#mercury falling au

[juanarc-thethird]

Jaune Is Not Allow To Drink Alcohol #4

At Junior's

Mercury: What are we doing here?

Cinder: We're looking for that Arc fool.

Mercury: Ok...

Mercury: Why?

Cinder: *Angry* Don't you pay attention to my plans?!

Mercury: I will be honest, I have never paid attention to your plans.

Cinder: Urg! We're here to get Arc drunk so we can find a weak point we can use against the famous Pyrrha Nikos.

Mercury: Oooooh! Well, lucky for you it seems he's already drunk.

He says as he looks past Cinder. She follows his gaze and sees Jaune drinking a mug of beer while singing.

Cinder: This will be easy.

Mercury: Good luck.

Cinder: I don't need luck.

She begins to walk towards him while Mercury stays behind watching.

Jaune: *Singing* 🎶Mr. Miller has laid old Otis in his grave...YAH!🎶

Cinder: Hey Jaune~

Jaune: Huh? *Turns to her*

Cinder: Can I join you for a drink? I can be very good company~

She says with a sensual smile

Jaune: *Upset* No.... I like woman. *Walks away*

Cinder: *Angry* W-WHAT?!

Mercury: AHAHAHAHAHA!

[brokentrafficknight]

I'm Still Here

RWBY doesn't do 'found family' well at all.

I also really loved Treasure Planet and think the best Jim stand-in would be that lovable little misanthropic asshole Mercury. Of all of the characters who needed a good dad, he needed it the most.

[actualbampot]

I physically couldn't stop this from happening.

[howi99]

Prince of Vale part 2

Jaune: *sitting on his bed, looking pensive*

Pyrrha: *brushing her hair* Is something wrong?

Jaune: Hm? *Shake his head* No no, it's just... You remember that girl in class?

Pyrrha: Which one?

Jaune: The one from Haven. The one who acts as if she is superior to everyone, but at the same time tries to hide it behind the fake smile.

Pyrrha: Oh, Cinder, right?

Jaune: *snapping his fingers* Yeah, that one. She kept looking at me all day.

Pyrrha: *roll her eyes* Another Princess wannabe. *Sigh* You'd think they get the message after you said no to the 20th.

Jaune: Pyrrha, you know better than anyone what fame does. *Chuckle* Your fan even thinks we are dating and they STILL send you love letters.

Pyrrha: *mumbling* If only that was true.

Jaune: What?

Pyrrha: *shake her head* Nothing. So, where were you going with this?

Jaune: Well, at first i thought it was sympathy or something, but it looks... I don't know. Weird? It's like she wants to talk to me and at the same time run away. I'm just wondering what's wrong, you know?

Pyrrha: *mumbling again* Goddamn hussy, i'll show you...

Jaune: Pyrrha? Are you ok? You seem a bit... Angry.

Pyrrha: *crossing her arms, frowning* I'm not. And yes, i know what you mean. Maybe she didn't have the best childhood? Mistral isn't known for being the best of place.

Ren: *who was reading a book* I wonder what would make you say that.

Nora: *playing on her scroll* Yeah, it's the safest place ever. Totally not a den of criminal.

Jaune: *chuckle* Sarcasm aside, maybe we should try befriending her?

Nora: *pausing the game* Are you sure she's... Uh... Kind of a bitch.

Ren: *looking up from his book* Worse than Weiss?

Nora: Touché.

Jaune: *shrug* Beside, it might give us more information on their team. Weakness and all that, you know?

Pyrrha: That... Sounds more callous than you used to be.

Jaune: *shaking his head* Sorry, old habits. My bumbling fool persona might not be far from the real me, but taking advantage of any situation IS important as a king. *Scratch the back of his head* My tutors drilled that teaching in my mind.

Meanwhile, in Cinder's team dorm

Cinder: *irritated* He's been looking at me for the last few periods. I think he is onto us.

