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[OPEN] Infinite in distance and unbound by death
Who: Jaune Arc & You
When: IC: 7/18 - 19
Where: Various
What: Jaune can't even die properly and now he's out and about - strangely better than ever.
Rating/Warning: None!
ʜᴏsᴘɪᴛᴀʟ.
ᴠɪᴠɪᴅ.
ᴀᴄᴀᴅᴇᴍʏ.
sᴀɴᴄᴛᴜᴀʀʏ.
ᴄʜᴜʀᴄʜ.
When: IC: 7/18 - 19
Where: Various
What: Jaune can't even die properly and now he's out and about - strangely better than ever.
Rating/Warning: None!
ʜᴏsᴘɪᴛᴀʟ.
[ The last thing Jaune remembers is coughing up blood, his insides slowly rotting away while his weird immune system (read: Aura) tried fighting against it. Whatever Clarke gave him to drink also seemed to change him slightly, but that effect seems to have worn off by now.
Now, three days after apparently dying in one of the most painful ways, Jaune can be seen walking around the hospital. A strange sense of deja vu hits him as he recalls being bound to a hospital after his previous interlude experience, too. That time, he didn't die, though, and recovery was a little slower, which... makes this all the more strange. How does recovering from death make him feel better than ever?
In fact, should anyone decide to visit him, expecting to find him bedridden or hooked up on some IV, then they're in for a surprise. Jaune is walking around in his hospital garbs, greeting some of the staff members he recognizes and helping patients who are worse off than him.
You may find him doing various things as he waits to be discharged, from doing wheelies in a wheelchair that wasn't meant for him, cursing at the vending machine because it doesn't serve patients for free, or telling jokes to a group of patients who are probably high on painkillers. ]
...I looked at his burger, and then I said-- I said, man, you're gonna need a bigger mouth!
[ The audience laughs. ] I love these guys...
[ Alternatively, if your character is also hospital-bound, they could be sharing a room! ]
ᴠɪᴠɪᴅ.
[ Hospital shenanigans outside, Jaune isn't left unaffected as he appears on the surface. He's always been okay with the concept of dying-- or rather, he always knew what he signed up for. If there ever comes a day in which he needs to give up his life for the people he wants to protect, then that's just what a Huntsman is supposed to do. Which is why it bothers him so much that he got killed the way he did. It felt pointless. Why did his Aura, which is supposed to be a manifestation of his own soul, not fight back hard enough?
Could it be that he just didn't train hard enough? He's aware that he skipped more Aura lessons with Pyrrha than he should have, focusing on improving his swordplay instead. Now that she's gone, he needs to practice every department more than ever. Skill, Aura, leadership, teamwork... and what better place to do all that than in a game of ViViD?
So if your character is up for some gaming, they'll find themselves randomly paired with Jaune, who seems more focused and determined than usual. ]
Hey.
[ (If you choose this prompt, I'll try and write a unique scenario for every thread!) ]
ᴀᴄᴀᴅᴇᴍʏ.
[ Look, training isn't just about getting stronger physically! Education is important, too, which is why Jaune is quick to return to school so soon after his recovery. LEARNING IS IMPORTANT.
Haha, just kidding. It's only half a day later and he's involved in a food fight inside the cafeteria. Even though he normally doesn't do well in these, it's nice to be reminded of home a little.
Jaune flips one of the tables and jumps behind it like a barricade. There's a slushy dripping across the side of his face as he counts his "ammo" (just random food particles). Your character can either be hiding with him or firing from the other side. ]
Alright! I got seven nuggets!! [ He... eats one of them mid-sentence. ] --Six nuggets. And a carton of chocolate milk. Augh, where's the mashed potato?! I need it, I need it now!
sᴀɴᴄᴛᴜᴀʀʏ.
[ Normally Jaune doesn't spend too much time in the sanctuary, the place can get a little too tinfoil-hatty for a guy who naively takes everything at face value. More than that, he sometimes starts feeling strangely ill if he hangs out in it longer than necessary. It's probably just him, though.
He also figures there's going to be another mass gathering here in the coming days, assuming there were other people who got kidnapped as well. If not, then he needs to at least tell some of his friends about what happened. What if he randomly dies again without sharing everything he knows?!
This all sounds well and urgent, but if you happen to see Jaune in the sanctuary, he'll just be... mopping the floor and cleaning the walls. What? It's therapeutic! ]
More pizza leftovers... I wonder if we can order McCeres for the next group meeting... n-not that I, y'know, dislike pizza or anything. ... Also, why am I talking to myself.
