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[Thread] Ruby and Speed

May 14, 2007 19:32

Who: Ruby, Speed
What: Random outdoor encounter?
When: Nowish
Where: Outside
Rating:PG-13 (ruby's got a mouth on her)

( Your dead lovers have left a trail of broken hearts and misspent hopes )

tim speedle, ruby

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go_speedle_go May 15 2007, 01:54:48 UTC

Speed had needed to get out--out of his room, out of the castle, outside, simply OUT. So that's what he did. He walked out of his room, headed to the exit, walked outside, took a deep breath of fresh air, then walked off outside the perimeter of the castle and its occupants.

He hadn't been paying much attention to all the goings on lately, but he didn't really need to to know what was going on. It was always the same. Different story, same thing. Hectic, bloody annoying (and he's not even British!), and chaotic enough to give the Abyss a run for its money.

So outside it was. It was kind of peaceful out here. The forest was quite beautiful actually. He started walking down a random deer trail and was soon immersed deeply within the comforting sights, smells, and sounds of the forest. He'd never been a nature person really, but it was times like these that he could really think about changing that. Well, maybe not, but still. It was perfect.

EXCEPT FOR THAT! What the hell? he thought to himself. CSI to the core, instead of turning ( ... )

notsomuchakitty May 15 2007, 02:15:17 UTC

Ruby continued flying upward, going faster and faster until she was finding it a little hard to breathe. That had been quick. She hadn't even noticed a sonic boom. Maybe Paradisa just had a very low atmosphere? Or the castle didn't want them heading out very far. Whatever ( ... )

go_speedle_go May 15 2007, 03:11:41 UTC

Tim Speedle stopped short when he heard the next thundering boom. That time it had been different. It wasn't an explosion, but rather sounded like something large crashing into something else. The ground maybe? The sound sure did echo enough in the forest whatever the case may be.

He started forward again cautiously now. He peered around, shoulders hunched forward as he crept along. His hand hovered over the gun holstered at his hip, still being worn despite his Paradisa-invoked problem. It was habit to strap it on, habit to reach for it in time of danger. He didn't even realize he was doing it.

Another noise caught his attention. Speed stopped to listen. It faded, but something else twittered softly at his ears. He strained to listen with all his might.

He walked forward cautiously, extremely slowly. The noise stopped again. Then he heard the voice.

Sighing out a deep breath he hadn't even realized he was holding up until that moment, Speed relaxed and walked forward more quickly. His hand still hovered over his useless gun and ( ... )

notsomuchakitty May 15 2007, 03:32:32 UTC

Ruby turned her ears forward to listen for Speed. His smell was strong enough but she couldn't see him still. It was strange to see her with her ears forward. She very rarely did it because she thought it made her look like a pink Jackal.

A sigh. He was close. She dropped her ears back down and relaxed. He knew she was there, she figured he'd be there soon enough. For a second she sort of thought that she wanted to be alone....but then changed her mind. She wouldn't mind Speed's company at all.

She yawned cavernously to the side and quirked one ear slightly as he asked her what she'd been doing. Her form glowed, wiggled, and shrunk then changed into that of a small pink cat-thing with wings before she even really thought about answering his question. Not that the answer required a lot of thought.

"Blowing up trees. What are you doing?"

go_speedle_go May 15 2007, 03:39:34 UTC

Speed almost laughed out loud at the absurdity of it all. Here was this small, fluffy, pink creature hardly the size of a small house cat, and they were discussing her "blowing up trees." Granted, she had just transformed from a much larger, much more intimidating, dragon form... but still. What a world, what a world indeed.

Trying to keep a straight face, Speed did his best to reply as matter-of-factly as possible. "Oh, really? And what, pray tell, did the trees do to you do deserve such punishment?"

notsomuchakitty May 15 2007, 03:51:52 UTC

Ruby could tell that something was amusing Speed but she couldn't put a paw on what could possible be so funny about what she'd just said. She HAD been blowing up trees. There wasn't anything particularly funny about that as far as she knew. Maybe it was an inside joke.

In the spirit of joking she gave Speed a big grin at his question. What had they done to her? "They barked." she stated matter of factly then gave Speed a wink.

She so rarely joked about her resemblance to a cat that she sort of startled HERSELF with that one but it had just been too obvious to pass up.

