What Happens Next (Slay The Princess/RWBY)

That should be long enough:


And with almost double to votes of the other option, you decide to ask CFVY if they remember you.

Yes, yes they do, they wish they didn't.

With all this activity, let's look quickly at what I have decided are going to be your pivoting points for this part of your journey:

-You have decided to become teachers at Beacon with your other half, presenting yourself as such to them to help you reach the place.

-You have acted as yourself against team CFVY and gave them advices.

-You have decided to hurt yourself to help a child be reunited with his parents, showing your heart to them.

-Now, you decide to see if team CFVY learned from the lessons you gave, reinforcing the impression even more.

Congratulations!

Because of those (completely arbitrary ) decisions, you are now on the *Teacher of Beacon (faunus version)* path!

Let's enter the unknown, together.


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9sDxgvKOfE

Edit:

And because it is likely you won't have much occasions to get the other one, let me tell you that choosing the *show off* option would have given you a path named: *The Chameleon*

You decide that the impression you gave the first time you came here should be able to allow you to have some fun at the expense of the poor team CFVY and their class.

You still remember how being close to Velvet Scarletina almost gave you lion traits last time, you think they would go well with your hair.

That decision set in stone, you walk into the arena as yourself to begin the first match, one against a team you barely note the name of, they are not important as such, what is important is how they and the crowd that is looking at you see you.

"So, you're the girl who beat team CFVY? They really are pathetic, you don't seem that dangerous. If they got beaten by a little stick like you I am sure we can win this and get first place in the class rankings. How they got it in the first place, I have no idea."

And it seems that whoever this first team is, they are awfully weak, you can see it in their stance, but also in how they cannot even read you past the barest generalities. Letting it blind them to the fact that whoever you are, you did get accepted to try and directly get a Huntsman license.

"I guess you were not here for the match then? If you were, you would not dismiss me so easily. But even without that, you do realize that Team CFVY lost to me alone, and that I have my partner with me, no? Thinking that you are strong enough to rise to the front with only one fight that hasn't even begun, you are in need of some lessons, I see." You see the leader slowly blanch from the corner of your eye, but your attention is not on him. You nod to Glynda, telling her that you are ready.

She counts down, and as soon as she reaches zero, you and Sable are in their ranks. What follows is less a fight and more a curbstomp, the both of you moving in perfect harmony born of your fights with each other. You are where he isn't, he is where you can't be. He trips someone up and you spike them into the ground in the same breath, you send someone flying and he nicks them with his blade when they go past.

Within a minute, it is over, you and your love not having received a single scratch.

You spend the entire time they take to pick themselves up to point out the numerous mistakes they did during this short amount of time.

And then the next match arrives, and you do it again:

"I am not going to stop you from using such a weapon, but really, if you want to have something with the sharp side towards you, you should at least learn to not hurt yourself with it."

And again:

"You can stop attacking any time you want. I can dodge attacks that slow all day."

And again:

"Surrendering in the face of a superior enemy has its advantage, but take the context into account. This is an endurance match for me and my partner, is giving us a reprieve a good idea?"

And again:

"You need to both check your surroundings more and stop doing such wide swings. You basically K.O'd more of your team than we did right there."

All the while, you can feel the impression of you everyone got since you entered Remnant coalesce. It shows in the little details, your dress is slightly easier to move in, your heels are now discreetly reinforced, your tiara gains hidden spikes to hurt anyone trying to catch it.

You can feel the gaze of team CFVY by the less subtle changes you get. The more you advance, the more you feel the slight sensation of ears in your hair, or a tail wanting to pierce from your back.

Before you know it, you are waiting for them, the second to last team leaving the arena defeated after your lecture on proper teamwork is finished.

When they enter, you have a decision to take, you could decide to guide the changes they are inflicting on you, turn into the Eye to properly impress how much you were holding back this whole time, be a proper professional Huntress in the eyes of the world….

Or you could let go and see where it leads you. This option sounds more fun, especially given how low key terrified they are, you don't know if it is their influence already working, but you prefer the sound of this right now.


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5c7sX1OiEpw

So you do, you let the impression that has been forming all this time finally click, the changes washing over you and a new perspective be selected from the infinity that is you.