Mercury: His mother died not even a week ago and everyone knows he is going to be the next king. *Shrug* I'd be paranoid too. He's probably the biggest target of every kidnapper in Vale.

Emerald: *sigh* As much as i hate to admit it, Mercury is right.

Cinder: *massaging her eyelids* I know that already, but it's not as if we are trying to kidnap him. *Sigh* Her Majesty asked us to look after him in secrecy, and i won't fail that mission.

Trivia: *texting* The queen did say he was a good judge of character. He probably already knows that we are trying to look after him. Or at least, that we aren't after him.

Emerald: And you were watching him a bit too intensely-

Cinder: Of course i was! The son of the woman who took me in when i was a slave is in front of me! I would give my life for him!

Mercury: *placing a hand on her shoulder* So would any of us. But you need to calm down, if you don't want our cover to blow up. Roman worked his ass off for them and i don't think they would work a second time.

Trivia: *texting* Maybe you should wear sunglasses? At least he wouldn't see that you are looking at him specifically.

Emerald: *shake her head* It's too late for that, we should try doing some damage control.

[rocknroll7575]

The Bowlhats find out...

(Based on @brokentrafficknight Rwby one piece au)

Jaune: *looking at Raven* Yeah well... what the hell are you doing here?

Raven: I've been living in that castle for quite some time... What brings you here?

Jaune: That would be because of your seven warlord pals, Hazel sent the whole crew flying!

Raven: I see, that explains things then... bowlhat was with a different crew at Vytal.

Jaune: *shocked* Hold on, did you see Ruby!? Is she alright!? What was she doing!?

Raven: She should still be alive, however... when she left the battle, she appeared to be severely traumatized

Jaune: Why's that?

Raven: Don't you know? Her sister is dead

Jaune: *Shocked*

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Penny: *Growling as she's looking at a picture of Yang's corpse*

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Juniper: *Shocked as she holds the newspaper* It can't be!

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Cinder: *In Vacuo in shock* And you're certain that's true?

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Mercury: *in a dress in Patch* I... can't believe it...

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Ozpin: *reading the newspaper* Oh no!

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Neptune: *Fat* No way! Really!?

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Emerald: *Also reading the paper in shock* How can this be happening...

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Jaune: I can't... believe it...

Raven: Fire Fist Yang died... right before bowl hats eyes

Jaune: *Angry and disappointed in himself* 'Ruby...!'

PJCMONE: 'RUBY!!!'

[sunroseofthewood]

Teens that will fuck you up

(main cast poster for Defying Gravity, the RWBY au fanfiction I'm cowriting! Please check it out here!)

[onyxgabriel]

Pot of Gold AU: Amgery

Pete and Pancake: angry barking

Jaune: holding the two back Pete! Pancake! Stop! I'm really sorry about this, you four!

Neo: eyes sparkling at the adorableness and starts making kissy faces

Cinder: It's fine, no need to worry.

Emerald: cautiously watching the puppies You sure those little guys are safe?

Jaune: I swear that they've never acted like this around anyone 'Except for Cardin.'

Mercury: Ah, c'mon, they can't be that bad, can't they? reaches out to scratch Pancake's chin

CHOMP!

Mercury: glass shattering YEOW! GET IT OFF GET IT OFF!

Jaune: Pancake, no! scritches underneath her chin to let the finger go

Mercury: hisses and rubs the bitten finger Dude! Do something about them!

Neo and Emerald: laughing at his expense

Jaune: I'm very sorry about this!

While Jaune left the four, the pups soon calmed down. Unbeknownst to everyone, the pups were actually saying some things to them. Let's see~

Puppy translations:

["Fat! Ugly! You smell!"]

["I'll bite your ankles off!"]

["Cringe!"]

["I'll feast on your liver!"]

["You suck!"]

Sorry if I've been absent for a while, I had a hell of a time with college, and now I have to look for a job for my OJT. And more bad news is that I flunked one of my classes

[didyoutrydynamite]

Ren: Why do you look like that?

Cinder: *Lying facedown on the floor* Like what?

