Leona and Ruggie (pt4)

Leona and Ruggie both tell Rook in two different conversations that they are not together twenty-four seven.

To Ruggie, Rook responds, “Your bond is strong as diamonds…even with its peculiarities.”

Rook demands that Ruggie tell him Leona’s weakness (”I’ll not be leaving until you divulge that which I wish to know”) despite Ruggie’s refusal to cooperate, using “special hair oil” crafted by Vil as a bribe and petting Ruggie’s tail despite Ruggie’s resistance.

Ruggie holds out against Rook until Rook threatens to turn his attentions from Leona onto Ruggie himself, at which point he says that Leona’s weakness is vegetables.

When Vil orders Ruggie to take him to Leona so that he might confront Leona over his failure to fulfill his punishment of watering the plants in the botanical garden Ruggie refuses, even running away to escape.

Jack and Ruggie both overhear Jade speaking to his tsum about putting Leona in his debt and escort him away for “a nice, long chat.” 

During the Phantom Bride event, however, Ruggie refuses to go to Leona or Jack’s aid when he is asked for help, saying, “Leona will find his way back on his own. No way l’m sticking my neck out for free.”

At the start of Fairy Gala Leona insists that Ruggie, not Jack, be brought on to help him, possibly due to Ruggie’s pick-pocketing talents.

Ruggie says that he will need 15 seconds to swap a fake tiara for a real one that Leona cuts down to ten seconds, but on the day of the heist he successfully manages the trade within six seconds. (Ruggie: “Who needs ten seconds? You insult me, Leona. Shyeheehee!”)

Ruggie is not pleased about being put into danger for Leona’s plan but Leona assures him he is there to protect him and the others, which we then see him do: when Ruggie and the others are in danger of being caught by fairy guards Leona intercepts and insists that they keep their eyes on him, demanding cold water for his dressing room and refusing to take “no” for an answer (Fairy: “Wh-what’s happening? I feel the strangest…compulsion”).

Leona’s distraction successfully buys enough time for Ruggie and the others to escape without issue and Leona protects Ruggie in the botanical gardens again in Book 6, casting a barrier to save him from falling glass.