therealbrianna | Come As You Are // Open Post

[ Her parents L O V E guests. ]

SENT: 09:12 AM
Anytime, really. Just give me a heads up if you're on the way! :)

SENT: 09:15 AM
Well, Kitty's still getting ready. 11am all right?

[ He's actually headed to fix up as well. Doesn't want to look like a dusty grunt at the Lopez residence. ]

SENT: 09:16 AM
Yup! Sounds great! :) See you!

[ Already informing Roy and her other siblings that they'll have a new playmate stopping by.

Roy is remarkably excited, and he's already organizing his toys. ]

SENT: 10:30 AM
On our way. Be there in a bit. Kitty's all excited and jumping around in the backseat of the cab.

[ Woosh timeskip ]

[ Brig pays the cab driver and steps out of the cab with Kitty. He leads her by the hand to the gate and holds it as he presses on the doorbell.

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[ Brianna opens the door half-wide. There is a shy Roy beside her, peering up at Brig (a familiar face) and... A new playmate? Brianna's two other siblings rush in from behind her and wave at the both of them eagerly.

She smiles at them both and nudges for Roy to do the same. ]

Hi Brig! Hi Kitty!

[ Brig smiles and looks at Kitty ] Kitty, you remember Brianna, right? [ Kitty smiles at Brianna and tiptoes to give Brianna a kiss on the cheek, but shies away back to Brig, hiding behind his leg and glancing away, not sure how to respond to the other kids ]

Those are her siblings, K. No need to be shy. [ He nudges her softly on the back and looks at Brianna with a "yeah, sorry, she did this to you guys as well before, remember?" look ]

Edited 2014-02-26 09:11 (UTC)

[ She softly pinches Kitty's cheeks before Kitty hides behind Brig.

She steps away and introduces Kitty to her siblings and to Roy. ]

You know, Roy, my brother and my sister have toys you can play with, Kitty!

[ Kitty feels comfy around Brianna and smiles when she says this. She looks at Brig if it's okay that she goes play with them. ] I brought you here to meet them, dear. [ He smiles at her ] Go knock yourself out. [ She hugs Brianna and then goes up to the Lopez kids to introduce herself shyly ]

[ Then Brig to Brianna ] Thanks for having us over, Bri.

Edited 2014-02-26 14:08 (UTC)

[ Aww, Brianna loves kids! Only if they're behaving, at least. ]

No problem! Sooo, whatsup?

Nothing much really. Everything just seems so quiet with Kaz on his walk, and Taning and Yulia in Kibo. [ He's having Blademate withdrawal symptoms ] So I thought I'd just drop by and check up on how you're doing.

[ Nodding sadly. ]

Yeah, never really thought I'd miss them but ehe, [ Sheepish laugh. ] they're pretty... miss-able.

[ Brianna's siblings have kidnapped K and taken her inside to play, leaving the two "old people" to talk outside ] I know, right? [ Brig slips out his pack and motions to Brianna if it's all right he smokes ] Just when we'd all gotten together, we all get sort of split a part.

[ She gives him a thumbs up as she's pulling out her own pack. ]

It does suck like that. Hopefully it won't be as bad as I imagined, though.

[ Brig lights up a cigarette and holds out the flame to light Brianna's as well ] How have you imagined it'll be?

I don't know, I guess that we'll all be too busy to check up on each other?

[ Thanking Brig with a nod, and inhaling. Looking at her cigarette with a sad smile. ]

Hey, I'm sure they'll all still check in. [ He tries to hide the uncertainty in his voice. He's not very successful. ]

Taning's always watching over everyone and I'd like to believe there's a soft spot in Yulia even though she doesn't like to show it. [ He smiles as he remembers Yulia's smile on the trip back from Sta. Cruz ] And I'll keep checking up on you and Josh.

Edited 2014-03-12 06:09 (UTC)

[ Fiddling with her cigarette, trying to force a smile. ]

I hope you're right.

[ He notices her fiddling with her cigarette, and feels her smile come reluctantly ] Penny for your thoughts?

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[ Short sigh. ]

I just miss having friends around me constantly.

[ Brig notices the sign. And wonders at the implications behind Brianna's statement. He doesn't really know much about how she integrated back into her life after Arcadia. He's taken the time to read on Changelings. ]

Your old friends left you when you came home from Arcadia? [ There is a lot of caution and care in his voice when he asks. ]

[ Weirdly, that thought makes her cough out a laugh. ]

No, no. It's nothing like that. We still talk from time to time, but I guess I'm just used to seeing them and hanging out with them everyday. It's just that our lives are really different now, so I guess there's not much to talk about anymore... [ She trails off. ]

[ He listens. ]

Different? [ A beat ] I'm guessing none of them opted for the Hunter path like you did?

[ He keeps it simple. He doesn't want to broach further any implications that Arcadia may have, if there are any. Brianna will open up if she wants to, and if she doesn't, Brig's just happy to be a minor soundboard. ]

[ Her face scrunches up as she's trying to recall. ]

Nah, none of them did. So it's difficult trying to get them to understand the things that go on here. Plus, there are some things I can't discuss with them so we just... kinda drifted apart.

[ Yeah, she had some true friends. But high school isn't that hard of a time. Usually, they'd bond over really shallow and trivial moments. Still, friends are friends, but she's realizing what being a true friend entails. ]

[ Brig feels sad for her. He never had to go through that. He, well, just lost them all when he got brainwashed by Russia. When he came back, they were all old or dead. But Rico told him they were all still rooting that he'd come back to them, every step of the way. ]

Well, [ a pause ] I don't feel that's going to happen with the Hounds. [ He really is optimistic. ]

We're all still here; albeit a cab ride away. [ a beat ] Still a blade. [ With fondness in how he says it, like it means more than just being friends ]

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[ Her lips curve up to a smile. ]

Yeah, that's a really nice way to view all that's been going on. [ A quick pause. ]

Is that how you really feel about all this?

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Ugh, this is still at a point in time where Brig did not use smileys with Brianna. haha

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go type what you want Kitty to do. She be NPC. haha

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taraaaay ng icoooon! sorry. digression lang.

Hahahaha XD

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