An Honest Buck|Skyheort | Talen'sul

[Deleted]

"Will you be out tomorrow?" she asked.

[Kender Bard]

Brawn thought about it briefly before giving a nod. "Aye, I will, unless something comes up. I can go to where I was today too if you like."

[Deleted]

Bionca smiled. "That would be most pleasing to me. Shall I meet you there then, tomorrow?"

[Kender Bard]

(Er he meant he could go to the same spot where they met, but tomorrow.)

[Kender Bard]

"Aye," Brawn agreed, and waved farewell as he picked up his pace in order to sooner reach the market.

(Skip to next day?)

[Deleted]

((Sure! Sorry for the delay.))

Bionca left him there that night at the market-place. And now, that it was the next morning, she sat in bed wondering if she should just go out to the place they had been at now, or wait a little while.

Slipping out of the bed, she splashed some cold water on her face and made her decision. She was take a minute to dress and eat and then, gather her stuff and make her way leisurely down to the meeting place.

[Kender Bard]

Brawn was there, just as he'd promised he would be, doing warmups. Sitting nearby and watching with barely concealed hero-worship was a much littler version of Brawn, and leaner. This was his little brother, Streak.

Glancing over, Brawn flashes Bionca a smile. "Heyla, good morn to you ma'am. Streak, say hello."

"'lo," the kid said with a casual wave, not even bothering to get up.

[Deleted]

Bionca smiled and walked up to them, with a bundle in her arms. "Hello, again," she murmured. "But please, I must ask, call me Bionca. Ma'am is just so...formal."

Then, she crouched down and studied the younger one. "He looks as though he could be your son," she commented with a barely restrained smile.

[Kender Bard]

Brawn chuckled at that, walking over and tussling Streak's hair. "He and Winger are the two babies of the family," he explained.

Streak scowled and smoothed his hair back, but then flashed Brawn a smile. "Brawn raises us all. We call him Bro, but we might as well call him Dad."

[Deleted]

Standing up, she smiled at Streak. "So you have a another younger brother, and you raise them both?" she asked as she un-wrapped her bundle. Inside it were two sticks of about 2 feet long, perhaps a little longer.

Lifting one foot, she easily affixed one of them to the bottom of her boot.

[Kender Bard]

"Oh I have more imps than that at home," Brawn chuckled, helping Streak to his feet and admonishing the boy to warm up as well. With a reluctant sigh, Streak began to stretch, focusing mostly on his legs though. "There's Streak and Winger, they're twins and the youngest. But there's also Teck, Bonner, and Tender. Then there's my slightly-little sister Teselia. She's just a little over a year younger than me, though. She's the 'Mom' to my 'Dad' I guess."

"She sure acts like it at least," Streak sulked, and mimicked in a piping female voice, "Go wash your clothes. Clean up your room. What are you a pig-Beast? Use a napkin for Force's sake! Do NOT throw your food! You get back here right now and wash your hands!"

[Deleted]

Bionca laughed. "Such a large family. I guess you have to do what you can in order to make ends meet," she said, leaning against the wall to put the other sticks on and buckle it firmly so that it wouldn't fall off.

Once they were on she stood up staight and stretched, taking a few steps to get back used to them. "I take it," she said as she was doing this. "That because you and your sister are taking care of your family, your mother and father do not any longer live in this world?"

[Kender Bard]

"No," Brawn said without any real sorrow. "They died during the plague, years ago."

Streak attempted a hand stand, though he was quite wobbly in doing so. Brawn helped him back to his feet. "Well, I think we're ready. Are we three simply going to perform our own tricks within proximity of each other and hope for a good turn out?"

[Deleted]

"For now, that would probably be the best thing," she said, watching Brawn work with his younger brother. "As we go on we can think of ways to work with one another."

Crouching down, she wobbled just a little bit before catching her balance and setting a hat out for whatever crowd they got. "Don't worry about whatever money is earned. It can all go to you."

[Kender Bard]

Brawn started to protest but Streak cut him off, hissing that they would discuss it later. Sighing, Brawn quieted down and began some basic tricks - handstands, crabwalks, tumbling. Warm ups really. Stream just continued to stretch his legs off to the side. He didn't have the endurance that Brawn did so his act would come towards the end.