IGNITE.

“Why would anyone wanna come on purpose to this piece of garbage?! The woods basically on borderline rusted nails and can’t even sail anymore. I got sent here randomly against my will, be damned as it is!” The explosions going off in his hand calmed down to nothing, putting a hand into his pocket as he approached the women that was stuck on the ship with him, assumingly. 

They were exactly the same height, which he didn’t care for. As long as she wasn’t annoying or loud. 

“So how’d you end up here? You get lost or tryin’ to find a place to sleep and crash till this island shit is over?”

“You clearly do not see the amount of resources that are located on this island buddy.” She says, already spotting a few items that could be used for multiple things. A sword for defense, seeing she couldn't exactly beat up a dinosaur, or gut a fish for that matter. 

⇄ “Yeah, I-” Ruby had been content on moving the conversation along, but something Yang had said ended up clicking a little later than it should have. “DINOSAURS!?” It would probably be assumed that Ruby was worried about her sister’s experience, but actually? “Aww, I wish I’d been there for that! Did you ride one? I bet you rode one!” Yang would totally ride a dinosaur! She didn’t really have any context for the comments about a lab though, just that the world didn’t have a need for another Merlot.

“I guess you’re right. I don’t think the people here would take anything laying down, and a lot of them are even stronger than Huntsmen and Huntresses! But that also means there are new enemies in that same boat too, right?” 

“I’ve been here before Yang, a long time ago. So I know how things work. Being here? It won’t change what happens back home. It’s like time is frozen there while we’re gone. We can’t control whether we stay or go, so…” It was very much like Ruby to weigh all this. Especially considering how things had been going back home lately. Everything that had happened in Atlas? It was dark, it was terrible, but it had matured her as a leader even more.

“I want to help protect the people here from whatever happens.”

Yang couldn't help but let a small chuckle escape her lips. No matter how old they were, Ruby would always be her baby sister. She sometimes had a hard time grasping that Ruby didn’t always need her help. Stepping into a leadership had changed her in so many ways, that Yang almost felt herself falling behind. But instead of feeling sorry for herself, something overwhelming masked that feeling. 

She was proud. 

⇄ “I don’t know, Yang. I’m glad this city seems peaceful even though some weird stuff seems to happen now and again.” It hadn’t taken Ruby long to get in contact with her sister, just as it hadn’t taken her very long to contact Weiss. She’d been here before, years ago. So she kind of knew how things worked. But once the pleasantries had been put to the side Ruby wanted to talk about something a little more serious.

She wouldn’t be a very good leader if she tried to ignore the possibility of what was weighing on her after all.

“What if Salem ends up here too? Or any of her allies for that matter?” Cinder would be a nightmare all her own. “I don’t want a repeat of what’s happening in Atlas happening here.”

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“You’re telling me. Weiss and I both had to try not to be eaten by dinosaurs. Dinosaurs, Ruby. Have you ever seen one of those things? No bigger than some of the Grimm we’ve seen, but still.” Yang swept her bangs out of her face as she recalled hiding in a humid cavern, just to avoid becoming dinner. 

“Don’t even get me started on the lab island. And we thought Dr. Merlot was crazy.”

The lingering question of if they were safe lingered through the air. Yang wasn’t naïve enough to think that for a moment they were safe, even though the city had been quite welcoming despite its quirks and inhabitants. Even if Salem and her faction had somehow made it to them, she was sure that there had to be some limitations to their powers as well, just as theirs had been removed upon arrival. 

“I don’t know.” She states after a moment of hard contemplation. “This place is so different from Remnant, I don’t know if we’d be safe. But I do know there are people here that wouldn’t stand for their wacko schemes and would help us fight back.”

She hoped. 

❅ : weiss has had just about enough of this island. at least now she knows what those creatures - monsters are called, but knowing that these dinosaurs that are all over the island are called dinosaurs has brought her neither relief nor peace of mind. really, all she’s been doing is running, and if this place weren’t effectively a steamy jungle enveloping several active volcanoes, her outfit might have been suitably appropriate attire for the occasion.

alas, her sweat-soaked shrug and dress have long since plastered themselves to her skin, and all she wants is a nice shower and a good night’s rest, but those are some very distant dreams. instead, she continues to run, knowing very well that she does not want to meet the owner of those monstrous booming footsteps. hopefully she’ll be able to find her way to shelter and perhaps relative safety, and then — a familiar voice yelling snaps her to attention and she almost stumbles, then changes direction towards the most familiar blonde-haired head.

‘yang? yang!’ what she’d like to do is leap and hug the other girl in spite of how awful and disgusting she feels, but weiss knows better than to do something so foolish in the face of danger. immediately, as soon as she comes up close to yang she lowers her voice and clasps a hand over the other’s mouth.

