Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-11188061-20130624115407

(Here I'm going to dispute my previous 'Blue' Theory - I found too many holes in it and was dissatisfied that it could be dismissed by a single point: What if they weren't a group in the first place? - and go specific into each and every character instead. This should be far more accurate than the ones before.)

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'''Facts '''

-        Ruby visited a grave with ‘Summer Rose’ carved onto it.

-        Weiss was given a test of arms, and she succeeded at the price of a scar on her face.

-        Blake was a team with Adam (robbing?) but she left him at the end of the trailer.

-        Yang is searching for a missing girl. She finds Junior, the information broker who was said to know everything. Ruby appeared to be headed towards the bar in the end as well.

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'''Cliffside Altar '''

Summer Rose

Thus Kindly I Scatter

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'''Assumption '''

With exception of Yang and Ruby, neither of the girls knew each other personally.

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'''Ruby: First Theory '''

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<p class="MsoNormal">As we all know by now, the words carved onto the gravestone at Cliffside Altar are:

<p class="MsoNormal">‘Summer Rose

<p class="MsoNormal">Thus Kindly I Scatter’

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<p class="MsoNormal">So we can safely deduce that someone Ruby knew has died, and that Ruby went to visit his/her grave. We can also safely say that Ruby at least felt deep connection towards the person, since visiting a grave at a freezing hell wasn’t exactly the best thing ever. Now then, the questions: Who is this person? What is he/her to Ruby? What happened in the past that caused the person’s death? How did Ruby come into the equation?

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<p class="MsoNormal">'''The Fanfic/Sci-fi/Fantasy/I’m-Pulling-This-From-My-Ass Theory, ONE '''

<p class="MsoNormal">Yes, this theory would be pulled completely from my ass with almost no basis at all except my long time reading/writing experience and familiarity with anime/manga/visual novels culture.

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<p class="MsoNormal">That, and Ruby’s enigmatic smile when she beheaded the first Beowolf.

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<p class="MsoNormal">This is my first theory: The person under the grave was very likely Ruby’s mentor, and that Ruby inherited the scythe from the person after his death. Previously, in my speculative 5th person ‘Blue’ theory, I had stated that Ruby was pissed that the Beowolves interrupted a sacred moment and slaughtered them in a most Grim Reaper way. I still think that it’s true, except that now I think I understood the meaning behind her first smile.

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<p class="MsoNormal">In the past Ruby must have encountered Beowolves before, and she was helpless against it. She was perhaps too young, untrained, and just when she was about to die, this enigmatic, scythe-wielding person (I’ll call him/her Summer Rose for now, though honestly it still doesn’t feel like a person’s name) saved her from certain death. It was from there on she grew a bond with Summer Rose – whatever the details – and wanted to become as strong or even the same as him/her.

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<p class="MsoNormal">However, Summer Rose died, leaving Ruby with nothing but the scythe and perhaps a few personal belongings (the clothes maybe? The red cloak?). Hence she took it up as her own and began a journey to discover the truth. It is likely that Ruby didn’t know why Summer Rose died, what he/she had died for, and even if she did there was nothing she could do about it (in short the details here may vary, and Ruby may or may not have a specific target for vengeance or resolution). It is likely that Ruby believed Summer Rose to be invincible until reality proved otherwise. More importantly, she had lost a person very precious to her, and she was going to seek out the truth and get a resolution. There might be vengeance. There might be hatred. There might be nothing at all in her heart. But she was definitely going to find out why, and hope that the truth would give her peace of mind.

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<p class="MsoNormal">That was why Ruby smiled when she clipped the scythe onto the Beowolves’ head. She was probably reminiscing about the past when she was first saved by her mentor, and perhaps the pose she used might even be exactly the same. Was this poor, cowering thing the same monster that almost killed her before? Once, she was the helpless girl who needed to be saved. Once, she was a girl who was only a burden to her mentor. Once, this seemingly terrifying-looking Beowolf had scared her to death.

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<p class="MsoNormal">But now… I am no longer weak.

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<p class="MsoNormal">'''Ruby Second Theory '''

<p class="MsoNormal">Yes I have the kicks for dramatics, and now that’s done (Banzai!) we move on to the second one. First, let’s consider a few things. At the end of the Yellow Trailer, Ruby and Yang met outside of the pub as they exchanged a few lines with each other. Here’s the stated conversation:

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<p class="MsoNormal">Ruby: Yang?

<p class="MsoNormal">Yang: Oh hi sis!

<p class="MsoNormal">Ruby: What are you doing here?

<p class="MsoNormal">Yang: Haah… it’s a long story.

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<p class="MsoNormal">There are a few interesting things that could be observed here. First, they obviously knew one another as seen from the intimate greeting. Both girls are surprised to see each other, but Yang did not seem surprised to see Ruby’s appearance (Yang was surprised for an instant about their encounter) and recovered immediately. Considering Yang’s personality, if she hadn’t seen Ruby with a scythe before she probably would’ve gasped or given a similar response. On the other hand, Ruby does seemed to be surprised by Yang’s appearance, given the fact that it took her a second or two to register the girl, her surprised tone, and that Yang said that it was ‘a long story’. This implied that they have not met each other in a while, and during that time Yang has at least underwent a cosmetic change.

