The byrne family

We are the Byrne Family- well what remains of it anyway. I am Julius Byrne, the oldest brother of Baxter, Clarence, and Edmund. This is our story. ((This is a blog for characters made by theherosdamsel and theauthor94 are. It will feature art, the story ((as it is written)) and is open to rps))

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Lina stretched out her little arms, still sniffling to Mia, who quickly scooped her up and help her close. “Shh shh, it’s alright darlin’,” The cyborg calmed her daughter bot before looking up at Baxter. “I suppose I have some explainin’ to do huh?”

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Baxter's arms swung back to his sides as soon as his hands were free of the girl. He tipped his head into a small nod. Rencey beamed when Mia took the girl. "oh yeah yeah!" He said nodding more eagerly than Baxter

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((❖ Fairytale AU Beauty and the Beast))

Her feet tapped the dirt trodden path lightly as Mia set out for the day, basket and book in hand.

"Good morning Mia!" A passerby tipped his hat.

"Good morning monsieur." She replied, barely looking up from her novel. Mia side stepped as the backer passed by with his tray, like always. The same old bread and rolls to sell. Every morning was just the same for her, ever since the morning that she came to this poor, provincial town.

She made her daily rounds in the town, not caring about the words spread about her. Being different from the rest of the town? Just because she had her nose stuck in a book? That was fine by her. 

Frankly, the day had been rather pleasant.

"Belle! So good to see you." Well there goes that idea. Mia turned her head slightly. 

"Good morning Roderick." She nodded curtly before returning to readings. Before she had a chance to react it was swiped from her grasp.

"How do you read these things? There’s no pictures!" The overly muscular man glared at the book he held as a vertical angle.

"That’s because people use their imagination to make the pictures."

"In my opinion, women shouldn’t be reading so much. It gets them thinking far too much."

"Roderick that is positively barbaric. Now please give me my book." She sighed, hating how the cover was getting covered in his dirty fingerprints.

"Mia it’s time you settled down, and—"

"Thank you for the advice, but I think I can make that decision on my own time." With that she walked away, glaring down at her book and ignoring the people that walked by. She had no want of a husband, especially not Roderick.

Though a small desire did grow inside her. Mia wanted something, but it was hard to say what. As the young outcast cleaned the mud from her novel, the thought struck her. She wanted adventure in the great wide somewhere! She wanted so much more than this provincial life!

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Mia did her best to come up with some form of small talk but fell short of anything interesting. “…So….How is your brother?”

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Ed raised an eyebrow and glanced over to her. "Which one?" He asked, though he was pretty sure he already knew which one she meant already.

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((❖ Fairytale AU Beauty and the Beast))

Her feet tapped the dirt trodden path lightly as Mia set out for the day, basket and book in hand.

"Good morning Mia!" A passerby tipped his hat.

"Good morning monsieur." She replied, barely looking up from her novel. Mia side stepped as the backer passed by with his tray, like always. The same old bread and rolls to sell. Every morning was just the same for her, ever since the morning that she came to this poor, provincial town.

She made her daily rounds in the town, not caring about the words spread about her. Being different from the rest of the town? Just because she had her nose stuck in a book? That was fine by her. 

Frankly, the day had been rather pleasant.

"Belle! So good to see you." Well there goes that idea. Mia turned her head slightly. 

"Good morning Roderick." She nodded curtly before returning to readings. Before she had a chance to react it was swiped from her grasp.

"How do you read these things? There’s no pictures!" The overly muscular man glared at the book he held as a vertical angle.

"That’s because people use their imagination to make the pictures."

"In my opinion, women shouldn’t be reading so much. It gets them thinking far too much."

"Roderick that is positively barbaric. Now please give me my book." She sighed, hating how the cover was getting covered in his dirty fingerprints.

"Mia it’s time you settled down, and—"

"Thank you for the advice, but I think I can make that decision on my own time." With that she walked away, glaring down at her book and ignoring the people that walked by. She had no want of a husband, especially not Roderick.

Though a small desire did grow inside her. Mia wanted something, but it was hard to say what. As the young outcast cleaned the mud from her novel, the thought struck her. She wanted adventure in the great wide somewhere! She wanted so much more than this provincial life!