"And you didn't answer my question," she reminded him, landing on a large fallen log next to an intact patch of grass. She glanced at it, contemplating sitting on it, but decided against it. It wouldn't feel as nice against fur as it would against skin but she didn't feel like changing forms again at that particular moment.

go_speedle_go May 15 2007, 04:03:15 UTC

Speed couldn't keep the laughter in. He chuckled lightly and grinned down at Ruby genuinely amused. "Barked, huh? Go figure." He glanced at a nearby tree and lightly tapped it with his forefinger. "Bad tree."

He watched her for a moment, deigning to answer her question right away. He snapped his fingers softly to get her attention, then raised his hand to his shoulder and patted it twice lightly.

"Me? What am I doing? I'm acting normal. I'm just out for a nice stroll." He finally answered, waiting for her to respond to his offer.

notsomuchakitty May 15 2007, 04:14:09 UTC

Ruby had to grin at Speed reprimanding the tree. She'd just been blowing them up in punishment. Tapping them was comical after they'd had dragon fire rained down on them. Of course it was also always a bit of a treat to make Speed laugh. He always tried to be so serious. Maybe serious wasn't the word. Composed. He always tried to be so composed ( ... )

go_speedle_go May 15 2007, 04:23:46 UTC

Speed just raised an eyebrow at her words, specifically the "excess energy" ones rather than anything about being normal or not. Something told him the wording was off, but that was only a gut feeling and no hard evidence was around to back it up. He dismissed it, but that didn't mean he couldn't wonder about it and keep it in perspective anyway ( ... )

notsomuchakitty May 15 2007, 04:44:51 UTC

Ruby just giggled softly at his attack on her tail and wiggled it a little more...just to be a shit. She nodded to his 'really now' though she figured she hadn't been meant to respond to it.

She settled herself down comfortably on his shoulder as he walked back to the deer path. She had actually never really been down here much. When she was in the woods it was usually for blowing up purposes. She'd taken a nap in a particularly nice patch of sun once but she hadn't exactly been taking in the scenery then. It was actually a pretty nice forest. Better than a lot of the ones back home. No monsters here.

She made a sound of agreement when he described his and Calleigh's ways of blowing off steam. Sounded similar to her. "Sounds similar to me. Though I can't usually hit targets multiple times..." She grinned and shrugged her shoulders. It was more of a roll of her shoulders than a shrug but it was the best she could do in this particular form.

go_speedle_go May 15 2007, 04:51:23 UTC

Speed snorted--very unattractive. He glanced down at the fuzz-ball on his shoulder and then shook his head as he looked back to the path.

"Yea, I bet." He smirked. He tried to continue ignoring her tail, but she kept twitching it every-so-often. He was about to swat at it again when he stopped short.

The CSI paused in his step and glanced down where his next step would have landed. A tiny amphibian scuttled across the path, probably looking for some watery place to reside. His brows rose curiously, but he kept quiet and stoic otherwise.

He continued walking. "Well, it tends to also be a stress reliever," he said idly, or at least made it sound as such.

notsomuchakitty May 15 2007, 05:00:40 UTC

Ruby stared at the amphibian, her body tensing and a different part of her tail twitching as if she was planning to pounce on the thing as it scuttled across the path.

She felt more inclined to chase things like that in this form. She did have to hunt for herself when she was at home, after all! She had the hunting instinct of any predator. She shifted her weight from her right back leg to her left a couple of times as Speed spoke.

When he'd finished she gave him a look, cursing internally that he'd started walking again. She'd had every intention of pouncing on that little creature.
"Yeah I s'pose if that's what you want to use it for that works too."

She grinned a little. Clever Speed. He could tell....or at least had a hunch that something was off with her. He had better instincts than most humans.

She wondered if he was just taking a random stroll or if they had a destination where she'd be able to chase bugs take a nap or something.

go_speedle_go May 15 2007, 15:18:43 UTC

Speed's eyes flicked to Ruby without any head movement to accompany them. He kept quiet for a moment as he stared at her impatiently ( ... )

notsomuchakitty May 15 2007, 20:51:39 UTC

Ruby was glad he didn't push it. She wouldn't have told him. It would have gotten a little messy and uncomfortable if he was a pusher. She didn't want to talk about it. She didn't need to. If Nall was there it'd be different. But then it probably wouldn't have been an issue in the first place if he'd been around ( ... )

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