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[fomicry_genius]

Who: Nephry and Jade
Where: The Park
What: Nephry just arrived, and Jade goes to pick her up and convince her he’s actually her creepy brother, and not a creepy stranger.
When: Mid-Day
Rating: G, I’d suppose.

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[keter_girl]

Nephry didn't move from the park. She didn't know whether to believe the strange man or not. He could be tricking her into believing he was her older brother, but then again, he did remind her of Jade. Him being an adult would be impossible, unless he performed some kind of aging magic on himself, or if this really was a magical land like in the stories she read with the professor.

But then, why was she here? Was she chosen to protect this world, or was it a coincidence? All she knew was that she wasn't in Keterburg anymore, since the park lacked snow. Hearing footsteps, Nephry glanced behind her and looked up at the strange man she was talking to before. She held her doll close to her and stared at him. She didn't have to tell him anything. She simply observed.

[fomicry_genius]

Jade gave her a few moments, once he’d drawn near enough, to simply watch him, undoubtedly weighing in her mind whether or not to believe this unfamiliar person, and how it might be true that this was her brother.

When a suitable amount of time had passed, the fonist took a knee beside the girl, to be more precisely at her level. Nephry's poor doll was having the very life clutched out of her stitching, and to make her comfortable in conversation beforehand, Jade pointed at it's woolen body. "Gentle, or you may break her again."

[keter_girl]

Nephry glanced at her doll and back at the man who claimed was her brother. Yes, her doll had broke once, but her brother fixed her. How did he know that? Who knew? He did resemble him in many ways, like his hair and eye color. Though, it was her brother himself who told her not to trust anybody. Staring, she continued to stay quiet.

[fomicry_genius]

Obviously, this still didn’t qualify as enough proof. Jade admitted, inwardly, that he was quite pleased with Nephry’s behaviour. If not for the current circumstance, the idea that a twenty-someodd year older version of her sibling would be approaching her was both ridiculous and unreasonable. That she was cautious was a nod in the right direction. Many of the younger ones who had appeared here, thus far, leapt naturally into the role of attaching themselves to whatever adult showed up at their side first. Some had paid very dearly, and inappropriately, for that trusting nature.

Nephry showed both a healthy concern and a safe dosage of suspicion. Jade was rather proud of her constitution, and it came off in a slight half smile that appeared on his lips as he reached up to remove his glasses. That, at least, would make him slightly more recognizable.

"Would you like to quiz me? I won't be taking you anywhere until you're convinced of who I am."

[keter_girl]

He was more recognizable without his glasses on. If his hair was shorter, he would really look like his older brother. But he couldn't be trusted yet. If he wanted to be quizzed, then he would. "What is my favorite food?" It would be easy. Big brother knew it was chocolate chip cookies. Not just any kind, but Professor's cookies. She wouldn't eat anyone else's.

[fomicry_genius]

“Your favourite food?” He repeated, raising a brow. “Well… that’s a debatable question, Nephry. I’m not sure I’d consider a helping of Professor Nebilim’s chocolate chip cookies as being ‘food’ so much as dessert.” Here, his smile lengthened somewhat mischievously. Undoubtedly the correct answer, and perhaps a bit more convincing for how he always used to argue as a child that cookies constituted ‘unhealthy junk’.

[keter_girl]

His answer surprised her. Only her big brother would know that. She didn't know what to think of this man anymore. Maybe it was her brother after all? Only in an older body. This was really awkward.

[fomicry_genius]

Rather than pester the mystified child for more questions that might provide an ultimate proof of who he was, he continued from where he’d began. “Yourself and Klaus-“ How ridiculous that name sounded on his tongue now, Peony’s old code, “-Got into the sweets often enough. Between the three of you, Saphir included, I was shocked that your teeth hadn’t rotted right out.”

[keter_girl]

From what he said, she knew it had to be him. He began sounding a lot like her big brother. Without saying a word, Nephry took a step forward and grabbed Jade's hand. Though, he couldn't really be fully trusted. She would make sure he didn't do anything sneaky. After all, her big brother taught her how to protect herself from dangerous men by telling her where to kick them.