Enchorus

by GMBlackjack

Oversaturated Remnants: A Zesty Flare of an Introduction (Masterweaver)

Author's Note:

Set during chapter 106 of SotS.

A cacophony of color, sound, motion.

It was to be expected, perhaps. Transit centers were by their nature intersections of many journies. And the Unicorn Cathedral was that multiplied--the chamber of the first portal was built almost reverently at its core, serving to mark the arrival spot of the world's goddess, and surrounded by various lesser chambers which either housed portals to other realms or served as neutral locations for portals to open. And the peoples--oh, they were myriad, even the natives had wonderous variation in their forms, and beyond that, beyond that were those who came through for trade or adventure or simply to see the sights, all walking the tiled floor or flying past stained glass windows or swimming through elegantly flowing waters that cycled through the installed plastic tunnels.

To the four newcomers it was chaos. Everyone was closer together than they were used to, hopping or running or 'excuse me'ing through a sea of living bodies like they'd never seen before. And yet there were patterns; loosening around eateries, crowds forming into lines when they entered marked chambers, the continual patrol of individuals bearing uniforms of red and gold. There was a familiarity in form, it was simply... scale, that overwhelmed. They stood gaping, their mental preparation barely letting them move out of the crowd's way, much less discuss what it was they were seeing.

"...wow." The youngest of them finally shook her head. "I mean... kinda puts the Argus Limited station to shame, huh?"

A loud groan drew their attention to a pair of people standing nearby.

"I told you," said the blue woman, holding out her hand with a smirk.

"Yeah, yeah." Her pink companion pulled out a wallet, handing over some coins. "I seriously thought the blonde would be the one to snark first."

"She'll have more quips overall, I assure you." Accepting her payment, the blue woman stepped forward. "You're the... Remnans? Are we going with Remnans?"

"Uh..." The blonde traveller shrugged. "Sure? People from Remnant, right?"

"Yep." The pink woman smirked. "I'm Lemon Zest, and this is Sunny Flare, and we are not married no matter what anyone says."

"Lemon..." Sunny pinched the gem in her forehead. "Seriously?"

"Just getting it said!"

The dark-haired traveller managed a faint smile. "You're Flurry Heart's aunts, aren't you? She said you would be waiting for us."

"Yeah, we're auntie Zest'n'Flare," Lemon confirmed with a pair of fingers and a tongue click. "Accept no substitutes!"

"Wait, hold on." The white-haired traveler held up a hand. "What was that whole thing with the coins about?"

"We had a bet on who would drop the first bit of snark," Sunny explained with a smirk. "Glad to see you didn't disappoint me."

"Right!" Lemon clapped her hands together. "So before we go any further, anybody need a rename? Just so you don't get confused with your alternates...."

"Well... we are team RWBY," the young one pointed out. "Ruby Rose, Weiss Schnee, Blake Belladonna, Yang Xiao Long... it's, it's kind of our thing, so changing our name is... not something we're big on."

"Hmmm." Sunny cupped her chin thoughtfully. "You know, aside from Ruby their names are dissimilar enough from the others that no change is really needed. Would you mind if we called you Rosepetal while you were here?"

"Uh... kiiiiiind of?"

"You know what? We'll let the Rubys figure out who's Ruby." Lemon spun around and began to walk off, though she shot a smirk over her shoulder. "Come on, kiddos, time to walk through the looking glass!"

Comments

[Voltaje]

How many Ruby Rose does MU have? Or is this the first remmant MU got a hold of? or there are lots of people and gems also called Ruby? If that were the case, then it shouldn't be a problem, renaming is only for alternates; still, MU can easily destroy the Grimm and Salem, so why would remmant need hunters nowadays?

[GMBlackjack]

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Several Remnants have been encountered.

Curiously, though, the Merodi first contacted a Ruby Rose through Esefem - not a Remnant world.

There are always need for hunters in OTHER universes.

-GM, master of factoids.

[Voltaje]

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That was fast XD, well this means the that this is the first remmant that decided to join after the war, or perhaps the only remmant that joined? and the others declined? too much speculation, it would be good to have a list of the universe that are part of MU, and now that we are at it, how is it that the League of Sweety Bells has about 30 thousands sweeties while MU concisting of only some hundred universes? and not all of them are equestrias. Does it bring members the same way the census does?

[GMBlackjack]

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Virtually all Sweeties ever encountered - including clones, minor variations, etc - are made part of the League (Full Agent status is something else). Explorers deal with hundreds of universes every day. Not all of them are in a situation to become part of MU, not all of them want too, and some are just 'normal' and get put on the backburner. Admission into MU does take some time.

Admission into the LSB does not. At all.

-GM, master of rice bits.

[Starlight Nova]

Shouldn't you wait until the previous story is complete before starting the sequel?

[GMBlackjack]

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This is an anthology of stories related to Songs of the Spheres. Everything published is related to the chapters of SotS that have already been published. It's just HIGHLY RECOMMENDED that you read ALL of SotS before diving into this Anthology since you likely won't understand what's going on if you don't. Putting on the 'sequel' tag makes sure people do that. This is not the only anthology do to this - Oversaturation's does it too.

Furthermore, while SotS is marked incomplete, the entire SotS story IS complete, I'm just posting a chapter to it every six days until... March or so, when it'll reach chapter 157 and then I can finally check that last box.

-GM, master of rhymes.

[prism heart]

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Nice to find out the expected update schedule, thanks!