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littleblackqrow​:

Qrow tried giving her a stern look but ended up breaking into laughter and sweeping his niece up into his arms. “I know you look up to me, Pipsqueak, but spontaneous bad luck is sort of my thing. You dont need to copy that.”

The hug was very much appreciated, though she probably smelled much like burnt grass and wood. “Well, I don’t think it was bad luck so much as I startled the cart owner... probably, but if it is bad luck at least... you’re not alone? ”

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littleblackqrow​:

“Ruby, what did you do?”

"I-- well, see there was this cart and They were selling ummm, I’m not sure what it was It was like... sticks of dough covered in spices??? Anyway, so I said hello and suddenly the cart was on fire, and then the forest was on fire! All I wanted was some breakfast, instead I fought fire!” 

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“no more fire. No more smoke. Can’t breath,“

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⚔ the princess bride sentence starters ⚔

“  you  mock  my  pain!  ”  “  life  is  pain.  ” “  he’s  only  mostly  dead.  ” “  i’m on  the  brute  squad.  ” “  you  are  the  brute  squad.  ” “  prepare  to  die.  ” “  we’ll  never  survive.  ” “  nonsense.  you’re  only  saying  that  because  no  one  ever  has.  ” “  who  are  you?  ” “  get  used  to  disappointment.  ” “  you  keep  using  that  word.  i  do  not  think  it  means  what  you  think  it  means.  ” “  i’ll  use  small  words  so  that  you’ll  be  sure  to  understand,  you  warthog  faced  buffoon.  ” “  that  may  be  the  first  time  in  my  life  a  man  dared  insult  me.  ” “  drop.  your.  sword.  ” “  shut  up!!  ”   “  you’ve  made  your  decision  then?  ” “  i  bet  my  life  on  it!  ” “  truly,  you  have  dizzying  intellect.  ” “  you’re  just  stalling  now.  ” “  you  guessed  wrong.  ” “  enough  of  that.  ”  “  surrender.  ” “  you  mean  you  wish  to  surrender  to  me?  very  well,  i  accept.  ” “  i  hate  waiting.  ” “  morons.  ” “  you  are  wonderful.  ” “  you  seem  a  decent  fellow,  i  hate  to  kill   you.  ” “  why  are  you  smiling?  ” “  because  i  know  something  you  don’t  know.  ” “  goodnight.  good  work.  i’ll  most  likely  kill  you  in  the  morning.  ” “  oh,  there’s  something  i  ought  to  tell  you.  ” “  think  it’ll  work?  ” “  it  would  take  miracle.  ” “  hear  this  now —  i  will  always  come  for  you.  ” “  this  is  true  love,  you  think  this  happens  every  day?  ” “  death  cannot  stop  true  love.  ” “  i  died  that  day.  ” “  we  may  as  well  die  here.  ” “  he’s  dead.  he  can’t  talk.  ”   “  as  you  wish.  ”   “  why  didn’t  you  wait  for  me?  ”   “  you  can  die  slowly,  cut  into  a  thousand  pieces.  ” “  you  killed  my  love.  ” “  it’s  possible. i  kill  a  lot  of  people.  ”   “  yes,  you’re  very  smart.  shut  up.  ”   “  you’ve  been  mostly-dead  all  day.  ”  “  inconceivable!!  ”  “  let  me  explain.  ”   “  your vote of confidence is overwhelming.  ” “  what  hideous  sin  have  you  committed  lately?  ” “  will  you  ever  forgive  me?  ” “  there’s a shortage of perfect breasts in this world. it would be a pity to damage yours.  ”  

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*: ･ﾟ✧   interrogation starters.

feel free to change pronouns etc as needed.

CALM / QUESTIONING.

“ tell me, what happened?”

“ did you see anything?”

“ what do you remember?”

“ do you remember anything unusual?”

“ please, try to remember as much as you can.”

“ every detail is important.”

“ and what happened next?”

“ and what did you do when all this took place?”

“ what were you doing around __ am/pm?”

