"Wow. When you said you weren't good with flying, you were not exaggerating."

"Really? I hadn't noticed…"

The two boys were standing around a trash can. Well, one was standing and the other was hunched over and bent at the knees, but that was beside the point. This wasn't helped by the fact that Ruby seemed awfully insistent on leaving the two by themselves to make awkward small talk. Where was she now? Just outside the main room, gazing not so subtly around the door frame to see where the conversation was going.

"What are you up to Ruby?"

"Urgh, kill me…"

To see the goofy, upbeat Jaune acting so miserable and melodramatic about his current predicament was a little unnerving, especially considering that he'd been fine at the start of this little get-together. Cardin looked on, having absolutely no idea how to proceed or help the blonde.

"Um, is there anything I can, I dunno, do to help…?"

"Could you please get some water? My throat's starting to burn..."

The ginger nodded and started walking towards the 'kitchen' of the ship, even though it was more of a kitchen sink and several vending machines. Luckily, he had barely walked past the door before Ruby shoved a glass of water into his chest.

"You're not very subtle, are you?"

"Nope!"

And that was the only response he managed to get out of the scythe-wielder before he was turned around and shoved back into the room. Cardin turned to glare at Ruby, but she seemed unaware of his discomfort and gave him thumbs up.

"That was quick…"

Jaune was looking up at Cardin with sunken and miserable eyes, his stare leaving the ginger with an uncomfortable feeling in his stomach.

"Yeah, well...you know, I'm pretty quick without my armour on."

The blonde looked at him skeptically but didn't force the matter. Jaune took the glass from Cardin's hand and drank the whole thing within seconds.

"Urgh, thanks."

"Feeling better?"

"Yeah, I think I'll be fine now."

"Hey guys, I'm back!" Ruby announced enthusiastically as she rounded the corner. Jaune gave Ruby a weird look before burying his face back into the trash can.

"Where did you go?"

"Oh. Uh, you know…places…"

Before Jaune could continue his questioning, the hologram flickered to life next to them, showing an image of their pilot.

"We'll be arriving at our destination in five minutes. I hope you enjoyed your flight."

"Alright, just five more mi-GAPIUVBERGAUAREBGP!"

As soon as the trio walked off the ramp, Jaune fell unceremoniously to the ground and started kissing the gravel mockingly. Ruby and Cardin exchanged amused looks while Jaune mumbled about 'never leaving again' and 'the spawn of the devil'.

"Is he always like this when he flies?"

"No. Sometimes he's actually worse. Remember that huge storm a week ago? Well, we were all in town when it hit. We almost had to rent a hotel because Jaune refused to get on the ship."

"Hah!"

"Yeah, yeah, laugh it up. Motion sickness is a serious problem you know!"

"Anyway, we've got a lot to do today, so let-"

Ruby opened up the purse she was carrying with her but paled and froze for some reason that the two boys couldn't quite understand.

"This is Yang's bag…"

Jaune and Cardin's eyes widened in fear, they knew well how Yang could be when she was angry, albeit for different reasons.

"And the plane's already taken off, so we can't go back and get mine. What are we going to do for money?"

"Calm down, we can make the money, we just need to be clever."

Jaune said with a determined gleam in his eye.

"There might be some sort of games we can win nearby. If we use Yang's money and win, we can come out with a net profit and she won't even notice."

"And if we lose all the money?"

"Well…then we're screwed. But I think it's worth the risk."

Ruby and Cardin looked unsure of themselves, but Cardin eventually just shrugged and started to roll his shoulders.

"Ah screw it. We're hunters! We can probably pull this off."

And he followed up by saying the cursed word; the words that he signified doom and despair for many foolish mortal, words that had foreshadowed many a bad decision and terrible spell of luck.

"I mean, what's the worst that could happen?"