Chapter 11 (Professor Arc)

**Chapter 11** is the eleventh chapter of *Professor Arc* published by Coeur Al'Aran on 2015 August 17 after Chapter 10 and before *The Devil's in the Detail.*

## Background

Coeurwas committed to publishing an update for PA every three weeks on Mondays, with the promise of a third story, *Stress Relief*. He also reports that Exvnir produced additional sketches for PA. He also mentions that he received some messages stating that Jaune Arc swearing was out of character, but that this was a purposeful decision.

## Synopsis

Tsune preparing an injection for Jaune depicted by CyberSamurai270 in RWBY Date Night. Published: 2016 December 1

### Location

DocksBeacon Infirmary

Professor Jaune Arc was busy fighting Roman Torchwick, the latter easily gaining an upper-hand over the former due to better experience. Simultaneously, the two were engaged in a dialogue regarding whether Jaune had a choice to intervene or become a teacher of Beacon, with Roman noting that he always had a choice, but took the easiest path. Despite this, Jaune noted that Roman could easily defeat him, and wondered why Roman was not immediately dealing with him. Roman informed Jaune that the robbery was a bust due to the noise attracting police and that he needed to preserve his reputation by defeating an "experienced hunter." Jaune wondered what he meant for a few seconds before realizing he was the "experienced hunter" in question, and received a harsh beating from Roman.

Blake Belladonna was confused, as she witnessed Ruby Rose and Penny Polendina get involved with the Docks battle. Blake also saw how the White Fang were made up of inexperienced recruits compared to the standards when she was in the White Fang years earlier. Blake and Ruby saw Penny bifurcate a Bullhead using a powerful laser, with Blake noting the semblance was more destructive than the one Adam Taurus wielded. Blake asked Ruby where Roman went, to which Ruby responded that Jaune told her to help Blake and get out of the way. Ruby told Blake that Jaune needed help fighting Roman, to which Blake responded that Jaune was a hunter that should be able to deal with Roman, but immediately saw him crash into a Schnee Dust Company storage container. Roman left the scene as Ruby and Blake tended to Jaune while Penny conducted a diagonstic, showin a 67% chance of damaged ribs, 16% chance of internal bleeding, 12% chance of concussion, and a 96% chance of recovery. Blake knelt on Jaune's arm while she raved about the White Fang, until Jaune told her she was kneeling on his arm, causing her to drop him and increasing his concussion risk to 24%.

After the authorities arrived, a paramedic examined Jaune, and said he should be fine. According to Jaune, the rest of Team RWBY arrived on the scene shortly after the battle. Glynda Goodwitch also arrived on the scene, asking about his condition. Peter Port also arrived on the scene, and implicitly informed Jaune that he should have asked for help combatting Roman. Glynda informed Jaune that Roman was once a skilled hunter. Yang attempted to defuse the situation and verify they were not in trouble, but only suceeded in bringing Glynda's harsh attention to them, much to Jaune's approval.

As the group returned to Beacon Academy via Bullhead, the occupants distanced from Glynda. Jaune recalled that Team RWBY looked terrified as they faced Glynda's ire and their future prospects at Beacon. Jaune was suspended in the middle of the Bullhead for the trip until they returned to Beacon. While en route to the infirmary, Jaune asked whether Beacon had medical professionals, to which Peter affirmed stating they had a trained doctor and Aura specialist. Jaune did not recall meeting any such specialist, to which Glynda confirmed that he had no need to meet them until that point. Jaune could see that she was a faunus, with both ears and a tail, but he was uncertain of the specific type. Glynda introduced her as "Kitsune-chan", to which the woman insisted that she be called Tsune, as she dislikes her given name due to her parent's irresponsibility. Glynda elaborates that Tsune is medically qualified and hunter-trained, and her semblance allows her to control Aura flow in a patient's body. Tsune performed another diagnostic by checking whether his pupils dilated, and confirmed Jaune was not suffering extensive brain damage. Ozpin came into the scene and announced his disappointment in Team RWBY and how their team dysfunction caused signfiicant property damage and endangerment to themselves and others. Jaune opposed the decision to expel Blake, saying that he miscalculated Roman's strength, and that Blake could move on from her fixation with the White Fang. Ozpin decided to leave the task and paperwork of supporting Blake to Jaune, much to Jaune's disappointment. Eventually, the rest of Team RWBY, Ozpin, and Glynda left the infirmary and left Jaune to Tsune. It is at this point that Tsune starts exhibiting her sadism, particularly with causing discomfort to Jaune in the form of prodding injuries and giant needles.

## Reflection

Coeur comments that the chapter was more serious compared to the previous ten as the main plot starts taking stronger hold. He also comments how several catalysts for future humor are planted, such as Blake forced into psychiatry sessions with Jaune and Jaune falling into debt with Roman. He also highlights the butterfly effect, rooted in chaos theory, where small localized changes create larger global changes in a system. Coeur mentions that as Jaune was injured in the line of duty in chapter 10, Headmaster Ozpin was forced to take harsher actions against Blake as the Vale Council were looking more closely at Beacon operations.

Coeur mentions that he came up with Tsune, the psychopathic head of the medical team at Beacon Academy, in a discussion with Exvnir. At the time Coeur created her character, it was not confirmed whether the Faunus could possess multiple animal characteristics, such as tails and ears.

He also plans to use Professor Peach in the story, but not as a main character. Coeur has also decided to introduce Winter Schnee into PA, and while not knowing her character, he devised a background for her. Coeur notes from "A Minor Hiccup", released 2014 August 7, that Winter may be available to talk to talk with Weiss when she called through the Cross Continental Transmit System, so he assumed that she was a high-ranking member of the Schnee Dust Company. Despite this, Coeur was concerned that Winter may have been a huntress or military official, given the trend in *RWBY* continuity.