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@thrythlind.bsky.socialOct 9, 2026, 2:49 AM

Not who I ever dreamed I would be - chapter 17 teaser

A trip into town for supplies turns into an emotional date.

Mature due to themes of mental health and systemic bigotry

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“So, what do you farm?” Ruby turned to look at Blake with a confused look on her face. “Huh?” “Raven called one of your mom’s spouses a ‘farmer’.” She shrugged and glanced back down the path toward the cabin they’d just left. “I figured that was your dad.” “Ohh.” Ruby nodded and gestured around. “Oh, we kinda cultivate a lot of the forest around here. Berry bushes,” she gestured one direction, “fruit trees,” she gestured another. “Manage the local wildlife and game. Make sure there’s food plants for the deer and rabbits, stuff like that. But everyone does that a little bit here.” “Huh. I thought Vale was more about crop farming.” “That’s more on the mainland, where they have a lot more space and room to build walls and stuff.” Ruby shrugged. “If we built a farm here it would get torn up in weeks.” “So kind of like Menagerie then.” “Oh no, no, no, no.” Ruby turned and waved her hand back and forth. “Nope. You guys have full-on orchards, kelp farms, and stuff.” “I mean that you’re making best use of a dangerous space.” Blake smiled at her. “So what does your father do then?” “He teaches at Signal.” Ruby looked in that general direction. “Qrow used to but then he went back to wandering around Remnant and doing stuff for Ozpin.” The cabin fell away out of sight behind them, cut off by the curve of the path through the forest, leaving them surrounded by the tall trees mixing brown leaves with scattered evergreens and pines. A faint breeze rustled through the trees with faint birdsong and what sounded like bells or chimes.
@thrythlind.bsky.socialOct 7, 2026, 8:24 PM

Not who I ever dreamed I would be - chapter 16 teaser

Team RSPBY arrive at the Xiao Long cabin.

Mature due to themes of mental health and systemic bigotry

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Chapter Text The cabin had been remarkably, painfully silent for nearly two years. Ever since the leavetaking of one of his daughters unexpectedly became the leavetaking of both. There had been a certain anxiety to that, knowing the nature of the occupation they were both taking on. The actual events since then had been a monumental test of his heart. A test that was slightly helped by the regular tasks of maintaining the cabin and surrounding forests plus the occasional forays into the town proper. It was helped much more by the occasional scroll call he received from his girls. Except when it carried the news of what he worried about. He stretched awake as walked down the stairs, running through the checklist of tasks for the day. Then he heard the scrape of his door across the floor and tensed up. This far out of town it wasn’t unheard of for a Grimm to stalk close in… The next steps he took were soft and quiet as he kept his eye trained in the direction of the sound. “Dad?” He blinked. There was no way that he had heard that, right? “I told you that we should knock.” “But this is our house.” He quickly stepped down the stairs and pushed forward into the front room to see his daughters and three other girls he’d become familiar with on the occasional phone call. Rushing forward he collected both of his girls up in a hug and then set them down. “What are you doing here?” He asked. “I talked to you a couple of days ago and you were still in Mistral!” “Well, then we told Uncle Qrow what you said about Raven…” Ruby reached up with her right hand to scratch the back of her hand, as she chuckled nervously.
@thrythlind.bsky.socialOct 6, 2026, 2:13 AM

Not who I ever dreamed I would be - chapter 15 teaser

A PennyWeiss talk and a phone call home.

Mature due to themes of mental health and systemic bigotry

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“Why don’t Penny and I take the bags up to the room?” Weiss suggested, stepping in close beside the red-head. “And you three can get us something to eat.” “Oh! Right!” Penny nodded. “You should take it easy and let us handle the porter-duties.” “You seem to do that a lot, Weiss.” Yang stopped as Blake elbowed her in the ribs. “Thanks for the help, both of you. I’ll be up to tell you when the food’s done.” Yang nodded in recognition then. “Right. Take your time.” “But all they have to do is bring the bags…” Ruby stopped and blinked. “Oh… uh, right. Yeah, don’t worry about taking too long.” She smiled and winked. Penny tilted her head in confusion but then shrugged and gathered up bags to head up to their shared room. Weiss let her enter first and closed the doors behind them as Penny set the bags down against the wall. The taller girl turned back, hands on her hips and a smile across her face. “All right, task completed.” She looked past Weiss. “Why did you close the doors.” Weiss started to hesitantly look back over her shoulder but then shook her head. It was best to be straightforward with Penny. “Because, this was an excuse to be up here alone with you for a few minutes.” “Oh.” Penny nodded. “So, is this for cuddling purposes or is there another reason.” Weiss bit her lip and nodded before gesturing at one of the two beds in the room. “Let’s sit down for a moment.” Penny frowned in confusion but did walk over to sit down as Weiss walked over and sat down beside her, the faunus adjusting her anxiously swishing tail to avoid it being crushed under her, and slowly straightening her posture and turning to Penny.
@thrythlind.bsky.socialOct 4, 2026, 6:54 AM

