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STAGGR

ABOUT ME

Blake Belladonna

FULL NAME

19

AGE

January 19

BIRTHDAY

She/Her

PRONOUNS

Taken

RELATIONSHIP STATUS

I'm bi. Figure it out.

INTERESTED IN

6010 Swan Lane

ADDRESS

Huntress
Assistant librarian

OCCUPATION

"There is no past self more important than who you are right now."

FAVORITE QUOTE

The Harpees

FAVORITE MUSICIANS

Ninjas of Love
The Man With Two Souls
The Corpse Doctor
The Vampire Count
Beauty and the Beast

FAVORITE BOOKS

Whatever my team is dragging me to

FAVORITE MOVIES/TV SHOWS

EXPERIENCE

Beacon Academy
Private tutors (emphasis on law, politics, history, diplomacy)

EDUCATION

Huntress training
Combat
Firearms safety
Weapons training
Diplomacy
Politics
Stealth
Infiltration
Security culture
Street medicine

TRAINING

Being a huntress is a full time job.

PAST JOB EXPERIENCE

English?

LANGUAGES

Writing. Music. Public speaking.

ADDITIONAL TALENTS

CONTACT ME

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deerlyBeloved
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Comments

[thepunshow]

[ is that--? she sneaks a glance at the girl on her shoulder in shock. that's...that's purring. her cat faunus partner was purring.

yang adds it to the very long list of reasons she is madly in love with blake belladonna but just can't say it yet, and is grateful said faunus can't see the gentle, adoring smile that all but confirms what they both already know. ]

But I've been marked as uncool. Me! Your reputation as the coolest, most reliable, and most talented Huntress in Deerington will be ruined if we're seen together! [ this is the most transparent attempt of yang heaping praise upon blake yet. she's got it Bad. ]

[kintsugambol]

[ yeah, that's... not subtle. ]

Let them talk! [ the purring stops, even as she seems to relax further against yang. ] I'm done caring what people think. About me, or who I spend my time with.

Besides, by the time they figure out you're actually sweet and earnest, it'll be too late for them to do anything about it.

[thepunshow]

[ it's unclear which is the bigger contributor to her sudden, deep blush: the idea that blake could give one less of a fuck about if people saw them spend them time together or that
she considers yang sweet and earnest. she absently strokes the curve of her shoulder, thought processes stopped dead in their tracks from the simple compliment. ]

Oh. [ a stunning answer. ] Well, uh, as long as you're the one talking, they'll never know, right? I can stand in the back and look intimidating.

[kintsugambol]

You can be intimidating when you need to be. [ she tilts her head a little, leaning into the touch. ] You just know when it's called for.

[thepunshow]

Well, my timing is pretty great, but I dunno, [ yang, feeling bold, drops a kiss to the top of her head, ] I like being like this a whole lot better.

[kintsugambol]

[ oh. blake's face heats up, ears flattening slightly. what can she even say to that?? ]

That makes two of us, Yang.

[thepunshow]

Glad we finally agree on something. We were turning into a regular Ruby and Weiss. [ she's kidding, obviously, but holds blake a little closer anyway. you know, to be on the safe side. ]

[kintsugambol]

[ that gets her to breathe out a laugh, and she relaxes a bit more, practically sprawling against her. she murmurs after a moment, head on yang's shoulder ]

S'nice. Like cuddling a space heater.

[thepunshow]

So they tell me. [ blake will get a brief flash of a younger ruby clinging to yang as they watch a snowfall. ] My Semblance makes my body temperature a little higher than others. Gets kind of rough during the summer, but right now.... [ she rests her chin on top of blake's head. ] It's not so bad.

[kintsugambol]

I think I could deal with it in the summer. [ a flash of a bright sun in a clear blue sky, of crystal blue water and white sands and a younger blake, maybe 10 years old, diving out of a boat alongside an older cat faunus woman with the same black hair and ears

of a mistrali-style estate surrounded by palm trees

of the sun beating down on a white fang encampment in the desert, still flying the blue and white ]

[thepunshow]

[ yang quietly takes in all of those images while rubbing small, lazy circles on her shoulder. the estate she's seen before, but not the others, and it feels as if some of the pieces that make up blake click into place.

softly, ]

You grew up in those places, didn't you? With your parents and the White Fang?

[kintsugambol]

[ she nods. may as well finally tell her some of this. she knows a lot about where yang came from, after all. ]

... Grew up's maybe not the word, but... yeah. [ there's a flash of blake young, about eleven, drawing back in fear as she caught adam's eye for the first time. "let me walk you home. you never know what monsters are out in the dark." a spike of terror rises in her chest, like an icicle between her ribs.

another image comes through--ghira belladonna, with the banner of the true white fang behind him. ]

My dad, uh... founded the White Fang, after the revolution, when he was young. We split our time between Kuo Kuana and moving around the other kingdoms.

[thepunshow]

[ her stomach lurches at the sight and sound of adam and she drops her hand to rest on blake's waist, kissing her temple. he is gone and they are (relatively) safe here in deerington. they're okay. ]

Wait, your dad started the White Fang? [ she turns this information over in her mind then declares, ] That's...really cool. No wonder it means so much to you.

