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Ecko finally conceded a temporary defeat. Getting ontop of the overpass was a hard obstacle to tackle, but he know that he would eventually. He'd have to if he wanted to get this image out of his head. The perfect place for the perfect stamp. With a soft sigh he reached up and pushed back his damp hair swiping his hood off in the process while looking up at the cloudy sky. The drizzle had all but let up finally, but it was only Spring. There was definitely more rain to come. He turns his back on the alleyway that he had thought would be his ticket onto the overpass where he would lower himself to face the concrete slab that hung across the highway below, but it was a dead end. With out another word he headed off, back into the crowds and the noisy streets of the city.

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Coral jumped slightly at being spoken to again, like a startled cat. She had expected the redhead to stay longer, since the two girls seemed to know each other. But the redhead had disappeared, and left her the center of attention. "Hm? Oh! My name's Coral. Y'know, like the thing in the ocean!" She quickly recovered from her momentary fright and put on a more social face to introduce herself. "Dunno why...." She mumbled, looking off into space for a second before turning her attention back to the girl in front of her. "And yourself?" She asked, returning the question.

Kylie Emmers


"Uh, I'm Kylie." She replied, with a small smile. She was starting to think this blonde chick was a headcase. "Well let's go. I really want to eat Subway." She passed Coral, and headed back down the fire escape, being careful of her footing on the wet metal. Once she finaly dropped from the ladder at the bottom she made her way over to Etsuko who was talking to a boy. Kylie didn't recognize him until she got closer, but finally she noticed it was Etsuko's boyfriend.

"Hey." She greeted casually as she came up on them.

Near the end of their game both girls looked up as the door opened; Miranda tensing in alarm, ready to defend against an intruder if necessary. The city wasn't exactly the safest place to live, and she knew that break ins often happened at any time. Especially in their crummy neighborhood. Jamie on the other hand lit up at the sight of a visitor, and as soon as she seen that it was Ecko she stood and bum rushed him into an embrace.

"GLEN!" She exclaimed, causing Miranda to smile at her sister's enthusiasm. Miranda stood and eyed her brother while he seemed taken off guard by their little sister's sudden affections.

"Hey." She returned the greeting, but Jamie continued the conversation without a pause.

"We're making meatloaf. We went shopping at the grocery store after school, and we got meatloaf stuff, and mac and cheese, and these little tiny shrimp. They are SO cute! We missed you big brother!" Jamie went on. Miranda nodded.

"Yeah, so you planning on sticking around for dinner?" She asked. Ecko looked around, a smile genuinely creeping onto his expression before fading.

"Where's mom?" He asked, looking at Miranda. Jamie still clung to her brother, but then at his question, also looked at Miranda curiously. Miranda frowned in response.

"Either in her room or somewhere." She replied. By somewhere she meant in a crack house toking up, but she refused to say that in front of Jamie. Ecko nodded, and ten looked down, smiling half-heartedly at Jamie.

"Gonna make me a plate, Jam?" He asked. The girl merely beamed and pulled him towards the couch, before going on a small rant about the girls in her class at school.

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Coral looked kind of surprised that Kylie was still ready to drag her along, even though they didn't know each other. She shrugged. "Okay." She said, following the girl back down the fire escape again, dropping to the ground just after Kylie. The redhead was still standing at the bottom, and there was a boy with her. Coral remained to the back of the group, not wanting to push herself into their circle. She wasn't really the kind of person that hung out with groups of people. Occasionally she found herself at parties, subtly sneaking trinkets into her pockets and stuffing food in her face, and sometimes she hung around with the street kids, or the occasional person she might run into in a situation like the current one. Her curiosity often led to these encounters, but the people Coral ran into were usually living in similar conditions to herself. This group didn't seem quite like the kind that would be understanding about her thieving habits, though, so she decided that she would keep that to herself. She tried to process a decent lie in case the subject came up, as she fully intended on joining them for food.

Tyler only smirked at her first few comments, but then furrowed his eyebrows, offended that she had called him stupid.

"you're so violent and cruel, Weiss." He responded, with a half serious frown. Waving off her rudeness(even if he was guilty as such on any given day) he strode on down the side walk, passing many strangers. "I need him to do my homework because I'm lazy, not stupid. And not only that, I think he enjoys something to get his mind off of his personal s**t. This dude hardly ever has homework, and it's insane. Like who in their right mind actually does schoolwork in school?" He seemed genuinely incredulous at this idea.