Author Notes for From Beyond

Hey all, er-mah-gerd a new fic why. Where is Stress-Relief, what is going on? How do I explain?

Maybe I shouldn't... hmm, yes...

No? Okay - here we go. During a writing exercise/game I introduce to College Fool in a PM conversation I came up with this fic, and he came up with a similar one. Because it sounded amusing I decided to go ahead and write it.

I'll try to keep updates relatively quick - though chapter length will be relatively small to compromise. I will try and do an update every Monday (or other Monday) along with my other fics.

Pairing: Blake x Jaune

Genre: Romance x Comedy

Thoughts? Feelings? Honestly it's pretty short right now - i think the first chapter of all my fics is typically tiny in comparison to other chapters. Expect chapter length to vary between 3,000 - 5,000 though that's not a strict rule.

Leave a review if you're interested in more :)

### Chapter 2

**Friday, September 25**

Here we go, here we go, here we go. A quickly released chapter – more to coincide with College Fool's than anything else – from this point onwards (but not including this coming) it will be released on Monday. I will aim for every week – but considering my other fics must take precedence, it won't be a pledge.

Anyway!

College Fool

You should know him, if you don't shame on you. Check him out – but I mentioned last chapter that this idea came from a writing exercise/game we've been playing. What I didn't mention was that he fully planned to write his own based on this idea as well, but come Monday didn't know if he would or not. So I didn't mention anything out of fear of pressuring him.

But now he has! Hurrah! Go check it out, it's on my favourites and is titled: Dead Man Walking (Or Something)

The basic premise is that we both had to come up with a Ghostly Jaune story – and we both came up with comedy ideas with *one* small difference – that turned out to be so very integral.

My story dealt with Jaune's unlife being COVERT – a secret known only to Blake.

College Fool's dealt with Jaune's unlife being OVERT – where everyone knows and is aware of it.

Some aspects will be similar between our fics, as we chatted and threw ideas around like shuttlecocks – but always remember that we are NOT in competition, nor is anyone STEALING off the other.

So go check him and his fic out!

For those who didn't get it – LVN is their surname initials, Lie – Valkyrie – Nikos. And don't worry, team LVN will be tied in with Team RWBY-J. They won't be forgotten. Also yes, I did consider that "without" Jaune there would be no Deathstalker, but just wrote that Pyrrha was worried and investigated anyway – for future plot points there will be effects of Jaune's absence.

Chapter two out, a little longer – though as I said, most updates will be Monday or so, but not this immediate Monday coming. Anyway, I hope you enjoyed the fight scene reimagined from Blake's PoV.

I like to think of Blake as a very introspective character, and also a little sarcastic despite her idealistic dreams. She's just sarcastic in her own mind, and with odd comments. Also re-watching that scene I did think it was hilarious how Nora comes to help them, and immediately knocks Blake off the bridge.

Poor Blake can't get a break! YANG IN THERE KITTY!

Now that they are in Beacon things will become amusing indeed… what's a young teenage ghost to do in a room full of attractive girls…?

Anyway, make sure to check out College Fool's Story, you can find it on my favourites.

If you're interested in what our "Game/Exercise is" – then I think College Fool intends to publish our actual game, including our responses to one another on this site. Kind of half a "what you can do to improve your own writing" but also kind of a "here are a collection of crazy story ideas conceived (and fully planned) in 15 minutes." I'm sure the exercise/Game will be explained in there.