8 The First One in his Crystal Palace (1/2)
Jin chuckled at her remark and Ruby just giggled.
”Hey!” Jaune exclaimed with an annoyed look.
”Ahh! I'm sorry!....Ruby. Call me Ruby.”
”My name's Jeff.....I mean Jin.”
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Soon, the trio were walking around Beacon Academy. They were in area that are filled with scenic trees, arching architecture, and a winding road alongside a circular pond.
”All I'm saying is that motion sickness is a much more common problem than people let on!” Jaune ranted.
”Look, I'm sorry! Vomit Boy was the first thing that came to mind.” Ruby said while giggling.
”Oh, yeah? What if I called you Crater Face?” Jaune said to her causing Jin to laugh a little.
”Hey, that explosion was an accident!” Ruby said before turning to Jin who was laughing at the nickname.
”Sup.....Crater Face....HAHAHAHA!”
Ruby just groaned at this. She just hoped that Yang never hears this.
”Well, the name's Jaune Arc! Short, sweet, rolls off the tongue, ladies love it!” Jaune said with full confidence.
Ruby looks skeptical while Jin just gave him deadpan look.
”Do they?” The twins asked in curious/questioning tone.
'Boi, you ain't got charm like mine!' Jin mentally sneered.
”They will! Well, I-I hope they will.....I think my mom always says that.....Never mind.” Jaune said while feeling awkward. Jin just patted his back in comfort, which Jaune appreciated.
Ruby giggles, a short, awkward silence takes place before she spoke again. ”So....I got this thing!” Ruby pulls out Crescent Rose and stabs it into the ground.
Jaune jump in surprised, ”Whoa! Is that a scythe?” He asked.
”It's also a customizable high-impact sniper rifle!”
”A-wha...?”
Ruby cocks the weapon while smiling. ”It's also a gun.”
”Oh. That's cool!” Jaune said before turning to Jin, ”How about you?”
Jin just pulled out his Red-edged black Katana, and Jaune was surprised at seeing the weapon sparking with some kind of red energy.
(Authors Note: It looked like Project Yasou Sword from League of Legends, but with different colors, and the same goes for his sheath. Just look it up to get a good idea on what it looks like.)
”Woah…..That's a cool sword!” Jin nodded at his compliment before putting the sword back into the shiny black sheathe on his left waist.
”Jin calls it 'Mythic Edge', I helped him in designing that weapon.” Ruby explained to Jaune. Jaune just nodded and Jin looked at Ruby.
'Yeah, and I had to steal some of the materials from Atlas in order to make it look like this. Oh boy! I enjoyed that heist!'
”So what've you got?” Ruby asked Jaune.
”Oh! I, uh...” Jaune unsheathes a blade ”I got this sword!”
”Ooooohh!” Ruby said awe while Jim was appraising the blade.
”Yeah, and I've got a shield, too!” Jaune said as he gets his scabbard, he raises his arm and it expands into a shield.
Ruby touched the shield, ”So, what do they do?”
Jaune fumbled with the shield as it retracts off his arm, expands, and retracts again before properly holding it and finally shrinks it down for good. ”The shield gets smaller, so when I get tired of carrying it, I can just... put it away...”
”But.....wouldn't it weight the same?” Jin asked.
”Yeah, it does...” Jaune said dejectedly.
”Well, hehe, I'm kind of a dork when it comes to weapons, sooo....I guess I did go a little overboard when designing it.” Ruby said as she caressed her Scythe.
”Wait.....you made that?! Yourself?!” Jaune said as he pointed at Crescent Rose.
”Of course! All students at Signal forge their own weapons! Didn't you make yours?”
”It's a hand-me-down. My great-great-grandfather used it to fight in the war.”
”Sounds more like a family heirloom to me!” Ruby said with a few laughs before continuing, ”Well, I like it! Not many people have an appreciation for the classics these days.”
”Yeah, the classics...” Jaune said while sheathing his sword.
”Besides it might be a good thing Jaune.” Jin suddenly talked with his eyes closed.
”Why do you say that?” Jaune asked curiously.
”Some weapons that has been passed down has some kind of secret message from their ancestors, or have some great powers hidden in them. You never know! Your sword might be some kind of a Holy Sword or something.” Jin said, Jaune brightened up upon hearing this.
”Hmmm.” Ruby looks around and said, ”Hey, where are we going?”