Ren: Like you're dead.

Cinder: Because I’m dying. Leave me here to perish.

Mercury: Cindy accidentally called Jaune "babe" in front of everyone today.

Cinder: *Groans as she dies internally*

[nightmare-foundation]

Silly rwby/atla au idea

Ruby- Air bender, loves zooming around, on her way to becoming a master

Yang- Earth bender, specifically a lava bender

Blake- Non-bender, extremely talented with chi blocking

Weiss- Water bender, uses ice most often

Jaune- initially thought to be a non bender, is actually a water bender. Extremely talented healer, one of the best in the world

Pyrrha- Metal bender

Nora- Fire bender, uses lightning most often

Ren- non-bender, uses chi blocking

Oscar- the Avatar, comes from one of the water tribes. Not ready for the responsibility

Ozpin- Previous avatar, was an air nomad

Ozymandias/KoV- Avatar prior to Ozpin, was the Fire Lord of the fire nation

Ironwood- Metal bender

Leonardo Lionheart- Non-bender or earth bender (undecided)

Theodore- Fire bender

Winter- Water bender, blood bender (rarely uses it)

Whitley- non-bender

Tyrian- non-bender, uses chi blocking

Watts- non-bender

Hazel- Earth bender

Cinder- Previously non-bender, received fire bending

Emerald- Non-bender

Mercury- Was a metal bender, had his bending taken away

Salem- dark spirit??

Qrow- non-bender

Raven- non-bender

Glynda- no idea tbh

Sun Wukong- air bender

[howlingday]

Penny: Greetings, friends~! I have the most wonderful news to share! The charging of the relics is almost complete!

Mercury: Great, Penny.

Penny: Yes... It is great, isn't it? I have already run through simulations, and though there is always room for error and improvement, the relics should be ready to fire in just a few more days!

Mercury: We don't have a few more days. (Approaches relics)

Penny: (Stands in front) B-But premature activation will destroy the relics!

Mercury: (Pushes past her) Yeah? Not my problem.

Penny: You... would destroy the relics?

Mercury: AAAARGH!

Cinder: (Turns)

Penny: Unacceptable! Absolutely unacceptable! (Blasts Cinder)

Cinder: (Knocked supine)

Penny: Atlas protocol dictates action! I see now that helping you is wrong!

Cinder: (Stands up)

Penny: (Blasts Cinder again) You are gifted with the powers of a maiden, one whom I am programmed to assist. You ARE a maiden... BUT THIS KINGDOM IS MINE.

Cinder: (Looks to Mercury)

Mercury: (Groans) Kick her ass...

[zacs-of-rwby]

Home is Where Your Light Shines Brightest

Chapter 23: Always Be Prepared

Story Summary: Ozpin works tirelessly in his pursuit: to make Beacon of Hope a safe place for kids to grow up.  With a bigger location and more kids to take care of, Ozpin starts to feel the weight of responsibility crushing him, and he plans to carry the whole thing himself.

For Qrow, volunteering for Beacon of Hope had only one purpose: to get Summer off his back for a little while.  When he meets the polite, friendly, and handsome man in charge, he wonders if he could actually get something out of this whole ordeal after all.

With Qrow’s support, maybe Oz will be able to reach his goal of turning this house into a home.

Story Categories: Mental Health, Recovery, Slice of Life, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Angst with a Happy Ending, Slow Burn, Friends to Lovers, Found Family, LGBTQ+ Themes, Alternate Universe, Ozpin’s Halfway House AU, please check Ao3 tags for potentially triggering topics

Chapter Summary: Both sides try to prepare for the upcoming trial.

Chapter Categories: Angst, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Found family

Author’s Note: This chapter is a lot of set up for the next few, but it still has some fun character interactions in it. Hope you like it!

[neopoliitan]

They're the ones your mama said "don't mess with them or you'll end up dead"

Cinder/Merc/Em for #RWBYEvermorrow!

