KS29/34/PA64/HA9

"Tragedy? A Tragedy?" Roman threw his head back and laughed. "Oh, that's rich. That's so fucking rich. Yeah, a tragedy. That's what I thought, too. Up until I caught my own teammate, my own partner, with a detonator in hand."

Jaune's heart almost stopped. His mouth fell open. "No…"

Roman leaned forward and sneered. "Yes! I saw Bartholomew Oobleck with the very detonator that set the whole thing off! Vale didn't want us to rescue the civilians; they just wanted us to keep the Grimm at bay while they set up explosives to close the tunnels. They even had the balls to try and play it off as an accident, a tragic weakness, maybe some Grimm knocking out the supports. That way the city would be able to stay sparkly clean while they brushed thousands of lives under the rug. And my partner was at the centre of it all!"

"You're lying!" Jaune accused. "He wouldn't do that!"

"Ha. Shows how little you know him. That man would do whatever was necessary for the betterment of Vale, with not a care for the people who live in it. After all, he sent you to infiltrate my forces despite knowing I wasn't oblivious to him or the VSS. Face it, kid. He sent you into the meatgrinder on the off-chance I'd be as blind as a bat. Your life is worth pitifully little to him."

—KS29

[...]

"You know what they say about assumptions, kid. Still, you're on the ball this time. I take it Bart gave you a little mission to capture me."

"Actually, it was to kill you."

Roman appeared shocked, though only for a second. He laughed bitterly. "Oh, Bart, how you've changed. I remember a time when he'd have done anything he could to bring me back to the `light` as he put it. Heh, I guess time changes a man."

—KS34

[...]

Oobleck came around within a few days. It had been a random meeting, with both coffee and alcohol, and had ended with them both hung-over, but the rift between them healed. He didn't approve of Jaune's usage of the Vacuo tragedy, but had come to the conclusion that he'd done enough to repay that transgression. As Bart had said, history shows us lives filled with mistakes, but it's our ability to move on from them that determines who we truly are. Jaune had a suspicion Roman's sudden turn to legal employment had also had a hand in changing Oobleck's mind, or at least endearing him to the teacher.

—PA64

[...]

"Ha. Roman always hated people like that." Oobleck smiled and shook his head. He'd taken to smiling a lot lately. Not that he hadn't been a happy person before, but he was just in a perpetual state of good cheer now.

"Things working out between you and Roman?"

Oobleck shot him a look. "We are not dating, you realise."

"I meant on making up."

"I know, I know." Oobleck laughed. "It's still somewhat awkward between us, expected given our past. We've had a few good chats and we're on good terms. I'm simply grateful for the chance to rebuild the bridges between us in the first place."

"And to have him away from criminal activity, I expect."

"If he were, then yes. We both know he's keeping more than a foot in that door, however."

—HA9