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{Are you still moping or are you going to talk to me?}
"I'm not moping!" Scarlet objected loudly, having spoken up for the first time ever since they left Caramel's ice cream stand. Neo had managed to goad Caramel into telling a few embarrassing stories, much to Scarlet's chagrin, and while Neo was extremely amused, Scarlet had slowly grown quieter and quieter before he resorted to just sighing melodramatically.
{Seems like you are~}
"Well I'm not! Not really, er...I'm kind of moping!" Scarlet shook his head as they stepped off the airstrip and slowly walked along the path in Beacon's courtyard. "It's just— Cara always tells those stupid stories and it gets a tad annoying after the fiftieth retelling."
Neo considered that for a moment, but ultimately gave him a disbelieving side glance. Scarlet merely scowled half-heartedly at the look, and crossed his arms while looking away.
Frowning now, Neo typed a message into her scroll before forcing it into his sight. {Oh come on, those stories weren't even that bad}
"Says you! You're not the one that had to— no, no, I am not going to say it."
"Say what?"
Neo blinked before glancing towards the voice. Mercury was walking up to them with Ruby alongside him, who was smiling giddily. Neo waved.
"Hey Nyx! Where've you been?" Ruby greeted.
Neo typed out a message to answer both Mercury and Ruby's questions and tossed it to the couple.
{I went with Scarlet to get ice cream since SOMEONE didn't show up, and Scarlet doesn't want to admit that he dressed up as a cherry when he was younger for a family friend's business}
"Okay, one, it wasn't my turn this time. Emerald gets the blame there." Mercury lifted one finger and looked at Neo before lifting a second finger and looking at Scarlet. "And two… that is just a scenario asking for puns."
"Mercury, no." Ruby groaned.
"Bloody color puns…" Scarlet grumbled.
"What, Gem? He's heard it before, he should be red-y for this sort of thing."
Ruby slapped her forehead, looking pained. "Why am I dating you?"
"For my dashing looks and wit, of course," Mercury replied swiftly while throwing an arm around her, a lazy smirk on his face as he glanced at Neo. Neo merely cocked her head and grinned mischievously.
{Yeah, Scarlet would take puns in stride. He's normally really cherry about everything}
"Nyx, don't encourage him!"
"Please don't," Scarlet begged.
Mercury smirked wider. "Should the color puns commence?"
"No," Ruby and Scarlet said in unison.
Neo blinked before smiling and nodding happily.
"No!" The redheads repeated loudly.
Scarlet added quickly. "Why don't you torture Neptune with these puns, or… anyone else?"
"Nah, I couldn't do that to Neptune," Mercury declined. "Besides, turquoise is the best color."
Where is he going with that?
"It's cyantifically proven."
Oh. Neo laughed silently.
"Mercury!"
"What is it? That pun just blue you away, didn't it?" Mercury grinned down at the steaming girl.
"I'll get Yang to beat you up if you don't stop."
"I'll be gone before she can even say yellow."
"ARGH!"
"You see what you've done, love?" Scarlet crossed his arms and shook his head at Neo, who merely nodded happily in return. As long as the puns weren't directed towards herself, Mercury could run himself dry with puns.
"Should I keep going?"
"No."
"I'm just asking, since I don't want this to get violet."
Ruby sighed. "You are seriously the worst thing on the planet right now."
Mercury faked a look of hurt. "Ruby… I gotta gray, that hurts."
"That one didn't even work!"
"If they break up right now it's your fault," Scarlet whispered to her flatly.
{I'll just find a way to get them together again. I'm the matchmaker after all. OOH! That should be my code name!}
"And who have you matched besides Rubes and Merc?"
Neo went to type an answer, only to stop and frown quizzically. She… didn't matchmake anyone else. All the other couples just happened while she was focusing on Mercury and Ruby.
Well that's slightly off putting. Maybe once Roman busts out of prison I can set up a few blind dates for him. I just need to figure out his type…
"Now now, just white a minute, Ruby." Oh that little—
Neo darted her gaze to Mercury, who shot a sly look at her that told her he knew that he was turning the puns onto her. Worst thing is, she technically isn't her fabulous neapolitan colors, so she couldn't complain lest Scarlet and Ruby get curious and start asking questions. Then again, she could pass it off as her love for the ice cream…
"Can't you find something else to spend your brainpower on?" Ruby whined, and she could see that both Ruby and Scarlet were ready to pummel Mercury. Neo merely glared at Mercury as he glanced at her again.
"I don't know, Gem. I'll have to pink about it."
That little—
"I'm just— I… I'm done." Ruby sighed, already turning around and attempting to walk away. Mercury was quick to grab the end of her cape and yank her back, causing her to stumble into him. He quickly seized her in his arms with a triumphant smirk.
"Nah, I don't want you to leave yet."
"Well I want to leave!"
"You're not going to though."
"I'm about to start yelling 'stranger danger'," Ruby threatened, and Mercury arched a brow.
"You know, crying wolf will only work so many times before people just stop listening."
