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A Semblance of Emotion 003

Despite any nerves and excitement he felt, Jaune slept like a log. Waking up bright and early, full of energy and ready to confront his destiny, he showered and got dressed in his combat gear the f...

The Grass is Always Greener 012 -- Epilogue

Jaune never knew you could feel such bliss one moment, and then such horror the next. After Emerald’s tearful, heartfelt revelation, things had been a little bit of a blur. This wasn’t the type...

The Grass is Always Greener 011

 “Hi.”

Jaune saw the way her shoulders immediately tensed at the sound of his voice.

Another fast tempo song had begun, the speakers thumping as s...

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The Grass is Always Greener 010

Emerald stepped out of the shower, her body glistening as she approached the basin. Reaching for a towel, she swiped a hand across the misted mirror before drying off, her body feeling oddly sensit...

The Grass is Always Greener 009

Learning about Emerald’s past was certainly an eye opener.

Jaune always knew that he was luckier than most. In a world where Grimm attacks were frequent, and humanity and fau...

The Grass is Always Greener 008

Apparently all you needed to do to get Pyrrha Nikos to reveal her heart was to get her a little drunk. Emerald’s little night out had been a resounding success in more ways than one. Not only was...

The Grass is Always Greener 007

“Mr. Arc – the answer to that question was Mantle. Please pay attention,” Doctor Oobleck chided amidst the laughter of the other students. Jaune felt his neck flush hotly, doing his best to i...

The Grass is Always Greener 006

“You’ve done well,” Cinder praised, scrolling through the document Emerald had put together. Amber eyes regarded her appreciatively. “I did not expect you to gather so much information so q...

The Grass is Always Greener 005

Emerald was getting a pretty good feel for the relationship dynamics on display by just watching them interact with each other. Ruby and Weiss, for example, had a little bit of an antagonistic frie...

The Grass is Always Greener 004

Emerald had watched Cinder seduce and beguile countless men but she had never tried her hand at it herself. Why would she when her job was to go unseen, unnoticed, and her interest in men was exact...

The Grass is Always Greener 003

Jaune held up a pair of shirts, one blue, one white. “What one do you think I should go with, Ren?”

Freshly showered and hair still damp, Jaune was standing in the middle o...

The Grass is Always Greener 002

Emerald got her first proper look at Jaune Arc the next day.

Combat Class was being attended by students of all four academies, the stands heaving with excitable students. Whil...

The Grass is Always Greener 001

Beacon Academy, one of the four great Huntsmen academies. As the name implied, it was a beacon of hope, a bastion of safety, a symbol that had helped usher in a new age after the Great War that had...

Heat Culture 004

Jaune grunted as he completed his final rep, arms and chest burning from the effort. Directing the bar back into the saddles, it clanged loudly as a few hundred pounds settled with a bang. Sitting ...

A Semblance of Emotion 002

Jaune spent the entire next day walking around the city and he still barely scratched the surface. There was so much to see from the countless outlet stores, fast food chains and tourist locations ...

A Semblance of Emotion 001

Sleeping in the back of a wagon wasn’t as easy as it sounded, though it had very little to do with the wagon itself and more the roads they traveled upon. Jaune could tell they were getting close...

Payment 001

“What do you think?” Jaune asked, holding up a pair of jackets. One was a very nice dark blue that matched his eyes while the other was a slimming black of similar make. Both looked rather fetc...

Heat Culture 003

The reason he didn’t want to go in was because he was the only man in the store, seeing as this particular place dealt exclusively with women’s swimwear. It made him feel a little awkward when ...

Heat Culture 002

Vale was certainly lively this morning.

Jaune peered around central station as they stepped off their airship, seeing heads as far as the eye could see. A sea of animal feature...

ANNOUNCEMENT -- JUNE

Just a heads up about what will be happening next month. Real life is about to get really busy and unfortunately it is going to cut massively into my writing time. It is really awkward timing as we...

Heat Culture 001

Long ago, the world was engulfed in war.

Human kingdoms did battle with faunus tribes in a conflict that spanned decades, resulting in countless deaths and lost land conceded t...

The Temptation 065 -- Epilogue

Ten Years Later

The room was dark but for the dappled sunlight slowly stretching across the bed, piercing the curtain as it swayed in the gent...

The Temptation 064

Jaune couldn’t avoid him forever.

“How about we go for a drink,” Qrow suggested, though it didn’t sound much like a suggestion at all. “Just the two of us.”

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The Temptation 063

It took awhile for things to settle around the events of his sudden kidnapping but settle they did. The defeat of the Temptation lifted a weight from all of their shoulders but Jaune’s most of al...

Stranded 026 -- Epilogue

 “You know I can do that myself,” Jaune complained half-heartedly.

“Hush,” Weiss reprimanded him softly, tossing his towel across his head and giving it a vigorous...

The Temptation 062

The Grimm girls were taken into custody and they went obediently, though Jaune made sure to escort them the entire way to ensure things went smoothly. After he received some new clothes, of course....

Stranded 025

Jaune had been wondering what he should wear to the festival since he didn’t exactly have many clothes with him. Wearing his combat attire seemed a little out of place since this was meant to be ...

The Temptation 061

It was absolute chaos.

Floating Array unfurled from Penny’s back, the blades dancing through the air before trying to impale the Temptation. Thick black tendrils leapt from t...

Stranded 024

The next couple of days were spent enjoying the hospitality of Blake’s parents and the island of Menagerie at large. They’d been given leave by Beacon to remain on the island until they were re...