[kintsugambol]

[ it's desperately appreciated, and she lets out a soft breath at the feeling of yang's lips on her skin, curling further against her. ]

I'm... yeah, I guess it is. [ a thoughtful hum at that. that's such a yang way of looking at it. ] Honestly, I never really thought of it like that. My family's led Menagerie for generations, and after the revolution... I don't know. I guess he knew he had to do something with his position. I never really asked why, it always felt obvious to me.

[thepunshow]

[ yang places another gentle kiss to her temple again for good measure and grins. she'll do that as many times as it takes for both of them to feel at ease. ]

If he's already a leader, might as well use that power to help Faunus in the kingdoms, right? It just makes sense.

[ but as interesting as it is to discuss the true intentions of the white fang, she needs clarification on something. ]

Back up, you just said "generations." You're telling me the Belladonnas have been in charge of Menagerie since before your dad? Like "passed down from parent to child" in charge?

[kintsugambol]

[ blake's face heats up, and a feeling of calm settles over her. she really does love this, and knows fully well how she feels about yang xiao long, even if she's not ready to talk about it. and she knows, for certain, that yang knows too. ]

There's not a ton of actual power in it, but... yeah. [ the thought crosses her mind, not for the first time, he targeted me because of who my parents are. that was the sick truth of it that she'd realized far, far too late. the thought isn't accompanied by fear, or guilt, or anything but the tired echo of anger. ] Since about...eighty, ninety years ago? My great-grandparents were already pretty influential with the community in Mistral, so when they came to Menagerie with their people... you get the idea.

[thepunshow]

[ holy shit? holy shit??

the gears are turning so fast in yang's head that it's surprising steam isn't coming out of her ears. learning that blake belladonna is latest child in a political dynasty going on 100 years wasn't on the to do list today, but fuck it. they're doing it live. from the way she's described the situation, it almost sounds like she's...

an unbidden flash of blake dressed as a princess from ruby's old storybooks and she's beautiful and ohnoshecanseethis

her entire body radiates more heat than usual, a blush setting in across her cheeks and back of her neck. ]

Ah, yeah, it was the move that made the most sense! [ yang huffs a nervous laugh and ruffles her hair with her free hand. ] You know, I was joking back on the Titanic, but guess I really wasn't calling you by your proper title. How do you feel about "Your Excellency"?

[kintsugambol]

[ well that's... an image. blake scoffs, and opens her eyes to take in just how embarrassed yang is. she rests a hand on the back of her partner's neck. ]

I'm not a princess, Yang, [ though there's not a huge difference, and she seems to realize the distinction is... fairly academic ] and I don't have a title. [ a little smile plays across her lips. ]

It's just Blake. Same as ever.

[thepunshow]

So your real title is "Your Royal Blake-ness". [ yang is grinning and she can't stop, not when that little smile makes her feel lighter than air. ] Don't worry, though. I'll stick to Blake.

[ her gaze flicks to blake's lips on instinct. she feels hyperaware of everything in this moment: how close they are, blake's hand on the back of her neck, the way her breath catches in her throat. they aren't ready, they're not.

but yang knows how they feel about each other. she knows and that alone is enough to make her eyes and smile turn tender. ]

You didn't have to share any of that. Even with the--well, you know. [ the red string connecting them by their ring fingers that's made the last few weeks interesting. ] Thank you.

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It's not a secret, I just... [ she exhales, looking away from her for a split second. ] You don't have to thank me, Yang. I wanted you to know.

[ they very much aren't ready. but seeing yang this close, the look on her face... blake's smile softens and widens just the same.

she's always tried to be open with her, even when she barely knew how to be. ]

[thepunshow]

I still appreciate it. [ this is another part of her she's chosen to entrust to yang. like she won't ever express gratitude for that. ] But you know you'll have to keep this a secret from Ruby, right? Otherwise, she's going to call you Princess Belladonna and bow every time she sees you.

[ a beat. ] Or curtsy. Or some combination of bowing and curtsying. Whichever she thinks looks more formal.

[kintsugambol]

I'm not a princess! [ again... yeah, you kind of are a bit, blake. she laughs, pulling yang down slightly and touching their foreheads together. ]

And hey, I don't know. The first thing I ever said to Ruby was a joke about it. Not that she got it.

[thepunshow]

Exactly what a princess would say! [ she laughs, easy and bright. yeah, blake is pretty much royalty. yang will never get over this as long as she lives. ]

Seriously? She never told me what you guys talked about when she pointed you out that first night, just that you'd already met. What'd you say?

[kintsugambol]

Weiss was giving her a hard time about something. Ruby got fed up and called her princess. I was walking up, and I cut in with "it's heiress, actually." ... Then I started talking about the SDC's abuses.

[thepunshow]

[ 'it's heiress, actually' is such a blake type of joke to make that yang can barely process it. oh, man. for ruby and weiss to know this whole time and be out of the loop even now....

she snorts, shoulders shaking with silent laughter. ]

Weiss must have lost it when you brought that up. She didn't think the SDC could do anything wrong back then.... Look at her now. They grow up so fast.