"HIT THE MAN WHO REPEATED A TAUNT," Toronto Star. January 16, 1913. Page 17.
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Foreman Resented Remark With Blows, and Pays a Fine for Doing So.
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CASES IN POLICE COURT
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Macedonians Fined for Supplying Liquor to a Youth of Fourteen.
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A dispute as to whether or not Herman Torman should go to work ended in the Police Court to-day in a charge of aggravated assault, laid by Torman, against Wm. Briggs, foreman at the Standard Sanitary Company's factory, Lansdowne and Royce avenue. Briggs did not deny blows, but as Torman had been the bearer of an unpleasant taunt to him, from former associates in Pittsburg, the charge was reduced to common assault, followed by a $5 fine.
Flim-Flammer Sentenced.
Twice Sidney Smith, colored, worked his bill-switching successfully, back in December, and now he goes to jail for sixty days. The men beaten out of $5 each were H. Hanna, 106 Spadina avenue and G. Miller. 336 Queen east. Smith's system was to walk into a store, make a five or ten-cent purchase, present a ten-dollar bill, and when change was brought he would ask for a return of the bill, saying he had found the proper change. The bill would be returned. Smith would hand back the change, but not before he had slipped a $5 bill from the bottom.
Accused of Theft.
Matthew Weisley, of Leonard avenue. employe of the Vokes Hardware Co., of 68 King street west, was committed for trial, charged with the theft of $40 worth of locks, hinges, brassware, etc., from his employers.
The charge originated when Constable Eakins found a peddlar staggering under a heavily roaded bag in Leonard avenue.
"I fancied it might be lead pipe," the officer stated, "but it wasn't. The peddlar gave Weisley's address as the place of purchase."
Liquor Given to Boy.
Macedonians at 120 Spadina avenue began a birthday festival on Sunday morning, and ended in the police court, charged with supplying liquor to a minor. They were Antonio and John Oriss, the boy who drank being aged fourteen. Antonio settled for both by a fine of $10 and costs.
Just on Suspicion.
The fact that George Clarke was seen too often about Jacob Davis clothing store at 326 Queen street west. from where a pair of trousers disappeared, led to his arrest on a charge of theft. As Clarke denied it, he remains in custody a week. Putting grocery collections in his pocket and blaming short returns on tardy customers, is the charge against Albert Smart, brought back from Sea- grave yesterday by Detective Armstrong. Smart was employed as driver for the J. W. Sweet grocery at Carlton and Sackville streets. Evidence will be taken on the 20th.
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Due to my utter loathing if Weiss' treatment in the latest volume I came up with this angst filled (to me) idea: Winter manages to save Weiss at the end of Vol 8, so she isn't there to support Ruby through her trauma and Blake and Yang are too busy beeing it up to notice. Anything you can make with this? Like a oneshot or something?
(getting this one out before the new episode because 1) I had ideas and 2) I dont want the next episode influencing how everything goes from here. Especially since Ruby is going to go through her identity crisis)
“I guess Weiss managed to make it, right?” Ruby asked with a weak smile. Her gaze shifted between Yang and Blake as she held her arm close to herself. “And if that’s the case, maybe she and Penny were able to keep Cinder at bay and the relic out of Salem’s hands.”
Yang nodded and relaxed a bit as she looked up at the sky. “If that’s the case, then we’ll need to find a way out of here and get back to her to help.” She paused and sighed. “Wherever here is…”
Ruby smiled nervously and moved Little from her head to her shoulder. Her mind still weighed heavy with the idea that she couldnt save Atlas in order to save the people, that an entire kingdom had to be destroyed and most of her team’s lives had to be “lost” in order to make sure Cinder couldnt win. And who was to say they could make it out of this place anyway? Maybe Yang had been right and they had died, which meant that if they were wrong…
“Ruby? Are you okay?”
Ruby started to snap out of her thoughts as she heard Blake’s voice and slowly nodded and started to walk forward. “We find a way to the tree and then we see where we can go from there, right? Should be easy enough.”
“Yeah but… we still dont know how to get there and our guide is a bit…” Blake looked over at the sleeping Little on Ruby’s shoulder. “Unreliable.”
“They’re not unreliable, they’re just tired. Its been a long journey for them and the same for us. We should find somewhere to rest.”
“I think I saw a cave when I was chasing that creature, maybe we can find it again,” Yang suggested.
Blake smiled and walked up next to Yang. “And then you can tell us more about that racoon that took your arm, right? It sounded a bit disarming.”
“Maybe once we find the rodent. Though you really think this is the Ever After?”
“Little did say that was what this place was called.”
The sound of Blake’s and Yang’s voices started to fade away as Ruby quietly followed behind them, catching small glimpses of the two trying to hold hands. Her heart ached with each step as she worried about Weiss and Penny, no longer believing that everything ended up working out in the end. What if they fell too and ended up somewhere else, somewhere worse? Or maybe they ended up getting killed while keeping the relic away from Cinder.
