Auburn RWBY (RWBY x Male OC, Ruby x Male Reader)[On Hold]

The Greatest Kingdom

Winter: "A reminder."

Weiss: "Huh?"

Winter: "Failure to cooperate with Atlas military personnel is a punishable offense. If your sector is under lockdown..."

Weiss: (shocked) "Winter?"

Qrow: "No offense, Weiss. I'm not sure that's a good idea anymore."

Weiss tenses her shoulders and turns to Qrow, fists clenched.

Weiss: "There's obviously something very wrong. If we can just talk to her, then we--"

Qrow: "Look, I'm not even sure we should be talking to Ironwood until we know exactly what's going on with Mantle."

Weiss: "But--"

Maria: "Everyone, calm down." She sighs. "I know someone who can help with both."

Atlas Air Traffic Female: "Manta 5-1, you are to make your--" Maria turned the radio off.

Maria: "Geez, lady, take a hint!"

After landing the stolen Manta in Mantle, Maria cautiously exits an alley by slowly shuffling along with her cane. When she sees the coast is clear, she picks up her cane and walks normally, and the rest of us exit the alley with her. In the distance, a small group of Atlas soldiers run down a street in the direction that we came from.

Soldier: "It landed over there, let's go!"

Our group begins walking through Mantle together. Trucks drive past, and Atlesian Knight-200s stand on various sidewalks. A small child places a poster of a white-haired woman on a street lamp. There is a hologram board displaying news articles.

Maria: "Come on now, hurry! It shouldn't be much of a walk."

Jaune: "Is this many soldiers normal?"

Weiss: "No. At least, I didn't think so."

Yang notices a whirring sound and stops to take a look.

Yang: "Huh?"

There is a small drone hovering to her right, which is focused on her. When Yang shrugs it off and resumes walking, the drone follows her. She stops again and looks at it in surprise and confusion. As she leans in to take a closer look, the drone takes a photograph of her face with a bright flash, which Yang recoils from. In response, Yang kicked the drone, knocking it out of the air and causing it to tumble into the street, where it is struck by a car.

Yang: "Ooh..." She winced at the drone's destruction.

Rosa: "Real discreet, Yang."

Yang turned to see all of us staring at her. She awkwardly shifts her posture with a sheepish smile.

Yang: "Maybe we should pick up the pace."

Nero: "Agreed."

Everyone resumed walking.

Maria: "You have to remember, the Kingdom had just lost the Great War. The people of Mantle needed a sign of a brighter future, and that sign was Atlas. After all, a home in the clouds is as bright as it gets."

They look up at the City of Atlas, while the earlier broadcast from Winter plays once again nearby. A pair of trucks drive by with miners, covered in black material, sitting in the beds.

Winter: "We are here for your safety. Thank you for your cooperation."

Blake, Nero, Vert and Nora watch the second truck as it drives by. Nora crosses her arms and looks away.

Nora: "Unless you're the one having to look up at it."

Vert: "Everyone below is struggling every day."