Jaune Arc gulped.

So it was going to be one of those months, eh?

/•—•\

Weiss was oh so very fucked right now.

Stuck in the middle of butt fuck nowhere, with fuck all for back up, slowly being fucked by radiation poisoning, and surrounded by five, twisted, radioactive, Beowulf's.

And she had no Dust.

/•—•\

Jaune's face contorted. "Come on." he snaped, startling Blake. "It'll be easier to show you all at the same time."

She followed him back to the entrance hall where the rest were gathered. This was the point when Blake gave up on understanding Jaune. "Alright poindexters, sid' 'own shadap an' listen."

...

"Sorry, ah, that's just how my dad thought me. First off, hello! I'm Jaune 'Fucking' Arc, and I have a quick story to tell about my family!"

Yang had recovered by this point.

"Jaune middle name Ar-"

"Perceval."

"What?"

"Perceval. My middle name is Perceval."

"How is this important right now! Weiss is missi-"

Blake couldn't help but to cut her off. "Perceval? Like, the legend of the Old Kingdom's sword of light?"

"The very same."

"And you..."

"Family legacy."

"This is hardly important right now! I-"

"You sound a bit like Weiss. Also, I beg to differ Yang. this, along with any other facts, however sma-"

"Arghh!"

...

"Anyways... Like I was saying..." Jaune tried starting again. "My family has been the caretaker of a certa-"

"Just get to the point numb nuts!"

The local audience still hadn't recovered. This latest spectacle was not helping.

/•—•\

Weiss had defeated three of the five creatures, but, in the midst of combat, had attracted the alpha. A white alpha. It wasn't long before she was knocked back onto the platform. 'Apparently' she thought as it activated again. 'this thing responds to plot convenience and timing before anything else. God, Yang must rubbing off on me. Oh, god. Bad thoughts. Eww.'

She blinked as the light faded. This was not a familiar sight. This, was a cave. With trees, and ceiling holes complete with streaming light, and waterfalls, and ruins, and the platform she was standing apon. No stars in this one, just that seal again.

She stepped foreword to a stone railing, surveying the land below her, below a drop off.

This place was free from radiation. She could feel it in her body. A quick check of her scroll confirmed it. No signal, obviously. She wished she had thought to check it on the surface. Might have been useful. Oh well.

Not like she could go back there anyways. Her Aura would flush out whatever radiation she had attracted, and heal any minor genetic errors. But another stint like that any time in the next couple of weeks to a month was out of the options department. Not if she wanted back within familiar borders. She would need to find her own way back. Alone.

\•—•/

"Basically, my family are guardians of the lost secrets of certain powers of ancient times. This, to cut to the chase" "Thank you!" "Is a Cullis Gate!"

...

"Jaune, I swear to all hell, if that thing culled my sisters partners soul and cast it into some sort of shadow realm, requiring some sort of expedition into the nether-world to recover, I am going t-"

"What?! No! Nothing like that! It's just a pad linked into a planet wide array of multi-dimensional translocation matrices. So, you were sort of close on the realm thing, but it's nothing evil. The light from the Shield/Stasis/dimensional shift affect is Blue and white for Zorks sake. How peaceful can you get?"

...

Ruby them decided she needed to say something.

"Pwhat the fuck!?"