Not who I ever dreamed I would be - chapter 14 teaser

That's so Raven

CW: gaslighting, neglect

Mature due to themes of mental health and systemic bigotry

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“This is a very weird situation.” Weiss shook her head as she perched on a tree limb, tail helping her balance as she looked out over the land extending out from the village. It was mostly forests to the south, east, and west, with the mountains north of them, including the path that led up to the village they had originally arrived at for the contract. “Oh? How is that so? Is it because we let them go rather than keep them prisoner?” She looked down to where Penny was walking the ground underneath her and stepped off the branch to land next to her. “I think that’s more because they’re not fanatics like the Red Talons.” Weiss shrugged. “And this way we don’t have to struggle with managing prisoners too. No the weird thing is, we’re hoping that they come back… with their boss.” “I can see where that is an unusual situation, however, I am eager to meet this person myself.” Penny nodded. “I have only met half of Yang’s biological parentage.” She paused for a moment and turned to Weiss. “Do scroll calls count as meeting?” Weiss smiled and leaned over to kiss her on the cheek. “I think it does. However, I am definitely looking forward to meeting Mr. Xiao Long face to face.” Weiss thought back to the first couple of days in Menagerie, sitting in the study with a book in her hands reading about the foundation of the White Fang in the house of the founders. “And this is my amazing partner, Weiss!” She’d been shocked enough by the sound and the hand that clapped on her shoulder that she’d tried to stand, ending up tumbling out of the chair onto the floor. “Sorry, Weiss.” Ruby had grimaced. “Ruby!” Weiss had gasped. “Warn people before doing that?” “Don’t you have super hearing?” Yang’s voice had drawn her attention to where the blonde leaned against the door frame. “I was reading..” She reached over to grab the book and saw where her claws had cut into the pages. “Now I’m going to have to buy a new copy for Blake’s parents.”
@thrythlind.bsky.socialOct 2, 2026, 3:43 AM

Not who I ever dreamed I would be - chapter 13 teaser

Team RSPBY send a message.

Mature due to themes of mental health and systemic bigotry

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“Okay. first of all…” Qrow crossed his arms “... there’s no guarantee these bandits are the Branwen clan. It could be another clan entirely.” “Or it could be the Red Talon.” Weiss pointed out. Qrow sighed, nodding, and turned to look at the white-haired hunter. “Or it could be the Red Talon.” He turned back to Ruby and Yang. “Even if it is the Branwen clan, you’re not likely to get Raven to pay attention to you.” “Are you going to back us taking the contract, or not?” Yang walked up to him and crossed her own arms. “I just want to make sure you don’t expect anything out of this.” Qrow moved his hands to his hip and looked down into Yang’s determined face. “You got it?” “We got it, Uncle Qrow.” Ruby stepped in between her sister and uncle. “It’s a shot in the dark. We know. Somebody still needs to do something about the bandits anyway, might as well be us.” “All right. Well, let’s talk through what you’re going to be doing…” ------------------------ There was no need for a falling strategy as they came into the town this time. The aircraft settled down just outside of town, the engine settling down before the ramp opened up. Ruby walked down the ramp ahead of them and Weiss looked past her to see the group that was waiting for them. At the center of the group was a woman with a white streak in her hair dressed in rustic robes and standing beside an antlered man in layered linen armor with a White Fang armband around his upper arm. The two next to them looked like siblings, or maybe cousins, a man and a woman with fair quality clothing that had seen better days. “Hey, you put a contract up about bandits?” Ruby waved with her right hand as she walked up, smiling. Weiss bit her lip and noted the way Ruby was still draping her cloak over the prosthetic left arm and she drifted back to the prior day while Blake and Yang were out.
@thrythlind.bsky.socialOct 1, 2026, 12:30 AM

Not who I ever dreamed I would be - chapter 12 teaser

Bumblebee takes a chance to talk about some things bothering them.

