It's raining pets! Hallelujah! [Action/Open/Ruby]

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Outside

Jaune sticks his hand out the front door of the apartment building he lived in before he dared step out. It's supposed to be raining cats and dogs, as per the newspaper's readings... but he felt nothing. "Ha!" He smiles, "Thank goodness that weather report was wrong. Maybe the rest of them will be too."

Great! Now he can go march to Harry's office in Everglade and tell him that he's gonna sign up. Then Jaune could work his way up to being a real hero! It's kinda like when he joined Beacon - minus the falsifying of documents and all that. So on his way he goes! And he starts passing by the Bay when suddenly...

MEAO!

Jaune hears a terrified meow of a cat who falls from the sky, and he looks up just in time...!

... To have it land on his face.

"WAH! OH MY GOD!" He wails as the tabby starts flipping the heck OUT, kind of like he does. Before it scampers off and darts away though, it leaves his face with a frantic claw-raking. Jaune screams like a little girl as it hurries off, clutching his now scratched-across face - one big set of three claw marks diagonally across his face and a couple nicks taken off his chin.

"OH HORRIBLE PAIN!" He shouts, "NOTHING COULD BE MORE AGONIZING THAN THE PAIN I FEEL AT THIS MOMENT!!"

He kind of flails around for a moment before simply slumping up next to something - a vending machine we'll say. His screaming stops, but now he's all teary-eyed and miserable.

"What is WRONG with this place?!"

FOR RUBY AND ROOM MATES

So, life sucks now, as Jaune is kinda iffy about going out when he could get landed on by another cat - or worse, some kinda big dog. He carefully made his way back through the city towards home. He can just CALL Harry. Jaune's not too stupid though, and takes a route close to buildings, under tarps, or whatever else he had to do to avoid another animal onslaught.

As he goes however, and nears his home again, he hears this sad little whine.

"Eh?" Looking over, he spots this pitiful-looking puppy. It's so small, it must have just gotten its black fur in, and wasn't very old at all. It was around the side of Jaune's building, probably looking for food or something, and when it saw him, it kind of wilted and backed off.

"Aw, hey there little guy," Jaune smiles in a sorry way to the puppy as it tries to growl at him, but it doesn't seem very intimidating at all. Stepping closer, Jaune squats down to be more its level and holds out his hand. "Come here, I'm not gonna hurt you. I'm pretty sure you can take me anyway."

The pup seems apprehensive at first, but as Jaune wiggles his fingers, the little canine inches closer. "You're pretty tiny, aren't you?" Jaune asks, "Come on. You need something to eat."

It takes some time, but Jaune finally takes hold of the puppy and lifts it up to carry it with him. Poor thing seems scared, but more than willing to accept its fate should Jaune decide to kill it - which is totally not going to happen, by the way. Jaune instead brings it inside where he can take care of it. He spends a good deal of time making sure its warm, has some milk to drink and some food to eat... It was an adorable little black wolf puppy - way different than most of the things falling from the sky.

But he got himself an idea...

Jaune was at 402 pretty quickly, and while he knocked on the door, he had a feeling Yang and Ruby never locked it. He'd be right, as he opened it to stick his head in, with a bundled-up something-or-other in his arms. "Hey? Guys? You home?"

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[warring_triad]

[Wails of pain and anguish are like catnip to Kefka, and as such, he finds his way to where Jaune is slumped. He's just going to float upside down over Jaune for a moment, debating whether he should prove that his declaration was wrong. Pain can always get worse.]

Looks like you got the wrong end of a Ceourl~

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[Jaune looks up to see... an upside down clown? The sight startles him, making him jump.] Gh'whoa! What the-- Who the heck are you?

[Blood's dripping down his face.] ... What, this? Just cat scratches... Stings like heck, but I've had worse I guess, heh... [He rubs the back of his neck and grins somewhat.]

[warring_triad]

[Kefka just giggles a bit.]

You should really be more careful. Wouldn't want that sort of thing to get infected.