“ where were you around __ am/pm?”

“ can anyone verify that?”

“ was someone with you?”

“ and you had nothing to do with it?”

“ and you weren’t involved?”

“ did you see it happen?”

“ did you see who did it?”

“ did you see or hear anything? anything at all?”

CARING / UNDERSTANDING.

 “ you seem scared… is that why you don’t want to talk?”

“ did someone hurt you?”

“ it’s okay. you can tell me.”

“ you were just trying to defend yourself, weren’t you?”

“ we can take a break, if you want.”

“ everything will be okay, i promise. but you need to talk to me.”

“ it’s okay if you don’t want to talk about it. but it really would help if you did.”

SUSPICIOUS.

“ there is something you’re not telling me.”

“ i think you’re lying.”

“ you looked away just now when you said that. are you sure you’re telling the truth?”

“ except what you’re telling me doesn’t align with what we already know.”

“ seems to me like you know more than you’re letting in on.”

“ what aren’t you telling me?”

“ who are you trying to protect?”

“ so you really don’t know what any of it means? no clue at all?”

“ they must’ve told you more than that.”

“ you have to have seen more than that.”

“ and you want me to believe you don’t remember?”

“ and you want me to believe you had nothing to do with it?”

“ an accident? is that what you’re going with?”

DEMANDING.

“ i need you to tell me the truth.”

“ i need you to tell me what happened.”

“ i know you’re not telling me the truth.”

“ that doesn’t line up with the evidence. so… you wanna try that again?”

“ stop lying. i already know that’s not what happened.”

MAKING A DEAL / ASKING FOR HELP / DEMANDING HELP.

“ what do you want in exchange for this information?”

“ i’m listening…”

“ you’re coming with me.”

“ since you’re the only one who knows how to find them, i don’t really have a choice but to take you with me.”

“ fine. i’ll take you with me, but if you try anything…”

“ i can’t give you that. you know that.”

“ if we’re going to make a deal, you’re gonna have to ask for something a little more rational than that.”

“ okay. we have a deal.”

“ sorry. no deal.”

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brokenbow‌:

Even with the demigod communications being down, Apollo would have thought that his predicament would have gotten around demigod circles by now. Apparently not.

“Honestly, I’m not really sure I had a direction. I just needed a moment to breath outside the Labyrinth. We’ve been in there for a while now.”

“Oh!“ she snapped her fingers.  “Labyrinth, that would explain a lot!” though that there was something else nagging her about this entire interaction. She absentmindedly played with the poppy charm on her choker. What was she forgetting?

“Well, if you just need somewhere to go, you can... always come over to my house, my dad always has room for another demi-god, or two... or three,” she glanced behind him then back.

“I think there might even be some brownies left,” if Yang didn’t eat them all, that is.  

“I’m Ruby,“

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@brokenbow Of all the things she expected to hear, it was not that. She should probably have been more used to hearing weird things, she was a demi-god after all. Why would a kid her age be flying? could kids her age fly without help “Ohhhhh,” it may have been all too clear she absolutely didn’t get it. 

“Well, Yeah everything looks kind of different on the ground, but you’re in luck, I know my way around!” she chirped, trying to sound a bit more confident than she felt at the moment. Her sister Yang had a better sense of direction than she did.

“Sooo.... uhh, where exactly are you trying to go? Kind of need to know that, yeah,” great first impression Rubes.  

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vanguarddrifter‌:

“Y’know, Red, you’re right. But I’ll just do some extra running when I’ve got the time. And yeah that was Brennan,” he supplies helpfully. “I know, all us walkers probably start to look the same after awhile.”

Anything to keep the jokes going, honestly. They could all use the laughs, and it’s not a vicious or serious situation. Just funny. They’d all “tripped” in their units before, but only Jodie had managed to actually break an ankle doing it. At least in recent memory.

His own worst trip had just resulted in shattered glass – more damage overall to him than to the unit.

