Ruby Rose
On an airship headed to Becon
I'm still unsure of the time, late morning maybe?
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Okay, I'll admit it, that did make me smile just a little bit. It was still cheesy as hell though.
Ah crap, he actually wants me to tell him... now what am I going to do? "Well," I take a moment to try to recall the name of that dust shop in the first episode. "I was at this dust shop called Dust till Dawn..."
As I continue, memories of that night start to drift back to me... memories that couldn't possibly belong to me...
A dark and calm night. Containers filled with colorful Dust. An elderly, friendly shopkeep. Reading materials. A weapons magazine, the latest issue, one I couldn't wait to read. A song from my headphones, one of my favorites. A tap on the shoulder.
"I was minding my own business when this shady-looking guy came..."
Turning around. Someone in black who looked like a part of the mafia. A moving mouth, but no sound, drowned out by my music. A hand gesture towards his ears, like he wants me to take off my headphones, which I did. A demand to raise my hands.
"He thought he could rob me. I proved him otherwise."
A question if he's robbing me. An affirmative answer. A flying kick. A blur of movement. More of those goons flying out the window, myself following suit. A whole group of them, led by someone in white. Unfolding my sweetheart into scythe form, ready to take them on.
"So I went 'Wham! Boom! Kapow!'" My hands gesticulate wildly as I try to portray how the fight went.
A burst of movement. Bullets flying from the robbers, but no hits. Swinging the blunt end of the scythe. Firing shots behind me, propelling me forward. Pivoting around my weapon, spinning me around. Gangsters being knocked out of the fight, one by one.
"He wasn't alone, but they didn't stand a chance. Then their leader tried to run."
The one in white trying to shoot me with a cane-slash-flare gun. Jumping to avoid it, aided by Crescent Rose. Finding him climbing the ladder of a building. Following him after the okay from the shopkeep.
"I followed him to the roof, but he had a Bullhead waiting for him. He tried to explode Fire Dust on me, but this really cool huntress saved me!"
A red crystal rolling to my feet. An incoming flare. Bracing for impact. An explosion. A real huntress in front of me in white and black, with a circular, purple, glyph-like barrier in front of her.
"The Bullhead had some shadowy woman that was shooting fireballs at us. She was strong, but so was the huntress!"
Watching it all unfold. Purple blasts and a hailstorm, aimed at the aircraft. A fireball, blocked by a purple energy shield. A glowing, exploding circle below the huntress, like a landmine, which she rolled away from. The debris, telekinetically formed into a giant spear, and hurled at thetransport, only to be blasted by fireballs, reformed, and then blasted again with a wave of flame.
"I tried to help, but the fire lady just block my shots with her bare hands! Then she tried to use exploding circles on us, but the huntress saved me again!"
Changing my sniper-scythe to rifle form. Aiming at the one in glowing orange marks. Firing shot after shot, cycling the bolt each time. Seeing them blocked effortlessly by hand, literally. A sudden gesture, and an array of those landmine-like circles around us. A sudden feeling of being yanked to the side as the circles combust.
"She was so cool and I wanted to get her autograph, but she just scolded me in an interrogation room instead!"
Being brought to the local police station. Learning that her name is Glynda Goodwitch. A feeling of shame upon hearing that what I did could put others in danger, and that I should be sent home with a pat on the back and a slap on the wrist. Seeing another person enter, someone I recognize as Professor Ozpin. Ooh, cookies!
"Okay, I may have been a bit reckless back then, but those robbers started it! I had to help! And then Professor Ozpin came. He was nice, and had this plate of yummy cookies with him."
Relishing the deliciousness of the baked goodies. An odd comment about having silver eyes. Answering questions like how I learned to fight, and why I was at Signal. Fondly recalling my Uncle Qrow who taught me what I know. Gushing over my dream of becoming a Huntress, and being able to help others in an awesome manner. Being offered a slot at Beacon, putting me two years ahead. Immediately accepting it. A feeling of joy upon his and Miss Goodwitch's approval, now that I'm one step closer to my dream, and that I'll be classmates with my big sis Yang.
"He asked me some questions about the fight, then he offered me a place at Beacon. I've always wanted to study there and become a Huntress, so how could I say no? Since my sister Yang will be starting at Beacon this year, it means I get to be classmates with her too! And that's how I'm here now."
Those memories were so vivid, it was like I was there myself, as Ruby. Even as I was narrating, I noticed that I acted and sounded much like her, which somehow came naturally to me...
