Side Quest #1: Winter Solstice
Note: ha! You thought this was the next chapter of Boba Fett kicking White Fang Ass, saving more Mandalorians within the WF Base and protecting a green Cinnabon.
HAHAHAH YOU FOOLS! YOU CAN NEVER COMPREHEND THE MADNESS THAT SWIRLS IN MY HEAD!
No, today is a long overdue Slice of Life chapter! Before Death and Destruction can take place in the promised Chapter 20.
Tell me what you thought about it! I'm looking for input and to see if you like it enough to do more in the future.
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December 24, Winter Solstice Eve, a time of giving and to look back on everything one did for the year be it good or bad or in the middle of either, some would see this as a time to be with family or others would see this as a way to show love to a romantic partner.
Jaune however saw no joy in a meaningless holiday of capitalism as being in a royal family meant that the blonde man can have anything by only asking for it rather then wait for special occasions, in the coming 5 days of Winter Solstice many has jokingly claimed Jaune Adele Arc, Fifth Child of the Mistralian Royal Family and First Born Prince, as a Scrooge.
"Bismark, Boba. What does Winter Solstice appeal to you?" Jaune asked his two most trusted servants as he looked down at his hand while at his desk seeing the dim glow of all three infinity stones embedded into his golden right hand, Jaune was wearing his usual white lab coat that has the right sleeve torn with a black kevlar under shirt and grey combat pants but what got both the personal Knight and hunter to chuckle amusingly was that jaune was also wearing a pair of reindeer antlers and a red attachable nose.
Bismark who was standing across the workbench on the other side of the lab merely chuckled at both the additions to his masters usual look and the accompanying glare "Well your highness, to me. Winter Solstice is about looking back on everything you did and cherish what you have now. I wouldn't wish for anything other than being your Knight" the purple haired white suited knight exclaimed his honest thoughts as he usually did on the subject of serving Jaune.
Boba who was laying against the wall next to the door and wearing his usual green armor but his helmet was located on the workbench exposing his clean shaven face and bald head to the blonde prince "it doesn't matter to me, My Lord. It has no effect on my work as a Hunter for the Royal Family" The Bald Man exclaimed with a full serious tone only for his face to contort into annoyance when the White Suit Knight commented "Be serious Boba! You think I haven't seen you secretly texting Lady Ursa Wren from the Wren Family?" The Royal Swordsmen gave a shit eating grin that even made the ever logical Jaune to crack a smile.
Ursa Wren was, in terms of social status, a duchess within mistral who followed a warriors path within mandalorian culture despite such culture dying out in the modern and civil age but Boba and Ursa were both natural born mandalorians so finding romance within one's culture would be a blessing or curse depending on the lovebirds.
"Hey screw off! What Me and Ursa have is none of your concern Bismark! How about you find yourself a second wife or make up with your only daughter!" The Green Armor Mando exclaimed angrily only for the Knight to stand up from his chair having taken the bait on his only family "don't make me kill you Boba! My daughter has nothing to do with us!" Now the Hunter and the Knight are in each other's faces both snarling at each other like rabid dogs "Enough. You two are Grown Men. Start acting civilized" The Prodigy spoke while effectively diffusing a potential bomb, fight and a suspected 20 Thousand Lien of Property Damage, most likely jaunes property.
Bismark was the first to pull back and straighten out his cloth white suit "Understood Your Highness. By your command" the brown skinned swordsmen said while pushing away a fight against a close comrade, Boba just snorted as the Mando was prepared to fight but only the order of His Lord so turned around to return to his spot next to the door "As you wish, My Lord. Lord Jaune? May I ask a question" Boba said then asked the blonde man permission.
"Go Ahead" Jaune responded before turning around to get a clearer look of the unrolled look of the Infinity Gauntlet Blueprints even if the blueprints were no obsolete since the Infinity Arm was built, the blonde man may have kept the prints around for sentimental value "are you going to the Winter Solstice Eve Party this evening? I heard it's one of the bigger parties of the school year" The Armored Hunter questioned the Prince's participation in one of the bigger parties of the year for the four kingdoms.
Jaune sighed as he raised his meaty left hand to run his forehead feeling a coming headache and hoping soothe it even if it doesn't help, it's a habit that jaune hasn't begun to break "Crystal has been excited about this party for the past week even forcing me to divert my time away from documents to set up a mass production of the B1 Series Combat Droids so she can show me dress after dress. I honestly don't get why this party is special. It's not like I haven't been to dozens back home but those were more like idiotic noblemen trying to cozy up to my mother but it's her smile about this party that's wanting me to go, to keep seeing that smile and to never see anything different"
Bismark smiled believing that his master was finally coming into his own in romance without having the need to ask for advice, the brown skinned knight was married once with a daughter at jaunes age. It would be nice to impart some wisdom from his own experience so would boba who was currently dating the Duchess Ursa Wren however they will be ready when there prince comes for help "sounds like a very noble thing to do for your romantic partner Your Highness, if you ever require advice from either Me or Boba all you need to do is ask" The Brown Man exclaimed to jaune who smiled and nodded before getting up from his desk rolling up the obsolete blueprints.
