Some Legends Are Told, Some Turn To Dust Or To Gold [CEREALIA INBOX]

[zerotohiro]

'Busy, leave a message!
...oh, you've reached Hiro Hamada. Whatever. Still busy!'

Hamada art by D-Joel, found on tumblr

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[undaunts]

I dunno.

[She shakes her head, running fingers through her hair in aggravation before he's wrapping her up in a hug, and then she's just slumping against him with a sigh, eyes sliding shut.

This is easier, somehow.]

I didn't ask... I didn't go home after ViViD, I was just... around. But Yang doesn't go into ViViD right now but maybe Weiss and--

[A pause, and then she stands up straight, eyes widening.]

Jaune!

[zerotohiro]

[That's fine, Ruby, just let him do his thing and his hand's coming up to get her to stop fussing with her hair. He's letting her ramble until she jerks back and his own eyes widen.

Oh. Shit.]

...when was the last time you saw Jaune? [PLEASE SAY JAUNE ISN'T IN VIVID.] What do you think he's going to do?

[undaunts]

It's been a little while... we usually talk but I didn't talk to him before ViViD and now I'm not sure--he probably went in because he's Jaune and that's a Jaune-y thing to do and what if he met Pyrrha--!

[BREATHE, RUBY]

[zerotohiro]

[What if he just squeezes her tighter to get her to slow down a little, does that help? That's what he's doing and he looks at her, holding her for a moment to gather his thoughts.]

...look, as somebody who also entered ViViD and found someone dead, I'm not going to lie to you. It's going to probably freak him out. But I trust Jaune to handle it. We've just gotta catch him when he logs out and make sure. Do you know how to get in touch with him if he's in ViViD? I don't want to log back in yet.

[But he will if necessary.]

[undaunts]

No... I don't know, we'd have to find him, but...!

[She's really not in any hurry to log back in either.]

I guess I can message his CereVice and try to get him to pick up when he's out...

[She's worried, though. How can she not be?]

[zerotohiro]

[On the one hand, he could volunteer to log in and go find Jaune himself. On the other, that means leaving Ruby and that's a dumb idea.]

What if we both just spam his CereVice? That's gotta get his attention, right?

[undaunts]

... Yeah, I bet that'd work.

[Setting her friend up for text spam, like a good bro.]

Let's do it.

[zerotohiro]

We should start by sending him really annoying chainmail to see if he responds first. Or cat pictures. What would Jaune respond to better?

[undaunts]

... You know, he'd probably believe a chainmail and pass it along.

That could be chaos.

[zerotohiro]

But it would distract him wouldn't it? It's pretty much a fool-proof plan and you can't tell me otherwise.

[undaunts]

Okay, let's do it.

[They're a terrible influence, who thought putting these two together was a good idea.]

It should have cat emojis in it.

[zerotohiro]

You say that like I don't have a whole keyboard of cat emojis...I'm friends with Yu. [There's a small grin.] What do we say...you've been blessed by the lucky cat? Pass this on and you'll be lucky for the next nine years?

[undaunts]

Perfect.

[Who let these two troublemakers together....]

Add that he'd gotta pass it on to at least...three people.

[zerotohiro]

[They're horrible, awful children, especially seeing how Hiro's snickering a little.]

I kinda hope he passes it on to Weiss just to drive her crazy. Is that bad?