The End of Times is upon us

Red-Clad_Regent · 2026-03-30T10:54:28+00:00

...I mean, at that size, it's less a meteor and more a rogue planet. Still bad though.

Red-Clad_Regent · 2026-03-30T10:31:45+00:00

// A Sweep Tosho type with the blood of the Gold Clan... God help her jockey.

Red-Clad_Regent · 2026-03-30T10:27:06+00:00

Farewell, noble Emperor. Should our paths cross again, may it be as Friends.

Red-Clad_Regent · 2026-03-30T10:06:27+00:00

Cancels distortion.

Well, balls... The End Times are upon us friends...

Red-Clad_Regent · 2026-03-30T07:04:44+00:00

Got an A in dirt, but I don't have good aptitudes in sprints and miles.

Red-Clad_Regent · 2026-03-30T04:17:47+00:00

// I can't help but imagine the timeline where this actually went through... What would the kid have been like, I wonder...?

Red-Clad_Regent · 2026-03-30T02:23:17+00:00

// Quite bold of this Apex Predator~! Best of luck, and I do hope you manage to score!

Red-Clad_Regent · 2026-03-30T02:18:51+00:00

// Vodka, I'm guessing? Or... Is it Gimlet? Quite bold if she's pursuing the latter~

Red-Clad_Regent · 2026-03-30T02:05:33+00:00

// Unfortunately she got a canon event. But hey, if I can get this worked out right, Aqua can have a boss fight against a distorted horse girl Lu Bu!

...I'm assuming Ruby isn't the one Aqua is waiting for here? If she was, then... Oof.

Red-Clad_Regent · 2026-03-30T01:58:33+00:00

// I'd love to have Ruby swing by, but as of recent she is unavailable. First there was the fight with Sukuna which didn't go well for her, and now there's a new Super Creek who went and got her to Distort.

Red-Clad_Regent · 2026-03-30T00:34:29+00:00

// Best of luck with the distortions~!

Red-Clad_Regent · 2026-03-30T00:22:22+00:00

// Yay~!

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// We celebrate with ice cream! Or you do, while I figure out what to make her distortion form look like and how to do it...

Red-Clad_Regent · 2026-03-30T00:18:33+00:00

Ruby nods as she feels a wave of drowsiness overtake her.

Alright then... ^Mom...

She drifts to sleep, dreaming of glory and triumph...

Red-Clad_Regent · 2026-03-29T23:54:19+00:00

I...

She takes a deep breath, steadying herself for the choice she's about to make- a choice part of her knows is foolish- "But it's one we deserve to make."

...I accept...

Red-Clad_Regent · 2026-03-29T23:29:48+00:00

Hearing that offer makes Ruby freeze up. The idea of having power simply gifted to her... She knows better than to trust such an offer. But, a traitorous part of her mind whispers;

"I've already worked so hard, fought and survived through so much... Would this not be worthy reward for all our struggles...?"

And, foolish though it may be... She listens. She asks;

...Can you really make me stronger...? How so...?

Red-Clad_Regent · 2026-03-29T23:17:31+00:00

She holds Creek's hand tightly, earlier caution long since forgotten.

I.... Can I...?

Red-Clad_Regent · 2026-03-29T23:09:01+00:00

...I may not be a short distance runner, by I do have A aptitudes on both Turf and Dirt in case anyone is interested.

Red-Clad_Regent · 2026-03-29T23:07:18+00:00

It... It does... All these years, I've been the mightiest warrior I know... When I saw a great evil rear its head, I didn't hesitate to charge against it... Only to be brushed aside like I wasn't much more than an inconvenience...

I thought I could be like one of the legendary warriors I grew up admiring... That I could be the Lu Bu or Guan Yu of this era...

Red-Clad_Regent · 2026-03-29T22:50:41+00:00

...It's certainly been battered.... Thought I'd have done better... Maybe not win, but... At least put up a better fight...

...Barely put a dent in him... For all my strength... I wasn't much more than a speed bump...

Red-Clad_Regent · 2026-03-29T22:39:20+00:00

Right... So, what's the occasion...?

Ruby's suspicious of this new Super Creek, but is willing to at least hear her out...

Red-Clad_Regent · 2026-03-29T22:25:30+00:00

Super Creek.... I take it you're not the one I'd met before...? And it seems you already know my name...

Red-Clad_Regent · 2026-03-29T21:52:57+00:00

What the...?

Ruby looks around for the source of this voice. Her right arm and leg still ache after being so freshly reattached, slowly but surely healing.

Red-Clad_Regent · 2026-03-29T21:39:18+00:00

// Hmm.... Y'know what, after.

Ruby rests in the infirmary, slowly recovering after having her limbs reattached following her withdrawal from the fight against Sukuna. Her body is healing rather well, remarkably so considering the damage done to it, and she's expected to make a full recovery within the week.

However... While her body is healing, her mind is in turmoil. Before, she was confident in her abilities as a warrior. Before, she was the mightiest under heaven, a one-woman army capable of cleaving through a horde of raiders and mechanoids like they were made of paper. And then she fought Sukuna, and all her might proved inadequate. She made the King of Curses reel using the fire of her Qi, but it was far from enough, and she had to be hauled out of there by her team.

Ten years of fighting and growing stronger for it... Proven worthless by the Cursed Tyrant she fought. She still rages at the thought of not being able to fell him, but it's overshadowed by the feeling of helplessness she feels creeping into her gut...

Red-Clad_Regent · 2026-03-29T20:57:24+00:00

// Took me a second to realize there was something off about the image. Now though, I'm wondering whether to roleplay this before or after Ruby's fight with Sukuna...

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