"I must return to the room since there's only an hour left and the girls might be done changing now, Crystal is excited about the tux she had custom made for me so I'd rather not disappoint her for not wearing it" Jaune exclaimed walking towards the door to the lab "Boba, you'll be appointed to the parameter security detail for the night and Bismark, you'll be located within the ballroom" The Blonde Man ordered both of his servants.
Boba nodded as he got off the wall again to grab his green helmet putting it on "understood My Lord, if anything happens the enemy will be turned to ash from my disintegration bullets" he said as the green warrior liked seeing his enemies disappear after being hit by his specialized ammo.
Bismark also nodded as he checked his sword before looking back at the Genius "Yes, Your Highness. I can understand your caution with the recent white fang attack but your overly cautious especially since we had applied our Combat Droids into the Demon Dogs" it was true since the droids having been mass produced into numbers of a battalion and used against the WF Attackers, having machines programmed for battle, not as detailed as Ultrons unique AI, it enough to fight alongside fully trained organic soldiers.
"If the White Fang can try and attempt to attack my sacred domain in an attempt to gain my research and weapons easily then I'm not being cautious enough." The Blonde Man responded only to walk out of the room to turn left to which two bronze tinted thin robots wielding short barreled carbines called E-5 Laser Blasters, capable of shooting an energized bullet that can hit like a truck against aura wielders but can punch through iron armor on non aura users.
Having returned to a basic door like many of the doors wedged into the expanding sandstone walls but a brown haired man with jeans shirt, jacket and pants with brown cowboy boots was laying on the wall next to the dorm door for Team ACMM "Seriously? Are they still changing? It's been like an hour" The Prodigy called out to the Gunslinger who only chuckled "didn't you grow up with seven sisters bro? You should be used to girls taking time getting dressed" "unlike Crystal and Mizuki. My sisters didn't wait for me to leave" Blondie retorted swiftly as he often despised that part of his childhood.
Doyle couldn't retort to that with only a slack jaw at such a comment, The Dorm Room opened revealing a woman slightly pale with braided green hair resting on her left shoulder. Her outfit consisted of an elegantly beautiful black dress "oh wow…" the Gunslinger commented seeing the womanly beauty of the blind woman Mizuki "don't...stare so much...it's embarrassing" the Blind Priestess said shifting a bit in embarrassment as her cheeks started.
Doyle had a bit of drool leak from his mouth prompting to wipe it up with his sleeve "u-uhh, sorry Mizuki! You just look...beautiful" Mizuki smiled more feeling happy until remembering something "oh, Is jaune here?" "Yeah" Jaune spoke out to her though found enamored by Mizuki's appearance and Doyle's mental stop at the sight, would the blonde feel similar if he were to see Crystal in an equally beautiful dress? Well Jaune would need to see the Snow Neko in it to spur any feeling.
"Crystals ready but she wants you to be the first to see her in the dress" She said to which Jaune nodded then raised his hand gesturing his Droid Bodyguards to remain before walking through the door to see the love of jaunes life only for his train of thought to stop completely when he saw the beauty of snow.
Crystal was wearing an extremely beautiful white dress with hints of sky blue coloring which the skirt falls down to her ankles with white heels, Crystals hair was treated perfectly to be wavy instead of its usual straight style, Jaune just stared at her thinking solely about her rather than the usual encoded thoughts of planning and experiments.
"...do...do you like it Jaune? I had it specifically made for you.." Crystal said breaking the ice between them almost fearing the silence to be malicious and cold however it was not that dark, but instead the passion between both romantic partners was greater than before "is this the cause for my heart's increased rate? If so then I don't mind it. In fact I could stare at you like this all day" The Snow Woman blushed a deeper shade of red "B-but...we would miss the party if we did that heh.." "I care little for the party or Winter Solstice in general but you, I care very much so I'll stomach today's needless capitalism"
The Pale Woman smiled so genuinely that Jaune had skipped a beat a beat however a sudden intervention caused both lovers to jump slightly when Mizuki called out "as much as I love to not interfere but Jaune and Doyle needs to get into there suits before we head to the main hall" Crystal sighed from the jumps are then nods her head towards the now double bed within the room since some arrangements had occurred during their time together "your suits on our bed love, I'll wait outside with Mizu. Don't take all day" " Like you did?" The Blondie replied with a quick retort only to have the Snow Cat Faunus slap his shoulder before leaving the room with the brown haired gunner coming inside.
