Out across the dusty white landscape!

Ruby has a lot of fun exploring - and excitedly narrating about - assorted features, and staring at the Earth, and zooming over to the moon landing site...

And, when their explorations wind down a bit, facing Earth - 

She is so tempted to leave some kind of sign. Let the whole world know she loves her Ellie.

What, carve their initials like the moon's a tree in a park?

Giggle. Maybe! Or a flag for Ellie's future empire.

Hee.

Best to stake her claim early.

Ruby also really wants to see how the internet reacts to someone claiming the moon. It'd be funny, if nothing else.

Half of them will probably promise undying loyalty sight unseen.

The only area the internet is sensible in.

Of course.

Time to grandly do away with the Masquerade, then?

Yes! She'd like to see anything that can get them up here.

Ruby laughs, jumps up for a good view, and starts to think about what she'd like to carve, her power building up in her mind.

A grand declaration, perhaps? This land claimed in the name of the Grand Empress Nyx by her loyal servant?

This land and all it sees.

Yes!

She fixes the image in her mind, prepares to blast - 

- And space twists.

And settles. Peaceful. Still. The dust they kicked up carefully restored, like the two ambitious girls never existed.

And they don't, anymore.

Not here.