping causing everyone to look at her.
"What is it, girl?" Jaune asked as Arcus flew to the window. Jaune knew immediately what she wanted and opened the window, allowing her to fly out into the forest. "Guess she just wanted to go out, maybe to hunt."
The next day
"UGH it's too early to wake up" Nora complained as she hid her face under her pillow
"Sorry, I didn't think that waking up at six in the morning would apply to you too." Jaune said getting up "But apparently joining the game gave you this annoying mechanic." A few minutes passed before everyone else got out of their beds.
"Earliest I ever had to get up was eight," Pyrrha said as she went into the bathroom and came back out with a sports bra and shorts. "I'm going on a jog if anyone wants to join me?" She asked as she started headed out.
"I will." Jaune said as he changed into a t-shirt and shorts "Might as well try to raise some stats. Maybe you'll raise some too"
"While you two are doing that, I'm going to try to get some more sleep," Nora said before placing the pillow back.
"Trust me, Nora, you're not" To which she replied with her tongue sticking out. Jaune rolled his eyes, but smiled nonetheless and went to leave with Pyrrha.
Before he left he looked to Ren and said "Oh, and if you're going to make breakfast Ren, then please make it healthier than just pancakes and maple syrup with butter. Just because my semblance is a video game doesn't mean that we can ignore a balanced diet."
Ren was about to nod, glad to know his leader shared his view, when he noticed that Nora looked like she just found out that her dog died and that Jaune, seeing her puppy dog eyes, was clearly about to cave interjected
"Now Nora, you promised you would try to eat more diverse food, and besides, maybe we can use different food for recovery items. It's worth a look right?"
" *sigh*, Okay Ren, but we gotta check out pancakes first!" They all just chuckled and went their separate ways, Jaune never thought of that, but with how fast his life is moving he never actually checked or got a notification for it, but wishes them luck.
Walking for a few minutes, Pyrrha and Jaune finally came a relatively large indoor track with twelve lanes.
"Alright Jaune, first we're going to do some stretching to help warm up our muscles," Pyrrha said as she bent her knee, holding her foot behind her. "Just do what I do" She had Jaune do stretches ranging from quad to hamstrings. When all was done he saw a popup.
For sharply increasing the plasticity of your muscles and tendons. You have gained 2 DEX
"Neat, I just gained two points to my dex by stretching."
"That's wonderful," Pyrrha said with a smile, "Now that we're done, let's take it easy today. We're only going to be jogging four times around the track"
"Oh, this is going to really suck" Jaune replied but started anyway. The first lap he was feeling good, the second was a little taxing, the third very taxing, and by the end of the fourth Jaune was sweating up a storm and saw that he only had 10 stamina left.
For doing intense physical exercise, you have gained 5 CON
"Whoo, worth it," He said as he heard Pyrrha
"This is swell, I gained a point in constitution" She looked over at sweaty Jaune "Did you gain anything"
"Yeah, I gained five points in constitution. Bringing me up to…" He checked his stats "twenty-six. Not bad considering last I checked, you had fifty" Jaune felt his stamina coming back as he started to cool down.
"Well, now it's fifty-one" Pyrrha looked at the clock on the wall "Breakfast should be starting about now." She tossed Jaune a water bottle and started heading back to their room. Jaune followed.
"If that was a light workout, I'd hate to see what your regular workout is," Jaune said as he down the water.
"I could be your personal trainer if you want." Pyrrha said with a smile on her face, "It would be great bonding potential with the added bonus of raising our (mainly your) stats." Jaune thought about it for a few seconds before nodding.
"Sure, I'd love that." Jaune said and chuckled a little "gods know that I need it."
They made it to their room only to find it empty. Looking around they saw a note saying that both Ren and Nora had gone to get some breakfast. Each of them took a quick rinse before putting on their uniforms and heading towards the Dining Hall. Once there they got their food and scanned the crowd looking for their teammates. Finally finding them, they saw that Nora had a pile of pancakes going from the plate to the top of her head.
"Nora, you do know that you can get seconds, right?" Jaune asked with some concern in his voice.
"Oh, I know. This is seconds" She replied before inhaling the pancakes.
"Where does it all go?" Pyrrha said with her jaw dropped
"Trust me, it's best not to question it" Ren replied before resuming his breakfast.
"So, did you find anything out about the food?"
"Yeppers Fearless leader, apparently pancakes give a ten percent increase in HP for a day, and also restore five percent per cake, I knew pancakes we're the best!"
"I also found out that Orange juice restores stamina by five percent and coffee doubles stamina for three hours and reduces stamina recovery to ninety percent for the same," Ren said hoping that his herbal shakes will have and even better effect when he tried them later.
