Hello everyone Phoenix Champion here with more Verdant Gamer.
And now we get into the Jaundice episode, with Wes playing meddler in Cardin's plans.
So let's get cracking.
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*Jaundice*
I looked away in agony as Jaune was trounced completely by Cardin, yeah, I'm gonna have to fix-
Wait...
'Oh crap this is the Jaundice episode!' I thought in alarm, time was running out faster than I had thought.
"Now, we have enough time for another match, Cardin would you like to fight again?" Glynda asked.
"Sure." Cardin said smugly.
So naturally I threw up my hand, "Mind if I fight, I haven't fought anyone since the first day of class." I said, what? I want to at least sound professional in wanting to completely kick Cardin's ass.
"I suppose so, it has been too long since you last had a match. Just try not to drag it out too much." Glynda said.
[New Quest added]
[Jaundice]
-It's time to start the next chapter if the RWBY story, let's start things off with some ass kicking.
Mission: Divert Cardin's attention to you
[] Defeat Cardin in sparring
[] Support Velvet Scarlatina
[] Help boost Jaune's confidence
[] Defeat the second Ursa
Reward: 15,000 EXP, +JNPR relation
I nodded and quickly jumped into the arena using, well, Jump and pulled out Raven Talon.
"Show me what you got." I said switching my title to Nutcracker, yeah I'm gonna go that low if I can.
Without wasting a minute, Glynda started the match
[BGM: Sparring (random pwople/CRDL) battle- Radiata stories: Struggle 2]
Cardin ran straight at me and my first action was to use jump to leap over and drop kick his back with my propelled boots, sending Cardin sliding face first across the ground.
"I hope this floor was mopped recently,who knows how many germs are crawling on it." I said.
Cardin got up and ran at me again, this time I sweeped his legs from under him, then grabbed him out of the air, and slammed him into the ground head first. This got a lot of 'Ooh' from the crowd.
I made a propelled leap back and triggered my Illusion ability, and seeing as I've been training it so subtly I actually fell asleep with one up, I was able to make Cardin's vision blurry. It's not to effective a trick against Grimm, but it sure does make humans and Faunus think I hit them harder than I really did.
With Cardin disoriented he stumbled toward me and made a clumsy sing that I ducked under, then countered with a quick punch to the face, followed by three more that left him seeing stars.
'Shoryuken!' I thought performing the powerful uppercut that sent Cardin flying, and causing him to crash on his head again, thankfully (for him) he still had his Aura up so no he didn't receive a concussion.
But he was below tournament regulation.
"That's the match!" Glynda called
[End BGM]
"Wes Verdant is the winner of this match. As you may have noted, Wes was using hand-to-hand style this time, and aimed for the head to deliver concussive blows to disorient his opponent. Once his vision was impaired Cardin began to lose balance, thus making his already predictable combat style clumsy." Glynda called out, "Mr. Winchester, next time your vision is impaired I recommend fighting defensively until you're vision returns."
I walked back up to the stands and took my seat between Yang and Blake.
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"So there we were, in the middle of the night." Nora said beginning the story.
"It was day." Ren corrected.
"We were surrounded by Ursai." Nora said.
"They were Beowolves." Ren said.
"Dozens of them!" Nora shouted for no apparent reason.
"Two of them." Ren said.
"But they were no match, and in the end, Ren and I took them down and we made a boat-load of Lien selling Ursa skin rugs," Nora said proudly.
"She's been having this recurring dream for nearly a month now." Ren sighed.
"It could be some kind of premonition." I said, "Note to self, develop a Mug skill." I said a little too loud.
"I Mug skill? Why would you want a skill that gives you an infinite amount of mugs?" Ruby asked, I looked over to her.
"You never tried to build a thief class in JRPG's have you?" I asked.
"Nope." Ruby said popping the 'P'.
"Well a Mug skill in JRPG's is pretty much a skill that replaces the basic attack command with Mug, which allows you to steal items off of enemies while hurting them, meaning you don't have to waste a chance to deal damage just for an uncommon item." I said.
"Oooh." Ruby said nodding, "That does sound kind of useful, maybe I should add a thief character to my party next time I play Dust Fantasy." Ruby said.
"I'd recommend it, it really saves time on item grinds." I said.
