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spitfirerose · 8 years

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RWBY OC: Gwenna Hearthspring

Member #3 of SUGR. “G” has changed a ton since the start of the team idea.

Gwenna Hearthspring: A seventeen year old female and sole human of the team. Gwenna is quite shy and timid at first, complying to whatever anyone says and tries not to be a burden to others. She’s enrolled at Beacon to be a Huntress, but is poor at combat. It’s hinted that she was accepted because of the Headmaster (like Ruby was), but she doesn’t know why. Gwenna uses twin tonfa that double as guns, utilizing different dust clips located on the back of her belt. Her semblance is dubbed the ‘Maiden’s Eye’, an ability that allows her to hit her target even if it has moved since firing. She can manipulate the bullet’s path with her eyes, but this can backfire if she looks at a teammate whilst using it.

Ironically, she is a Maiden, too.

Gwenna was born in a small village, her mother a Huntress and father a gardener. There were always flowers around. Things were always so nice.

But then the Grimm happened, and that wasn’t very nice. She doesn’t remember much after that, and was taken in at a nearby town’s Orphanage, known as the very shy and quiet girl who was fixated with flowers, as that’s all she really can remember of home. Little Gwenna tended to wander off, wanting to go back home though she didn’t know where it was. Time after time, she’s harshly told that the village is gone, and if she keeps acting like she is, that no one will adopt her.

Hana, the current Spring Maiden, and young Ardilla arrive at the town, here to help however they can before passing through, requesting that for their safety, that no one mention them. Hana reminds Gwenna of home, and of her mother by how kind she is. Like Ardi, the Spring Maiden sees potential in her, and so she asks the pure soul if she wishes to leave this place.

She does. The Orphanage easily forgets her face.

They reach the ruins of Gwenna’s home village next, and while she doesn’t find the remains of her parents, she does come across her mother’s weapons, the twin tonfa. Hana promises that she’ll teach her how to use them when she gets older, if she so wishes. Ardi is trusted to look after their newest member as Hana summons flowers for unmarked graves as a sort of Sending to the lost souls.

Along the way, they all bond with one another, and Hana asks them what they would do with great power. They’d use it to protect each other and be kind, and Hana foreshadows that she wishes she could see it. Because she knows she won’t. They’re being tracked by Salem’s minions, and their time together is running short. They’ve been together for about a year, Ardi a month longer. The girls get along pretty well, with Ardilla being the more adventurous and chatty, and Gwenna shyly hiding behind her. They’re like sisters.

The trio travels throughout Remnant. They reach ‘Mother Goose’s Tales’, a traveling theater of performers that strive to bring light to a dark world. The Maidens’ Tale is their most popular story. Hana, ironically, played the role of Spring, and was the best. Analise, Annie, a dashing rabbit faunus, runs the troupe, and calls Hana ‘Rosie’. They have history. Hana requests that Annie look after the girls, as she has business to attend to, and she won’t be returning. Annie calls her out that she can’t do this, just showing up only to leave again.

Hana leaves in the middle of the night, and Gwenna follows her. She worries because Hana leaves her bag behind. Gwenna takes both hers and Hana’s.

Hana confronts those that have been tracking them all this time. She knew they were close by, and it’s now that she deals with them. The two children, those she has chosen as her successors, are safe with the troupe that will be moving come morning. The Spring Maiden will hold these monsters off and hold nothing back.

Except Gwenna is there, hiding beneath brush and witnessing this go down. Hana is pinned beneath one of them, and it’s then that she sees her. Gwenna’s name is shrieked, a warning for the girl to run.

Hana is slain in that next second.

Gwenna’s gifted her powers, being her last thoughts.

She screams with grief, and everything is consumed by furious mother nature. All that Deus Ex Machina goodness. Stricken with loss and fear, Gwenna is too afraid to go back to the Troupe because she thinks this all her fault. She pulls a Simba, hearing voices in her head telling her to run.

Hana’s body turns into a mass of flowers. Roses.

Since no one knows that Hana was killed, Salem probably just thinks her minions fucked up. Gwenna is safe, for the moment, and continues running away and hiding, afraid of her new power that she suppresses. She survives off of what rations were in the bags, and fumbles to use her mother's weapons. She's saved a lot by passing Hunters and Huntresses, and is reminded of Hana saying to protect others. She knows she's not strong enough, and so she goes to Beacon. Completely inexperienced and totally unqualified, she performs terribly at registration. The lowest of low scores, and makes a fool of herself despite trying her best.

