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[When the video starts Jaune just looks tired. Tired and aggravated, and it's apparent in his voice.]

I can't believe I have to say this, but since there's nothing stopping people who have committed murder here from running for City Guardian, apparently I do. You shouldn't vote for actual murderers like Reiner Braun and Roman Torchwick unless you like the idea of trusting an entire city to someone who either admits they murdered someone and does a bad job of even showing any regret or someone who's questionably claiming they're redeemed after...a few weeks? Even if he does claim he's trying to make up for his mistakes, you don't just suddenly lose all of your bad habits like criminal acts in a short amount of time and try to take on that kind of position without an ulterior motive.

This whole thing is stupid. It's stupid. I'm done talking about it. Just...if you want to know more about the crimes they committed while they were here, I can answer your questions. I doubt I'll convince other murderers unless they want the position for themselves.

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[ Much like the gravity glyph loomed, shortly after Weiss is standing above him with her hands on her hips. ]

Well that didn't go very well. Get up, let's try again.

[He's only a little disappointed when he realizes she's not going to offer him a hand.]

Okay, attempt 2. I'll get it right this time. [Standing up, he goes back to his original position. He doesn't even bother brushing himself off. He has a feeling it won't matter.]

Edited 2016-07-03 06:54 (UTC)

[ Jaune, she'll offer you a hand when you at least try to get up on your own instead of waiting for her to come over. Earn it first.

Weiss follows him back, this time thinking for a moment. ]

You're a good dancer as far as I can tell. Fencing and dancing are similar. Think of this as a new dance move with a high-speed tempo. Mentally break the move down into beats and change your movements to that beat in your head. And bring your right foot in about half an inch after you launch, it'll help you reposition your body by freeing up your initial foot for a stop. It's a similar concept to a step-ball-change in terms of regaining balance.

[ Hey, she knows he knows dance. It's easier to learn when you can make connections. ] 4/4 measure. 1-2-3-4. [ And her glyphs are up. ]

[Is that what you told yourself when Ruby tripped over your luggage, Weiss?]

Weiss, dancing is one of the only things I can say I'm really good at with a straight face. [But it does make a lot more sense when she compares it to dancing. He nods, determination renewed.] Got it.

1-2- [This time, he anticipates the gravity glyph. He's prepared to face it.] 3-

[And then he hesitates because he suddenly has to sneeze. He hits the glyph like it's a window before his body hits the ground. He starts to get up.]

I was so close...

[ Nah, she cared about her luggage more than Ruby back then.

Weiss sighs, this time not walking over to him. She's thinking of what else to say to him, but honestly... ]

Honestly, it's going to just be doing this over and over until you get the timing right without distraction. And you may want to take some allergy medicine if you need to.

[ She's going to make him rerun the drill until he's still standing, then add the sword to the mix. Then they can try it with an actual target. ]

I don't want to fall asleep while doing this. Attempt 3.

[Treat it like dancing. He can do that. Jaune's so used to constantly feeling insecure that it's second nature to him, but he doesn't feel that way when he dances. He can block it out, and he trusts Weiss to pay attention to their surroundings while he focuses on defeating the Grimm in a one-hit stab. He can't channel his Aura through his sword, but he tries to channel it in that general direction, meanwhile moving to the imagined beat in his head. This time, he's able to focus, and he's accustomed enough to the strength of the gravity glyph that he stops in time, lunging forward and screaming as he stabs the imaginary Grimm.]

I...Weiss! I did it.

So take the non-drowsy ones.

[ Weiss rolls her eyes, but ultimately moves on to focusing on the attack with Jaune. It seems like comparing it to dancing was a good call, at least in this case. Since this sort of attack, if done hard enough, wouldn't allow for an enemy response, she's not too worried about what sort of rhythm the enemy is on for this one. When he ends up getting it, she seems to visibly perk up in excitement, even if she's holding herself back. ]

Once we finally get this, we'll have to try again with one of my time dilation glyphs, since if we're fighting together there's a chance you'll already be working with it. That'll make you go at minimum double the speed while doing this, but we'll worry about that once we get the actual technique. Go get Crocea Mors.