When you open your eyes again, you are a teacher of Huntsmen in truth, you already knew how to help before, but now it is certain, you will teach at this place, and nothing will stop it from happening if you can help it. The students that grace these halls know it not yet, but they will be grateful to have met you. Your dress is full of little details to help you fight that most wouldn't see, to take them by surprise, your heels definitely are made to be used to kick. Your main color is still Grey, as this is the color of Stella Panoply, and everyone already knows this.

You also can't help but note that you are now able to sprout claws on command… it seems like miss Scarlatina had so much of an impression that she told it to her team, and convinced them that you definitely were a lion Faunus with hidden traits.

You just sigh at that, before drawing yourself to your, admittedly not that tall, full height and addressing the team.

"I hope you four learned much during this month. I will test for it during this match."

All four of them instantly get combat ready at your remark, Adel's weapon in position for a quick deployment, Alistair and Daichi next to each other and, most interesting of all, Scarlatina taking the exact same pose as you do when you're about to fight. You can see their nervousness even then, but they are powering through to face you.

You feel pride at this.

The countdown begins, and you and Sable take your own stances… with you completely changing from your normal one, lower to the ground, arms wide and ready to swipe instead of punch. Right after the "One" you let your claws out, eliciting a sharp breath from Scarlatina. You grin, and the match begins.

You pounce on Alistair while your love takes on Daichi. You barely have time to swipe at him once before Scarlatina is on you, her posture a picture-perfect copy of the one you use normally. You know your own style though, and thus easily dodge the blow while cross countering with your own. She jumps back just enough to soften the blow and suddenly you have to dodge Adel's fire. You look quickly at your side and it seems like your love is currently being attacked by both Alistair and Daichi, flowing through their attacks as if he was made of wind.

You have to concentrate back on your own opponents when Scarlatina comes back from your side to attack, once again, she uses a copy of your move. But this time, you do not dodge it by going back.

You step into her personal place, getting so close Adel has no choice but to stop firing if she does not want to risk hurting her teammate. Before Scarlatina has time to react to your move, you grapple her and launch her right at Adel, pouncing right after her in the same movement. Adel is torn between helping her comrade by softening her fall or making sure she can dodge your sweep for a moment, and decides to assure the dodge. Scarlatina continues flying through the air and you nick Adel for her hesitation while going past her. You quickly roll and get on your feet, then turn to her in time to dodge a strike from her purse. You idly hear the bell indicating one of your other half's opponents is down. This will be finished soon.

Then you use your full speed to overwhelm Adel in a torrent of animalistic fury, forcing her to stay in place desperately blocking, before you completely change style in the middle of it to kick her feet from under her, just like you did in your last match, and proceed to unceremoniously spike her into the ground so hard she bounces.

You turn back in time to receive Scarlatina's assault on your back with a block. She then surprises you by perfectly copying the dizzying assault you just finished using on Adel. Unfortunately for her, she has neither claws nor the element of surprise, and thus, when the times comes and she tries to sweep you from your feet, you are so firmly planted she cannot move you, and you use the distraction to give her a final punch in the torso that drains the remains of her Aura.

You have enough time to see poor Alistair trying to dodge a swipe from your love made at an angle he cannot cover, and this is it, the last member of team CFVY is down, and you officially have finished the first part of your exam.

One step closer to being a Huntress, one step closer to fulfilling your lifelong dream (that you obtained as of three minutes ago) of being a teacher at Beacon.

You relax, let your newly acquired claws retract, and look at Glynda who entered the arena after your victory.

"And with this, Miss Panoply and Mister Vault have officially finished the first part of their exam. I will now take them aside to explain the next one to them. I want to thank every single one of the first years for their participation to this event, the next one will be this afternoon with the next candidates. Dismissed." She then begins guiding you and Sable towards a room close by, and turns to you.

"Congratulations are in order. I wanted to say that the impression you left on Team CFVY was quite a boon, as they trained with renewed vigor thanks to it." She hesitates for a moment then. "I… do wonder why Miss Panoply has hidden Faunus traits. I read your dossier, as you know, and you are registered as human. Now, some would hide the fact that they are Faunus, but you do not seem like you would, can you enlighten me?"

