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It's actually necessary, yes. And I plan on doing a chunk of these, but not all of them. I'm hoping to head over to Attleton tonight and let Artanis take over here. You're welcome if you'd like to come with.
Okay, what's the most recent crime you dealt with today?
[ she's not sure she trusts him to do a report properly but she'll give him an easy one that's current if he wants to try and prove himself. he's at least earned the right with her to try to prove himself with anything but bar tricks and music. ]
Remember that club we were talking about with Dave that's also a movie that we're not supposed to talk about as per the first rule of the aforementioned club?
My most recent was a theft that was happening when I got there. I think it was around 3:14? And it was at this clothing store, the kind you would probably shop at. Anyway, I caught her and apparently she had been stealing from that store for a while.
[He takes a sip of his coffee...whatever it even is, waiting in trepidation. Did he do it right? He wants to prove himself.]
[ She holds out a little hologram projector for him to get started on. ]
I want you to flesh that out by answering the following: Type of theft, name of suspect, time of encounter and duration of encounter, details about any damage done during the course of the arrest, if there was security footage in the show- and if there was, use it to narrow your times down more precisely, list all items that the suspect had attempted to steal, collect an inventory of previously lost items to the thief from the store owners. Include anything she may have said or done that incriminated her beyond being present. Include a list of witnesses and damages and whether the damages were done by you or other members of this office in the pursuit of justice or if they were done by the culprit. Use the hologram keyboard to type it up and sign your statement at the bottom with your signature, written name, and position as Deputy Guardian. The police will have a lot of that information from their follow-up investigation, so you may want to start by speaking to them to fill in the answers to any of those questions you don't already know. From here on out if you want to help with reports, though, I'd prefer to have your personal take because if there are inconsistencies between the people I trust and a hackable robotic force as much as I would like to believe they're secure? I want to know about it.
[ No Ironwood repeats on her watch if she can help it. ]
Why do you think I'm stuck in here all day sometimes?
[ Because she's afraid Jaune's reports are going to end up looking exactly like he's writing them. ]
You can't use your aura to heal or prevent injuries-- you can turn back on afterward to heal up but you can't heal during the battle. If you aren't afraid of that, I'll take you.
Paperwork. But I didn't think it would have to be this detailed.
I'm not afraid. [It's a lie, but he didn't know about aura most of his life. He can go without it for a couple of hours if Weiss can.] But I don't understand. Why can't we use aura?
All of the arrests we make go to court. If there are inconsistencies between what we see and what the police see, it gets questioned. Mistakes made can result in criminals getting off.
[ She wants to do things right. That's the way she's wanted to since things have started, the only exception being when she got incredibly emotional about Battler when Maribelle wanted to make sure he had a fair trial instead of just locking him up and throwing away the key. ]
It puts all the fighters on equal ground in terms of actually being able to beat each other. People who are invulnerable can't participate because there's no chance of them getting hurt. It's about making it a fair fight where anything could happen. These aren't life or death battles or to prove who is the strongest or training, it's just fighting for stress relief. You fight together and you follow the rules and you have a good time. For us we turn off our auras, for someone else they might not be allowed to use healing spells or regeneration until after the fight.
[ There's a brief pause before she adds. ] But if you want to think of it as a training exercise, it'll certainly help teach you how to dodge instead of relying on your aura to take the damage for you. It's made me a better fighter in general, and you see loads of different fighting styles besides your own. However..
There are rules and if you don't follow them, you won't be given the follow-up locations of the meetings.
Okay. No more missing details or wrong information. [He's not typing as fast now, but it looks like he's actually trying to focus and create an accurate picture of what happened. He doesn't want anyone, particularly anyone with the potential to be like Battler, to be allowed to continue to be a threat.]
There's a secret club that actually exists just to fight for fun? That's so cool. [He pauses, quiet for a moment as he fully absorbs her explanation.] Is that why sometimes you come home with bruises?
[ She seems a little relieved when he slows down. She's sure he'll speed up again once he gets the hang of it, but for now, it just shows that he's taking care while he does it. ]
Yes, that's why. I'm surprised no one asked about them until now, honestly.
This is the last time we're talking about this if we're not physically at Fight Club, by the way. That's because both the first and second rules are that you do not talk about Fight club. It's not something just anyone can come to, it's a place for like-minded individuals who just want to enjoy themselves. The third rule regards consent: The second someone says stop, goes limp, or taps out, the fight is over. Rules 4 and 5: Only two people to a fight, one fight at a time. Fight Club doesn't tolerate unfair fights, so that means ganging up on anyone is against the rules. The fights are important, so if you're not one of the two fighting, you respect the two who are and watch them- learn from them, and enjoy the show. The next rule is the one I already mentioned- no immortality, no invulnerability, no armor. You defend with your body and your body alone. Rule the seventh is that the fights go on as long as they have to. There's no time limit, they only stop for the reasons stated in the third rule. Or.. probably in case of an emergency, but I'm sure the fight would continue at the next meeting instead of being stopped. Anyway, the eight rule is that you have to fight on your first night at fight club. You can go to watch in other meetings, but the first one you go to you don't have a choice. The 9th rule allows weapons as long as they are not massively destructive, as that would violate the 10th rule not to damage the property that the club is meeting at. And lastly, as long as you're willing to follow the rules, you're allowed at Fight Club. It doesn't matter who you are or what your history is, so you have to be prepared for the possibility that someone you don't like shows up.
