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Ruby Nakamura [RP] @rutilate.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Ruby would look up at her as she spoke... Then, she'd nod. "It's okay. I may ask questions, but you're free to ignore them." She then gave her a smile. "There's a lot of things I don't understand, so it's okay if there's a few more. What I do understand is you could probably benefit from talking."

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olyester 🌼 @cco00oo.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

Umbreon vibes

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Ruby Nakamura [RP] @rutilate.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Ruby was not the most emotionally intelligent, often saying or doing exactly the wrong thing, but even she could read the room enough to know that this was not the time to satiate her curiosity.

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Ruby Nakamura [RP] @rutilate.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

She was curious... But... "Do you want to talk about what happened? I will listen. I will stay." The fact that Laura seemed to drip but nothing actually met the surface... That had her wondering, too, but now was not the time to ask such questions.

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Ruby Nakamura [RP] @rutilate.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Ruby's breath caught in her chest a moment. Couldn't protect everyone? Wasn't strong enough? Did that mean someone, maybe multiple people, had died? No... Been killed? She redoubled her hug a moment before talking. "I'm sorry. If you lost anyone... I'm sorry. It is very hard."

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Ruby Nakamura [RP] @rutilate.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Ruby smiled a little, then moved to rub her hand up and down Laura's back, albeit not sure if that was the best option. It was just what Ariel did for her sometimes. "What happened? Did you fall into a river? Did someone hurt you? You can keep holding on, either way."

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Ruby Nakamura [RP] @rutilate.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

As far as hugging went, Ruby wasn't bad at it. The girl wasn't the most practiced, but like everything else about her, her hugs were full of sincerity. She was also warmer than the average person - to a degree one might mistakenly think she had a fever. That warmed radiated out from her.

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Ruby Nakamura [RP] @rutilate.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

She gently pulled her arm away, but only enough to allow her to wrap it and its mirror around the older girl. "It's okay. I'm here. I don't know if you're in danger, or if it's something else that's wrong, but I'll do what I can." She then gave a slight squeeze.

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Ruby Nakamura [RP] @rutilate.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Ruby didn't try to move away... If anything she moved closer. After a point... "May I give you a hug, Miss Laura?" It seemed like she could use it, right? She was holding on to Ruby's arm like that... Ruby had taken similar actions with Ariel, after terrible nightmares. It was the same, right...?

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Ruby Nakamura [RP] @rutilate.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

"I don't really understand what's going on, or why you wouldn't want me to see it... But I would like to help." Sincere as ever. "Please, tell me, how can I help?" She slowly lowers her hands, her gaze both determined and sympathetic. It's not going to be as easy as saying 'go away'.

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Ruby Nakamura [RP] @rutilate.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Ruby, for her part, had where when she saw the fear, she slowed a little. Reading the fear on her face, she came to a stop a bit away and held up her hands, one with the pocket med kit. "It's okay. I won't hurt you." He expression then moved from calm to concern, to worry.

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Ruby Nakamura [RP] @rutilate.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

"Miss Laura!" She called out moments before speeding up, hand already reaching into a bag at her side. What good a first aid kit would do to someone melting, she didn't know, but it couldn't *hurt* to have ready.

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Ruby Nakamura [RP] @rutilate.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Her ability was not like using words, so while she'd prepared herself for something unusual, the emotions the local pokemon had sent her way couldn't have prepared her for what looked like a melting... Person? A *familiar* person at that... Once she made the connection she gasped.

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Ruby Nakamura [RP] @rutilate.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Ruby, who had been wandering the woods, suddenly got an odd feeling. The pokemon in the area seemed... Unsettled. Reaching out with her mind, she couldn't really make sense of the issue from this far out, so she started on her way towards the cause.

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Ruby Nakamura [RP] @rutilate.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

(("That's poetry?" I never said it was *good*.))

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Ruby Nakamura [RP] @rutilate.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

((I'm not back and available yet. I've just had this little nerd making gay poetry in the back of my mind off and on for months.))

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Ruby Nakamura [RP] @rutilate.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

She brings sunshine like after a summer shower. She makes me gasp like a glittering cave. I bring to her my care and she returns her own.

