#but this is not the baseline for those muses; not required to abide by and encouraged for different relationships

[unraveledgem]

because i think this is fun--what kind of relationship does ruri have with my other muses?

silva: they've been a total of once and it was just because they happened to stay at the same pokemon center for the light. he didn't notice anything odd about her and it was at the beginning of her runaway as it was in hoenn ... they had a few conversations, specifically about boreas and archel since they are fossils and he is always excited to see them! ... it was only after that when he realized something was up. in hindsight, he really should have noticed, but at the time the voice of the globe had gone completely silent when she was around. this is very unusual, it takes break speaking, sure, but never for longer than half an hour. it was half a day, maybe longer, of silence. he doesn't know if it was relared to SILVA, but it was on his list when he later learned she was from kalos.

terapagos: terapagos is the reason he got linked to the globe in the first place. he was one of the few in the team that actually got to directly SEE it, even touch the gem[which, in hindsight was a terrible idea], and he sometimes still sees it. though as time passed, it almost seems like terapagos has passed it's want to get ruri to come back ... and onto the globe wanting for ruri to find it. ruri was also the researcher to provide the indigo disk to the league. terapagos was the first stellar type he had met.

lysandre: lysandre leaves him on read. ruri is constantly sending access requests to go to kalos for research purposes, let it be to study the sundial, to ask if they have any research on zygarde, any carbink or diancie- this man was to harass lysandre labs so bad and has gotten into multiple calls and email threads that ultimate ended in 'hmm we'll think about it.' he's not going to stop, he wants into kalos. there is way too much research potential of stellars for him to just say aw darn guess i'll never go there ... his respect for lysandre has turned into bitter anger :')

colress: there isn't much here, but ruri actually reached out to him AFTER the whole unova disaster. mostly to ask why ... and also to ask him if he had any samples of kyurem or the swords or- really anything! they aren't business partners exactly, but they do hang out occasionally and drink coffee while not sleeping as they research their specific paths. plus ruri is just fascinated by colress and as he's seen the unovan's lab ... yeah of course he's going to use that resource. though it did cost him a bit, mostly because when they first had a chat, colress was very curious about this whole connection thing with the stellars. ruri was glad to share; in more ways that one.

rayquaza/loki: oh ruri has interacted with loki multiple times. ruri wants to ask them SO many questions; and frankly whenever they pass each other by ruri just runs up to them and starts yapping till they realize that loki is gone :( ... loki never really responds, just sighs and waits for ruri to not notice and walks away. as for the actual rayquaza form ... he only saw it during the events of emerald. he hasn't seen it since.

AZ: they've never directly interacted. that being said, ruri has read about the old king and wondered about the weapon he made. he'd like to take a closer look if it's ever found.

sycamore: ruri's only gateway into kalos that doesn't leave him on read ... and they both nerd out about basically everything. they often facecall and just have wonderfully fun conversations. ruri occasionally drops the fact that he really ... REALLY wants to go to kalos! though it's often repeated that darn! to do research in kalos, you have to be approved by lysandre labs, and anistar is difficult for anyone to get into ... aside from that, they're relationship is great! :)

raifort: ruri harasses the fuck out of raifort. like nonstop. they were close friends when ruri was still in the research team and moved to paldea ... but after the incident that harmless curiosity about her heritage and physical capabilities; turned into downright obsession with learning what it was. luckily, raifort is also curious, but even she won't lie that he's extremely unnerving to be around when it gets down to it and he's in his 'zone.'

zossie: he hasn't interacted with any ultra humans yet, zossie included.

ouutis: he has had a few interactions with the interpol agent, most as an escort when he has needed to go into the interpol's expansive archives. his relationship around interpol is ... positive, though it's only really because they think he'll eventually spill everything he's learned not only about the stellars but about area zero. ruri knows himself that he won't, but nonetheless area zero keeps trying and that means giving him resources that he is oh so happy to take.

sada: they were extremely close. best friends and intimate research partners close. sada was the first one to be invited to work alongside turo and sada and was seen as a valued asset to the team. he would be devastated if he ever learned that sada died, absolutely destroyed as she was one of the few people he grew close to at that time. there's a reason he was given the indigo disk to hold onto, despite what happened in the depths of area zero.

spinel: spinel is watching ruri like a hawk. he likes to tell the crystallographer that they're great friends!! but spinel is very much using him for learning more about the stellars and in turn anything he might know about terapagos. ruri goes along but never spills anything too deep. they do occasionally have a genuine interaction, but it's mostly the two just giggling while having hidden intentions about eachother.

giovanni: they've had one or two chats. happenstance to meet, nothing ended from it.

juniper: the occasional interaction that soon led to something a bit closer. they often discuss the possibility of origins--who could be a stellar, who probably isn't. these two are presently quite close and whenever ruri is more or less stumped, he usually goes to juniper. there is no filter between these two.