OPEN.

[sanguine]

THAT MORNING.... // Closed to Yang Xiao Long.

[Ah, what a lovely morning! It was a calm and relaxing day, and Yang had a handful of hours before she had to go to work... so, Ruby was taking her time and reading the Republic City Times, hoping that today would be the day she'd finally land herself a job!

After a few minutes of leafing through the paper, however, she felt a sneeze come on. It was going to be fine, she thought to herself, knowing all too well she finally got to the point where she was able to control her airbending enough to know not to send her or any nearby objects flying when she let it go.

But, when she did... she had another problem on her hands. One that was, well, on fire, for one.]

H-WHAT?! [There are flames everywhere! How did she catch her newspaper on fire?!] Oh no! What's going on?! Yang! Oh no, oh no, oh no, oh no!!

[Cue the screaming and flailing and overall panicking.]

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LATER THAT DAY....

[A. What's this? Little Ruby... actually found herself a job? That's great!

Well, if you like being dressed up in a chickencow suit and dancing around in front of a restaurant in order to hand out flyers.

She sure is working hard for her money. Who knows, if you come at the right time, she might be actually handing out dumpling samples! Most of the time though, she will be doing a variety of various dances in order to grab your attention!]

Hey! Come on down and get our world famous dumplings! The noodles are just divine! [...] Watch me break it down, so you can break your fast~!

[Now she's busting out the big moves. Please stop her before she tries spinning on her head.]

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EVEN LATER THAT DAY....

[B. Okay, now there's screaming. And flailing. And things are on fire again.]

Aah! I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry! I don't know what's going on!! Why me?!

[This time, it's a huge stack of flyers that she was assigned to hand out. They're all burning and Ruby's trying hard to put them out, but-- wait. No! That'll catch the suit on fire! That suit costs a month's pay!

Help?]

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COMPLETELY LATER THAT DAY....

[C. Well.

She tried.

It was a valiant effort to make her own money, but Ruby had been sent home for being "hazardous to her working environment" or whatever. She has an hour or two to kill, so she's making her way to the park and flopping down next to the Korra statue, face in her hands, sighing loudly...]

Why is life so hard? I might as well have caused an explosion...

[Oh, no. She's SAD. Cheer the young girl up, maybe?]

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(ooc. COMPLETELY OPEN. Say hi, take a flyer, make fun of her in the suit, idegaf. Please help this beautiful disaster. She doesn't know why firebending is a thing she is so lost oh my god.

Oh, and even though I have brackets here, if you prefer prose, just reply as that. I will follow suit. :3d)

Comments

[yangarang]

[ Really, how many times did Yang have to tell Ruby that she didn't have to look for a job? Time and time again she had reminded her sister that she would do all the heavy lifting, so to say. The entire purpose of their move to Republic City was so that her little sister could properly learn to properly use her airbending, not for her to get a job.

Instead of commenting this time, Yang just rolled her eyes and continued about the morning. It wasn't until Ruby sneezed that she poked her head back in to bless her. What she wasn't expecting to find was a small file and her sister flailing. ]

Wait, wait! Hold up! [ She rushed to her sisters side. ]Calm down, Ruby, you're just making it worse! We need water--

[ Yang made a mad dash for the cup of water she had left on the table, only thanks to Ruby's flailing she only managed to knock it over. Frustrated, she flung her arms up... and the puddle of water went up as well. ] What?

[sanguine]

[shrieks when she feels the water flying at her. It probably put out... like.... a corner of the burning mess.]

What's going on?! I set something on fire and now my leg is wet!

[Maybe she should throw the paper down and start stomping on it. Yes.]

[yangarang]

[ Yang is more shocked than anything now, she barely registered what Ruby said. Instead, she just stared at the droplets of water and the wet spots from ... whatever it was she just did there. ]

What-- Don't ask me, I'm just as confused as you are! [ At least they weren't on fire, but first thing was first. They needed to put it out before it put their apartment out. Grabbing the knocked-over cup she made quick work of filling it up from the sink and throwing it on the fire (and Ruby). ]

[sanguine]

[SPLORSH.

Well, Yang gets an A for effort. Half of that is splashing all over her, but it looks like the fire is put out! A triumph! A huge success!

Now, Ruby's just flopping over, looking pretty upset over a pile of ashes.]

I... What happened?

C.

[descendsfromshadow]

[Well, that was a disaster.

Blake has absolutely no clue how Ruby managed to set an entire stack of flyers on fire, or how she had partially torched that suit. All she knows was that it had been a hell of a time dealing with her boss afterward, and plenty of apologies had been handed out for the damage caused by the girl she'd brought in. Basically, the whole day had been a headache.

After her shift is over, she changes quickly to her street clothes, and heads out, carrying a small takeout box with her for supper. She's halfway through her shortcut through the park when she catches sight of a familiar red by the statue. Wait....]

... Ruby?

[What is she doing here? Blake had thought for her that she'd have gone home.]

[sanguine]

[Oh no! Blake, her friend. Her friend, Blake! Her... probably won't be that anymore, considering just how much she ruined pretty much everything. She barely looks up from her hands, wide eyes as apologetic as ever.]

Blake! Did you get sent home too?!

[descendsfromshadow]

No, I actually finished my shift.

[Was that a dig? Nah. She notices Ruby's wide sad eyes though and sighs a bit, moving closer to the statue.]

Have you been sitting out here this whole time?

[sanguine]

Yeah... I got pretty bummed out, so I just came here to the park where I wouldn't really find anything too flammable.

