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[Another day in the life of a girl stranded in some weird interdimensional city. She woke up, ate breakfast, showered and dressed warmly, then sat down with last week's paper to see which places in Genessia were worth visiting. All seemed fairly cold, but the weather was only bad in Attleton it seemed. Nova City was expected to be sunny, and so far, the weather forecasts were never wrong...even if the boy delivering the papers was an annoying miscreant.]

[So there she is, enjoying the sun and markedly warmer weather in the technologically advanced portion of Genessia known as Nova City. Her purse is slung onto her shoulder, her puffy coat unzipped as she strolls past shop windows and holographic advertisements. She stops at a vending machine to get something to drink, and glancing at her wallet, a sour look crosses her face. She's definitely running low on funds, and that means she'll have to get a job soon.]

Brother...

[Raye sighs heavily, and feeds the machine a credit just the same for a can of Neptune Nectar. If she opened up an Archway to the Cherry Hill Temple, she could probably work as a shrine maiden, given how that was what she'd been raised to do. It wouldn't make much money, but she'd have a place to live and food to eat. The only problem was deciding on a cost for such a place, and she couldn't justify it no matter how she tried. There was no memory she would have surrendered, no ability, no piece of herself. This was where she lived now, and she's stuck with it. Maybe she could do some moonlighting as Sailor Mars, but she prefers not to make the scene in her secret identity unless it's absolutely necessary. It's a sacred responsibility, not a means of making a living!]

[Sipping from her can of juice, Raye pauses in front of a holographic billboard advertising the holosuites. That might be kind of fun... She could invite Harry and they'd--!]

[Oh. Wait. Harry didn't exactly mesh with this city all that well, given how his very wizardly presence would short out almost any device of a higher technological level than an electric toaster.]

*sigh*

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[That's more like it. Raye smiles, and gives a nod of respect for his attitude. He seems like a pretty cool guy. And more than a little knightly, and what teenage girl doesn't eat that stuff up?]

Me? Oh, I'm from a city called Tokyo.

[And also from the planet Mars.]

School is pretty regular for us. I went to an academy for girls. We had classes for math, writing, history, English, gym...definitely nothing involving monsters. I just took up archery because I'm kind of a history nut.

[She's actually not too accustomed to having other people ask her questions about herself. It's kind of nice.]

As for what I do, well...I work as a shrine maiden at my grandpa's temple. Sometimes I sold good luck charms and told people's fortunes, but for the most part we just had a lot of your usual chores to take care of.

[Raye glances away, then back at Jaune.]

You want to go for a walk?

[Jaune had never heard of Tokyo, and he wondered what it was like. But he didn't barrage her with too many questions, instead he just listened, for a while.]

It's too bad there's no one like you at Beacon, but... With your dark hair, you're kinda like a more talkative Blake. And a Shrine Maiden, huh? There's shrines where I come from, so I think I know exactly what you mean. But really? You told people's fortunes?

[When asked to go for a walk, he smiled and nodded, hurrying to step next to her.] Yeah, sure!

But fortune telling... isn't that stuff just a buncha mumbo jumbo? People can't really tell the future.

It is NOT mumbo jumbo!

[How quickly she goes from flattered to huffy, tossing her head. She'd meant to ask about the shrines, but now she's got to rant about fortune telling.]

I mean, yeah there are a lot of charlatans, but if you're spiritually in tune, the spirits can give you a lot of guidance!

[Her frown fades slightly, and her brow inclines as her gaze drops just a little.]

But I don't have access to the Sacred Flame in this place. So I don't have the same kind of vision that I used to back home.

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[Jaune recoils a little as Raye gets upset over his choice of words, and almost looks a little frightened of her as she passionately goes on about how fortune telling was a legitimate practice.]

W-Well I mean... I've just never met anyone who could ACTUALLY do it! That's all I meant!

