@Mason Moretti @Klutzy Ninja Kitty @Kaykay @Hospes @Verite @Atomyk
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Ruby Rose
Ruby had barely registered it when Mason had lifted her out of the way, she had been a bit too absorbed in the whole situation. It was only when Shiki finally snapped out of his trance, that she snapped back to reality.
Shiki was finally back... The real Shiki, the one she had glimpsed during the fight against the Arch-Demon, the very same one that had befriended Ilona.
His animalistic tendencies had faded, thanks to the combined efforts of her, Weiss, Sakuya, and most importantly, Ilona. However, that moment where Shiki had almost killed everyone in this room, where he had gone berserk, she came to realize something.
Despite them having been literally worlds apart before the coalition happened, she had one thing in common;
anger.
That feeling of losing control, the desparation that drove them to try and take all the troubles in their own hands.
It was that very same feeling, that had consumed her when her mother had died.
Though it wasn't an immediate thing; she was still a child, and couldn't even comprehend what had happened, but even so... Her older sister, Yang, must have felt it too.
She set off to find answers, with Ruby herself, being asleep in a little cart, pulled along without even realizing it.
On that day, the grief that had wracked her older siser could have been the end of both of their lives, had Qrow not saved them.
Perhaps this was what had driven her so far on her path to become a huntress, only fueled further by her eventual acceptance that her mother was gone.
Sure, on the outside, she still acted like a child, and in a way... She was a child, but on the inside... She had experienced alot more than a child should have, than someone her age would have.
There were countless she wished she could be the one to bear all the pain in the world, so others didn't have to, so much so that she became reckless.
Reckless enough to get herself killed.
It was a miracle she was even alive right now.
Her bold pursuit of what seemed to be a common thief, almost leading to her end in the light of a power greater than she had been prepared for.
That headstrong charge at the deathstalker she had made during her first day at beacon...
Her countless battles on behalf of the coalition...
And now, perhaps her rashes move of all; standing, unarmed... In front of someone that was merely moments away from ending the life of everyone in the room.
Qrow... Glynda... Weiss...
If it hadn't been for them, her life could have ended months, or even years ago.
But this time, what truly stopped her from meeting her end wasn't some Uncle with a badass scythe, or a huntress leagues from her own skill, or even a worried team mate.
Shiki himself, had managed to stop himself.
His apology quickly brought her out of her thoughts, and back to reality.
She had been moments away from death, in fact, the same could be said about everyone else in the room, in a way, but even then... Ruby couldn't help but smile.
"Oh! It's okay. I mean... What really matters is that we're all still here... Right?" She said.
It was... Quite an abrupt shift from that rash act from before. She had returned to that familiar, more cheerfull little girl that she once was, before the whole debacle with the coalition.
Ilona's suggestion of a multiversal vacation seemed to rile her up a little, and for a moment, she seemed a little thoughtfull, tapping her chin.
"A... Vacation?" She said inquisitively.
Though that was quickly followed by... A sudden burst of enthusiasm, as her expression changed from a thoughtfull one, to an ecstatic one once she realized the implications of a custom multiversal vacation.
"A beach would be amazing! W-We could bring swimsuits, and toys, and and... An inflatable bar-"
Ruby rambled on for a while, about activities she could plan for them on that vacation, the mountain of items they could bring with them... Optimal times since there would be a short break in classes at beacon soon, talking progressively faster and faster, until her sentences seemed to meld together into one big word.
"And and...-" Ruby suddenly stopped, mostly because she ran out of air.
Her face was actually a little flushed, though it was hard to tell if it was the lack of oxygen, or embarassment, but it was likely both.
At any rate, she took a deep breath before she cleared her throat, and tried to... Improvise.
"Ahem... I mean... I'd love to go!" She said sheepishly.
Though then she remembered what Lalonde said, about Junko missing, that and Owlman was too. Though she had been caught up in all this chaos with Shiki, she had caught bits and pieces of what was going on with the coalition leaders, and a few things others have said.
She could gather that Makoto, and Kieran were stepping down as Coalition leaders, and there had been some dirt unearthed, but that could wait.
Ruby realized a big priority to her, and the others right now, while the coalition leaders talked amongst each other was to locate Junk and Owlman, though her focus was mostly on Owlman.
Though they hadn't interacted a whole ton in the coalition, she had always felt something... Off about him, though whenever he caught her looking at him, he tried to act friendly and smile, it almost seemed like he was trying to disguise some other expression that was on his face. She could have sworn that behind that smile, lay a look of disdain... Annoyance, and... Perhaps something else.
In either case, that man never gave her very good vibes, and perhaps this was for good reason, seeing as he was missing now.
"Um... But for now, I think I'm gonna help Lalone look for Owlman." She said, looking more serious now.
Slowly, but surely, she might just be maturing, but who the heck knows. In either case, it was clear that she wanted to tie up any loose ends before they started on their vacation, the last thing they wanted was to be away when something big went down because of someone, or something that they missed right now.
