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Ruby wasn't sure how much time had passed as they searched for her clothes. Slowly but surely, they made progress. Though, to say 'they' made progress was truthfully to generous to Nora, who for the most part kept trying to get more pictures of Ruby. Each time they found a new article of clothing, Nora was at the ready, trying to get a candid shot of Ruby putting it on, something Ruby tried really hard to prevent. After her cloak, the next item Ruby ended up finding was her white shirt. Putting that one on required removing her cloak first, something she didn't really want to do in front of her friend. When she turned to ask Nora to look away while she got dressed, she saw the ginger with her mouth in a manic grin and her camera at the ready. Ruby's pleas for privacy fell on unwilling ears, and her plan of running away from Nora just long enough to get dressed ended in failure, because she hadn't expected the girl to give her chase. In the end, Ruby had to resign herself to changing with an audience. As soon as Ruby's cloak was down, Nora took a flurry of shots all around her, finally getting the booty pic she wanted as well as some up-close full-frontals, before Ruby could get her shirt and cloak back on. The cycle repeated any time Ruby's cloak opened. At some points, Nora even ran ahead of Ruby just so that she could try to get a half-naked shot of Ruby for her collection. The cycle did stop, however, after Ruby had found and secured her skirt around her waist. Of course, Nora had captured getting that deed done on camera, but it didn't matter anymore.

They searched for a while longer before Ruby decided to call it quits. She had recovered everything except her bra and panties, and she already knew she would never see those panties again. Losing the bra as well was unfortunate, but Ruby wasn't so sure she wanted to invest even more time into finding it than she already had, not when she had more bras back at camp, albeit not that many more. Ruby's decision caught Nora's interest as they started making their way back.

"I thought you wanted get all your clothes back?" Nora asked, casting a look at her friend. Ruby wasn't holding her cloak closed anymore, instead walking with her arms by her sides, now that everything was covered.

"I do," Ruby said, sighing, exhaustion starting to weigh on her. "But we found everything except my bra, and I have more back at camp, so I'd rather just get some sleep." Plus, Ruby wasn't even sure how long her little adventure had taken, but she knew it was quite a while, and with Ren's track record for wanting to start moving as soon as the sun began to rise, Ruby already knew she wouldn't get much sleep as it was, let alone if they invested even more time into finding her bra.

Nora nodded her head, processing what her friend was saying, until a thought occured to her and she stopped in place, furrowing her brows. "Wait a second," she cupped her chin. If we found everything except her bra, then that means... Ruby doesn't wear panties! The thought struck Nora like lightning, her eyes immediately locking on her friend's backside, seeing only a big red cloak blocking her view. Stupid cloak, Nora thought. Honestly, Nora didn't think her shy friend had it in her to run around every day without panties, especially with how much the girl jumped around, but apparently she was wrong. But wait... if she doesn't wear panties, then why does she even have them? She wondered. Nora knew she had seen a handful of panties in the girl's bag before. Why would she have them if she didn't wear them? Think like an exhibitionist, Nora, think! Why would I have panties if I don't wear them? It took her only a few moments to come up with her answer. Because I do wear them, but only when I'm wearing something that covers me down there already! That's it! Ruby's trying to be an exhibitionist, so when she wears her skirt she doesn't wear her panties to give people a chance to see her, and whenever she wears pants, she wears the panties because no one is going to see her stuff with them on anyways. Nora felt like she had just solved a grand detective novel. The only question that remained was when did Ruby ever not wear a skirt? The only time Nora could think of was when the girl was in her pajamas, which consisted of a tank-top and sweatpants. That must be it then... The only time Ruby wears panties is to bed! But if her friend was already so accustomed to not wearing underwear, what would be the best way to help her be the exhibitionist she wanted to be?

"Um, Nora? Are you okay?" Ruby asked, calling back to her friend, who was unusually quiet and for some reason a fair ways back.

Ruby's voice pulled her out of her thoughts, leaving those questions to be answered later. "I'm great," Nora said, running toward Ruby. "Let's get back so we can start tomorrow's fun." Nora tugged Ruby by her arm as she ran past her, dragging her along, despite her groans of protest. Nora was excited to play her new role as Ruby's helper as soon as she could. After what felt like an eternity of being tugged along, and eventually literally dragged along, the Ruby finally had the campsite in view. There was just one thing she needed to do first.

Ruby tugged on Nora's arm until she finally had her attention. "Okay, so listen, Nora... I just wanted to thank you for helping me out back there," Ruby said, putting the thought out of mind that Nora didn't really do anything to help her. At the very least, though, with Nora there she hadn't needed to worry about the Grimm anymore. "And I wanted to ask you not to tell the boys about anything that happened tonight, all right?"

Nora looked into her friend's pleading face with a smile, understanding that her friend didn't want the others to know the truth about her. After all, if they knew, it would kill the thrill for her. "You can count on me, Ruby." That brought a smile to Ruby's face and she nodded. With that covered, both girls took the final steps back to their campsite.