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Ruby Nakamura [RP] @rutilate.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

It had been a formative experience, her thoughts on what was done to her body mattering even when she had no power to stop it from happening.

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Ruby Nakamura [RP] @rutilate.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

She thought back to how Shadow had done similar for her... Making sure she was okay with what he did before he helped when he'd just found her, though she'd been powerless to stop him it still *mattered* to him that she agreed to the care.

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Ruby Nakamura [RP] @rutilate.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

"It may hurt a little - there are bone shards in the wound - but it's important to stop the bleeding, first. May I continue?" After instinctively reaching out with her mind and invading this being's privacy, dream or not the least she could do was get consent to care.

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Ruby Nakamura [RP] @rutilate.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

She made her way to it and looked at the wound, examining it closely... The bone shards could pose a problem to healing, she decided. But the bleeding was a bigger issue. She looked up to her strange companion and spoke. "I'm going to place my bandanna on the wound to stop the bleeding.

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Ruby Nakamura [RP] @rutilate.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

She chased away that thought - if it had meaning, then it could be discerned later. For now, she looked up at the being that towered over her even while on the ground and hoped, prayed even that it would allow her to help... And when it nodded, she relaxed.

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Ruby Nakamura [RP] @rutilate.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

For her part, while she could not retreat fully, she tried to 'look away' from its feelings, catching things only as if out of the corner of her mind's eye. She wasn't insulted by what little got through... Though, she remarked internally, she couldn't recall this sort of experience in a dream past.

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Ruby Nakamura [RP] @rutilate.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

((I mean if you had anything major it might not have happened by now. I know of several people who had month-plus migraines who had serious stuff happen near the end. But, if the migraine goes away and isn't literally constant then that should be fine. I'll still be hoping it stays away soon!))

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Ruby Nakamura [RP] @rutilate.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

((Hey, I like, don't want to be Nosy, but, you may want to read this to see if it holds with things? my.clevelandclinic.org/health/disea... Migraines that last over 3 days are super not a joke.))

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What Is Status Migrainosus?

Does your migraine seem to never end? It could be a type of migraine known as status migrainosus. Learn about why this happens.

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Ruby Nakamura [RP] @rutilate.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

((I'll be rooting you both on! It's a terrible shock no doubt, but I'm glad to hear she's strong. That can help the process a lot! Or so I believe.))

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Ruby Nakamura [RP] @rutilate.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

((Oh my god. I'm so sorry. That's always so hard. My mom had it twice, and it eventually took her. I will be hoping things go different for your step mom, and that she has as healthy and quick a recovery as possible! Please remember to take care of yourself in the coming time, too.))

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Ruby Nakamura [RP] @rutilate.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

No phone, no first aid kit, but a bandanna on her head not unlike the one that Ariel had given her while they worked on tending the skiddo at her farm. It was a more muted red, but it was clean, and she took it from its place. "May I come closer?"

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Ruby Nakamura [RP] @rutilate.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

Oh, how anxious this makes her. "I'm sorry, if I've hurt you. I'll try not to do it again... But, please, let me stop your bleeding. You could die otherwise. It's always terrible when someone dies needlessly." Dream logic told her she had something on her to help...

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Ruby Nakamura [RP] @rutilate.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

It's not perfect, but at least it's more like being vaguely aware another person is in the next room over than it is blistering and bright. She stutters forward. "I'm sorry. I didn't know that would be a problem. I-I'm trying to close the link, but I've never needed to before. So..."

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Ruby Nakamura [RP] @rutilate.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

But you don't need to understand something to respect it, to respect that this stranger does not appreciate her presence in its mind, so she tries to keep herself as distant as she can, as the link doesn't completely close - she needs more practice, more skill.

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Ruby Nakamura [RP] @rutilate.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

This was not something she was used to. She'd had surprise, sometimes even outright shock, but nothing so... Vehement. At first she's herself startled, but once she's recovered herself, she tries to pull back, to close the link... She's never had to do that before. She doesn't understand.

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Ruby Nakamura [RP] @rutilate.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

((Thank you! Admittedly, it's mostly the physical health holding me back! But spending some time with one of my besties does help the mental health, too :3 For me they're a safe person, so I can experience the social interaction my brain needs with minimal anxiety about messing up.))

