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[beaconed]

"Helloooo! You've reached Jaune Arc! If I'm not answering, it means I'm probably off somewhere fighting monsters or... doing something really awesome like saving a cat, or the president's son! You know how it is, a leader's schedule can be really hectic nowadays, ha ha! Just kidding, I'm probably in school, but I'd totally do those things if I ha-- [BEEP]"



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audio; 2/11 mid-morning

[perfectstrike]

Arc.

[It Peko calling, but don't get too excited.]

Are you currently suffering any ill effects?

audio

[beaconed]

[ Who's excited? When the caller ID displays on his Cerevice, Jaune answers without hesitation, but it sounds as if he's in the middle of a workout. ]

998...

999...

One thousa--oh, hey Pek, what's up? What a crazy random happenstance, I was just finishing my daily sit-ups.

[ Smooth. He was actually just watching his favourite soap opera, but her question makes him lower the volume completely... ]

W-what kinda ill effects? [ He might know what she's talking about. ]

mail; 2/14

[good_ideas]

[Hanging from his doorknob is a tiny bag with a couple of store-bought chocolates (if he compared it with anyone else's bag, there seems to be a lot more in there) and a simple note:]

To Jaune
From Shiho and Kaoru
P.S. We have a stalker because he's a creep
but thanks

[beaconed]

[ He's kind of embarrassed that they found out so easily... but wow, what a great detective!! That's why Shiho is the best!

As for the chocolates, he'll... definitely be bragging about them for a while before he actually eats them. HE GOT GIFTS ON VALENTINES DAY. ]

phonecall after hawke's post lmfao

[multiglyphs]

[ RING RING PICK UP BEFORE SHE WRECKS YOU ]

omg

[beaconed]

[ Oblivious to what's happening on the network, Jaune is actually doing some serious training for once. He's running at the Cerealia Gym, until he slows down the treadmill to answer the phone. Aw, it's Weiss! Weiss is calling him! ]

Schnee-llo!

video; after...... that thing...........

[kirkwalled]

[ she's still at the diner but is looking way more exasperated than earlier. have a hawke, rubbing at her temples as the feed connects. ]

We're going to have to reevaluate your request, Jaune.

ah...........

[beaconed]

[ Did Hawke just experience her first unfinishable quest? ]

M-Miss Hawke...!! I... W-Weiss called me... I can't believe you did that!!!

......

...

Did-- I mean, h-how did it go?

text; 1/?

[ukakus]

[Hello, Jaune... Don't mind your FaceBook friend as she floods your inbox, starting a couple of hours after the platform crashes.]

If you're not dead, answer this message.

[ukakus]

[A FEW HOURS LATER:]

If you're ignoring me, I'm going to beat the shit out of you.

action; AT SOME POINT WHERE THERE IS STILL WATER

[flaredo]

[ Okay, so Yang happens to like checking in on friends. And of course, with another teammate gone yet again, she's not all that thrilled when she can't seem to find Jaune. So of course he gets added to her list of people to hunt down and strangle if they're not actually in any danger, but for now, she's wading/swimming through the districts, on the lookout for... well. Blond.

This would be so much easier if her stupid Cerewhatsit worked better. ]

[beaconed]

[ Bless you, other blondie! Yang will eventually find Jaune marooned on top of a small cybuddy pet store, ironically enough with a real life pet in the form of Hawke's dog! It looks like he's been here for a few days, he has a tiny makeshift tent set up and he's trying to roast something on a small bonfire. It's... his shoe??? He doesn't look keen to eat it at all whenever it finishes cooking, but Garret sure can't stop sniffing it, much to Jaune's dismay. ]

No! Bad! You gotta wait-- y'know, you're lucky I'm not eating you! You... You...... aw, I could never eat you, you're so cute. Even if you did try to pee on me this morning-- yeah, I saw that, pal!

text; during the reconstruction efforts

[undaunts]