[brokentrafficknight]

I'm Here With You Too!

I don't want to admit how long it took to make this

Adding something extra because I left out someone SUUUUUPER important!

[marcmarcmomarc]

RWBY blooper reel for the actor AU, anyone?

From 7x5

KERRY SHAWCROSS: And, action!

ROBYN: Clover, I’m so glad you’re here. Maybe you can help me understand why this truck that’s supposed to be taking construction materials to fi- (flutters tongue, clears throat) Sorry.

(Another take.)

ROBYN: Maybe you can help me understand why this truck that’s supposed to be taking- Ugh, damn it!

(Yet another take.)

ROBYN: Maybe you can help me understand why this truck that’s supposed to- Ugh! (to Kerry) What number take is this?

KERRY SHAWCROSS: Fifteen.

ROBYN: Alright, I’ll be in my trailer.

From 4x6

(During the fight at the ruins, Tyrian climbs onto Jaune’s shield and his weight brings both of them to the ground, sending the cast and crew into hysterics.)

TYRIAN: (to Jaune, laughing) I’m so sorry. Are you okay?

JAUNE: (also laughing) I’m fine.

From 4x1

SALEM: Then I see no reason for your cruelty towards young Cinder. She’s become our Fall Maiden, destroyed Beacon Tower, and most importantly, killed dear Ozpin.

(A piece of the set behind them falls, startling all of them.)

SALEM: Oh, my Gods, that scared me.

(The villains and crew break into hysterical laughter.)

[howi99]

Prince of Vale part 3

Hallway

Jaune: *Walking to Cinder, smiling* Hey, Cin-

Cinder: *Panicking, start Running* I'm sorry i can't talk right noooooow! *Goes through an open window*

Jaune: -der!?

Library

Cinder: *reading a book*

Jaune: *looking over her shoulder* Oh, i love this story!

Cinder: *surprised, freeze*

Jaune: ... Cinder?

Mercury: *reading a comic book* She does that when she's surprised. She'll be back in a bit.

Jaune: *sigh* I'm sorry. *Leave*

Mercury: *wait until Jaune's gone* You can stop acting now.

Cinder: *still doesn't move*

Mercury: ... Cinder?

Cinder: *slowly tilt to the side before falling, petrified*

Mercury: ... *Goes back to reading* Eh, she'll be fine.

Cafeteria

Jaune: *try sitting next to her* Yo!

Cinder: *choke on her sandwich*

Jaune: *panicking, does the heimlich maneuver*

Cinder: *lose consciousness by the sheer embarrassment of being saved by the one she is supposed to protect*

Jaune: *thinking she is dying* I'M SO SORRY! DON'T DIE ON ME!

JNPR's dorm

Jaune: *looking gloom*

Pyrrha: *entering the room, wincing when she sees Jaune* I'm guessing it didn't go as planned?

Jaune: *depressed voice* Oh, hey Pyrrha... *Sigh* I think she genuinely hates me.

Nora: *frown* Weird, she talked to me without problems. *Look at Ren* You?

Ren: *nod* Same here.

Jaune: *sigh of despair*

Pyrrha: *crossing her arms, leaning her back on the wall, thinking* "That doesn't make any sense! I heard her praising Jaune's kindness when i passed near the infirmary. So either she was lying, or..." *Gritting her teeth, thinking Cinder is in love with Jaune* "That bitch!"

Meanwhile, in Cinder's team dorm

Cinder: *rocking back and forth* I'm a worm, an insect, a miserable pile of disappointment.

Trivia: *writing in the air* What happened?

Mercury: She made a fool of herself... Multiple times.

Trivia: *cocking one eyebrow* How bad?

Emerald: *patting Cinder's back slowly* Don't worry boss, i'm sure he doesn't hate you.

Cinder: *despairing* He must think i hate him now. I failed my duties. The madame was right all along. I should have died in the cold streets of Atlas, the queen was wrong...

Trivia: *wincing when she hears that*

Mercury: That answer your question?