[She seemed to calm down, so he did too.] The Sacred Flame...? Did that have anything to do with your Shrine, or... what? I've never heard of a fortune teller using fire.

[She nods.]

Yeah. My grandpa taught me how to do it when I was little. I've been practicing ever since.

[At least he backed off when he saw she was upset. Her flare up is brief as a result. This is one of the few things she did as Raye and not just Sailor Mars, so she's okay talking about it.]

Most of my fortune reading uses the I Ching, though. I wouldn't use the Sacred Flame for anything trivial.

[She realizes she's probably talking about herself TOO much, so she smiles and nudges his arm with her elbow.]

Hey, if you want, I could read your fortune sometime.

The I-what?

[He could barely follow Ruby when she was talking about weapons - talking about what sounded like some ancient secret from wherever it is Ren comes from was bound to go over his head. When she nudged him, he actually stumbled aside somewhat, but he rights himself quickly.]

Wait, I thought you just said you couldn't do it? Well... [He paused in thought, but shook his head. He was worried about his future - about whether or not he'd fail miserably at the one thing he wanted to do. If she told him that was coming, well...]

N-No, that's alright. I bet my future's really boring. I... really don't need to know what it is. Isn't it better if the future's a surprise?

I can't get clear visions without the Sacred Flame. Telling people's fortunes is completely different.

[His reaction to her offer is surprising. She looks at him with puzzled concern.]

Well, all right, if you say so.

[That's actually the first time someone's turned her down. Almost everyone she knows is curious about their future. Why did he get so nervous about it?]

So...what's it like where you're from? Besides the monsters and all.

Well, what if the future's bad, right? Better I don't know! [He leaned in closer to her to bump his shoulder against hers, and held out his free hand to sweep it across the sky.] Write my own destiny... You know, that sorta thing.

As for where I'm from, it's pretty... normal? I dunno what to tell you. It seems like we're only different because we have Monsters and people who grow up learning how to fight them. Let's see...

[He continued walking, looking towards the ground.] Ah, jeez, remembering back to my classes is HARD. Uh... Well... We live on Remnant - that's what our world's called. A long time ago it was nothin' but Darkness and humans rose up, and learned how to use Dust - that's this weird kinda elemental dust we have - to battle the creatures of the darkness and set up a civilization.

[He was REALLY racking his brain on this one, so he continued thinking, pressing a finger to his temple as he closed his eyes.] It's supposed to be a really dangerous place outside the cities, so we have Hunters and Huntresses who... well, hunt the monsters.

And we have people with animal traits. They're called Faunus. There's a girl in my class who has bunny ears. Humans don't get along with them all the time, but I sure don't see the big deal.

[He kept on walking, eyes closed as he rubbed his chin.} Hmmm... Hmmmm...! Hmm-Muh?! [And down he went! Not looking where he was going, he tripped and fell. Though there wasn't anything to trip on. He must have tripped on his own foot! Welp, down he went anyway, groceries and knick-knacks he was buying scattering all over the ground.]

[She thought he was being a pessimist, but now he seems like more of an optimist. He's a little hard for her to read.]

Bunny ears sound like they'd be really cute.

[Raye doesn't understand the big deal either, but then again, she knows nothing of the Faunus history. She starts to say something more, but Jaune is no longer there. Instead he is eating the ground.]

Tch, what a nimbus...

[Despite her grumbling, Raye's kneeling next to him to make sure he's all right. He really is a lot like Chad. Did the universe seriously need more than one? She reaches out to pick up one of his things to keep it from rolling away too far.]

Did you hurt yourself?

[Jaune plants his hands on the ground to push and lift his head off the ground.] Hurt? J-Just my pride... @_@

[Seeing his stuff all over the ground, he quickly got up to collect them. He has the usual slacker material - comic books, video games, things that just rot your brain and encourage someone to be lazy. Which is pretty much Jaune in a nutshell, and most likely not the lifestyle Raye would expect her 'knight' to have.]

