Closed to Brucelet [icklebats] and Yumi [iwalka_lone]

[shard_bishop]

Shard had stepped out for a little while, leaving Bruce on his own. She wasn't going to be gone long, so it was safe enough.

Besides, there was a knock at the door only a little bit later. "Mom? You home?"

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[icklebats]

Either someone has the wrong apartment or Yumi has come to visit. Well, or some psychopath is trying to gain enterance into his current home in order to kill, steal, maim, ect.

Bruce, being Bruce, goes for the second option. He rattles about in the kitchen for a knife and then, standing well-back from the door, calls out. "And you are?"

[iwalka_lone]

Well, that's a surprise. Yumi blinks at the door, tilting her head. "Huh," she murmurs to herself, then shakes herself. "I'm sorry, I think I have the wrong apartment. I'm looking for Shard."

[icklebats]

"You've got the right apartment. Name please?" Okay, by now he's pretty sure it's Yumi but there's no point in just opening the door now, is there?

He does put the knife into a safety position, blade against the back of his arm, as he goes to stand next to the door.

[iwalka_lone]

She rolls her eyes. "Yumi Bishop. Who am I speaking to?"

[icklebats]

The door lock clicks right before it's pulled open to reveal little Bruce holding the knife (safety position!) and wearing his usual frown. "Me. Shard isn't in right now, so come in and make yourself at home, I suppose."

[iwalka_lone]

"I need a name, kiddo." Okay, so she hasn't quite kept up with Shard as she should have. After a moment, she shakes her head. "I'll assume Mom knows you're here, since you know where the knives are."

She actually looks a bit like Shard. It's not the height (which she got from her father), or the eyes (since she got those from Isamu, too). It's definitely in the skin and the fact that she's Asian and her hair is naturally blonde. Oh, mutant genes.

[icklebats]

Bruce has dissected her file six ways from Sunday since she's also the offspring of Isamu (And Bishop dislikes Isamu and also he had a child with Shard but never comes around so he must be dead weight), he knows what she looks like. "Brandon Kent. Your mother is ...providing a service to me."

He leaves the door open, obvious invitation, heading to the kitchen to put on the kettle and ...you know, put away the knife.

[iwalka_lone]

"Providing a service to...she's babysitting?" Well, maybe he won't be putting the knife away just yet. She chuckles, shaking her head a bit. "Weird. That never happened in my timeline."

[icklebats]

"Perhaps you diverge from the rest of reality. Greatly." He doesn't need the knife, see? He'll just cut her in other, less violent, ways!

He pulls two cups forward like a good host and puts them on the table.

[iwalka_lone]

"Well, yeah. I knew that. I mean, I don't even exist in this Nexus." Obviously, he's never had Jean-Paul Beaubier as a teacher. "Mom never got together with the genetic donor here. Which is all right, really. Just sort of a surprise."

Yumi reaches into her bag, pulling out a couple of reused Danish Butter Cookie tins. "I brought her some cookies. Since I know she's pretty abysmal at baking."

[icklebats]

COOKI-- I mean. Yes, she is. Bruce might possibly perk up slightly as he brings out the cream and sugar. And the loose-leaf tea.

This one was raised by Alfred and damned if he was going to drink cheap, godless, bagged tea.

"I'm sure she'll thank you, whenever she shows up. Do you drink tea or do you want hot chocolate?" Because I'm not going to the effort of making you a pot of coffee until I know you better.

[iwalka_lone]

She's seventeen, Bruce. She can make her own coffee.

She might snerk a little bit over the 'ancient' technology, but she can do it.

"Tea's fine. Between Aunt Kitty and Uncle Hank, you develop a taste for it." And they didn't use the cheap, godless, bagged tea, either. "Though I'm surprised that Mom has an actual teapot."

[icklebats]

"Things change." By this point in time he's calmed down enough to bring the tea over and seat himself in the chair to the right of her. "Was there another reason for your visit?"

Look, he's trying to make conversation!

[iwalka_lone]

Yumi shakes her head. "Not really. I mean, other than wanting to stop in and see how she's doing. She's not exactly my Mom, but she kind of is, right?"

[icklebats]

He supposes that's something he can relate to, considering what his current family situation is. Calming down even more he actually offers her a smile as he pushes the teapot closer. "Good enough. Your mother volunteered to take me in after some trouble I'd been having."

[iwalka_lone]

"Sounds like Mom." She opens up one of the tins, offering Bruce the first choice. Triple chocolate cookies. "Don't worry. The person who made them actually can bake." Paige Guthrie-Worthington was great like that. "Mom's got a thing for kids who don't have anywhere else to go. Guess maybe it reminds her of when she was a kid."