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RWBY AU;Heroes of a Different Story (Mission terminated. Wishing you all well.)

Cyrania and I are going to be collabing something after 9PM PST, so if you're still on you can jump in. This is the link for the pad we use

RWBY AU;Heroes of a Different Story (Mission terminated. Wishing you all well.)

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RWBY AU;Heroes of a Different Story (Mission terminated. Wishing you all well.)

EST is American, right? Cos Oz has AEST which is Australian Eastern Standard Time

RWBY AU;Heroes of a Different Story (Mission terminated. Wishing you all well.)

Cyrania and I have posted! Yay!

RWBY AU;Heroes of a Different Story (Mission terminated. Wishing you all well.)

Cereza and Tierra

With mention of Norsun

Nor's abrupt barge brought Tierra's attention back into where she was and where she needed to get to. "Oh, we've landed," blushing and mentally berating herself for being so absent-minded she said, "Well, it was nice talking with you, Argent. But I might as well get going so you can get your stuff. See you around." Then Tierra dashed out, bobbing and weaving through the crowds, worrying that she would be late to the auditorium.

Cereza let her eyes wander as she slowly followed the stampeding students further into the opulant grounds, trailing over the high sweeping architecture and sculpted gardens. It was certainly very pretty, but the openness of the space unnerved her after a lifetime of a variety of small houses and the tall girl tucked her hands into her pockets to hide any nervous finger-twitches. A few of the hopeful Hunters were grouped around benches and gardens, eagerly stretching their legs after a slow ride on the airship, and Cereza avoided the larger groups of teens. She'd done well talking to one person on the ship, but the socially awkward girl wasn't sure she was quite ready to jump into a whole crowd of conversation just yet.

Tierra leaped off of the ramp and with celerity, ran to catch up with the main group of students. Only briefly was she able to take in the wondrous beauty of the place and be invigorated by the feeling of openness again. She was too focused on getting to the auditorium to even pay attention to what the other students were doing.

Her eyes focused on the grounds, and occasionally drifting up to the sky which seemed like it would swallow her without warning, Cereza didn't noticed the shorter figure that came zipping past until the computer lover had bowled both of them over, tripping over the black haired girl. Cereza instinctively rolled with the fall, taking the girl with her on the trip, and they landed in a tangle of limbs. The blonde let out a groan as she lay flat on her back, staring at the dizzying blue sky. 'That's twice in one day.'

"That's officially the second time today." Tierra thought as she groaned. Then she strained to move her head from her vantage point of the ground to see just who she was tangled up in. What she saw in her direct line of sight was a black vest with electric blue piping, steel armored fingerless gloves, and blonde hair, all of which seemed vaguely familar. She groaned again. "And it seems most likely that both times involved the same girl."

Cereza rolled her head towards to person lying on top of her, glancing at them and catching golden-green eyes as they peered over their shoulder at the blonde. The short black hair and black shirt paired with a tawny vest were slightly familiar, and the hacker blurted the first thing that popped into her head; "Didn't you run into me earlier?"

" Yep" Tierra responded. That definitely confirmed it.

"Right." Cereza used an elbow to get herself into a sitting position, rolling the other girl off her legs. She offered a short, "Sorry." as the tall girl pushed herself to her feet and brushed the dirt from her clothing.

Tierra pushed herself up to a crouching postion from laying down then got herself up the rest of the way. "No, it was my fault again," she said as she brushed off the dirt from her clothes. "I was running too fast and wasn't paying attention to what was going on around me."

"Okay." The blonde student shrugged. If the other girl wanted to accept the blame, then Cereza wasn't going to argue with her. She bent to grab her briefcase and swag from where they had landed in the tumble, opening the small square case to check that throwing it around hadn't damaged any of the electronic equipment inside. None of it seemed broken, though she'd have to pull it all out when they were finally assigned dorm rooms and check it all piece by piece.

Tierra went to grab her own bag, which thankfully hadn't opened during the tumble. She saw that the girl was checking inside her smaller bag, " probably worried that something broke inside there, not dust at least or there would be a crater there now". Then Tierra decided that a second run in might as well lead to an introduction. So she walked over and offered her hand,"As long as we seem to keep bumping into each other, an official introduction probably is in order. I'm Tierra."

Cereza shut the briefcase with a soft snap, clipping it shut as she turned to the shorter girl. The lithe girl took the offered hand and shook it once in a textbook handshake whilst giving a polite smile, as the books had suggested, "Cereza. I kind of hope we're not going to hit the ground every time we meet."

"Hopefully not," Tierra said with a sad smile. "I usually am better about not running into strangers, especially not in a collision like that. Maybe the day's just getting to me."

