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Willow.

You're the third person to contact me about Ozpin today.

You can just get right to the point. It's okay.

[frogfear]

[There's no sense in keeping up pretenses if he's already figured out what she's getting at.]

Okay, fine, look. I'm not going to interfere or anything, of course. Just please be careful, Ford. Sometimes these kind of things can get out of hand, and sometimes it goes too far even if neither person meant for it to happen. I just don't want to see either of you get hurt. Physically or otherwise.

[cryptograms]

I know. Vampires do exist in my dimension, and most others, for that matter.

And I meant what I said before. Becoming a vampire hasn't made Ozpin any more dangerous than he already was.

Don't worry. I will make sure

[ The typing notification appears and disappears several times. ]

things don't get out of hand.

[frogfear]

I know. And I know you can take care of yourself and everything, but it still felt like a good idea to check in.

Do I even need to ask who the other two were?

[cryptograms]

The first was Shannon. I'm not sure if you've ever met her. We play D&D together.

The second was a 'Random Resident' insisting that she definitely wasn't Ruby Rose.

[frogfear]

Yeah, she lives with us. I don't know her all that well, though.

[Or, to be more specific, Willow doesn't remember knowing her particularly well.]

Random Resident insisting she wasn't Ruby... That's pretty much her typical subtleness, huh?

[cryptograms]

It is.

She asked me to fill out a survey, then left a candy bar at my door.

Then came back and took half the candy bar for herself.

[frogfear]

That sounds like Ruby all right.

Next time maybe you should tell her you don't fill out surveys for anything less than a whole case of candy bars. Dipper and Mabel would thank you, at least.

[cryptograms]

[ This conversation is very serious and Ford doesn't mean to distract from it, but Willow makes such a good point he just can't help it. ]

I could have made her give me jelly beans! I can't believe I didn't think of that!

[frogfear]

Well, it sounds like you have a solid plan then for next time now.

[cryptograms]

Indeed I do.

[ ... Ah, right. They're having this conversation for a reason. ]

Regardless. Willow, can I ask you how you found out about this?

[frogfear]

Oscar's Omen, weirdly. He put it on the group chat. It's not Oscar's fault - he didn't mean for it to happen. Diggs just kind of did it on his own, I guess?