Mature due to themes of mental health and systemic bigotry

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The faunus turned back to the hunter board. “I’ve got my list of suspicious contracts, you?” “Back to run them by Uncle Qrow.” The blonde rolled her eyes. “I’m going to be really glad when we have our full licenses and don’t have to run contracts through a school or veteran hunter.” “I am definitely looking forward to that.” Blake stepped around in front of Yang and wrapped her arms around Yang’s waist, leaning her forehead into the blonde’s. “We’ve got some time before Qrow’s back with JNPR.” Yang smiled and wrapped her arms around Blake, pulling her in tight. “Yeah. Let’s find a nice restaurant with dark corners. Give the others some time to…” She paused. Blake closed her eyes and nodded. “Get Ruby through her first maintenance without Mr. Polendina.” “Yeah. Sorry.” She leaned back and kissed Blake’s forehead. “Come on, food, dark corners.” Blake chuckled and bit her lip, looking up into Yang’s eyes. “Warm kisses.” There was a groan and a sigh, drawing their eyes to Trifa sitting behind the clerk’s counter. “I get enough sitting through that sort of thing already in my off-hours, maybe you can take it out of my work place?” “Wait?” Blake turned toward the the undercover spider faunus with a smile. “Are you saying Ilia and Emerald …” “...all over each other?” Yang finished. Trifa groaned and held out her hands. “Please don’t do the thing where you finish each others’ sentences.” She shook her head. “Seriously, they’re pretty quiet about it. But it does get me feeling a bit like a third wheel sometimes. If you meet any hot guys for me to bite the head off, tell me, all right?” ”Uhh.” She leaned forward and looked around for any coworkers nearby. “It’s a spider joke.” “Oh, got it.” Yang nodded. Blake laughed and then also looked around for the nearest city official that wasn’t an infiltrating White Fang. “Let’s leave before someone overhears something they shouldn’t.”
@thrythlind.bsky.socialSep 28, 2026, 11:58 PM

Not who I ever dreamed I would be - chapter 11 teaser

A trap is turned on its head.

Mature due to themes of mental health and systemic bigotry

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“Baramori sits in a valley past some high mountains.” Trifa explained. “There’s a CCT tower built on the peaks above, so it sits in network coverage, but travel time is weeks unless you go by aircraft.” “Okay, it’s isolated.” Qrow crossed his arms. “How does this present an opportunity for us?” “The hunter boards just received a contract request supposedly from the Mistral Trading Company to go and clear it out of Grimm.” “That isn’t unusual.” Weiss shrugged. “I know my father hired hunters to clear Grimm out more often than he hired hunters to protect a mine.” “That makes a certain amount of horrible sense.” Blake turned to look at Weiss. “How often did your father spend money to open mines that had been tapped out?” Trifa asked. “The MTC pulled out of Baramori ten years ago. The town was finally abandoned three years ago.” “Okay, that is a little bit on the odd side.” Qrow nodded. “And I’ve confirmed, the MTC did not send anyone to place the contract.” Trifa smirked and then grimaced. “About ten minutes after I heard from our contacts there… the network reset happened.”
@thrythlind.bsky.socialSep 28, 2026, 8:08 AM

Not who I ever dreamed I would be - chapter 10 teaser

A conversation with one teacher and the leave-taking of two others.

Mature due to themes of mental health and systemic bigotry

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“We’re back.” Ruby called out as they stepped into the house ahead of the team. “Everybody looks safe.” Weiss turned to see Oscar at the far end of the room. “There weren’t any Red Talon ambushes this time.” The fox faunus agreed. “Just Grimm.” “We made sure that we took the contract officially.” Blake shook her head. “Wherever the leak is, we should have been picked up by it.” “Ehh, maybe next time we’ll get the villains we want.” Yang shrugged. “Huh.” Oscar’s brow furrowed. “That’s … a weird thing to be disappointed about, now that I think of it.” “I do not think so.” Penny shook her head. “We are attempting to deal with the extraordinary problem first and foremost. So it makes sense to be disappointed that the proper villains did not make an appearance.” “I know that. Just…” Oscar shrugged. “I never thought of Grimm as a thing to be so normal as to say you were disappointed by them in any form.” Weiss thought about that. “Now that I think about it, at some point it stopped being noteworthy to see a beowulf or creep.” “On the farm if we saw any signs of a Grimm we’d reach out to hire a hunter.” Oscar shook his head. “And I guess now… they’re going to be a daily part of my life.” “I wouldn’t say daily.” Ruby scoffed. “Weekly maybe.” Oscar looked at her. “Until recently, I’d never seen more than five Grimm in my entire life. And not all at once.” “Somebody has to do it.” Yang shrugged. “Just look at everything we’ve seen. Everything that would have happened if a hunter hadn’t stepped in to stop it.” Ruby waved her arms around. “All the Grimm in the cliffs over Kuo Kuana. The attack on Vale.” She walked back to the door and looked out past the city in the wood mountains beyond. “And look what’s happening in Mistral with all the hunters gone. So many empty villages…” Blake stepped over to hug her and kiss her forward. “It’s not your fault.”
@thrythlind.bsky.socialSep 27, 2026, 5:26 AM

Not who I ever dreamed I would be - chapter 9 teaser

Salem's people discuss their strategies and Hazel carries out his tasks.