He nods through her summary of the damage. Okay, all standard, stuff he’s heard before, he hadn’t managed to burn anything out, great. But he laughs a little bit at just how proud she seems of her part in the whole process.

“I knew she was in good hands,” he finally responds, still grinning. Kid hardly looks old enough to be an engineer, but if Migas has her on weapons, she’s clearly qualified. “

“Time to level up in running power!“ she exclaimed with a fist pump for emphasis. “10 laps before lunch! Pow!” she punched a fist out and then glanced at Leon.

“I--“ she started as she thought about how to express herself without sounding rude. “Well, it’s more... I just don’t know any of you by name, I don’t even know if I could point any of you out in a crowd actually,“ she admitted woefully.

“I just, don’t know any of you, I’m new and the only person I’ve really talked to is Migas and Miranda... once? I only remember Miranda because it kind of has the same first letters of Miguel“ she chuckled and lightly scratched her face. What a good mechanic she was, couldn’t even remember the names of the people she worked for.

“You bet she is! and I was thrilled to help work on her!“ Granted... she was almost always thrilled to work on striders.

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vanguarddrifter‌:

“I don’t think I’m gonna get any slower if I don’t finish one run.”

He laughs, grabs his water from the caddy opposite to where he’d been keeping his hearing aids. He could just do his last half-mile before chow anyway. He takes a quick drink – only as long as he figures is polite while he’s having a conversation – before he keeps talking.

“Been kinda worried about the old girl anyway. But I knew your team could get her back in shape.”

It wasn’t like he’d shattered his rig’s ankle, like Jodie had done to his Strider the previous week. Something everyone was still making fun of him for.

“Sure you will, that’s how it works right?“ ruby joked with a giggle. Though, with some people, you’d think that was absolutely the case.

Ruby held her hands behind her back before she started walking out of the training room.

“Yeah, it wasn’t too bad, not like... that one guy last week?“ she couldn’t remember the name of the guy who’d destroyed the ankle of his strider. But that was definitely a nightmare to work on.

“It was mostly stripped joints and some bent pieces, mostly just tough wear and tear, but it all causes issues after a while.... eeespecially if you happen to take a direct hit,“ honestly, she probably shouldn’t have been on the team at her age, but she’d been recognized for her prowess and all hands were needed in this war. She took a super hero pose as she walked.

“I got to work on the weaponry to make sure it was ship shape, that was my favorite part,“ she declared matter of factly. She loved weapons so much. She loved the shape, the mechanics and just how powerful they were. She could probably talk for hours about the tiny details of them. 

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vanguarddrifter‌:

He’d slowed his jog when he registered the voice of someone who definitely wasn’t one of the people he knew wouldn’t be offended by his not pausing his workout, and by the time the girl had finished speaking, he’d stopped the treadmill fully and turned to face her.

One of the engineers. Great. He’d probably scared her.

“Oh, thanks.”

He offers a smile, minding his tone more closely now. Poor kid kinda looks like she’s about to cry. He’d been about to tell her she didn’t have to yell, it’s a reflex when he can actually tell someone’s shouting at him, but looking at her, he’s pretty sure she either couldn’t help it, or didn’t realize she was doing it.

“You think the boss would mind if I headed down now? Could use a cooldown.”

She perked up slightly. He wasn’t yelling at her so that means he wasn’t mad, right? She was more worried about being underfoot than anything.

”Umm, I don’t think it’s so important that you need to go now, I think“ she said and put her hands behind her back.

“We just wanted to go over the repairs and -- you know-- boring stuff like that, heh, you can probably finish your workout... unless you’re done already?“ Ruby looked at the treadmill. She personally preferred just going on a run, but she also didn’t know how treadmills actually... worked.

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@vanguarddrifter The tap comes as a moderate surprise: people tap his shoulder to get his attention all the time when they know that it’s something he’s used to, and that’s only four people around here. But he remembers after a moment that he’s… got earbuds in. Like he always does on the treadmill.