[ They're moving onto the next stage! ]

[His eyes widen and he clasps his hands to his face.] You can bend time too?! [He runs to grab Crocea Mors, too excited about their success to worry about falling or managing to do the same thing in such a short amount of time.]

[ Weiss perhaps has too much faith in Jaune to assume that he's figured out how to do it based on doing it once. Practice and perfection come after figuring it out, but she assumes he wouldn't be excited unless he knew how he did that. Oops. ]

Something like that. I'm good at one that alters the speed at which a person can act within the same amount of time, so I use that one in battle fairly regularly. Blake is really good at handling it.

[ She's back in position proper and waiting on Jaune. ]

I'm not surprised, Blake's reaction time is good. She's also good at adapting in battle.

[He gets back into position.]

We've also practiced a lot.

[ She knows Jaune doesn't always see them practicing, but that's what it is really- no innate talent, just a load of practice. ]

Your balance is probably going to be a little off this time given the extra weight of your sword, Jaune. Don't forget to compensate for the change.

[ And 3, 2, 1, there he goes again! ]

Practice helps too.

[His team practices yet they get too distracted. Well it's more like Nora would get distracted and then the others would too.]

Yeah, I know. And there's the real possibility of getting stabbed. Don't worry, Weiss, it will probably be easier if I'm not pretending.

[Probably. He starts off okay, but when he lunges in a stabbing motion, the weight of his sword, pulled by the gravity, messes up his balance and he flies into the glyph, screaming a really shitty battle cry as he lands with his butt in the air and his face only just missing his sword.]

What just happened?

[ Weiss cringes slightly, at least this time going and offering a hand to help him up. ]

I told you to compensate for your sword's weight. The gravity glyph is going to increase it substantially. Are you okay?

[ She can't check his aura, he's not on her team. ~~If that's even how that works.~~ ]

I'm fine. [He takes her hand, wincing as he gets up. The fall hurt, and his aura's been diminished, but he's been practicing at trying to use it more, so it's not as low as it could be.

That, and he's used to getting hurt thanks to being...himself.]

I tried to stab too fast and that messed me up. I'll get it right this time.

Don't forget that it's going to feel different again when you have an actual target to run your sword through. Practicing the different balances will still help you compensate for terrain, though, in case we have to fight somewhere that isn't a flat park.

[ let's go again, Jaune.. She's already getting into position. ]

Let me know if your Aura gets too low.

Edited 2016-07-08 00:58 (UTC)

So should I...pretend it's different terrains too? Maybe jump when I get closer to the last glyph as if we're fighting on a hill?

Sure. [He won't. And he's in position.]

Don't worry about different terrains yet! I only said that to let you know why it's important to practice balance. Once we get it on flat ground we can worry about terrain adaptation.

[ Seriously if he starts messing around she's gonna gravity glyph him to the ground.

But for now, she launches him yet again! ]

We almost got it. I'm falling less now.

[Go for it Weiss.

This time he just focuses on doing it right with the weight of the sword. And he is successful this time!]

Less isn't perfect.

[ And it has to be perfect outside of battle to be functional in battle. She looks excited when he gets it though. ]

Let's try that twice more to make sure it wasn't a fluke, then we can practice with a target!

Is that a Weiss way of saying you think I'm capable of perfection?

[He rubs the back of his neck, proud of himself and a little shocked by his own success.]

Yeah, uh...just to be sure! [He runs back into his position.]

I think we have to be or I'm not performing this with you in a real fight.

[ Weiss is going to make him keep doing it until they get three in a row successes now. ]

Alright! Let's try it with the tree first then. How are your aura levels?

[He tries not to look concerned, it isn't like they've failed yet.] Then let's practice until it's perfect.

They're fine. I have a lot of it.

I wish we could figure out how to link our Aura to our Genessia devices.

[ It'd be so much easier to keep track of that way. Alas, Weiss is not a tech wizard. Her family deals in dust, not programming.

Weiss looks around, deciding on a medium sized tree to attack. ]

Here!

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