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<p class="MsoNormal">Therefore it is possible to say that Yang knows of Ruby’s prowess and powers, but Ruby might not know that Yang has acquired a similar strength of her own. This is impossible to guess at this stage though, so let’s ignore it.

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<p class="MsoNormal">Ruby: Third Theory

<p class="MsoNormal">Now, the third theory. From the above observations (and speculations on exactly what nature they are), I deduce that Ruby is actually older than her looks and she may be older (and if not, definitely a lot more experienced in fighting) than Yang was. Even if she’s not, at the very least in terms of a hierarchal relationship, Ruby would be the elder sister and Yang the younger.

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<p class="MsoNormal">This is based on several facts: Number one, fighting experience. Ruby slaughtered an entire horde of Beowolves without any injury on a snowy terrain, and as some of you may know it is actually a lot harder to move than on hard ground terrain. You may argue the fact that the Beowolves are stupid, but from what I see they are pretty smart (calling for allies when Ruby seemed undefeatable with their current numbers, jumping towards Ruby when she’s suspended in the air) and since they also fought to kill, I deduce that the Beowolves were actually harder foes than Junior and his grunts were (note that Junior was the one caught by surprise by Yang, whereas Ruby got ambushed – well, more like gang up but you get what I mean).

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<p class="MsoNormal">Moreover, Ruby managed through the Beowolves through pure skill alone and only used a single Cross Clip when their numbers seemed to grow overwhelming. She had very definite control of her limits and does not waste her strength unnecessarily, especially considering that she was fighting in an unfriendly natural environment where her strength would expire far more quickly than usual. She even held herself still in a battle ready stance and stayed on guard at the end, seeming observing her surroundings just in case there was a stray or a new attack. All these reflect massive battle experience that could only be acquired through long years of fighting.

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<p class="MsoNormal">On the other hand, Yang was shown to be absolutely reckless (although she appears to have good fighting instinct), and more than a few times she was caught by surprise and got hit by the enemy. This may not be a clear indicator that she was kind of green since it can be argued that the enemy’s power levels were on par or better than the horde (I believe otherwise though; Junior, Melanie & Miltia, or Junior’s grunts would’ve been overwhelmed by that number even if they managed to kill a huge portion of the Beowolves), but there was a more definite evidence: Yellow’s main strategy when fighting was to simply overwhelm the enemy with more power, despite her more coolheaded moments when fighting against Melanie and Militia. This was especially clear when Junior pulled out several strands of her hair and she went absolutely full power in anger and punched the guy out of the building. This means that she wastes her strength unnecessarily over petty things, and does not conserve them like a professional would.

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<p class="MsoNormal">Also, to be honest, she was intentionally provoking a fight she knew she would win from the very beginning. There were two ways: Either she could try and coax the information out of Junior – which she doesn’t have the finesse to do other than sexual appeal, and very likely unwilling or too lazy to do it – or do it her style by beating the crap out of everyone and force the words out of his mouth. It probably wasn’t even a question in Yang’s head.

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<p class="MsoNormal">Therefore, I can speculate definitively (it means, I believe I am very right) that Ruby definitely has experience over Yang, and that Yang would admire and treat Ruby as a senior (in this case, an elder sister) in fighting. Who knows, Ruby may even be the one who inspired Yang in the first place. Yang definitely looked like she picked up a few tips from Ruby, concerning moments where she observed and countered Melanie’s footwork, and if the wiki could be believed, the way she spun extremely quickly (though honestly this is a pretty, how to say, flimsy observation?).

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<p class="MsoNormal">Ruby: Fourth Theory

<p class="MsoNormal">This one’s pretty short. I’m deducing that Ruby’s purpose at the end of the Yellow Trailer was to gather information from Junior, though probably with a more… tactful way than Yang did. >_> She probably hit another dead end during her search as seen from how absentminded she looked that she didn’t even notice Junior flying out of the building.

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<p class="MsoNormal">'''The Fanfic/Sci-fi/Fantasy/I’m-Pulling-This-From-My-Ass Theory, TWO '''

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<p class="MsoNormal">This is speculating on Ruby and Yang's relationship.

<p class="MsoNormal">Ruby’s style reminds me of a lone wolf/mercenary, so let’s assume that’s how she finds the information she needs and feeds herself. One day, while Ruby was running around trying to gather information as usual, she ran into Yang who was in a big trouble that may or may not cost her life. Ruby saved her, and Yang naturally grew fond of Ruby and admired her battle skills greatly. Yang probably studied fighting skills under Ruby for a while (but more of the basics and definitely not scythe-wielding; the weapon looks unique to either Ruby alone or a small number of individuals). Not long after, they parted ways because Ruby had her own stuff to do (likely that she found a new source of information or something).

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<p class="MsoNormal">Of course, the other possible (actually this one’s more probable than the above) scenario would be the headstrong Yang ran into Ruby one random day, provoked herself into a fight, got pounded six feet down the cement and had called Ruby ‘ONEE-SAMA~!’ since as a sign of respect and affection towards someone stronger than her. I hope you guys understand that the ‘ONEE-SAMA’ thing was a deliberate exaggeration. XD

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