Chapter Five:

To say that the Revenant known as Jackie had a stable mind would be quite the overstatement… though if someone were to ask her or one of her friends, they would state that it was basically an outright lie. The Queenslayer's mental state could quite easily be described as fragile and the only thing keeping the Successor of the Blood from going completely off the deep end being the bonds between herself and her friends. The deepest bond being the one shared with her Attendant, Io. Finding comfort in the golden amber-eyed girl's presence, which often calmed Jackie down, preventing the stress, paranoia and trauma from her time during Operation Queenslayer and the multiple deaths experienced both during and after the war against the being known as the Queen to get the better of her.

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Releasing a sigh of relief, the Successor of the Blood turned off the warm and frankly quite pleasantly feeling water as she stepped out of the shower, grabbing and wrapping herself in the provided towel outside the shower. Io had already taken her shower and was already in the room that Jackie and Io had been allowed to crash in, busy drying herself off.

The two Revenants decided to shower due to the prompting of the W and the Y of Team RWBY. Weiss Schnee and Yang Xiao Long. Weiss tried to be polite about it but gave up when her more buxom teammate bluntly told the two Revenants, in her words: "You two freaking stink!" Taking her mask off and rather stupidly taking a sniff out of her armpit, Jackie almost passed out due to the sheer stench, not having taken a bath or even a shower for more than an entire month since inheriting the throne and arriving… wherever she and Io were now. Not that Jackie was really worried about that, just being content with spending time with her Attendant at the moment.

As Jackie entered the provided room, she spotted her Attendant sitting on one of the four beds with a towel wrapped around her, covering her modesty, and using another to dry her hair. Not that the modesty towel really helped due to the size of Io's… assets and hourglass figure. Feeling a bit mischievous, Jackie took the towel she had wrapped around herself off and started using it to dry her hair instead as she almost silently moved closer to her Attendant.

"Io~ Yoo~hoo!" Exclaimed Jackie in a sing-a-song manner.

"Yes?" Replied Io absentmindedly before turning her head towards her charge and accidentally dropping the towel she was using to dry her hair on the floor in surprise at the sight of Jackie's nude form, who struck a pose while drying the back of her head, causing the Attendant to blush.

"Io~ my eyes are up here… not that I really mind you looking."

"Jackie, you're- but- what?"

"I've never really been one to care much about modesty Io. Only when there was a possibility of a guy showing up, like in the hot springs."

"Jackie… how long have you?"

"*sigh* Io."

"Yeah?"

"Just shut up and kiss me."

"Alright then."