"Of course, it is actually quite simple: This is a side effect of my semblance. I told you I can take different forms, but I can also sometimes gain traits I didn't have on some conditions. Miss Scarlatina managed to convince herself so thoroughly that I was a hidden Faunus she triggered one such condition, and I became said hidden Faunus." You explain calmly, as if gaining new appendages and changing species was absolutely normal for you. Which is, in fact, absolutely true, you changed in much more drastic ways during your time in the construct, but Glynda has yet to see the Eye or the Stranger, and so does not know that.

"A semblance that can change who you are that easily…." Glynda seems a little taken aback by your admission. You don't understand why, is she that enamored with her current form that she wants to keep it forever? Humans are weird, they think they stay the same, when in fact, they are no more static than you. A child is not the infant is not the adult, why would your little claws be important?

But you do not have more time to think about it as Glynda recovers and becomes all business once again.

"No matter. Miss Panoply, Mister Vault, you are now going to have to prove to us at Beacon that you can teach. For this reason, you will both be assigned a different team to coach for the remaining fights for the license. You can give them advice on any subject you want within reason. We will observe both your teachings and the performance of the teams to determine if you are worthy of a place amongst us. The person in charge of the final decision will be Professor Ozpin during an interview with the both of you. Mister Vault will be in charge of team LSRS, Miss Panoply in charge of team CFVY."

"Well Princess, it seems we will have to be separated for a little time, I hope you will survive without me. For my part, every moment will be…" Your little bird begins dramatically.

You stop him right there with a sharp elbow to the ribs and a whisper of "Take this seriously, will you?" Then at normal volume. "I am sorry Miss Goodwitch, excuse my partner, he gets to cracking bad jokes when he is nervous. We are ready to begin, can you guide us to the team we will help?"

"Of course, here." She then shows you the rooms where your respective teams are waiting for you.

Team CFVY is extremely nervous in a mixture of anticipation and dread, you will have to calm them a little if you want to do something before the beginning of the next gauntlet.

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Vote:

You have a very nervous team CFVY in front of you and around two hours to coach them for this fight before the break to eat. You can use the occasion to test some of the potential paths you can follow once you're a teacher, but do know that changing constantly will not be seen well.

None of the choices are completely going to lock you in one particular job, but they will make the ones chosen more likely.

You can:

[] Coach them on their teamwork.
-[] They definitely improved since last time, but you feel as if there is a slight rift between Velvet Scarletina and the rest of the team, and Coco Adel has airs of pushing them too much, work on that.
-[] Other strategy for coaching?

[] Coach them on their Semblances.
-[] Are your right that Miss Scarletina's Semblance is why she was able to copy you last match? Because you can see some ways to integrate that in how she works with her team.
-[] Other strategy for coaching?

[] Coach them on unarmed combat.
-[] Velvet's performance during your match was impressive, but only using your own moves left her vulnerable to predictions, she has to diversify if she wants to counter that. Her team, on the other hand, needs to work more on countering unarmed combatants, Coco in particular needs some close up experience.
-[] Other strategy for coaching?

[] Help them mentally.
-[] They won't be able to do anything when this nervous, and if just seeing you is enough to reach that point, you need to give them some pointers on working through it.
-[] Other strategy for coaching?

No write-ins for the general votes, you can change the specific approach of each and give more details, intent is more important than exact wording here.

All strategies automatically includes calming their nerves a little, helping them mentally is just going farther with is.

Don't worry too much about flubbing it, as of three minutes ago you are absolutely qualified for the job.

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A/N:

Ok, got some time and was able to finish.

Some things I wanted to say:

You are not and were never going to be the only Faunus teachers at Beacon, we see three teachers during Canon, and that is not really a good way to see if there are any Faunus in the staff, too low a number.

Here, you are just one more couple of Faunus teachers, Ozpin is all for equality and that includes that.

Blake is also not going to be more appreciative of you just because you are a Faunus, particularly a hidden one. I made Adam the head of a cult that attacks Faunus *traitors* and she was brainwashed… I mean, educated on it meaning not all Faunus are her allies.