Yang is determined to teach Weiss and Blake an important skill.
Also, all sign language is now bolded for clarity. Enjoy!
"Okay kids, time to get educated." Yang slammed a pile of books onto the table where Blake and Weiss sat, both dragged there by Yang a few minutes earlier.
"Why are we here? We don't have classes today." Blake said, giving Yang a scathing look.
"Exactly, I have better things I could be doing with my time." Weiss agreed for once.
"Not anymore you don't, cause if you want to be on a team with my sister then there's one requirement." Yang replied.
"Patience?" Weiss asked, raising her eyebrows.
"Nope, sign language." Yang said, sending an irritated glare in Weiss' direction.
"Doesn't it take years to learn another language?" Blake asked, picking up one of the books to glance at its title, "Sign Your Way Through Life."
"We have four more years together, don't we?" Yang pointed out, earning a huff from Weiss.
"It is necessary if we want to be successful on missions." Blake admitted.
"That's the spirit Blake, wouldn't it be awesome if we could be completely silent when closing in on somebody. No one would ever hear us coming." Yang smile turned wide as she looked expectantly at Weiss.
"It would be useful considering the confusion we had with the nevermore." Weiss said begrudgingly. "But I still would rather be spending my time off doing something relaxing."
"Nice! We'll start with commands that could come in handy for missions. You guys can pick up on conversations later." Yang ignored Weiss' ending statement as she opened one of the books to a page previously bookmarked, pointing to a diagram on the paper. "We'll start here. This is the sign for move, like move from here to there or from one side to the other."
Yang held in her laughter as she watched Weiss and Blake try to follow the movement shown, their limbs awkward and stiff.
"Hey guys, you know Ruby will be able to as-sign us positions soon enough." Yang said, laughing at the deadpan looks she was shot back, but at least now the tension was broken. At this rate, she needed more puns, many, many more puns.
Another laugh followed the poorly made joke, this one almost silent, with tiny, raspy noises accompanying it. Ruby stood across the library, hiding behind a bookshelf as she spied on the rest of her team fondly. She couldn't believe that Yang was going to teach Weiss and Blake sign language, it was sweet, and useful. But seriously, that had to be one of the worst puns she's heard out of Yang thus far, and there were plenty of them.
"Ruby, a pleasure to see you." A quiet and respectful voice called out softly from behind. Ruby turned to see Ren standing behind her a slight smile on his stoic face.
"Where's Nora?" Ruby signed to him, not bothering to even try to find paper to write on.
"Trying to see how many books she can stack before they fall. I gave up trying to stop her." Ren signed back, his hands moving deftly with experience.
"Yang's teaching Weiss and Blake sign language. It's fun to watch." Ruby explained her actions, although he probably had already caught wind of what she was doing.
The thunder of books Ren prefers to use sign language to communicate with Ruby, so that he doesn't actually have to say anything out loud to her unless necessary. He just likes his peace and quiet, unless Nora is to the ground interrupted the two of them, Ren swiftly leaving to go deal with whatever damage Nora had caused.
Ren prefers to use sign language to communicate with Ruby, so that he doesn't actually have to say anything out loud to her unless necessary. He just likes his peace and quiet, unless Nora is involved.