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"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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we don't need to make a deal for that, i'm happy to help!

but what kinda exchange?

that's what i thought

i wanted to give my girls some presents and i thought they'd like things like your owl hat

and if you want to get stronger than you can be personally trained by kumou tenka, the strongest of shiga

[ There's a good five minutes of silence, and then he replies. ]

hey just to clarify, we're talking about you right?

did you forget my name already

deal's off

[ He only knows him by "Tenka"... ]

come on! some things just don't come across well in text form, like sarcasm or randomly speaking in third person!

i think that's a problem with your education then, owl-kun

[getting tenka to admit that he did something wrong is like pulling teeth]

anyway!! do we have a deal?

[ T-This guy's so bipolar compared to the calm and wise Master Sousei... but beggars can't be choosers! ]

deal!
i feel like i should ask though.
are "your girls" something like your daughters or your sisters?

[keeping up with tenka is a full-time job, it's true]

i made them part of my family here, so they're my sisters

i have something that i feel like i should ask too

why do you want to get stronger?

[ It's not a question he's asked often, but he answers it easily like it's something he's been rehearsing in his mind for a long time. ]

i always wanted to be a hero like the arcs of previous generations. it's been my dream for as long as i can remember, but i was never good enough.

what i really want though, is just to be strong enough to protect my team and my friends. if i can do just that alone, i'll be content. you remember pyrrha right?

[ . . . . . . hm. Tenka's text back actually takes a while as he thinks about it. It's definitely not a bad reason - in fact, it's something similar to what he told Sousei when they were younger. Eventually he responds.]

yeah i remember her

go on.

[He has more questions but for now he'll let Jaune continue to have his moment.]

she's the strongest person i know from our world.
we're supposed to be partners, but i feel like i drag her down more often than not.
i mean i know she likes to help, but just once i wanna be the one who's got her back.
i know, its stupid.

it's not stupid

[That's the first text that Jaune gets. Tenka's writing up something more eloquent than that too but first - he wants Jaune to realize that it isn't stupid to want to live up to your partner. After all, Tenka's belief that he just might be a burden is what separated him and Sousei for 10 years. He'd rather not have anyone else suffer through that, even if it's less likely to be so dramatic.]

you have good reasons to want to get stronger

one of these days, tell sousei. don't leave anything out.

[Tenka's not sure if it'll entirely shake Sousei's unwillingness to teach Jaune but he also knows that his partner is far, far more lenient than he comes off as regularly.]

until he takes you on, i'll teach you.

[ Jaune's not sure if saying all of this would sway Sousei either. He said he would only teach him if Jaune had something to offer in return, and something tells Jaune that sewing fake animals on hats won't work as easily on Master Sousei. ]

thanks! i won't let you down.
now is there anything else i should know?
like their names, or ages, or at least how many i gotta make!

[Just trust Tenka on this one, Jaune. In the end he's pretty sure he knows Sousei best of all and is pretty sure Sousei just isn't taking on Jaune as a student because he doesn't think it'll be worth it just yet. But he's actually a huge squishy--]

mary-chan's a teenager and you should make something that looks like a rabbit for her i think. lily-chan's younger than that though. but she likes dogs! oona-chan would like a fish.

i dunno about peko-chan though. maybe a cat?

and I can start teaching you as soon as you want but if you try to ambush me, i don't think you'll learn much if i knock you unconscious

[tenka's kind of a king of one hit kos]

[ He definitely jots down all the details. He hasn't met any of these people yet, so it's good to get some kind of direction. ]

got it, no ambushes!
but you should teach me how to do that ko thing :)
you never know when i might get ambushed

300 push-ups a day
3 sets of 100
run about 5 miles, once in the morning, once in the evening
500 sit-ups
2 sets of 250
pull-ups until you can't feel your arms anymore

if you can't do all of it in one day then cut everything by half and then work your way up

work on that until our first lesson

then we'll check on your progress

[would you believe that he's being nice]

[ That's... quite the task. But if nothing else, Jaune is driven. And he is quite muscular in his upper body as it is, so exercise itself isn't foreign to him. It's a start, at least. ]

oh boy
maybe i should work on your request first before i cant feel my arms anymore
hey thanks for giving me a chance
we'll be in touch soon!

you got it owl-kun

make me proud!!!

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