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"Punch!" Ruby would reply back to
Andy Blackadder , a lazy smile on her face as her head had turned to look at him. She didn't really drink much, but her alcohol tolerance was next to nothing. [break][break]
There had to be more than met the eyes, there had to be. People wouldn't be talking about her babies and prophecies if there wasn't anything to gain from it. And yet right now, Ruby was certainly having a hard time focusing. Since when did the floor seem so close? Or more accurately, since when did she begin to sit on the floor? Her head was much, much foggier than she had expected. The eventual realization that she was making a fool of herself slowly began to cause her cheeks to burn.[break][break]
"I," she began to speak, wobbling back up onto her feet.
"Am gonna go get some more to drink. Water! I mean, yeah, water." She'd giggle at her own slip-up, still very much in a silly state of mind. Just before she began to walk away from the group, however, the words over the intercom just barely pierced through the fog to her. Dream Mist? She completely misunderstood, in her mind thinking it to be some sort of game. Something the party had planned, was something silly for fun.[break][break]
She was very, very wrong.[break][break]
Pushing past the crowd and right into the mist, everything seemed to kind of swirl around her.
"Ooooh," Ruby began positively entranced.
"These, special effects. Very pretty." The annoyed pokemon at her side kept her stable and on her feet. Eventually, however, Ruby ran face first into an unknown figure and fell flat on her back. [break][break]
"W-woah..." She slowly sat up, rubbing her eyes. Only to hear the voice of a man she hadn't heard in a long time. [break][break]
"You really should look where you are walking next time, Rubaloo." The deep, melodic voice was coupled with an equally energetic chuckle.[break][break]
Ruby's mental fog almost immediately snapped as she blinked, staring up at the face of her father. He looked almost like your typical lumberjack, with the kindest eyes anyone could ever see. Her mother and her long flowing pink locks stood nearby as well, both of them apparently dressed up incredibly fancy as if they were here to join the soiree as well. She blinked and then blinked again, not even sure what she was seeing. And yet, despite her silence, the kind older man grabbed her hands and helped Ruby back up onto her feet. [break][break]
"You know, when you first set out for this here region, me and your mum were worried." Those words alone caused Ruby instinctual panic. For the entire two years she had spent here in Hoenn, she had never quite told her parents just how dangerous it was. Never shared just how often she threw herself into the flames of battle, never told them about her pain. They would worry, they'd want her to come home, they'd panic, they would-[break][break]
"But why I couldn't be more honored to have you as my girl!" His loud, joyous laughter would practically echo off the walls. "The SAINT of Slateport, my daughter! I can't wait to tell the boys back home how much you've grown!" [break][break]
They would praise her, apparently. Tears immediately began to spill down her face, as she just looked up at the two. This wasn't real, it couldn't be real. And yet his gentle touch, his laughter, the joy in her father's eyes, it was too much to handle, especially for her intoxicated mind. Could it, possibly be real? [break][break]
"Oh, it's okay dear." Her mother would speak, a voice that sounded almost like that of a thousand angels to her right now.
"You can cry, hun. Remember what nanna used to say? Sometimes, nothing helps better than a good cry and a nice nap." The older woman would reach over to gently brush away Ruby's tears. The affectionate gesture, after being away from home for so long, cracked any resolve Ruby had remaining. She didn't realize how much she missed her parents, how much she had struggled to support herself alone all this time. [break][break]
She was almost an adult, but the true face of the little terrified girl inside had been trapped under lock and key for years. With what appeared to be her parents, paired with her drunken state, Ruby couldn't control herself any longer.[break][break]
Ruby collapsed into her parents' arms, her arms wrapping around the two of them as they held her back. The sounds of everyone else's conversations just vanishing into the background as Ruby straight up sobbed loudly into her Mother's shoulder. [break][break]
"P-please be r-real, please, d-don't go..." [break][break]
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