Neo rolled her eyes as their remarks began to become less biting and more teasing, and forced down a fond smile as Ruby dropped her forehead to rest on his chest. Instead, she turned to Scarlet and showed him a message. {Well, I'm bored}
"Really?" Scarlet blurted in surprise. "And here I thought I was watching a riveting tennis match."
Neo shrugged her shoulders as she glanced at the couple for a moment before smirking deviously at Scarlet. The teen gained a wary look in his eyes, and he asked carefully, "Uh… what're you think— oh, bollocking—"
Before Scarlet could finish his sentence, Neo darted behind him and jumped up on his back, wrapping an arm around his neck while Scarlet instinctively grabbed ahold of her legs to keep her from falling. With her scroll clenched in one hand and her other hand free, she thrust her hand upward with a pointer finger extended, and typed with her other hand to show to Scarlet.
{To Beacon Tower! I have an idea!}
"Uh…Nyx?" Mercury broached in confusion, absent mindedly swaying back and forth with his arms wrapped around Ruby's shoulders, just underneath her chin. "Having fun up there?"
Neo nodded happily before insistently pointing at the Beacon Tower, a plan already formulated in her head. She had her claws hooked to her belt, and she fully intended on using them for an admittedly unorthodox yet adrenaline pumping activity.
"Can I ask what your plan is before we go to Beacon Tower?" Scarlet asked warily, craning his neck so he could see her from the corner of his eye.
"The tower…?" Ruby looked up at Mercury with an equal expression of confusion, and Mercury merely shrugged in response.
"I've learned not to question her when she thinks up something."
{Want to join us?} Neo typed out and showed the duo. She didn't have a hopeful gleam in her eye, nope, not at all.
"Sorry Nyx, I have a meeting with Professor Ozpin. Mercury was walking me there," Ruby informed with a apologetic smile. "If the meeting is over quick I can take a look to see if you're still there."
"I still don't get why you're talking with him again," Mercury cut in, a genuinely perplexed look on his face. "You already spoke to him right after the Breach."
Neo cocked her head as Ruby shifted uncomfortably on her feet. She was about the be evasive. "Well, he just wanted to go over a few things…"
Mercury frowned, sharing a look with Neo, before letting it go and steering Ruby towards the entrance to Beacon. "Okay… tell me how it goes then, okay Gem?"
"Yeah, I will…" Ruby trailed off absently before turning to Neo and Scarlet. She trotted up to them so she could give the duo a quick hug. "Have fun you two!"
Neo smiled and ruffled Ruby's hair while Scarlet gasped out, "Well, if I don't collapse before getting there—"
As Neo smacked the back of his head at the implication, Mercury laughed outright and replied, "Come on, Scarlet, Nyx weighs eight pounds at the most."
Ruby giggled while Neo glared at Mercury and pointed two fingers to her own eyes before turning them and jabbing them in his direction. Mercury merely smirked lazily and winked.
{Onward!} Neo typed this message to Scarlet and gave him a second to process it before she jabbed her heels into his sides, eliciting a squawk from the redhead.
"Oi, don't abuse your ride to the tower, love!" Scarlet protested before trudging forward, promptly ignoring the amused looks from Mercury and Ruby. "And seriously, can you tell me what you're planning, Nyx?"
Neo grinned maliciously. {Well, we might need a spotter or two, I can tell you that. Go get one of your friends. Preferably the one with the abs}
"Bloody hell… please don't turn into Cara."
{Too late~}
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Well... hello there.
I do apologize for the lack of updates, my senior project date was closing in and I just couldn't find the time to do anything beyond schoolwork...*sigh* it's been hell my dudes, and it still ain't over. x.x
However, I am nearly complete the next chapter of Wilted, am working on transferring some poems to my "To the Rose" fic, and have been writing snippets about crucial moments that will occur in Wilted for volume three, so while it will take some time, I assure you that volume three will come soon and the chapters will come a little faster once this chaos is over. At least, I hope so... *grins nervously*
Okay, reviews:
demonwolfXIII: Um... I'd really appreciate it if you didn't joke about that sort of thing... it's a rather sensitive subject, my apologies.
Daisy Rhine: I'm glad you're enjoying it, I'll try my best to update faster!
CrackPairingLover: :D Neo is adorbs and she will not stop until we've all died from it
jaffa3: Thank you, I'm glad you like her XD! A pairing for Sage? hmm... I feel like I would be able to do so once I see a bit more of him in V5 (hopefully). I don't really have a ship for him currently, but a few characters did pop into my mind...
Boyy2k: Haaa gotcha! It's my job to do so, thank you! *salutes*
Mrotrax: Lol, thank you, glad you like it!
As I've said, Wilted is coming soon, I promise. I'm nearly done and have to write a scene and a half, so fingers crossed I can finish it before Wednesday! Also, one last thing: I think I'm departing from RWBY amino for some time. I simply don't have the time to create posts currently. Hopefully I will return to the site once this mess is done with.
Happy writing to all, Lonessa out~