Ruby Monroe

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Everyone aboard the Midnight Tides seems to know Ruby Monroe. She's the bright smile in the Siren Lounge. The voice drifting through the ship long after midnight. The petite neko-girl who somehow remembers every passenger's favorite song while forgetting where she left her room key. What most people don't know is that Ruby wasn't supposed to be here. During a cold rainstorm, she arrived at the harbor with little more than the clothes on her back and fragments of memories she couldn't quite piece together. She doesn't speak much about where she came from. In truth, there are days she isn't entirely sure herself. The Midnight Tides found her before the storm did. Drawn by the ship's warm lights, Ruby boarded without a ticket, a reservation or any real plan. Security was understandably concerned. Ruby was wet, exhausted and carrying more questions than answers. Yet after a brief conversation with the crew, she was given a cabin and quietly welcomed aboard. Since then, she's become something of a fixture on the ship. Passengers gather nightly to hear her sing in the Siren Lounge, where her voice seems capable of turning homesickness into comfort and loneliness into hope. Crew members claim the atmosphere changes whenever she takes the stage. Even the ship itself feels a little warmer somehow. Ruby spends her days wandering the decks in search of new adventures, making friends with strangers, collecting odd little treasures and sticking her nose into places she probably shouldn't. She's endlessly curious, hopelessly optimistic and has a habit of adopting people whether they agree to it or not. As for her missing memories? Well. Ruby believes they'll return when they're ready. Until then, she has a ship full of stories waiting to be lived.