[It doesn't matter where Ruby is in the house, Nora Valkyrie will find her and jump out from her hiding place - from behind some furniture, probably - and blow a colorful party horn while scattering red confetti all over the place.]
Haaaaaappy birthday, Rubyyyyy! [Hurriedly she reaches down from where she had been crouching to thrust a box of chocolate eclairs into Ruby's hands.]
[ Ruby tries not to jump - she is a Huntress, she can't be sneaked up on so easily!! - but no, she jumps anyway, even if it's quickly followed by a squawk of bubbling laughter as she readily accepts that box of eclairs. ]
Ohmygosh - !! You remembered! Thank you sooooo much, Nora!!
[ She's only reminded everyone it's her birthday a million times, but still! ]
[Nora looks so pleased with herself. The sight of Ruby laughing and accepting the box is a clear victory. Doesn't matter if Ruby has mentioned her birthday several times recently.]
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.]
[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!
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10/31
Haaaaaappy birthday, Rubyyyyy! [Hurriedly she reaches down from where she had been crouching to thrust a box of chocolate eclairs into Ruby's hands.]
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Ohmygosh - !! You remembered! Thank you sooooo much, Nora!!
[ She's only reminded everyone it's her birthday a million times, but still! ]
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[Nora looks so pleased with herself. The sight of Ruby laughing and accepting the box is a clear victory. Doesn't matter if Ruby has mentioned her birthday several times recently.]
So, how does it feel being one year older?
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It feels...!
[ She pauses, thoughtful. ]
...Kind of the same. I guess I'm still technically sixteen, even if today is my birthday.
[ All this timey-wimey stuff, ugh. ]
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[She shrugs.]
Aaaaand when we get back home we pick up from where we left off, so this is a preview of what seventeen is like?
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[ ... ]
What sorts of things do you do when you're seventeen?
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[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.]
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[ That sounds even scarier, tbh. ]
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Do you think you're ready for big nineteen-year-old things, Ruby?
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You bet I am!
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...I think we better get some help from actual nineteen-year-olds. Like Weiss!
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Wait - does doing nineteen-year-old things mean I have to act like Weiss?!
[ She is not ready to commit to that! ]
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...Right?
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[ This is a crisis. ]
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Or, or, we could ask around Empatheias for more nineteen-year-olds!
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Yeah, we could! There's got to be a lot of them out there. There's tons of people our age!