Hey Jaune it feels like it's been forever, how are you doing? :D Are you doing okay? You didn't get swept away by the floods right?

text;

[beaconed]

lmao ruby you're so funny hahahaha of course not!!!1

[ That's exactly what happened. ]

i'm good!
in school right now
history is sooooo boring
like why cant we study movies or something
just once lets learn something that i already know!

gift;

[kirkwalled]

[ when jaune gets home or wherever he's living right now, he will find a stack of board games (monopoly, life, chutes and ladders, clue, etc etc) with a red bow on top. there is also the following: a jersey that says "YOUR FAVORITE SPORTS TEAM" on the front, a magazine featuring a bunch of fancy cars and scantily clad robot ladies, and a bottle of hand lotion (with accompanying tissue box).

and then a note. ]

Thanks for looking after my dog.

[ yeah, hawke just googled "what things do you buy a teenage boy" and came up with... this. ]

text;

[beaconed]

thanks for the lotion!
my swordplay was getting a little rough on the hands :D
now my grip already feels more comfortable

cant wait to show you miss hawke!!

3/27

[good_ideas]

[After waking up to a stalker outside her window:]

hey you
youre back right
and youre ok
if you dont reply to this
ill assume youre dead and

[destroy CERES]

hire a new partner

text

[beaconed]

[ He's alive and... relatively well. Shiho's question hits him a little hard after watching one of his friends die in the jungle, but he's already had time to come to terms with it and move on. Besides, it's always nice to hear from her, and that she didn't share the fate of some others. ]


heeey are you really gonna replace me that easily
im your best agent >:O

[text; is this a joke? WHO KNOWS]

[reenacted]

[Because this is the best way to go about reassuring someone you're not dead. Or having them reassure you. Zack isn't even sure, but it doesn't feel right letting it sit too long, like this. Silence only makes it more confusing.]

J A U N E

[Because SUBSTANCE, right?]

text

[beaconed]

[ holy crap, is this what he thinks this is... ]

ZACK

ZACK IS THAT YOU

ARE YOU HAUNTING MY CEREVICE

voice; 4/17

[flaredo]

Jaaaaune! Report! On the double! What's your status?

[ CHECKING IN ON SOMEONE SHE HASN'T SEEN THIS WHOLE EVENT (thankfully). But still, she can't help but be worried. Had he been okay? ]

voice;

[beaconed]

Yang!!! Are you okay?!? What's wrong??

[ SHE DOESN'T NORMALLY CALL..... ]

text;

[good_ideas]

[The text comes late at night because Kaoru has gone off to explode on a journey of self-discovery and she doesn't know who else to talk to.]

hey
are you awake

text;

[beaconed]

[ He's been really sick lately (thank you event) but he always has time for Shiho, even if he wasn't awake. ]

yea what's up
are you ok :O

[ text; ] Before the hole opened up

[queenofminiskirts]

i'm going on a journey of self-discovery. don't bother looking for me.

please take care of shiho for me.

text; ic 4/27

[flaredo]

jaune you're still alive right
not jumping off bridges
right

text

[beaconed]

[ Coincidentally, he's near the apartment complex where Yang and Ruby live, on his way to see her. But that won't stop him from sending a fake automated reply because it's funny (AND HE DOESN'T NEED TO BE BABIED (yes he does)). ]

Error: User not found.

text.

[unswerved]

u yangs friend

text.

[beaconed]

[ Whoa!! A text!!! It's been a while since he got a random text! Maybe it's a girl?! Play it Cool, Jaune. Write back something witty and interesting-- ]

yea

[ . . . He replies faster than he thinks. ]

action | LATER THAT WEEK....

[corona]

[ It took a bit adjustment after they logged out of ViViD that last time (to the lights, the sights, the crowd), but eventually the day arrives when Rapunzel finally feels ready to leave her flat and become one with the living. Apparently this involves annoying the handful of people she's met so far with her absurd requests!!