"Name one time he's bullied me." Jaune said, whoops, I missed that conversation.
"He knocked your books out of your arms in the hall." Yang said.
"Activated your shield, thus jamming you in a door frame." Weiss said.
"Fired you off in your rocket locker." I said, "Which Spectre managed to catch before you went too far." I said.
"Remind me to thank him next time you summon him." Jaune said.
"Jaune you know if you ever need any help you can just ask." Pyrrha said.
"Oh, We'll break his legs!" Nora declared standing up.
"Guy's it's fine really, it's not like he's just a jerk to me, he's a jerk t everyone." Jaune said.
At that moment I remembered Velvet was being picked on by Cardin by her sudden shout of pain. "Excuse me a moment." I said standing up and walking over to team CRDL and slipped my Doppelganger mask and doppelganged the biggest guy in Beacon.
Good ole' Yatsuhashi.
So posing as the big guy I walked up behind Cardin and cleared my throat.
"Yeah what do you..." Cardin started, his words dying in his throat as he saw 'Yatsu'
He then just ran away.
"Thanks Yatsu I-" Velvet started before I sent my mask to my inventory, causing Velvet's eye's to widen in surprise, "Wes! W-why-" Velvet started.
"Did I help you, you're a friend, why wouldn't I help you?" I asked with a smile, "Come on, you can sit with my team and JNPR's if you want." I offered.
"Thanks." Velvet said.
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Oobleck class went like I remembered, so I basically blocked out all sound until I heard one phrase, "- And who can tell me the advantage the Faunus had.
I watched as Cardin flicked the paper ball at Jaune, however with my Illusion abilities I managed to disguise my Gust spell and send the paper ball flying at the worst possible target for Cardin.
Doctor Oobleck, eh sorry about that Doctor.
Oobleck's head snapped to Cardin with such speed I'm amazed I didn't hear a crack, "Mr. Winchester!" Oobleck shouted, causing Jaune to snap awake, "I'm assuming that paper ball was your way of getting my attention because you have the answer, so, what is it."
Cardin blinked, no doubt trying to figure out how his paper ball went so far off course before he decided to give his answer.
"Well it's a lot easier to train an animal than a person." Cardin said.
"That is both racist and wrong Cardin, in more ways that one, trust me, as a Guy who grew up raising a lioness, animals are very hard to train." I said getting Cardin to growl, "The answer Doctor Oobleck, is the Faunus have enhanced senses and Night Vision. General Lagoon attacked at night, meaning his forces were impaired by low light conditions while the Faunus thrived in the dark, giving them a distinct advantage. A more appropiate time to attack would have been at the crack of dawn, when not only would the bright light have blinded them, but night shift soldiers would have been just as tried and groggy as anyone just waking up." I said.
"Very good Mr. Verdant, I couldn't have said it any better myself." Oobleck said proudly. "As for you Mr. Winchester, speak to me after class for extra readings."
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After classes ended I snuck up onto the roof and eavesdropped on Pyrrha and Jaune's conversation, then waited out Cardin's blackmail before stepping into veiw, but not as myself.
I may not be able to use the Doppelganger Mask to pose a Ozpin, but a simple Illusion should be good enough to fool Jaune.
"Good evening Mr. Arc." I said posing as Ozpin.
"P-Professor Ozpin!" Jaune stuttered, "H-how long were you standing there."
"Long enough to hear you turn down training from your partner and for Cardin to hear about how you forged your way into Beacon." I said.
"Oh... I guess I'll go pack my things now." Jaune said.
"Why?" I asked.
"B-because I lied my way into Beacon, and that means you're going to kick me out." Jaune said.
"Really now? Even though I let you into Beacon despite the fact I knew your transcripts were false." I said.
"Y-you knew?" Jaune asked.
"Of course, I'm not an easy man to fool Mr. Arc." I said walking up to the railing, "You're probably wondering why I let you enter Beacon in the first place."
"Y-yes sir." Jaune stuttered.
"Because Mr. Arc, you show potential. Tell me, how would you, Ren, Nora, and Pyrrha combat a nevermore the same size Team RWBY did?" I asked.
