Rust

Rust, full name Rust Daucus, is the business partner  best friend  roommate  assistant  close friend  work colleague  contracted employee  engineering apprentice  spokesperson  housemate  avid follower  manager  good pal  agent  secretary  item-sorter  moral compass  bad influence  of Rivet and chief executive of Rabbit Railroad INC. She can mostly be found hopping around Riverbend with a red toolbox or pencil and blueprint in hand.

Appearance
Rust is a sand-colored desert rabbit with deep red eyes and fluffy, decently-trimmed fur. Her messy medium-length hair is a vibrant red-orange and covers her right eye.

Attire
She wears a black conductor’s cap with a small brim and a piece of rose quartz inlaid on the front. There are rough holes poked in the top of her hat to make room for her ears.

Her brown leather vest is fastened together with four brass buttons over an untucked white shirt, while her collar features a small red ribbon kept in a tidy bow.

Recent past
If asked, Rust would be happy to talk about her recently retired work as a traveling merchant and peddler of assorted goods. Not yet having taken up the name Rust, Dust Daucus was the sole proprietor of a simple covered wagon dubbed the Drifting Noun. Her primary trade being in relics, most of her current skill with minute machinery can be derived from her experience with handling and identifying fragile treasures. She would only begin to abandon her job of being a wandering trader after encountering and traveling with her current partner Rivet.

Early life
She would be more reluctant to elaborate on her past as a young and reckless adventurer in the company of her niece. If one were to inquire about her dungeon crawling and treasure hunting days, she would quickly inform them that those days are nobody's business and curtly end the conversation.

Present day

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Rivet
Despite being seen together in the open at nearly every given moment, not much can be gleaned from the interactions that they hold in the public eye. Rust, more often than not, speaks on Rivet's behalf when it comes to in-person meetings, and the two seem to be content with the dynamic. If one were to ask directly about their relationship, Rust would simply refer to her fellow rabbit as her "business partner" and segue the conversation towards more relevant and interesting topics.

VIVI
Though she never anticipated growing so attached to the restored automaton that she and Rivet found deep underground, VIVI's childlike demeanor eventually whittled away at Rust's initial desire to keep things strictly professional. Rust treats VIVI as a star employee of Rabbit Railroad INC in the public eye, and is confident in her abilities to carry out her duties in the field with efficiency and ludicrous steam-powered speed.

Trivia

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