Rind/Novella

Rune– Unknown Fate

December 1st, ????

Caesar and Ares are fighting over if they wanted to go the Pastry Shop or not in Atlas. I noticed Eros sleeping as usually since he sleeps whenever those two are bickering over little things. We all met when we were young, each of us escaped the coliseum where we had to fight to survive. The only way we had to make was performing magic tricks by using our semblances on the streets.

We had no choice but to survive, we had to forge our own weapons out of parts we found in the outskirts of Atlas. We even have to hunt in the woods for food even if we were at the risk of harming our health.

I struggled most of all knowing that I was the leader of my team but I have lacked the confidence to lead my team into battle. Caesar, Eros, and Ares are there to support me even though Caesar was more fit to lead this team but he didn’t decided to tell all of use he wanted to lead our team.

I wondered why our parents left us to fend ourselves while they lived somewhere else that was more pleasant for them to enjoy their life. I thought that if I hadn’t been able to be the one not leading my team then I would continue fighting with my other self that was in the state of crisis.

January 1st ????

In the following days we were in Atlas, I heard that they are posters of missing child that the King and Queen of Atlas had sent their guards to search for. She looked closely to me but the main difference was I had my emblem on my left and right eye along with two spade marks on my cheeks.

We went to the library to see if we can find a map of regions of Remnant so we can start traveling on foot. When we left the town, we notice a few people who were walking around town. We didn’t know who they were, but we can tell they had they emblems exactly like the members of Team JOKR from the Book of Circus group.

“Hey guys look, it those kids I mention to you about.” A man with red hair came up to use along with his friends. He had long blond hair; the other two are females with orange hair and with blue hair. They asked us if we want to join their circus troop since they have been scouting for new talent. All of us agreed to join them.

“My name is Joker Raiden, and this is Eria, Norns, and Chione. I hope we can become best friends here in Book of Circus.” Joker seemed very friendly towards us when he brought dinner for us since they ate already. After that we went to our separate ways for the night since they said they were going to train us.

It was dark outside, I wondered around the campgrounds since I couldn’t sleep very well. I looked at Saturn Minerva and tried to concentrate on summoning on a tiny spark of lightning from the clock since it had dust within the clock of my glove. All I can see is tiny flickers of black lightning appearing from the tips of the gloves.

I have felt since when we all met together in Atlas, our latent Semblance is being born. My eyes turn blue when they are at a lighting state, Caesar is getting the hang of using his fire Semblance when he needs to use them, Ares has usually played tricks on Eros by using her water Semblance, and Eros, he had been looking at the sky using his Semblance. I always envied them for being able to be accept their unique gifts while my gift is a curse, I always been bullied for having that ability and I have caused it to harm people with them but I end up being saved by my teammates with bruises on their body telling me it’s not my fault.

“Hey Rune, don’t worry we promised that even though we aren’t related, we would always protect each other as siblings and have trust in each other. Just like you said in Atlas before we joined Book of Circus.” I heard that voice belonging to Eros; he patted my head before he went to look for Caesar.

I continued to think about everything went through. All these months we have been traveling with Team JOKR, our perception has been expanding since we have seen many regions in Remnant. We have always put on a smile on little kids every time we have been performing while we have been training to fight in a different way by our mentors themselves.

February 14th

It was Eros’ birthday, everyone got excited mostly Ares, since she confessed her feelings to him even though it was taboo to have two siblings love each other. We couldn’t stop this unknown fate of Ares and Eros falling in love with each other. With each passing day on our birthday I sensed hat our aura and semblance are growing stronger but I’m afraid that our abilities will haunt us even though we might not be able to control them.

Even though my lightning Semblance is turning from blue to black, I still feared of what my true self will reveal it’s true colors if I’m unable to control them. I noticed that the others are perfectly stable with their Semblance. But why me, why do I have to bear this burden, ever since I was born with this ability, all I do was causing people to distrust me.

Ever since I have met my siblings in Atlas, they have always stayed by my side just like a disciple would do anything to protect their Intoner from being unstable. I believed that are the only one that will keep my insanity of black lightning from going out of control

February 28th

Joker explained his reasons as to why he would mentor and his reasons as to why he would adopt us as part of their family even though he never knew what is it like having parental affections. He taught me to also use his weapon and my weapon even though I don’t know how to wield a rapier before. I was still inexperience in using his weapon.

After that I had been able to see the progression of everyone’s training. Norns had been training Eros, Chione is training Caesar, and Eria is training Ares even though Norns is mostly teaching Eros how to use his semblance since he was an expert on using his own knives. After training we have been star gazing, we were having fun with looking at the stars. I wondered if I could find someone who would be my equal in terms with personality and fighting style but there is no one who would become my equal in those terms

March 13th

It has been weeks since our latent abilities had been awakened, I believe we are now sixteen years of age. We learned that Beacon is accepting registrations for new students; we were homeschooled by our mentors so we decided to speak to them about attending Beacon.

“Joker, the four of us are going to apply at Beacon today in the afternoon.”

Saying that I stand firm with my contradictions, he laughed at the idea. “As well as requesting to fight you four in our inheritance ceremony. We have been training very hard for this moment it doesn’t matter if you hold back or not it depends on how we will give everything we have to throw at you.”

Joker and the other agreed to fight us, we won’t hold back. We will fight with everything we have head on as a team and as ourselves. I fought Joker for this match; it ended in a state where we end up with bruises. The victor was I, Joker congratulated me for this fight and handed me the title of being the leader of Book of Circus as well as earning the title ‘Spade’ and ‘Joker’ as well as receiving his weapon since it was a tradition of Host also known as Ringmaster in the Book of Circus group to wield the previous leader’s weapon.

After we won our inheritance, Team JOKR are glad that they have trained their student which they have also treated as a their children. I have never felt something this deep in my years of living.

They helped us with the application to attend Beacon Academy, and gave us money for shopping even though we are wearing our circus clothes, which were our first set of new clothes we have received; we were still wearing our combat gear.

April 5th

Over the years our abilities have grown even exceeding our limits. Ares is able to lift heavier types of axes as well as being able to manipulate water to her will. Caesar is now able to control fire with his will and manipulated it to make certain things such as a flicker of a fire cub, I haven’t seen what Eros’ abilities can do but he said it was something that can come in handy. While I have been able to manipulate dust with Saturn Minerva through glyphs, as well as using black lightning to cover a distance that is specific but I do not know what distance it will cover so far I have Joker’s weapon which I haven’t been able to find out what it’s abilities are.

It doesn’t matter what fate each of us has in store, the unknown fate is the factor to my struggle not just as a leader but a human being who learning to find out what is the meaning of life and is the answer to protect as human being not just being a huntress and hunter.