[Deciding to forgo casting Bio on him for fun, he figures that until he gets a better feel for this place, best to play the part for the moment. As such, he snaps his fingers, causing a soothing light to envelop Jaune as the Curaga spell takes affect.]

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[Jaune blinks. Curaga feels familiar, kind of like his own healing power that he doesn't have a full grasp on yet. But as the wound gets closed and healed over, Jaune looks up at the odd... clown and smiles.] Hey thanks! That's a pretty neat trick!

[Up he gets, brushing himself off.] Oh, uh, my name's Jaune. Nice to meet you... [Still a little uncomfortable with this guy floating and looking odd as he does, but... He seems alright!]

[solar_flare]

[Yang looks up. She's not surprised to see Jaune just walking in, since this place is starting to feel like a giant dormitory as it stands. She's got an apron on, her normally untidy hair tied up in a high ponytail to keep it from getting in the stewpot.]

Oh, hey Jaune! Are you guys joining us for dinner?

[Then she spots the squirming something in his arms. Her head cocks curiously.]

What is that?

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[Jaune may not be the brightest banana in the bunch, but something about Yang's cooking over a pot brings to mind some crude joke about angel hair pasta. Alas, the clever joke is fleeting.]

THIS...! [Jaune announces aloud, before tugging the blanket open to reveal a little black wolf pup, looking all cute and tongue-waggly. It's whimpering a little, but isn't entirely miserable.] ...is a puppy. :)

... And you're having dinner? I didn't even know! But uh, I dunno if you'd have enough. I've got Nora AND Karina over there.

[onecream_fivesugar]

[Ruby poked her head outside her bedroom door when she heard outside. She's wearing a big red hoodie, her pajama pants, and a pair of slippers on. Her hairs a mess and she's still pretty shaky from the whole "oh I was kidnapped" thing, but she's out of bed on her own, that's a step in the right direction, right?

Her eyes will shift between Yang, Jaune and the puppy (Who is absolutely adorable by the way.) for little.]

Jaune, you got a dog?

[She hasn't really checked the weather this week for some reason, she kind of missed the whole it's raining cats and dogs thing.]

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[Hearing Ruby's voice, Jaune perked up somewhat.] Oh heeeey! You're starting to look better! [He briefly looked to Yang before moving towards Ruby, puppy in his arms. The little thing squirmed sometimes, but seemed gentle enough.]

Well, see, that's the thing... Me? I'm totally no good with animals. I can barely take care of a gold fish! Heh... [Rolling his eyes, he kind of swayed side to side.] Aaaaanyway, I saw this little fella rummaging through the alleys outside, and I got him all cleaned up and stuff... I figured I'd bring him over to see you.

[Carefully he held the dog out towards Ruby. Darn thing's just staring at her with its beady little eyes and wagging its barely-there tail. Even barks once!] He sure seems to like you. Wanna hold him?

[solar_flare]

[Anything Jaune just said after the word 'puppy' is drowned out immediately by Yang's sudden high-pitched squeal of delight. A PUPPY!!!!]

Oh look at you! *gaaaaaaaaaaaaasp*

[Yang is right there, affectionately mooshing the pup's furry face in her cupped hands.]

Who's the cutest little guy in the world? It's you! It's yooooouuuu!

[Better rescue that pup before Yang hugs it, Ruby.]

[onecream_fivesugar]

Th-thanks, getting there.

[She was most certainly doing better than when they found her, it was hard to get worse than that, but she still wasn't quite at a hundred percent yet. Her muscles still felt kind of off and her body was still having trouble producing heat. Mentally, she was still pretty shaken from the whole ordeal but at the moment.

She's caught a little off guard when Jaune said he brought the puppy over to see her, in a good way. Harry was right, she has some great friends who are going to look out for her.

When Jaune asked if she wanted to hold the little puppy, she'd smile and nod.]

Yang, come on, give him some space!

[And Ruby slides in between both Yang and Jaune to scoop the puppy up into her arms.]

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[Jaune happily lets Ruby take the puppy, and he grins a little as he rubs the back of his neck.] So you like puppies, huh? [Honestly, he was just thrilled to see her smile! But his awkward conversational skills were so normal, his tone probably doesn't come off as suspicious.]

