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HUZZAH!!

Yup! You can unfollow this blog now since I may as well go on using the old one.

WHAT A TRAINWRECK

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Oh my god I figured it out

OH MY GOD OH MY GOD OH MY GOD

THE REASON WHY THE ASKS ARE GETTING EATEN IS BECAUSE THE DOTS IN BETWEEN THE NUMBERS ARE BEING COUNTED AS LINKS! YOU ARENT ALLOWED TO SEND LINKS SO THEY JUST GET DELETED!

THAT’S WHY THE ASKS ARE GETTING EATEN, AND WHY THE ONES SENT AS TEST ASKS GOT THROUGH ALRIGHT

....Argh. Welp. I after all that I guess moving blogs was entirely unnecessary. I guess I’ll be sticking to the old one. Sorry for the inconvenience to those of you who followed this one/sent in asks that got eaten.

Well now that this has been established, try sending your asks without the dots between the numbers. JFC what a trainwreck.

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AN: EVERYONE IS FOLLOWING BUT I SEE NO MESSAGES SOMEONE SEND ONE FOR THE SAKE OF MY SANITY BECAUSE DEAR GOD IF IT TURNS OUT THAT ITS BROKEN AGAIN AFTER I ESTABLISHED THAT IT WAS WORKING AND PUT IN SO MUCH EFFORT I SWEAR TO GOD...

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0170

0170: Who the heck is this Naga person? Lets check 14.1.7.1.

“This place is awful.” You murmur as you proceed down the hallways. “Was it really like this when you were held here?”

“It was less run down, but they did keep us in pitch darkness.” Responds demon Blake. “It doesn’t bother me any more, but back then I thought I was going to go mad.”

“I’m kind of glad I don’t remember all of that…” Remarks human Blake, before stopping suddenly, one of her ears twitching. “I think I can hear someone in a cell up ahead.”

You all dash forward to the cell in question. You don’t recognise the name on the nameplate, ‘Naga’, but no matter who it is you should still rescue them right? After finding the correct key, you unlock the door. Inside is someone who appears to be some sort of reptile faunus, if the scales are anything to go by. She sits quietly curled up in a corner.

“Um, excuse me! We’re here to rescuGYAAAK!”

As soon as you begin to speak, the woman abruptly lunges forward, her hands wrapping around your throat as she begins to strangle you.

“DIE! DIE! DIE! DIE! DI-“

She is interrupted as the Blakes come to your rescue, simultaneously delivering her two devastating blows that knock her off of you, out cold. You stagger to your feet, gasping for air.

All of a sudden, in response to the sound of the struggle, inhabitants of the cells all around you make themselves known, slamming on their cell doors and reaching through bars.

“IT’S ALL YOUR FAULT!” ”YOU DAMN HUMANS!” ”I’LL KILL YOU! I’LL KILL YOU!”

Human Blake ducks out of the way of a flailing arm. “They’re… all faunus. They seem to have been driven into some kind of frenzy. Is this the result of the experiments that they performed on us?” ”No.” responds demon Blake. “Well… maybe. I’m not really sure what the exact effects of the experiments were, since we didn’t come into contact with any of the other prisoners. However, these aren’t the prisoners that were kept in the laboratory with me. I think these are real people, trapped in the dream just like us.”

Your jaw drops open. “Wait what? If that’s true, then why are they keeping all these people in here? And what have they done to them?”

Demon Blake shakes her head. “I don’t know. But I think this might have been what this dream world was meant for before we got caught up in it all.”

“Whatever they’re doing here, we need to get out of here before the noise attracts something bad.” Says human Blake.

Given the mental state of the prisoners, you decide to leave them in their cells. Hopefully you can help them by ending the dream.

Where to next?

Cell number: 1.4.1.13

Cell number: 17.18.15.23

The number is 0171.

AN: I flipped a coin to decide which one of the only two prompts I recieved that I would use.

Also I’m taking out the Easter-egg option. Sorry for those of you who wanted to pick it, but I kind of want to start wrapping this arc up. Its dragged on for a bit too long in my opinion.

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0169

0169: An invisible ladybug whispers, “Choose 2.12.1.11.5.” This place is really starting to mess with your mind…

0169: These numbers are… the letters of the alphabet? Taking the time to decipher them all, you decide to go to Cell no. 2.12.1.11.5 first (although you do wonder at the last cell number; what kind of name is ‘author’???)

You think you’ve figured it out! The numbers in the doors translate to letters, based on their position in the alphabet. When you translate them the sequences in the doors turn into names.

For a moment, you feel quite proud of yourself, until you realise that there is still no order to the names, which means that even if you know what the doors say you’re still kind of stuck wandering randomly until you find something.

All the cells that you’ve looked into so far have been empty, so you decide that the first step should be to find one that has someone inside.

At one point, you’re forced to duck inside one of the empty cells while another one of the mutant orderlies lumbers past. You’re pretty sure that you could take one of them in a straight up fight, but you don’t want to risk falling down even further than you already have.

