Neptune Vasilias
This is my own depiction of RWBY's Neptune Vasilias, and only uses bits and pieces of what we know about Neptune in canon. Everything else is made up by me.
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Basic Information
Name: Neptune Vasilias
Gender: Male
Nicknames: Nep, Neppy, Squirtle, Vaporeon, Waterboy, Angelfish, Sea Prince, Blueberry, Blue Boy, Blue, Goggles, Gogglehead.
Age(s): 18 (V1-V3) / 19 (V4-V5) / 20 (V6-V7) / 21 (V7-V9)
Height: 6'3"
Complexion: Tan White
Hair Color: Bright Light Blue (yes, it's natural)
Eye Color: Deep blue
Handedness: Right
Date of Birth: December 6
Birthplace: Mistral City, Mistral, Anima
Orientation: Bisexual
Occupation: Huntsman
Academy: Shade Academy (Transfer from Haven Academy)
Team: SSSN (Sun Wukong, Sage Ayana, Scarlet David, Neptune Vasilias)
Weapon: Trinity
Known Family
Saturn Vasilias (Father) [Status: Deceased]
Viola Vasilias (Mother) [Status: Deceased]
Jocasta Pallas (Maternal Grandmother) [Status: Unknown]
Otis Pallas (Maternal Grandfather) [Status: Unknown]
Titan Vasilias (Paternal Grandfather) [Status: Deceased]
Morgan Vasilias (Paternal Grandmother) [Status: Deceased]
Backstory
Chapter One: The End Of Normal
Neptune roughly was eleven years old, his parents had finally agreed to take him on that cruise that the two of them had promised to take him on if he made good grades in school, which he did. His dad had dark teal hair that appears black in the night with light blue eyes (powder blue) and was 6'5", while his mother had silver hair with dark blue eyes, and was 5'6". Not white, like the Schnees, but silver (hence how the two of them somehow made that color that Neptune has). The eleven year old Neptune was extremely excited to go on the cruise, as he was the overly annoying kid on the cruise. Neptune was actually all smiles for one third of the trip, he had no close calls with drowning as of yet and was having a ball on the cruise up till now.
However, he spotted something in the water... a tentacle? He would then run over to his father, and then he yanked his sleeve, as he was busy talking to the 9 year old's mom. Neptune would then lead his dad, Saturn, over to where he had seen the tentacle. It was... gone? No... this can't be. His dad blew it off as him having an "overactive imagination" and walked back over to his wife that went by the name of Viola. A few minutes had passed before there was a violent shaking in the ship, and that's when it happened.
The potential Grimm he saw was a 60 to 50 foot squid Grimm. It would be more suitably categorized as a Kraken Grimm and it had its tentacles wrapped around the cruise boat, which was small for a cruise liner. The Grimm's sheer strength and weight would tear the boat in two. Caught in the middle were his mom and his dad, trying to figure out where to go. Neptune had already found refuge on the opposite side of the boat as it began to sink. His dad didn't hit the water. Neptune watched as the kraken grabbed him and a few others and squeezed them until they died.
He was then quick to spot his mom in the water, he then risked it all and descended down to where he saw the body. He then began to yell "Mom!" at her, trying to see if she would respond. There was no response as her body continued to float. She couldn't swim and all the debris around her made it even more difficult to try and swim. She was... dead. He had caught the attention of the Grimm though as it went to go and pick up it's 4th batch of people, having killed 2 other batches of people already. Just as the Grimm had grabbed his leg, a Huntress and Huntsman went and took its attention long enough for it to drop the 9 year old in the water again.
He was quick to attach himself to a piece of floating debris after he resurfaced as the Huntsman and Huntress worked on killing the Grimm. Neptune was saved about 15 minutes later by a group of people on a raft that was getting ready to head back to safety. After making it onto the raft, he quickly passed out due to exhaustion, as swimming in the debris filled water took a lot out of the eleven year old. The being who pulled him out was a bear faunus, and honestly only did it because it was an instinct to do so. Had he of not been at an arm's distance, chances are that the reach would have never happened, either way, he was safe now, and lucky to even be alive.
Chapter Two: Making It Ashore
Neptune finally woke up, as the people in his rescue boat were cheering and rejoicing. Neptune was slightly confused by the cheering, all he could see was sea, but he soon turned around, wiping his eyes and he would see the reason for the cheering. Land. The rescue boat could see land, Neptune would quickly look back at the sea and he saw the same thing he did earlier when he was on the cruise liner, a tentacle in the distance. This was not a real tentacle though, as it would disappear quickly after he blinked once.
