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[notbornguilty]

I'd be glad to. I'll admit, the Ever After soured the idea at first, but the worlds we found offered a good counterargument.

[silver_eyes_rose]

Perfect! Yes, those worlds are so much better than what you told me.

Please, take your time and I’ll be waiting downstairs, okay?

[notbornguilty]

Sounds like a plan.

[Despite the directions to take her time, it doesn't take long for Weiss to get dressed these days. A mental command to her nano-suit has her dress on, and a magical command to her brooch gives the matching jacket. So after a nice shower, that's exactly what she does before heading down.]

[silver_eyes_rose]

[Ruby can’t help as she chuckled at how quickly Weiss is before her. The stuff she helped find for her really helped it seemed!]

Excited, huh? Hope this date day goes wonderful, then!

[And she has another portal gun in her hand.]

Ready?

[notbornguilty]

Ready. Heading off into the unknown like this... I can only think that Grandfather would be proud.

[silver_eyes_rose]

I think he would. I’m sure my mom would be, too, about me…

[She kissed Weiss’ cheek before she hits a random set of coordinates. Once the portal comes up, Ruby blinks as she sees what’s offered - a dark forest with points of light from the canopy.]

Should we? Or try again?

[notbornguilty]

If there's anything the Acres and the other world portals have taught me, it's that you can't really know what a new place is like before you see it in full. I say we go for at least a quick jaunt, but stick close enough to the portal that we can easily leave if we don't like it.

[silver_eyes_rose]

Right. If anything, it’s just a wrong choice.

[And Ruby’s the first to hop through… into a small stream.]

ACK!

[notbornguilty]

And that's why I keep telling you to look down before you go through.

[Weiss can't entirely hide her amusement behind her scolding as she gracefully steps from glyph to glyph until she reaches dry land.]

[silver_eyes_rose]

…totally meant to do it.

[She chuckled a bit before she reached over to tug at Weiss’s dress. She knows she can easily balance herself and the nanosuit can help with that, so she probably would pull her into the stream.]

Going to assume you meant "wouldn't" there

[notbornguilty]

[Weiss helps Ruby up with only a minimum of eye rolling, then sets her sights on the forest ahead.]

Now, what does this place have to offer?

Yep, whoops! Sorry!

[silver_eyes_rose]

[Once Ruby is out of the stream, she looks out a bit to see if anything seems interesting.]

A lot of trees, though they are… a bit off. Should we investigate?

[notbornguilty]

We probably should. I'm slightly regretting not bringing Nia with us, she could tell us plenty about them with just a look. But I know she's busy running the apothecary, so I suppose we'll have to make do.

[silver_eyes_rose]

Yeah… if we keep this, next time.

[And Ruby marches onwards. As she does, she notices various bushes surrounding the trees. Small branches reach out to them, snagging their clothes.]

Wha…?

[notbornguilty]

Not again! If I had a lien for every time I was grabbed by aggressive flora-!

[Weiss pauses as she slashes out with Myrtenaster.]

Well, I'd have two lien, but it is annoying that it's happened twice.

[silver_eyes_rose]

[And Ruby slashes with Crescent Rose]

I like touchy-feely, but on my terms! Ugh!

[And she stops and stops Weiss as she notices the path looking off.]

Ooh, trap holes!

[notbornguilty]

[Weiss forms a glyph and two armored legs pop out.]

Want me to set one off and see what's down there?

[silver_eyes_rose]

That would be for the best, yes! Betcha there’s some spikes or maybe nasty vines!

[notbornguilty]

[Weiss nods and the Knight's legs do a quick bend in the best salute something without anything above the waist can do before it chunks along right onto one of the traps.]

[silver_eyes_rose]

[And once the feet smash into the trap, vines shoot out to grab them, feeling out to try to also see if anyone else is around.]

[notbornguilty]

[Weiss takes a step back as the vines creep closer.]

More vines. ...Ruby, you don't have to watch, but do you mind if I use Decoy Ruby to see what happens if they actually do manage to capture a person? That's the only summon I have that's sufficiently human-like.

[silver_eyes_rose]

Ah… okay, yeah, you can. You think they’re…?

[notbornguilty]

I don't know, that's the point. If they react any differently, we'll know for sure.

[The Knight's legs fade away, being quickly replaced by the Shadow that stole Ruby's form. It nervously waves at the vines before being captured by them.]

[silver_eyes_rose]

[And as it is dragged in, the Shadow Ruby would find itself bound by the vines… and at worse, it’s just making its bosom prominent.]

It’s not trying to… you know…

[And the vines react in shock at the suggestion]

[notbornguilty]

Just capture, nothing more aggressive. It looks like they're just here to bind anyone that trespasses, presumably for something else to find later... And they seem to be smart enough to both understand us and be offended by your implication.