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[The camera flicks on to Ruby sitting in one of the diner booths, far to the back, almost tucket away. Those who know here will notice immediately that she has an unusually pensieve look about her. Sad almost, worried, maybe even a little resigned. Her shoulders are slumped, and she avoids looking right at the camera.

Considering how much she usually smiles, this is quite the change.

The thing is, she can feel the wolf rearing up within her, a separate entity from her entirely. She stands no chance of wrestling it under control through sheer force of will, not after 28 years and counting of not transforming, of being repressed by the curse.

Ruby shifts in her seat, nervous. Her hands clench, knuckles going white before she sighs and tries a weak smile for the camera. It's shaky, at best.]

Where I'm from, the three nights around the full moon are known as... wolf's time. That means Wednesday, Thursday and Friday night, this week.

[Ruby falters, licks her lips, looks at the camera, then slightly away again.]

Whatever happens, please, please don't leave the mansion on any of these nights. Between sunset and sunrise, just... just don't leave the building. Please. Bar the front door. Just... stay inside.

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[Private text to Daryl Dixon]

I need to talk to you, in person if possible. It's urgent. Please?

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[OOC: For details on what's to come and plotting shenanigans, please see here!]

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[Ruby's not a friend of lies, but she's learned a long time ago that some truths are better kept hidden. Tohru's a sweet girl.

She doesn't need to know about that one time Ruby ate her own boyfriend.

She doesn't need to know about that other time Ruby killed her own mother.

Or about the countless hunters she killed before she gained control.

Or about pitchforks and torches and running through the woods, scared.

Or about how she sometimes wakes up with her mouth full of the taste of raw human flesh until she's brushed her teeth so hard her gums bleed.]

Yeah. I'll stay inside.

[Deep inside the monster.]

[There's more to this. Tohru knows there's more, but she nods, and smiles a little.]

Good! I'm glad. You're very kind, Ruby. You worry so much about everyone else's safety, even before your own. It's admirable, and brave!

[It hasn't been very long at all, but Ruby has already become a very precious friend to Tohru. Just as precious as her friends at home. And Tohru doesn't know what she would do if Ruby got herself hurt. She can't even bring herself to think about what she would do if anything worse happened.]

Just, um...please be careful, okay? Make sure that you're safe too.

[What exactly did she do to deserve such a sweet soul as a buddy anyway? Ruby's used to putting her own problems a little behind, putting on a brave face even when she wants to cry.

And now there are people like Tohru, so concerned about her. What is this place?]

I will. Thank you, Tohru... you're a really good friend, you know that?

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