#ruby & lucanis

Ruby De Riva (I am a sucker for the Crows), and "if you die on me , i'm going to be pissed off" with either Davrin or Lucanis (if you want more platonic!)

Happy THWEE! I love the Crows toooo❤️ so have some Ruby & Lucanis @thedasweekend @zombiefishgirl

Ruby ran after the Venatori, leaving Lucanis to deal with the magister. She threw a knife, catching him in the back and he stumbled forward.

With a grin, Ruby stalked forward. “The Crows send their regards,” she purred.

“And the Venatori send theirs,” a voice chuckled. Ruby whirled around with a snarl, staring down another mage.

She charged forward, barely dodging the poison spray.

The other Venatori jumped at her and she barely dodged the blade. It nicked her ribs and she cursed. Stabbing pain shot up her side and she stumbled.

“Poison,” the injured Venatori purred, stalking closer. “Nice and slow.”

She glared up at him, baring her teeth in a growl.

“Easy kitty,” he chuckled. “You won’t feel much soon.”

There’s a flare of wings and Lucanis snapped the magister’s neck, knocking the other Venatori off his feet. A flick of his wrist and the other man was dead. Ruby felt the world spin and grumbled.

“Leg… pouch,” she slurred, trying to focus as Lucanis appeared in her blurry vision. “White…”

“If you die on me I’m going to be pissed off,” Lucanis huffed, fumbling through her hidden pockets to find the white vial. He tilted her head back, almost gently, and poured the contents down her throat. “Viago will kill you if a simple poisoned blade takes you out.”

“I know,” Ruby coughed. She needed to work on the flavor. A few moments later her vision began to clear and she’s able to sit up on her own.

“I’ll make you some antidote too,” she said, standing up. “Just in case we come across this again.”

“Won’t need it. They’ve never hit me,” he smirked as she wobbled.

Would love to seeee

“ this is you thinking rationally? “ from the hurt/comfort prompts

HELLO I DID!!!!!! @thedasweekend

The contract had gone sideways, which Lucanis had... anticipated. Not that he doubted Ruby de Riva's skills to get the job done, necessarily, more like... she had comically bad luck and always pushed a little too far. Which was probably why he was assigned this contract with her. To clean up whatever mess Viago's precious prodigy made.

Currently Ruby was fleeing guards, having stabbed the target when her usual route of seduction backfired and he'd gotten too eager. Lucanis sighed, following in the shadows. There was one too many to risk taking on and Ruby would be no help without her daggers.

She tripped and he winced as her knee scraped the ground. The guards pressed closer and she kicked at the closest one, yelping as he grabbed her ankle. Lucanis cursed, dropping down behind the guards, taking them out easily as Ruby clawed and bit at the one attempting to hold her. The man punched her in the jaw and she cried out. Maker, he knew she was still a beginner but supposedly she'd passed her training.

Eventually he got rid of all the guards, scooping up Ruby, who looked a little worse for wear and carrying her to a nearby safe house. He began to patch her wounds as she stared at the floor.

"What was that?" he asked, cleaning off her scraped knee.

"What was what?" she snapped.

"All of it. You realize we could have done it my way and be back in Antiva right now, right?" He wasn't trying to come off as callous; he was just quite tired of playing babysitter.

"It made sense! A quick and easy lure and then the poison would take long enough no one would even suspect either of us! It's not my fault that men always want more than they should!" She hissed as he rubbed alcohol on the broken skin.

"And biting the guard? Where were your daggers?" He raised an eyebrow.

"Couldn't reach them, had to use the tools at my disposal. Like a rational person would," she huffed.

"This is you thinking rationally?" he asked dryly, gesturing to her torn skirt and multiple scratches and bruises.

"The target is dead and neither of us died or got seriously injured, I say it was a success," she shrugged. He reached up to wipe a cut on her face, and she snatched the rag from him. "I've got it, Mom."

"Oh, shut up," he growled, walking away to clean off his knife. "Sorry I wanted to help."

"Ohhh yes because you always want to help poor old me," she snarked back, glaring at him. "The great Lucanis Dellamorte, so generous."

"I didn't ask to be put on this assignment with you! You think I'm having any fun?" He snapped back. "Maker, you are a nightmare."

"Thank you," she grinned. "Besides, aren't you the one constantly reminding me not to have fun? This is your dream contract! Only misery and murder."

Ruby couldn't clear her head of the screams. She'd torn through three dummies, run through every single poison and antidote combo she knew, and had nearly passed out holding her breath as long as possible. And yet her mind refused to clear. She could still see the darkspawn, hear the dying screams of the Wardens at Weishaupt. Despite her words to Davrin, she blamed herself. They should've moved faster, gotten there sooner, been more prepared. If the damn First Warden had just listened to her maybe it could've ended differently.

Ruby growled, kicking the dummy square in the chest.

"Does it owe you money?" Lucanis chuckled, leaning against the Caretaker's stall. Ruby glared at him and continued wailing on the dummy.

"Seriously, Ruby, what's wrong," he asked, his voice softer. "Was it Weishaupt? No one blames you for that."

Ruby whirled on him, stalking close until she's in his face. Spite flares, and she sees Lucanis' eyes go purple.

"I'm supposed to be stronger than this," she hissed, curling her hands into fists for a moment. "But I can't stop hearing them, Lucanis."

His eyes turn back to brown as he studies her face. "We did all we could."

"But I should've done more," she growled, turning away.

"Like you said, we're fighting gods. You killed an Archdemon, Ruby, that's impressive," he replied.

"Davrin killed it. How many Wardens did we lose in that fight? What if we'd gotten there faster? I should've- I couldn't save them. I should've been able to," she replied, running a hand over her face.

Lucanis sighed. "Do you want a partner who can fight back?"