You stop as you hear a faint sound of movement in one of the cells nearby. You scan your eyes over the nearby nameplates. D.E.C… nope. K.A.T… nope. B.L.A… YES!

Immediately you start fumbling with the keyring, trying to find the right key.

“What are you doing,” Blake says through the door. “I have nothing more to say to you, so just leave me alone!”

“Blake it’s me, Ruby! I’m here to save you!”

“Ruby? I don’t know any…”

“Ruby!” A second voice, identical to the first, speaks up. “Yes, I’m in here. Are you okay?”

“I’m fine. I had a bit of a fall a second ago but it all worked out.”

You find the right key and open the door. The two figures inside shield their eyes from the light. Both of them have black hair, dark skin, cat ears and amber eyes, but beyond that it’s not hard to tell which one is the human and which the demon.

Blake’s demon side gives of a predatory air. Not a hostile one, but it’s similar to the feeling that you would get when standing next to a panther. Even if it has no intention of making you its lunch, it is no less of a carnivore. Her appearance reflects this, with sharp fingernails that can only be described as claws, slitted eyes, and a tail. (The last of these features is less intimidating than the others, and you kind of wish you could touch it, but you restrain yourself out of politeness.)

In addition to this, you find it hard to keep focus on demon Blake. If you stop looking directly at her, she seems to melt into the shadows, invisible. Even when you do look right at her, it’s still difficult to keep her in view.

However, despite all this, Blake’s demon side looks… jumpy. As if she’s in a constant state of flight or fight. On the other hand, human Blake, though battered and bruised, looks as steady and calm as you have come to expect from her.

Once human Blake grows used to the sudden torchlight, she looks at her twin with surprise.

“Huh… So, you’re real. I thought you were a hallucination.”

“Speaking from experience, the hallucinations would have come later,” demon Blake responds. “Please Ruby, let’s get out of here quickly. I can’t go through it all a second time.”

You frown. “Blake, what the hell did they do to you?”

Demon Blake looks at the ground, unable to answer, but human Blake does so instead.

“At first, they took me because I was a suspect in the kidnapping of Weiss Schnee, the Schnee family heiress. Then they started doing things to me. Weird injections, locking me up in pitch darkness, that kind of thing. From Schnee’s track record I think they’ve decided to use me for… ‘animal testing.’”

“It got worse…” Demon Blake says quietly. “It got so much worse. I’d forgotten all about it, pushed it out of my mind, but now it’s all back.”

You grit your teeth, and your heart fills with a black fury towards Blake’s captors.

“Don’t worry Blake, I’m here now. I’m never going to let you go through any of that ever again.”

“Thank you Ruby… Thank you so much.”

“Forgive the expression, but I’m kind of in the dark here with regards to everything that’s going on.” Says human Blake. “Can you please fill me in?”

“Oh yeah!” You say, remembering how Weiss’ human side had forgotten everything after her death.

You begin giving the two of them a summary of the events in the dream world, and human Blake a summary of her demon life in general, while the three of you continue down the corridor.

Choose the next cell to visit.

Cell number: 1.4.1.13

Cell number: 14.1.7.1

Cell number: 17.18.15.23

Cell number: 1.21.20.8.15.18

The number is 0170.

AN: I’ve always had the headcanon that Blake is Egyptian, mainly because of their relationship with cats.

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0169

0169: An invisible ladybug whispers, “Choose 2.12.1.11.5.” This place is really starting to mess with your mind…

0169: These numbers are… the letters of the alphabet? Taking the time to decipher them all, you decide to go to Cell no. 2.12.1.11.5 first (although you do wonder at the last cell number; what kind of name is ‘author’???)

You think you’ve figured it out! The numbers in the doors translate to letters, based on their position in the alphabet. When you translate them the sequences in the doors turn into names.

For a moment, you feel quite proud of yourself, until you realise that there is still no order to the names, which means that even if you know what the doors say you’re still kind of stuck wandering randomly until you find something.

All the cells that you’ve looked into so far have been empty, so you decide that the first step should be to find one that has someone inside.

At one point, you’re forced to duck inside one of the empty cells while another one of the mutant orderlies lumbers past. You’re pretty sure that you could take one of them in a straight up fight, but you don’t want to risk falling down even further than you already have.

You stop as you hear a faint sound of movement in one of the cells nearby. You scan your eyes over the nearby nameplates. D.E.C… nope. K.A.T… nope. B.L.A… YES!

Immediately you start fumbling with the keyring, trying to find the right key.

“What are you doing,” Blake says through the door. “I have nothing more to say to you, so just leave me alone!”

“Blake it’s me, Ruby! I’m here to save you!”

“Ruby? I don’t know any…”

“Ruby!” A second voice, identical to the first, speaks up. “Yes, I’m in here. Are you okay?”

“I’m fine. I had a bit of a fall a second ago but it all worked out.”