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"Have a good night, Mister Julius." Mia gave a smile and a nod before leaning more comfortably against Ed and starting to walk. Mia stayed quiet as they walked, eyes fixed on her feet and making sure she didn’t trip.

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"You as well, Miss, you as well" He chirped back with a smile. Ed cleared his throat some, feeling more awkward now that is was just the two of them and silent. He opened his mouth to say something but quickly snapped it back shut in a hard line.

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"M…M’ sorry, Mama.." The child sniffled out, rubbing her eyes. "I just wanted to know wh-who you were in love with…" ”..I uh…” Mia had already been taken aback by being called mama but who had told her about Ed? “Um it’s uh it’s alright dear, really.”

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Baxter frowned, looking between the crying girl and miss Mia. He raised an eyebrow and stepped closer to Mia and Rencey, unsure is he should hand Lina over or if that would just upset the poor girl more.

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"Okay so let’s go find who Miss Mia is really in love with!" She pointed back to the house. Once they reached the house, Mia was calling for Lina, trying to find where it was the child bot had scampered off to now.

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Baxter sighed and shook his head, taking a step forward to enter the house only to pause when he heard a voice. Ah, it was about time they showed back up.

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Once Mia caught sight of the girl, she was off like a rocket. “Lina! There you are! What on earth were ya thinkin’?! You scared me half to death! What have I told ya about portals! Yer lucky you ended up here!” The child bot went to talk but shut up very quickly as she was scolded. starting to sniffle, a rainbow of paint tears starting to well up. "Oh..Lina come on now.." She held out her hands for the bot.

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Baxter blinked down at the girl with wide eyes. That certainly wasn't any good.... "oh dear.." Rencey murmured, taking a step forward. "It's alright Miss Lina, its ok"

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((❖ Fairytale AU Beauty and the Beast))

Her feet tapped the dirt trodden path lightly as Mia set out for the day, basket and book in hand.

"Good morning Mia!" A passerby tipped his hat.

"Good morning monsieur." She replied, barely looking up from her novel. Mia side stepped as the backer passed by with his tray, like always. The same old bread and rolls to sell. Every morning was just the same for her, ever since the morning that she came to this poor, provincial town.

She made her daily rounds in the town, not caring about the words spread about her. Being different from the rest of the town? Just because she had her nose stuck in a book? That was fine by her. 

Frankly, the day had been rather pleasant.

"Belle! So good to see you." Well there goes that idea. Mia turned her head slightly. 

"Good morning Roderick." She nodded curtly before returning to readings. Before she had a chance to react it was swiped from her grasp.

"How do you read these things? There’s no pictures!" The overly muscular man glared at the book he held as a vertical angle.

"That’s because people use their imagination to make the pictures."

"In my opinion, women shouldn’t be reading so much. It gets them thinking far too much."

"Roderick that is positively barbaric. Now please give me my book." She sighed, hating how the cover was getting covered in his dirty fingerprints.

"Mia it’s time you settled down, and—"

"Thank you for the advice, but I think I can make that decision on my own time." With that she walked away, glaring down at her book and ignoring the people that walked by. She had no want of a husband, especially not Roderick.

Though a small desire did grow inside her. Mia wanted something, but it was hard to say what. As the young outcast cleaned the mud from her novel, the thought struck her. She wanted adventure in the great wide somewhere! She wanted so much more than this provincial life!

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Mia quickly looked away as well. She shouldn’t have done that. WHy did she do that? Finishing her drink she took his hand. Turning to JUlius for a moment, she smiled politely. “Thank you for being such a gracious host, Mister Julius.”

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Ed took a step towards her so she could lean against him better. Well at least after this he could probably just ditch her for a bit. Rencey would keep her occupied enough. "And thank you for being a wonderful guest, Miss Mia." The teapot beamed back.

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"Okay so let’s go find who Miss Mia is really in love with!" She pointed back to the house. Once they reached the house, Mia was calling for Lina, trying to find where it was the child bot had scampered off to now.

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Baxter sighed and shook his head, taking a step forward to enter the house only to pause when he heard a voice. Ah, it was about time they showed back up.

