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Jaune sat silently on his bed, casually reading a book on fighting techniques that Pyrrha had loaned him. There was a lot that he needed to go over to get a leg up on this Huntsman business, so he didn't really have anytime to do anything else.
"Hey Jaune~"
Well, maybe not everything else.
"Hey Yang," Jaune smiled as he felt Yang walk into the room and wrap her arms around him. His girlfriend smiled coyly at him as he hugged her back as well and asked, "How've you been?"
"Oh, you know, same as usual. Fixing up my bike, beating the snot out of bad guys, being awesome as usual," Yang replied with the same easy confidence that propelled her through life, "You?"
"Oh, you know, same as usual," Jaune echoed Yang's words as he waved the instruction book in his hands, "Been doing some reading, catching up on things."
"You know I can help you with that?"
"With reading?"
"With fighting."
"You already do so much for me," Jaune shook his head, "And so does Pyrrha and everyone else. It wouldn't be fair to you and the others to push my problems onto you. I've got to be able to catch up on my own efforts as well."
"Then let's agree to disagree-" Yang grabbed the book out of Jaune's hands and tossed it to the side, "And leave that alone for now."
Yang grinned as she repositioned herself to straddle Jaune's lap and look him dead in the eyes.
"Because I've got some new toys with me if you want to have some fun with a little bit of... roleplaying~"
Jaune blinked, then grinned.
"You always know what to say~"
Later...
"The Lich King stands over you, cackling with glee as half of you struggle against your bonds!" Yang called out with a sadistic smile as she looked over her despondent players, "The other half of you are broken and beaten on the ground, kneeling in pain and surrounded by the endless unliving hordes as the Lich King proudly proclaims, 'Is this all that the Prophet sends to face me!? What a pathetic display! You can rank up ten thousand levels, and you would not come any closer to defeating me!'"
"Oh god, this is it!" Jaune cried, "We're doomed!"
"I can't go down yet!" screeched Cardin, "I've had so much investment in my character! He still hasn't completed his character arc!"
"I am going to down this health potion!" Velvet growled, "And then I'm going to kick your bloody arse-"
"Oh by the way," Yang smiled, "That health potion is a Mimic."
"OH YOU TOXIC BINT!"
"Yeah, I've been waiting for that to come into play for twenty sessions."
"Right, I'm out of ideas!" Sun threw his hands up into the air, "I've used up all my magic slots, and none of my potions work against the undead! I mean, I don't know, this is it, man!"
"Cleric," Coco coolly stated, "Do you remember when we defeated that Grimm Paladin back in the Village of Hamfisteron?"
"Zytex the Devourer?" Jaune frantically asked, "How could I forget? The only way that we were able to defeat him was by shoving him into a bag of holding, but I don't see how that has anything to do with-"
Jaune froze, then stared at Coco.
Everyone else stared at Coco.
Coco winked at them.
Yang's eye twitched, "Guys, I had a whole escape planned out. There's a fight in the afterlife that we need to-"
"I pull out my bag of holding-" Jaune began, "-And release the Grimm Paladin to battle against the Lich King and his army!"
Yang's eye twitched again, "I... ugh, you need a good roll."
"Nat twenty."
"YEAH!" was the general consensus.
"Can I give you fuckers one magic item without regretting it?" Yang asked.
"NO!" was the general consensus.
Much later...
"Okay, so to recap: you've completely derailed my campaign, you've upended seventy hours of work that I've put into crafting this story, you've enslaved the Lich King's army, have ransacked the Kingdom of Astreal, set men, women, and children alike on fire, stolen all their pets and treasures, are currently constructing a castle made out of solid gold, are still bullying the local shopkeeper, and two of your party members are currently wearing the Lich King and Grimm Paladin's skulls as hats..."
Yang took in a breath.
"In short, a brilliant fucking time," yang grinned, "Same time next week?"
"Hell yeah!" was the general reply from the rest of the party.
Once everyone else had packed up and left, Yang turned to Jaune and went, "Told you that you'd have fun."
"Still can't beat Nora seducing the Vampire Queen and adding her to her harem."
"I don't think anything will beat that."
"..."
"..."
"..."
"Want to make out?"
"Yep."
And then they did.