Ozpin knows what she is, because he knows everything, and has her accepted into the school regardless, much to Glynda's disapproval. Gwenna is quite literally launched in. It's not until much, much later does Oz explain why he let her in, and that he knows she’s a Maiden--which she didn’t even really know, because no one bothered to fill her in on where her power came from. Like literally almost two school years? Ozpin, the fuck. It’s like you just threw this plotline in last second. And even then, she’s told that she’s getting transferred to Atlas, as bad guys are afoot in the school and it’s no longer safe for her here. Gwenna begs to stay until the Festival is over, as she doesn’t want to leave her team just yet, can’t bring herself to say goodbye. He allows this, warning that the longer she takes, the harder it will become to leave. She can’t tell them why she has to go, or her secret identity. Then Ardilla shows up, and things get more complicated.

But that’s all future stuff. Back to Team Building.

After recovering from her landing strategy, or rather lack thereof, Gwenna comes across Renari. He is immediately unimpressed, and completely abandons her seconds later, as it’s clear she can’t do jack against a few meager Beowolves. Suddenly alone, she uses a tree to hide behind when Sven comes to the rescue, taking out the Grimm with ease. He knows she’s there with his faunus hearing, and says that it’s safe to come out now. Gwenna comments that he’s strong, and now that they’ve made eye contact, he acknowledges that they’re partners now, yes? Her previous partner of five seconds has abandoned her, so she nods in agreement, feeling more at ease with him than that mean guy. Being the Maiden of Spring, the forest and its flowers whisper to her where the goal is, and so she uses this to guide them. He just thinks she’s really good with directions, and trusts her completely, boosting her poor confidence.

They make for a good pair, and to her worry, is paired back up with Renari and a very bubbly, excitable girl. The fox is incredibly mean to her, whereas Una is superbly nice.

When they train as a team, Renari belittles her, scoffing at her incompetence and that she shouldn’t be here. Her existence generally pisses him off, even though she is kind and tries too much to be helpful. It’s not that he hates her personally, but rather that she is at an Academy to be a Huntress, but can’t even do the basics or knows anything at all. Una defends her, as he’s being really mean to her regardless if she...isn’t as good a fighter. There’s an incident in a training simulation that reminds her of Hana’s last moments, and Gwenna straight up panics and flees the room. Renari has had enough and lets it be known, and Sven informs him that he’s just as bad. He’s not helping at all. Teammates help another, and he’s been nothing but an ass to this girl.

Sven finds her and has her breath to calm down. Her immediate words are that she’s sorry about what happened, as Una had been in peril, to which he replies that she’ll be okay. He’s here for her. She wants to be here, wants to be a Huntress, but never learned how to use her weapons, and she can’t talk much about her past without crying again. So. Sven chooses to focus on that, offering to teach her how to use the tonfa guns.

With the much needed one-on-one time, Gwenna learns. Her semblance kicks in, and she’s actually a pretty good shot. If she can see her target, she can hit it. Also her teammates if she gets distracted and they end up in her vision. It requires concentration and lots of breathing to keep calm and focused. Gwenna also picks up on self-defense, able to defend some attacks with the tonfa. If Sven is unavailable, Renari takes over training. It’s good practice for her, as he can mimic about any weapon, adding to her range of how to deflect attacks. Though he’s not about to give up his grumpiness, he does admit that she’s improved. He’s not as much of an ass.

Misc. Facts: Una uses Gwenna to win prizes at the Festival. Anything involving shooting a moving target. Gwenna does a lot of shopping for supplies on her own, as she doesn’t want to be a bother to the others. She has frequent nightmares about Hana and those minions finding her. Flowers always perk up around her, reading her moods. Ren is lowkey jealous that the plants in her room are livelier than his. Conveniently, her eyes flash green when no one is looking, and she panics whenever someone mentions them, though they’re referring to her semblance. They’re violet! Always have been! During the Festival, she had recorded messages for her team and Ardi on her scroll, as she knew she wouldn’t be able to say goodbye directly. However, Beacon falls and they find her scroll, but no Gwenna. Where has she gone?

