chroma | catchall for ruby rose

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i'll find cute visuals for this later

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w4, friday

[petalbursts]

[ after body announcement ruby is running to find jiuqing.

thankfully the greenhouse always seems to be where she is...ruby is relieved upon seeing her, immediately coming over to where she is. ]

Jiuqing! I'm so happy to see you.

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[jiuqing looks up from where she is hosing november's blood off her hands]

I'm happy to see you, too.

[







okay she is not hosing his blood off her hands she is watering some of her plants]

[petalbursts]

[ britt. i stg. ]

Are you alright?

[ while she is relieved, there is still concern there...

what are the vibes??? ]

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[the vibes are very solemn!]

I'm alright. [...] Did you know Vanille well?

[petalbursts]

Not really. [ frowns ] She was always so bright and brought good energy, though...she'll be missed, for sure.

[ a pause ]

What about you? Were you close with either of them...?

[ do we know if november is dead or not yet? no. but she can only assume... ]

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I liked Vanille. She was very sweet, and we spent time together sometimes.

[...]

Sir November and I spoke occasionally.

[her vibes are less sad about november than they are about vanille.]

[petalbursts]

[ valid of her and honestly ruby would agree. ]

Hopefully we're able to catch both culprits this time around...

[ she can only hope, anyways. ]

We'll do our best tomorrow, as always.

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...

[she nods]

Yes. I hope so, as well. ...we'll just have to work hard.

[petalbursts]

[ there's a brief moment of silence and ruby decides maybe a topic change would be good. ]

The plants are looking good. Is there anything I can help with?

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[die day is always rough]

...there are a few more that need watering, if you wouldn't mind?

[petalbursts]

Sure! I can do that.

[ she smiles and grabs the extra watering can, joining her.

silence filling the space again, ruby's mind trying so hard to only focus on watering plants. ]

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[...honestly, given emotionshare, it's probably easy enough to tell that ruby is trying very hard to focus.

jiuqing looks over at her, her solemn vibes giving way to concern.]

...are you alright, Miss Rose?

[petalbursts]

[ she pauses, tilting her head and looking off to the side. ]

Yes?...no? Ahh...I don't know.

[ sighs and puts the watering can down. ]

I think I'm just worried...about tomorrow. After everything that happened last week, I just have a bad feeling...? Maybe bad isn't the right word. I'm just concerned? No...worried was right.

[ fidgets with the hem of her shirt. ]

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...

[she reaches over to put a hand over ruby's.]

....what are you worried about?

[petalbursts]

[ she stops rambling, looking at jiuqing, a frown on her face. ]

I'm worried that it's one of us, again...

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...

[jiuqing reaches up with her other hand to touch the amber stone on her hairpin. immediately, her vibes calm a little, and she tries to project that out toward ruby to help her calm down too.]

It won't have been Percy. I'm sure of that. But if it was someone else... [...] We'll find a way to save them.

[petalbursts]

[ the vibes do reach her and help to calm her own emotions. ]

You're right...

[ she nods, shifting to hold jiuqing's hand and give it a light squeeze. ]

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[she squeezes her hand back]

We'll be alright, Miss Rose.