Mature due to themes of mental health and systemic bigotry

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Chapter Text “We seem to be down two gleeful murderers. What are you doing over there?” The speaker was a thin man with a bushy mustache that wasn’t thick enough to conceal the smug smile underneath. Turning toward the screen on which he appeared was a man that would have made Ghira Belladonna look small. He crossed his arms and narrowed his eyes but kept his silence. Other people were more than willing to bluster in his place. “We’ve killed most of Mistral’s active hunters. What have you accomplished, Watts?” Cinder sneered at the screen and shook her head. The giant man turned to look at Cinder and then away, choosing not to mention that she had not been part of that hunt. She had her own task after all, but he didn’t particularly care if she wanted to take credit for his and Tyrian’s work. “I am well on the way to sinking Atlas into a chaos that will force Ironwood to expose both the Winter Maiden and the Artifact of Creation.” The man responded with a shrug. “Casualties are to be expected in war no matter how careful you are.” Everyone froze and turned to the image of a red-eyed albino woman with blackened veins covering her skin. “What matters is that we must persist in moving forward.” Her image was held within the bulbous orb of a floating jellyfish like Grimm with dangling tentacles. Given the way Watts turned aside to look off the camera of his screen, it was clear that he also had one of the creatures near him. “How does the search for the Spring Maiden go?” “Qrow Branwen s…suspects that his sister encountered her at one point.” Everyone turned to look at the cringing form of a bearded lion-faunus with a long tail. “This is not new information, Leonardo.” The voice sharpened and the lion faunus flinched away from the seer Grimm. “We reached the site where their main camp was supposed to be.” Cinder crossed her arms. “But it was abandoned. From the looks of things, they decided the Red Fangs were getting too close.”
@thrythlind.bsky.socialSep 26, 2026, 1:26 AM

Not who I ever dreamed of being - chapter 8 teaser

A Schnee sister conversation.

CW: blood quantum, anxiety, body dysmorphia

Mature due to themes of mental health and systemic bigotry

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“What’s weird?” “I first thought, maybe I’d try the tail and ears for a day, maybe two.” Weiss took a breath. “And then probably just put the plugs into the connectors to keep the phantom sensations down and that’s it. And then I thought…. Maybe I’d take the tail off to sit on a couch or go to bed…” she turned to Winter and smiled. “It can be awkward to sit on or lay on it.” “I can imagine.” Winter’s smile briefly widened in a silent laugh. “When was the first time you took them off.” “The first time I needed to do maintenance.” Weiss looked back into the mirror. “And now… this looks wrong. It feels wrong… but it doesn’t feel strange. It’s familiar.” Winter nodded and closed her eyes, placing a hand on her sister’s shoulder. “I just wonder…” she turned to look at Winter. “Did I always feel like this? Just my whole life and never realized it?” Winter reached over to hug her sister, patting her back before releasing her and stepping aside. “I don’t think that’s something that you’ll be able to easily answer. Let’s go sit somewhere away from the mirror.” “Probably a good idea.” Weiss shook her head and turned away pointing to a table before taking her scroll out and typing a text. “Yang was getting us some coffee and snacks so that’ll be a good place to wait for her.”
@thrythlind.bsky.socialSep 24, 2026, 10:04 PM

Not who I ever dreamed I would be - chapter 7 teaser

All of Frosensteel is technorganic

CW: Body horror (sorta)

Mature due to themes of mental health and systemic bigotry

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The first thing Weiss noticed was Winter with her arms crossed and a glower on her face. Her look scanned over to Sienna and the handful of White Fang with her as a mix of bodyguards and to go in and make sure that there was a space set up for Polendina to do his work. Behind her she could see Qrow stepping forward to say something. “Salutations!” Penny rushed past everyone up to the walking chair to hug her father. “Thank you for visiting! I know you do not make many trips outside Atlas and Mantle.” “Well, the circumstances demanded it.” Weiss wasn’t watching their reunion much because she had followed behind almost immediately to reach Winter and hug her. “Winter! I didn’t realize you’d be coming too. You should have told me.” Sienna laughed as she walked up. “Jimmy doesn’t trust me with his geniuses and sent her to make sure I behave.” Winter gave her a sideways look and shook her head before turning back to her sister. “She’s correct, but ignore her. How is Ruby?” Weiss stepped back and turned to see where Penny and her father had turned to the conversation. “She’s been a bit… frustrated. But she’s keeping up a good face.” “She has been much better recently and her arm has healed as much as it can.” Penny looked over and nodded. “Ah, so where is she now?” Mr. Polendina asked. “I should probably talk her through things a little more.” “Ruby’s inside with her sister and Blake.” Qrow strode forward. “Pacing a trench into the floor.” He looked at Sienna and Winter. “And maybe the rest of us should compare notes while they’re taking care of that.”
@thrythlind.bsky.socialSep 23, 2026, 8:29 PM

