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[littlebratziska]

[A small annoyed girl with a riding crop is (sort of) glaring impatiently at the screen, but then what else is new for her?]Miles! This foolishly foolish porter appears to have malfunctioned, and as such I need a ride home. Hmph. I suppose that I've missed all of my classes, and shall now be expected to make up the work. Perhaps it's lucky that

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[dontcallmebruno]

[... wh-what. why is he getting that "I know this person" feeling again and why is it so... weird and twisty this time? 8( ]

what is ur name?

where r u?

[And oh hey Franzie if you happen to examine this message perfectly, you may notice that it was sent from... Bruno's comm number. :|a ]

[littlebratziska]

[Franziska is DECIDEDLY UNCERTAIN at this point. And what is this comm number SHE RECOGNIZES IT she's pretty sure but it's been like MONTHS what is this?]

I am Franziska von Karma, of course!

Who is this? Why are you using the communicator?

[STILL TEXT]

[dontcallmebruno]

cuz its mine! >:T

[well okay it's alternate-future-past-him's but close enough. that was a dumb question anyway.]

[... But still...] ur by the place w/ that porter thing rite? ill come there.

[littlebratziska]

That is not a proper answer!

A-and your use of grammar is atrocious!

[AND NOW ACTION]

[dontcallmebruno]

[Whoops looks like he's already ran out the door and shoved on his helmet and went on his way SORRY FRANZISKA HE CAN'T HEAR YOU OVER THE SOUND OF HIS AWESOME ELECTRIC SKATEBOARD.]

[Which, by the way, is exactly what she'll see scooting down the sidewalk towards her about 20 minutes later. A little kid on an electric skateboard. A little blue-haired kid.]

[ACTION]

[littlebratziska]

[Franzie is mostly sitting a little forlornly on a bench, trying to come to terms with the fact that a: she disappeared, was ERASED BY THE UNIVERSE, for MONTHS, and b: she has come back to her little brother being gone.

Somebody turned off the lights and rearranged all the furniture and now she was expected to just... do what?

So she didn't really notice the small child, there was a plethora of children out today (which was itself foolish, as children should be kept in greater control by their parents, but clearly all these parents were negligent. Her Papa would probably have something to say about that.)

What would her Papa have done here?

It was a terrible feeling to be so helpless.]

[ACTION FOREVER]

[dontcallmebruno]

[In that case, she'll have (once Johnny gets done braking to a halt and propping his skateboard up against a nearby trash can) a little blue-haired kid, helmet tucked in the crook of one elbow and a Comm gripped tightly in his other hand, slowly walking up to her and openly staring at her in profound uncertainty.]

... F...ranziska, right?

[READY SET ACTION]

[littlebratziska]

[He shall get a rather haughty stare.]

Naturally. Who are you supposed to be?

[There's something rather like uncertainty in her tone, because didn't Ruka say that something crazy was going on here? And he did have blue hair....]

[dontcallmebruno]

Oh, m-my name's Johnny. I...

[Just stares for a couple more moments, pretty much ignoring the haughty-rays. Then suddenly he realizes his lip is trembling, and he bites down on it embarrassedly; but then suddenly the bile is rising in his throat and his chest feels all tight, so he hugs his helmet tight to himself with both arms and tries not to look at her.]

[Johnny is so beyond confused right now. He's never even met this girl before, why's he... what's so important about her? Where the heck are all these feelings coming from?]

I-I...

[littlebratziska]

I-I see.

[She really shouldn't be expected to deal with all of these changes at once, suddenly being back and Miles was gone and then here was Bruno except he wasn't Bruno any more - or she was pretty sure he was Bruno, it was what Ruka had said he was calling himself, but Franziska knew that anyone who wasn't a von Karma was frequently foolish instead of perfect, occasionally through no fault of their own.

And he did look similar, though in this foolish place Franziska supposed that was no guarantee of anything.]

Well, I am pleased to meet you.

[She stood and performed a little curtsy - just because the world had gone mad was no reason to forget her manners.]

[dontcallmebruno]

[Hey Johnny doesn't have any clue about most of that stuff, all he knows is... okay he pretty much knows jack.]

[mumblemumble] Um, nice... t'meet you too, I guess.

[And now he's just gonna... stand here, looking like the most awkward little thing of all time. At least until he blinks. Because that's when a tear finally runs down one of his cheeks, which seems to take him completely by surprise and he wipes at his eyes furiously while sniffling as covertly as possible, which is not very.]

hngnnguh--? wh-why'm I....?

[littlebratziska]

[This reaction is startling and leaves Franziska entirely unsure as to how she should proceed.

There is a child. Crying. And she didn't even whip anyone!]

H-hey, is something wrong?

[dontcallmebruno]

[Extremely unconvincing head shake.] I-I dunno, I...

[Goes back to staring at some random spot on the sidewalk and gripping his helmet like his life depends on it. Pause. Another sniffle.]

I, um... [sniff] it's kinda... I know I've, I've never even seen you before, b-but... but it feels like I've missed you a lot, f-for a really long time.

[So confused. Johnny just shakes his head some more and bites down on his lip again to keep from crying.]

[littlebratziska]

W-well...

[Franziska edges a little closer, kind of looking a bit less like she is approaching a small child and more like she's approaching a live bomb (WHAT DOES SHE DO HERE), and awkwardly hovers for a moment before awkwardly reaching out and patting his arm.]

I'm here now, so it is utterly foolish to be crying.

[dontcallmebruno]

[JOHNNY COMPLETELY AGREES WITH FRANZIE THERE hnnnghgh why is he crying it's not like he's a girl or anything.]

[Aaand he is in the middle of another round of face-wiping when suddenly, shoulderpats and he stares up at her, and...]

[Oh fuck it HUG TIEMS ARE NOW.]

[littlebratziska]

[WHOA WHAT JUST HAPPENED suddenly small child - or okay not that small but smaller than her - clinging. Franziska spends a few moments just wildly taken aback before still awkwardly hugging him back.]

I... suppose that were our positions reversed, I... might have missed you too... er, Johnny.