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Ruby Nakamura [RP] @rutilate.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

((Thank you! It's slowly getting there over time!))

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Ruby Nakamura [RP] @rutilate.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

As for what the vessel would sense coming from her... Well, it would at least be capable of recognising that these feelings came from outside itself - for they would feel wholly *like* someone else, as if coming from the *direction* of this small bug.

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Ruby Nakamura [RP] @rutilate.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

"Please, let me try to help you." Sure, it was a dream... But it being a dream meant that she could afford whatever it took to help. The limits of reality did not hold her back, the need to run from that which might threaten her.

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Ruby Nakamura [RP] @rutilate.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

She sent out the desire to help, a gentle concern full of the sense of how young this girl was. She sent out a calming haze, she could do it no real harm, but she was used to helping those who were injured. She sent out a small plea in emotion and voice alike:

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Ruby Nakamura [RP] @rutilate.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

She wanted to help, she realised, even before registering it had come crashing down. She didn't run because she wanted to *help*. So, once it fell, she finally sent out her own feelings, not content to simply observe, to simply not contribute to this dialogue.

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Ruby Nakamura [RP] @rutilate.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

Surprise and no real way out of the situation kept her in one place as it got closer... But even as it became clear it felt it must take her life, she didn't move to run (it was a dream, after all). She instead took a step forward, hands held up... Just in time for it to collapse before her.

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Ruby Nakamura [RP] @rutilate.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

She senses how it feels as though this is the only reasonable option... How it needs to continue on. And she senses how this mind, though stunted in some ways, is far, far to complex to be a normal animal, to be like the very clearly not sapient beings she'd connected with while here...

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Ruby Nakamura [RP] @rutilate.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

And upon seeing it at first, she sent the connection - as she always did when seeing a living thing that is not human, when becoming vaguely aware of another mind that she could interact with... She senses how as it approaches it doesn't *desire* to harm her, but it feels it must.

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Ruby Nakamura [RP] @rutilate.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

((Sticking to just a thread with one of my besties for now. I've got a BUNCH of stuff to write to be up to date with Ruby's everything, so I'm not ready to post properly on her just yet. Sorry for anyone waiting! I'm doing what I can to juggle health stuff.))

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Ruby Nakamura [RP] @rutilate.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

So, with far less care than she'd have taken had she realised this dream was *quite* a bit more real than most, the little for-now-bug girl made her way along the path of blood, wondering what would be waiting on the other side of the path...

A Hollow-Knight universe compliant design for ruby. A bug with a soft red and dull pink and tan design, with a soft red bandanna to match the back of her shell, and soft fluffy antennae to match the soft ruff of fluff around her neck. She has no mask, and big, glittery grey eyes.

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Ruby Nakamura [RP] @rutilate.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

The splatters suggested to her it was probably some sort of bodily fluid - though, if she were to be honest, she wouldn't have come to that conclusion had there not been a ginormous creature laying there, clearly killed, with its own fluids and the signs of struggle.

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Ruby Nakamura [RP] @rutilate.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

She decided that her goal for this little exploratory sleep phase would be to find what had felled the large (no, *giant*) creature, and it didn't take her long to find signs of something else passing through. A path of some sort of slick, black liquid, which, oddly, seemed tinged with orange.

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Ruby Nakamura [RP] @rutilate.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

So with that she climbed her way down, sliding a little the last bit, and made her way inward. What she'd at first mistaken for a large bush seemed to be some sort of large creature, still warm, but very much dead. The first sign of *real* danger here... But, it was a dream, so it would be fine.

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Ruby Nakamura [RP] @rutilate.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

And then she saw it. In an open area, what seemed like an important place, with stone structures suggesting it was once a building, or perhaps something similar with no roof despite the lovely walls surrounding it. She couldn't help herself, she needed to see more.

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Ruby Nakamura [RP] @rutilate.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

All in all, she was enjoying this dream, and how it had a sense of casual adventure but also a fairly calm feel to it. Rarely had she dreamed of something so beautiful before...

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Ruby Nakamura [RP] @rutilate.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

And spent a couple minutes dropping in organic matter to watch it dissolve. She was no archaeologist, or whatever architecture historians were, but she also looked over the stonework, appraising it and how pretty it was, finding it was not left wanting.

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