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It had taken Ruby a few days to come to terms with her new situation, though a rare show of practicality had won out in the end after a lengthy discussion with Sheriff Graham and the man she knew as David Nolan. She wasn't going to be leaving the Nexus any time soon, at least not for a permanent return to her home, and if she was going to stay in the hotel, money had to be made for the sake of general upkeep. Her skills were admittedly limited, though thankfully there was work to be had in the hotel for someone who had grown up in a world of customer service and food preparation. Getting a job in the bar had seemed an appropriate change of pace, or at least all the change she could currently handle in a world that had been turned inside out for the moment, and after she'd been accepted for the position she'd started almost right away.

In addition to being a decidedly and thrillingly more swank environment than she was used to, the clientele was definitely more diverse in that it was a room full of people she'd never met before. For all she lacked in knowledge concerning the outside world she was attempting to put forth enough effort in charming everyone to get by in terms of the standard awkwardness she had purely by being the new girl in a very strange and new environment. She'd been serving the same food and drinks to basically the same people for longer than she cared to remember, and if this was her first attempt at branching out, she didn't want to botch it up.

The small, round tray was steady on the flat of her palm as she sat a round of drinks down at one of the tables, smiling when the patrons paused their conversation to gesture their thanks, and then continued their conversation. Ruby continued on, too, tucking her now empty tray under her arm as she looked around for someone waiting to be served.

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Isaac definitely likes her. And it's not just the weird smell that makes her feel like home, but he likes her because she seems pretty cool and she hasn't made him feel like a kid, while still feeling a little looked after. "You're good at this," he says. "The cheering me up thing."

Ruby's smile brightened considerably at that, pleased beyond belief that she could help. Isaac was an adorable young guy, and if reminding him of such brightened things up a bit for him, she was all the happier for it.

"Good. It makes me so happy you think so," she told him. "But I meant what I said, too."

"About?" Isaac asks, his attention only fleeting when it comes to things in front of him when he's got gorgeous women feeding him amazing food. "Sorry, I'm kind of lost."

"About you being adorable, silly," Ruby said in a faux scolding tone, though she still smiled. "I tell you what, if you ever forget you can stop in here and I'll be sure to tell you, alright?"