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Flames of Vytal : Hunter's Mettle [High Casual] [World of Remnant]

So how’s that chameleon waifu treating you, @tobiax?

Flames of Vytal : Hunter's Mettle [High Casual] [World of Remnant]

Nimmie stuttered, surprised by the sudden question. “U-umm, well...”

She looked at her dismembered arm sheepishly. No wonder Tori wanted to mother her. No, that wasn’t fair. It wasn’t “mothering” if you’d lost an arm.

“I...” she started. “I needed some time, to sort things out I guess. After... you know.”

Picking up her tools, Nimmie worked in silence for a few moments, trying to find her next words. Curse you, social interaction! Nimmie Zinschmidt won’t allow your fiendish plans to succeed!

“... At first, I... kinda just started walking into the forest. I wanted to be alone, I guess. I kind of have a hard time remembering those early days, but eventually it stopped being about being alone and started being about killing Grimm,” she admitted. “It... felt good. It helped, when I was angry, or upset, to have something to take it out on. There never seemed to be any shortage of Grimm, either.

“After a while, when I’d sort of... sort of calmed down, I decided to go looking for you. When I couldn’t find you, I... hit the road. Started walking from town to town, taking care of the Grimm problems further out from the kingdoms that the other Hunters couldn’t or, y’know, wouldn’t.”

Nimmie swallowed anxiously before suddenly turning to face Tori. “Listen, Tori. I’m so sorry I didn’t come find you. I should’ve looked harder. I should’ve...”

And like that, the words that had been coming to Nimmie stopped. Dammit, not now!

Flames of Vytal : Hunter's Mettle [High Casual] [World of Remnant]

@Elle Santiago I'll be considerate all the same.
So, is everyone waiting on me? Or is it Lemons and Turbo who need to post? Or do you guys want me to post now?

@tobiax

Apologies, I’ve been facing a little writer’s block as to how to respond to that question.

Flames of Vytal : Hunter's Mettle [High Casual] [World of Remnant]

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Truuuuu! Relegated to Youtube to. That ending was so crisp.
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Neo's a trash waifu.

@tobiax

H E R E S Y

Also all I really spoiled was that it was a Blake episode and Ilia was involved. Most people had guessed that already (at least that’s what I thought)

Flames of Vytal : Hunter's Mettle [High Casual] [World of Remnant]

I like how you responded to "no spoilers" with "did somebody say SPOILERS?!"

@chukklehed

Technically I didn’t spoil anything~

MA BOI

SPOILER

MERCURY

IS BACK YO

@Lemons

dude Lemons do you not have a friend whose RT First account you can share?

Flames of Vytal : Hunter's Mettle [High Casual] [World of Remnant]

No spoilers, but that episode though. Wow. Stuff, and things.

@tobiax

I am increasingly running out of patience with the faunus/Blake/White Fang subplot(s). It’s getting kind of cringy at this point, not to mention dumb. Really, really dumb.

Also ofc it’d be Ilia.

Flames of Vytal : Hunter's Mettle [High Casual] [World of Remnant]

Short post to keep things moving.

Flames of Vytal : Hunter's Mettle [High Casual] [World of Remnant]

Nimmie looked down at the arm and blushed, trying to hide it from view and failing.

“Yeah, I guess you could say that,” she said, glancing at Sigyn. “Room for one more? I mean if it’s not too much trouble! It’s just...”

Nimmie laughed awkwardly, her one good arm rubbing the back of her head. “The last time I tried reattaching this thing myself I kinda ended up being way too good at scratching my back. Had to pull it apart and try again. Really gave the innkeeper a shock.”

She smiled warmly at Tori. Out of all the places they could’ve met... well, let’s just say this wasn’t quite how she’d imagined it going. But that was okay. This was more than enough.

Flames of Vytal : Hunter's Mettle [High Casual] [World of Remnant]

Happy “One More Day Until RWBY” Day, everyone! Wait I think I meant to say “Thanksgiving”...

... naaaaaah.

Flames of Vytal : Hunter's Mettle [High Casual] [World of Remnant]

For a moment, Nimmie was overwhelmed. Choked by grief, by sadness, by guilt. Even her joy seemed to paralyze her, crushing her even tighter than Tori’s embrace. She felt afraid. After everything that had happened, what could she possibly say that wouldn’t sound insincere? After all, she’d left Tori.

Though she hadn’t thought about it in those terms at the time, the dissolution of their team, the death and despair that had surrounded them... they’d broken Nimmie. And she’d needed time to repair herself. But that was time she couldn’t have been there for Tori. And by the time she went looking, it seemed like Tori had moved on without her. She’d been too late. Now she had a chance to make amends. And she was blowing it.

How could she fix it? What could she say that would undo the damage wrought by time, and patch the hole in their hearts where their teammates... where their friends had been? She couldn’t think of anything. She had to act. But she couldn’t think of anything!

Then Tori, caught between incoherent sobs, said the words that made everything seem to fall into place. Nimmie closed her eyes and returned the hug with her one good arm, wrapping it around Tori with just as much strength and warmth as she had.

“I missed you too!” she said, her voice choked with emotion. Even though she couldn’t cry, wasn’t able to cry, those words seemed to carry all the meaning she’d ever need. I missed you too.

“I’m sorry,” Nimmie sobbed dryly, her cheeks wet with nothing but the steam inside the small workshop. “I’m sor-r-r-y! I shouldn’t have left! I shouldn’t! Tori-I missed you! I miss everyone!”

The world wasn’t right. Nothing would ever be alright again after what had happened to them. But right then, the world seemed to contract and fit into just that one room, if only for a little bit. And everything in that tiny world the size of a garage was good. Not right. But good.