Ren and Nora are still huddled together, each with the most opposite expressions that one could possibly see. As one might guess, Nora is lit up with happiness at the thought of what went on in there, while Ren still has the classic 'ugh" expression, the only one he really has other than neutral. Both lean forward when the door opens, revealing a huntress that has a very, very tired look on her face.
"He came on too fast for you? I so totally heard that whistle! I bet you had to drag him off you, didn't ya!"
Pyrrha's expression does not change.
"You can tell! I swear I-"
"Nora, please! She will spill at her own pace." Ren does his duty of trying to contain his right-hand woman.
"Nothing happened!"
That's all Pyrrha says despite the waiting ears of both of them as she lays down in her bed and sulks for a while.
"Nothing happened?! How is that possible?! I know you didn't just stand there like a statue!"
"Please! Nora, Come back here for a moment please."
She does so, although her mind is screaming at her to pry more into Pyrrha's brain.
Ren is stuck in thought. He absolutely needs to get Nora off her back, at least for the moment.
"Alright Nora, if you just let me handle this, how about we upgrade your weapon? Give it a leg-autotargeting system?"
"Really?! Thanks Renny!"
And now her thoughts are off thinking about how to break legs. Relatively harmless, all things considered. This gives Ren just the time he needs to walk on over and play detective. Nora still follows along with him, of course, but the fiery tongue of the hammer-wielder is doused for the time being.
"Alright Pyrrha. Tell me what happened. I promise Nora won't hear."
He whispers low enough to make that bold claim a reality. After a quick look over at Nora to verify, she spills.
"*whisper whisper whisper*"
Like a therapist, he's writing all of this down. He tries desperately to keep a neutral expression throughout, but his eyebrows betray him, flying up almost to his hair as the explanation finishes.
"Well, what did she say?!"
"That's private information!"
"Nuh-uh, ninja boy. You are gonna tell everything to me right now because I am NOT going to deal with more whistles." This sharp point is courtesy of Yang Xiao Long, who is now making her grand entrance.
Ren, in a rare display of emotion, is wearing a look of surprise on his face. "How did-"
"Door was unlocked. Nora over here graciously opened it for us."
"Us?"
"Of course, us! You really think I wouldn't bring the one who got woken up by Pyrrha's whistling?!"
Blake merely waves hello to Ren and the rest as she chooses to languish behind next to the door.
"So let's hear it!"
Ren comes to the quick realization that he's not getting out of this one. With a disappointed sigh so generic that it can not be trademarked, he tells Yang everything, even going so far as to showing her the paper.
"Pfft! Hahahahahahahahahahahaha-"
"It was that good?! Please tell me!"
Yang would tell Nora right then and there, but she is too focused on laughing. Oh, the teasing that will be had after this one!
"-ahahahahahaha! C'mere Nora, you gotta hear this!"
"Yang, please don'-"
"Not another word, Ren! She's going to hear this amazing tale and no one is gonna stop her!"
"Oh god, what did I just do…"
He looks over to Blake, hoping against all hope that she can draw Yang back. But she only offers an expected, yet still distressing apologetic look.
A final set of whispers echo throughout the room. At the end, Nora chuckles for only a few moments before a glint appears in her eyes once more.
"Hey Nora, wha-"
"I'll fix this!"
"What do you-" Before Yang can finish that, Nora disappears.
"What did you just do?" Blake is the one to ask the question on everyone's mind.
All four in the room, Blake, Yang, Ren, and Pyrrha, who has stopped her sulking by now, all look at each other, and collectively sigh.
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Page 23! Give it up for Page 23!
On this page, Diamond-Man is fixing the roller-coaster from earlier. He truly can do anything. As for Jaune's bath? It's progressing. There's no dirt left on his face after the accidental dunking 5 minutes earlier, but lots of his body still has some small specks. His sword and shield still have not been sprayed down either.
But he's not in too much of a rush. After all, there is still a whole half of a book left! And his mind desperately needs the time to rest and recalibrate after that episode. He's still not completely convinced this isn't just some bizarre dream. But those brain musings give way to enjoyment as he reads the bottom two panels.
Diamond-Man can even save the city with nothing but a hammer!
Be more like Diamond-Man!