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((❖ Fairytale AU Beauty and the Beast))

Her feet tapped the dirt trodden path lightly as Mia set out for the day, basket and book in hand.

"Good morning Mia!" A passerby tipped his hat.

"Good morning monsieur." She replied, barely looking up from her novel. Mia side stepped as the backer passed by with his tray, like always. The same old bread and rolls to sell. Every morning was just the same for her, ever since the morning that she came to this poor, provincial town.

She made her daily rounds in the town, not caring about the words spread about her. Being different from the rest of the town? Just because she had her nose stuck in a book? That was fine by her. 

Frankly, the day had been rather pleasant.

"Belle! So good to see you." Well there goes that idea. Mia turned her head slightly. 

"Good morning Roderick." She nodded curtly before returning to readings. Before she had a chance to react it was swiped from her grasp.

"How do you read these things? There’s no pictures!" The overly muscular man glared at the book he held as a vertical angle.

"That’s because people use their imagination to make the pictures."

"In my opinion, women shouldn’t be reading so much. It gets them thinking far too much."

"Roderick that is positively barbaric. Now please give me my book." She sighed, hating how the cover was getting covered in his dirty fingerprints.

"Mia it’s time you settled down, and—"

"Thank you for the advice, but I think I can make that decision on my own time." With that she walked away, glaring down at her book and ignoring the people that walked by. She had no want of a husband, especially not Roderick.

Though a small desire did grow inside her. Mia wanted something, but it was hard to say what. As the young outcast cleaned the mud from her novel, the thought struck her. She wanted adventure in the great wide somewhere! She wanted so much more than this provincial life!

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Mia drank the glass quickly then poured another, the whole walk down had left her parched. She looked over to Ed with a small smile. Why was she smiling so much recently? None of what she’d been doing recently made sense. “I think Rencey wanted me to read to him again in a little while so once I’ve finished this I should probably head back up.”

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He looked away quickly, feeling more uncomfortable no that she was smiling at him. Since when did she smile at him? "ok, I um I mean whatever fine." He coughed again and held out a hand for her.

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"It’s fine dearie." It’d be better to get to Lin faster so she could scold the child. "Yeah. Let’s go find who Miss Mia is in love with." Lina sighed, snuggling back up in the robot’s arms.

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"ok,ok" Rencey gave the girl two sharp nods. Baxter let his head tip over to the other side. “Ed.” He said again. Had Rencey really not told her?

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"Huh? No not the meanie! Miss Mia wouldn’t be in love with a meanie." Lina huffed. That was just silly, Miss Mia was nice, why would she love that meanie?

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Baxter gave as much of a shrug as he could with the girl still in his arms.

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((❖ Fairytale AU Beauty and the Beast))

Her feet tapped the dirt trodden path lightly as Mia set out for the day, basket and book in hand.

"Good morning Mia!" A passerby tipped his hat.

"Good morning monsieur." She replied, barely looking up from her novel. Mia side stepped as the backer passed by with his tray, like always. The same old bread and rolls to sell. Every morning was just the same for her, ever since the morning that she came to this poor, provincial town.

She made her daily rounds in the town, not caring about the words spread about her. Being different from the rest of the town? Just because she had her nose stuck in a book? That was fine by her. 

Frankly, the day had been rather pleasant.

"Belle! So good to see you." Well there goes that idea. Mia turned her head slightly. 

"Good morning Roderick." She nodded curtly before returning to readings. Before she had a chance to react it was swiped from her grasp.

"How do you read these things? There’s no pictures!" The overly muscular man glared at the book he held as a vertical angle.

"That’s because people use their imagination to make the pictures."

"In my opinion, women shouldn’t be reading so much. It gets them thinking far too much."

"Roderick that is positively barbaric. Now please give me my book." She sighed, hating how the cover was getting covered in his dirty fingerprints.

"Mia it’s time you settled down, and—"

"Thank you for the advice, but I think I can make that decision on my own time." With that she walked away, glaring down at her book and ignoring the people that walked by. She had no want of a husband, especially not Roderick.

