"Darius, where are you going? Come back here."
"Nana, I just need to be left alone."
"But what about all of the…."
"Continue on without me, okay. Please?"
"Ruby, where'd Darius go?"
"Probably out to see his new friends again."
"At a time like this?"
"Why don't you join him, Ruby?"
"Mr. Heartchild…..*Huuuuuhhh*
Now is not the best time."
*Boo*
"Aaaagh!!!
Apple, if it's you then I don't want to talk right now. All you ever give is advice, but it never works. As Ruby is nearing more towards her friends…..she's distancing herself from me. Soon….she'll be gone forever."
"Have you not listened to anything I told you?"
"Apple, I…..I....Jalapeno?"
"Have you cherished the moments you get, with the little time you got?"
"Jalapeno, it feels like all we have are moments. The days are gone."
"No day is truly gone. It just gets filled, and right now….I reckon Ruby's days are fully booked; yet….she still manages to make a 30 hour day."
"Thirty-hour day? But a day is only Twenty-four hours. You can't change time."
"No, but if you slow it down; it can feel added.
Just promise me; Ruby's days are only going to get more hectic from here on out. She doesn't have a lot of things that are consistent...or around her age, outside of who she is. Keep her close, and she'll also keep you close."
"I'm trying, but she keeps pushing me aside. Keeps saying her life is dangerous and doesn't want me hurt."
"Then bring her to yours.
Have you ever tried ruling, hiding, leading, and doubling? She rules by day, Doubles by Evesmore, and leads by night.``
"Leads? But…..she was only a kid at Upfront. Not the Kingfish."
"Ooops. I said too much.
Forget what I just mentioned and promise to keep her closer than you have ever more."
"Why, what aren't you telling me?'
"Sorry you had to come back to see Chopped in this state."
"Feels like everywhere I go, the moment I look back; it's all gone.
Why did she choose us?"
"Comfort, Darius. Comfort.
Now please go back before she's nowhere to see."
"Nowhere to see? What happened to you?"
"I'm not the one you should be asking that question to."
"Jalapeno, we need you over here on stage."
"COMING.
Darius, a lot of things will be different, but I promise that for your next birthday, you can come back here and it will be even more grand than you have ever known."
*Boom*
"SORRY. FORGOT ABOUT THAT CHARGE."
"RAIN....BOW!!!!"
"Hopefully we'll last that long."
"Tell you what. You can stay here for the band, but you will have to go back to face the bland."