Pond

[irish]

Irish thought for a moment, "I wouldn't say being followed by a mongrel would count as me finding him." She smiled and gave him, yet, another pat. "He stole my food, then wouldn't leave me alone; but the company's nice." She said, then looked to Delaney. "Hello, Delaney."

[fame]

Fame nodded her head to the other girl as a brief acknowlegement that she was there.
"I used teh have a dog... not like this one, he was a little one, back in Chicago. Same thing happened, basically... but he was old already, I guess.." She said, frowning a little bit as she trailed off.

[irish]

Irish shrugged, "Well, you can have him." She said with a little laugh gave the dog a push in her direction, but he ran around behind her, and jumped up so his front legs were on her back. It was almost as if he were pushing her. But, alas, this was his usual style of playing. He tried to push her onto the ground where he could reach her more. "Stupid dog."
She had a strange relationship with her mongrel; she'd never give him up freely, but would offer, jsut to get on his nerves. She knew he didn't really understand her, but it was for her own enjoyment. "Maybe not." She said with a shrug. Stepping to the side, his paws slipped off of her back, and onto the ground.

[delaney]

Delaney took the basket and placed it under her arm and grabbed the washboard. The two other girls seemed to e getting along just great. This was fine with her. She had a lot of work to do and didn't need to be sidetracked. She looked over Irish and Fame.

"'r ye from 'round here?"

She never noticed how thick her accent was until she spoke to those other than her family.

[irish]

Irish looked at Delaney and shook her head. "Nah, I just came here a month ago; I was originally from Maryland." She didn't want to go into details about why she was here, unless asked. She was very straight forwards; she would answer you're question with what you asked, and not saw much else more.

[fame]

"I'se is from all over," Fame said, even though she didntknow if the girl was talking to her or Irish. "Ireland, Chicago... used to live in Brooklyn for a while.. now Queens. What about you?" She asked.

[delaney]

"Moved from Ireland 'round two years ago. Been here ev'r since."

[fame]

Fame nodded. "Aye... do you miss it at all?" She asked. She knew she missed it, but then again she missed everywhere she had been. Every time she moved she had encountered some unfortunate event that forced her to leave, which was disheartening.

[delaney]

Delaney nodded, looking toward the ground. "Aye, very much. It's ok here too, I guess. But I best be goin, Ma'll be gettin worried."

[irish]

Irish listened to them before speaking, "My family's from Ireland... which is how I got my name." She said, a little quietly, a little afraid to say it. "I don't miss it there." She put her hand around Gin's head, and brought him closer to her. "I lived in an orphanage down there; and there's really nothing to miss."

[fame]

Fame nodded to Delaney. {Shes lucky she's still got a ma to worry for her..} she thought to herself. "Sure, if you gotta go." Fame said.

"How'd you get over heah, den?" Fame asked. Most families didnt have enough money for them to go to Ireland, how could an orphan afford it?

[irish]

Irish shook her head, and looked up. She had been mumbling; and wasn't really thinking. Whenever the subject of her family came to mind, she seemed to make no sense. "What? How's I get here... oh, sorry, I... uh." She thought for a moment, trying to get the words together. "Oh, no, I mixed things up... just... just having an off day." She hoped the excuse was enough. "My family came to New York from Ireland; then moved down south." She started explaining as much as she knew. "They didn't have any money for me, so they left me with an orphanage, saying they would be back for me... but years passed, and they never did." She kinda spoke quickly and quitly; wanting this explination to end quickly before the pain of it had time to catch up with her. "When I was 15, the orphanage closed down, and they sent me here... where I got away and became a newsie." Her eyes were low and her hand held Gin's head against her hip as she rubbed him.

[blake]

New daY)))

Blake was practicing his juggling as he had an apple, an orange, and a plum in the air and he also had another apple and plum that he would randomly add to the act as he concentrated on the fruits.

[Banshee O'Hara]

Banshee walked past the pond, and was about to run back home when something caught her eye. She walked up to the guy juggling, watching the fruite fly in the air, going from one hand to the next. She had an urge to just lash out and take an apple, and run... but something kept her from doing so. Her gaze held on the apple, wanting to know it's movement, in case she got hungry enough to want to really take it.

[blake]

"Hungry?"he asked, and then smriked. "Catch"he said his eyes still on the fruit as he quickly tossed her an apple when the time was right, he didnt even miss a beat as he continued to juggle them. He didnt care he had stolen them anyway. He said nothing more as he continued to concentrate every once in awhile doing some little trick like throwing it high and atching it behind him as he continued to juggle.