"It is a big day." Cereza agreed mildly. She glanced around the courtyard, which had almost completely emptied in the time they had taken to roll around in the dirt, and hoisted her swag up a little higher. "We should be getting to the auditorium. Do you want to walk together?" 'Please, let's get out of this open space.' She thought to herself, feeling to brightness of the blue sky looming above the pair. It was even worse with less people around to ground her, as much as she hated crowds. Her eyes flicked up to the sky nervously, the towering school beyond not helping any with the way the empty heavens literally seemed to just swallow it.

Tierra was a bit taken aback by Cereza's request. It seemed a bit too soon after they had just introduced, but then she noticed the nervousness flickering of her new acquaintance's eyes towards the sky. Oh, one of those types. Well, might as well go with her then. We both do need to get to the auditorium. But, it is a shame when people can't appreciate the glorious wonder of a meadow and would rather be in the cramped indoors." So she said to the blonde girl, "Might as well, we are going to the same place after all." So Tierra walked with the other girl through the courtyard and into the crowded auditorium, breathing in the refreshing scent of the flowers and relishing the incredible blueness of the sky and the pristineness of the academy grounds.

Cereza breathed a sigh of relief as Tierra agreed to start walking, and she made sure to keep the smaller girl in her peripheral vision to ground her. The black-haired girl seemed to really be enjoying the surroundings, and Cereza logically knew that they were indeed beautiful. Individually, she could appreciate the sweeping architecture of the castle-like Academy and the pretty array of flowers planted around, but the deep, devouring blue of the clear sky above rattled her. She'd never been outside for long growing up, and though she logically knew there was no physical way for the sky to swallow her, she couldn't shake the fear that clenched her gut whenever the hacker stared at it for too long.

As they ambled towards the auditorium, Tierra pointed out various pieces of nature to Cereza, trying to get her to appreciate it a bit more. Cereza chatted along with the black-haired girl, easily letting herself be distracted from the nervousness the sky induced in her.

RWBY AU;Heroes of a Different Story (Mission terminated. Wishing you all well.)

I'm here and available for collabing, yay! And will be for the next seven odd hours! Anyone, and I really do mean anyone, I am willing to collab with you! (even multiple if you guys wanted)

Cyrania and I are starting a collab here now if anyone wants to join in

RWBY AU;Heroes of a Different Story (Mission terminated. Wishing you all well.)

Cereza was one of the last people off the ship, and she is dawdling towards the auditorium. That being said, she's free to collab with anyone. I'll available for writing in a few hours.

RWBY AU;Heroes of a Different Story (Mission terminated. Wishing you all well.)

Observant characters can be difficult to play without metagaming, but you must keep in mind what the other characters are doing. How long did your character actually get a glance at them? What kind of surroundings are there - is there any interference with their sight? How well does your character actually know what they're looking at?

In the case of the two weapons she has mentioned, and automatically deducted precisely what they were, it was unfeasable. Argent cleaned his sword, yes, but the only mention of his gun form was a minute, quick check of the barrels before he put them away. Even if your character glanced over at him at the time, The most she would see was either the sword itself, the guns themselves, or it starting to shift between froms simply due to the sheer amount of people that would have been wandering around between your characters, blocking her view. In the case of Cereza's weapon, I tried explaining that it was in it's compact form - literally a rectangular box with three blades folded against the side. Cereza was not within Tierra's eyesight when she had the weapon unfolded, and there are plenty of weapons that collapse down into boxes with blades - Crescent Rose is the main one I can think of and a wide variety of gun-swords and -axes, as well as the polearms. For Tierra's mind to automatically leap to polearm when the weapon was hidden behind Cereza herself and she was trying to make sure Cereza wasn't hurt, it was simply too contrived.

With character interactions, unless your character is a highly suspicious and paranoid about the underworld kind of character, or a snob, they would automatically think normal jobs for anyone they meet. A thin, almost sickly girl would be seen as someone who might run messenges rather than automatically being a thief, as Tierra's personality and background don't give her the mindset that would make that connection.

So, you need to keep an eye on what other characters actually do and how long they do it for, where they are in relation to your own character, what the surroundings are like and how they could interfere with anything she may notice, and how well does your character actually know what she is looking at. However, if a character states something clearly in their interaction with her or an event is made clear in a GM post that affects Tierra in some way, she can use that information as any person would, drawing her own conclusions or questioning the others about it more.

We wish to assure you that this isn't an admonishment, but simply our attempt to make you aware of ways to cut out metagaming while still playing an observant character. Penalties are a possibility, however we would prefer not to do so and give you this chance to improve on your roleplaying skills and character.

RWBY AU;Heroes of a Different Story (Mission terminated. Wishing you all well.)

Fox suggested putting the links for the Google Docs here for ease of access, so here they are:

NCTR's Google Doc
CLRT's Google Doc

RWBY AU;Heroes of a Different Story (Mission terminated. Wishing you all well.)

I have also made one for NCTR so you guys can do the same. It's just a preemptive thing though, and if you don't end up using it don't worry about it.