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 now she looks a bit withdrawn.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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... That would actually sound really nice
I promise I'll let you in

you really dont have to
but ok
be right there

[About a minute later, there's a quiet knock.]

Room service.

[There's the sound of stumbling and a brief yip, and a moment later, Ruby opens the door, a rather disgruntled-looking Drei settling down again, tail tucked under him.

Ruby herself doesn't look all that bad thankfully, though her eyes and nose look a bit red around the edges.]

Room service? Geez, so fancy...

[Did...did she trip over her dog?]

If you want real fancy, I could've brought you a latte with a milk tulip in it. I'm getting pretty good.

[His smile is wan as he offers her the lemonade, but it's there.]

[She takes the lemonade, but honestly, she looks a bit more interested in that other thing.]

Whoa, what?? You can make those things? That's so cool...!

It is my job, Ru. What kind of sadsack barista would I be if I couldn't?

[Sadsack isn't a swear, right? Great, he's good.]

Aww, you'd still be a pretty great one. But this just puts you on a whole new level!

[That gets her an affectionate hair-ruffle.]

Eh, not particularly, probably. Besides, I'm only interested in scaling the echeladder if it pays out sweet dollar, girl. Effort? Pah.

Esche.... what? Is that another one of your weird game things?

[Ruby's played games before, but man... some of the stuff he and the others say is still really weird!]

But that can't just be it. To make something as pretty as that stuff... you have to really like what you're doing, right?

[Man, it's still so hard to keep track of what's only specific to his world.]

I don't mind taking a couple seconds to impress the people, I guess. And you would not believe the tips I rake in for it.

Bringing in the big money, huh? Does it beat battling?

Can you actually make a living owning little kids for their lunch money? I mean, not that I would, I just figured it wasn't a viable financial strategy.

Well, there's always the gym leaders, right? They give out a lot of money when you beat 'em! Sounds like a good money-making strategy to me,

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Second Petal [video]

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