Not who I ever dreamed I would be - chapter 6 teaser

Back to when Ruby built Twisting Thorn

CW: physical disability, anxiety

Mature due to themes of mental health and systemic bigotry

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Ruby looked at the table in the middle of the room and tilted her head left and right. She walked over to it and reached down to pull on the edge of the table, wincing as she heard it scratching across the floor. She stopped and bent down to angle the table up onto its side and then started to pull it again and stopped at the scratching noise again. Biting her lip she set the table back down and slowly let go of it, making sure it wouldn’t tip over and fall. Then she stepped over to the couch and grabbed one of the pillows. Then saw the table starting to tip over and rushed back over to it, dropping the pillow and catching one of the table legs before it gained too much momentum. Sighing in relief, she looked over to the pillow and almost reached for it with her left arm, then stopped herself and instead, while holding on to the table, reached out with a stretched foot, to hook the pillow and drag it over to where she was holding the piece of furniture, angle it up and place the cushion underneath before moving around to the other side and start pulling again. This time there was no sound of the floor being scratched up and she carefully leaned the table against the wall before walking back to the wide empty space on the floor she now had available. “Okay. Plenty of room now!” She smiled, placing her hand on her hip and ignoring the lack of a symmetrical sensation. She closed her eyes and frustratingly bit her lip. “Now to clean the floor.”
@thrythlind.bsky.socialSep 22, 2026, 11:29 PM

Not who I ever dreamed I would be - chapter 5 teaser

A Witness needs to be talked to.

CW: food safety

Mature due to themes of mental health and systemic bigotry

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“Are you sure walking around with that is the best way to go?” Ilia pointed to the crest on Weiss’s back. Weiss turned to look at her. “We’re not in Menagerie anymore. I’m not ceding anything to Father here.” “It’s going to attract a lot of attention to us.” Emerald frowned. “And where’s Little Miss Hero?” “Ruby’s finishing up her new weapon and then getting some practice in with it.” Blake paused a moment to look behind them and then started up again. “Where’s Trifa?” “She said she wanted some air clear of couple-antics.” The green haired thief smirked. Ilia shook her head and rolled her eyes at her partner. “As a new hire at the Mistral council’s hunter administration office, she’s been delegated the thankless task of fielding calls and messages from the outer villages.” “What does that mean?” Weiss asked. Blake turned to her. “She’s controlling the flow of information from the people calling in to those in charge. Is that where we got this lead?” “Oh no, this person avoided official channels. We tracked rumors.” Ilia looked up at one of the signs over the intersection and then pointed. “Our witness is this way.” Weiss set a hand on the railing and looked over the edge down into the lower levels of the city and then turned her expression back to the path ahead of her. “Zelenko Weapons is around here somewhere.” “You know the place?” Emerald turned and narrowed her eyes as she watched Weiss. “Ruby purchased a bunch of weapon parts there earlier in the week.” Weiss turned to look at them “Why?” “Because that’s where we’re going.” Ilia stopped and gestured down the path to the shop Weiss recognized from her last excursion. As they passed through the alley up to the door, the younger Zelenko looked up and caught sight of Weiss. “Hello there, how’s your girl enjoying those parts?” “She’s building her weapon right now.” Weiss smiled and stepped forward.
@thrythlind.bsky.socialSep 21, 2026, 8:52 PM

Not who I ever dreamed I would be - chapter 4 teaser

Movie night again... and it's Pyrrha's turn

Mature due to themes of mental health and systemic bigotry

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Chapter Text “So, what’s this all about?” Oscar asked as people gathered into the room. “We started this back at Beacon.” Weiss settled herself in next to Penny on the couch. “Because… I had a bad day and Nora was a bit lonely.” “So far it’s only something we’ve done three times.” Yang settled down on the floor in front of them and Penny crossed her legs to give her space. “Well, two times with JNPR.” “Did anybody call Ilia and Emerald about this?” Blake sat down beside Yang. “They’re doing something tonight.” Ren handed Nora a bowl of popcorn and ignored her as she eagerly grabbed some up already. “They said they’d catch the next one.” Blake nodded and adjusted her position for Ruby to sit next to her. The dark-red head frowned and turned to look up to where Weiss had her tail curled around over her lap. “Are we crushing your legs?” “If I’m uncomfortable, I’ll say something.” Weiss reached over to ruffle Ruby’s head. “Oh, is it okay for people to rest against your legs?” Penny asked. “Depends on who it is.” Yang looked up from where her arm was trapped between Blake’s shoulders and Weiss’s legs. “And who else did you have movie night with, hmm?” Nora asked, teasing. “Besides Penny.” “Well, Ilia and Emerald, Sienna Khan, Blake’s parents…” Ruby counted out the names on her hand and then looked over to the rest of the people in the room. “Excuse me a moment,” Qrow walked into the room and crossed his arms. “You sat down and watched movies with the High Leader of the White Fang?” “Yes. She chose the films.” Penny nodded. “They were very interesting.” “I’m… I’m following Sienna Khan’s movie selection?” Pyrrha looked pale as she walked in with the bag of her rentals.
@thrythlind.bsky.socialSep 20, 2026, 7:22 PM

