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Good point! I can use this time to get good at all the things seventeen-year-olds do!
[ ... ]
What sorts of things do you do when you're seventeen?
[ ... ]
What sorts of things do you do when you're seventeen?
When I was seventeen, I went to Beacon. But I guess you kinda already did that.
[Her face falls slightly. Thinking of how she and Ren first came to Beacon is giving her a major nostalgia attack...accompanied by melancholy, considering that Beacon fell and everything.]
[Her face falls slightly. Thinking of how she and Ren first came to Beacon is giving her a major nostalgia attack...accompanied by melancholy, considering that Beacon fell and everything.]
[ S A V A G E ]
For special occasions...right! I guess I need to find more parties to go to, huh?
[ She'll find an excuse to wear it, yet! ]
For special occasions...right! I guess I need to find more parties to go to, huh?
[ She'll find an excuse to wear it, yet! ]
Hm...but I did that when I was fifteen! Does that mean I should be doing what nineteen-year-olds do now?
[ That sounds even scarier, tbh. ]
[ That sounds even scarier, tbh. ]
I don't think it could have been avoided.
[ penny is fidgeting in much the same way, but she manages to gather up the courage to look directly at ruby. she hopes that her eyes will be met. ]
You are a very dear friend to me, Ruby. Even if it hurts, I always want you to be honest with me... I don't want to have secrets.
[ penny is fidgeting in much the same way, but she manages to gather up the courage to look directly at ruby. she hopes that her eyes will be met. ]
You are a very dear friend to me, Ruby. Even if it hurts, I always want you to be honest with me... I don't want to have secrets.
You're welcome, Ruby.
[ Secret Pre-Birthday Surprise was a success! And this time, she'll get a hug a back! Someone's gotta be on Yang duty anyway. ]
Thanks for always being my friend, too. I guess we've come a long way from Vomit Boy and Crate Face, huh?
[ Who knew that the only two kids who technically shouldn't have been allowed in Beacon, somehow became successful team leaders?? (Ozpin probably did, tbh) ]
[ Secret Pre-Birthday Surprise was a success! And this time, she'll get a hug a back! Someone's gotta be on Yang duty anyway. ]
Thanks for always being my friend, too. I guess we've come a long way from Vomit Boy and Crate Face, huh?
[ Who knew that the only two kids who technically shouldn't have been allowed in Beacon, somehow became successful team leaders?? (Ozpin probably did, tbh) ]
[ Of course Weiss doesn't think there's anything wrong with that. ]
Wear a gown around the house? Just...for fun?
[ Let's not get crazy here, Weiss!! ]
Wear a gown around the house? Just...for fun?
[ Let's not get crazy here, Weiss!! ]
[ Ruby just looks at Penny for a moment - really looks at her, hurting and open and feeling, and it's a firm reminder that Penny is just as human as she is, no matter what's inside of her. She can hurt just as much...and Ruby doesn't want to be responsible for causing her pain like that again. Not ever. ]
That's what I want, too. I promise, Penny...I won't keep a secret like that from you ever again.
That's what I want, too. I promise, Penny...I won't keep a secret like that from you ever again.
[ There is only one way she can answer that question, even if she has nooo idea what nineteen-year-old things entail... ]
You bet I am!
You bet I am!
[ Jaune's hug is respectable. Not a true replacement for a Yang hug, but it'll do, and Ruby is still grinning when she pulls back. ]
We have! [ And then she lightly punches his shoulder. ] But you'll always been Vomit Boy in my heart!
[ How...sweet! ]
We have! [ And then she lightly punches his shoulder. ] But you'll always been Vomit Boy in my heart!
[ How...sweet! ]
[Allura might not have been able to come to Ruby's party herself, but the day after the birthday girl will receive a sizeable parcel of cookies: chocolate chip, peanut butter, and even some brightly colored macarons. Accompanying the cookies is a neatly but strangely written note.]
Dear Ruby,
Thank you so much for inviting me to your birthday party; I've greatly enjoyed getting to know you during our time in this world. I wish I could have attended, but my paladin Keith's birthday party was on the same day. I hope those cookies make up for my absence, and I wish you a belated but very happy birthday.
Your Friend,
Princess Allura of Altea
Dear Ruby,
Thank you so much for inviting me to your birthday party; I've greatly enjoyed getting to know you during our time in this world. I wish I could have attended, but my paladin Keith's birthday party was on the same day. I hope those cookies make up for my absence, and I wish you a belated but very happy birthday.
Your Friend,
Princess Allura of Altea
I'm not!!
[ She kind of is. ]
It's just not the sort of thing I would normally think to do for fun, that's all!
[ She kind of is. ]
It's just not the sort of thing I would normally think to do for fun, that's all!
[ It is sweet! Ruby is always the quirky dork he met on his first day at Beacon, despite being told she's a silver-eyed war goddess or whatever. Some find it frightening, others say it's special, but Ruby will always be Crater Face to him.
He's still going to get her back for that comment, though!! In fact, when she punches his shoulder, Jaune pretends to wobble. ]
Hahah... w-what... what's this, I'm... oh, man, I don't feel so good, I-I think...
[ He holds his stomach, then covers his mouth. ]
I'm gonna... ahhhh...
[ He's pretending like he has to vomit, but he's hovering over Ruby as if he's prepared to do it on her. ]
He's still going to get her back for that comment, though!! In fact, when she punches his shoulder, Jaune pretends to wobble. ]
Hahah... w-what... what's this, I'm... oh, man, I don't feel so good, I-I think...
[ He holds his stomach, then covers his mouth. ]
I'm gonna... ahhhh...
[ He's pretending like he has to vomit, but he's hovering over Ruby as if he's prepared to do it on her. ]
...Noooot yet I haven't!
[ But...maybe....soon. ]
[ But...maybe....soon. ]
[To be honest, even Nora has no idea what nineteen-year-old things entail because she's not even nineteen herself. So a moment passes before her clandestine expression fades into one of silly confusion.]
...I think we better get some help from actual nineteen-year-olds. Like Weiss!
...I think we better get some help from actual nineteen-year-olds. Like Weiss!
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[ She laughs at his display at first, wrapping one arm around her pillow and the other around her waste, but then...he continues the ruse, and Ruby becomes less certain that it is a ruse. Is he....
He's not really sick, is he?!
Instinctively, she jumps back. She will take no chances in this!!! Not with her new love of her life in her arms!! ]
Hey! You can't vomit on the birthday girl!
[ Everyone knows that! ]
He's not really sick, is he?!
Instinctively, she jumps back. She will take no chances in this!!! Not with her new love of her life in her arms!! ]
Hey! You can't vomit on the birthday girl!
[ Everyone knows that! ]
[ A look of extreme concern passes over Ruby's face. ]
Wait - does doing nineteen-year-old things mean I have to act like Weiss?!
[ She is not ready to commit to that! ]
Wait - does doing nineteen-year-old things mean I have to act like Weiss?!
[ She is not ready to commit to that! ]
Okay! Fine! I'll try it.
[ ... ]
Sometime.
[ Not today!!! She gets to wear whatever she wants and not be judged for it on her birthday. ]
[ ... ]
Sometime.
[ Not today!!! She gets to wear whatever she wants and not be judged for it on her birthday. ]
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