IN PARTICULAR. At school a few days later, Jaune will find himself the lucky recipient of a note folded origami-style in the shape of a sword and placed haphazardly on his desk.

The note reads like it looks ie. embarrassing as hell. It is also super clear from the soft texture of the paper how many times she re-wrote it before giving up and pulling the trigger! Flustered beyond belief! ]

PLEASE TEACH ME HOW TO FIGHT
I NEED TO BE BADASS.

PS:
It's not a leaf exactly, but I found a four-leaved clover.
This one is for you because I figured even heroes need good luck. Right?
Or whatever. I don't know. Something like that!!
Thanks for everything, Jaune.

[ And tucked gingerly inside the sword note thing is a coloured and preserved leaf because Rapunzel is gross. ]

action

[beaconed]

[ This is exciting! Nobody has ever left him a note on his desk, it's something that only happens to the cool kids, wow! He's not even sure if he's seen origami in real life, but knows what it is when he sees it. He just needs to unfold it... carefully... which he does throughout the duration of an entire lesson (yes it took that long, shut up!!).

But, ah, there's the note, with no name attached to it, good job Rapunzel. Still, Rapunzel is the first person that comes to mind as soon as he finishes reading it... why is that? Could it be because he's hoping it's her? And why is it that the exact moment he does think of her, this stupid four-leaf clover falls out in front of him with a curiously coloured leaf that looks like something entirely else? Is this...

Wait.


RAPUNZEL IS IN SCHOOL??

With less than a minute until the bell rings, Jaune already promptly stands up and leaves the class. Does she even have a uniform? Shoes??? What if the others already started picking on her?! He can picture some Cardin jerk pulling her hair and calling her a freak!

School is brutal!! ]

...she may have broken into his locker to get this in there.

[good_ideas]

[Hopefully mandatory locker searches isn't a thing because there's a box in his containing an energy handgun, a USB cable for recharging and a card:]

from Shiho

[His name is engraved on the side of it just in case he starts wondering whether or not this gun is really his.]

action: later that day

[beaconed]

[ Guess who's jumping from behind the receptionist's desk at the academy, knocking a paper tray down (don't worry, the person who sits here is gone for lunch!) as he points his gun at Shiho. ]

Pew! Pew! Got'cha!

text; 5/14

[heiroglyphs]

hi

[She's been sitting on the foot of her bed for the last hour, in the dark, with her phone in her hands. Why is it so hard to send one measly little text message? Surely you can be more verbose than this.]

talk?

[That's... better?]

text;

[beaconed]

[ HE WAS JUST ABOUT TO TEXT HER... ]

weissimsorryiwasajerk!!!!!

text (1/ i CAN stop i just don't WANT to stop okay)

[corona]

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Wasn't that fun? :)

Hope you made a great wish :)

Now, to make you feel guilty, here's what I'll do. First of all, if you don't send this to 5096 people in the next 5 seconds, you will be murdered by a mad goat and thrown off a high building into a pile of manure. It's true! Because, THIS letter isn't like all of those fake ones, THIS one is TRUE!! Really!!! Here's how it goes:

Send this to 1 person: One person will be pissed off at you for sending them a stupid chain letter.

Send this to 2-5 people: 2-5 people will be pissed off at you for sending them a stupid chain letter.

Send this to 5-10 people: 5-10 people will be pissed off at you for sending them a stupid chain letter, and may form a plot on your life.

Send this to 10-20 people: 10-20 people will be pissed off at you for sending them a stupid chain letter and will napalm your house.

Thanks!!!! Good Luck!!!

text.

[corona]

jaune look at this
[ not that ]
I ate THis for Breakfast this morning



its LIKE ALL CHEESE ! !
(　ﾟДﾟ)＜!!
It was So good.

I feel kind of sic now though i think but its no big deal
*sick

voice; after sousei leaves

[kirkwalled]

Jaune.