Not who I ever dreamed I would be - chapter 3 teaser

Frosensteel go shopping for weapon parts.

CW: Abelism, bigotry, night terrors

Mature due to mental health and systemic bigotry

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If there was anything to be glad of about the Mistral House, it was the existence of a room that could comfortably fit all five of them. The two beds were entirely different matters which is why there had been some adjustments, especially in the current situation. Weiss woke up in the middle of the night at first sounds of muttering near ears. She’d figured out pretty quickly to wake up immediately even if Penny didn't reach over to shake her shoulder. She sat up and along with Penny wrapped Ruby up between the two of them, making sure to keep her still healing left arm isolated. “Behind… behi…” Ruby shook in between them. “Faster… faster… “ “Shh, shh.” Weiss set herself near Ruby’s ear, one hand between her back and Penny’s chest rubbing the shaking girl comfortingly. “It is okay, Ruby.” Penny whispered. “You may not be able to hear me but both Weiss and are here with you.” The sound of shuffling elsewhere in the room drew Weiss’s attention to the nearby bed and two pair of legs swinging over to set on the floor and the people belonging to them standing up. “I’ll go get her ice and water.” “Thank you, Blake.” Penny smiled broadly as Blake waved at her. Yang walked to a cooler nearby and pulled out a rolled up cloth before sitting down beside where her sister was wrapped up and placed it against her forehead and dabbing around her face. Ruby woke up with a gasp and a start as Blake was walking back into the room with two glasses in hand. One water and ice, the other just ice. The younger hunter blinked and looked around, catching her breath, eyes moving from person to person and calming down as she recognized each person. “Oh, man.” Ruby sighed. “ I thought I was past it.” “You woke before your aura drained even half-way this time.” Penny told her, encouragingly as they carefully pulled away from Ruby. “That’s progress.” Blake handed over the glass of water. “The first time this happened back in Beacon you didn’t wake up until you burned out entirely.”
@thrythlind.bsky.socialSep 19, 2026, 6:52 PM

Not who I ever dreamed I would be - chapter 2 teaser

Dinner is prepared, attraction is discussed...

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Weiss sat down next to Yang as she waved at Penny heading upstairs, then scooted the chair over so that their sides and legs were brushing comfortably against each other. Yang had just wrapped an arm around her and she had only just started to enjoy Yang’s heat when she became aware of the slight, rhythmic shake coming from her fiery girlfriend. The realization distracted her from leaning on Yang’s shoulder and she looked down to see the way the blonde was bouncing her knee. She reached over and laid a hand on the bouncing knee, looking up at Yang as the bouncing stopped. “Are you good?” “Huh? Yeah. Just…” Yang shrugged. “Worried about Ruby.” Weiss tilted her head to watch Yang and then glanced around without moving her head before nodding. “She’s talking to Pyrrha right now. She’ll be down soon.” Yang sighed expressively and nodded. Weiss pulled her hand back to Yang’s nearer leg, leaving it softly there as the other knee start to bounce again, but slower. Across from them, Qrow watched them and nodded. “Yeah, I guess Pyrrha has some things to share with her after all.” Weiss noticed Ren looking up from mixing a sauce of some sort and then look back down. Yang shook her head. “So what’s for dinner?” “Chicken stir-fry.” Ren answered over his shoulder. He pointed to where Nora was finishing up cooking the chicken and starting to slice them into portions. Then to where Jaune was chopping up vegetables. “We’re jussst cooking a few more portions.” Nora turned and winked. “Because of surprise guests and all.” Weiss had already been smelling the chicken, but the confirmation that there was chicken coming for dinner and her tail wagging slowly up and down behind her. “That sounds good.”
@thrythlind.bsky.socialSep 18, 2026, 4:11 AM

Not who I was expected to be - chapter 28 teaser (finale)
Not who I ever dreamed I would be - chapter 1 teaser

