An Anon's Journey: Remnant Act 1

Apocrypha: The Meaning of my Name

WARNING: TOPIC RELATING TO SUICIDE

A week had passed since the Dock incident, as Team RWBY came to call it. The end-of-semester exams were in full swing and the semester break was on the horizon. Ruby was equal parts exhausted and excited. The non-stop studying and Weiss' draconian tutoring was absolutely awful, but it was for a good cause. Right?

Right???

Oh well, once it's all over, she and Yang could go back to Patch. She missed her dad and her dog, Zwei, so much. She can't wait to bury her face in his fluffy black and white coat.

Yang was basically dead on her bed, her brain short-circuiting from a particular set of emergency first-aid questions. The only matter that was worse for her was history, of which she was teetering on the edge of failure.

Weiss, as mentioned above, was busy tutoring the sisters. Though reluctant at first, she found it quite therapeutic to torture- I mean, 'Educate' her academically deficient teammates.

Blake wasn't studying instead she was on her scroll, glaring emptily at her messages. She groaned as she closed her scroll.

"It's been three days," She complained

Yang grew out of her torpor, hanging her head to the side of her bunk and looking up at her partner.

"He still hasn't answered?" She asked.

Weiss looked at the two curiously.

"What now?"

"Anon," Yang said as if it was all the explanation needed. "I mean to be fair, Blake, he's only been discharged from the hospital like two days ago."

"That didn't stop him from sending us updates for the first two days."

"True..."

The last message anyone in the room got from Anon was of him complaining that he felt like crap because of his meds. Yang thought about why he would stop updating them then shrugged.

"Bah, he's probably face down in his bed, buzzed out of his mind on meds."

"For three days?" Weiss asked, raising her eyebrow in doubt. "By any metrics, that's concerning."

Ruby nodded in agreement.

"She's right." She closed her eyes and frowned pensively. "I know! Let's go visit him and see what's up!"

Yang bolted out of bed and grabbed Ruby like she was luggage.

"Good idea!" She brought Ruby's ear to her mouth. "Thank you for the break, you little genius."

She kissed her little sister on the top of her head. Ruby giggled.

"No problemo!"

Yang grinned.

"Since when do you copy his vocab, Eh Rubes?"

"What? I just think it sounds funny!"

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Anon was having quite the shocker. As it turns out, Remnish painkillers don't work well on his earthling body. So not only does the pain not go away, his brain was still feeling the effects of the meds. He dragged himself out of bed, his back still feeling like it was on fire.

"Urgh... Fucking Torchwick!" He cursed. "You fucking amateur, can't kill someone properly."

His knees trembled as his back struggled to support his weight due to the pain. He yelped as he fell to a knee.