[No...not very knightly at all. But he is a teenage guy, she didn't exactly think he was going to sweep her off her feet and bring her roses to begin with. ...And she kind of likes comics herself, so if she puts some of the titles away to seek out later, so be it.]

[It isn't until after she's picked up the fifth laziness-inducing item that she starts to frown and get bossy.]

You're not going to focus only on this stuff and slack off on your training, are you?

Oh? No! No, no... no, no way. I won't slack off. Just uh... See, I had this team mate who was going to practice with me, and we just started before I kinda fell into this whole Genessia thing.

[He stands up and brushes himself off, gathering the last of his things into his bag.] I dunno HOW I'm gonna train around here. I guess... I'll just have to ask Ruby for help, or... Yang, or Blake.

You could do that.

[She hands him his things as she rises as well.]

You could also probably make use of these holosuites. I just saw an ad for them.

[She juts her thumb back at the holographic billboard.]

And I'd offer to help, but I'm not so sure karate and sword fighting are compatible styles for sparring.

Heheh, no... I think using your hands against a sharp piece of metal would turn out pretty bad...

[He laughed a little, but smiled.] But that means you know martial arts? And I thought you said you weren't a fighter! That's cool! I've never seen anyone fight just using their hands. We have so many weapons in Vale... SO many.

You think these holo-thingies would help? Hm...

Well...I'm not. Not really.

[But as Sailor Mars she can be pretty fierce. And her hand to hand skills pale in comparison to what Lita can do.]

We can try a holosuite if you want. But if you'd rather practice without an audience, I totally understand that too.

[She'll have to tell Harry that Jaune isn't as bad as his first impression made him out to be.]

Wellllll... I guess it'd give me an excuse to practice at least a little bit. [He nodded to Raye and smiled a little bit.] I mean, as long as you promise not to laugh. [His smile curled up into a more nervous grin.]

[Raye can't make that promise. Not really. But as she doesn't know him well yet, odds are likely in his favor that if he bungles anything up, she's more prone to just sigh and look exasperated.]

Cool. And if it doesn't work out, maybe we can try the laser shooter simulator.

[It's almost like a date, but not quite. She's still not entirely sure if she wants to pursue this guy. If he's as similar to Chad as she thinks he is, it may just be an idle crush that goes nowhere until there's a huge disaster that makes her realize what's important in life.]

[Jaune grins.] Alright, alright, let's just give it a shot.

[It's a while before Jaune gets to the holopalaza with Raye. It's a rather... strange sort of building, but inside it's just renting rooms. You pick a room, you rent a room, and you program a simulation. It sounds so simple! But Jaune's mind reels with the infinite-sounding possibilities of being able to simulate damn near anything you want. Where's a guys mind supposed to stop? And why does it always inevitably lead to romantic rendezvous with girls?]

[Keep your head in the game, Jaune!]

So, uh... This would be my first time. You know how these things work? [He looks to Raye. If she thought he was silly for asking, he could always fall back on being naturally blond.]

Um...

[Good question.]

I think you just ask it for stuff, and then tell it when you're ready to run with the program. I haven't really tried these out before myself.

[She puts her hands in her pockets, glancing at the console. He's the one doing the training, so it's not really her place to pick out his adversaries for him. She might pick something too easy or too hard; there's no way for her to know his current skills without watching first.]

Ooookay...

[Oh boy. He fought a Deathstriker and an Ursa Major. Both by accident. He never went LOOKING for fights, so where his "skill" sat is a weird thing for him to think about. Well, here goes nothing anyway.]

I'll rent one room. Let's give it an hour, just so I can see what's up. [He hands off some of his money that he got upon arriving to rent the room. Since it's only two people, it's pretty small. Entering with Raye, he looks around at the strangely blank holo-space.]

So... I just ask for something, huh? Alright. Let's start with... a forest - the kind with big trees and some ruins in it sometimes. The exact same kind of forests I know from around Beacon!

