[center][color=00aeef][b]Brandy Brooks – Ace’s Diner[/b][/color][/center]


Much to her joy, Rook took her hand and allowed her to lead them to the diner where there seemed to be a buzz of activity inside. Brandy’s face was glowing; she wore a bright smile like a proud toddler showing their parent something they had accomplished. Brandy turned around when Rook let go of her hand, she cocked her head in wonder until Rook hunched down to go through the doorway, she tapped her forehead with a carton of cigarettes, “[i]DUH[/i],” she giggled. Rook began waving his white flag upon entering Ace’s Diner; Brandy held her hands out in front of her, “HE WILL NOT HURT YOU, DON’T FREAK OUT.”

“Rook is here to buy meat. Does Cooker Man have radstag? Or maybe man has found something better? Brahmin meats?” Rook grinned a bit wider. “Rook has caps and small things to trade, if Cooker Man is open to that as well. Rook is hungry, and building wall takes so much energy.”

“See, I told y’all so,” Brandy triumphantly folded her arms in front of her, even with the cartons of cigarettes, “He [i][b]IS[/b][/i] friendly,” she wore a shit eating grin. Taking her attention away from her personal victory, someone tapped Brandy’s shoulder.

"Psst.  Hey."  Said a tall blonde haired woman motioned towards the cigarettes.  "Are you selling those?  I'll give you five caps for a pack."

Brandy spun on her heal, “[i][b]SURRREEEE AM[/b][/i],” Brandy juggled the cartons to offer her hand, dropping one on the floor it broke open spilling the ten packs of cigarettes, “Just a sec please.” She managed to gather up the dropped packs and clumsily held them in her left arm and extended her right, “You’re new in town, I’m Brandy Brooks, it’s a pleasure to meet you.” After the tall woman shook her hand, Brandy leaned her left shoulder towards her, “Take one, you can have it as a welcoming gift. I’d like to personally welcome you to Salem. A growing community of likeminded people looking to better the world we live in,” she smiled brightly, using her free hand to push her glasses up.

"Rook!" A woman with dark brown hair called out grinning from ear-to-ear and walking over to Rook. "I see you've made a few friends! I told you the folks in this town would come around." The woman looked over at Ace and then back to Rook. "I recommended that we craft you a flower-crown to ensure that you mean no harm. How's the wall coming along?" The woman offered a gracious nod to Brandy, “I am glad that you saw him for the big friendly giant that he is."

Brandy got a little jealous, putting her arm around Rook, at least the best she could, “Yes, he is a nice person, you can see it in his eyes,” she leaned and sat the cigarettes she had brought on the bar top, “Ace, I hope these will buy Rook and I dinner, if not I can do some work around the diner,” she blushed a bit, “I spent all of my caps on building supplies at The Sanctuary…[i]sorry[/i].” She took a breath and looked the woman up and down noticing that she was roughly the same height but slightly skinnier than she was, “I don’t think he needs a flower-crown,” Brandy looked up at Rook, “He moved things today that we couldn’t think of moving. I think he just needs [b]OUR[/b],” Brandy waved her hand around the diner, “Protection.”

Brandy let her eyes wander around the diner before focusing back on the similarly sized woman, “I’m Brandy Brooks, it is a pleasure to meet you…” she extended her hand.