Junior sat at his bar nursing a half full glass of something with a strong alcohol content. He was fairly certain it was some kind of rum or whiskey but at this point the bottle next to him was near empty and he didn't have the energy to check what it was.
After the destroyer Sims had brought out her ship Jaune had explained the whole story again. Junior of course had been a lot less skeptical and the twins just accepted it as fact.
They spent some time talking about Jaune's three companions and their backgrounds. Junior learned that Enterprise was the most famous and most deadly ship in the Eagle Union. Tirpitz was the sister to the leader of Iron Blood and Sims was a destroyer for Eagle Union.
When they had called it a night and headed back Junior hadn't gone to bed. Instead he had gone to his office trying to figure out his next step. And more importantly how he was going to tell Jaune's parents what happened. Which is how he ended up at the bar drinking himself into oblivion.
"Hey you're not planning on drinking yourself to death are you?"
Junior looked up from his glass to see Sims slide into the seat next to him. Her hair still wet from her bath making her cat ears stand out.
"Maybe that's what I want so I don't have to tell his parents about what happened." Junior said before downing the rest of his glass and pouring the last of the bottle.
"Who's parents?" Sims asked.
"Jaune's. His dad's gonna kill me when I tell him." Junior answered again, downing the rest of his glass in one go.
"Even though it's not your fault?"Sims asked, eyebrows raised.
Junior sighed, "When Jaune came to Beacon I was put in charge of looking after him and was even in charge of unlocking his aura. Unfortunately he skipped out on meeting me and went straight to Beacon instead. No idea how he managed to unlock it at Beacon but I'm sure it was awkward for him and whoever did it."
"Hmmm. Probably." Sims hummed. "You know I just thought of a way that you could get back at Jaune for all this stress."
Junior raised an eyebrow, "And how do you plan on doing that?"
Sims smiled,"~Well Jaune says you are going to make us some IDs. It just so happens that Jaune needs a new one too. He also has a thing about his ship's name"
Junior nodded slowly in understanding, "You know that might work. It's petty but at this point I'm too stressed to care."
"This'll be fun." Sims' smile was wonderfully evil. Jaune made her get into that sludge so he would just have to suffer the consequences. "Well I'm off to get some sleep. Have fun with your work." Junior just raised his glass in acknowledgement watching the destroyer slip away.
"Well Jaune's going to be in for a surprise tomorrow." Junior said as he turned back to the bar.
When Jaune woke up it took him a moment to realize that he was sleeping on a couch in his uncle's living room. For a few minutes he just stayed put, not at all fighting the urge to just go back to sleep. But eventually he had to get up as the pantry called to him, promising breakfast. Soon he had settled on making some waffles and after finding some bacon in the fridge, added that to the menu.
Soon the other residents trickled in, attracted by the alluring smell of food. Junior was the last to make an appearance. Coming from his office rather than his room. He also looked like he hadn't slept at all.
When Jaune greeted him as he handed over his food all he received was a grunt of acknowledgement. Eventually the twins had enough of Junior's lifelessness and dragged him off to bed and left him there to get some sleep.
Enterprise was the first to break the silence that had developed. "So Jaune, when are we going to see the city?"
"Well I was thinking of going out at around ten so Junior could get us some IDs and money." Jaune said busy cleaning up the kitchen.
"The IDs are actually sitting on his desk and if you need some funds you could just ask one of us." Militia said as she and her twin returned from locking their uncle in his room. "Besides it's not like there is much to do in Vale anyway. What were you even planning on doing?"
It was Tiripitz who answered, "We were planning on getting a layout of the city whilst doing some shopping. And perhaps stop and get a lunch that isn't military rations." Tirpitz turned to look at the carrier. "Sorry but they get bland after a while."
Enterprise just shrugged, "It's fine."
"Well if you're going to go shopping we could go with you and show you some of the best shops." Melanie suggested.
"Sure it'll be fun. I'll grab the IDs while you two get ready." Sims said before taking off towards Junior's office.
Soon they were all ready to go. The twins in their usual get up while the ships wore what was essentially their combat attire and as they stepped outside a rather large bald eagle swooped down and landed on Enterprise's shoulder.
"This is Lincoln, my eagle." She responded to the raised eyebrows of Jaune and the twins. The twins just shrugged and instead chose to talk to Tirpitz, whilst Jaune made small talk with Enterprise about her nation's mascot.
After nearly thirty minutes of walking they arrived at the twins' favorite clothing shop in Vale. The girls instead of immediately going to find something for themselves turned on Jaune. Dragging him to the shop's tailor and had another uniform made up for him only this one was black with a white hat. Making the gold stand out much more. Once they were done Jaune slunk off to a corner in the back to brood and find some hoodies and jeans.
For an hour or so the twins and Sims dragged around the other two girls trying to find something that they felt was "cute". Eventually Enterprise broke off to find something on her own, abandoning Tirpitz to her fate. As the shorter members of their outing dragged the poor battleship from one end of the store to the other Jaune had managed to find a plain black hoodie, some cargo pants, and some sneakers.
Enterprise had actually had some clothes custom ordered and had to wait for a few days. Like Jaune had to wait for his new uniform. Sims had some shorts, a white t-shirt, and a black jacket with a red inside. She had also picked up a maid outfit somewhere saying something about how her sister would love it. The twins hadn't bought anything for themselves and instead had gotten Tirpitz jeans, a black t-shirt, and boots.
Sufficiently exhausted Tirpiz had tried to get them to go back to Junior's place but was outvoted in favor of getting lunch. Soon the group found themselves at a restaurant serving food that was similar to that found in the Sardegna Empire. It was here that Jaune had discovered the prank that Sims had pulled on him.
Instead of his ID identifying him as Jaune Arc, it now identified him as Montana "Jaune" Arc. Her harmless prank had seen his name legally changed as Junior had special access to Vale's administration systems that wasn't on any official record outside of the Arc family.
The discovery that Sims had Junior legally change his name had resulted in an argument that saw the two of them asked to leave. They ended up in the alley behind the restaurant. Jaune brooding and Sims was caught between smug and pouting.
Before another argument could break out the sound of glass bottles being smashed drew their attention. Looking around the alley they found no obvious source for the noise till it occurred again as Jaune passed by dumpster. Not bothering to think about all the animals that scavenge for food in dumpsters, Jaune opened up the lid and gasped in surprise.
Sims, hearing his gasp, moved to take a look at what about a dumpster could be so surprising. When she saw what was inside she gasped in surprise.
"Koln?"
Author's Note: So it's been a while since I've posted but well life happens. I haven't finished the next chapter but I scrapped what I had and am starting over. Sorry for the wait but I wasn't happy with the content or the short length of my chapters so next chapter will be longer. I'm aiming for around 4000 but we will see. I have gone back and edited the posted chapters. Some more than others but there is sure to be something I missed. (There always is.) But next chapter should be along soon... ish.. maybe... Halp.