"Ok then, Doyle do me a solid and tell me your thoughts on this." The Prodigy called out to his closest friend while fishing inside his coat pocket to pull out a small ring box, Doyle looked at it with a raised brow "are you gonna propose? I mean...nothing wrong with that but wouldn't you want to enjoy your time with each other before committing?" He gave his thoughts only for jaune to give a confused look then to look back down to realize the significance of the box itself.
"oh that! No no, even before I can propose I'd have to take Crystal to meet with Mother first as per Family Tradition, my eldest sister did so. But any case this isn't what I was referring to, the ring is something I made myself using only the finest precious metals and gems only found in mistral. My Eldest Sister as I mentioned before managed to get me contact with the companies that held such material" Jaune informed and corrected the misunderstanding about the box.
He then opened it exposing a very beautiful crafted mixture golden-platinum ring with a crimson red gem "the gem is called Blood Stone, I made it utilizing leftover energy from my infinity stones, though no value in combat, it's specially made for crystal." "I actually think this is perhaps the most heart wrenching thing you could do like forging your girl a ring on your own. Heh" Doyle gave his thoughts on the gift before chuckling to himself then turning around to start taking his clothing off.
Jaune turned around placing the ring box on the bed to stare at his own coat, basic but light blue was jaunes favorite color, The Blonde Man takes off his lab coat then his shirt exposing his toned muscular body along with a deep red scar over his mid section right to jaunes 8-Pack Abs, a burned scar during the fight against the stone warrior and no hopes of recovery even by scar tissue standards forever cursed to remain as it is perhaps because jaune burned through his regeneration to stop the bleeding.
15 Minutes Passed as jaune just placed on his suit pants until hearing "alright, how do I look?" Doyle called out to the blonde man who took off his glass then turned around to see the Cowboy wearing a basic brown suit, black tie and his usual cowboy hat "isn't the hat much? Calls too much attention to you" "but it's my style! It's one of the few choice apparel I can proudly claim as mine" The Brown Haired Man puffed out his cheeks though the Blonde One wasn't amused by his friends' antics.
Turning back around for jaune to continue to dress which only took another 10 Minutes then the prodigy goes over towards Doyle's bed where a full length mirror was stationed next, Jaune stares at himself wearing a light blue basic suit but enough to shine his natural handsomeness but the only thing out of place was the mans golden hand with three colored stones so jaune snakes his right robotic hand inside his pants pocket only to be taken out for certain reasons.
"You Ready? I think the party is getting close to starting without us." The Brown Suit called out to Jaune who merely nodded at his reflection before turning to walk towards the door with the cowboy strutting behind the prodigy.
Both Jaune and Doyle comes out of the room showing there suits to the other two members of ACMM, Crystal gave a quick glimpse to Doyle and said "Doyle is wearing a basic brown suit, black tie and his usual pretentious cowboy hat" The Green Haired Woman gave a smile at the description only to giggle when the cowboy spoke out a bit loud "Hey! This is an Authentic Gunslinger Hat!" "My point stands" The Neko retorted swiftly with a smirk.
The Gunner just stutters trying to think up a comeback but couldn't until Mizuki placed a hand on his shoulder "it's alright babe, even if it's a bit much I still love you" "Awwww! You better be glad you have an awesome girl like Mizuki otherwise no one would put up with you" Crystal cooed a bit then said, the gunner just looked downcast taking off his hat "geez...hit me where it hurts Crystal...this hat is the core look of my Erron Black Persona.." The Priestess grabbed Doyle's head and moved him to her shoulder in an attempt to heal the gunners shatter pride and confidence.
"There there baby" The Priestess said while running her left hand through Doyle's combed brown hair "thanks babe" while all this is happening is allowing jaune time to think his delivery of his gift but decided that an upfront approach was the most logical so he turns to the Snow Haired Faunus and pulls out the same ring box from his inside his formal jacket pocket "Crystal, I have something for you"
Crystal turned towards jaune but without waiting for what the Faunus's Lover had to say about his 'Gift' all the Snow Neko saw was a ring box however before jaune could explain the box "Uhhh, Eh? J-Jaune? A-are you trying to p-propose? I-I-I-I mean, I'm n-not opposed b-but" Crystal tried to speak but the surprise caused her to stutter.
Jaune blinked a couple times wondering for the sudden change in behavior only to look annoyed that someone else misinterpreted the meaning behind his gift again, it doesn't help that the voice of reason and the team mother had joined in "ohh is Jaune proposing? I hope to be a bridesmaid" Mizuki commented with a giggle which Doyle decided to add in when seeing the blonde man blush but this time the reaction was from the Snow Woman "I better be a groomsman after all this teasing.." The Gunslinger exclaimed with puffed out cheeks.
