[IC Inbox for Cerealia]

[heiroglyphs]

Thank you for calling.

You have reached the voice mail box of Weiss Schnee. My humblest apologies, but I am presently unavailable.

Please leave a brief message and I will get back to you as soon as-- wait Ruby no!

[ Beep! ]

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[heiroglyphs]

He... already texted me, actually. I've just been looking for reasons not to respond.

[And she's running out of distractions.]

[undaunts]

[..............]

Weeeeeeiiiiiiissssssssss.

[heiroglyphs]

Oh fine.

[Here, she'll grab her phone off of the coffee table and text him right now. She'll even show her the message.

"stealin ur girl."

What, that's not what it says? Oh fine, she's mostly just acknowledging she's not dead in a ditch somewhere. Or ignoring him. Except that she was. But now she's not. Because of the power of Protagonist.]

Better?

[undaunts]

[The power of Protagonist is a good start.]

Yeah. Thanks, Weiss.

[Just... have a really relieved smile here. She knows it'll take some time for things to be okay, but having two of her favorite people at odds is hard.]

[heiroglyphs]

It's the least I can do, honestly. Hopefully he heals up quickly.

Then again, if he doesn't, I'll know where to start his Aura training.

[undaunts]

... Thanks for looking out for him too, Weiss.

[It means a lot to her, even if Weiss won't admit that's what she's doing.]

[heiroglyphs]

Someone has to make sure you two dorks are safe.

[It's a partner's job, after all.]

But, um... thanks for checking up on me, Ruby.

Also? Not hating me. [Really appreciate that one.]

[undaunts]

I don't really think I could ever hate you.

[That's just fact, okay!! You're her partner.]

But... of course. I'll always check up on you too. So... [She doesn't think she's quite ready to leave, but they also don't necessarily have to dwell on Big Heavy Topics, so--]

... Can we just hang out for a bit?

[heiroglyphs]

Sure.

[She gives her friend a little smile. Part of her wanted to give some remark about how she should be spending time with her boyfriend rather than her, but she's just too drained for it.]

Tomorrow we should go stretch our legs in ViViD. But lets just relax for tonight.

[undaunts]

[She'll get there. She'll check on everyone, because she's Ruby and that's what she does--but for now, this is fine.

So she just hums in response, and flops back against the couch to enjoy Weiss' company for a bit. They can handle this disaster as it comes, and she's sure they'll all be okay somehow, but...

Well, they're all alive. It's a start.]

[heiroglyphs]

[Alive is generally a good thing, yes, and Weiss appreciates the company. Company she didn't have to cater to or entertain. It's something she wasn't sure she could ever really get used to, knowing that she has someone that likes her for who she is.]

I feel like its been forever since we just hung out. So much has been happening lately.

[Her living on her own hasn't helped matters either. She was right across the hall, sure, but there's so much less interaction when you aren't sleeping in the same room together.]