Though a small desire did grow inside her. Mia wanted something, but it was hard to say what. As the young outcast cleaned the mud from her novel, the thought struck her. She wanted adventure in the great wide somewhere! She wanted so much more than this provincial life!

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"right, yeah" ed nodded again, failing to hide the sigh of relief that came with it. At least now he knew what she had wanted. Slowly, he started to walk over to the counter, eyes locking onto her to make sure she wasn’t falling. "ok?"

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Mia nodded slowly, her own eyes locked on the sink. She leaned heavily against Ed as they walked. “Yeah.” She sighed once they got to the sink looking up at him and smiling softly. “Thanks…” She let her hand slip off of his.

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"Yeah.. " He watched her moved away. "it um wasn’t anything" That was a lie, it was incredibly awkward. "you uh.. good then?"  

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"Till I need to walk again, yes I’m good." Mia nodded getting a glass and pouring some water, sipping it slowly. That was awkward. Really awkward. Why was this so awkward. Other than the fact that she just got help from someone who hated her immensely. Of course the feeling was mutual….It was mutual right? She hated him…Right?

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"ok" He nodded leaning back a little. Should.. should he stay here? Who knew when she would need to walk again. He coughed again and frowned. Fuck, why did he even care about this, it didn't matter. He shouldn't even be nice about it, since when was he nice?

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((❖ Fairytale AU Beauty and the Beast))

Her feet tapped the dirt trodden path lightly as Mia set out for the day, basket and book in hand.

"Good morning Mia!" A passerby tipped his hat.

"Good morning monsieur." She replied, barely looking up from her novel. Mia side stepped as the backer passed by with his tray, like always. The same old bread and rolls to sell. Every morning was just the same for her, ever since the morning that she came to this poor, provincial town.

She made her daily rounds in the town, not caring about the words spread about her. Being different from the rest of the town? Just because she had her nose stuck in a book? That was fine by her. 

Frankly, the day had been rather pleasant.

"Belle! So good to see you." Well there goes that idea. Mia turned her head slightly. 

"Good morning Roderick." She nodded curtly before returning to readings. Before she had a chance to react it was swiped from her grasp.

"How do you read these things? There’s no pictures!" The overly muscular man glared at the book he held as a vertical angle.

"That’s because people use their imagination to make the pictures."

"In my opinion, women shouldn’t be reading so much. It gets them thinking far too much."

"Roderick that is positively barbaric. Now please give me my book." She sighed, hating how the cover was getting covered in his dirty fingerprints.

"Mia it’s time you settled down, and—"

"Thank you for the advice, but I think I can make that decision on my own time." With that she walked away, glaring down at her book and ignoring the people that walked by. She had no want of a husband, especially not Roderick.

Though a small desire did grow inside her. Mia wanted something, but it was hard to say what. As the young outcast cleaned the mud from her novel, the thought struck her. She wanted adventure in the great wide somewhere! She wanted so much more than this provincial life!

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"right, yeah" ed nodded again, failing to hide the sigh of relief that came with it. At least now he knew what she had wanted. Slowly, he started to walk over to the counter, eyes locking onto her to make sure she wasn’t falling. "ok?"

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Mia nodded slowly, her own eyes locked on the sink. She leaned heavily against Ed as they walked. “Yeah.” She sighed once they got to the sink looking up at him and smiling softly. “Thanks…” She let her hand slip off of his.

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"Yeah.. " He watched her moved away. "it um wasn't anything" That was a lie, it was incredibly awkward. "you uh.. good then?"  

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"It’s fine dearie." It’d be better to get to Lin faster so she could scold the child. "Yeah. Let’s go find who Miss Mia is in love with." Lina sighed, snuggling back up in the robot’s arms.

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"ok,ok" Rencey gave the girl two sharp nods. Baxter let his head tip over to the other side. "Ed." He said again. Had Rencey really not told her?

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Mia wasn’t one to skip, not even half skip, so she kept pace with the childish bot as best she could. The child nodded quickly. “He yelled at Mister Rencey and Mister Rencey is my friend. I told him Miss Mia could fix his shoulder cause Miss Mia said people who are mean have a chip on their shoulder.”

