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mewsbawks2016-10-06 04:44 pm
in4apounding) wrote in mewsbawks2016-10-06 04:44 pm
The Songs We'll Sing - Soul Eater AU
[’As a weapon, the most important decision you’ll ever make is choosing a meister.’]
[Penny didn't know how many times she'd heard that. Too many to count, for as long as she could remember. Certainly more than any half-remembered nursery rhymes or bedtime stories. Before any of that had come her preparation for this.]
[’A weapon’s first duty is to their meister.’]
[’The right partnership is the one that brings out the strongest in both members.’]
[’A weapon is always prepared to lay down their life for that of their meister.’]
[The choice felt like it had both been years in the future and come barreling out of nowhere; but now she was here, at the legendary DWMA, facing that choice and her first potential partner - Ruby Rose.]
[A chance meeting in their first days at the academy, weapon and meister literally running into each other in the halls, nothing like the fateful first meetings she'd read about.]
[And yet. Ruby called her a friend.]
Are you ready to start?
[Her heart skipped a nervous beat in the dimmed after-hours light of the combat classroom.]
[’A weapon must partner with whoever they synchronize best, without preference or ego.’]
[Chance meetings and friendship were one thing, but in terms of partnership they meant effectively nothing if a weapon and meister couldn't properly resonate.]
[Penny wanted this to work. Wanted it to be Ruby, the first person to call her ‘friend’. But there was only one way to be sure.]
[Penny didn't know how many times she'd heard that. Too many to count, for as long as she could remember. Certainly more than any half-remembered nursery rhymes or bedtime stories. Before any of that had come her preparation for this.]
[’A weapon’s first duty is to their meister.’]
[’The right partnership is the one that brings out the strongest in both members.’]
[’A weapon is always prepared to lay down their life for that of their meister.’]
[The choice felt like it had both been years in the future and come barreling out of nowhere; but now she was here, at the legendary DWMA, facing that choice and her first potential partner - Ruby Rose.]
[A chance meeting in their first days at the academy, weapon and meister literally running into each other in the halls, nothing like the fateful first meetings she'd read about.]
[And yet. Ruby called her a friend.]
Are you ready to start?
[Her heart skipped a nervous beat in the dimmed after-hours light of the combat classroom.]
[’A weapon must partner with whoever they synchronize best, without preference or ego.’]
[Chance meetings and friendship were one thing, but in terms of partnership they meant effectively nothing if a weapon and meister couldn't properly resonate.]
[Penny wanted this to work. Wanted it to be Ruby, the first person to call her ‘friend’. But there was only one way to be sure.]
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So she hefts Penny's scythe form up, turning it over so she can some face-to-blade with the weapon's head. It may look a little funny like that, but Ruby pays it no mind.]
'Course I mean that. Why wouldn't I?
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[Hic.]
[Maybe she shouldn't have said anything. She wanted Ruby to worry about her less, not more; to be able to focus on the for-now-hypothetical battle without concern for anything else. That was her duty, right?]
It's just- I don't want you to worry about me. The weapon's supposed to protect the meister. That's what we're for.
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Well yeah, but... being partners is kind of a two-way street, isn't it? I gotta do whatever you do too, when it comes to protecting! If not, then it's just like you're... I dunno. A servant or something.
[And imagining someone as sweet as Penny in such a role... it makes her stomach roll uncomfortably.]
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[It's kind of like that.]
I mean, you would be protecting me too. Just in a different way than I'd be protecting you.
[It made a lot more sense the way her father had explained things.]
But it means a lot that you want to, really. ...No one's ever really said that kind of thing to me before.
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Well, that's just dumb. Sure you're a super awesome weapon and all, but you're still a person! A really nice person. People should be telling you stuff like that all the time!
[Biased? Totally not! It's just the truth! A truth that kinda makes ruby feel funny inside... but not in a bad way.]
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That's- I'm just-
[Penny goes on for a few seconds in half-formed sentences before trailing off into a semi-coherent mumble that sounds something like 'not that awesome' and possibly 'just my duty'.]
[She has to clear her nonexistent throat before actually speaking again.]
Thanks. ...You're nice. Too. A lot. And super sensational. But I mean as a meister, not a weapon. Obviously. Um.
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H-Hey, are you sure you're okay???
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[Just that Ruby's known her for maybe a week why is she so concerned about Penny's wellbeing already she can't handle this]
[There's another embarrassed little tremble.]
You're- I'm just really glad I met you. I. Um. Haven't had very many friends before.
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[Sure, she's a little awkward like Ruby herself, but it's not really a bad thing...!]
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[That's normal, right? She doesn't have a lot of basis for comparison.]
But because of all that, I got to come here and meet you! And- anyone else I might make friends with!
[Not that weapons who can't transform perfectly are turned away, but details.]
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[Ruby knows how hard it can be to make friends, especially in the mess of school cliques. But again, Penny's just so nice that it's hard to see her having trouble...]
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[Reading, writing, math, history, basic military tactics. Normal things, question mark?]
It was pretty much just my family, though.
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[There's a pause, then it's like something clicks, and Ruby flashes Penny another bright smile.]
Well, I'll be sure to introduce you to a bunch of my friends, and my sister too!! We can do anything you wanna do that you've missed out on so far!
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[Still, her tone brightens remarkably at Ruby's suggestion.]
Really? That sounds absolutely sen-SATIONAL! Oh! Do you think we could have one of those big sleepovers, like in the movies?
[Her voice drops to an uncertain, almost conspiratorial whisper.]
Do you- do you think we could prank call someone.