Dee listened with interest to the exchange. Mona had a good way of
dealing with Ruby; she was patient and kind. Definitely more
understanding than Dee. She believed in tough love and dry wit.
Ruby didn't quite need that.
"Was the moon cold?" She asked, genuinely curious.
"Oh no, your scarf..." She seemed to notice the tearing of the
threads, and opted to remove it from his neck and hand him a scarf
she had owned for a while- it was knit and smelled slightly of
peaches. "Here, have mine! I made it myself, it's super nice and
warm!"
𓍊𓋼𓍊𓆑 𓇗𓋼 **•̩̩͙✩•̩̩͙*˚ You are the light
I've been searching for forever ˚*•̩̩͙✩•̩̩͙*˚* ⋆┈┈。゚❀ུ۪ ❁ུ۪ ❃ུ۪ ❀ུ۪ ゚。┈┈⋆
But he took the scarf. He dropped the threadbare scarf into the
shadows, watching as the threads melted into darkness, his shadow
looming ever so slightly larger.
"If it falls apart, I'll make a new one. It's alright, it doesn't
bother me much as long as you're comfortable!" She tucked the new
scarf in and smiled brightly at him.
𓍊𓋼𓍊𓆑 𓇗𓋼 **•̩̩͙✩•̩̩͙*˚ You are the light
I've been searching for forever ˚*•̩̩͙✩•̩̩͙*˚* ⋆┈┈。゚❀ུ۪ ❁ུ۪ ❃ུ۪ ❀ུ۪ ゚。┈┈⋆
"Huh?" She mistook his words. Was she acting too happy? "Oh,
sorry... Let's just focus on the task at hand." Her smile dropped,
and so she decided to distract herself by looking at the things in
her bag.
𓍊𓋼𓍊𓆑 𓇗𓋼 **•̩̩͙✩•̩̩͙*˚ You are the light
I've been searching for forever ˚*•̩̩͙✩•̩̩͙*˚* ⋆┈┈。゚❀ུ۪ ❁ུ۪ ❃ུ۪ ❀ུ۪ ゚。┈┈⋆
"Dude, do you want like a visor or something for when you're in the
sun? I can try and make something to shield your eyes if you want."
Dee nodded empathetically, leaning on another walking stick she had
somehow procured. Ruby was really funny. She liked the emo boy.
"Okay. Just let us know if there's anything we can do." Dee nodded
thoughtfully.
"Where are heading now? Will our path take us through the
mountains?" Dee turned her attention to Mona, watching the cookie
carefully. She was nervous that Mona would care so much about the
rest of them that she would neglect herself.
"Oh?" She stopped what she was doing and looked back at Ruby and
Dee. "You two are very unique cookies, I'll give you that. And
you're also very sweet- I appreciate your company." She took a few
steps, then gazed back at where the sun used to be before it
disappeared. "We're going north, to Amaryllis City. The biggest and
most high-tech city in the land."
𓍊𓋼𓍊𓆑 𓇗𓋼 **•̩̩͙✩•̩̩͙*˚ You are the light
I've been searching for forever ˚*•̩̩͙✩•̩̩͙*˚* ⋆┈┈。゚❀ུ۪ ❁ུ۪ ❃ུ۪ ❀ུ۪ ゚。┈┈⋆
"Ruby, I wish I could know more about you. You seem so interesting.
And so do you, Dee. What's your story?" She turned to her
companion, standing between the two.
𓍊𓋼𓍊𓆑 𓇗𓋼 **•̩̩͙✩•̩̩͙*˚ You are the light
I've been searching for forever ˚*•̩̩͙✩•̩̩͙*˚* ⋆┈┈。゚❀ུ۪ ❁ུ۪ ❃ུ۪ ❀ུ۪ ゚。┈┈⋆
"I'm much less vague, dear. Grew up far away from here with a
fairly decent family. Annoyed at their attempts to set me up and
marry me off, bless their feeble little hearts, I took to the woods
to find my own path. I'm a natural out here. I find treasure, I
discover cool things, I see beautiful landmarks of nature and
metropoli, and I help people when I can. It's a simple enough
existence, governed by my own code of morals."
"How inspiring! You remind me of Princess Cookie, she's just as
much of a fierce lady as you are!" Mona laughed and pat Dee's
shoulder, thinking about her first meeting with the Hollyberrian
heir. "As for you, Ruby, I'm sure you'll find more out in due
time!"
𓍊𓋼𓍊𓆑 𓇗𓋼 **•̩̩͙✩•̩̩͙*˚ You are the light
I've been searching for forever ˚*•̩̩͙✩•̩̩͙*˚* ⋆┈┈。゚❀ུ۪ ❁ུ۪ ❃ུ۪ ❀ུ۪ ゚。┈┈⋆
"Her?" She questioned, turning back to face him with nothing short
of a puzzled expression. "How did you meet her...?" His way of
wording it was very intriguing- and also, very familiar.
𓍊𓋼𓍊𓆑 𓇗𓋼 **•̩̩͙✩•̩̩͙*˚ You are the light
I've been searching for forever ˚*•̩̩͙✩•̩̩͙*˚* ⋆┈┈。゚❀ུ۪ ❁ུ۪ ❃ུ۪ ❀ུ۪ ゚。┈┈⋆
"Oh my... Did something happen? Do you remember?" A scene flashed
by in her head- Like she was there as he described it. "Something
did happen, didn't it..?"
𓍊𓋼𓍊𓆑 𓇗𓋼 **•̩̩͙✩•̩̩͙*˚ You are the light
I've been searching for forever ˚*•̩̩͙✩•̩̩͙*˚* ⋆┈┈。゚❀ུ۪ ❁ུ۪ ❃ུ۪ ❀ུ۪ ゚。┈┈⋆