Chapter 4 - Ruby Rose

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With the cracked moon rises over the downtown area of the city of Vale, a figure emerges from an alleyway. A spark appearing before the dull glow of a cigar illuminated the figures face revealing an adult man with unkempt orange hair with long bangs covering his right eye.

As the figure steps into the moonlight cigar in hand, he is shown to be wearing a red-lined white suit with long black pants, black shoes a small grey scarf, black gloves with buckled sleeves, and a black bowler hat with a small feather tucked into its red band completing the ensemble.

He confidently saunters from the alleyways towards the only store seemingly still open at the late hour, quickly being followed by several other men all donning matching black formal suits with red ties and red glasses.

As the male barges into the store titled 'From dust to dawn' quickly being followed by the black-suited goons he flicks ash from his cigar before announcing,

"Do you have any idea how hard it is to find a Dust shop open this late?"

As he finishes one of the black-suited goons steps forward revealing a compact machine gun which he then trains to the elderly man behind the register.

The shop owner now clearly frightened quickly stutters out,

"P-please! Just take my lien and leave I don't want any trouble."

To this, the figure simply gently shushes the man before explaining in a calm and somewhat charismatic tone,

"Shhh, calm down, we're not here for your money."

The figures tone then changes to a demanding one as he turns to the goons around him before ordering,

"Grab the Dust."

As each goon reveals a small containment cylinder, they then walk to the individual dispensers dotted along the walls before inserting them and beginning to drain the different 'Dust' types from the store.

The figure with a gun then takes a step forward to the Clerk before placing a briefcase on the counter before uttering in a threatening tone, "Crystals, uncut."

The Clerk understanding the demand shakingly begins removing the uncut 'Dust' crystals from the display case below the counter and placing them inside the briefcase presented Infront of him.

As one of the goons heads towards the back of the store to continue raiding the various 'Dust' dispensers, he notices a small hooded figure standing seemingly unaffected by the current commotion while browsing through various 'Dust' and weapons magazines. To this, the goon simply unsheathed the blade strapped to this waist before ordering,

"Alright kid put your hands where I can see 'em."

However, this threat goes unnoticed by the figure as they continued to pick up and read through the various magazines along the shop's shelves.

"Hey, I said hands in the air."

"You got a death wish or something."

The armed goon ordered before stomping towards the figure and grabbing its shoulder, however, as he grabbed the figure and turned it around the hood slipped down to their shoulders, revealing a fair-skinned young girl with silver eyes and neck-length black hair with red tips. The small girl wearing a black long-sleeved blouse over which a black waist cincher with red lacing up the front, and a matching skirt with red lining also had a pair of Red and black headphones with a rose emblem pressed into the sides.

"Huh" she questioned as she was turned around and saw the black-suited individual before her.

To this, the goon merely pointed to his own ear with an annoyed expression signalling the girl to remove her headphones. As she pulled them and rested them on her shoulders, she asked the male before her,

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