Project: RWBY

Ch 13) Deception

Neir POV

"Did you hear that Neir? She speaks, she actually speaks! After all those weird looks and not talking for days, she's opened her mouth and spoke."

He grins at me jokingly and I return the grin with one of my own, glancing at Blake to see her reaction. As expected, she's glaring at him.

"Oh no, she's reverted back to her former state," I state, making sure to add a lot of worry in my voice.

I earned a laugh from my newest acquaintance but a glare from Blake who, unfortunately, is in no mood for any monkeying around.

"Alright, we should probably stop. Go on, Cat ears." I gesture for her to continue, my eyes trailing up at her ears.

"My eyes are down here." She glares at me.

"Sorry, sorry." I shift my eyes down to hers as our third chuckles at me.

She lets out a tired sigh.

"Neir, Sun, are you two familiar with the White Fang?"

"Nope, only the name and the fact that Heiress hates them," I answer, taking a sip of my drink.

Sun does the same before saying, "Seriously dude? Every Faunus knows who they are."

I point to the top of my head, where there are no ears.

"Right, well, they're a group of stupid creeps who all use brute force to get whatever they want. They're a bunch of freaks if you ask me." He speaks passionately, unaware that we have a former White Fang member in our midst.

I turn to Blake, awaiting a fun reaction.

"I was once a member of the White Fang." She says calmly, leaving me slightly disappointed.

Though Sun's reaction was pretty amusing as he spits out his drink in surprise, almost toward Blake.

"Woah woah wait a minute." He wipes his mouth. "You were a member of the White Fang?!"

"Didn't know you had such a bad side Cat ears." I purr teasingly.

"I wouldn't call it a bad side." She says without much reaction. "But I was a member for most of my life. You could even say I was born into it."

Blake's eyes trail down to the table as she begins her story.

"Back then, things were different. In the ashes of war, the White Fang had meant to be a symbol of peace and unity between the humans and the Faunus."

I let out a scoff at the idealistic goal. "Bet that turned out well. Peace between two entire races after years and years of differences aren't just settled with one agreement." I remark, taking another sip of my drink.

"That's a bit pessimistic don't you think?" Sun frowns.

"I'm a realist, Sonny boy."

"Neir is right." Blake cuts in, letting me shoot a smug look at Sun. "Despite the equality they promised us, the Faunus were still subjected to discrimination and hate. The humans still thought of us as lesser beings, and so the White Fang rose up as the voice of our people."

"Let me guess, via rallies and boycotting?"

Her brows raise slightly.

"Yes, exactly that, and I was there at the front of every rally, took part in every boycott, and I actually thought we were making a difference." Her eyes dip down again.

"Yeah, shouting demands and collectively not buying something isn't very affected against an entire city of people, especially with such a small group. What were they even thinking would happen? That the humans would suddenly have a change of heart?"