𝖇𝖚𝖗𝖓 𝖞𝖔𝖚𝖗𝖘𝖊𝖑𝖋

( ruby cheng. 24. bartender. ) do not accept the fate of the moon. get off the track. reveal to the world the hidden side. burn yourself

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kngminjae·:

minjae almost couldn’t recognize her. if it weren’t for the fact that he was good at remembering faces, he wouldn’t have known who this girl was. and the fact that he could recognize her car. “i’m actually surprised that it does.” he chuckled, hands stuffed in the pockets of his hoodie. “how did you recognize me? i almost didn’t realize it was you because… you know…” he pointed at his head, referring to her hair. “you got a different look going on.” 

‘yeah... i have to admit i did not expect it to live for this long.’ ruby said, patting the hood of her car like it was a living thing. maybe to her it kind of was. ‘oh, i’m pretty good with faces.’ she shrugged. there was also the fact that there weren’t many people she actually connected with in a positive way. she lived a lone wolf kind of life, always on the move. she’d never really forgotten this guy’s kindness. but that was all a lot to explain. ‘the hair, yeah, it’s - wel it’s not a new look for me, but it’s a big change since the arkansas. i just got tired of having to shave it every day.’ she chuckled. ‘and i lost my razor too, so.. here we are.’

[trauma-rat]

Life is one big yeehaw and then you die

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kngminjae·:

minjae finally managed to join the bonfire despite him not being familiar with anyone here. everyone was talking to their friends and mingling around while he sat by the fire quietly like a shy kid at school. he eventually decided that he would rather be by the lake instead, since it was quieter over there. however, he heard a familiar voice nearby calling someone. he was confused at first, looking around until he saw a girl looking at him. minjae didn’t recognize her at first. “wait…” he spoke, pointing at her as he walked closer. flashbacks of a shaven head girl with a broken down car in an empty gas station in arkansas flashed in his head. “car girl!” he smiled widely. “well, well. i never thought i’d see you again.”  

it was rare to see ruby smile. it was even more rare for the smile to be anything more than a quirk of the corners of her lips. no, the smile that - although briefly - appeared on her face right now could maybe even be described as gleeful. she now that that afternoon in the blistering southern heat came back to her, she realised it was kind of a miracle he even recognised her. she’d been practically bald, which was quite the contrast with the long black hair flowing over her shoulders right now. she gestured to her car. ‘look, it’s still running.’ the car had been through a lot, and a lot of scratches and some dents had been added since that empty gas station. she couldn’t count the mechanics that she’d seen over the years on one hand, maybe not even two. but it was still here, her home on wheels. ‘it could’ve stranded in arkansas, but it’s still going strong.’

[cinemapix]

10 THINGS I HATE ABOUT YOU (1999) dir. Gil Junger

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closed for @kngminjae​

frankly, ruby didn’t know what she was doing here. usually when she was staying somewhere for an extended amount of time, she still didn’t attend any sort of community events such as bonfire nights. there just wasn’t any need to go and make friends. she was going to move on soon anyway, and any unnecessary attachments were just extra baggage to take with her. yet somehow she’d been drawn to attend this bonfire. she’d parked her car close to all the festivities, but still on a safe distance, and now stood leaning against it watching the people around her mingle. she knew some faces from her job and cloak and stagger, but none that really stood out. not until one particular guy caught her attention. he was familiar, but she was pretty sure she didn’t know him from the bar. she narrowed her eyes at him, staring him down until it finally clicked. ‘car guy!’

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headcanon - ruby’s insta page

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oftenderveins·:

Her eyes widened when she saw the fists, not expecting such a strong reaction. “Oh sorry..” she apologized and frowned as she studied the other, shaking her head at herself. “I should have known that. It is pretty late after all” Cassia added and rubbed the back of her neck, studying the other woman. Maybe she had been silently hoping that they would close a little later so she could get herself something hot to drink. She needed to calm down after the long day at work, all the meetings she’s had was driving her up the wall. 

ruby huffed, relaxing a little and lowering her hands. ‘well you see, there’s a sign on the door stating our opening and closing times.’ ruby stated, not sounding all too impressed. after years of working many odd jobs involving customers service, she knew all too well that people just don’t read. they’re rather ask employees obnoxious questions or barge in after closing time. well... technically it wasn’t officially closing time yet. just a couple more minutes. ruby bit the inside of her cheek. ‘on a scale of one to ten, how much do you need a drink?’