[Naturally whatever computer was taking his commands did whatever it could to get as close as possible. To its credit, it was pretty spot-on. The room became a forest clearing, the tree-line rather thick. The sky was blue, fairly clear, the sun had a sort of mid-day positioning, and the grass under his feet was a little long, mostly untamed. There was a big ol' mountain in the distance too, just because.]

[Seeing it appear all around him like that, Jaune blinked a few times.] Whoa... Okay! [Turning to Raye, he hands his shopping bag to her.] So, where I'm from there are a bunch of monsters... I'm not sure what to start with. Maybe something like a Beowulf or an Ursa...

[Raye's astonished at the crystal clear clarity of the hologram. Except for the console itself just kind of hanging in mid-air, it looks and even smells real. Only the gentle press of the bags into her arms snaps her back to the present.]

Huh? Oh, right. I guess that would be good.

[She looks around again.]

This is beautiful. You're lucky to have a forest like this that you can just walk into whenever you want.

[In the distance, in response to Jaune's suggestions, a distant roar echoes far to the west. Looks like his test subject is on its way! Raye turns her head and frowns.]

...Or maybe not, if you have things that sound like that roaming around.

[Hearing the roar, Jaune insistently has Raye take the bag, and almost instinctively reaches for his sword. It's odd, maybe, how he takes the sheath off his belt before drawing his sword, but as he pushes his arm through a couple of loops on one side of it, the sheath juts out at either side. It's a spring-loaded, retractable shield! For how sturdy his sword arm is though, he looks almost terrified.]

Oh, uh... hey, you don't think these things can actually hurt me, do you? I mean they're not real, right?

They didn't make us sign any insurance waivers, so it's probably fine.

[She reaches out to touch a tree experimentally, but even that feels real. That's not reassuring, and neither is the knowledge that they can sue for damages if Jaune gets hurt by this program. Raye frowns.]

Be careful just in case.

R... Right.

[Jaune steps forward, one foot at a time until he manages to convince his body to actually walk. Quite simply he'd have to find that monster before it finds him... or when it finds him. But he'd be fine, he figures. It's not real! None of it was real. This wasn't the forest, it was just... somehow very accurate to the forest.]

[Fortunately not too many monsters in the Emerald Forest are prone to stalking - except for the Death Stalker* of course - it's in the name! (I realize I wrote Death Striker before, and that was just wrong.) Even though Jaune ends up walking further than he remembered the room logically being able to let him go, he does eventually find an Ursa.]

[Luckily, just one, like he suggested. Usually they hunted in at least pairs. Jaune isn't going to ask HOW the AI knew what an Ursa was - he's too scared anyway. It emerges from a rather large bush to approach. It has all-black fur and what looks to be several bone-like protrusions from its body - spikes on its shoulders, its back, its knees, and claws... huge claws, to say nothing of its odd bone mask, as if it were wearing a skull with red glowing eyes.]

O-Okay, that's... an Ursa. [Jaune Raises his shield as the lumbering black beast of a bear kind of stalks him, sizing him up.] D-Don't worry! I'll be okay! I've taken on a bigger one before and... and this isn't real anyway!

[He's totally convincing himself, not Raye.]

[It does make Raye wonder just how they're able to travel like this. Hugging the shopping bags is more a way for her to keep from running face-first into a wall, but even when it seems like she should, the forest still stretches on. There's no mechanical whirring to indicate a moving floor. How are they doing this? ...Oh right, Jaune's looking for a monster. She focuses her attention on Jaune's back once more.]

[It isn't long before his monster appears, and even Raye gets a nasty shock at the sight of the thing. She can't feel any vibes from it, so it's a small reassurance that this can't possibly be real. But she is getting some vibes from Jaune which she hadn't noticed before. Does he have powers...?]

It looks like a bear that got run over by the ugly truck!

[She'll stay out of his way, but still, he looks so...small and vulnerable next to that thing.]

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