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[flamescout]

[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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[short_n_sweet]

[Jaune never thought of that. Maybe he should ask the computer for a bed so he can sleep off the bruising. Still, he takes the pack and kiiinda smiles at her.] Thanks. [He then presses it to his cheek and takes a deep breath to let out in a sigh.] Maaaaaybe that's enough training for a day... I'll be honest with you Raye, I'm probably the worst fighter that Beacon ever saw. That one Ursa? Ruby could've taken at least two without a scratch.

I'm not a Knight or a hero or anything. I'm barely a student at Beacon. I dunno how to fight, or what to do with my Aura... I barely even know history and suck at math. [And now that he's not at Beacon learning these things anymore, he's not the most confident in himself. Eyeing the Ursa corpse though, he watches it disappear like a hologram ought to.] ... So that one Ursa's a pretty big deal for me. Kinda wish my team was here to see it.

[flamescout]

I thought we talked about this.

[She'd fold her arms, but.]

You can't keep comparing yourself to your peers. I don't doubt Ruby's talented, but I'll bet she didn't just wake up one day knowing how to fight monsters flawlessly. I wasn't so hot when I first started karate lessons either. It takes a lot of hard work, and hours and hours of practice.

[Raye blows out her breath, lowering her head for a moment before raising her chin again and smiling.]

So you're not a hero now. If you really want to be, then stick to it. Don't dwell so much on what you can't do, or what other people can. Keep the focus where it belongs.

[He gets a playful poke on his chestplate.]

Trust me, it really does get easier the more you do it.

[short_n_sweet]

[Jaune pauses a moment and smiles sheepishly.] Right, I guess we did talk about it. Sorry. It's just tough when there's such an obvious... gap, you know? But you're right. No more dwelling. [He raised his hands in surrender when she poked him, and then reached out to take his bag back.] I think we're done here for now though. Maybe next time we hang out, we can do something less likely to mess up my face?

[flamescout]

That sounds fine to me.

[She grins, still a little embarrassed, but she DID say she was sorry so there's nothing more to be done about that.]

Thanks. This was kinda fun! It's not every day I get to see someone wield a sword and shield, you know?

[short_n_sweet]

I'm getting that feeling around here, yeah. I'd show you more sometime, but swords are just one of those things, you know... the less you gotta use 'em, right?

[He laughs a little.] Next time, let's just do lunch.

[flamescout]

Heh!

[Raye colors, flattered. She's not sure if he just asked her out or not, but she's going to assume that's the case, because it makes her happy.]

Lunch sounds good. I'd like that!