Realistic or Modern ꧁⠀ 𝔇𝔢𝔰𝔠𝔢𝔫𝔡𝔞𝔫𝔱𝔰: 𝔒𝔫 𝔇𝔢𝔠𝔨 !⠀꧂⠀⠀;⠀⠀main.

[sunshineysoul]

MOOD: oh hi!

OUTFIT: cute n outdoorsie!

LOCATION: Wailiki Isle, Tree-top course

basics

MENTIONS: Keanu (indirectly), Naomi


INT: Naomi (briefly) and Jonas! izayoiix

tags

TL;DR Ruby's enjoying being herself without her mom's supervision. Let's climb some trees!

tl;dr

Ruby Heart

sweet like a summer day!

Ruby was having the time of her life. Growing up, all she ever knew was her home and her family. Sure there were the people of Kumondra that were not her family, but being on the S.S. Motunui was completely different. There were so many new people, so many new sites to see, Ruby felt as if she was in a constant state of excitement. Although, it also always felt like she had to reel herself back.

Growing up, her mother regularly voiced her high expectations for her as well as her disappointment when Ruby failed to meet said expectations. Raya expected her daughter to be the new and improved version of herself; everything she did right and correct the things she did wrong. Raya did everything in her power to train Ruby how she was trained, have her be a ferocious and skilled fighter. She did her best to raise her with the grace and elegance that Naomi raised her daughter; After all, Ruby was a Princess! A Princess of the Heart tribe! Raya didn't have those kind of standards when she was growing up. When she was growing up, Raya was very aware of the state of their country, Kumondra. She was very alert about the ongoing war between the tribes and with the Druun; Raya had no choice but to be ruthless, to be a swift yet powerful fighter. That's what Raya wanted for her daughter.

However, Ruby and Raya grew up in different periods in time. While Raya was raised by a single parent in a time of massive struggle with much difficulties, Ruby was raised by two loving parental figures, a mother and an aunt, in a time where there was no Druun and no war between tribes. Her childhood best friend was the person in the exact same position that her mother's rival once was. Time had drastically changed since Raya was her daughter's age, Ruby always had quiet, inner thoughts that it was unreasonable for her mother to expect so much out of her.

Nevertheless, Raya always expected Ruby to be the perfection of grace with a fierce and fighting heart. But that just wasn't who Ruby was. Ruby was bubbly, kind-hearted, she laughed with her whole belly and ran barefoot wherever she could. Ruby was as precious as a Hibiscus flower; Bright and beautiful, full of love and passion. However, Ruby's attempts to be her true self, her attempts to have a normal childhood, were always squashed by the scoldings of her mother.

Whenever Ruby ran around the Palace barefoot, there was always the hushed whisper from her mother; "Ay sus Ruby, where are your shoes? What is the matter with you?"
Whenever Ruby laughed a little too loud when her mother was in a meeting within the palace; "Ay sus Ruby, be mindful! We have guests!"
Whenever Ruby failed a certain training exercise in a session with her mother, she was met with a disappointed look; "Ay sus Ruby, what am I going to do with you?"

No matter what Ruby did, it always seemed to be wrong in the eyes of her mother.

But her mother wasn't on that boat with her. No... Raya was nowhere to be found. For the first day or so on the ship, Ruby found herself trying to stifle her laughter, always trying to make sure she didn't leave her room without her shoes (which proved surprisingly hard). But there was just one time where Ruby laughed a little too hard, she allowed herself to relax and her true laughter shone through; and there was no "Ay sus Ruby," That followed. That moment, Ruby's smile grew about ten times brighter than it normally was, and Ruby was quickly back to her true self.

There were still many times where she felt a small bit of nagging in the depths of her chest, but the more time she was without her mother the more it went away. What truly helped her was spending time with Naomi. Her em gai. Naomi never once scolded her for being true to herself, in fact she encouraged her to do so. Naomi was always her safe space, no matter what the circumstances were. When Ruby was with Naomi, it felt like they created a space that not even Raya could touch.

It only made sense that as all the students made their way to the trees, Ruby and Naomi were attached at the hip. Ruby, of course, told Naomi about the boy by the beach that she had been talking to (As Ruby always updated Naomi on every little development in her life). She made a comment about how he seemed kinda sad, maybe homesick, but Ruby thought he was kinda cute! Not a surprising development, as Ruby tended to find everyone cute upon meeting them.

The two continued talking until the staff started explaining the next event. What seemed to be very quickly, the staff members were calling out pairs. Naomi's pair was called before Ruby's, which prompted Ruby to give her a tight squeeze before Naomi walked to her partner. Ruby waited patiently to hear her name called, trying to pair names to faces as the staff called and pointed out more pairs.

