"Ahh, excellent. I have another story for you guys to see. This one is not a possibility, but instead rather an alternate universe." started Orb, but was interrupted by Ruby.
"What does that mean? How's that any different from what we saw?"
"As I was saying, Miss Rose, Alternet universes are impossible to achieve in this world. The very existence of them is completely removed from your own. This one is also a bit of a personal favorite of mine."
"What do you mean by that?" Ren asked, but was met with the film flickering to life.
An expanse of endless green tropics was shown on the screen as it slowly panned around to reveal a Jaune Arc in a brown coat and a leather brown hat. He held up a map, looking at it. It was quickly pocketed as he pulled out a machete and began to cut through the undergrowth.
"Ohh, Jauney looks good! Why's he in the jungle?" asked Nora. Ren just sighed. "Nora, let us enjoy the movie." Nora deflated a little, and remained quiet. Pyrrha and Ruby just kind of stared, liking the new roguish look on the knight.
Jaune eventually came to a clearing, a large ancient mayan pyramid standing in the middle of it. "Hey, Renny! You here?" the Arc called behind him. Some shuffling came from the forest as a winded and rough looking Ren came into the clearing.
"I'm here Indy. please stop running off like that. You're starting to remind me of Nora." he sighed, dusting himself off.
"Indy? Why did Ren just call Jaune Indy? His name's Jaune." Pyrrha asked.
"Oh. his name is Jaune. Jaune Nicolas Arc Jr. Indiana was the dog's name. He had a lot of good memories about that dog." Orb responded.
"The dog?" ruby asked, thinking of Zwei. Orb just kind of shrugged as best an orb could.
"So, where on earth did you take me now?"
Jaune only chuckled. "This is the Tomb of Quez-Toca, the sun god incarnate. Died in the 13th century." he turned to the tomb, arms out wide. "Just imagine what history could be hidden in it! Come on Ren, if we survive i'll buy drinks." he smiled, striding towards the tomb. Pulling his sword Caroca Mors from its sheath, he strode to the sealed door.
"Why does he have his sword out? What does the dolt even plan on doing?" weiss asked, looking skeptical.
And promptly jammed the blade into the edge of the door after a moment of consideration. "Renny?"
"Yes?"
"Duck." and pried the door out of its place. As it fell, several blades swung outwards, impaling any would be standing. Ren looked at him incredulously, but shook his head. "More warning next time."
"Ohh, How did Jauney do that! It's like he knew it was there!" exclaimed Nora, thoroughly enjoying the movie. Ren only shrugged, unsure of how this version of his leader knew either.
Jaune only shrugged, walking into the abandoned temple. Ren could only sigh and follow him. "If you find any cool souvenirs, I promised Freja that I would get her one on this trip." he called after the adventurous Arc.
"Freja? Who is Freja?" Ren asked, either oblivious or ignoring Nora's reddening cheeks. Freja was always the name that she gave their daughter when she was fantasizing about the future.
"I still think you're the bravest man alive for tapping that." Jaune said, motioning for Ren to stop. Beyond them was a large sarcophagus at the end of an open room, several doors surrounding the semicircular platform the coffin rested on. He knelt down, pressing the blade of his sword onto a stone in the floor.
Ke-Thunk came to a sound, as a dart shot out from the wall. "Darts. More damned traps." Ren sighed, and then bowed to jaune, gesturing for him to go on ahead. The arc only rolled his eyes as he inspected the floor. "Step exactly where I step."
And tentatively placed a foot on the floor. Jaune stepped forward with more confidence when no trap was triggered. Step after step followed until they made it to the platform.
"Ren?"
"Yes?"
"How do you feel about desecrating graves? Cause we're about to be the first people to open this thing in the last several hundred years." Ren only gave his adventuring partner a level look.
"And when has that ever stopped me before? Just don't damage the body too much."
Jaune only started to pry apart the lid of the sarcophagus. It came off without to much effort
"What are they doing? Are they treasure hunters?" Blake asked, looking at the screen. "Tomb raiders? criminals?"
"Yes, yes and kind of." Orb said, his attention not leaving the screen. He seemed...giddy. Yang did not like this giddy orb.