Ruby’s steps started to slow as she started to get lost in thought, once again being brought out of it by the sound of Yang’s and Blake’s voices.
“This is the bridge Little was talking about, right?” Yang asked.
Little stretched a bit as they woke and looked over to the bridge. “Yup, that’s the one! It’ll take us right over to the next acre and then we can find the Jinxy Peddlar. I’m sure he’ll still have what he took from Yang and maybe he can help us to the tree too.”
Blake looked over at LIttle curiously. “But you said you know the way to the tree, right?”
“I know the tree is that way,” Little said as she pointed towards the large tree. “But… this is actually the farthest I’ve been from my village. So… I dont actually know how to get there.”
“Then we keep following what we know from the book.” Ruby took a few steps towards the bridge and looked across to the other acre. “Alyx talked to Jinxy first, then the Red King, where she ended up with help to get to the tree. All we have to do is follow her footsteps and we’ll get home in no time.”
Yang looked over to Blake, then to Ruby. “And you’re sure this is a good idea? Even if we are in the Ever After, how do we know the Red King will help us?”
“We challenge him to a game like Alyx did and I’m sure he’ll help us when we beat him.”
Yang nodded and started to make her way across the bridge. “Arm first, then Red King. Shouldnt be too hard for us and then we can get home in no time!”
Ruby smiled a bit and started to follow after Yang, eyes already set on her goal. She paused for a moment as she caught a glint of light from a tree and made her way over, pausing when she recognized Myrtenaster caught on the branch of a tree. Her arms shook as she slowly plucked it off, the sky darkening overhead as she gently fingered the blade.
“Ruby, is everything okay?” Blake asked. “You’re starting to trail behind.”
Ruby didnt quite hear as thunder crashed above her, rain starting to pour down from the sky. With a slow breath, she slowly sheathed the rapier against her belt and the rain cleared up around her. She started to take a few more steps to catch up to Yang and Blake, watching them as she fell a bit behind on the way to the village.
The sky darkened as night fell and Ruby stared into the flames of the fire Blake had made as she held Weiss’s rapier close to her chest. They seemed to be no closer to the village Little had talked about or even the tree at the center of the Ever After, and any hope she had of seeing Weiss alive was starting to dwindle.
“I’m sure Weiss is fine,” Yang said as she put a hand to Ruby’s shoulder. “When we get home, we’ll see her again. I know it.”
“I… I know…” Ruby said as she slowly lowered the rapier to the ground. “But… what if everything we did was for nothing? What if Salem still ended up with the relic or if Penny and Weiss died? Everything we had done would’ve been for nothing and we’d be just as bad as Ironwood.”
“You dont mean that, Rubes. Look, everything will work out. We just need to keep strong and keep moving. We’ll get home and find a way to stop Salem.”
“That… doesnt matter if she ended up with the relic.” Ruby sighed and slowly laid down to sleep. “Nothing matters if Salem ends up destroying everything.”
“You should let her sleep, Yang,” Blake said as she stopped Yang from trying to comfort Ruby further. “Its been a long couple days for all of us and sleep would do us all some good.Give us time to think things over.”
Ruby curled up a bit as she watched Yang’s shadow pull away, silently wishing her sister would understand her. Of course she didnt really think she was like Ironwood, but it was hard to see otherwise. Everything in Atlas had gone wrong all because she made a call that she didnt see any other answers to. Cinder found out about their plan through the lamp, Ironwood tried to arrest them and nearly destroyed the kingdom to do so, and even if they did manage to save thousands, Atlas was still gone and she was to blame for it. And now, she wasnt even sure if Weiss or Penny had survived. And if they hadnt…
Ruby shook her head to get the thoughts out of her mind. No, they had to have survived. Everything had to have worked out.
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“Ruby, we have to go!”
Ruby stood frozen as she held Penny’s blade in her hands, no longer sure of anything. There wasnt any sign of Penny or Weiss anywhere in the Ever After so far, though Weiss never would’ve let her blade leave her side and if part of Floating Array was down here…
“Ruby!” Yang said as she placed a hand on her shoulder. “We need to get out of here!”
“R-right…” Ruby slowly tucked the piece of blade into her belt next to Myrtenaster, hand shaking as she did. Each step she took made her feet feel like they were being weighed down by lead, her heart pounding in her chest as she made her way forward and away from the village. Once she was far enough away, she pulled the green sword off her belt again and sat down as she looked over it and gently fingered it.
Yang sat down next to her and sighed. “Ruby, I’m sure she’s alive. We’ll get home and we’ll find her again, okay?”
Ruby nodded and wiped a tear from her eyes as she tried to push everything down again. “Blake, Alyx went to the Red King after getting her knife from Jinxy, right?”
“Yeah, and then from there, she met the curious cat, then the rusted knight, fought the jabberwalker, talked to the carpenter..” Blake sighed and looked out to a castle on a distant hill. “We’ve got a long way to go if we want to reach the tree by following her story.”