Jaune huffed while running his golden hand through his hair "no, this ring isn't an engagement ring. While I do love you quite a lot Crystal, I still follow through my families romance traditions so even before I could look for a more suitable ring then this. I'd have to introduce you to my mother and sisters then get both families together for a night of dinner." Jaune explained a partial part of the Arc Romance Traditions which soon evolved into a mess of muttering.
The Prodigy then cleared his throat to open the ring box to reveal a ring of golden-platinum with a beautiful red gem on it, Crystal and Mizuki took a closer look at it "oh my! That's some craftsmanship! I think you can give experienced crafters a run for their money! But that gem, I don't believe I seen a jewel like that" The Neko said loving the ring like most women would though she was curious about the gem itself.
"It's called the Infinity Blood Stone, I used leftover energy from the creation of my stones to create the blood gem. It's more worthless in battle but it gives its value in appearance so it adds to the value of the ring" Jaune explained the gem to his love to which she smiled grabbing the box with both hands, then the ring itself to put it on her right ring finger "I love it jaune, it's more valuable to me because you made it yourself" She said throwing the ring box behind her then snaking her arms around the blonde mans neck "I Love You" Crystal said with genuine affection to which he smiled more at her gently grabbing her waist "Love You Too"
-Bloopers-
[Note: I want to try this out. Tell me what you think! And if it's well received then I may apply Bloopers to all my chapters from chapter 20 and forward, anyway I did like a bunch of hilarious things I could think of.]
Reel 1-
"I fucking hate christmas" Jaune exclaimed only to start chuckling along with Boba and Bismark "Jaune, I think Winter Solstice is more accepted in fantasy settings" The Purple Haired man exclaimed until they all started laughing "yeah? Oh blah blah. I'm the fucking scrooge today Ladadee."
The three of them continued to laugh until the green warrior added in "should we be expecting three ghostly visits from Winter Solstice?" More Laughter Occurs between the three of them
Reel 2-
"Boba, what does Winter Solstice appeal to you?" Jaune asked only for the bald man to mindlessly blurt out "Christmas Blowjob?" This caused Bismark to start hunching forward chuckling deeply while jaune was full on laughing hard with even laughter heard behind the camera
"Seriously? What is Douches Wren gonna give you this year? Because going down the list she should be offering you some Coochie hahaha" Jaune said laughing even harder "oh yeah, the Christmas Sex is mind blowing! And I'm not referring to the nether blows either hahahah!" Boba reaffirmed laughing as hard as jaune.
Bismark added his own thoughts through his own series of laughter "maybe next year she'd propose a threesome? Or maybe some swinger action Hahahaha!"
"HAHAHAHHAHA!"
Reel 3-
"Bismark, It says in the script that Boba was gonna take a jab at your dead wife and astrayed daughter. I'm confused, could you clarify your character?" Jaune asked as he flipped through the 'Script' while Bismark also flipped through the same book "from what I was told, you saved me as a child which we already know but apparently my 'Daughter' Nebula Violette attends shade during my time but I don't make the attempt to patch things up"
"Kinda Dicky? I mean, your character is all about Honor and Duty to the Arcs but isn't your role as a Father should come first then your duty as a Knight to me?" The Blonde Man asked, propping up his right leg on the left while looking at bismark.
"Yeah, but in terms of owning a life debt. Some people like my character would value his honor and pride above even family even if we don't agree with it. It's entirely on that guys personality and so forth" The Suited Man gave his reason behind his character to which jaune nodded to it.
Reel 4-
"Hey Doyle, if a Chariot of Oxion or Horses were to charge at you at full fucking force what would you think in the moment of your 'Aw Shit Moment'" Jaune called out as he was getting dress in his Light Blue.
Doyle Chuckled as he thought up a response to the question by his fellow friend "Oh Fun" "Hahaha! Knowing you, that's probably the best response!" "Hahaha!"
Reel 5-
"Enough! You two are acting like children! I swear my mother is gonna put you in cribs!" Jaune exclaimed as he genuinely felt annoyed by two grown ass men arguing with Petty Nonsense
"You went entirely off script Boss" Ultron exclaimed behind the camera while a chorus of laughter was heard.
*Bzzt*
"Enough! Your Grown Ass Babies- And I fucken messed that up" Jaune tried to speak the line again only to mess it up then chuckled at his own fuck up with Boba and Bismark laughing to themselves while walking around a bit.
*Bzzt*
"Enough! Your baby ass- SHIT! God dammit jaune! It's not a fucking tongue twister!" The Blonde Man berates himself for a simple fuck up on a line while more laughter is heard.
*Bzzt*
Jaune sat in his seat staring at Boba and Bismark not saying anything with only the clocks ticking heard "...Say your line" The Knight reminded only for jaune to stroke his head chuckling "I...forgot what i was gonna say" "hahah!" Both Servants broke into fits of laughter "are you serious!?"
*Bzzt*