Y'know... if you think you can take care of it, you'd probably do a better job than me.

[solar_flare]

She can totally take care of it! Right, Ruby?

[Yang can see what Jaune is doing, and honestly, she's a little touched. Maybe she takes him for granted sometimes, but he's an awesome friend to Ruby, and she treasures that.]

[onecream_fivesugar]

Who doesn't love puppies? They're adorable, especially this little guy, isn't that right? You really are!

[Ruby holds the puppy in both arms and rubs her cheek against his.]

Me? Sure, I mean I guess I could look after him for you for a little while. ...I'm not really doing anything at the moment.

[She doesn't realize it's a gift yet.]

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[Jaune's hald-lidded stare of annoyance is accompanied by a sort of knowing smile.] Ruby, do you wanna keep the puppy or what?

[onecream_fivesugar]

[Oh, Oh. Oooooooooooooooooooh.

The puppy is a gift, Now she gets it. That has got be the sweetest thing ever.]

Really? Yes, of course I would. Thank you so much!

[She'll look down at the puppy.]

You hear that boy? You're going to be staying with us from now. How does that sound?

[The puppy let out a small, happy bark and lick her cheek.]

H-hey! Okay, I think he likes the idea.

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Heh! Awesome. [Jaune grins wide at that, just happy to see that Ruby is slowly getting back to normal. Maybe she won't be one hundred percent better after her ordeal, but at least she's still... Ruby-like!]

Great! Uh, I guess I wouldn't dump a dog on you guys and just leave, so I'll pick you up some dog-things soon. [He shrugs a little, rubbing the back of his neck.] Y'know like... food and stuff.

[solar_flare]

Why don't I come with you?

[She settles her hands on her hips and grins at Jaune before turning to face Ruby.]

That'll give you time to get to know your new roomie, sis!

[onecream_fivesugar]

[She'll look up at Jaune and smile, a bright and very Ruby like smile.]

I-I don't know what to say... Thank you so much Jaune.

[She'll glance between Jaune, Yang and the puppy for a moment.]

Sure, you both go on. I'll give this little guy the grand tour. ...And maybe a name too.

[metsandjoes]

[Are you pain Jaune? Well while you were suffering a little robot in a helmet happened to stumble across you. It's going just going to stare at you until you notice it.]

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Blah, ugh... Man I'm bleeding...! [Jaune wipes his face off time and again with his sleeve, but until those scratches decided to heal up a bit he'd be bleeding for a little while.]

[Then came along a robutt.]

[Jaune notices it, after a moment, and stares back at it.] ... What now?

[metsandjoes]

[The Met will just stare at Jaune for a moment, while it confirms that it does indeed have the right target. Once it's been confirmed it will fire a single small round laser blast at Jaune's feet.

Get up and get moving, this thing is here to make you miserable.]

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[PEW!]

[Did that little robot just 'pew' at him?]

[Aw hell nah.]

[Jaune springs to his feet when the robot launches a little laser... ball at him, and he scrambles back a bit.] Whoa!

[Pew pew!]

[Jaune has to kind of dance around the little laser orbs dissipating at his feet.] Whoa, hey, cut it out!

[metsandjoes]

[The last thing this bot is going to do is cut it out. It has it's job; make this young man's life miserable and it is not going to disappoint it's creator.

PEW PEW PEW! Dance Jaune, Dance.]

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I said knock it off you stupid--!

[PEW! PSSS~ That's a laser blast that skims his shoe.]

Yeowch! O-ho-kay buddy, that's it! [Reaching to his side, Jaune grabs his shield, opens it up, and stands with it ready. The next laser blast to come his way smacks his shield with a... laser-y kind of thud.] Aha!

[Jaune peeks out from behind his shield as he kind of kneels and gets as small as he can behind it.] What'chya gonna do now, y'jerk? EEP! [He ducks behind his shield as the next blast nearly hits his face. He then pokes his head up again.] Not so tough now, are ya?