[ look, it's hawke! but she sounds... not immediately jovial and is actually calling him by his real name. uh-oh. ]

I have some bad news though you may already be aware.

voice;

[beaconed]

I... I don't know if I can take any more bad news. [ Because Nora hasn't come home either, oops. ]


...Alright. Just. Lay it on me. Would've been easier if you started with some good news at least...

text;

[undaunts]

hey jaune just...checking in! no creepy weird shenanigans happening, right? :D

definitely no creepy masks that would follow you around everywhere that would be weird right

text;

[beaconed]

ruby did you do this to me!?
is this a prank

because youve had your fun ok!!


how do i get rid of it

5/18

[covenantal]

Jaune, hey. How are you holding up?

text;

[beaconed]

[ Whoa!!!! Random check-up text from a new friend!!! Way to make Jaune's day! ]

hey yu
you
yu
lol
thats gotta get confusing

im ok, whats up?

event: yu

[beaconed]

continued from here

[ Jaune watches quietly, painfully aware of what's about to happen in this memory even if he doesn't understand Japanese. Considering Yu's question about darkest moments, he's not expecting this particular vision to have a happy ending either.

And he was correct... when the projection ends, Jaune waits a short moment, not saying anything in case Yu wants to speak first. Eventually, he breaks the silence, though he's not sure how to start. Most people have tried to brush it off whenever Jaune stumbled upon their memory. They don't want to talk about it, understandably so. ]

Onii-chan...

...

Brother, right?

[covenantal]

[ Jaune gets a surprised look for that one. ]

That's right.

[ He opens his mouth as if to speak, but can't find the words to say right away, and pauses. Subtle adjustments happen to his expression, too small and too quickly to be identifiable. In the end he looks away, back at the mirrors. ]

I'm not-- ... I'm an only child. So is Nanako. I guess you could say I was lucky enough to be her older brother for a year. [ His expression does change then, softening into something very fond and a little sad. With a shake of his head he recovers, looking over at Jaune again. ] Don't worry. Despite how it looked, she survived. Nanako is just fine.

action (did you miss this)

[corona]

[ It ends very much how it began: with a bang and then a whimper.

There's a sensation like gravity itself pulling on Rapunzel's navel before she's jerked once and with finality, colour and shape and sound losing all meaning around her as she's transported from dark desolation to somewhere Cerealia's star-bright lights can at last penetrate.

The transition is worse than arriving. Worse than being sucked into ViViD, spit out, and then sucked back in again before finally coming to her senses in the colony for good. It's worse than waking up after falling several metres to the bottom of a shaft and breaking all her ribs. Worse even then smashing a bit of her skull in and opening her eyes to find herself in Jaune's arms. This time she opens her eyes in the cold, angry arms of an advertising platform

It's like a nightmare - or like what happens after a nightmare when you're sitting in bed, shocked and clammy and disturbed for reasons you can't understand yet. Emotion, pain, and confusion rush back, filling the numb, empty void inside her with violent enthusiasm.

Goddamn it.

Well. Nothing for it but to move on!! She can't be the only one dumped here, right? Rapunzel sits up slowly, dizzily, and looks around. Unfortunately the view waiting for her over the edge of the flat platform is that of a cityscape high up enough to spell DEATH in futuristic neon. Still, she takes a second to collect herself, her bearings, and Pascal - as well as to look around at the crazy high skyscrapers and sky bridges in search of a familiar face. ]

hooked on a feeling

[beaconed]

AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH---!!

[ Oh no, some girl's in trouble!


lol jk, it's fearless leader/familiar face Jaune Arc, who has had the misfortune of also finding himself in a similar position, likely because they spent their last moments in the dark zone being in proximity of each other, too. Still, Jaune is much worse off than Rapunzel, as he's hanging upside down from a docking zone, having his belt hooked by the edge of it.

CAN THEY PLEASE GO BACK TO THE DARK PARTS OF THE CITY AGAIN, THIS SUCKS. ]

text.

[psycholawgy]

Text! Text! Reply to this when you read it!

text.

[beaconed]

What should I say?!?