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Rencey glanced over to her, head dipping to the side slightly. "too fast?" "hm." The corner of his lips tugged into the smallest smile possible. That sounded about right, yeah.

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((❖ Fairytale AU Beauty and the Beast))

Her feet tapped the dirt trodden path lightly as Mia set out for the day, basket and book in hand.

"Good morning Mia!" A passerby tipped his hat.

"Good morning monsieur." She replied, barely looking up from her novel. Mia side stepped as the backer passed by with his tray, like always. The same old bread and rolls to sell. Every morning was just the same for her, ever since the morning that she came to this poor, provincial town.

She made her daily rounds in the town, not caring about the words spread about her. Being different from the rest of the town? Just because she had her nose stuck in a book? That was fine by her. 

Frankly, the day had been rather pleasant.

"Belle! So good to see you." Well there goes that idea. Mia turned her head slightly. 

"Good morning Roderick." She nodded curtly before returning to readings. Before she had a chance to react it was swiped from her grasp.

"How do you read these things? There’s no pictures!" The overly muscular man glared at the book he held as a vertical angle.

"That’s because people use their imagination to make the pictures."

"In my opinion, women shouldn’t be reading so much. It gets them thinking far too much."

"Roderick that is positively barbaric. Now please give me my book." She sighed, hating how the cover was getting covered in his dirty fingerprints.

"Mia it’s time you settled down, and—"

"Thank you for the advice, but I think I can make that decision on my own time." With that she walked away, glaring down at her book and ignoring the people that walked by. She had no want of a husband, especially not Roderick.

Though a small desire did grow inside her. Mia wanted something, but it was hard to say what. As the young outcast cleaned the mud from her novel, the thought struck her. She wanted adventure in the great wide somewhere! She wanted so much more than this provincial life!

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"Well I will take that as a compliment." Mia smiled at the teapot. "…Alright…" She breathed. Why wasn’t she letting go of his hand? She should probably let go. It was rather sweet, how he tried to get her to rest, in his own aggressive way.

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Julius beamed back at her. Ed frowned. Why wasn’t she doing anything? “right…” He mumbled, really wishing he had actually heard what she had said. Should he let go? she wasn’t though.. He coughed and darted his eyes away from her, feeling more flustered than he would care to admit.

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"S-So um….to the sink then?" Mia pointed with her chin over to where she wanted, standing around didn’t feel great and at this point it seemed like a better to have someone to lean on when walking.

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"right, yeah" ed nodded again, failing to hide the sigh of relief that came with it. At least now he knew what she had wanted. Slowly, he started to walk over to the counter, eyes locking onto her to make sure she wasn't falling. "ok?"

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((❖ Fairytale AU Beauty and the Beast))

Her feet tapped the dirt trodden path lightly as Mia set out for the day, basket and book in hand.

"Good morning Mia!" A passerby tipped his hat.

"Good morning monsieur." She replied, barely looking up from her novel. Mia side stepped as the backer passed by with his tray, like always. The same old bread and rolls to sell. Every morning was just the same for her, ever since the morning that she came to this poor, provincial town.

She made her daily rounds in the town, not caring about the words spread about her. Being different from the rest of the town? Just because she had her nose stuck in a book? That was fine by her. 

Frankly, the day had been rather pleasant.

"Belle! So good to see you." Well there goes that idea. Mia turned her head slightly. 

"Good morning Roderick." She nodded curtly before returning to readings. Before she had a chance to react it was swiped from her grasp.

"How do you read these things? There’s no pictures!" The overly muscular man glared at the book he held as a vertical angle.

"That’s because people use their imagination to make the pictures."

"In my opinion, women shouldn’t be reading so much. It gets them thinking far too much."

"Roderick that is positively barbaric. Now please give me my book." She sighed, hating how the cover was getting covered in his dirty fingerprints.

"Mia it’s time you settled down, and—"

"Thank you for the advice, but I think I can make that decision on my own time." With that she walked away, glaring down at her book and ignoring the people that walked by. She had no want of a husband, especially not Roderick.

