A good kitty? 

If she feels like it.

She can be good for Ellie.

Ellie does love that.

Heee!

Then she'll work on a treat for her good kitty.

Excited bounce!

In the meantime, there are of course other things Ruby can keep herself occupied with. Aside from continuing her skirmishes with Incandesce, the local villains are also sniffing around for her. The mafia doesn't like a loose cannon, and the Witch Riders are looking to recruit.

The mafia get, hmmm, their sniffers sent back to them - unharmed, but tied up with funny things written on their faces in excessively permanent markers (Ruby knows all about which art supplies will result in annoying stains), and a note pinned to their shirts telling the mafia to try harder next time. 

As for the Witch Riders...

To her lovely associate: "I'm thinking of agreeing to a meeting, actually - make it clear I'm independent, but work on terms for staying out of each other's way, maybe occasionally work together, occasionally put on a little show of clashing. Especially if I'm going to steal the mafia's businesses out from under them, I'm going to need some friendly faces around."

(She's already been quietly networking for and investing in sources for the softer more fun drugs, at least - she's still collecting bounties, though at a slower clip, and she's taken out a lot of kingpins for the harder less fun drugs, which is definitely helping her with her tertiary goal of supporting local, indie production. (Marijuana and mushrooms and the like also fit her aesthetic much better.) Plus she's quite possibly got more money than the mafia by now, especially since she's figured out their supply lines and started disrupting those.)

"Could work, depending. They'll want territory concessions at least, but muscling the mafia out only helps them. Charybdis is known to hold a grudge, but we haven't really crossed paths yet..."

"Ruling the entire city will be a pain in the ass, anyways, and I don't want some other annoyances trying to move into the mafia's place. If the Witch Riders check out, it'll be better to keep a known quantity around than roll the dice on new neighbors."

"True. Your call, boss."

Nod. "Initial meeting, then we'll go from there."

Nod. "Want me to go with?"

Hum. "Up to you, really."

"Might sit out, then. Not like you'll need the backup and I kind of like being mysterious."

"Alright."

She'll set up that meeting with the Witch Riders, then. 

Their preferred location would be a dive bar out towards the edge of town.

Works for her (she gets there a bit early, with her mask and costume on of course).

Charybdis in her dark ocean-colored costume is behind the bar, mixing a drink using a pair of water tentacles.

Salle sits towards one end, half-turned to watch the door. Her mask is a flat disc covering her face, painted white with a black visor strip.

"A bit early," she comments when Ruby enters. The bar is otherwise deserted, chairs still stacked on tables from last night's cleaning.

"Better than late." Charybdis doesn't wear a mask, usually tying a bandana across the lower half of her face when she's not wearing a motorcycle helmet. Currently, she's foregone both options, leaving her free to sip the drink she just finished.

"I'm an early sort."

"Welcome to the ass end of town then, Burning Ruby Tiger Decima. Can I get you anything? Drinks on the house."

Something with a very nice kick, how about?