"Well, I'd have Nora use her weapon to keep the Grimm disoriented, and according to Blake the Nevermore's feathers were like the armor plating on other Grimm, meaning the only places vulnerable would be the eye's and mouth, so I'd focus on blinding the bird with help from Pyrrha is stabbing the eye's after Nora brought it close enough for us to climb up on. And with the Nevermore blinded that would give us ample time to find or make a much large weak spot for us to attack." Jaune said.
"Very good Jaune, do you realize what you just showed?" I asked.
"Uhhhh..." Jaune gaped.
"You've shown me what I believed that makes you a leader, not strength, but tactics. You used knowledge from your friends, what you learned during Cardin and Wes's fight in Glynda's class, along with what you read for Peter Port's class to create a strategy to combat a powerful Grimm." I said.
"I... I did didn't I." Jaune said under his breath.
"Jaune, you may not have physical strength to match Cardin, but remember Wes's ability, The Gamer, as he called it. Instead of fighting with brute force he uses tactics in his fights. Do you remember his battle with Pyrrha?" I asked.
"Uh yeah, he couldn't fight her head on so he looked for a weakness to exploit, which was Pyrrha's armor and how conductive it was to electricity." Jaune said, "So when Wes found that out he exploited it like crazy."
"Correct, he didn't have the raw strength or skill to match Pyrrha or her Semblance, so he fought the only other way he knew how. Smartly." I said.
"But now that Pyrrha's insulated her armor, Wes can't use electricity to defeat her." Jaune said.
'Thanks for the tip.' I thought, "True, but Wes would also expect this, and because he knows what Pyrrha's Semblance is he has likely begun to find a way to even the playing field as much as he can." I said, "The reason I chose to make Ruby the leadr of Team RWBY instead of Wes was because Ruby has more potential than Wes as a leader." I said making my way to leave.
"Professor, you've given me a lot to think about." Jaune said, "I'm... gonna stay here for a while to think about it."
"Very well Jaune, and here's something I head Wes say once." I said causing Jaune to look at me, "Even the worst of situations can have an advantage." I said.
Jaune looked away as I could see the gears in his head turning.
I made it just down one flight of stairs before dispelling my Illusion, "I must say, you pose rather well as someone else." I heard Ozpin say.
"Well Professor, Jaune really needed a little push in the right direction to end his self-doubt, I figured what better way than from the man himself." I said.
"I had planned to stay out of it. Let Jaune follow his own path." Ozpin said.
"True, Jaune is smart, but remember is his kind of oblivious to a surprising amount of things." I said.
"Such as Ms. Nikos's interest in him." Ozpin said with a smirk.
"Bingo." I said, "Now, no offense Professor, I'd like to get some sleep, I've got scheming to do."
"Very well." Ozpin said
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Well the Forever Falls trip went right as expected, except Jaune retaliated to Cardin a lot sooner, but the who scene with Jaune Vs. Ursa remained the same.
However now a second Ursa had appeared and was coming after an unprepared Jaune.
"Jaune look out!" I shouted pulling out Melodic Cudgel and launching the grapple at the Ursa, hooking the arm and diverting the attack.
[BGM: Grimm Battle- Soul Calibur Legends: Like a Glint of Light]
"Jaune, leave this to me!" I shouted as the Ursa charged at me, I slipped on the Raven Talons and gave the Ursa a propelled nut check, sending the whimpering Grimm into the air, I fired Melodic Cudgel at it twice to keep the Ursa higher in the air before using Jump to leap up to it and slammed Roman's Cane onto the Grimm's head, sending it crashing back down.
I switched to Luna and Sol and began firing downward at the Ursa, while adding a stylish spin while I was shooting.
[End BGM]
Admittedly, I reacted so fast I didn't bother checking the Ursa's level of HP. so I didn't expect to kill it so fast, but I did like the results
[You unlocked the Title Devil May Cry]
[Devil May Cry- +50% weapon swing speed,+50% firing speed +Inifite handgun clip.]
[You unlocked the Title Trigger Happy]
[Trigger Happy- X2 Firing speed]
[Quest Complete- Jaundice]
[You've reached Level 21
I smirked as I added a point to Luck, two to DEX, and two to VIT.
'Now I've got a lot of work to do.' I thought.
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Alright, one half of this update done, see you next chapter.