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Just Like the Movies - Chapter 6
Ruby stood, fists planted on hips and marker clutched in one hand, in front of a scribble-covered whiteboard. Her eyes flew from note to note, each nothing more than a fragment but more than ...
2026-01-31 17:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostJust Like the Movies - Chapter 5
After tugging the long sleeves of a weirdly flowy shirt, Ruby frowned at her reflection. No matter what she did, too much fabric dangled around. At first, she thought the extra strips w...
2026-01-24 17:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostJust Like the Movies - Chapter 4
Ruby leaned back in her chair, chin resting on the back of her hand and eyes slightly narrowed, while Penny added notes to the whiteboard. Those notes were then connected to previous nodes by...
2026-01-17 17:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostJust Like the Movies - Chapter 3
Ruby’s brow remained furrowed as she stared at the young woman’s features frozen on the screen. “I didn’t feel it,” she decided before turning to the quiet, discerning young woman b...
2026-01-10 17:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostJust Like the Movies - Chapter 2
“Hey, Ruby?” One of the assistants stood and flagged Ruby down on her way to her office. “You got an urgent message from Glynda about Cinder’s comments last week. She want...
2026-01-03 17:00:12 +0000 UTC View PostJust Like the Movies - Chapter 1
Many of you will remember the oneshot with the same title (and most of that oneshot is in this chapter). Apparently, people really liked this one and wanted a continuation. So, here we ...
2025-12-27 17:00:14 +0000 UTC View PostDiva - Chapter 26
At long last, the whole story is out in the open. I hope you enjoyed this one as much as I did! My favorite parts were often Ruby's unique metaphors and analogies. (I guess, technically,...
2025-12-13 17:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostDiva - Chapter 25
What was worse than riding the bus on the weekend? Riding the bus on the weekend while lugging around a canvas-sized cardboard box. Her most recent painting hid inside, nestled in much ...
2025-12-06 17:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostDiva - Chapter 24
“Back again?” the cashier asked as Ruby dropped a handful of paint tubes onto the counter.
“I’ve been on a roll. And this place is close to my apartment.”
Wh...
2025-11-29 17:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostDiva - Chapter 23
‘Sure you don’t want anything special?’ Ruby typed while the line inched forward. ‘Scone? Latte? Anything other than a dark abyss of tar?’
She waited only a few se...
2025-11-22 17:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostDiva - Chapter 22
Despite the bags under her eyes and general ache in her tired limbs, Ruby’s skin buzzed as if she had just stuck a fork into an outlet. As much as a small part of her wanted to stay in bed ...
2025-11-15 17:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostDiva - Chapter 21
Nerves sparked through Ruby’s veins like fireworks as the tram meandered through Crescent Productions, stopping at studio after studio for employees to begin their work days. If those nerve...
2025-11-08 17:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostDiva - Chapter 20
Ruby blinked, tilted her head, then rubbed her tired eyes and squinted at the canvas. Nothing erased the general mind-fog she had woken up with this morning, making it impossible to decide if...
2025-11-01 16:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostDiva - Chapter 19
“Does this look good?”
When Oscar held up the small, white paper flower, Ruby plucked it from his hands. The petals were uneven and the stem a bit lopsided, but otherwise it met the...
2025-10-25 16:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostDiva - Chapter 18
“‘Morning, Oscar!” Ruby called out after entering the studio.
“‘Morning, Ruby!” He leapt to his feet and bounded over to greet her. “You’re in a good m...
2025-10-18 16:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostDiva - Chapter 17
“Steady…” Ruby said while lowering a camera onto the pole that it should sit perfectly on if they aimed right. Of course, ‘aiming’ a bulky, cumbersome piece of equipment wa...
2025-10-11 16:00:01 +0000 UTC View PostDiva - Chapter 16
Today was a big day. How big, Ruby didn’t know. But it felt big - at least, to her - and her light, bouncy steps suggested that it was big.
She had visited the...
2025-10-04 16:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostDiva - Chapter 15
Ozpin motioned with both hands and then made a sweeping gesture toward Weiss. Pyrrha and Weiss intently followed his gestures, absorbing his instructions with the professionalism that they we...
2025-09-27 16:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostDiva - Chapter 14
After spending most of the previous night drawing anything that struck her fancy, Ruby still had her sketchbook on her lap, fighting bumps and lurches while riding the bus to the other side of town...
2025-09-20 16:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostDiva - Chapter 13
Ruby stared at the trees, with their soft brush strokes and gentle hints of green and purple, while slowly setting her paintbrush aside. The paint added so much texture to their knots and cra...
2025-09-13 16:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostDiva - Chapter 12
Ruby arrived so early that only the sound guys, who might as well be nocturnal based on the hours they kept, beat her to the studio. With plenty of time to spare, she claimed her typical spot...
2025-09-06 16:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostDiva - Chapter 11
Ruby could not stop fidgeting as she snuck another glance at Weiss, who had hardly moved let alone said anything since they left the studio in her chauffeured town car. She just sat there, po...
2025-08-30 16:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostDiva - Chapter 10
Hand steady, Ruby layered two quick strokes of dark blue amongst lighter blue clouds. Smooth brushstrokes, not sharp. More, not less. When she leaned back to inspect the image as ...
2025-08-23 16:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostDiva - Chapter 9
After several days on location, returning to Studio 18 felt like returning home. Everything had remained just how they left it: meal tables set up and ready to go, soundstage half-prepped for...
2025-08-16 16:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostDiva - Chapter 8
Despite zero desire to return to work, Ruby dragged herself onto a bus leading to Crescent Productions. From there, she ducked into the ultra-familiar coffee shop for a cup of jet black coffe...
2025-08-09 16:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostDiva - Chapter 7
Ruby’s knee jittered faster when the bus stopped yet again. She glanced at her watch, then at the nearby street sign, before sighing and letting her knee bounce some more. Clouds had ...
2025-08-02 16:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostDiva - Chapter 6
“What’s that?”
“Oh. Uh -” Broken out of her concentration, Ruby glanced up when Emerald dropped her bag on the floor. “Just a sketch,” Ruby said, flippin...
2025-07-26 16:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostDiva - Chapter 5
The catering company had delivered lunch - a delicious assortment of fresh pastas, grilled chicken, and a full salad bar - on time. Ruby had helped the other PAs arrange the aluminum foil tra...
2025-07-19 16:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostDiva - Chapter 4
The next day wasn’t better.
Neither was the day after that, nor the days following that. Even though Ruby knew where everything was located around the studio, learned a bu...
2025-07-12 16:00:11 +0000 UTC View Post