Setting - Willow Schnee has left Atlas, finding comfort in the company of the Belladonnas. Unfortunately, she couldn't bring everything and, more importantly, everyone with her. However, seeking help from an old friend of the Belladonnas, she's asked and hired Ilia Amitola to help keep Willow in contact with her son, Whitley. Tonight happens to be the last night of this contract.
Ilia: (Rounds hall corner, Knocks code, Whispers) Whitley...? You awake?
Click~!
Jacques: (Holding Whitley, Guards around) Oh, he is most certainly awake. He's also expecting you, along with the rest of us. Willow has nothing to fear; Whitley is being kept safe and sound until she learns her place.
Ilia: Where? On her back or in the kitchen?
Jacques: Perhaps once before, though the zoo might be more fitting nowadays~. (Bodyguards chuckle)
Ilia: Wooow... Really? You do realize I'm both Faunus AND a woman, right?
Goon: Really~?
Ilia: Ugh! Okay, I'm kicking your ass first!
Jacques: GET HER!
Ilia: (Kicks perverts ass, Beats everyone else)
Jacques: ENOUGH! Stop right where you are or else.
Whitley: (Winces in pain)
Ilia: Whoa, whoa, whoa! Easy! I didn't mean to step on anyone's TOES, okay?
Ilia: (Winks)
Whitley: (Stomps on Jacques' foot)
Jacques: YOW! (Unhands son)
Ilia: (Punches Jacques in his moustache, Grabs Whitley) Kid, do you trust me?
Whitley: Of course!
Ilia: Perfect! (Pulls, Running) First, hold tight. Second, don't let go.
Willow: ...You're late! You don't answer your scroll, you've been gone for almost a week, and now you pester me in the middle of the night to- Whitley?
Whitley: Mother.
Ilia: It was a long trip because I needed to get some extra preparations done before leaving Atlas to come here. For him. I know it wasn't part of the deal, but-
Whitley: I have been so excited to speak with you, Mr. Arc. On paper, you are our ideal candidate~!
Jaune: Here's hoping in real life, too~!
Whitley: Ha ha... Hopefully...
Jaune: I understand PalaTech's recent work has been nothing short of groundbreaking in hunter defense, and I'd love to be part of it-
Whitley: You must have had a hell of a life for someone so young.
Jaune: ...Uh, heh... Y- Yeah, I guess you could say that I'm just... really lucky, huh?
Whitley: "Lucky" is one way to describe it, yes. Untrained, unqualified, and yet became a leader of your own huntsman team at Beacon Academy, though your huntsman license was revoked by Atlas after your siding with the terrorist organization which led to the downfall of the kingdom itself...
Jaune: Uh, wait, let- Let me explain-
Whitley: And this is all before your meteoric rise and fall with Knights of Arc, which is nothing short of criminal-!
Jaune: I'm sorry, but... Are we still discussing the job, or-
Whitley: The JOB, Mr. Arc, is me calling you a FUCKING IDIOT to your face! (Grabs pens) WE LOST MILLIONS, YOU FUCKER!
Jaune: (Walking away) This could have been an email...
Jaune: Fifteen failed interviews in the last nine days... I feel like the ol' Jaune Arc luck is still goin' strong...
Saphron: Well, the Saphron, Terra, and Adrian Cotta Arc luck is just as strong. We get to spend some extra time with you~!
Jaune: Well, as long as some of it is good luck.
Saphron: Will you be staying for dinner? Terra and I were gonna kick back with some friends from her work for playdatathon with pierogis and Real HouseMistresses of Patch Island~!
Jaune: Those three sound like made-up things.
Saphron: (Sighs) How did Mom and Dad raise such an uncultured swine?
Jaune: If pierogis is some kind of fancy dumpling, then I'm in.
Saphron: Great! Actually, there's somebody coming that I want you to-
Jaune: (Scroll buzzes) Oh, hold that thought. (Answers) Hello? Hi, I... No. ...Maybe? ...Yes. ...YES~! Oh, uh, sorry for yelling, I- Khm! Yes. Thank you.
Jaune: I GOT A JOB~! How does Senior Enlisted Supervisory Element at Armored Remnant sound to you~?
Saphron: Sounds made up, actually, heh heh... Now, what was that about Jaune Arc luck~?
Jaune: Oh, it's luck! Just, y'know, the good kind. The recruiter said an internal recommendation put me way up at the top.
Saphron: I'm guessing all your hard work is paying off, right~?
Jaune: Uh... Well, it's a nice thought, but no, actually. Um...
Jaune: You remember Cardin Winchester, right? From down the road?