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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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[beaconed]

[ He... sloooowly peers down, before realising who it is and immediately becomes 1000% more animated. It's Yang! ]

Yang! Yang, it's y--w-what're you doing here?! Are you okay? Wanna come up, I'm making... [ he looks back at the bonfire, then turns to Yang again ] A-actually, I'll come down...

[flaredo]

Do you need me to catch you?

[ DRAMATIC PRINCESS CATCH?? She'll do it, don't think she won't. ]

[beaconed]

[ yang plz, spare him some dignity! ]

Very funny. I'll have you know I have a great landing stra-- [ ah, no, he slipped and now he's falling clumsily ] --aaah!!!!

[flaredo]

[ SURE ENOUGH...

Well, she's caught Ruby (who is a great deal lighter), she can catch Jaune. Which she'll do, even if she has to dig her heels in and widen her stance and--

So, how's that dignity doing. ]

[beaconed]

Whew... that was close...

[ He says so while he's still being held in her arms. ]

--for you! I, ah... you were standing on my... my landing zone. Yeah. T-that, yeah, this is where I usually land, when I... do a backflip... a corkscrew backflip off the... uh, it's, ah, very technical, you see...

[ he's clinging to that dignity ]

[flaredo]

[ Drops. Whoops. ]

And do you usually scream while you're plummeting from your corkscrew backsli-- I mean flip?

[beaconed]

[ ouch! he sits on the ground just a little longer after that drop, still trying to play it cool. ]

N-no?! That wasn't a scream! Why would you think I screamed?! I don't-- H-haha, oh Yang, oh you... [ he points at her, as if she's joking around. HE DEFINITELY DIDNT SCREAM LIKE A GIRL OK??

Once the moment wears off, he realises that she's the first person he's seen in a few days, and more than that, she's fine unlike some of her other teammates. ] ... Thanks for the catch, Yang.

[flaredo]

[ She's just going to patiently wait for his MANLY PRIDE to simmer down, before she offers him a shrug and a smile. He's still in his usual spirits, which is an incredible relief as is. ]

What are friends for? We're still going to have to get our doggy friend down, though. Hawke probably misses him.

[beaconed]

[ This dog is pretty nonsensical, already finding his way down on his own while they're not looking, as if he's from a videogame. ]

Garrett's fine, Yang! But we got some serious bad guys that made their way inside the colony! I... I talked to them, until he tried to drown me in some magical water wave thing... a-anyway, that's how I ended up here, far away from everyone.

[flaredo]

... Wait, who attacked you? [ She'd seen the waves themselves trying to drag people under, but... someone controlling them? ] And what did he say?

[beaconed]

Some guy who looked like a man-goat. And... his friend was... a... a cloud...

...

I know how this sounds like. [ He's not crazy, Yang! ]

[flaredo]

Those... guys who were talking about taking something back, right?

[ SHE'D SEEN THEM. ]

[beaconed]

Yeah, they said they weren't gonna stop until they get it back. I tried to talk them out of it, but he wouldn't listen, and then... well, I guess I failed. I know, big surprise.

Still, we gotta do something, Yang!

[flaredo]

Okay, whoa, hold on-- so if you couldn't talk them out of it, what about trying to get this thing back for them instead?

[ BREATHE, JAUNE. ]

[beaconed]

Well... it's probably our best option. [ he did offer to work together if it means avoiding fighting ]

It's just that they're not the most cooperative bunch, y'know? He said some other weird things, too. Like... this place wasn't build for protection, or that we're... "stolen things". He's pretty crazy, right? Like, we're talking pants on head levels of crazy.

[flaredo]

If they're talking about us being brought here, that'd explain 'stolen'... but that means CERES was lying about why we were brought here.

And this place never really tried to keep us safe, anyway. I hate to say it, but it might not be that crazy.

[beaconed]

What? C'mon...! But... that would mean....... w-what does that mean, exactly? We're on the same side as the ones who don't care about what happens to us? CERES might not be my favourite company, but even they wouldn't cause this much destruction.

[flaredo]

No, they just let everything happen to us without even bothering to help. [ LE SIGH. ]

Honestly, I'm not ready to side with anyone yet. We still don't know enough, either way.

[beaconed]

It does look like they left us to pick up the pieces, huh? Are Ruby and Weiss okay, at least?

[flaredo]

... Ruby's good!

[ YEAH, ABOUT THAT. ]

[beaconed]

...It's fine, I checked already. [ he tried texting her before the platform fell, only to get that familiar error message ]

I was just hoping maybe it was a glitch, or something, y'know? These things can happen, right?

[flaredo]

Yeah, but... sorry, Jaune. I haven't been able to find her.

[ Another teammate lost... well, he knows how that is. ]

[beaconed]

Our numbers are getting smaller, aren't they?

[ He means people from home. Sun, Blake, Weiss, Pyrrha, that guy from Haven... and yet he's still here somehow; in his mind, the most useless one of them all. ]

I've seen the place, y'know... the place where they all go? If we can just find a way to get back there, then maybe we can save everyone.

[flaredo]

[ She'll shake you if you call yourself useless, bro-- ]

Maybe it's not a matter of getting back there, but getting control of there... I mean, when I was there, I started fuzzing out too.

[beaconed]

So... if we find this thing that they're all looking for before they do, we could use it to trade for information. Goat guy and Cloudy are bound to know something, I bet!