[ it isn't a gesture she's oblivious to. someone keeping step with her, instead of striding ahead, expecting her to chase his heels to prove that she's desperate or pathetic enough. whatever he's thinking, whether it's goodwill or not, she can't afford to waste it. Ruby follows close at his side, never in front and never too far behind. even so, there's something absent about her expression, her smile fixed in place, her eyes always moving: quick glances in every direction around them; to his hands, his face; over her shoulder, behind her. ]
Oh! I'm sorry, how rude of me. My name is—
[ how strange. it's a name she's held for three years now, so it's hers. and yet, it's a name tied inextricably to that place. somehow it feels like she should have woken up in another new body, with another new name, getting further away with every new beginning from that girl who just wanted a peaceful ending in death. █████ belongs to MadridKorea? Madrid. Rudbeckia belongs to Romagna. Rudbeckia isn't even a person, she's just a character in a book, bound there in words on a page that she can't overwrite.
but that girl is here, and she's still... ]
—Rudbeckia de Borgia. [ in a bright, bubbly voice that should echo but doesn't in the dark vacuum: ] You can call me Ruby, if you'd like! And yourself?
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Oh! I'm sorry, how rude of me. My name is—
[ how strange. it's a name she's held for three years now, so it's hers. and yet, it's a name tied inextricably to that place. somehow it feels like she should have woken up in another new body, with another new name, getting further away with every new beginning from that girl who just wanted a peaceful ending in death. █████ belongs to
MadridKorea?Madrid. Rudbeckia belongs to Romagna. Rudbeckia isn't even a person, she's just a character in a book, bound there in words on a page that she can't overwrite.but that girl is here, and she's still... ]
—Rudbeckia de Borgia. [ in a bright, bubbly voice that should echo but doesn't in the dark vacuum: ] You can call me Ruby, if you'd like! And yourself?