[She sighs, ruffling her hair nervously.]

But I'm glad nothing happened to you!

[She wants to hug her out of gratefulness, but she knows Blake is a little weird about that stuff, so she refrains. ]

I'm so, so, so sorry!

B

[jauneybravo]

[That is something you don't see every day.

At first, Jaune thinks it's some sort of street performance. Why not? He'd come across a few while exploring the city, so of course his first reaction to seeing a chickencow on fire would be that it's a show. He stops his walking and chuckles at it. It's stupid humor, and he's all about that.

But something isn't right. The fire starts to spread and the performer doesn't look like she knows what she's doing at all. And then he realizes that wait, maybe this isn't a performance and if that's the case then oh no...]

Hey, uh, miss? Do you need help? Your udders are on fire!

[sanguine]

[She's already dropped her flyers, the papers just burning up quickly at her feet, leaving Ruby to flail because...]

What?!

[THAT EXPLAINS WHY SHE WAS QUICKLY SWEATING IN THIS SUIT. She shrieks, trying to pound her winghooves on the floppingly inflamed udders.]

Eek! Put it out! Put it out!

[jauneybravo]

[DON'T PANIC DON'T PANIC he is really trying not to panic, but the fact that she's freaking out is making him freak out and why isn't he a waterbender! This would make things so much easier!]

Okay, just... stay calm! Everything's going to be fine! Uh...

[He rips off the vest he's wearing over his shirt and holds it out in front of him. Smother the flames, right? That's how you put out a fire?

There's no way to go about this that isn't weird, so he just sort of... goes for it. He lunges forward and throws his vest (and himself) at the flaming udders to pat the flames out.]

[sanguine]

[HER UDDERS.

This was an udder mess, that was for sure. Ruby's still panicking and flailing, but Jaune's quick thinking and his smothering the flames seems to be working! Oh, good. What's left of the udders are singed and smoking, leaving blacked protrusions that were once teats.

Well, it was a smoking mess, but it was out. The flyers on the floor burn out quickly, and Ruby just... sinks to the ground, defeated.]

...Holy smokes.

B

[lavamylife]

[Bolin happens to be around when a stack of fliers suddenly burst into flames. He may not be a firebender, but he's been around his brother enough to know how he can help.]

Hold on! I'm coming!

[He starts running down the street towards the flames, against the flow as so many are running away. As he approaches, he jumps and slams a fist into the ground, which causes a small rumble through the pavement. Eventually a small pyramid of earth forms over the fliers, hopefully suffocating the flame out with the lack of fresh air.]

[sanguine]

[Out of all the bending, earth was the one element she had the least experience with. Firebenders were everywhere back home (thanks, Fire Nation), waterbenders were in droves since they had lived on an island, and air... well, she was all about that element, oddluy enough. But earthbenders were few and far between back home, so when she sees that huge lump of earth come her way and stop that fire? She's amazed!]

Whoa!

[lavamylife]

[Apparently he had startled her a little bit. She apparently hadn't expected it, but certainly it would put out the fire given enough time. He'd put out the occasional Mako-fire that way.]

Sorry if I frightened you, miss?

[sanguine]

No, it's okay! [;;;] Honestly, it was mostly the fire and then I was just startled by the earthbending at that point! But, ah, thank you so much! I really appreciate that save!

A.

[gainedacoupon]

[ Hopefully she doesn't mind Jin watching her little performance with a goofy grin on her face. Look she couldn't help but stare a little okay? She heard a big commotion and had to check it out. ]

Lookin' good!

[sanguine]

[It's okay. She wants you to stare. That makes people see the restuarant and want to eat food and then give Yang all sorts of tips and that means money! That also means that they can afford to eat there too, but alas.

She's in the middle of doing some sort of a funky backwards walk, when she hears the compliment.]

Thanks! I really got this thing down... [She's wiping her brow with a hoofwing before looking this girl's way, and--]

Jin! Hi!

[gainedacoupon]

[ Jin smiled and happily waved to Ruby. She didn't even realize it was her friend until she turned around. She quickly moved closer and gave her big mascotted friend a hug. ]

You look like the cutest Chickencow I've ever seen.

[sanguine]

[She's blushing a little, thankful for the compliment!]

Thanks! It's my first real job here, so I don't really mind the suit...

A

[windfire_donuts]

[Nope, not going to stop her. What Nezha will do instead is watch her go about her ridiculous dance on the verge of laughing. No, not the verge, he's just going to outright laugh at her expense.

At least he has the courtesy to toss a few coins at her? Because she's obviously a street performer, right?]

[sanguine]

[There's an audible gasp as she... actually manages to catch some of those shiny yuan? Nice.]

Hey, thanks! Don't forget to grab a bite inside!

C

[fallensun]

Who caused an explosion?

[Judar had been trying to climb the statue for a higher vantage point, but "explosion" is one of his favorite words, so he drops back down to the base and walks over to Ruby. After all, one-sided conversations aren't any fun and he's always available to stick his nose into other people's business.]

Did I miss an explosion?

[sanguine]

[She's perking up! Ruby may be a little bummed out, but that certainly isn't going to stop her from talking to strangers!]

Well, kind of? I kind of set a few things on fire a hour or two ago...

[fallensun]

Aww, that's not the same at all! Anybody can set something on fire.

[He plunks himself down on the base of the statue, collecting his long braid of hair in his lap before it gets dirty.]

Explosions take a bit more work.