[metsandjoes]

[The little robot gives Jaune an annoyed little glare. It'll take a couple steps back before it waddles forward as fast as it can to headbutt the shield.]

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[THUD.]

Gah! [Jaune rolls back from the impact onto his butt, and he gives the little bot a glare in return before drawing his sword and trying to simply swing at it.] What the heck is your PROBLEM?

[metsandjoes]

[When it sees the sword coming it'll tuck it's feet in and hide beneath it's little helmet. Unfortunately for Jaune, his strike doesn't seem to scratch the helmet.]

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[Despite not scratching the helmet, Jaune swings a few more times, striking the stupid little jerk with a few good hits. But when the resulting vibrations through his sword arm start making his hand feel tingly, he stops.] Jeez, you... Hey! Get outta there!

[Okay, sword won't work. So she sheaths it and reaches out to grab the thing's helmet and lift it off the ground - and he's not THAT stupid, as soon as he saw its little face he'd quickly turn it in his hands so it was facing AWAY from him.]

[Then he just started to shake the life out of it.]

[metsandjoes]

[No! No! This wasn't part of the plan. It kicks it's little feet helplessly as Jaune shakes it around.]

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[That gives Jaune time to think. He's by the bay... right? So, he takes the little robot and turns him towards the water, stepping back a couple feet.]

Kinda reminds me of elementary school... [He grins, almost evily, before running forwards a few steps, releasing the little Met, and punting it like a kickball into the Bay.]

[metsandjoes]

[It's a solid plan, but the Met is a bit more solid and heavy than a ball and Jaune's foot is probably going to hurt like hell after kicking it.

It will land in the bay with a splash, but it isn't long before it's helmet surfaces, slowly drifting toward the shore.

This thing can swim bro.]

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[Oh God his foot. Jaune's hopping around on one foot after punting the little bugger, but at least it's gone. And at least he avoided stepping in a Poodle. (Given the weather, this is not bad word-play).]

Tch! Gah, darnit...! [Jaune hops to the guard rail by the Bay, looking in to see it... swimming?] No way! That thing doesn't even have arms! And it's so heavy! Stupid robot...

[Robot? Wait a minute... That crazy guy! He sent a robot after him!] Oh what a complete JERK!

Okay, Jaune, okay... Just gotta find some way to lose the stupid-- [God it's coming out of the water. Maybe he should just run. The thing can't be that fast with those little stubby legs. So Jaune runs! A little sluggishly at first because he hurt his foot, but nothing a good life-threatening, yet adorable robot chase couldn't help him ignore.]

[metsandjoes]

[It certainly isn't that fast, even with his injured foot Jaune should have no problem getting away from it as it waddles along behind him.]

He looks like he needs a hand! And someone to take pity on him XD

[smelltheredinside]

[She's been following you for a while, invisible and out of your earshot because she's been laughing at this for a while. But now she's had enough laughs that she can take pity on you, Jaune. She was going to help you after the cat thing, actually, but... this happened, and she was curious. Sorry, dude.

She appears behind the little robutt, picking it up off the floor with ease and letting its feet dangle as she grips it by it's ....head?]

Okay, okay. I need to stop you before I die laughing. Well done little robot dude, that was the best thing I've seen in a while. [And the fact that, you know, she doesn't think Jaune is completely lame.]

[metsandjoes]

[No! Not again! Why did it's master not come up with a safeguard against this!?

The Met's just going to kick it's feet helplessly while Marceline holds onto it. It's forced to watch Jaune get further and further away.

Oh well, at least it put the fear of God into Jaune, mission accomplished.]

[smelltheredinside]

[She's going to raise an eyebrow and chuckle at little kicky feet.]

I wonder if they do little cages that would keep you in it. You'd make an awesome pet.

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[After a while, Jaune's stopped to look back. There's... nothing. Well, there's cats and dogs aplenty, but no robots. He breathes a sigh of relief.]

Whew! Man that was freaky... I gotta find some way to get rid of that thing if I ever see it again.

[And he's on his way, unknowingly aided by Marceline. At least someone's looking out for him!]

[metsandjoes]

[A cage? Oh dear. This is terrible.]