Interlude : Yang Xiao Long
The first time she saw Jaune Arc, she thought that he was the nice guy type.
And then they shook hands.
It was an explosion of sorts, like a wave that encased her entire being in warm blankets at night.
She could feel some type of connection that formed between them, in fact - she could somehow faintly see the invisible outline the size of a thread from her solar plexus going out.
After that, he smiled and introduced himself.
"Jaune Arc - short, sweet, rolls of the tongue. Ladies love it."
She snorted.
"Yang Xiao Long - your new best friend."
He seemed suprised.
Yeah, she was too.
"And this is Ruby Rose - my youngest little cookie monster." Dad pulled their connected hands away. "Say hi, Ruby."
"Hi!" Rubes waved beside her, "Nice to meet you!"
Dad then went ahead and gave him a tour of the house.
Rubes tagged along with her, following them and added a few inputs here and there.
And then they had dinner together. Dad made steak to celebrate his first day staying with them, along with a chocolate cake that they bought earlier and a batch of cookies Rubes baked.
He was staying in the room next to hers, where Rubes would bunk in with her.
And here she was, laying in bed - looking back at the brief first day and wondering how is it that she felt restless.
The thread that she thought invisible became clearer, she could wave her hand through it and tried moving it with her mind.
It didn't work.
What did work was when she thought about the boy sleeping next door and the thread just seemed to become even pronounced, that it strengthened.
What is this? Why? How?
The next day, she asked him about it and he replied that it was his Semblance.
To support others through bonds.
She sparred with him early in the morning, feeling it supplying her energy.
And she also kicked his ass. Multiple times.
"Gotta say, you have a pretty nifty Semblance." she sat next to him, drinking some juice dad left on the porch for them.
"Yeah, I'm more of a support type nowadays."
"Oh, you were different before? How so?"
"Well, my dad trained me in sword and shield - turns out, I have an affinity with ranged aura manipulation. So, I decided to pursue down that road."
"You use that sword to protect yourself in close combat while supporting others in range - sounds like a cleric type."
"Yeah, I guess so."
"Well then, have you ever played DnD before?"
He joined their DnD session where Tai was the GM and she was playing as a dragonslayer.
He predictably took the cleric class and Rubes with her Reaper.
It was fun.
She looked forward to the future, bright as always.
The start of a new Arc.Enjoy.
