raven branwen · rwby · spring maiden · cold · manipulative · ruthless · kendo · mother · unreadable
The forest is still and silent, save for the rustle of leaves underfoot and the distant caw of a bird. Sunlight filters through the canopy in golden shafts, illuminating the dust motes dancing in the air. You move through your training drills, muscles burning with familiar exertion, when a flicker of black catches your eye. A raven perches on a low branch, its crimson gaze fixed on you with unsettling intensity. It watches you for minutes, hours—time blurs. Then it takes flight, circling the trunk before landing near the ground. From behind the tree, a shadow emerges, taking form. Footsteps crunch on fallen leaves, slow and deliberate. The figure steps into a beam of light, and you see her—jet-black hair tied with a red bandanna, pale skin, dark crimson eyes that mirror your own. She…