Don't laugh, but part of me thought maybe you were doing some super secret superhero stuff. I was worried. I know you can handle it, but bruises aren't really normal for us. Turning off your aura makes way more sense though.
[He stops typing so that he can pay full attention to what she's saying without multitasking. Someone obviously put a lot of thought into this. He's also imagining Weiss boxing, which is kind of an odd image compared to her usual fighting style.] Do we get to choose who we fight on our first night? Or is it random? [He shakes his head and scoffs.] Like that stuck-up, pristine and pretentious acting Satsuki would go to Fight Club. I think keeping that kind of secret would destroy her.
I don't need to do that secretly, it's my actual job.
[ she shrugged. ]
Either you challenge someone they challenge you. I've seen Mercury there before, a while back. Though you're right, I think Satsuki would lecture me if she found out.
True. But it's still more realistic than imagining there's a secret club with a more secret purpose that has a bunch of rules and people involved in it.
[He's frowning very deeply now. He had been thinking of people he disliked, not terrible people.] Did he challenge you?
It's more realistic than imagining a bunch of people want to fight for fun in secret?
[ She shakes her head. ] The only time I've really.. engaged him in a fight was back when I was first doing tryouts for security and he went too far with someone who was already down, so I intervened. He stopped after I did though. That was.. before I knew who he was.
Easy. There are a ton of overpowered people who would just want to fight to prove they're the strongest, if it's a secret the only people who can come are those who agree to the rules, it's not about training or a goal so it's just about enjoying the fight, and since there are rules against healing you know some people would get upset about people getting hurt even if it's entirely willing. I can go on.
[ She nods, squinting a little when he does that. ] That's right, but are you okay? [ Don't drop your coffee, Jaune, you're more coordinated than to ruin her carpet.. she hopes. ]
Exactly. Besides, if you're there, you know at least one person wants you there. It doesn't matter if you're scum or the Guardian or the average Joe. If no one wants you there, you just don't get invited so everyone belongs.
It was formed around the time I joined, so I was just one of the first members when it started. You won't know the name of the guy who started it though, he's long since been gone.
You should probably dump it out and drink some water.
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I'd probably feel that way if I tried to pay attention. Especially with Nora.
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[ Or just so coffee-addled that it's hard to get the rush from a normal amount? ]
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[It's probably a combination of his reasoning, and the second option.]
If anyone is planning anything it's you. Doing all your weird paperwork that's supposedly necessary.
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[ she's not sure she trusts him to do a report properly but she'll give him an easy one that's current if he wants to try and prove himself. he's at least earned the right with her to try to prove himself with anything but bar tricks and music. ]
Remember that club we were talking about with Dave that's also a movie that we're not supposed to talk about as per the first rule of the aforementioned club?
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[He takes a sip of his coffee...whatever it even is, waiting in trepidation. Did he do it right? He wants to prove himself.]
What, you mean Fight Club? Or was it Flour Club?
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I want you to flesh that out by answering the following: Type of theft, name of suspect, time of encounter and duration of encounter, details about any damage done during the course of the arrest, if there was security footage in the show- and if there was, use it to narrow your times down more precisely, list all items that the suspect had attempted to steal, collect an inventory of previously lost items to the thief from the store owners. Include anything she may have said or done that incriminated her beyond being present. Include a list of witnesses and damages and whether the damages were done by you or other members of this office in the pursuit of justice or if they were done by the culprit. Use the hologram keyboard to type it up and sign your statement at the bottom with your signature, written name, and position as Deputy Guardian. The police will have a lot of that information from their follow-up investigation, so you may want to start by speaking to them to fill in the answers to any of those questions you don't already know. From here on out if you want to help with reports, though, I'd prefer to have your personal take because if there are inconsistencies between the people I trust and a hackable robotic force as much as I would like to believe they're secure? I want to know about it.
[ No Ironwood repeats on her watch if she can help it. ]
Fight Club.
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That's-- That's fine! This is fine. It's just recording what I saw and doing some research. I said I'd do it.
[He starts typing in things like:
Type of theft: THeivery and steal
Details regarding damage: She hit som things down and ar window was broken]
And you do this with every report? That has to be time consuming.
[He stops typing, glancing up.] There's an actual Fight Club?
