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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[ seriously? ]

Are you sure that's all the memory- not hallucination, was about?

sensitive to the moon?

[really, ruby? really?]

Subtle.

I'm not particularly good at this.

Oh, oh, so that isn't just me?

[Small favors.]

Yeah. You know like
not sleeping well and stuff

How does it affect you? And... I mean... does it affect you, out here?

[She's looking real hopeful here.]

Ohhhh no, I mean the memories, hallucinations...thing....

I'm sorry, I'm not affected by the moon.

[Pause. Wait.]

Oh! Well.. wat did you see?

[It's a long shot either way.]

Two people, arguing, over guarding a prisoner?

Oh, sorry, hi, I'm Blue. It's nice to meet you, Ruby.

Well... no. I just honestly don't know what to make of it. Any of it.

[She's new - and still really confused about... well. Everything.]

Nice to meet you, Blue. And look at that, matching names. Back home they called me Red.

[Ruby smiles at that. Small things to take joy in, right?]

Looks like we saw the same thing... any idea what that's all about?

[You would be surprised at how often that happens back home. Rose Red, Red Riding Hood - but Rose Red goes by Rose and Red Riding Hood goes by Ride, so-]

Red and Blue. I like it.

[And then he shakes his head.]

No, sorry. I just got here.

[Gold isn't actually looking at the camera as a feed click on, appears to be busy working with something instead. But he's seen the feed, of course. He knows exactly who he's speaking to.]

I'm given to believe the cycle becomes managed... internally, as it were.

[He looks up, finally, a smile on his face that's almost friendly, though it may just be amused in advance of her reaction. He very much doubts he's a face she was hoping to see.]

Hello, Miss Lucas. Lovely of you to join us.

[Oh that should have a talk about that, sometime. See, she was named Red after her hood, after all, that she sadly doesn't have with her here... and Snow White is her best friend.

Funny how that works.]

Definitely meant to be a team here, then. I just got here, too. Sucks, doesn't it?

Well, it's definitely not what I was expecting.

[Now that's got her outright grinning.]

What were you expecting?

but it revolves around the moon

You never heard of people sleeping like crap around the full moon?

[Or, you know. Turning into big bad wolves. As they do.]

yeah
but when it's just the full moon that usually means something else
or it does for some of the people here

[He gives a grin back, how can he resist?]

I was expecting upstate New York. That's where I live. Lived.

[Back...when he was living.]

[Yeah.

No.

Her mug comes with too much coffee and too little vodka for this.

Ruby shrinks back from her own device a little - like that's gonna help - but sets her jaw stubbornly. No, she's not pleased to see him. Not even a little. No offense, but the only person she'd possibly like to see here less is Regina, and that's just because she's fond of Belle.]

Since we lack the pretense of you buying food from me, I'm not sure there's a need to lie.

[This conversation is getting better and better and Ruby isn't even catching onto the past tense there.]

New York must be such an exciting city to live in! I'm just from a small town in Maine.

[Well. Enchanted Forest. But who's insisting on details, here, right?]

You mean like
wolves?

[Ruby sniffed two out, after the jump. The question is how far-spread all the information is - how safe the admission.]

New York City was pretty exciting. The Farm? That was less exciting. More work. There are only a few people who live up there.

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