Trivia: *writing* At least it's only a misunderstanding. I heard they are trying to befriend us. So as long as we give a reason for her erratic behavior, we should be fine.

Cinder: *stop for a second* ... He was trying to befriend me?

Trivia: *unsure if she should answer* ... Yes?

Cinder: *Melting on the ground* I ran away from the prince's kindness. My life is meaningless.

Emerald: *sigh* It's going to be a long year.

[rocknroll7575]

Warped metal

Mercury: OK you have to know she is fucked in the head right?

Emerald: SHE'S NOT SHE'S DONE NOTHING BUT HELP ME

Mercury: Look at how she treats that blonde guy the one person she sees as a friend the guy looks at her with more fear than a kid does with a beowolf charging at them

Neo:'Yeah and on top of that who do you think gave him all those scars that's just plane torture at that point

Cinder lay on the cold, cracked ground of Beacon, her left eye and arm brutally torn away, leaving nothing but mangled flesh and blood-soaked bandages hastily wrapped around her wounds. Every breath she drew was shallow, ragged, each step she took agonizing as she stumbled across the broken landscape, her body trembling with the effort of keeping herself upright. Her vision blurred with pain, the world a hazy mix of ruins and shadows, but she pressed on, her heart pounding wildly in her chest.

She had to find someone.

Anyone.

'J-Jaune...' The name echoed in her fractured mind, a desperate plea for salvation. 'I need to find Jaune...'

Her legs buckled beneath her, but she caught herself, her one remaining arm pushing against the uneven ground as she forced herself onward. The weight of her bloodied body threatened to pull her down, to let the darkness swallow her, but she refused to give in. Not yet.

"C-Cinder?"

The voice was faint, barely cutting through the fog of pain, but she heard it. Her head lifted weakly, her remaining eye searching, and then she saw him. Jaune stood frozen in shock, his face drained of color, his eyes wide as they took in her ravaged form. The horror in his gaze was palpable, a mirror of her own fear, but she didn’t care. She stumbled forward, her good arm outstretched toward him.

"J-Jaune... help me..." she groaned, her voice barely more than a whisper, laced with desperation and agony. Her legs trembled, giving out beneath her again, but she struggled to stay upright, her eyes locked onto him, pleading silently.

"Cinder!"

Jaune snapped out of his daze at the sound of Mercury’s voice. Cinder’s heart lurched as she saw Mercury and Emerald rushing toward them, their expressions grim and tense. Mercury skidded to a stop behind Jaune, his hand gripping Jaune's shoulder, pulling him back roughly.

"We gotta go! Now!" Mercury shouted, his voice sharp, panicked.

Jaune shook his head, eyes darting between Mercury and Cinder. "R-Right! Cinder's hurt, I need to-!"

"Fuck Cinder!" Mercury snapped, his voice cutting through the air like a blade. "We don’t have time for this! We gotta get outta here before it’s too late!"

Cinder’s blood ran cold at Mercury’s words, her heart hammering in her chest as fear shot through her. 'No... no, he wouldn't just leave me... would he?'

Her vision swam, the pain becoming too much to bear, but her fear kept her clinging to consciousness. She wanted to scream, to shout at Mercury, to beg Jaune not to leave her, but her throat tightened as the words died in her mouth. Her body gave out, her knees hitting the ground with a sickening thud. The world tilted, and she fell forward, her vision fading as she crumpled to the ground in a heap of torn flesh and broken pride.

"Jaune..." Her voice was a weak, strangled whisper, barely audible as she hit the cold earth.

"B-But we can’t just leave her here!" Jaune cried out, his voice thick with desperation. His hands trembled at his sides, clenched into fists. "I-I can heal her! I have to-!"

"Jaune! Listen to me!" Mercury’s voice cut through Jaune’s panic like a knife, sharp and insistent. He grabbed Jaune by the shoulders, forcing him to meet his eyes. "We. Need. To. Go! Now!"