Inside the sarcophagus played a corpse. A mask of jade stone rested upon its face, and it held a solid gold staff, a motif of the sun and light embossed into the metal. "Ren, Freja can get the mask after I categorize and document it. I call dibs on the staff. Holy shit, Oobs is going to lose his mind." Jaune chucked, lightly pulling the mask off the corpse. "To think I would see the day that the last tomb of the sun gods would be opened…" he muttered, looking at the rotted and mummified face under the mask. Ren gingerly took the mask from Jaune, who reached down to pull the staff free from the stiff grip of the skeleton. The small snapping of old bones echoed throughout the site. "Let's go"
"Agreed"
It was no longer than they had turned around did they hear stone grating on stone. The sarcophagus started to sink into the ground as both Ren and Jaune turned to look at it. Then they turned to each other. "Run"
They bolted, not caring about the dart traps on the floor. They opted to outrun them instead. Then Ren looked behind him, to only see a giant boulder rushing towards them.
"HOLY SHIIIIIIIIIIT" He cried, outpacing even Jaune.
"What? In? The world?" Pyrrha said, not quite believing what was being shown on the screen.
The various pillars in the hallway leading to the exit began to slowly fall, threatening to block off their escape. Both Ren and Jaune make a mad dash for the exit, being forced to baseball slide. Jaunes hat fell off during the slide, which he reached for at the last minute. Pulling it free from the final door, the two looked at each other for a serious moment.
"Heh." they started, only to break out into rapturous laughter.
"Man, that was a doozy." Yang laughed, glad that the duo had made it out safely. The lot of them watched the two walk back into the forest as the screen cut to a shot of a large old looking building.
Zooming in through a window, it showed Jaune standing in front of a class, an open book in one hand, and a map in chalk of an unknown territory on the board. He had cleaned up, shaved with a three piece brown suit and bow tie. Thin rimmed circular glasses rested on his nose as he talked to the class. A suited Ren and dressed Nora sat in the back, bouncing a five year old red head girl on her knee.
"And that is how Byzantine fell during the 14th century. Now, that leads us to the next empire right after, being-" the bell cut him off as the packed class got up to leave. "Remember, paper due next wednesday on the Byzantine people! Office hours are today after school in my office. Now, please get out of my class." he sighed, cleaning off his glasses
"I never thought that the dolt would look decent in glasses, but this is a reason to reconsider." Weiss said under her breath as Pyrrha and Ruby's faces just turned a little bit red.
Once the students left, the little girl ran though the class. "Uncle Indy!" she cried, jumping into his awaiting arms. He only laughed as he lifted the little girl up. "Freja! You look happy and healthy! How have you been?" he smiled, looking at the little girl.
"I want to hear all about your latest adventure! Daddy brought me back a souvenir this time!" the little girl smiled, too excited at the day.
"Oh my god! Nora, Ren! You kid is sooo Cute!" squealed Yang, smiling at the two.
"I know right? She's adorable!" Pyrrha agreed, gushing over the little girl. Rens jaw was on the floor and was a surprisingly bright shade of red. Nora was just smiling, off in her own dreamland of the idea of a family
"I'll tell you guys over dinner, ok?" he responded, putting the little girl on the floor. A cough came from the doorway. Dr. Oobleck stood there, his thermos in hand.
"Ahh, Oobleck! Just the man I wanted to see!" Jaune smiled, opening his arms wide. He strode over to his desk, pulling a large cloth wrapped rod from underneath it. The cloth was discarded to reveal a golden staff. Oobleck dropped his thermos, staring at it for a second. Then decided to rush over, running his fingers over it. "The staff of the sun…. Indy, Ren, you've outdone yourself today. The museum thanks you for your endeavor." he smiled, before running off to gods know where
"Soo, Dinner?" Jaune asked. The screen cut to black
"Ok, I will admit, that was fun to watch. The traps were cool." Ruby said, "I wished there were more weapons though."
"Of course you did you dolt." weiss sighed. Orb just chuckled, looking at the duo. If only they knew what he knew.
"Jaune being an archaeologist? Can't say that it was something I expected when looking at alertent versions of Fearless Leader" Ren contemplated.
"Ahh, I love that universe. It's so fun to watch. Anyway, I need to bring in some more people for this next universe. Another pop was heard as four people stumbled into the room