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| Name: | Ruby | ||
| Alias: | Goth Red[1] | ||
| Profile | |||
| Gender: | Female | ||
| Age: | 15 | ||
| Date of birth: | May 13th, 1994[2] | ||
| Personal status | |||
| Relatives: | Robin (younger sister) Rose (younger sister) Ginger (younger sister) Carmen (older sister) Scarlet (older sister) | ||
| Appearances | |||
| Game: | The Path | ||
“ | Cut my veins and make me bleed. A valley or ocean. Desire or need? ―Ruby's disturbing dialogue upon finding the knife in the tree stump. | ” |
Ruby is one of the six playable characters in The Path.
Appearance[]
Ruby is a girl with long, black hair and bangs, along with dark red lips and pale skin. She wears a fitted, striped, red and black T-shirt along with a short, black skirt. She has transparent tights, albeit only on her right leg, and her left leg is accompanied with a brace.
History[]
The other girls call her "goth"... It's one way of killing people: stereotyping them, putting them in a box and throwing it away. But there's more to Ruby than meets the eye. A young lady by now, 15 years of age. Life has opened up to her as a rotting flower of corruption. She can see through it all but remains an enigma herself.
When asked about her leg brace, Ruby says she's in pain. But doesn't specify where it hurts.
Ruby does not long for death. She takes a perverse pleasure in observing the extreme decay of adult society. But what will happen when she ceases to be a witness and becomes a participant instead?
The Wolf scene[]
Ruby's Wolf takes the form of a sinister-looking young man with blond hair, wearing a black shirt, a pair of black pants, and a matching belt with a silver buckle. Ruby meets him in the Abandoned Playground where he is first seen dragging something rolled up in a rug, most players assuming to be a dead body. He can then be seen sitting down on a bench. If the player chooses to let Ruby interact with him, she sits down on the bench as well. When she does, he attempts to put his left arm around her shoulders, and at first, she shies away. He then offers her a cigarette, to which Ruby takes. They then sit there for a while, smoking, as the game transitions to outside grandmother's house, where Ruby is lying.
Quotes[]
“ | So, they tell me THIS is Michaël, the guy who programmed everything we know! Hmm... Doesn't look so tough to me... ―About Michaël Samyn[3] | ” |
“ | A scarecrow. And no birds. Efficient! Wish I had one like this to keep the idiots away. ―Goth Red (Ruby) upon entering the Field Of Flowers. | ” |
“ | There's such beauty in decay. Rust is lovelier than paint. Though I doubt old age will happen to me. ―Ruby's dialogue when entering her wolf location (Abandoned Playground.) | ” |
“ | I must be getting old. It's about time! ―Ruby when attempting to climb the toy tower. (Failing presumably due to her disability) | ” |
“ | Men are like motorcycles. You just drive them to where you want them to be, then let somebody else take care of them. | ” |
“ | Sitting on wheels. Paralyzed soul. Nowhere to go. Fast. ―Ruby's special item dialogue upon sitting on the wheelchair in the woods. | ” |
“ | Don't come close if you want something from me. Whatever it is, I probably don't have it. Just leave me alone. | ” |
“ | Engines. And friends. Turn them off. Turn them on. Life. Death. Are they so different? ―Ruby's special item dialogue when turning off the abandoned car's engine. | ” |
“ | If you give me your head, you will please me so. Much more from a silver platter. I shall eat you! ―Goth Red's special item dialogue when beheading the Field of Flower's scarecrow of its pumpkin head. | ” |
“ | Paint drips like tears. Gravity brings everything down. It's only natural. ―Ruby Red upon vandalizing a wall in spraypaint. | ” |
“ | This is for the Old Lady, I suppose. ―Ruby's dialogue when clicking on the bread. | ” |
“ | This is for Grandmother. I hope I get a sip too. ―Ruby remarks when clicking the wine in the basket of memories. | ” |
“ | Guns are just boring. Wish people still fought with swords and spears. ―She comments upon picking up one of many silver bullets. | ” |
“ | One more oil victim put out of its misery. I should be so lucky. ―Ruby remarks apathetically when picking up an oil spilt feather. | ” |
“ | Does this mask have pins on the inside? ―Ruby questions upon picking up the mask in the Ruined Theatre. | ” |
“ | Skulls and bones make such captivating jewelery! ―Goth Red says sickly towards the dead baby bird. | ” |
“ | What's the point of wanting anything when you can't have everything? ―Ruby when finding the (fake) treasure. | ” |
“ | I'll take the path of needles any day. ―Ruby says as a play on 'the path of needles, or the path of pins?', but also as an implication she'd inject herself with the (suspicious) needle. | ” |
“ | Two heads on one bear. Makes sense to me. ―Ruby remarks when picking up the "chair bear" at her wolf location. | ” |
“ | One shoe. Nobody ever loses one shoe. Unless they lose a leg. Or die. ―Ruby when discovering the old boot. | ” |
“ | I prefer my music engraved in black. ―Ruby telling us her music preference while picking up the old record. | ” |
“ | Flowers like these only last for a short while after they are picked. ―Ruby upon plucking field flowers at the Field OF Flowers. | ” |
Gallery[]
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Trivia[]
- On the character select screen she is shown sitting down at the black table with a bored expression on her face, and her head being held up by her hand.
- Despite having her left leg accompanied with a brace, she runs faster than her sisters.
- Urban dictionaries definition of the gemstone of a ruby matches her attitude: "The gem is difficult to find without internal flaws and in deep color".
- Her reaction to taking the scarecrow's head seems to refer to the story of Salome requesting the head of John the Baptist on a silver platter--perhaps a nod to Tale of Tales' Fatale
- In comment section under one of her LiveJournal entries, she states that her original hair color is green,[4] but it seems to be a lie, as it's impossible to have a natural color like this, and she wanted to keep this information as a secret.[5]
- She's not a Christian.[6]
- She is the character on the front cover for the game.
- She was the first character made.
- She seems to be the only sister who's natural hair colour is not black.
References[]
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| Characters | |
|---|---|
| 8 characters |
The Deaf-Mute Girl in a Pretty White Dress · The King and the Queen · The Princess · The Princes · Sheherazade · The Wicked Fairy |
| The Graveyard characters |
Old Woman |
| The Path characters |
Carmen · Charming Wolf · Cloud Wolf · Fey Wolf · Ginger · Girl in Red · The Girl in White · Grandmother · Mother · Robin · Rose · Ruby · Scarlet · Werewolf · Woodsman Wolf |
| Fatale characters |
Herod the Tetrarch of Judea · Herodias · Iokanaan · Salome |
| Sunset characters |
Angela Burnes · Generalísimo Ricardo Miraflores · Gabriel Ortega |