#001.ruyi

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a closed starter for judith grimes ( @wvsteria )

"don't move," ruyi said from behind the intruder, sword less than a centimeter away from being pressed against their neck. she took cautious side-steps, circling around them to see who it is. the moment she registered judith, she lowered her weapon. "judith, what are you doing here?" she asked the other, an unfamiliar edge of worry in her tone. they shouldn't be out and about, and ruyi couldn't help but to assume the worst for why they were. her grip tightened on the hilt. "are you okay?"

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a closed starter for feng yu ( @mvsicinthedvrk )

it appeared that while the cia could move on from ruyi, she had a harder time. she spent the night meandering about the museum, seeming to be an onlooker of the entertainment, but her mind couldn't help but to clock every detail. it hit her every time she'd start counting the number of exits in each new room she entered. this one had two. the former agent turned her focus away from exits to attempting to enjoy herself. going down the snack table, she picked anything that looked interesting. "you know, this is about the fifth time this song as been requested and i have no idea what it is," she comments, venturing her hand in small talk. "do you happen to know?"

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a closed starter for cordelia ( @mischiefxmuses )

"that's my problem— i've been calm all my life." at first it was to please her adopted parents then her superiors. she controlled her emotions for so long that sometimes she feared she rid herself of them completely.

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a closed starter for feng yu ( @mvsicinthedvrk )

ruyi had heard ramblings of similar instances to what just transpired. she'd had written them off as mad ravings or tall tales to keep the kids in line. morbid, yes, but so were most fairytales. to her, it was all just very improbable. and, yet, she had witnessed just what had been described. then come to find the aftermath was just as absurd. the dead reanimated— some with difficultly of recollecting. this was certainly not the dc she grew up in. "tell me you haven't forgotten me." the inquiry was, in part, reconnaissance. it didn't hurt to gather as much information as she could, including the extent of memory loss if he was a victim. what her mild delivery hid was the slight edge of concern she had. torturous song aside, he had been nothing but kind to her, so she didn't want harm to come to him. maybe even held hope it hadn't.

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@mvsicinthedvrk sent: ♫ + (18) for ruyi and feng yu. (COULD HAVE BEEN ME the struts)

"by the way, where are we going?" ruyi asks belatedly. she's only just realizes that she started to follow feng yu's lead without question. even her inquiry was out of curiosity rather than an inherent need to make a plan of action for every a situation. it's different, but exciting. and she knows it's all thanks to her brief time as a knight that her previous tight grip on control seamlessly loosened. the mental confines that had her on constant alert disappears for just a moment, and she, for once, experiences what it's like to be relaxed and at peace. she's likely among the few in this city who found the short-lived transformation to be liberating. formerly resigned with the belief that she’d go out in a blaze of glory; that it was the only trajectory for a person like her. but what a waste of blood and sweat and suffering that would be— and for whose benefit? not hers, that's for sure. now she wants to taste love and pain, feel pride and shame, and to live better days. she never wants to look back and say it could have been her.

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@wvsteria asked: our muses are attempting to slay a dragon for ruyi/jacen

"watch out!" ruyi called out to jacen. she jumped forward, swinging her claymore at the beast's tail that was heading toward jacen. she sliced off a tip, angering the dragon even more.

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@devilsmenu sent: ♫ (junwoong & talia ruyi) ↪ night shift, lucy dacus

"i'm doing fine. just trying to derail my one track mind."

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@vcndetta sent: ♫ ( jenna && ren ruyi ) ↪ rose-colored boy, paramore

"i'm not a lost cause 'cause i've been through a lot." the former agent actually felt she had more to anticipate than the years she has spent being the perfect soldier. there was a will to survive deep in her— even the desire to thrive in spite of the world she knew.