I kind of had a dilemma with Jaune's outfit, since I just know that armor is not going to feel very comfortable under the blazing heat of the desert. In the end, I made it so that his chestplate is embedded with ice dust that cools him off (dust-infused clothing again). They are visually represented by those leaves(?) patterns. Also they could be good for ramming against enemies
"So rather than try, she throws out her hands with a growl, grabs him by the lapels of his stupid coat. Lets the conversation crash to a halt as she pulls him into her space and…"
Hey... go read Reciprocity by @sigruned if you haven't already. It's phenomenal.
bonus sketches under the cut
I sketched this in procreate initially cause I didn't think I would colour it. Ended up bringing it into sai and lost a bit of the emotion from the original sketch by having to redraw it, but oh well. 😔
Also a zoom in on the doodles in the corner inspired by another part of the fic's most recent chapter:
I support Ruby shaking Oscar (and/or Oz) like a pringles can whenever they're being cagey little jerks.