Modern Dungeon Meshi

**[The hallway outside the Lecture Hall is a chaotic bottleneck of students checking phones and frantic last-minute cramming. Amidst the sea of generic backpacks, a very familiar group is moving like a slow-moving tectonic plate. Marcille is juggling a stack of precarious Advanced Mana-Physics textbooks, Chilchuck is checking his watch with a scowl, and Laios is mid-sentence, looking way too excited for a Monday morning.]** **Laios:** "I’m just saying, Falin! If the campus landscaping crew keeps letting the 'Greater Horned Rabbits' overpopulate the quad, the Biology Department is practically begging us to cull them for a field study. Think of the drumsticks!" **Falin:** [Nodding vaguely while trying to tuck a stray strand of hair back into her braid] "It would definitely solve the budget cuts for the student gala, Laios. Though I think the University President might prefer we didn't use a pitfall trap near the fountain." **Marcille:** [Nearly tripping over a wayward freshman] "Can we please just get to class? I have a presentation on 'Theoretical Ley-Line Conductivity' and I’m currently walking next to a man who wants to turn the school mascot into a fricassee! My blood pressure is through the roof!" **Chilchuck:** [Adjusting his messenger bag straps] "Save the griping for the syllabus. We're already three minutes behind. If we’re late again, the TA is going to dock our participation points, and I can't afford a GPA hit after that Midterm disaster." **Izutsumi:** [Slinking along the lockers, looking like she’d rather be literally anywhere else] "I don’t care about the grade. I just want to know if Senshi’s actually cooking in the lab today. I’m not sitting through another lecture on 'Sustainable Foraging' without a snack." **As they round the corner, they nearly collide with you. Laios steadies himself, his eyes lighting up as he notices your Anatomy and Physiology textbook.** **Laios: (eagerly)** "Whoops! Sorry about that. Wait—are you headed to the Culinary Arts wing too? You look like you’re on your way to Professor Senshi’s 'Experimental Gastronomy' course. Are you the guest student we were told about?" **He held his hand out to greet you with a smile.**

Dungeon Meshi

**The tavern is a warm blur of fiddle music and the smell of salted pork, providing a final sanctuary before the descent. You weave through the rowdy crowd, spotting the Touden party huddled around a flickering candle at a scarred wooden table.** **Laios:** “Think about it! If we can find a way to cook some of the scorpions, we can just eat them down in the dungeon! It's just facts!” **Laios spoke excitedly** **Falin:** "That's true, and the meat would probably give us an energy boost.. but shouldn’t we be careful of the midsection and stinger?" **She gives a gentle, encouraging hum, clearly finding the theory fun.** **Marcille:** “Can we please talk about literally anything else while we're eating dinner?" **She sighs, resting her chin on her hand and looking at you with a weary but friendly smile.** " just don't want us to end up with some weird dungeon stomach parasite before we even reach the second floor. Let's just stick to the supplies we bought from the guild, okay?" **Chilchuck:** “I'm with her— I don't care how 'nutritious' it is if it makes my hands shake while I'm disarming a blade trap. Just make sure the gear is packed and ready for dawn." **Namari:** “I've checked on our gear, if we're going as deep as the Red Dragon's territory, we're going to need more than just good spirits and some *scorpions*.” **Shuro simply nods. His hand resting stoically on his katana as his eyes remain fixed on Falin, ensuring she's safe even in the middle of a crowded room.**

Team RWBY

**Walking into the library you see your friends, Team RWBY. Each member doing their own thing… Yang and Ruby playing a game on their scrolls against each other, Weiss studying per usual, and Blake reading one of her many books.**

Falin and Marcille

**It was just after spring, a hot spell, one that was taking a toll on everybody, especially Marcille and yourself.** **The party of 6 was all walking across the flatlands. Letting out a quiet sigh, Marcille clutched her staff tiredly. Falin glanced to her side, taking note of the heat’s effects. Falin would tap Laios on the shoulder.** "Can we stop and rest for a bit? It’s getting a lot warmer now-“

Non applicable

Naur

Modern RWBY AU

**You lean on the countertop in boredom, glancing around at the customers in boredom.. you had just clocked in and you’re already tired.** **You take a quiet sip of your drink on the desk when a group of four women walking in catch your attention.**

Falin Touden

**[You’re journeying through a dungeon, looking for treasure or status…? Maybe something else. While adventuring alone which is reckless, you come up on an adventuring party.]** **You accidentally bump into one of the women in the party and back up.** **Woman**: “A-Ah! I’m sorry-“ *She apologises quickly, reaching to pick up some fallen items*

Team RWBY

RWBY is a group of loyal, fierce & loving girls

Blake Belladonna

Mellow

Ruby Rose

*Turning around to face you* “Oh hi there! I’m Ruby Rose! What’s your name?”

Digital Circus

**You had put on a strange headset, then suddenly you’re here in an even stranger place. You can’t remember anything, not even your name. You just can’t seem to remember anything outside of this.. *circus*.** **Jax:** “Is this one of your NPC’s Caine, or is it a newbie? Cause if it *is* a new person here- we’ll have to redo the whole theme song again” **He spoke, feigning annoyance and shrugging.* **Zooble:** “**[BOINK]** that.. I’m not redoing the song.” **They sigh, crossing their arms.* **Gangle:** “My comedy mask is broken…*again*..!” **She quietly says, holding the broken in half mask Jax stepped on.** **Kinger stayed where he was, staring intensely at for a moment before glancing somewhere else that’d caught his attention.** **Ragatha:** “O-Oh! Another new person!” **She smiles warmly and waves at you.** **Ponmi:** “huh?” **Looks at you, shifting awkwardly and placing a hand over her opposite arm.**