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beaconed Jaune & multiglyphs Weiss
When: Dec 14th, morning before class
Where: Residential District
What: Jaune is caught walking home in the early hours of a school day, what is he hiding?
Rating/Warning: None!
[ Another 2-6 AM shift down, Jaune can be seen disembarking the bus that came from the Pleasure District. He's wearing a suit, although he looks fairly unkept and tired from working all night, complete with a half untucked shirt and a loose tie. When you do what you do several times on a night, let alone a week, you kind of stop caring about how you're presenting yourself. All everyone seems to care about is what's underneath the clothes, don't they? And sure enough, they'll be coming off again soon.
The sun has already come up on his hour-long ride home, which means the residents, including Pyrrha, should be waking up to start their day soon. All he had to do was walk a few more blocks to reach his apartment, sneak inside and catch some sleep until noon. It's as much a routine as it is with what he does at work by now.
With his remaining (yet slowly fading) determination, he starts pressing his feet against the pavement, slowly one at a time. ]
beaconed Jaune & multiglyphs WeissWhen: Dec 14th, morning before class
Where: Residential District
What: Jaune is caught walking home in the early hours of a school day, what is he hiding?
Rating/Warning: None!
[ Another 2-6 AM shift down, Jaune can be seen disembarking the bus that came from the Pleasure District. He's wearing a suit, although he looks fairly unkept and tired from working all night, complete with a half untucked shirt and a loose tie. When you do what you do several times on a night, let alone a week, you kind of stop caring about how you're presenting yourself. All everyone seems to care about is what's underneath the clothes, don't they? And sure enough, they'll be coming off again soon.
The sun has already come up on his hour-long ride home, which means the residents, including Pyrrha, should be waking up to start their day soon. All he had to do was walk a few more blocks to reach his apartment, sneak inside and catch some sleep until noon. It's as much a routine as it is with what he does at work by now.
With his remaining (yet slowly fading) determination, he starts pressing his feet against the pavement, slowly one at a time. ]
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[ He averts his eyes, clearly the signs of a guilty liar, but more than that... eye contact with the Ice Queen was proving to be difficult for other reasons. He wonders, though, should he tell her after all? She seems to be in a nice mood this morning, and has been more encouraging than what he's used to from her.
Plus, Weiss is smart, it's one of her many qualities that far outweigh her negative ones, at least in Jaune's eyes. ]
Can you... keep a secret? Not just about what I'm gonna tell you, but the fact that you even saw me this morning.
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this morning, she doesn't react in either way. if anything, she feels only dread. it isn't starting to sound good, whatever it is that jaune is caught up in. weiss doesn't know how comfortable she'd be in keeping something from the other girls, especially knowing how close jaune and ruby are, but... if she doesn't say so, then he'd never tell her, right? ]
...of course.
[ it's probably not a good habit, to lie to your friends. even strange ones like jaune arc. but if it's for their own good, that's okay, right?
...right? ]
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is happening.
Why couldn't she just say no, and tell him to leave her alone? ]
...uhh.....
You remember when we had to choose a job when we first got here? I kinda... chose the one I didn't want.... [ Perfectly understandable, right? ]
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What did you choose?
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Of the exotic kind.
[ he mumbles a bit more afterwards, mostly inaudible stuff. ]
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S Q U I N T S ]
You're an exotic dancer?!
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WEISS, keep it down!!!
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and then suddenly all those books drop down to her feet, since she needed to free up her hands to start digging her the heels of her palms into her eyes.
HER EYES. SHE CAN'T UNSEE IT IN HER MIND. ]
Why! Why is this real?! You're seventeen!!
[ also. JAUNE. you're not supposed to be sexy!! ]
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I'm almost eighteen!
[ ... ] WAIT THAT'S NOT THE POINT!!
Weiss, I don't know what to do!! I'm so royally screwed, if the others find out they'll probably never talk to me again!
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That's what you're worried about?
[ she finally tears her hands away from her face, just so she can deliver a glare his way. ]
Jaune, you're being exploited!
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Did you even read it?
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How could they just expect us to adjust so quickly here?
[ ......Not that he would have read it anyway. COME ON. ]
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How long, Jaune? How long have you had to do this?
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Regardless, he bends his knees and starts collecting the dropped books for her. ]
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Jaune Arc, sometimes you are so stupid, I can't actually believe it.
[ she isn't yelling, though she feels like she could scream. instead, she balls her hands into fists and walks around him without another word. the heels of her shoes give a decisive little click as she quietly heads towards where he'd come from... the pleasure district. ]
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W-Wait, Weiss..!! [ He stands up again, hoarding textbooks in his arms. ] Do you want me to take these back to your place, or...?
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We don't have time for that — school starts in two hours!
[ she gets to the end of the block, and stands there for a moment glancing left and right. an impatient tap of the toe of her boots. ]
Now hurry up and show me where this filthy place is!
[ you weren't going to let her go there alone, would you? ]
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[ He runs ahead of her, attempting to block her from going further towards her intended destination. He’s not okay with her going there period, but more than that, he just came from there and is on the verge of collapsing in about an hour.
On the other hand... he's oddly moved by her concern. This is the girl who used to leave him stuck in a tree! ]
I’m not gonna let you go there; it’s no place for someone like you, okay?
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[ he's taller, and bigger than her, but truthfully the textbooks in his arm are more intimidating to her than he'll ever be. she rolls her eyes at him, hands settling on her hips once more. ]
I'm not going to ask you twice.
[ not that she... technically asked him a first time... ]
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Weiss as a pole dancer…
Ack!! He quickly shakes off his thoughts before they get out of hand. ]
Alright… I don’t know why you’d wanna see where I work, but… at least stay near me so they don’t think you’re alone.
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I don't see your feet moving, Jaune Arc.
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I don't either... [ You know, because of all the textbooks he's awkwardly carrying. He does, however, begin to drag himself back to the bus stop. He promised himself that he wouldn't mess up this friendship, and by some miracle she's still talking to him after all this... perhaps it would be best to keep his mouth shut for the rest of this trip.
More than that, once they're on the bus, maybe he can even shut his eyes for a little. That would be nice. ]
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jaune arc, you absolute idiot.
to her credit, though, she keeps her anger to herself. and though she never once glances towards the boy sitting beside her, she is noticeably quiet the entire ride there. as if someone aware of his droopy, sleepy head. ]