He thought nothing of it, as it was too far out to get them before they struck land, and for once on this damned day, a good thing happened. The tentacle stayed away and they struck land. He was quick to get off the boat and was quickly greeted by a police officer, he was shaking, due to how cold he was. His face was also red due to how the Grimm dropped him into the water, face first. The eleven year old boy, along with some of the others who had been saved by the various other rescue boats aboard the ship. He was happy to have gotten off the rescue boat, but his smile didn't last long. His smile turned to a frown, he didn't have anyone to hug. Nobody to be happy with. Sure, there were the strangers around him who survived as well, but it's not like any of them actually cared about him.
A few minutes later a group of ambulances came and picked the courageous group of survivors up. Neptune put up a fake smile during his ambulance ride, on the inside he was weeping. He missed his parents a lot already. The ride didn't take long, and before he knew it, he was in a hospital bed. They were patching up his wounds and stuff due to all that debris he had to navigate. He actually had a fair amount of cuts on his legs, with some deeper than others. The only thing that kept them from hurting while he swam was his adrenaline, then he was asked a very depressing question as soon as the hospital realized there was nobody there to pay for his visit.
“Where are your parents, Kid?” The nurse that had attended to his wounds asked. His reply was just as depressing as the question was. “Out at sea.” He wasn't specific enough, so they asked if they were on a yacht, boat, raft, or something. They got no each time. He finally was asked “How are they at sea then?” He then delivered a saddening answer. “Floating.” The nurse then realized what had probably taken place and stopped asking Neptune questions.
Instead, she had the office contact his grandparents, after they found it in their records. He only had one pair of Grandparents still alive, after all, and they were from Vacuo. Nonetheless, they picked up the phone and were asked them to come and pick up their grandson as soon as they could. There was a sigh of relief, since the grandparents had just hours earlier gotten the call about the attack on the liner and been given that there was the possibility that their son-in-law and daughter had died, as well as their grandson.
In the meantime, the hospital had to take care of the blue haired kid. So the first thing they did was feed him, since bathing wasn't exactly an option at a hospital. So they fed him, and he hated every piece of food he ate. He then went outside and played like any other kid would on the playground they had outside.
He was then tuckered out and went to sleep in his hospital bed, though he had one of his first nightmares in that hospital room. It was the same events that had just occurred that day, except for one key thing being different. The Grimm didn't let go of him and instead, he got slammed into the water just before he would wake up at 3:09 in the morning. He couldn't go back to sleep after that, and he didn't want to either, so he didn't. He just laid down, in his bed, in a ball. The routine breakfast for the hospital started several hours later.
Children were usually served last as well since they usually wake up last, so he waited for quite a while for that first meal, once again when he ate it, he disliked its taste. He was in luck though, his grandparents showed up just in time to save him from lunch, as the nine year old hugged them, as they walked into the hospital room. It was the first time all day he felt some sort of happiness, as he walked out the hospital room door with his grandparents.
However, his battle has only just begun.
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Chapter Three: The Aftermath
Neptune was pretty damn tired by the time he and the remaining family of his made it to the port so they could make the trip to Vacuo. He had to be carried by his grandfather because he had fallen asleep on the short ride from the hospital to the port. Thankfully, the trip was short for Neptune as he slept the whole way there. However, once they got to Vacuo, Neptune was more energetic than he was prior to getting here. Neptune, was still eleven years old though... so as you'd imagine he had to ask questions, too bad his questions are out of concern rather than curiosity, and his grandpa was the first one near him. Naturally, he had to ask the person closest to him... literally.
"Hey, grandpa, where is Amy?" Oh, yes, Neptune's black Atleasian Wolfdog, 'Amy' was left alone. The Wolfdog's full name is Amphitrite, and Neptune absolutely adored that dog and it's pointy wolf ears and how playful it was with him (running around, playing fetch, cuddling, petting, being lazy, etc.). It's going to be hard to tell him ho- "She's going to be taken care of, she'll be alright." the man with the white mustache told Neptune.
Do not be deceived by his VERY slight resemblance to Jacques Schnee, Otis is the grandfather that was rather fun to be around. He is very blunt about stuff, tells people the truth, and is a very loud person, which can be good or bad depending on the situation. Neptune was tearing up since that was the last 'member' of the family he lived with, but unlike other eleven year olds he didn't cry or throw a fit or say 'bring her back' in protest. He knew that throwing a fit wasn't going to bring any good out of this terrible situation. Besides, Amy would struggle in Vacuo anyways with how hot it is.