He takes his music out, and after a moment of fumbling with the case in the water bottle caddy on his right side, he’s got his ears back in. He slows his pace to a jog, expecting it to be another pilot or something, someone who won’t be all that offended if he doesn’t stop his workout to talk to them.

“Yeah?”

Ruby wasn’t used to talking to people like Leon. She and the rest of the engineering crew tended to keep to themselves except for Migas. He was definitely the social butterfly of the engineering team.

“u-uh, I mean, that--“ she stammered maybe seeing leon’s respons as a bit more annoyed than it actually was. She took a deep breath.

“Sir! I was told to tell you that repairs are done a-and, umm--“ she practically shouted and saluted, then she let her arms sink. Played with the arms of her coveralls a bit and looked down. 

“ And that you should come to the bay when you’re done,“ she mentally berated herself for being a bit too loud.

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chainxdancer‌:

Nisha grinned sheepishly, happily shaking the girl’s hand before fidgeting with her sore tail. “Ehe, I think it’ll be fine! Probably just need to give it a massage for a little while.”

“I don’t know if you have time right now.... I think we might get attacked again if we stay put,“ Ruby cautioned as she looked up, shielding her eyes from the sun.

“At least, you know, you didn’t lose your tail... silver lining, heh? and in no time it’ll be good as new,“ Ruby said energetically and rather awkwardly. Boy, talking with strangers was sometimes the hardest thing in the world. 

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@chainxdancer

“that’s good, well.. not the tail thing, I just mean... blehhh..“ Ruby said with a relieved sigh and maybe slight disgruntlement then held out her hand. “I don’t see anyone else though, I’m ruby, umm--  is you’re tail going to be okay?“

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Hey kiddo : ^ D

[text] Hey dad!!! :3

[text] Sorry, I was doing stuff and signal is really bad. >_<

[text] how are things?

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"Anything new going on with you kid?"

Ruby, laying across the couch with a video game in hand didn’t really respond until she died. “NOOOOOO, That was my last life,” she sat up suddenly and then flopped back down.

“Not really, I died again. The only constant in my week....“ she said dramatically and finally sat up.

“What about you?“

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OOC

Ruby is back!

[soldariusx-a-deactivated2020072]

Spider-Man: Homecoming || Starters

“Join me, and together, we’ll build my new Lego Death Star.”

“Being the fastest isn’t always the best if you are wrong.”

“Believe me, I know how that feels.“

“Try not to stress him out, I’ve seen his cardiogram.”

“She was really nice and bought me a churro.”

“What if somebody had died today? Different story, right? Because that’s on you. And if you die, I feel like that’s on me.”

“This is the greatest thing that’s ever happened to me.”

“I’m pretty sure this guy’s a war criminal now, but whatever.”

“My dad never really gave me a lot of support and I’m just trying to break the cycle of shame.”

“I just like coming here to sketch people in crisis.”

“I just wanna thank you for letting me be a part of your journey.”

“I have a room full of people in there waiting for some big announcement. What am I gonna tell them?”

“Oh I was just, um… looking at… porn.“

“If I knew who he was, he’d already be dead.“

“Don’t interfere in my business again. Because I will kill you and anyone you care about.“

“You need to stop carrying the weight of the world on your shoulders.“

“This is your chance. Kiss her.“

“I’m not obsessed with him, I’m just super observant.“

“Those people, _____, those people up there, the rich and the powerful, they do whatever they want. Guys like us, like you and me… they don’t care about us.”

“Why are you telling me this?“

“Sometimes, patience is the key to victory.“

“Okay, I’m gonna get a little closer so I can see what’s happening.”

“You screwed the pooch hard. Big time.“

“You wonder why you waited so long for something so disappointing…”

“You know, I wasn’t too sure about this at first, but… damn!“

“Do you know that I was the only one who believed in you?”

“I wanted you to be better.“

“We should probably stop staring before it gets weird.“

“You know what you did was wrong. The question is, how are you gonna make things right?”

“Hey, you up for some bourbon, some gin, rum?“