“Then we talk to the Red King.” Ruby placed the sword back onto her hip and started to walk forward again. “And we get to the tree as quickly as we can.” She turned her back towards her teammates and hid the sorrow she felt in her heart. She had to be okay for them, she had to lead them to the tree. Everything had to be okay.
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“Penny… didnt make it.”
Ruby’s heart nearly stopped as she heard those words from Jaune, still not quite believing that he had fallen too. And while he did mention that Weiss was saved from falling, it didnt make her feel any better that she nearly died because of her. Because of her choices.
Jaune sighed and started to mount Juniper. “If we hurry now, we can get to my village.”
“Your village?” Yang asked. “Arent we supposed to be looking for a way out?”
“We will, but… its going to take time. There isnt exactly a way out as far as I can tell-”
“What about the tree?” Blake motioned to the tree that towered over. “That’s how Alyx escaped.”
“You wanted to go to the tree?! The tree is death!” Jaune caught his tone rising and took a moment to try to breathe. “The tree isnt a way out, its death. Besides, you cant get to the tree. I’ve tried. Though, now that I think about it, I’m surprised you made it all the way here on your own.”
“Actually, we were getting help from the cat.”
“What cat?” Jaune asked gruffly.
“Oh there you are!” the Curious Cat said as he made his way to the group. “I thought I had lost you after the jabberwalkers attacked-”
“Leave us alone!” Jaune yelled.
Ruby practically flinched at Jaune’s outburst, finally starting to move again after hearing the news of Penny. Her arms shook as she reached for Myrtenaster and slowly clutched the hilt, her head still spinning from everything. The voices of her friends and teammates started to swirl around her head as they argued with the Curious Cat, her heart thumped in her chest. Finally, she had enough and finally spoke.
“Shut. Up.”
Everyone looked towards her, confused and worried. Yang tried to reach out, but was stopped as she started to walk away, arms shaking as she kept her hand on the hilt of Myrtenaster. Without another word, she raced off with her semblance in a flurry of petals, wanting to get away. She failed Penny, failed Atlas, nearly failed Weiss and all her teammates. She couldnt keep going, couldnt keep trying to make decisions if all they did was end up failing along the way.
Finally, Ruby stopped and leaned against a tree, fingers trying to dig into it as she cried.
“Ruby?” Little asked as she poked up from Ruby’s cloak. “Why did you run from your friends?”
“You should leave.”
“But Ruby-”
“If you stay with me, you’ll only end up hurt!” Ruby took a breath and sighed. “Penny and Atlas are gone because of me, Weiss was almost killed, and now I’m not even sure of who I am! What makes me think I was ever ready for any of this?”
“Ruby-”
“Just go!” Ruby yelled. Her eyes stayed on Little as they ran off and she dropped down against the tree she leaned against. She put a hand to her heart and clutched at it.
“I found you!” the curious cat said as they appeared through the trees and made their way to Ruby. “Your friends are worried about you. Maybe you should go back to them.”
“I… I dont want to be me anymore..” Ruby wiped a few tears away from her eyes and sighed. “All I’ve done is mess things up. I’ve failed to keep people safe, made things worse… I… I cant…”
The curious cat smiled and made their way onto Ruby’s lap. “Its okay, I’ll be you in your stead so you dont have to worry about this burden anymore.”
“What-” Ruby screamed as she felt the cat’s claws push through her aura and start to sink into her, her arms going numb. She couldnt feel her body anymore, almost as if she was being pressed out of it as the cat sank further and further into her. “W-What are you doing?!”
“Dont worry, my lost little huntress, I’m giving you what you want. You dont have to worry about being yourself anymore and I’ll take your place. All you have to do is take mine.”
Ruby felt herself pushed out of her body, powerless to stop the cat as it finished sinking into her. The cat’s voice floated around in her mind as she watched her body pick itself up and grin with the same sharp teeth the cat had.
“And I’ll make sure they all make it home. Eventually.”
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MARILLA: Anne Shirley, I've heard all about it. Now you open your door at once!
ANNE: Please go away, Marilla. I'm in the depths of despair.
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ANNE: Go away. Don't look at me.
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ANNE: He called me Carrots.
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ANNE: Marilla, I thought nothing could be as bad as red hair. Green is ten times worse. You don't know how utterly wretched I am.
MARILLA: I little know how you got into this fix, but I demand that you tell me.
ANNE: I dyed it.
MARILLA: Dyed it? For mercy's sake, child.
ANNE: But he positively assured me it'd turn my hair a beautiful raven black.
MARILLA: Who did? Who are you talking about?
ANNE: The peddlar we met on the road today.
MARILLA: I absolutely forbid you to--. What's the use? Well, I hope that this has opened your eyes to see where your vanity has taken you.
ANNE: What shall I do? I'll never be able to live this down. I can't face him again. Gilbert Blythe had no right to call me carrots.
MARILLA: You really smashed your slate over that boy's head?
ANNE: Yes.
MARILLA: Hard?
ANNE: Very hard, I'm afraid.
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ANNE: You're not going to send me back?
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ANNE: Marilla!
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