Jaune’s breath caught in his throat, his gaze flickering between Mercury and Cinder. Cinder lay broken on the ground, barely conscious, her body a mangled ruin of blood and torn flesh. Her remaining eye—half-lidded and glassy—still sought him out, pleading silently, begging for his help. The sight of her, the woman who once stood tall and unstoppable, reduced to this fragile, broken thing—it shattered something inside him.

Emerald, standing behind Mercury, bit her lip, fear swirling in her wide eyes. Her hands were shaking, but there was something steely in her voice when she finally spoke.

"You don’t have to be scared of her anymore, Jaune..." she said, her voice trembling with the weight of what she was about to say. "She’s going to die! You’ll be free!"

Jaune flinched as if her words had struck him. Free? Was that what this was? The answer to his fears, his nightmares? A future without her shadow looming over him?

Cinder wanted to scream. She wanted to shout at them, to curse their names for daring to poison Jaune’s mind. The words swelled in her throat, but all that came out was a wet, rasping breath, barely a sound. The pain was too much.

'I am all he has... He’s all I have...'

Her thoughts were fragmented, slipping away like grains of sand between her fingers. She tried to force her body to move, but everything felt so heavy, so far away. Her heart pounded in her ears, her breaths coming in shallow, ragged gasps. She could feel her strength waning, her vision darkening at the edges.

Jaune was torn, caught between the raw instinct to help and the primal fear of staying too long, of getting caught in the chaos that surrounded them. His eyes flickered to Cinder’s ruined body, her one remaining hand feebly grasping at the air, reaching for him. He could see it in her eye—the desperation, the silent plea for him to save her, to not abandon her.

But time was running out.

Mercury’s patience snapped. He glanced at Emerald, giving her a quick, urgent nod. Without hesitation, Emerald surged forward and grabbed Jaune’s hand, pulling him away.

"Jaune, we have to go!" she cried, her voice tight with fear, her grip like iron around his wrist. "There’s no time!"

"No! Wait!" Jaune’s voice broke as he stumbled, caught between the pull of Emerald and the weight of the choice that was crushing him.

His heart screamed for him to stay, to fight for her, to save her, but his body was being dragged away, inch by inch.

Cinder’s breath hitched, and her mangled body trembled as she raised what was left of her arm. The stump where her hand once was, now just a mass of torn muscle and exposed bone, reached out for Jaune in one last desperate plea.

"Don’t..." Her voice was barely audible, a cracked, broken whisper. "Don’t leave me..."

The words came out strangled, a guttural moan, full of anguish and desperation.

"You... promised... me..." Cinder's voice was weak, barely a whisper, each word dragged from her throat with agonizing effort. Pain radiated through every inch of her broken body, but it was nothing compared to the ache in her chest—the deep, hollow emptiness of betrayal. Her vision blurred, the world around her fading, but she forced herself to speak, to make him hear her.

"You promised... ME!" she cried out louder, her voice cracking with a mix of anguish and desperation. There was no strength left in her to scream, but the emotion in her words was as sharp as a blade. The betrayal stung like a fresh wound, raw and bleeding, as if her very soul had been torn apart.

Her arm, what remained of it, trembled as she tried to reach for him again, but her body was too weak, too broken. She could only watch, helpless, as Jaune, her Jaune, was dragged away by those two traitors, Mercury and Emerald, their figures becoming distant shadows in the growing darkness.

'He promised me...'

Her heart shattered, each beat slower, more painful than the last. The love of her life—the one she had clung to, the one who had been her light in the endless storm—was slipping away, his form fading from view as her world dimmed.

Tears welled in her remaining eye, but even they felt distant, like they belonged to someone else. The cold of the night pressed in around her, seeping into her bones as the last fragments of strength left her body.

Finally, the darkness overtook her. The last image burned into her mind was the sight of Jaune, his back turned to her, being dragged away by the very people who had poisoned his mind against her. And with that, the world went black, her heart heavy with the weight of broken promises and love lost to the night.