The images show Diamond-Man first using a hammer to fix a broken rail in the roller-coaster mere moments before another cart blazes through, and the second shows him after the ride has finished, with everyone around him cheering. What really makes the image, though, is the hammer held sky high directly above his head, penetrating the sun and creating a perfect halo around it. These designers sure know their shit. I wonder what scenery will appear next? Surely it will-
"A little lifeguard told me there were some sharks in the water!"
He looks up and sees Nora holding up Magnhild the exact same way, covering the main light fixture and creating that same perfect halo. It's so visually stunning, one might wish to take a picture of this moment.
But she has greater plans.
*VWOOOOOOOOOOOM*
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The foursome that missed the mechanical eclipse are stuck biding their time, able to do nothing but wait. Pyrrha and Yang lead some generic conversation.
"So… anything else interesting go on with you two?"
"Nah, just another day for us. I was thinking about a club tonight though…"
A very slight look of dissatisfaction crosses Blake's face.
"Or maybe we can go to that seafood place over in downtown? I've always wanted to try the-"
*CRACK*
All four frantically look around at each other, as if wanting to confirm that their ears did not deceive. They all bolt from their seats and rush to the door, just waiting for another sound so they can come in there and break up the party in there.
The wait is agonizing, but nothing leaks out. Maybe something just fell over in there? Three of them manage to convince themselves of that.
Before long, the door opens, and what is behind it is a sight so outlandish that all four almost faint on sight.
"See! I got him out quite nicely!"
"MMPHHMGRRHMMGR!" [Let me go!]
"uh-uh, Fearless leader! Not until I get you comfortable!"
Nora leads her prisoner off into the main room without a care in the world.
"Is he really-"
"-trapped between her breasts?!" The two brains that are working exclaim, still confused as all hell.
Pyrrha and Blake have completely crashed. Pyrrha for obvious reasons, but Blake got a little extra nudge…
"Nora please! What has gotten into you?!"
"I'm making some shark soup!"
"There isn't any! Stop dest-MMMGPHPGPHMGP"
"Gotcha~! Now let's get this precious, precious knight out of here!"
They only make it two steps.
"Oooh~! Is someone curling up in some nice, soft pillows?"
"MMMM! MGPHPPGGH!" [No! You won't let me move!]
His protests go completely ignored. Or so he thinks…
It's gonna be a long, long while before this kitten is coming back.
The cat high on sexual catnip is completely shoved to the background for more… pressing issues.
More specifically, the water that continues to pour out of the faucet, now with nothing to fall into.
Ren rushes in to get that all fixed up. But there's still that whole thing with water flooding absolutely everywhere…
The other problem is harder to solve…
"We're back on safe ground! Do you want me to let you go now, Jaune-Jaune?"
"MMPH-HMMPH!" [Yes, please!]
"Don't feel rushed! Nora's got all the time in the world~."
She begins to rock him like a baby in the hopes that he falls asleep. He won't, but that doesn't stop Yang from saving him anyway…
One powerful yank from the blonde officially detaches the two with an extremely satisfying *plop*.
Nora isn't too happy about this, but Yang's raw, uncensored look of annoyance kills off any attempt at a response. Jaune on the other hand looks like he had just been in the middle of a warzone. And really, that description is not too far off.
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"What the hell was that?!"
"I had to save Jaune from those sharks in the water! Pyrrha couldn't do it so I went in like an angel to save him!"
"You scarred him! And you broke the goddamn bathtub!"
"A small price to pay to save a life!"
Even Yang, the winner of Jokester of the Year three years running, is beginning to have trouble processing all this. Her brain jumps to the classic comfort move: teasing. And look who just happens to be a perfect target…!
"Hey VB, did you have fun in there? It sure looks like it! I bet you were motorboating those honkers like there was no tomorrow!"
A massive, massive sigh comes out of Jaune's mouth.
Why now of all times!
"I'm guessing you wanted to go out with a Yang, right? Hahahahah-" Nora joins the laughter. But Jaune is officially done with all of this. He slinks into the bed, closes his eyes, and tries his absolute hardest to leave Remnant as fast as possible. One last thought goes through his mind before the long fall into dreamworld:
I'm gonna need to borrow another bathtub…
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To be continued…
And things begin to spread! I did have a much, much more bizarre idea in my head for this when it was originally made, but it was just too crazy for this circus. Anyways, now everything should look better, since I learned the magic power of "Single Line Break". Hope this was worth it!
Also,
Formatting is hard. You don't know the shit I had to go through to get the separator to work right.
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