ᴄʜᴜʀᴄʜ.
[ Jaune isn't religious by any means, and the building itself isn't dedicated to any particular god. What he does like about this place is the sense of community, as well as the idea of keeping faith and hope strong.
Jaune wonders if he started a trend here or if it's just normal thing that happens, but ever since he put up a small photo of a missing Pyrrha on the walls, others have been doing the same. Eventually it became a memorial wall for those who have fallen or gone missing from Cerealia, with Jaune even updating Pyrrha's status from Missing to... well, resting in peace. Around her picture are the names of his other friends carved: Sousei, Tenka, Peko, Zack, and many more. Rapunzel is the latest addition, and there was also Weiss' name, but it's been crossed out. Twice. ]
It looks like this place still isn't done with me yet, huh. Man, this is gonna get confusing...
[ Quietly, he wonders if anyone would even add him to this little shrine if he doesn't come back someday. It's not like he talks about this special place with anyone. ]
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[He just watches Jaune fuss over his dog. Well, he's not surprised Jaune remembers the dog more than him.
May as well introduce him so he's not always known as "Mister Pess...sess owner, sir".]
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[ STILL DOESN'T RING A BELL. But, Jaune frowns, remembering what the man said just before. ]
What did you mean by that? This place not being done with you...
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[You're welcome, Jaune. Edgeworth folds his arms across his chest and looks at the memorial wall, letting Pess hog attention from Jaune.]
I've been here for ten months, if I'm not mistaken.
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[ Jaune estimates it's somewhere around seven or eight months for him. Somehow it feels like it's a lot more, considering how much goes on here. ]
Are you in a hurry to go back to your world? I know for some of us, the longer we stay, it gets harder to leave all this behind.
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[Even though there were some things - and faces - he'd dearly miss. Actually he already missed several faces back in the previous world he was in.]
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[ Since they have significant others who don't belong back in Remnant. As for Jaune, he already had this conversation with Rapunzel when she was here, and he would choose his duty to his world over her.
Luckily (or not??) the choice was already made for him with her disappearance. ]
Even my own apartment has started to feel more like home than the school dorms back in my world. Not that there's much left of that anyway...
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He never had that choice...because he never had a significant other from another world. Well, there was that woman who claimed his first kiss in the previous world he was in...]
The question is, after all this, would people be allowed to stay if they wished? In the previous world I was sent to, that was an option after the war.
[People who were dead back home and/or had nothing left to return to could make that choice. And even though Edgeworth chose to leave (and wind up here instead of back home) it was a bit difficult leaving a dear friend who watched his back for so many months and through so many battles.]
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[And he says it so matter-of-factly.]
I spent a year and a few months in a world not my own before coming here.
[He shrugs.]
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[ It sounds like it could have been a lot more peaceful than here. ]
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[He's still not over that.]
I didn't expect to turn up here at all.
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H-Hey, if you ever need help with that, just let me know, okay? I may not look like someone with much to offer, but... that's only 'cause nobody ever asks me!
Wow, that sounded more depressing than... n-nevermind...
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meddlingkid from head to toe. He really doesn't look like he has much to offer, but then again, many people looked like they weren't much and turned out to be much, much more.He seems to be considering this offer very intensely before he shrugs, and nods.]
Very well. The police department could use all the help it can get. What's your name?
[FORMAL INTRODUCTIONS
...also Edgeworth forgot Jaune's name, oops.]
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[ It looks like Jaune is about to reach for some form of ID, but all he pulls out of his pocket is a receipt for McCeres. It does not contain his name, but the order was for 10 nuggets. Nice! ]
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Anyway, Edgeworth takes one look at the receipt.]
That wasn't necessary. But...it's a pleasure, Jaune. [Kinda. Maybe. Sort of a pleasure.]
I've been recording my entire experience since my arrival, so if you have any useful information to contribute, do let me know.
[EDGEWORTH NO, WHAT ARE YOU DOING, LETTING JAUNE JUST HIT YOUR INBOX UP LIKE THAT.
Then again, he's already worked with happy silly teenagers before. He's totes used to this.]
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[ Jaune would totally be up for that, if not for one awkward problem-- ]
What if... providing information for free creates a conflict of interest with my current employer?
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[He wasn't expecting that, so...]
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[ He's hustling you like he was trained, Edgeworth. ]
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Figures. It wasn't always going to be as simple as asking people to tell him about things that go bump in the cereal bowl.]
Then I'll just contact you when I need an [(extra)] assistant. No need to...endanger your relationship with your current employer.