"...and Ruby Heart." Ruby's ears felt like they perked up at her name, quickly turning to the staff member who said it. He was pointing at her before going back to his list. Darn it. Ruby hadn't heard who she was paired with, she wasn't paying enough attention. They definitely should've said her name first, that way she would be paying proper attention for BOTH the names. But by the looks of another student with a harness walking over to her, she'd guess he was her partner.

"Hi! I'm Ruby," She stuck her hand out to shake the taller student's hand (everyone was taller than her, she was 5'4), "This is awkward but I didn't catch your name when the guy announced it... What was it again?"

code by valen t.

 

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  oversized novelty shirt and black skirt + flip flops

  
  

  
  
  

  
  
  
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  treetop course, waialiki island
  

  
  
  

  
  
  
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  in the conversation...

  
  
  
  

  Beau nova.the.alien
  

  
  
  

  
  
  

lexi

daughter of the firebird

Ever since she found out that bright orange hair and pyromania were not the norm for the rest of the world, Lexi made peace with the fact that she was going to stand out no matter what kind of crowd she found herself in. It was one of the many facts of life, like righty tighty and lefty loosey. Someone like Lexi was bound to be noticed, and normally, she would be content in ignoring whoever took notice of her. This time, however, she was noticed by someone who was also abstaining from the current treetop bonanza. By choice or out of necessity? The question alone got Lexi's attention.

With a signature sneer, the redhead shifted forward and jostled through the crowd to be at his side.

This close, he could probably feel the ambient heat of her fiery powers and smell her perfume of charcoal and brimstone, but more importantly Lexi got a better look at his winning smile and poster boy physique. Just about as soft as Andri, but the nonchalance spoke volumes. And those eyes....he was observing her just as she was him. Maybe not nearly as closely, but that was to be expected. Only that old hag Maleficent could match Lexi's burning gaze anyway.

While everyone else was fumbling about to get with their partners and decidedly not falling to their humiliation, she answered his comment with a smug slurp of the juice.

"Then maybe there's still sane people on this boat,"

Lexi said.

"About time, too. Wasn't a complete day until someone here shoots me a side-eye or avoids me entirely. Thought the next generation of virtue and villainy was supposed to have more backbone than this."

Anyway, I'm Lexi and you did neither of those things when you saw me, so congratulations on the bare minimum!"

The smile that followed had a sting to it, like a crocodile's grin under the water, but at least she bothered to try and make it look genuine this time.

"Wipeout, huh? Is that some kind of American sport I'm too Eastern Bloc to understand"

Lexi found a certain glee in playing the part of an out-of-touch Russian exchange student. It wasn't hard, to be fair; she didn't exactly have accessible TVs and internet until she escaped from the Forest at 20 years old and even then, . She was never going to keep up with the culture all the time always, but she did know Wipeout and the big bouncy red balls. Maybe Lexi was baiting the boy to mansplain the show to her. Takeshi's Castle was the superior slapstick gymnastics show anyway.

♡coded by uxie♡

 

[too.matcha.a.good.thing]

mood

❝ get me out of this conversation ❞

location

tree top course

outfit

clicky

interactions

Ebonee

tags

izayoiix

ANDRI

Andri pasted a smile on his face, hoping it would fool the girl in front of him. Great. He was barely five minutes in and already everything was going to pieces. One thought circled his head like a cyclone tearing up everything in its path. He shouldn't be here. He was so out of his element he wasn't even part of the periodic table anymore. He wasn't an athlete, he was a poet. Of course, there was no rule that said you couldn't be both, but-

Focus. He had to come up with some charming remark to win this Ebonee to his side. "Andri Whitford, climber extraordinaire and acrophobic, at your service." Yeah, that definitely wasn't it. He groaned inwardly at the garble that had just come out of his mouth. Fat lot of good that would do for his case.

His eyes strayed from the girl in front of him to the people around them. Everyone was slowly separating into pairs, hooking up harnesses and tying blindfolds. Was he supposed to have picked those up before he found Ebonee? Just one more thing he could add to the "Things Andri Whitford Screwed Up" list.

"Uh, let me go get the harness and blindfold?" Andri hated how the end of his sentence rose into a question. Every part of him ached to be done with this supremely awkward conversation. Maybe his blunder could provide an escape route? He felt a tiny spark of hope flutter through his chest.

It's not like he has anything particular against Ebonee; it's that he's pretty sure she has something against him. And who wouldn't? He had signed up to an obstacle course that was performed many feet off the ground and he was scared of heights. He should never have agreed to this in the first place, he noted with perfect 20/20 hindsight. Hopefully Ebonee would let him wear the blindfold and that would stop his acrophobia from acting up too much.

coded by reveriee.