#RWBY oc #Rose writes #Gwenna Hearthspring #she's gone through so many changes and stuff #Sven Ursajor #Una Racuna #Renari Bleufeu #he next #team SUGR #then Ardilla #Hana Rosa

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spitfirerose · 8 years

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RWBY OC: Una Racuna

Introducing member #2 of SUGR

Una Racuna: Around thirteen years old, Una is a raccoon faunus girl with both adorable ears and bushy tail. Both her legs are prosthetics from an...incident, and are often adorned with colorful stickers because the metallic gray is boring. She has vitiligo, a skin condition that gives her her unique look. Her semblance allows her to alter her center of gravity, enabling her to be quite acrobatic and a nuisance to hit or catch. Basically says ‘screw you’ to physics and balancing, shifting her weight however, whenever. Una is bright, cheery, and quick to make light of a situation, often not taking matters as seriously. When serious, you won’t hear a word from her as she gives all she has. Una holds an air of naivety, but catches more than she lets on. While her legs do function as weapons, she also has retractable claw gauntlets on each wrist. The girl is 90% weapon, given how small she is. To be fair for later plot points, her real name isn't Una, but that's what the wild six year old tells Sven. So. Una it is. She made up her last name, too, as she needed one for filling out Beacon’s registration. It rhymes with her first name, is like ‘Raccoon’, and it's fun to say.

Una’s father, Usagi Luna, worked at the family bakery dubbed “Bun In The Oven”, running it by himself as he is all that is left. One day, a wandering traveler by the name of Aeris Flannel comes in, and the rest is history. The rabbit and the ram fall in love, and a raccoon is conceived because that’s apparently how faunus genetics work according to canon.

They’re also helped out by a human mother, Sylvie, and her two fox faunus children, Sylvette and Renargent, having been seeking a better life from where they had once been. They all live together in the bakery’s upper loft, and things are pretty nice.

But then everything changed when the humans attacked, wanting to take all faunus and relocate them to Menagerie. Una is barely three, and is sobbing while Usagi and Aeris try to keep calm. Renari, however, is not calm. He comes out of hiding, Sylvie having begged for him and Sylvette to keep away until the officers had left. Usagi replies that the boy is theirs when demanded whose he is in order to protect them all. The four are taken.

Aeris knows they’re passing Mountain Glenn, and has Renari sneak out with Una. She has human family there, they can look after her daughter and he can get back home to his mother because plot says so. So he does what he’s told, and Una is safely taken to her aunt’s. However, Mountain Glenn falls to shit not long after, and Renari isn’t strong enough to find out where she’s gone with Grimm everywhere. He makes it back to the bakery, where Sylvie is so grateful to have him safe and sound. The news of Mountain Glenn’s demise and reports of no survivors reaches Menagerie, breaking Aeris and Usagi’s hearts.

Meanwhile, Una is just barely making it with other survivors. Her semblance and faunus instincts kick in, and she’s all that’s left at six years old. She hides in trees, afraid to be on the ground for long since that’s where most the Grimm are. Nevermores terrify her. The White Fang move in, and little Una swipes their shit. Sven finds her, and she follows him like a close shadow. She’s cleaned up, and learns all sorts of things, mainly how not to act like a feral child. She’s pretty shy and quiet, though that quickly fades as she gets comfortable. Soon she's all giggles and chattering with whoever.

Where you find Sven, Una is right there. She knows every member by name, and finds them all to be like a family to her. As years go by, she notices how humans have gone from treating her with disgust, to backing away in fear. Adam’s behavior frightens her. She knows something isn’t right, and Sven is often away on missions, and is always hurt. Una becomes determined to help Sven is any way that she can, and so she goes to Adam, wishing for him to train her to become strong. She’s small, a child, and has no real combat experience. He claims he’ll only train her if she can evade getting hit by his guards, and she succeeds by her semblance. Others will see her as but a helpless faunus child, and he intends to use that to their advantage as she obtains her claws. She’s used to deceive humans, and small size used to infiltrate bases. Una fights only when she has too, as she’s still just a kid. It’s a quick lesson that she must if she wants to survive. Schnees don’t give a shit that she’s smol.

Una keeps it a secret from Sven, not wanting him to worry about her, as she’s worried about him. They’re assigned to the same mission, and it’s too late to do anything. She tells him not to be mad, that this was all her choice though he knows that Adam is behind this.

The mission goes to hell, and she almost dies, calling for Sven with choked cries. He tries to keep her awake, as she’s just barely hanging on with what little aura she has left. She passes out, and his semblance has him go berserk, all that Deus ex Machina.

Una is silent. Reserved. All the life she'd always been thriving with is gone as she's confined to a bed. Her legs are gone, and things are pretty dark. She’s very sensitive to loud noises, and immediately looks for Sven in a panic. Once she gets her prosthetics and is able to leave the bed, there’s no stopping her. Una’s world becomes brighter again. She’s moving forward.