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Chapter 29: Winter - Blood Summary: While Team RSPBY has been dealing with mercenaries, fanatics, and homicidal villains, Winter has been dealing with the SDC... so much the same really. This is the end of the Menagerie arc. The Mistral arc will happen in Not who I ever dreamed I would be Notes: CW: Alcoholism, unlawful imprisonment passing as medical treatment, bigotry, blood quantumNot who I ever dreamed I would be (Fic) Summary: We go to Mistral in the wake of a costly battle with Adam Taurus and Tyrian Callows to continue following Team RSPBY. (Ruby+Schnee+Penny+Blake+Yang... or Rose+Schnee+Polendina+Belladonna+Yang) Team Raspberry Follows on immediately from chapter 29 of Not who I was expected to be Chapter 1: Not as okay as she thought she was (chapt)Summary: The team arrive at Mistral house and Ruby has a sudden panic. Notes: CW: Anxiety, body dysmorphia, panic attack“Another false flag operation.” Ironwood frowned as he set down the report on his desk and looked out the window. “Yes, sir.” Winter reported, arms crossed behind her. “Blaming the White Fang seems to have become a popular way to conceal taking action against business or political rivals. Perhaps it is time to be public about this situation.” Ironwood shook his head. “If we let people know that people are hiding their crimes this way, they’ll lose confidence in the companies and it will undermine much of our warnings about the White Talon danger.” “All right, the same as before then?” “Arrest them quietly, amend the public report. Offer them leniency if they confess without mentioning the ploy.” He glanced to the side. “But not too much leniency. We don’t want this to be a slap on the wrist.” “Of course not,” Winter nodded. He frowned and turned around. “This feels like too much of a coincidence. Why has the SDC suddenly decided to erupt into what is essentially civil war?” “To be quite honest, sir?” Winter followed his motion as he walked around the desk. “Keeping them at each others’ throats has always been my father’s method of controlling his subordinates. The SDC has been a powderkeg for decades. He’s just usually been able to keep too many sparks from going off at once.” The General nodded and frowned. “Something’s changed. Distracted your father. It could be the election but it could also be…” He grimaced. “If I may, sir? Are you thinking about Sienna Khan’s suspicions?” He nodded slowly. “I am. But if she’s correct, and it’s not some ploy to drive a wedge between us. There’d have to be a way that she has contact with him. An intermediary, some sort of bizarre Grimm. Something.”“Maybe we should stop somewhere to eat first?” Ruby stared out the window at the approaching houses. “What?” Emerald called over her shoulder and then focused back on the road. “You couldn’t have said that when we hit the edge of town? We’re already right there.” “Sorry, I just thought of it.” Ruby chuckled nervously. Weiss reached over to clutch her knee and look her in the eye. The younger hunter smiled back and waved at her. “They have a pretty well-stocked kitchen.” Ilia turned to look at them. “I’m sure you’ll get a meal better than most restaurants.” “Oh, are they aware that we are coming then?” Penny asked. “In general…?” Emerald shrugged. “We told them it was your plan. Didn’t have chance to tell them you were on the way.” “You do have scrolls right?” Yang looked between them. “We’ve been a bit busy between investigating lost hunters and carrying out opportunity missions. Picking you up was a bit out of the blue.” The white haired woman behind them looked away from the rear window and turned to face them a moment before going back on watching their rear. “Not to be rude, but you haven’t introduced us to your teammate.” Weiss gestured toward her. “My name’s Trifa.” She responded. “I can’t warp people’s brains or change my skin. What I can do is scale walls really well.” “And secure prisoners.” Blake added, turning to Weiss and Ruby. “She spins webs.” “Any size?” Ruby turned back to her. Trifa smiled. “Catch targets just like flies.” “Oh, you’re the one with hemoglyph blood.” Weiss nodded. “Okay.” Trifa turned to stare at her. “There’s not many people that know what hemoglyph is. How did you…” Blake turned back to Trifa. “She was asking about donating bloods to blood banks. I mentioned you as an example of the rare case one of us can’t donate blood.” “Ah. Bad doctor experience.” Trifa nodded and went back to looking out the back window as they pulled up in front of the house.
@thrythlind.bsky.socialSep 17, 2026, 4:46 PM

Not who I was expected to be - chapter 28 teaser

As I wrap up this arc, we conclude with another session of the team checking in with each other while in transit.

