rosetotheoccasion | Second Petal [video]

Second Petal [video]

[Well this is... new. For those who know Ruby, they're probably used to see her as a bouncing ball of energy and excitement. Which isn't a bad thing - Ruby's a pretty upbeat kid who just wants to keep making sure her friends always feel that way too!

But now... now she looks a bit withdrawn. Not outright upset, but she most certainly has the look of someone that's really being bugged by something.]

... Hey, guys.

[Geez, even the way she talks is a bit deflated.]

I kinda have a question. People have been talking about their friends disappearing, and it kinda got me wondering...

When someone returns home, what if they... knew things. About stuff that happened that they didn't experience yet, 'cause someone knows what happened to them in the future, and told them about it.

[... Ah. The picture is becoming clearer now...]

Do you think... could what happened to them later on change, then?

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[Let's give poor Ruby a lighter idea...]

Everyone says- well, you know what they say by now, but... I don't believe it. How can we know for sure that you forget everything if...there's no way to talk to someone who hasn't returned? Maybe you only forget if you're going to come back. Or maybe there's a way to unlock it. Just giving up is pointless.

That seems kinda weird, doesn't it? That you only forget if you're coming back? I mean, if whatever-it-is that brings us here brings you back, wouldn't they want you to... I dunno. Have a leg up? Not have to go through all that confusion again?

I mean...I've been told once you return you remember everything. So we have, go home, forget, come back, remember. But once someone goes home for good we...we don't have any knowledge of what happens to those memories. No examples, because it's impossible to have them. So...I don't know. I just wanted to look on the bright side.

[For once.]

... Yikes. How does anyone who went through that not have a permanent headache? That sounds like something that would do that!

Doesn't it?! So weird...and overly complicated...

I- I don't know, us forgetting everything when we leave already sounds too absurd to be real...so it can't just be the only thing we have in store.

Geez, don't say it like that. You make it sound super ominous...!

It does? Oh shit it does.

[Someone get the swear jar]

Sorry, sorry! I was...that was melodramatic wasn't it?

[Look the Swear Jar's only for Karkat, because he's an asshole about it. Accidents like that are exempt.]

Naw, don't worry about it. [She smiles brightly. See? No harm done!] I mean, I was getting really mopey there too!

[Oh thank god. At least Team RWPY is gonna get rich off Karkat alone...]

Haa, it's...fine, I get where it comes from. [Changing things, all that. No, she keeps herself from getting too much in her head and just returns the smile. Ruby's is kind of infectious anyway.] My basic opinion on the situation is, screw it. Let's be optimistic...at least a little.