chroma | catchall for ruby rose

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i'll find cute visuals for this later

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[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?

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[ 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.