After a short, but rather quiet, train ride and a few minute's walk, Neptune found himself at his new home. "Go ahead and take a bath, Nep." his grandmother Jocasta told him, she smiled at him and watched as the blue haired boy began to wander off and into the Pallas house, he had a mission to find the 'bathtub' in a house he's never been in before... It takes the kid all of 30 seconds to find the bathroom to enter. Neptune then silently closed and locked the door behind him.
However, when he went to go turn on the water for the bathtub, he leapt backwards and landed on his rear, breathing extremely heavily. Did he see what he thinks he saw? The boy with bandages all over his legs peaked over the edge of the tub, and there was the end of a Grimm's tentacle. He then quickly ducked down to get cover before making his way over to the shower. There was another one that had popped the drain open... He doesn't even wanna check the toilet room for one, he already knows there probably is one... The blue haired boy now has a decision to make... Shower or bath? It's pretty much pick his poison anyways. He chose shower, and took all of four minutes and thirty nine seconds to do so. On the dot.
After he finished he got dressed in his pajamas, although he wasn't tired yet, closing the door behind him as he left the bathroom so that the stupid Grimm's tentacles won't go after anyone else. His breathing at least slowed down for the first time in five minutes, so that's good. With a sigh he walked around the house and found the room he was supposed to sleep in. After evaluating how much of a mess he was, physically and mentally, he went and laid down on his bed before asking out aloud...
"I wonder if I'll make any friends."
Chapter Four: Fitting In?
Only about three months after the incident in his bathroom occurred, Neptune was cleared to go back to school again. Not by the doctors and school itself, oh no, by his grandparents. The main issue was the fact that the scars that were on his legs would pop open often, and while that problem was mostly fixed, he couldn’t do too much on his legs, or else it’ll happen again. It’s a really good thing that his grandparents were more of the healing type, huh? As for Neptune himself, he had already managed to meet a few people he’d be going to school with. Notice how the word ‘friends’ wasn’t used. This is because, more or less, people thought he acted weird, when in actuality it was because he was from Mistral. He was perceived as weak by some due to the fact that he couldn’t really do anything intensive on his legs, and thus was constantly made fun of because of it. It really didn’t take long for Neptune to hate going outside, something that he used to love to do. Some days, he’d struggle to even get out of bed, and the constant nightmares relating to the incident wasn’t really helping his situation.
Yet, however naive it was, he still held out hope that he could fit in, and find someone who does enjoy hanging out with him. It does slightly help that his birthday is now just around the corner in two months, so he has that going for him. It’s also nice to know that it’s rather hard for someone to figure out his fear here though, considering it’s the desert, and there’s not really much water to be found. Neptune got introduced to the class, and once they got to lunch, surely enough, the naivety proved to not be baseless, as a certain mischievous blond haired monkey faunus voluntarily sat down with Neptune. Neptune was a little stunned at first that someone went to him, but decided to try and make conversation with the faunus. Of course, he looked at what he was eating (a banana), and became curious, because they didn’t really have bananas here. He did see a banana stand earlier though, on his walk to get here.
“Where’d you get that?” Neptune asked, somewhat curious. Neptune had been in Mistral all of his life, which meant compared to Sun, he was pretty sheltered, which is why the response got him. “Oh, this?” Sun asked, tilting the banana a little bit towards Neptune. “I stole it.” Sun finished, as he also finished his banana. Neptune’s eyes widened, and in his mind, he pretty much shouted ‘You WHAT?!’ However, he didn’t want to drive Sun away, even if Neptune was more of the type to abide by the law. He would relax his eyes again, before responding “Really? That’s kinda neat, did you get caught?” Neptune asked, trying his best to hold in the whole ‘you fucking stole a banana’ bit. Sun then chuckled a little bit, before responding.
“Me? Caught? Never! I’m a great thief! A no-good thief would have gotten caught.” Sun pretty much openly responded. What was weird to Neptune though, is that nobody has batted an eye at the faunus. Surely this had to be part of the usual. For a kid the same age as Neptune, he was also pretty strong looking, not buff to hell and back, but still pretty strong looking. Neptune just had to ask another question. “Isn’t stealing against the law?” He asked, hoping to maybe hear an earnest answer, but instead, all he got was “What’s a law? Is it some nerd thing that Mistral has?” Sun asked, he didn’t really seem too serious about asking either. It was a joke question, and while Sun laughed, it was at Neptune’s expense with a sigh. Neptune didn’t really know that there were basically no laws in Vacuo. However, what was nice about Sun, is that he wasn’t picking on him for thinking that. Neptune, not the best with conversation at this current moment in time, asked Sun a question that seemed kinda stupid to ask. “Are we friends yet?” the blue haired boy would mutter, and after a few long (teasing) moments, Neptune got his response.
“Sure!”