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[ Because she's afraid Jaune's reports are going to end up looking exactly like he's writing them. ]
You can't use your aura to heal or prevent injuries-- you can turn back on afterward to heal up but you can't heal during the battle. If you aren't afraid of that, I'll take you.
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I'm not afraid. [It's a lie, but he didn't know about aura most of his life. He can go without it for a couple of hours if Weiss can.] But I don't understand. Why can't we use aura?
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[ She wants to do things right. That's the way she's wanted to since things have started, the only exception being when she got incredibly emotional about Battler when Maribelle wanted to make sure he had a fair trial instead of just locking him up and throwing away the key. ]
It puts all the fighters on equal ground in terms of actually being able to beat each other. People who are invulnerable can't participate because there's no chance of them getting hurt. It's about making it a fair fight where anything could happen. These aren't life or death battles or to prove who is the strongest or training, it's just fighting for stress relief. You fight together and you follow the rules and you have a good time. For us we turn off our auras, for someone else they might not be allowed to use healing spells or regeneration until after the fight.
[ There's a brief pause before she adds. ] But if you want to think of it as a training exercise, it'll certainly help teach you how to dodge instead of relying on your aura to take the damage for you. It's made me a better fighter in general, and you see loads of different fighting styles besides your own. However..
There are rules and if you don't follow them, you won't be given the follow-up locations of the meetings.
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There's a secret club that actually exists just to fight for fun? That's so cool. [He pauses, quiet for a moment as he fully absorbs her explanation.] Is that why sometimes you come home with bruises?
Hey, I can follow rules when I put my mind to it.
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[ She seems a little relieved when he slows down. She's sure he'll speed up again once he gets the hang of it, but for now, it just shows that he's taking care while he does it. ]
Yes, that's why. I'm surprised no one asked about them until now, honestly.
This is the last time we're talking about this if we're not physically at Fight Club, by the way. That's because both the first and second rules are that you do not talk about Fight club. It's not something just anyone can come to, it's a place for like-minded individuals who just want to enjoy themselves. The third rule regards consent: The second someone says stop, goes limp, or taps out, the fight is over. Rules 4 and 5: Only two people to a fight, one fight at a time. Fight Club doesn't tolerate unfair fights, so that means ganging up on anyone is against the rules. The fights are important, so if you're not one of the two fighting, you respect the two who are and watch them- learn from them, and enjoy the show. The next rule is the one I already mentioned- no immortality, no invulnerability, no armor. You defend with your body and your body alone. Rule the seventh is that the fights go on as long as they have to. There's no time limit, they only stop for the reasons stated in the third rule. Or.. probably in case of an emergency, but I'm sure the fight would continue at the next meeting instead of being stopped. Anyway, the eight rule is that you have to fight on your first night at fight club. You can go to watch in other meetings, but the first one you go to you don't have a choice. The 9th rule allows weapons as long as they are not massively destructive, as that would violate the 10th rule not to damage the property that the club is meeting at. And lastly, as long as you're willing to follow the rules, you're allowed at Fight Club. It doesn't matter who you are or what your history is, so you have to be prepared for the possibility that someone you don't like shows up.
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Don't laugh, but part of me thought maybe you were doing some super secret superhero stuff. I was worried. I know you can handle it, but bruises aren't really normal for us. Turning off your aura makes way more sense though.
[He stops typing so that he can pay full attention to what she's saying without multitasking. Someone obviously put a lot of thought into this. He's also imagining Weiss boxing, which is kind of an odd image compared to her usual fighting style.] Do we get to choose who we fight on our first night? Or is it random? [He shakes his head and scoffs.] Like that stuck-up, pristine and pretentious acting Satsuki would go to Fight Club. I think keeping that kind of secret would destroy her.
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Either you challenge someone they challenge you. I've seen Mercury there before, a while back. Though you're right, I think Satsuki would lecture me if she found out.
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[He's frowning very deeply now. He had been thinking of people he disliked, not terrible people.] Did he challenge you?
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[ She shakes her head. ] The only time I've really.. engaged him in a fight was back when I was first doing tryouts for security and he went too far with someone who was already down, so I intervened. He stopped after I did though. That was.. before I knew who he was.
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And then he just got more disgusting when he showed the kind of person he really is. [Holds his coffee up, nearly drops it. Stops and drinks it.]
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[ She nods, squinting a little when he does that. ] That's right, but are you okay? [ Don't drop your coffee, Jaune, you're more coordinated than to ruin her carpet.. she hopes. ]
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I'm fine. Why do you ask? [He's enjoying his delicious coffee. As long as his coffee is okay, he is okay.
Or as okay as they can be.]
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You almost dropped your coffee.
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Almost. But I didn't. It's just...it's a lot of coffee. To be perfectly honest, I'm kind of regretting trying to drink it in the first place.
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You should probably dump it out and drink some water.
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I can't do that! Coffee is water.
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