CW: Phantom limb syndrome

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“This aircraft looks … familiar.” Weiss narrowed her eyes and looked around it. “I feel like I’ve been in it before.” She shook her head and instead turned to look at Ruby sitting beside her. She glanced at the stump where Ruby’s arm ended at her elbow, and then back to her girlfriend’s face. The words stoppered up in her throat, but apparently made it anyway and Ruby leaned over to kiss her lips then sit back. “I’m…” Ruby grimaced. “Well, I’m not fine. But I’ll be fine.” She turned to Penny then and kissed her on the cheek and then turned back to look at Blake and Yang. “All right, everybody?” “Just…” Yang sighed. “Ruby, we know you don’t have the easiest time talking about things.” “Yes.” Penny nodded. “I know it is not really comparable, but losing my limbs the first time was… significantly more bothersome than I initially expected it to be.” Blake reached over to hold Ruby’s head and kissed her forehead and lips. “Just don’t pretend you’re fine. Can you do that for us?” “If you can’t talk. Tell us you can’t.” Weiss reached over to look for her hand and instead gripped her knee. “Like you told me.” Ruby bit her lips and nodded. “I will. But right now… I’m … I’m okay. Maybe I’m just compartmentalizing and it’ll come out later. But right now…?” she shrugged. “Is everybody else …okay?” Blake bit her lip and looked down at her knees. “Weiss and I talked a little bit.” She looked up at Weiss. “She doesn’t think so… but… I shouldn’t have let that happen. I lost track of what was happening. I distracted everyone…” Yang reached forward to hug her. “No, come on. You know that’s not it.” “I told you before, we all let our guard down.” Weiss turned around, placing her knees on the seat and adding her own hug around Blake.
@thrythlind.bsky.socialSep 16, 2026, 4:30 PM

Not who I expected to be - chapter 27 teaser

Tyrian's here for Ruby and the team are all exhausted.

CW: villain death, bigotry

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“Ice!” Blake started running as Weiss tossed her up a canister of ice dust and then summoned a haste glyph underneath her. Turning toward this new threat, Weiss watched him dodge past Penny’s laser and attempt to get around Yang’s charge. She put a stop to that with gravity glyph summoned to shove him back into Yang’s flaming line of attack. He managed a block but still found himself catapulted back through Penny’s laser. He chuckled and waved the charred remains of Ruby’s severed arm at them. “Well, you are some interesting children. I’d love to stay and play but Her Grace’s tasks take precedence.” He tossed the bone aside and charged across the battlefield, moving along a bizarre and erratic path that brought him ducking past Yang, sliding under Weiss’s glyph and batting away Penny’s blades. As he surged forward, Blake turned to face his wild giggling approach, pelting him with bullets and switching to blade as he neared… …only for her and Ruby both to vanish in a flurry of rose petals to be carried across the field again. They landed near Weiss, Ruby crying out again as they landed and Blake turned to hold her tightly as the fox-faunus ran in front of them, Myrtenaster ready. The man straightened up with a wild, ecstatic grin and cocked his head as he watched the villagers flee the rooftops then looked around at the girls. “I guess I can play a little bit longer.” He rushed at Weiss, juking one way and another as she tried to predict his path with columns of ice. On reaching her she prepared to thrust and instead was forced to raise a barrier to block the terrifying look stinger and only just barely block a swipe from his wrist blades, getting sent stumbling as she did so.
@thrythlind.bsky.socialSep 15, 2026, 5:11 PM

Not who I was expected to be - chapter 26 teaser

Time for the rematch with Adam Taurus.

CW: maiming, gaslighting, character death

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“Why would you possibly think we’d surrender? Weiss asked. “Because you know what happens if you try to fight. Don’t you, Blake?” He focused on her, pretending to not even look at Weiss. “It didn’t have to be this way if you’d just behaved.” “How was I supposed to behave, Adam?” Blake asked. “Just standby and let you kill people that didn’t need to die?” “Yes!” Adam snarled as he paced, watching Penny taking up a position that kept her on the edge of his vision unless he took his focus off Blake. “You were supposed to stand by.” His eyes snapped back to Blake and then flickered to watch Ruby moving in the other direction, brushing past Blake’s arm with a supportive nod. “You were supposed to stand by me!.” The raging murderrer eyed Weiss as she walked behind Blake, tracing one hand at the other young woman’s back as she moved. “You weren’t supposed to go around telling everyone my business!.” Twisting back to her, his fingers flexed over the grip of his blade one by one while he flung his other fist through the air. His eyes narrowed as Yang walked up beside Blake and gripped her hand with a nod before facing Adam beside her. “It’s not just your business when you’re killing people that aren’t hurting us.” Blake gripped Gambol Shroud in anticipation as she stepped forward. “When they don’t help us, they’re hurting us. When Sienna holds me back from ending them, she’s hurting us.” He shook his head. “When our people abandon the fight and get in my way, it hurts us. And it all started with you not knowing your place!” Adam surged forward crossing the space between him and Blake in a flash. Wilt flew out of Blush’s scabbard form, slashing through the decoy image of Blake leaving the blade out of position for dealing with Yang already throwing a punch. He rose Blush up to catch the blow and grunted as he was shoved back.