Ruby and the GOSE
Red Part 1
One small detour and a change of clothes later Ruby and Graham were all set up for training. "Where are we going to train," Ruby asked? "Well I
imagine the school is filled right now so we'll probably have to go outside the city." "I actually have a nice little spot in mind," said Graham. As they began
leaving the city they spotted a familiar face outside of a familiar store, "Blake," Ruby called out, "oh hi Ruby." "What are you doing out here," Ruby asked,
"and where's Sal?" Blake pointed to inside the store, From Dust Till Dawn. "huh," said Ruby. Sal then exited the store "Oh Graham, Ruby what are you guy's
doing here?" "We were on our way out of town to train since the school arena's are full," said Graham. "Anyways what in the world are you doing here Sal,"
"restocking my dust bullets." "So can we finally go train now," asked Blake? " tsk tsk tsk good things come to those who wait," "Sal go train," said Graham. "
Oh come on boss I still have to clean out Redwood and Sequoia and my legs are sore and ," "Well maybe you should've thought about that when you and En
had that squatting competition." "Uh what" asked Ruby? Sal was about to speak when Graham suddenly cut him off "the other day Sal and En both started
fighting over who could squat more so they had a little competition, En won." "Oh come on he only won by like 5 pounds that's like one squat." "Sal go train
with Blake," "Ugh fine." The pair left both of them clearly annoyed.
"Well he's rather," "I can't believe I actually had to tell him to do his job, he's known about this for weeks." "He's really smart sometimes I think he's even
smarter than Oliver but he's just so, ugh you know." "Yeah I get it," said Ruby.
On their way to the spot Ruby's mind began to wander. She couldn't quite get a read on this group, they all seemed to both respect each other but disrespect
each other. At least that's how she saw it. It's during this time Ruby started taking note of Graham. He was wearing a white zip-up hoodie with gray lines
going across it horizontally. His jeans and gray running shoes, were a bit worn though they were still in pretty good condition, however she noticed something
that stood out quite a bit. She didn't notice it before, but his hands were covered in bandages, his hoodie covered it most of the time but she could still see
them when he took his hands out of his pockets. Ruby was going to ask however she decided not to, besides in their line of work getting a few bumps and bruises was
pretty common.
The sun stood right above their heads, the grass gently dancing with the wind. "We're pretty close." beautiful daises, roses, and violets spotted the field, "but before
we can use it, we gotta say hi to the owner," said Graham. They soon walked to a rather tall cottage at the top of a small hill. "Okay Ruby so whatever you do. do not for
the love of god mention the name Schnee okay," "What why," "don't worry about it." Graham knocked on the massive door, thud thud thud, then out of the door frame
came a large, burly, bearded figure. "Graham mah boy what brings you here." the man's voice boomed.
Quickly and suddenly Graham was put in a headlock "and where's the rest of those trouble makers." The man had incredibly long curly black hair that reached all the
way down his back. His outfit consisted of a brown overcoat, a green shirt, and dirty brown pants. He soon noticed Ruby standing outside the door way. He quickly let go
of a disheveled Graham, "and why didn't you tell me you were bringing a girl, what's you name Missy." "Ruby Rose," the man then took Ruby's hand and kissed
it "A pleasure." The man's hand was massive and dwarfed Ruby's, it was marred by calluses yet he had a gentle touch. "Ludwig, we want to use the backyard," "Why
didn't you say so, though you should've called ahead of time the house's a mess." Ruby looked around his small cottage, books, papers, and
dust were scattered about all over the place. However one thing caught her eye, a large combination of a repeater rifle and a war hammer over the mantle piece.
They all made their way to the back of a cottage, to another large door. More books and papers plagued the house, though Ruby took note of another strange
thing. A large device sitting on a table, at the top of it was what appeared to be a golden cube and sticking out of the bottom were various tubes filled with
dust. Around it was some dust sprinkles but also queer little brownish gold constructs of various sizes. Some looked like cubes with intricate designs, others were
human in nature. They all had no real rhyme or reason to them. "Now be careful out there and watch out for any spare dust lying around, don't want to
step on some explosive dust." He took out a key chain and unlocked the door. His back lawn was completely different from the front of the house. The grass
was black and charred, little stumps of what used to be trees stuck from the ground. The land itself was wild with missing chunks of earth and strangely
shaped hills . With a gasp Ruby realized even the air was different. It was heavy, thick, dense, the scent of burning permanently engraved
into the ground. The door shut behind them, "we call it the backyard it's a good place to train."