Jaune just nods and gets to his own meal.
Back in the room
"Say, how was your run?" Nora asked as she flopped on her bed
"Well I gained two points in dexterity and five points in constitution" Jaune replied
"And I gained a single point in constitution" Pyrrha continued
"Oh, by the way, Nora. Were you able to get any more sleep?" Jaune said laughing a little as he already knew the answer. Nora said nothing but threw a pillow at him. That just caused Jaune to laugh even harder. Even Pyrrha chuckled a bit with her hand covering her mouth. They saw a white blur run past their door causing all four of them to lean out of the doorway.
"Where are you running?"
"Um, to class" They all heard Ruby yell.
"Wait, class?" Jaune said right before they all fell. Getting back up, JNPR quickly caught up with RWBY. Making it with only seconds to spare.
Peter Port LV-55
AGE: 55
Congratulations! You have leveled up Observe
(active) Observe LV-4 (0/1000) You can see the name, level, age, and race/species (if applicable) of any object or person.
"Monsters, demons, prowlers of the night. Yes, the creatures of Grimm have many names. But I merely refer to them as… prey" He laughed as he said this. "And you shall too, upon graduating from this prestigious academy." There was something about his voice that just made Jaune feel like he needed to sleep. It was not the most boring voice by a long shot, but something was up. He shook his head and focused on Port when a screen popped up.
Message from The Sloth Queen. Accept (y/n)
'Hmm wonder what she wants?' Jaune clicked accept and read the message.
Hey there mister sleep ruiner :P. Did you know that you can choose what your semblance calls you? Cause I'm the Queen of the Sloths. I'm trying to get both Ren-Ren and Pyrrha to change theirs. This message thing is like our own little Sloth Call!
Jaune smiled and laughed quietly as he dismissed the message and heard Weiss call out.
"I do sir"
'Wait! What'd I miss?' He thought as the floor opened up and up came a cage, growling and shaking.
"Well then, come face your opponent," Port said and gestured to the cage. Once she was facing the cage, he took his blunder-ax and opened the cage. The beast charged out towards Weiss, who twirled and slashed at it before dodging to the left.
Boarbatusk LV-25
Age: 50
Species: Grimm
Both Weiss and the Boarbatusk ran at each other before Weiss brought her weapon in an effort to stab it. However, that proved a bad idea because it got caught in the beast's tusks. Weiss pulled and pulled, but the Boarbatusk shook its head, relieving the girl of her weapon, before butting her backward.
"Oh ho. Now what will you do without your weapon"
The Grimm charged at her again, with Weiss rolling/standing at the last second. Running to her weapon, Jaune heard Ruby call out.
"Weiss, go for its underbelly, there's no armor underneath"
"Stop telling me what to do"
'Yeouch that was harsh, she was only trying to help'
The Grimm jumped in the air and started spinning towards Weiss. Forming a glyph, the Boarbatusk slammed into it, causing it to bounce onto its back. Jumping into the air and forming another one at her feet, Weiss rocketed towards the fallen Grimm and stabbed it's underbelly, killing it.
"Bravo! It appears that we are indeed in the presence of a true huntress in training. I'm sorry, but this is all the time we have for today. Read these pages" He pointed to the board "and remember to remain vigilant. Class dismissed"
"Sheesh, what's with her" Jaune said as he got up and joined his team.
"What was her problem, Ruby was only trying to help," Nora said as she slightly glared at Weiss retreating form.
"I don't know, but we better hurry to Professor Oobleck's class," Jaune said as they proceeded to go. The class soon started and Oobleck started speaking. It took three seconds for Jaune to question if he was hearing correctly and ten for him to completely lose what was being talked about. He sent a group message.
Um is anybody understanding a word that he's saying?
A few seconds later he received three messages
Sloth Queen: Nope
Mr. Ninja: I am not
Pyrrha: Roughly, every fourth word. Sorry
Seeing this caused Jaune to put his head on the desk and groan softly. After what seemed like an eternity, class finally ended. Packing up his stuff he heard Ren say.
"Hey before we go to dinner, we need to have a small talk in our dorm." They went to the room and ren continued "So you know how Jaune's stats said that he is a Nephilim?" to which they all nodded "That got me thinking. What other races are out there besides Humans, Faunus, and now a Nephilim?"
Well that was interesting to write. Now onto those of you who sent me OC's. Two things. The first being I forgot to add School. For those that don't go to beacon. The second is that if I deem your semblance to be OP then I will either trim it, depower it, and/or both.
Now onto what didn't make the final cut. The party was going to be called: The Winning Team. Jaune was going to drink one of Ren's smoothies and learn of its effects. And finally I was going to put Glynda's class but decided to save it for the next chapter.