You find the right key and open the door. The two figures inside shield their eyes from the light. Both of them have black hair, dark skin, cat ears and amber eyes, but beyond that it’s not hard to tell which one is the human and which the demon.

Blake’s demon side gives of a predatory air. Not a hostile one, but it’s similar to the feeling that you would get when standing next to a panther. Even if it has no intention of making you its lunch, it is no less of a carnivore. Her appearance reflects this, with sharp fingernails that can only be described as claws, slitted eyes, and a tail. (The last of these features is less intimidating than the others, and you kind of wish you could touch it, but you restrain yourself out of politeness.)

In addition to this, you find it hard to keep focus on demon Blake. If you stop looking directly at her, she seems to melt into the shadows, invisible. Even when you do look right at her, it’s still difficult to keep her in view.

However, despite all this, Blake’s demon side looks… jumpy. As if she’s in a constant state of flight or fight. On the other hand, human Blake, though battered and bruised, looks as steady and calm as you have come to expect from her.

Once human Blake grows used to the sudden torchlight, she looks at her twin with surprise.

“Huh… So, you’re real. I thought you were a hallucination.”

“Speaking from experience, the hallucinations would have come later,” demon Blake responds. “Please Ruby, let’s get out of here quickly. I can’t go through it all a second time.”

You frown. “Blake, what the hell did they do to you?”

Demon Blake looks at the ground, unable to answer, but human Blake does so instead.

“At first, they took me because I was a suspect in the kidnapping of Weiss Schnee, the Schnee family heiress. Then they started doing things to me. Weird injections, locking me up in pitch darkness, that kind of thing. From Schnee’s track record I think they’ve decided to use me for… ‘animal testing.’”

“It got worse…” Demon Blake says quietly. “It got so much worse. I’d forgotten all about it, pushed it out of my mind, but now it’s all back.”

You grit your teeth, and your heart fills with a black fury towards Blake’s captors.

“Don’t worry Blake, I’m here now. I’m never going to let you go through any of that ever again.”

“Thank you Ruby… Thank you so much.”

“Forgive the expression, but I’m kind of in the dark here with regards to everything that’s going on.” Says human Blake. “Can you please fill me in?”

“Oh yeah!” You say, remembering how Weiss’ human side had forgotten everything after her death.

You begin giving the two of them a summary of the events in the dream world, and human Blake a summary of her demon life in general, while the three of you continue down the corridor.

Choose the next cell to visit.

Cell number: 1.4.1.13

Cell number: 14.1.7.1

Cell number: 17.18.15.23

Cell number: 1.21.20.8.15.18

The number is 0170.

AN: I’ve always had the headcanon that Blake is Egyptian, mainly because of their relationship with cats.

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What have you unleashed?

AN: The kind of shit that always seems to happen on RWBY questblogs. It was inevitable.

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The society of the Australian Turtle extends a warm greeting to the cult of the goat; as the demon turtle chews through Australian soil, so must we chew through the barriers between our two cults

AN: That is impressively diplomatic of you!

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…writers like when you draw for their fics, yeah? >:)

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THE HOLY COAT

AN: IT WILL BE CHEWED ON BY A STOAT!

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*chanting* I BÂÂÂLIEVE I BÂÂÂLIEVE I BÂÂÂLIIIIIIEVE IN THE HOLY GOAT

AN: YOUR GOAT WILL BE SMOTE AND WORN AS A COAT!

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There is, however, a goat cult following you. ALL HAIL THE MIGHTY NIAN, SACRIFICIAL GOAT FOR OUR SINS, PURGER OF EVILS AND ALSO HUNGER

Anonymous said to therubyritual:                                                            

we all know that the only true prophet out there is the wholly Nian Goat, may he bless us all            

AN: BEGONE PROPHETS OF A FALSE GOD!!!

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Just me, I'm afraid, to the best of my knowledge there isn't a turtle cult following you. -L

AN: Not sure whether I’m relieved or disappointed.

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The demon turtle is not spread by force; it must spread to each follower in their own time. We bow to the authority of Ruby, and await future additions to our brethren. -L

AN: Is there just one person sending these or is there actually some kind of Australia turtle cult following this blog?

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ONE DOES NOT QUESTION THE DEMON TURTLE'S MOTIVATIONS; IT ATTACKS THE CONTINENT OF AUSTRALIA FOR REASONS BEYOND THE MENTAL CAPACITY OF MERE MORTALS

AN: Ah I see. Forgive me for questioning the turtle’s motives. I should have known better.

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i have so many questions about DemonTurtleAnon

AN: Either they are an emissary for the great demon turtle, the demon turtle themself (somehow having learned to use a computer despite having flippers), or are just obsessed with the idea of a demonic turtle.

….None of those options tell me why they have such an obsession with Austrailia though.

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THE METAPHORICAL DEMON TURTLE HAS REACHED THE AUSTRALIAN SOIL! LET THE METAPHORICAL ATTACK ON AUSTRALIA COMMENCE!

AN: I would really like to know exactly what this turtle has against Australia.