SHE knew this was a bad idea... ! ‘Oh wait, I’m not asking, you have to come,’ Sun says --- ‘wear something cute,’ Sun says --- and where is everybody ?? Nowhere ! She didn’t NYOOM home after work, actually follow directions and change into something nicer --- hole-free and everything ! --- and NYOOM back down to the boardwalk’s midway for nothing, right ? It was bad enough knowing Neptune would be there --- making this the first time since... ‘The Incident’... That they’ve been face-to-face...
And before she knows it, Ruby’s stomach is in knots again. She’s about inches away from shoving some Dust at the nearest boardwalk game that involves hitting something --- anything. For now she settles for pacing instead, Crescent Rose bobbing to and fro against her back as her hand rubs at the back of her neck. Autumn means cooler weather and shorter days; the sun’s already working its way lower and lower beneath the waterline ( is Neptune even aware where the Boardwalk is ?? He knows it’s... by a bunch of water, right ?? ), and as a chilly breeze blows in off the shore, she’s suddenly very glad she opted to swap her trusty old cape for Cassandra’s heavier... Admittedly nicer-looking one.
The only thing that can keep her from wearing a hole into the wood with her boots is a familiar shock of blue --- towering pretty easily over the majority of the crowd. Ruby immediately skids to a halt, and a surge of heat ( and mild nausea ) shoots up all the way from her toes. Her stomach’s in knots all over again, a feeling that only intensifies when she notices a distinct lack of blonde, monkey-tailed company with him. Temporarily her nervousness is forgotten in favor of annoyance --- she has a sneaking suspicion that she’s figured out exactly what’s going on here, but she doesn’t want to jump to conclusions... So instead she throws up her hands in an indicative, universal ‘What’s the deal?’ gesture.
❛ Weh --- Where’s, uhhh... Where’s Sun ?? ❜
@highcurrent needs to have a TALK with someone later !