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maekwn·:

“ugh, it’s you.” she rolled her eyes. mae was hoping to find the other staff member from earlier, but nope, she had to deal with someone who really disliked her and she disliked right back. “i know that. i’m looking for my phone. have you seen it? i think i left it behind here.” she asked, eyes wandering around the place before settling on ruby again. was she listening to ed sheeran? mae almost wanted to laugh.

mae. of course. maybe ruby has brought the rivalry between them on herself, as she had a tendency to do that sort of thing. either way, it was safe to say they did not get along, and ruby had no intention of improving on that any time soon. there was just something about the fact that the other girl did not even officially work at the bar, and yet acted all high and mighty towards ruby that didn’t sit right with her. ‘you know, bartending is a busy job. doesn’t leave much space for baby sitting lost phones.’ ruby said in a less than civil tone. even though she had the volume of the music turned down low already, in ruby’s mind it was way too fucking loud right about now. she just hoped that mae was aware of the fact that this was in fact not a personal choice made by ruby herself, but someone else fucking with the bar’s playlist. ‘maybe it’s in the lost and found. though you can’t really blame people for slipping found phones into their own pockets.’

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averyhq·:

avery unknowingly found herself being the exact kind of customer she absolutely loathed back when she worked as a bartender. the one who shows up after last call, two minutes before the doors get locked. “calm down, mayweather. put those fists away.” she said with a chuckle, reaching into her back pocket to grab her phone, checking the time for herself. in retrospect, something she probably should have done before waltzing into the bar. “just really wanted a drink and didn’t realize it was so late. my bad, honestly. should’ve known you were closed the second i heard ed sheeran playing. — sorry for scaring you, babe.”

ruby lowered her hands, letting them rest on her hips instead. without replying to the woman in front of her, ruby looked her over, sighed, and then turned around to grab two glasses. one for the late customer, one for herself. she wished she could say that it had been the sort of day that made her need a drink, but honestly, that was basically every day for ruby. ‘i don’t know who put ed sheeran on the bar playlist but i think it would be better for them if i didn’t find out.’ ruby finally spoke while setting the glasses on the bar. ‘what are we drinking?’

[denalifoxx-deactivated20220703]

Be careful, she’ll hit ya.

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charliewarrxn-xo·:

“Ugh, my regular barista was off duty today and they got my venti macchiato order wrong, again…” the blonde said, rolling her eyes and letting out an audible sigh. It was her day off work and Charlotte had planned to spend her morning in a productive way by sitting down at Deja Brew and working on her book or maybe even reading for a bit. She wasn’t even sure who she was talking to, not that she even cared, she was just upset about what had happened and needed to audibly voice her disappointment. Perfect coffee cups meant perfect working days for her, and getting her order wrong completely jinxed her vibe. “I mean, it’s not that hard… I asked for soy milk and no foam but instead got skimmed milk and half a cup of foam. Jesus, Mary, Joseph and the camel.. that is just such a waste of really good coffee.”

@shstarters·

ruby had taken her headphones off while in the queue to order her coffee, not wanting to be impolite to the staff when it was her turn, however it was a decision she instantly regretted. her head snapped into the direction of the woman who was complaining about her coffee, rolling her eyes before scoffing. ‘okay, karen.’ she said in a mocking tone. ruby knew it was best to keep her temper contained, but her reaction was less of a choice and more of an instinctual knee jerk reaction. ‘what are you gonna do? speak to the fucking manager?’ ruby really couldn’t believe the audacity of some people. as if working in customer service wasn’t hard enough already without people feeling entitled to baristas remembering orders as if they were someone’s private chef. ‘have you ever considered not being a jerk and just... ordering a new coffee. it’s hardly the end of the fucking world.’

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@shstarters​

it had been a quiet night at the bar, ruby had told her only other coworker today to go home already, since the last customer had long since left the premises and all that was left to do was cleaning up. ruby liked having the bar to herself. she worked better alone anyway. and when it was quiet like this, just the faint sound of music over the overhead speakers, the atmosphere felt peaceful and calm. she was pretty much done with her chores for the night, turning off the lights in the back room while softly singing along to an ed sheeran song as she walked into the bar, ready to lock up and leave. she startled at the sight of a silhouette out of the corner of her eye, letting out a yelp and her fists came up instinctively, ready to defend herself, only to realise it was probably a very late customer, or something along those lines. ‘what the fuck?’ she questioned. she didn’t know if she was more embarrassed about the fact that she had been caught knowning the words to tenerife sea, or about her scared reaction. ‘can i help you? we’re closed.’

