You'll miss the birds completely. You're traveling so fleetly.

[hark_and_hush]

Who: Ruby and OPEN
Where: Various locations around the edge of town
When: The late evening of day 19
What: Ruby woke up and went exploring instead of playing with the communicator.
Notes: Feel free to intercept her at any point on her journey.


Ruby listened to the voice coming from the little device on her wrist. She listened, but she didn't really accept. She pulled her cloak tightly around herself as she stood, looking around at the sleepy-looking town and the strange little fountain.

She huffed a heavy breath in the cool night air, picked a direction and started to walk. She stopped to eye the pile of rubble that used to be the diner before following the road further towards the forest.

She spied an empty house and pushed the door open gently. "Hello?" It was seeming more and more like this was another curse and she wasn't so sure that she wanted to go in.

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[hark_and_hush]

"Oh, I don't know if that's a good idea. It's just little traps. I'd be happy to barter for other things, but I'm more of a..." She grinned, almost secretively. "More of a lone wolf, I guess."

She had to play down her abilities. The last thing she wanted was villagers with pitchforks and torches coming after her.

[primogen_vampirate]

"Well, I'm not telling you to become a braggart," Mina said. She started to open the cupboards, examining what was inside with grim determination. "But these people are wolves. And if they don't see you has having a purpose that suits them, then you will be ostracized."

And she made no attempts to obfuscate the bitterness in her tone.

[hark_and_hush]

Ruby winced a little at the comparison to wolves. "I can handle a little cold shoulder treatment. I've had worse. I'm not sure I want much to do with people who might just want to use me, anyway."

She wanted to ask after that bitter tone, but she didn't think it was welcome. Obviously people hadn't been very kind to Mina and that put Ruby on guard. "I guess I can tell them about my cooking, though."

[primogen_vampirate]

Mina forced herself to temper her anger. Too much of it and she would start sparkling again. And she didn't want to startle the girl. After all, it wasn't her fault. And truth be told, Mina rather liked her so far.

She took a bit of a breath, unnecessary though it was, and nodded slightly. "There's a boy you might contact," she said. "Kurt Hummel. He's been putting himself in charge of baked goods. All very well and good, but people do need some calories apart from sugar to survive. I imagine he would welcome the help."

First, she tapped on the damned communicator on her wrist, then she pointed to the one on Ruby's. "You can use this...thing...to communicate with others in the village."

[hark_and_hush]

"Well, I guess that's better than it just being a tracker." She was beginning to feel like a caged animal and that wasn't good for anyone. "At least it's useful, too."

She made a mental note to contact the boy. It might be nice to have someone to cook with. If she was a little uneasy at the fact that he was a boy, she couldn't really help that, though. After what she'd done, she didn't want to be around anyone for too long, but especially not anyone who might remind her of Billy or Peter.

She gave Mina a warm smile. "Thanks for all the help. I'll be sure to .let you know when I'm cooking, okay?"

[primogen_vampirate]

As food was highly unnecessary, the offer was meaningless. Well, the product of it, anyway. The offer itself was somewhat touching, in light of the recent treatment she'd been receiving.

"That's very kind of you, Ruby," she said.

[hark_and_hush]

This place was just a temporary stop. She needed to get home, but at least while she was here, she could maybe make a few friends, even if she really did need to keep them at an arm's length.

"It's no trouble. You helped me out, so I'll help you sometimes, too."

[primogen_vampirate]

A bit of a smile curled her lips. Yes. Perhaps the girl would do just that. She seemed Amazon-worthy.

Mina would have to make a point of watching her carefully. And fortunately, with limited obligations, she had ample time to do nothing other than watch.

"Thank you."