Though a small desire did grow inside her. Mia wanted something, but it was hard to say what. As the young outcast cleaned the mud from her novel, the thought struck her. She wanted adventure in the great wide somewhere! She wanted so much more than this provincial life!

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"Well I will take that as a compliment." Mia smiled at the teapot. "…Alright…" She breathed. Why wasn’t she letting go of his hand? She should probably let go. It was rather sweet, how he tried to get her to rest, in his own aggressive way.

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Julius beamed back at her. Ed frowned. Why wasn't she doing anything? "right..." He mumbled, really wishing he had actually heard what she had said. Should he let go? she wasn't though.. He coughed and darted his eyes away from her, feeling more flustered than he would care to admit.

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"Good good." Mia nodded. Of course she didn’t have to worry with them. The boys, well Julius and Baxter at least, were responsible and would make sure her girl wasn’t hurt. Mia let Rencey lead her through the portal gladly.

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Rencey was back to his normal chipper self as soon as they stepped through the portal. “home sweet home~” He said in a sing song voice, tugging on the mechanics hand once more.

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"Never change Rencey." Mia said more to herself with a smile as she was tugged along by the chipper bot. Meanwhile, Lina, still nestled in the tall robot’s arms, looked around both for the brother she had not met and to make sure the coast was clear from that meanie bot she met earlier.

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Rencey tipped his head back in a cartoonish fashion to look at her. “I’ll try Missy miss” He said with a bright smile. Baxter stopped just in front of the little house and looked down at the little girl, one eyebrow raised. “hm?” he punctuated the hum with a small trail of smoke from his vents.

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"Good." Mia chuckled. "I don’t wanna see Mister Rencey’s meanie brother." Lina whispered to the tall bot carrying him.

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He smiled and turned back to face forward, tugging her along in a half skip. Baxter frowned, tipping his head to the side. "Ed?" Of course, only Ed would have it in him to terrify a child.  

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((❖ Fairytale AU Beauty and the Beast))

Her feet tapped the dirt trodden path lightly as Mia set out for the day, basket and book in hand.

"Good morning Mia!" A passerby tipped his hat.

"Good morning monsieur." She replied, barely looking up from her novel. Mia side stepped as the backer passed by with his tray, like always. The same old bread and rolls to sell. Every morning was just the same for her, ever since the morning that she came to this poor, provincial town.

She made her daily rounds in the town, not caring about the words spread about her. Being different from the rest of the town? Just because she had her nose stuck in a book? That was fine by her. 

Frankly, the day had been rather pleasant.

"Belle! So good to see you." Well there goes that idea. Mia turned her head slightly. 

"Good morning Roderick." She nodded curtly before returning to readings. Before she had a chance to react it was swiped from her grasp.

"How do you read these things? There’s no pictures!" The overly muscular man glared at the book he held as a vertical angle.

"That’s because people use their imagination to make the pictures."

"In my opinion, women shouldn’t be reading so much. It gets them thinking far too much."

"Roderick that is positively barbaric. Now please give me my book." She sighed, hating how the cover was getting covered in his dirty fingerprints.

"Mia it’s time you settled down, and—"

"Thank you for the advice, but I think I can make that decision on my own time." With that she walked away, glaring down at her book and ignoring the people that walked by. She had no want of a husband, especially not Roderick.

Though a small desire did grow inside her. Mia wanted something, but it was hard to say what. As the young outcast cleaned the mud from her novel, the thought struck her. She wanted adventure in the great wide somewhere! She wanted so much more than this provincial life!

[howhardwefight]

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"Yes I am sure you would want me out of your hair soon." Mia tried to joke lightly. Turning away she moved to get her glass of water only to realize Ed still had her arm in a vice grip. Either her mind was still too clouded to think right or she had truly not minded the contact since Mia put her hand on top of the one gripping her arm. She didn’t move to pull it away, it was more to get his attention. "You can either help me to the sink or release my arm now…"

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"Perhaps, but the company has been nice" Julius said with a small laugh. Ed frowned and glanced down when she placed her hand over his. He blinked slowly, trying to figure out why he was still holding onto her. Didn't.. he let go? He looked back up at her and oh shit damn it she was talking. "um, yeah.. sure whatever" Great, real smooth.