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is that [NATASHA LIU BORDIZZO]? no, that’s just [RUBY CHENG]. [SHE/HER] is [24] years old and is a [BARTENDER AT CLOAK & STAGGER]. rumor has it they’ve been in town for [A MONTH]. on a good day, they’re [HONEST & LOYAL]. but watch out! they can also be [RUDE & CYNICAL]. [SIMMER BY HAYLEY WILLIAMS] plays in my head whenever i think of them. can’t wait to see them around springhill!

hi it’s iris again and i bring you one of my most problematic children. she means well. she just has some anger issues. anyway you can read all about that below, leave a like or message me if you wanna plot!

PINTEREST

- born in sacramento and also grew up there. her mom is from a crazy rich asians-type family, just slightly less crazy rich, but her grandparents have a huge villa there, which is where ruby lived from when she was 10 till when she moved out. - before she lived there though she lived in a slightly more normal sized house with her mom and dad. her dad is this rich white guy her mom met in college and all seemed to be well in the relationship, except this guy had some real bad anger issues! big yikes! - it only got worse over the years, so eventually ruby’s mom fled to her parents’ house when ruby’s dad was on a business trip, and filed for divorce. - a very messy divorce followed, of course, and ruby was kind of neglected for a while as all the adults fought eachother. ruby’s mom eventually got custody and ruby took her mom’s last name - so no one really noticed that ruby was getting in fights at school and.. well pretty much anywhere else she meant. - she’d always had a quick temper but it just became worse until finally her mom was called to school because ruby had broken some boy’s nose. bik yikes. - they put her in boxing classes and all other kinds of martial art classes to channel her anger into something else but it just taught her how to break noses without breaking her own fingers. - eventually she was homeschooled because she just wasn’t able to be in a classroom without blowing tf up at some point during the day. and she didn’t really have friends anyway. - when she was 15 her dad tried to come back in her life because he felt bad but he’s also a big fuckin coward and so he didn’t actually stick around. he sees ruby like once a year and sends her money every month. - ruby just puts it all in a savings account along with the allowance she gets from her grandparents. - when she was 18 she graduated high school and shortly after she moved out/got kicked out. basically, she got in a fight with her grandpa and he told her he didn’t want her under his roof anymore. he apologised pretty much hours later but ruby had already packed her stuff and decided to leave anyway. - her relationship with her grandparents and her mom is strained because she just has never been an easy kid to raise. she loves them a lot but for a long time she was really angry at them. slowly but surely she’s getting back into contact with them. - over the years she’s pretty much lived out of her car/stayed in motels. she’s just been on a very long road trip across america basically. she’s seen all the sights, but she never stays long anywhere. - she’s been in spring hill for a month now, splitting her time between living in her car and staying at a crappy motel. she just doesn’t really want to use the money her parents send her, she wants to be able to take care of herself. - so somehow she got a job at cloak and stagger and somehow she’s been able to not get fired for a month. it helps to blow off steam by kicking out creepy customers instead of nice ones. she’s here for the girls and the gays you know, always making sure pervs get escorted outside.

EXTRA - actually is quite musically talented. she plays guitar and she can sing pretty well, but she never really sings when other people are around. she’d love to be able to do something with music as a career though but she doesn’t really see that happening for herself - she also carries a knife on her at basically all time. good luck trying to find where though. - one of her most prized possessions is her skateboard. she looks really chill rolling through town drinking her iced coffee.. until someone doesn’t look where they’re going and she starts yelling. - she shaved her head when she moved out just because she’d always wanted to and to be less of a target for creepy men while technically being homeless. we love being a woman in this world. it’s all grown back now and she plans on keeping it that way. unless...

WANTED CONNECTIONS - friends?  ruby has some trouble making connections. she’s a bitch, basically, and she doesn’t really trust anyone. but honestly once she accepts you as a more permanent figure in her life you’ll see that she’s actually pretty silly and fun to be around. also fiercely loyal. - no strings attached (female/feminine presenting muses only) she doesn’t want connections but she’ll still hook up with someone every once in a while. it’s usually more of a one night stand arrangement but maybe your character had other ideas? maybe ruby came back for more? could be anything - siblings it could totally be that her dad had other kids after he had ruby, but with other women of course after ruby’s mom left him or maybe even during the marriage. maybe ruby bumps into them in spring hill. must be younger than 24 of course. - old friend since ruby has been travelling for about six years now, she’s met quite a lot of people, would not be totally weird if she met some of them again in different locations - do i know you? would also love if she met someone who knew her during her childhood in sacramento. most likely they didn’t get along very much back then. maybe she even broke their nose! or their fingers! who tf knows at this point. 

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