Nala Arc:*Jaune’s sixteen year old daughter with thick blonde hair pulled back in a low pony, blonde cat ears atop her head with her grandfather Ghira’s yellow eyes* –Yes Daddy.
Jaune:*Very seriously* And you’ve got your scroll.
Nala:*Shows it off*Yup.
Jaune: Your purse?
Nala:*Rolls eyes*Duh.
Jaune:And your pepper spray, mace, rape whistle and extra ammo?
Nala:*Sighs* Yes, yes, of course and even if I tried to leave the dust out you’d find a way to smuggle it in anyways, Daddy.
Jaune: *Ignores the sass* Okay, good. Good. And you have–
Nala:*Growing impatient*–Yes,Dad,I have Pride. *Shows off twin automatic pistols in black and gold, connected by a thin gold chain and shifts it into weighted chain form before reshifting and holstering it*
Jaune:Okay, Dormiens Leo?
Nala:*Stomps foot* Dad, c’mon! I’m not taking my freaking sword on my first date!
Jaune:*Hands up, backtracking* Right, yeah, of course sweetpea! *Pauses*
Nala:*Stares at her father cautiously*
Jaune:Are you sure you don’t wanna wear the belt I bought you?
Nala:*Explodes* No! It looks nice, it looks normal, it’s super flippin’ cute but I know you had it custom made, I know it’s a high tech chastity belt that locks as soon as you put it on and only you have the code to it! Besides, I’m not even t-thinking about having that, about having s-sex with Dutch! *Blushing*
Jaune:*Gapes* W-who told you–
Nala:*Grumbling, not looking him in the eye*Mom.
Blake:*Entering the room, wiping her hands with a towel and tossing it on the table* And I’d do it again. Because, Jaune, youare overreacting.
Jaune:B-but she’s going on a date! With a boy!
Blake:*Cocks eyebrow* Mmm. So if it was a girl then it’d be okay?
Jaune:What? No! Boy or girl, doesn’t matter! *Hugs an irritated Nala fiercely* She’s my baby girl! She’s d-d– *whispers* dating, Blake!
Blake:*Smiling*Uh-huh. And she’ll continue to date. One day - when she’s ready - she’ll even have sex. *Jaune whines and Nala turns into a tomato* But right now, you big baby, our little girl is going on her first date. She is being verysafe, especially when you take into consideration that our daughter is highly trained, has two weapons and her King’s Flare semblance makes every fire semblance we’ve ever come across look like matchsticks. *Peels Jaune off of Nala*
Nala:*Embarrassed*Mooom!
Blake:*Fixes her daughters top, smoothes out her hair* She has her guns, she has common sense and honestly honey, she has my brains.
Jaune: *Long pause* I kinda think that last one mighta been an insult, but I do have to agree with you there.
Blake: Besides, Dutch is an athlete, not a Huntsman. No aura. You need to calm down.
*Jaune mutters mutinously, crossing his arms and Nala sighs and hugs her mother*
Nala: Thanks Mom. *Stands in front of Jaune, fidgets*Daddy?
Jaune:*Dramatic sigh* Ugghhh, I hate it when your mom makes sense. *Hugs Nala who squeezes him and puts her head on his shoulder* Just…have fun, okay? Don’t stay out too late, don’t do anything you don’t want to and you’re, uh…
Nala:*Rolls her eyes* It’s that neo-Valean restaurant near Auntie Nora and Uncle Lie’s neighborhood. If Dutch turns out to be a jerk, Auntie Nora will probably wind up leveling the place.
Jaune:*To Blake* Maybe we should give Ren the heads up instead of miss ‘Goddess of Boom’.
Blake:*To Jaune* Already called him. He has Nora busy with the twins tonight. *Smiles as Jaune kisses her cheek*
*The parents watch their daughter fuss over her hair, reapply lip gloss and fidget with her top, her ears twitching all the while and the door opens to an athletic young man with brown hair and dark green eyes*
Nala:*A few minutes later* –good that you all met, but we’re gonna miss the movie if we don’t go to dinner now. *Smiles brightly* C’mon, Dutch!
Dutch:*Grins, blushing a bit* Right, Nala. *To Blake* Bye Mrs. Arc. *To Jaune, winces* M-Mr. Arc. It was really nice to meet you. *Jaune just nods with a smile* I’llhaveherbackbytenbye!
Blake:
Jaune:
Blake:You just had to pull the whole ‘I am Paladin, Slayer of Salem’ thing, didn’t you.
Jaune:*Crosses arms petulantly* I have no idea what you mean, Blake.
Blake:*Rolls her eyes* Oh sure. Because you’re usually stern, terrifying and pushing your aura out to create killing intent.
Jaune:*Annoyed*If I was it must’ve just been instinct since he was checking of my sweet little girls behind.
Blake:*Snorts*
Jaune:*Whining*Blaaake! It’s not funny! She doesn’t even have your ass–
Blake: Oh she does. Just not my hips. Plus she’s more petite like your sister, Celeste.
Jaune: Nope, stop. But even still, that little fucker–
Blake:Is a teenage boy who thought he was being subtle. Who probably hasn’t asked out a future Huntress before, let alone the daughter of two veterans, even less two of the most talented swordspeople alive. *Takes Jaune’s hand and rubs a circle into his palm with her thumb* I know Nala growing up like this is making you a little crazy because of all your sisters and the fact that you were once a teenage boy, but have a little faith in our daughter.
Jaune:*Rubs face with free hand* Yeah, yeah, I know. I don’t like it though.
Blake:*Flippantly*And neither do I, Jaune, but it’s a part of being parents. We’re lucky Nala’s so even tempered and just skipped right over the teenage rebellion phase and isn’t just embarrassed by us. She’s a good girl. *Pauses, starts leading Jaune into the house* Or would you rather her be more Neptune and Dew’s girl?
Jaune:*Winces*No!*Grouchily* I just never thought letting her grow up would be so…
Blake:*Squeezes his hand* I know. But you got your licks in. And when Dutch brings our baby home, it’ll be his turn to worry about me. *Cuts off Jaune’s dumb grin* But until then…
Jaune:*Slumps* Blake, I don’t wannado yard work. *Blinks as Blake sits on his lap* Oh. Ohhhhh. No, I’m definitely up for this task, ma’am. *Squeezes Blake’s ass*
Blake:*Smirking, leans in for a kiss* I figured.
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I figured that if anybody would be both the cool parent and the responsible, easy to reason with but still every bit as protective one, it’d be Blake. And Knightshade’s a fun couple to explore although I like reading it better than writing it. Since other people do it better.
But I did have fun coming up with Nala Arc as a character. Named after the female lion from The Lion King that has a fair bit of meaning behind said name in the first place (I believe it’s Swahili for ‘Gift’). A weighted chain/pair of automatic pistols called Pride, plus a Nimcha sword named ‘Sleeping Lion’ in Latin (the name of the Lion King Keyblade from Kingdom Hearts II) and a semblance named after the Link Summon for Simba from Kingdom Hearts III (which works the same way: Nala becomes engulfed in fire, exudes fire and can cause loads of damage while active).