‘there’s one of those big ones nearby and… it’s a long story, but i’m not entirely sure i can fight something like that right now.’ then, slightly sheepish and ashamed by her actions, she pulls her hand back. ‘sorry… i got a little carried away there. are you doing alright? are you okay?’

Stifling a laugh as Weiss clamped a hand over her mouth, Yang raised a brow. Sure she had seen Weiss sweaty and dirty before, but with the Atlas get up, it was pretty comical. A wave of relief had washed over the blonde as she finally was able to recognize someone in this odd timeline, even though it wasn’t ideal. She would have preferred somewhere nicer, like a coffee shop, or on the beach. Somewhere calm and not as life threatening. 

But beggars couldn't be choosers. 

Rubbing the back of her head, she didn’t quite have enough time to unpack the frozen in time explanation before she shot herself to the nearest island. Not to mention the fact that at any moment Salem could appear and they would have to fight with limited resources...again. 

“Yeah, you’re right. That sucker is lurking on the other side of the peak, but theres a cavern not too far from here that we can take shelter in for a minute.” Deflecting the question, she focuses on the fact that it seemed Weiss was also without her usual gear. “They took your weapon and semblance too, huh? It’s weird being stripped back down to nothing.” 

Frowning, she tried to remember a time she didn’t heavily rely on Ember Celica or her semblance to get her through a fight, but the thought was interrupted by the sounds of snapping twigs and rustling leaves. 

Fucking cheeks. 

The idea just going and ruining his mood further. The second he went and talked about the other islands that was now opened up to check out, she was ecstatic to go and check them all out. He went, he went onto the ship to head to the island she wanted to check out….only for her to tell him the wrong island name she wanted to go to! FOR FUCK SAKES IT WASN’T THAT HARD!!! 

Now here he was, wandering on what looked like some sort of movie proped abandoned ship that had more holes and worn out wood then the after picture of a house fire. Nothing of interest or life was anywhere on this large ship, besides the wondering of other noises and creeks from the broken ship boards under his feet. 

Though the sound of someone yelling down the corridor he was in was enough to turn in that direction. He had came from there a few minutes ago, so was someone else on this ship? The voice was unfamiliar so it must be someone he didn’t know. He was curious if this was a enemy, or someone who lived on this abandoned piece of junk. His body and what not was still covered in the lack of light, but he walks out as he  begins to make miniature explosions in his hand to look over to see another humanoid figure. 

“Oii, the hell you doin’ here on this garbage? You live here?” 

Bingo. 

Yang took a defensive stance, careful to not to provoke the being in front of her. With limited use of her aura, she had a very slim chance of making it out unscathed should a fight break out. Noticing the small blasts from his hand, Yang assumed it must be his semblance. It was cool enough to distract her from the fact that he may be an enemy, for just a moment. 

“What! Does it look  like I live on this dusty piece of junk?” Feeling her hair, she was sure it looked as decent as it could’ve. “And even if I did, wouldn’t this be sorta like trespassing?”

Standing with a half-grin on her face, she wonders if he actually was transported on accident. This was supposed to be the less dangerous area, but if she had learned anything, it was that you could never actually predict the people around you. Deciding to roll the dice on him being a decent person, she puts her hands up, signifying that she was not a threat. 

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     Finally! It took some time and plenty of hopping around, but it looks like the Grim Reaper can finally take a breather… No giant lizards running around, no monster prisons to worry about, and no broken ships to crawl around for food on! Nommin Isle is his chance to kick back and bask in some sunlight in peace…

     … Well, unfortunately that plan’s gonna be on hold– cause the wind’s been gradually picking up for the past few hours… and those clouds over the sea do not look friendly. The blue sky gradually becomes more corrupt by dark clouds, lighting and thunder tearing through the horizon as the storm gets closer to the island. So that’s just fantastic!! Guess all he can do is find shelter… too bad he absolutely blows at making shelter. But while luck may have thrown a storm his way, it was also kind enough to let him spot a cave in one of the rocky cliffs near the beach. … But it looks like it’s already occupied.

         “… Uh– Room for one more?“ That was all the warning he gave to the blonde inside, one simply given out of courtesy. He’s not taking no for an answer, but maybe that won’t be a problem.

There was a storm brewing. Living on Patch had well equipped her for toughing out the worst ones. At least this time there weren’t any grimm to focus on the people suffering from it, there was always an upside. 

Yang wasn’t exactly having the worst time of her life, as she had found shelter before the onslaught of waves and harsh winds seemed to take a toll on the island. The cave itself seemed to go further in, but without a torch or any type of light, she didn’t want to take a chance. The wood that she had gathered earlier in the day was soaked, which meant little chance of it actually catching fire. 

“Uh- Room for one more?”

Her head snapped up to land on a human like figure, though she couldn't be too sure. Raising a brow, she couldn’t exactly hold it against the person for needing shelter. She too would barge in on someone elses camp for shelter if that meant getting out of the hell storm. 

