Chapter 35: Welcome to Vacuo

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A/N:

So, I'm afraid that I had to cut the rest of Sun part of the Act out, thus discarding two other chapters, meaning that We will be returning back with Jaune and the others!

The reason I had to cut out the last two chapters of the Sun part of the Shade Act is because everything that was going to happening would kind of be repeated near the end of the Act with Sun and Jaune, so I decided to remove the two chapters and return the story back to Jaune and the rest of the group.

Anyway! I'm glad to be back to writing for this story and I hope you all have a wonderful day/night!

Enjoy the chapter!

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Arriving at the bustling port of Oldtown, the third-largest city in Vacuo, Jaune, Vernal, Oscar, Maria, and Deery disembarked from the boat, their luggage in tow. The salty sea breeze mingled with the sound of seagulls and the bustling activities of the docks.

Deery, looking pale and unsteady, let out a low groan. "Ugh... Can we please never go on a boat again?" she whined, clutching her stomach.

Vernal chuckled, her eyes twinkling with amusement. "Heh, and I thought Jaune here was the one with motion sickness," she teased, nudging him playfully.

Jaune smirked as he adjusted his backpack on his right shoulder. "I've gotten better, haven't I?" he asked, looking at Vernal with a hint of pride.

Vernal nodded, a knowing smile on her face. "Yeah, but I can still tell when you're almost about to puke," she said with a wink.

Jaune rolled his eyes but couldn't help smiling.

Oscar, who had been quietly observing the exchange, picked up his backpack and looked at the older teens with a raised brow. "So, now what?" he asked. "Don't tell me we're gonna walk to Vacuo,"

Maria, overhearing Oscar's comment, fixed the group with a stern look. "You brats better not be planning that!" she warned. "If I hear anything about traveling in this heat, I'll be killing you before the bandits do!"

Jaune quickly shook his head. "Nothing to worry about, Maria, there's a bullet train that will take us from here to Vacuo," he assured her.

Maria grumbled but seemed satisfied with the answer. "Good! I didn't survive this long to be taken out by a heatstroke," she muttered.

Deery looked surprised by the information. "They have those here?" she asked, her eyebrows raised in disbelief.

Oscar nodded. "Yeah, they do," Oscar replied. "They use them to transport people and goods between the four major settlements, but they don't operate within the settlements themselves because of the cramped spaces within the walls,"

"Makes sense for Mistral to have a lot of them," Vernal added. "The major settlements are close to each other up north, and the most famous one is the Argus Unlimited, which passes through all four major settlements,"

Jaune looked at the two of them with a smile and a raised brow, clearly impressed. "How do you guys know all that?" he asked, genuinely curious.

Vernal groaned, rolling her eyes. "We took the train to Argus, and when you're stuck on a train with no internet for an hour or so, you get bored," she said, her tone tinged with annoyance.

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