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[ Penny and Jaune might have casually run into each other inside the Beacon house in the past, but today Penny will find a strange sight.

It's Jaune, camping out in the front lawn of their shared house. It's daylight, too, and he seems to have been out here for at least two days, with no signs of packing up. In fact, it appears that he's going to have lunch, but when he reaches for two-minute noodles from his plastic hobo bag, he realizes that he doesn't even have a mivrowave at the moment. ]

Aw, nuts! I guess I'll wait for her to leave the house again...

[ It's a nice summer (almost fall!) day outside. The sun is brightly shining, and there are so many kids playing out in the streets because they aren't attending summer school.

In fact... there are way too many kids. And a guy is out to deliver sacks of potatoes in a wagon when he abruptly stops his horse from moving some more since some kids just zoomed right in front of his path! Some of the sacks fall to the ground, while one somehow manages to fly up in the air and it's— it's heading straight for someone!

Tadashi was in the middle of reading a book when he hears the horse cry in pain from how much the owner pulls on its bit. Then he sees the sack in the air and he all he can do is get to his feet and yell: ]

Watch out!

[ Baymax, who is conveniently right beside him in its charging station, still remains to be seen. ]

[ Maybe. Probably. Hopefully?

Look, a rather apprehensive Pyrrha is going to find out the hard way whether or not robots can even engage in telepathic communication.

(This is going to be short because I have to run out in a minute, gomen.) ]

Penny?

[ This is fine. ]

Hello. It's Pyrrha, we met back on Remnant. I was actually hoping we could speak, so...

[ THIS IS FINE ]

[ Penny hadn't been home ever since her chat with Pyrrha and Ruby. As the others searched for Penny, Jaune too had plenty of reasons to find the young girl. He wasn't doing this just for Ruby, or a sense of responsibility for Pyrrha's actions... he owes this much for Penny herself. Aside from being an innocent person caught up in everything, she was also there for him not too long ago when he was sleeping outside of the house.

It takes a while of scouting the city, really. Jaune had to ask anybody who might have interacted with her, then followed a bunch of clues through the network, until he finally spots Penny alone at a playground (for maximum depression lol).

He approaches quietly, kind of relieved, but knowing that this thing is far from over. PENNY :'( ]

It's getting a little late to be out here by yourself.

[Yang expected the whole thing between Pyrrha and Penny to be messy in some way. There was no way it couldn't be given the reality of it was...also messy. She'd stayed out of it for the most part though, simply upholding Ruby's not-so-little white lie and everybody's seemingly unanimous decision to let Pyrrha field this one when she was ready and just waited for the inevitable fallout.

She may not have considered herself very close to Penny but she was still a friend, and more importantly she was Ruby's friend. And while Yang usually tended to hang back and let things work themselves out, she still felt compelled to see how Penny was dealing with it.

With a certain corgi trotting happily along at her heels, she approaches the girl with a small smile.]

Hey Penny. I've gotta take Zwei out for some exercise. You wanna come with me? We can walk and talk for a bit.

[She phrases it as an offer but something about her tone suggests she's not going to take "no" for an answer.]

[Soundwave's on a mission today. His destination: the Remnant House. He has a gift in one hand, and there's one person in mind he's planning to give it to. Although he doesn't celebrate this human holiday, it does give him an excuse to give his friend a gift.

Once arrived at the doorstep, he sets the small box down and knocks on the door a couple of times. When that's all done, he stands there for a couple of seconds, contemplating to wait, before he immediately turns around, transforms, and drives away.

The gift is wrapped in blue and white snowflakes wrapping gift, along with robots dressed in different Christmas-themed costumes! Attached on top of the box is a Christmas card, wishing a Merry Christmas on front, and inside is a short message that reads:]

Penny Polendina,

While we do not celebrate this earthling holiday called "Christmas" on my homeworld, I'm not sure if you do either, but I wished you a Merry Christmas all the same. I hope you like this gift I have for you.

And thank you. For that hug you gave last month.

- Soundwave

[Inside the box is a vial necklace filled with a translucent pink glowing liquid inside and a bow next to it. When Penny wears the necklace, she'll feel a burst of appreciation and happiness from it. There's not a gross amount of them but it's definitely huge.]

[A delivery with no return address arrives for Penny, consisting of a stuffed white bunny, a bouquet of roses, and a long red ribbon to use in her hair.

Miss Polendina,

You are a lovely young lady. I don't feel at all alone or out of place with you, and love your company very much.

I hope this doesn't get lost in all the other Valentines you will receive.

~A Secret Admirer ♥

Every lady deserves at least one secret admirer, even if Elphelt is expecting Penny to see through her silly attempt to make the robot feel like a normal special girl. Whether or not she does, though, is another matter.]

[Yang made some small giftboxes for all her friends for Valentine's Day and she wanted to make sure she put one together for Penny. Only trouble is, she made chocolate chip cookies for most everyone else which...kinda won't work here.

So instead, she found a cute Valentine's Day-themed puzzle cube to give to her instead. There's a card that goes with it which reads, "It's not puzzle-ing what makes you great! Happy Valentine's Day."]

[ Let me set the scene: Pyrrha is in the kitchen.

Okay, your turn. ]

[ It's been about two weeks since Pyrrha had disappeared from the house, and Jaune hasn't been coming out of their newly decorated basement a lot. Visitors were welcome, of course, it's not as if he had locked himself up, but naturally he hasn't been the most social ever since Helisium. They had a new life prepared for each other; the basement was their new home and outside of it was a future they could only have dreamed of.

And now it's all gone.

And it's not the only thing, it seems! Jaune storms out of the basement and joins Penny in the living room, looking a little more animated than he has in the past few weeks. He's pacing erratically as he looks around. ]

Penny - hey, you're on cleaning duty with Sun and Neptune, right?

[ It's Milkshake Day, the day you give a milkshake to a female friend you care about!

Can Penny even drink this stuff? Well, she's getting something anyway! She'll find it in the house with her name and a note attached to it. It's chocolate flavour! (so he can drink it if robots aren't allowed) ]

Dear Penny,

Everyone has a friend,
but only few have a good friend like you.

Enjoy!
-J

action.

04/09 if you're ok with the date!

telepathy.

after the thing

After the Thing but pre-event?

24/12

delivery on the 14th

2/14 V-Day Giftie

action.

action;

gift!