“Should’ve seen this coming.”

you have no brain cells.

She was being chased, by what resembled to be the Apathy they had faced on their way to Argus, except less grimm like. More monsterly, like the games she and Ruby had played as kids. Totally not as cool as she expected it to be in real life. Yang had had her fill of traumatizing monsters hunting her, especially since she hadn’t asked to be transported to the most dangerous island known to this realm. One minute she was exploring empty caves, the next? Thrust headfirst into the most dangerous part of the island. Weaving through the jagged rocks, she comes across an entrance to the large abandoned part of the laboratory. 

Chest heaving, she knew she wasn’t safe in the upper rounds, based on the information she gathered from the tiny phone she was equipped with. She had lost her larger pirate sword, and was only equipped with her training and a tiny dagger that was duller than the edge of a spoon. In all honesty, Yang knew this probably wasn’t going to end well, and that alone was enough to cause her to shake. She hadn’t seen her sister, her teammates, anyone familiar since she had arrived. How would they know she didn’t make it?

Hurrying to the lower levels of the building she hears something scuffling at the end of the darkened halls. The lights flickered as she took a cautious step forward, squinting through the heavy dust that had been shaken from the ceiling, no doubt due to the giant monsters that lurked above the rooms. This meant whoever was in front of her could be someone from Spirale, and that meant (hopefully) it was an ally. 

“Who’s there?” She said, voice low to not draw too much attention to herself. “If you’re looking for a fight, you might want to think again. “

Yeah, threaten your ally. Nice plan.

Yang stared ahead, wondering if exploring the caverns ahead would even be worth her time. She had equipped herself with a dagger and pirate-like sword from her last adventure to Volaat Island. Seeing a dinosaur up close and personal was nothing short of terrifying, yet she liked the adrenaline. 

She would always pride herself on taking risks. 

Looking into the darker parts of the cave, she could see a faint glittering in the distance. Blinking rapidly, it took all of her being not to dive into another adventure without thinking of the consequences that may follow. For all she knew, there was a giant Dinosaur trying to lure in unsuspecting prey with all of its shiny rocks. Huffing, she decided to search the outside to see if maybe she could find some items to create a torch. Without her semblance, she didn’t have much to go off of. The leftover flint rested in her pocket, but she wasn’t about to waste it all in one go. She had lucked out last time, as the explosive boy lit just about every fire with his hands. What did he call it? She supposed it was similar to semblances anyways, just a different name. 

Hearing the ground shake, she knew that another giant dino was headed in her direction. She had already come face to face with one and narrowly avoided an altercation. Despite the cool story it would be, Yang basically had no defense as her aura was limited. Creeping to the right of the caverns opening, she spotted a very chunky braid. A braid that could only belong to one person, capable of its upkeep. 

“Weiss?!” She hollered, darting towards the girl, forgetting about the giant creature that lurked not too far from them. “Weiss is that you?”

Staring at her arm, she was at least thankful that she was able to retain her cybernetic arm. Things probably would have been a lot harder to deal with without it, shaking her head, she stares at the cell phone before her. She preferred the scrolls she was used to, as the block didnt provide nearly as much information as she’d like. She had no idea where her sister was, nor her other teammates. At this point, she should be used to being split up, but after things started to feel semi-normal, they were thrust into yet another life-threatening situation. 

This? Being sent to an unknown dimension as an experiment? Yang liked to believe she was adventurous enough to accept new challenges set ahead of her. After all, visiting Haven and Atlas was nice, even if it didn’t last. With the threat of Salem destroying Remnant, Yang couldn’t help but wonder if any of her faction had been taken as well. That only meant more trouble, not just for her, but for the beings in this dimension as well. 

Focusing her thoughts on the screen before her, she saw what looked like to be an island full of abandoned ships. This meant shelter, materials to survive off of. An easy place to explore, though she wasn’t sure if it was all that it seemed. Her finger ghosted over Volaat Isle, and before she knew it, she was standing on the shore. Not as big as she expected, but at least the view was pretty. Being a fan of warmer weather, Yang let out a stretch and adjusted her sunglasses. This should be easy enough.

Shedding her coat, she tied the arms around her waist and set off to see what she could salvage from the wreckage in front of her. Eyeing the decaying wood, she wondered if there would be any wood viable for a fire later. Trudging forward, she spotted an opening. She wasn’t naive enough to ignore the other footprints leading to the same area, who knew who would be lurking. Anyone from the city could be there, and depending on who it was, could be a formidable enemy. Cautiously rounding a corner, she heard faint griping coming from down the hall. Whoever it was, didn’t sound very happy to be there. 

“Hellooooooooooooooooooooooo?” She called, cupping her hands around her mouth to amplify her voice. “I know you’re in here somewhere, come on out.”