ataraxion | 001 | Video | Everything A Big Bad Wolf Could Want

[Ruby's in the kitchen, nursing a cup of coffee. She looks tired, though not overly so. Adapting to life on board isn't going all that great for her - but thank whatever deity you want to insert here for coffee, because Ruby is just going to survive on that. Hey, Grenny pestered her with early morning diner shifts often enough, and Ruby isn't ashamed to admit that she's addicted. Doesn't mean she's gonna kick the habit anytime soon. She smiles at the camera, friendly as always.]

Hey guys. Ruby here, for those I haven't met yet. Pleasure to meet you, not pleased about the weird circumstances, you know how it goes.

Two things... first of all. I gather I'm not the only one hallucinating. Or... having dreams. Memories. I'm not awake enough to puzzle that out. Is this some sort of... group hallucination, and what's so interesting about two people talking about how hot some prisoner is, anyway? Do I need to be concerned? Do I need to... I don't know, do anything about this, report it to anyone?

[She rubs a face down her hands, smiles, because all this sounds insane, but it seems to be common practice here.]

Second thing... well. I was wondering. I'll admit, I'm not the brightest bulb to ever light the room. So... we're in space. And I was just wondering, if you were. Say. Sensitive to the moon.

[Yeah, this is harder than she'd thought. Crap. Ruby takes a long sip of her coffee, a little too hot for comfort, but the burn is quite welcome right now. She can't exactly go saying that she's a werewolf and very likely to kill anything that moves in front of her during three months a night, because she doesn't think she'll be in control of the wolf after not transforming for a whooping 28 years, plus she doesn't have the magical cloak that'll prevent the transformation - yeah, that's not gonna get her pushed out of an air lock at all. She's had enough angry mobs after her in her own time.]

Are we in any way affected by moon cycles, given that we... well. Have no... moon of our own?

[Yeah, it sounds even more stupid when she says it out loud, but does the truth of her little problem really sound any less stupid?]

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What, you're that much of a bad guy that you got a reputation? Or just super trigger happy about monsters like me.

[There's no bite to her words. In fact, Ruby's smiling in a friendly manner. Look, she knows she's a monster and doesn't balk from acknowledging that.]

[ a big mouth more than anything is what's gotten him a reputation. ]

Who knows? Maybe you'll just have to wait and see which one it really is.

["Grandmother, what big teeth you have got!" and all that jazz, in the metaphorical, big mouth kind of way. Yeah, she gets it.]

If you're that suspicious of me, just put me down right away. I've got a life time of being chased out of towns or being side-eyed at best. I'd prefer not to have you hovering, waiting for a reason to do away with me.

If you're that eager to die, there're other ways to go about it than askin' a stranger to do you in.

Oh, you'd be surprised.

[No really, you would be. Ruby's pretty sure that even in Storybrooke, Maine, the slightest hint of her causing wolf related trouble could drum up a mob, just like in the good old Enchanted Forest.

Plot twist: She's right.]

I don't want to die, for the record. I'm not going to sit here crying about how hard it is to keep going when you've hurt people unintentionally. I'm just saying, please don't stalk me with a finger on the trigger, if you want to pull it that badly. Or you could give me a chance to prove you wrong?

Does it look like I'm 'bout to pull any triggers here? This is your chance, darlin'. Don't mess it up.

[ back home he'd say fuck it, that she deserves to die no matter what, especially when she's all but admitting to being a danger. but it's different here, and he knows as much. ]

[Darling, huh? Well, that she can work with.]

I won't. I can be good, you'll see. And if I fail... you know I won't try to pull my head out of the noose, cowboy.

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