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I have another idea for a side chapter. Mostly comic relief, but a little shipping as well. Takes the same model as Avatar's "Tales of Ba Sing Se", in that it's more of a short collection of events that all happen on roughly the same day (perhaps a weekend at Beacon) rather than a linear episode. I'll call this one "Keeping Busy", or something safe like that.

Part 1: Blake & Weiss

Blake teaches Weiss parkour, who adapts to it very quickly despite her misgivings. They get a little competitive, and end up racing around Beacon campus, at least a few dozen feet above the ground at any given time. In a race to make it to a specific location, they both time a jump badly and crash through the glass skylight of Ozpin's office. Ozpin, unfazed, just quietly sips his coffee and arches an eyebrow at the girls.

Part 2: Nero & Umber (JAUN's odd couple)

Despite Nero's frequent urgings, Umber goes ahead with her longtime plan to commandeer one of Beacon's airships and take it out for a spin. Nero comes along anyway, partly out of curiosity. At first, everything goes smoothly, but then Umber attempts some aerobatics. A hilarious argument between them occurs, ultimately resulting in Umber crashing the airship into a canal (although no one is actually hurt). Upon leaving the airship, Umber finds that the airship's splash beached a nearby speedboat that a group of thugs were using as a getaway vehicle, and then a small crowd forms around Umber & Nero, assuming that they crashed the airship on purpose to stop the robbery. Caught up in the moment, Umber throws her arm around Nero and says: "We are so  awesome! " Nero turns and sees Glynda staring at them from the back of the crowd with a "not amused" expression. Nero weakly replies: "We are so  screwed ..."



Part 3: Ruby & Jaune

Wanting to get "off campus", for a bit, Ruby and Jaune find a small, quiet restaurant in an upscale part of town. Yang and Apricot both teasingly call it a 'date', which Ruby and Jaune both loudly deny, though neither made eye contact and both were blushing. So at the restaurant, Jaune and Ruby are awkwardly flirting, like they were in EP2. Unfortunately, a local douchebag (and his crew) roll into the restaurant and start picking on Jaune. Jaune, of course, can't respond effectively. Ruby attempts to intervene, but DB just directs an insult at her. Jaune can take verbal abuse against himself, but decides that insulting Ruby is a different matter entirely, and punches DB full in the face, breaking his nose. DB's crew starts pulling out street weapons, Ruby activates Crescent Rose, and it looks like a fight until the restaurant owner fires a shotgun blast directly over everyone's heads. Not willing to lose face, DB makes the 'watching you' symbol at Jaune, then leaves in a huff. The restaurant owner then thanks Jaune for standing up to the thugs. Ruby adds a pretty warm compliment herself, then kisses a bewildered Jaune on the cheek. (That was the ship section, could you tell?)



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<p style="margin:0in0in0.0001pt;line-height:17.55pt;">Following the "Tales of Ba Sing Se" model, this one would be more a challenge to RT's writers than anything else. The premise is that Yang and Apricot conduct an all-day prank war against each other, each firmly believing that they have the upper hand. The interesting thing is that between pranks, they run into each other, and everything they say is a pun of some sort (like Sokka's tale was entirely in haiku). Of course, at the end of the day, they both find out just how much damage the other has caused--likely at exactly the same time. This would be the time to have a full shot of Beacon, with both voices yelling at the same time.

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<p style="margin:0in0in0.0001pt;line-height:17.55pt;">The chapter ends in Ozpin's office, with Glynda saying: "You know Oz, there are some times where I really wish I had just retired early". To which Ozpin smiles and replies: "Yes, Beacon can get pretty lively with no classes going on."

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