Brandy Buck (Brandy, Phae, Casey)

Brandy packed her bags for her trip. Being relatively well traveled she had this particular chore down to a science. As per usual she was traveling light, everything she would need for her visit held in a duffel bag and a leather backpack. Those most essential items she made sure to stow in the specially designed pouches of the backpack. Her shuriken and throwing knives, blessed by a priest and doused with holy water, she placed into the four side pockets. Her uniform, a bodysuit of interwoven Kevlar and climate controlling micro tubules, she folded and placed into the main compartment atop the already packed boots and gloves designed by her Stormcenter handlers. The last item was her hooded cape. A marvel of modern science that garment, attuned to Brandy’s unique bio-electric frequency it could only be activated by such. It provided a measure of security from external forces be they natural or otherwise by means of the same basic design as her bodysuit. However in addition when worn hood up a gravitic generator was activated that enveloped her in a sphere two meters in diameter that bent light rays and allowed them to travel around the sphere. The effect was that anything within the sphere was rendered completely invisible to all forms of electromagnetic detection. Only by tactile contact she by located.

The final two pieces of the puzzle Brandy located on her person. The first was her rosary, into place around her neck this went and second was a three-inch long metal stud she located in a leather pouch fixed to her belt. The beads and charms on the rosary could be detached for a variety of effects i.e. smoke, tear gas, plastique and the metal stud was her primary weapon in her battles against the Infernal forces. This piece of metal was psionically sensitive and could assume shapes and consistencies as directed by the wielder. It was a sliver of the famed Witchblade that the church had come into possession of centuries ago and was the signature weapon of each succeeding generation’s Magadelena. Brandy most often wielded the ‘living metal’ as and eight foot long bo staff, this being the closest approximation to her weapon of choice, the Spear of Destiny which was guarded in the armory of the Knights of Malta and only used in times of direst need.

Checking herself in the mirror one last time, she left the apartment locking the door behind her and hailed a cab indicating her desire to go to Serendipity.

Dropping her bags just inside the portal she sprinted to and nearly vaulted the bar in an attempt to encircle her arms around the tree trunk sized neck of Phae.

“Hello Brandy” Phae said staring directly into the face mere inches from his own.

“Hey” she replied showing no signs of releasing Phae from her grip.

Phae was determined to not avert his gaze from that of the beautiful girl until she felt compelled to explain…. just what the hell was going on.

“You never kiss me,” she said finally relaxing and placing her nubile bottom on the nearest barstool.

“You never ask” Phae replied wiping down the bar with his ever-present bar towel.

“Well shit if I hafta ask it ain’t no fun,” she pouted. Entering the common room via the stairwell, Casey’s reaction upon seeing Brandy was similar to Brandy’s upon seeing Phae. Suddenly the two were embraced, not unlike long lost lovers, and broke that embrace only after a mutual peck on the lips.

“All packed?” Casey asked taking up position on the nearest barstool.

“Yep” she said throwing a thumb over her shoulder toward the front portal.

“How long you gonna be gone?”

“I’m not sure. My uncle says there’s some business I need to get done with. Being a European heiress can sure take up a lot of time. I don’t even want it.”

“We all carry the burden of less popular responsibilities.”

“You just want the place to yourself so you can scrog some guys.” Brandy kidded her roommate.

“I don’t scrog guys.”

“Well we don’t scrog either, so that means girls are out. What do you do?”

“I manage to find ways to keep myself busy.” Casey shot back.

“Hump. Well anyways…I just wanted to come round and say bye.” Brandy finished hopping down off the barstool.

“Are you gonna miss me?” Brandy asked Phae.

“Like the flower misses the sun,” he replied kissing her forehead.

“Hehehe.” she reacted to Phae’s attention.

“So ok I’m out.” With that Brandy grabbed up her duffel and book bags and flipped back through the threshold and out the portal.

* * * * *

‘Damn acting like a damn cheerleader can sure suck the life outta ya’. Brandy thought to herself hailing her second cab of the day. As she directed the hack to the airport she withdrew a small PDA from her bag and passed the time checking her itinerary for her upcoming training/briefing at Stormcenter.

* * * * *

“Is she always like that?” Phae asked Casey.”

“Just around you.”

“I guess I’ll need to turn it down around you people.”

“You people?”

Phae smiled, flipping Casey gently with his bar towel. The two friends then bent themselves to the task of prepping the Serendipity for the next round of lost souls sure to drop by in search of assistance.