RWBY: Remnant's Blond Bard

Chapter 22

Winter and her various soldiers naturally took him back up to Atlas once they arrived and found him hidden in the dog shelter along with the staff, with Penny heroically holding the entrance lest the White Fang try and attack further. Once everyone was accounted for, several soldiers remained to take evidence while others took Jaune's brief description of how the terrorist was dressed and then went to pass it on to other soldiers across the city.

Not that it would mean much. The terrorist would have obviously gotten rid of anything that could identify her by now.

Back up in Atlas, he was quickly questioned by Ironwood again – though in the man's office with a warm drink and a doctor to look him over. He kept assuring them he was fine, but they weren't taking chances.

Ultimately, he told them what he could but said he'd been more focused on escape.

A very reasonable decision, Ironwood had replied, before apologising for having such little control over his own city that this could happen in broad daylight. It was crazy a man already spinning thousands of plates would call this his own fault, and Jaune made it clear he didn't see it as such.

Besides, it wasn't like he was going to sue them.

When he was released, with assurances the terrorist would be found, he made his way back to Penny and Pietro's quarters and, after a lengthy attempt to explain his presence to security which involved Pietro having to be contacted, he was let back in. On the way, he got a notification from his Semblance.

-/-

Quest Completed:

You escaped from the dangerous terrorist.

Success: +Rep Atlas. -Rep White Fang. -Rep Blake Belladonna.

-/-

Only now? Did that mean he'd still been in danger until this moment or that there was some way Blake could have still harmed him? Or did this mean she'd "given up" and accepted leaving Atlas, and that he was therefore now 100% safe from her? He was definitely hoping for the latter.

I didn't get a level from this quest, though. Hmm. The others offered +EXP for their rewards but this one only gave reputation. That doesn't seem very common when every other quest has offered +EXP.

Perhaps it was because his Semblance hadn't initiated this; Blake had. Or maybe the assumption – from a gaming perspective – was that he'd have gotten enough EXP from defeating his opponent anyway. In a normal game this would have ended one or two ways – him defeating her, or this being one of those scripted losses.

No one expected the birds.

Not even me. Was this my Jaunedor Calls for Aid skill…? I guess it must have been. I wasn't thinking at the time but, looking back, I'd have expected it to summon Penny or Atlas. Did it pick who I had the highest rep with? Or did there just happen to be more birds nearby?

Because this was cute and all, and it worked, but if he was ever being held in a cage over a vat of acid then he wanted to imagine he could summon someone with opposable thumbs to help him, and not just automatically keep drawing every pigeon in the neighbourhood.

Not that he wasn't grateful.

The final door opened and Jaune's knees were assaulted by a big, shaggy dog.