Chapter 2
POV: Omniscient
The next day, Ruby, Ren, and Nora were talking to the chief of the village.
Chief: Thank you. All of you. That golem had been troubling our village for quite a while now. I just wish we could pay you more…
Ruby: It's fine. You've done plenty!
Chief: It's just that-
Then, the door to the nearby blacksmith shop slammed open.
Blacksmith: They're both almost ready! You might want to see this.
And so, they went inside, and were met by Jaune who was impatiently waiting.
Blacksmith: And, here you go!
He set the sword in its sheath on the counter. The shield opened up.
Blacksmith: That was some fine metal you brought me. Accents the white nicely. Where did you get it?
Jaune's eyes grew distant.
Jaune: From a friend.
The blacksmith decided to quickly get off that road.
Blacksmith: Well, you can't have a huntsman without his armor!
He slammed the chestplate onto the counter next to the shield.
Jaune: I… don't know what to say…
Blacksmith: You don't gotta say anything! Just put it on!
Jaune: Oh, right!
He quickly took off his old chestplate.
Jaune: I guess I knew I would grow out of it eventually…
Ren: Change is a sign of maturity.
Jaune stepped back.
Jaune: Yah, that sounds-
Ruby suddenly started snickering.
Jaune: What? What is it?
Ruby: What is THAT?!
She pointed directly at his hoodie.
Jaune: My hoodie? I've always had this!
Ruby collected her thoughts for second. She took a deep breath, and stopped laughing.
Ruby: IT'S GOT A CUTE LITTLE BUNNY RABBIT ON IT!
She fully broke and began to laugh uproariously. His hoodie did indeed have a brown bunny on the front.
Jaune: It's Pumpkin Pete! You know, from the cereal?
Ruby: What did you do? Send in a boxtop?
Jaune: Yah... 50…
Ruby almost choked, before continuing laughing, even louder than before. She slowly collapsed, all of her energy being used from laughing.
Ren: Well, I guess you can't grow out of everything…
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POV: Rocket
Rocket: Well, you 4 are loud.
They all turned around in surprise. They hadn't heard me walk in.
Ruby: Oh! Weren't you working on something too?
Then, she noticed the sword I had at my hip. It was only about 2 feet long.
Ruby: Is that it?
Rocket: Yes. Sadly, they didn't have any steelwood to remake my scythe, but, then again, I didn't really expect them to. Instead I made a wakizashi.
Ruby: It's so small!
Jaune: A wakiwhatnow?
Rocket: Wakizashi. I prefer the iaijutsu sword fighting style. It would be difficult to unsheath and resheath a bigger sword fast enough. Plus, this sword is made out of graphene.
Nora: Isn't that the stuff pencils use?
Rocket: No, that's graphite. Graphene is pure carbon that is put through a certain pressure and heat. It realines the molecules into a structure more stable than diamonds. It's also lighter than traditional metals, and much tougher.
Ren: Was it expensive?
Nora: And what was with all those random explosions?
Rocket: I just used the forge for heat, and fire dust explosions for pressure, which was free after our little fight with the golem. It took a while to get the combination just right, but it works pretty well.
Blacksmith: Are you sure you kids need to go? You've been real nice to this town.
Ruby: Sorry sir, but we want to make it to Haven as soon as possible.
Blacksmith: Well, I can't say I didn't try. Hope to see you guys again!
Ruby: You too! Thanks again!
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Later that day, we were back on the road, walking casually.
Rocket: Food?
Ruby: Check!
Nora: Not for long…
Rocket: Ammo?
Nora: Locked and loaded!
Rocket: Map?
No one said anything.
Nora: I thought Ren had it.
Ren: No, I gave it to you.
Nora: What?
Jaune: Guys, please tell me you're joking…
Nora: Um…
Jaune: Guys?
Nora: Nope.