Acension Revival

[Cifero Windtail]

Zanthe closed her eyes for a moment, then opened them. "Where would you like me to start explaining?" she asked.

[Tina]

Cassy nodded. "Right... so there's a lot of pressure on her then?"

"Yes but there is more. Her whole family is a bunch of fire benders, which seems appropriate considering there main business is melting iron into steel. The most powerful bender in the family is in fact Ruby's father, Lysander D. Zoravich the third who is known to be a cruel man both in business and people in general. A known perfectionist, he is a master of the blue flame art and so are his two sons, but not Ruby. There have been multiple cover ups of him abusing Ruby through out her childhood, very physically and more than once she was sent to the hospital with burns. However we had to do serious digging to find that out, it had almost gone completely off record.

Currently Ruby is getting ready to marry one Renault Burgensan's sons who owns a slightly smaller business in the oil industry. It is part of a deal Lysander made with Renault to join the two companies in a partnership, but there is no record of Ruby ever consenting to marriage or being anywhere near the man she is supposed to marry. My guess is she never wanted to marry him in the first place."

[Rayleonarde]

Jayce sighed. "Just tell me w-what you know, please."

[Cifero Windtail]

Zanthe nodded. "Okay. The Zambian kidnapped Valentine at gunpoint, threatening to harm her parents if she did not comply. With her in his custody, he then manipulated Ray to do things for him in return for Valentine's freedom. The casino job was the last one. He and I had become acquainted, so I would have known his face if I saw him on the main floor." The catfox leaned in close. "...He treated a wound I had."


Cassy nodded. "I'd imagine that's enough to put anyone on edge," she said, looking at her feet. "Perfectionism can be hell to deal with... even if it's not your own."

[Tina]

(I just realized what should I do with Kammy and Clover?)

[Cifero Windtail]

(Yes, what is that? Also, could you please reply to Cassy? o/-/o)

[Tina]

(Oh...I never noticed that.)

"Yes her wedding is actually happening today. I am interested in seeing what hap..." Vlad's phone rings. He answers it and speaks in his people's language again.
"Turns out the church is on fire where the wedding was to happen." He says.

[Cifero Windtail]

Cassy stood up. "Right. We should probably head over there," she said, grabbing her jacket.

[Tina]

"Yes." Vlad grabbed his swords and ran to the door.

Meanwhile Ruby was running through the streets in singed and torn wedding dress. She had torn the bottom of the dress so she could run with out tripping. She darted around a corner and hid behind a trash bin as a limo drove by, undoubtedly her dad's.

What happened at the wedding was when she was standing at the alter and was asked to say "I do", she literally blew up screaming "I don't!". She seriously hurt her would be husband and several others but luckily everyone got out.

[Cifero Windtail]

Cassy followed after Vlad, sticking her wings through the holes in her jacket. "Let's see," she murmured, closing her eyes and focusing as she tried to get a bead on Ruby's location.

[Tina]

Ruby was crying behind a dumpster not really going anywhere as she had escaped her father's wrath.
"Where is she?" Vlad asks. Rose was to stay behind as she would just slow us down.

[Cifero Windtail]

Cassy opened her eyes. "She's behind a dumpster about twelve blocks away," she said. "She's crying, too."

[Tina]

"Seems my guess was right, let's careful though. We didn't exactly make the best first impression." Vlad says and keeps running.
Pretty soon the crying does becomes audible.

[Cifero Windtail]

Cassy carefully approached the noise, keeping her wits about her. ".... Ruby?" she whispered quietly.

[Tina]

Ruby stopped crying for a moment and peeked around the corner.
"...you!" She looks angry as we are the last people she wanted to see. Her flames start up as she get up off the ground.
"...i'll let you handle this...I am not the best diplomat."  Vlad mutters to cassy.