Adam visits and mentions that the two can get back to fighting once they’ve recovered. Una is terrified. They almost died, and Adam isn’t one to deny an order from.

She’s awoken in the middle of the night by Sven, bags packed and ready to get them both the fuck out. And so the fuck out they go.

They’ve done terrible things in the White Fang. They see becoming Hunters as a way to atone for that, and Beacon seems like the best place to go. Being free from WF influence, Una is allowed to live a lot more, like they have actual meals?? There’s no masks?? Showers?? It’s all pretty mind blowing. No wonder she’s all happy and smiley and having a great time. Everything is so amazing!! Everyone thinks she has to be someone’s lil sister because there’s no way this thirteen year-old is here to be a student.

But lowkey Una worries she won’t get paired with Sven. At all.

She has a blast when blasted off the launch pad. Renari makes eye-contact with her when he feels something trying to touch the back of his fox ears. It was a weird impulse, she doesn’t know why she wanted to. Like, yeah, she’s disappointed he’s not Sven, and he’s irritated to be paired with her (he just ditched the last person), but they need to make the best of it!! They take out some Grimm and Renari concedes just a bit. She’ll do, he supposes, and hopes the rest the team won’t be shit. Una is so excited to learn who their teammates are going to be!!

She’s so relieved to be with Sven--he’s leader, yay!--, and she welcomes Gwenna to the group, totally oblivious to how Renari glares at the new girl.

Gwenna thinks of her as a little sister, so incredibly bubbly and dragging Gwenna to go do fun stuff. All that good female teammate bonding stuff. Una’s so good and strong, and they have such great moments. They spend some nights just relaxing on the roof, watching the stars and talking. During the Festival, Gwenna starts acting weird. Distant.

Gwenna asks what Una would do if she had amazing power, to which she replies that she’d use it to protect her friends. It’s reminiscent to when Hana had asked her the same thing. Una becomes pretty attached to her, thinking of her like a big sister. Given that Una hasn't really bonded with anyone except Sven, she truly does believe her team to be like her family. She refuses to leave them behind when things get tough.

The same goes for Blake, giving the cat faunus a heart attack at throwing herself at her, ecstatic to see her again as she had never returned from her last mission with Adam. She has to smother Una’s mouth with a hand before accidentally revealing her secret beneath the bow. She’s the one that goes in search of Blake when it’s discovered that the White Fang have invaded Beacon as well, and has difficulty fighting its members. After all this time, she still knows their names and everything about them--she can’t.

Neither can some of them.

Renari makes the connection of who she really is, and her parents watch the Tournament from Menagerie, instantly recognizing their daughter. He asks Una if there’s anything she remembers about them, and he surprises her with the opportunity to meet them--well, via the CCT. He pulled a lot of strings for this, and it’s really thanks to Blake. Una only gets to see them for a minute, before Cinder’s keikaku severs the connection, and everything goes dark. Beacon is falling, and her parents fear that they’re losing her again. Stuff happens, and the team, minus Gwenna the fuck did she go?!, plus Ardilla, make it to “Bun In The Oven”. Sylvie fills her in on the place and all their history, proud yet saddened to see how the girl has grown, even more so at the shit that just happened. Una takes over as leader, and while she’d love to go to Menagerie and meet her parents, she knows that if she does, she won’t want to leave them. Their journey is far from over, but maybe someday...

Misc. Facts: She doesn’t sleep in her bed, having instead made a hammock in a corner ceiling of the room. Nice and cozy like a tree. Cardin tried to pick on her once and mocked that she had a ‘nice’ tail, to which she cheerfully replied that she thought it was cute, too! His cronies are wise enough to not try anything--have you seen Sven and Renari?! Una’s probably kicked his ass in sparring, unintentionally humiliating him as he couldn’t even land a hit as she served him. That being said, she’s a glass cannon. The smol can only bounce back up so many times from heavy attacks. She’s enthusiastic in just about everything she does, but gets antsy at sitting still during lectures. Often chills up on Sven’s shoulders, and falls asleep wherever. Drags her teammates on adventures. Cheers on her opponents, encouraging them to do their best, which either pisses them off or wishes her the same. Unless they’re bad guys, then no nice things.

#Una Racuna #RWBY oc #Team SUGR #Sven Ursajor #Rose writes #with a sprinkle of canon #Bun in the Oven is a pun cause he's a bun and he bakes eeeyyy #Renari Bleufeu #Gwenna Hearthspring

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