Some light reading

'Well that got a little heated back there, and I know that's gonna come back and bite me.' I mentally sigh knowing a headache is coming

Well I still have time before I attend anymore classes over an hour now that I left lunch early I can still tastes the fish in my mouth. Speaking of class I think back to Oobleck's and what Pyrrah said I know for sure I answered the question right because of the text book I went through, but I shouldn't have remembered it that well. I wasn't a great student to begin with, did I really remember because of my mental boost?

"Hmm I'll have to test this." I say to myself making my way to the library

Going through the doors I see a pretty empty library normally I would go to the computers for information for study with others. Instead, I wanna test the how well my memory gets with these "boosts" so I go for the books on my own accord. I walk for a little distance away from the entrance out of eyes from others that may come by. I now find myself in a random aisle looking at the the "Dust" section of books I reached out for the random one I see.

"A history of Dust Vol. 1" I read the title a loud

I look at the first few pages reading it then close it and repeat.

"Dust by definition it is a naturally occurring energy repellent that can be triggered by the aura of humans and faunas, but in reality it is much much more. Found in four basic forms dust can be combined both naturally and artificially to form new stronger types, each with unique properties. Since it's discovery man has concocted a multitude of ways in which to harness the powers of these mysterious crystals. From airships to androids dust has made it's way into practically every facet of technology."

Looking back I see I said repeated word for word. Now I skip a few chapters look at a page and only glimpse at it.

"Some prefer to use dust in it's raw form elegant, yet destructive those tha- no who choose to wield dust in this for-state must possess a certain level of discipline to ensure that their resulting powers do not break free from control their control."

I stuttered a bit and looking back I got most of it right with a few mistakes. I raise my hand to give a fresh boost to myself in my head area then mind nothing specific but everything and try again. This time I flip through the rest of the book then recall specific pages and cite them.

"Page 125 'Dust ammunition served as a more practical application in today's modern society. With the technological advancements in weapons design, warriors need simply choose the right cartridge for the job and pull the trigger.

While this has become the standard method of use, it is not uncommon to find individuals still practicing more archaic forms of dust manipulation.

Such as weaving it into clothing or even fusing it directly in to their own bodies'."

"Word for word." I say proudly

"Page 250 'Despite working, fighting, and even turning a profit with it. Humanity had has still yet to understand dust came to be, and more importantly, how their involvement with dust will ultimately change the World of Remnant'."

"And word for word." I smile at myself

Feeling a little sense of accomplishment I pick up a faint sound steps barely noticeable with my recent mental boost towards my direction. I move further down into the library to read more and just gather more information. Remembering all that information from flipping through paged will actually make studying feel a lot more worth while.

I go through the library picking up multiple books and flipping through in many sections: History, The Kingdoms, Vytal Festival, The evolution of combat, Faunas.

"The offspring of human and faunas and two faunas with the same animalistic traits are most likely to inherit the faunas traits of the parent, however should the parents both be faunas possessing different animalistic traits the offspring will be a faunas but with traits from one parent or the other or the off chance there will be a situation of incomplete dominance or a "mutation". The offspring can be found with traits found in neither of the parents the child becoming a faunas with another seemingly random animalistic trait, but never a cross of the two. Page 68 paragraph 4" I say shutting the book with a satisfying bang.

I walk away again I can hear more very quiet steps again from how quiet they're being to it being the only set of foot steps moving to my location and stopping. I was being stalked. To be sure I walk away down a few sections and wait to listen for the steps.

*Tap* *tap* *tap*

It was definitely the same person hiding themselves, I was a little scared right now. They were following me possibly aware I was using my semblance or at least aware of how I was acting at this point I could only expect CRDL. Either way I was definitely being followed and thus felt justified in what I was about to do. If I'm wrong I can only hopefully rely on my semblance.

I turn into another section and I can hear them just on the other side of the shelf breathing softly. I take a running position facing the wall and run I get to the wall doing a quick turn and kick off sprinting into the next section. Once in range I reach out my hand to grab but all I see is a blur.

"You're not getting away that easy." I say out loud

I move my hand quickly putting a fresh boost on my legs. At the turn I jump in my follower's direction and grab the back of they're arm only for it to...dissipate in thin air.

"What the?" I almost stopped confused til I started hearing heavier steps moving away

"Second boost." I say in a low voice to help focus

I go after them again already immediately on their tail this time I only tap their back and see them vanish then turn. Expecting it this time I jump forward grabbing their arm tight stuck in my grasp this time I pulled them to a shelf and held them there to see.

"Blake?" I say honestly surprised

"Umph. Yes can you let go now?" She wiggles in my grasp

"Why were you following me?"

"It's a library I've spent more time in here than your whole team. I'm always here."

"Then why were you running?"

"Because some guy jumped at me, now let go." She ordered

"You know I would at that point, but that doesn't explain why you were following me the whole time, or going in every section I was in." I tell her

Her eyes widen

"You weren't the only one spying on someone's actions."

"Now tell me." I order her

*sigh* "Everyone wanted me to check up on you after you stormed off. I was gonna tell them you went to cool off in the library, until I heard you talking 'word for word' you flip through books and reciting so many paragraphs and I checked every book you read. You're not just acting different you've changed and I wanna know how and why." She glared and her bow twitched

"That's none of you're business." I let go

"Well everyone wants to know and you can't just hide stuff from them." She grabbed me

With all my current speed I yanked her bow off exposing her ears.

"Who's hiding stuff now Blake."

*SMACK*

I took the slap feeling it was justified.

"How long?"

"Long enough to know you're a hypocrite."

This time she pushes and pins me against the shelves.

"What happened between you and Yang what happened to you?"

"Hey Blake do you know what they say about the curious cat."

"What?"

"You wanna know?"

I grabbed her arms forcing them behind her back pinning her against the shelves.

I lean in, "Why don't I show you."

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Author's Note: How does Jaune handle this, what does he boost, does he boost immediately

Feel free to put what you want or comment what you wanna see.

Also the winning voter <arkange> for Blake as the newest target.