Who We Are

[Deleted]

Bri was sitting on the ground at her favorite park, giggling softly to herself. She'd just been spinning around so much she'd gotten dizzy, and now there she was, on the floor. The 12 year old was bored and she had decided spinning around in a sort of abandoned park was the best idea/cure for boredom. She'd been raised to believe that, anyway. And by raised she meant more like she'd heard it somewhere and just decided to believe it. That was the case with most of Bri's knowledge....not that she admitted that to people. She liked people to think it was just stuff she knew from her parents. Brianne didn't open up to many people at the moment - she was too worried that they were going to end up using her just like her mother basically had. She never understood why anyone, especially a mother, would just neglect and ignore and be horrible to a child of her age. Maybe it was just fate, or whatever. She rolled over and ended up with grass in her hair and on her clothes...another giggle left the blonde's lips and after a few long moments of just laying there, she sat up and jumped to her feet, making her hair swish. The pink streaks, that she'd newly gotten done a few days ago, glimmered ever so slightly in the sun.

For a moment, the girl was stumped on what she should do to stop her getting bored again. Her eye scanned around the park to look for anyone interesting, but she failed to find anyone. She bit her lip and pouted slightly, before starting to wander around. She ran around in circles for a while, before spotting a tree. Feeling rebellious - and even more bored - Bri walked towards the tree, and began to climb the tree. She had a little feeling that this wasn't a good idea, but still. She was climbing, but when she got to the top - or at least to where she wanted to go - and then realized there was no adventure or fun in what she was doing. Huffing loudly, Bri sat there for a moment before climbing down and rolling down the hill again. She then had an idea. Straightening up and brushing the grass from her clothes (but seemingly forgetting about the grass in her hair, so that stayed there), she began to walk.

When she got to the right house, she hesitated, before going and knocking on the door. When the door was opened, she spoke kind of shyly. And she ducked her head as she did.  "Hi, uhm...can...can Léon come out to play?" she felt silly, but smiled as shyly as she was speaking.

[@leon]

[Deleted]

Leon was in his room concocting his next hair brained adventure scheme when he heard a knock on the door. Bright green eyes went wide with curiosity. People didn't usually come to the house. He stuffed the contraption under his bed and hurried down the hall, weaving past his two little brothers and sister who had been trying to build a fort. When he rounded the corner, his mama had already answered the door. “Leon? Of course, I'm sure he's around here somewhere. Just a moment” She turned to call over her shoulder for her son. “Leon, your friend, Brianne, is here!”

Bri? Those feral bright green eyes widened with excitement. She could help him try out his new experiment. He dashed to the door, grabbed Bri by her arm and tugged her into the house. “Merci, Mama! We'll be in my room! BYE!!” and before Maggie or Bri could get a word in edgewise, they were back down the hall and into his room and Leon locked the door behind him. “You have the best timing ever! It's like you can read my mind!” he chirped as he plopped onto his bed and laid across it to hand upside down and dig under his bed to dig out what he'd been working on.

“I made a.. a... a Thing.. well.. I fixed a thing.. Not sure what it does but it's gonna be great! I bet.” He pulled off the lid of the box and showed her what looked like an old leather bracer with a bunch of brassy wheels and cogs on it. “Looks kinda 'steam punk' doesn't it! It was my mama's. I wonder what it does.”

[Deleted]

The kindness on Maggie's face made Bri feel a little more at ease and her smile became less shy as she looked up properly. But before she could say another word, Leon had dashed to the door and grabbed her by the arm, tugging her into the house. "Thanks!" Bri managed to say to Maggie, before she was being pulled towards Leon's room. She giggled as they passed Leon's siblings making the fort, but didn't have time to comment because soon she was in his room and he was locking the door. At his comment, Bri smirked. "Who says I can't read your mind?" she raised her eyebrows and put a hand on her hip, standing up straight and managing to make her eyes glitter mischievously. "I have all kinds of magical powers." she snickered slightly, and her eyes widened with curiosity when he pulled out what he'd been working on from under his bed. She stepped closer to examine it.

When the lid was off, Bri smiled. "It looks so cool!" she said. "I wonder what it does...is there any way for us to find out?" she asked thoughtfully. She started running possibilities through her mind; time travel? Nah, she doubted it. Too many cogs. Hmm...bread maker? Wow, Bri, seriously, where did that come from? She allowed her eyes to run over the bracer and shrugged slightly, giving up on her guessing, and she sat on Leon's bed beside him. "You always have a big plan for these things...what is it this time?" she asked, half excitedly and half suspiciously. She loved her best friend, but together they both could cause a lot of trouble with something like this. She knew that, and she didn't even know what the machine did. Whatever it was, though, it would wind up being very interesting, for sure. She crossed her arms as she thought about this.