Xaviers!

Tereza leans back on the bench and snorts, holding her drink a little closer to her nose. Brand leans back next to her and chuckles, "Nose bothering you?"

"A lot of people," Tereza says, watching the people milling around.

"We could go down to that dive bar you like, it's not far."

"If we go there, they'll ask me to play something and I don't think I'm up to that today," Tereza declines, taking a sip of the drink.

"Suit yourself," Brand says as they both go back to people-watching.

((Open))

"Didn't think it'd be quite this crowded," a Will opined, from just behind them.

Tereza tilts her head back to look at Will upside down, "Everywhere in London is kind of crowded, but I prefer these crowds to the usual."

Brand turns her head to look at Will, "Friend of yours, Glacier?"

"Yeah, this is Will. Will, this is Brand."

Brand extends her hand towards Will, "Pleased to meet any friend of Glacier's."

Will smiled as he shook Brand's hand. "Pleasure's all mine, though I'm going by Legion these days if we're all going with gene names here."

"Apologies," Tereza says, altering her position so she's leaned against the back of the bench, half-turned towards Legion. "So anything been catching your eye at the festival or you just people-watching like the rest of us?"

"Heh; no apologies. Just feel like fittin' in with the crowd, Glacier," Will smiled.

"Yeah, I'm mostly just people watching. Feels a bit more like home here, with everyone out and about. Not quite the same, but it rhymes, you know?"

"I kind of know what you mean," Tereza responds, "I do feel a bit more 'at home' here a lot of times."

"It's just a shame it's kind of pinned into just here. Love to see this being more mainstream everywhere, y'know? People just being happy with who they are."

"That would be preferable. Not sure how we get there though."

"I'm not sure anything anyone has tried so far has helped, especially our former associates."

"Former associates?" Will asked, raising an eyebrow.

Tereza drops her volume a bit, "Yeah, we both used to run with the Brotherhood. That's how I met Brand."

"Ahhhhh," Will said.

It wasn't a cruel ahhh, or a particularly judgmental one, but there was some weight behind it, a re-evaluation of Brand, at the very least.

"It is and is not something I'm proud of," Tereza says, "I'm still trying to sort through some things about it."

"Well, you don't stay in this business for long without making a whole cartload of...interesting decisions along the way," Will said, with a slight tip of his head. "Part of the cost of the trendy spandex tights."

"I don't even get the spandex tights most of the time anymore," Tereza jokes.

"Less attention from the fashion designers, more from the dog catchers. A fair trade, I suppose," Will joked.

"Depends on the dog catcher," Tereza quips, "Or the fashion designer for that matter."

"Well, at the end of the day, you've gotta do you, you know? You've arrived at a good place, no matter the bumps along the way."

"Agreed," Tereza says, raising whatever's in her cup to Will. "To good places."

"To good friends," Will said, matching the toast with one of his own.

Tereza nods in response and Brand smiles. "You going to be staying for the entire festival or you just down for the day," Tereza asks.

"Haven't fully decided yet. There were a couple things I wanted to check out -- see if some stores that I remember are still here; pick up a couple things while I'm down. Some of us are going back tonight, I know, but I think at least a few of us are hanging about."

"I assume you mean multiple of you?"

"Mm," Will nodded, taking a sip from his drink. "I think there's just..." he trailed off, counting. "Three? Four? No more than five, at least. Who were planning on coming, that is."

"Gotcha. So don't assume that a you I run into is... well, you."

"Well, it's all me. But no, if you ask me to hold your beer, don't count on it the next time you see 'me', barring a trip to the mirror in between."

He paused. "I'm confusing," he said to Brand, as if that explained everything.

"Confusing seems to swirl around Glacier, so I'm not surprised to find her friends have their own brand of confusing, but noted all the same," Brand laughs.

"I might take the fourth slot on Glacier's confusing friends at the moment. Possibly. There's some heated competition," Will joked back.

"Par for the course when you're a science experiment I guess," Tereza chuckles.

"Well, here's to beating up those who would try to test us," Will laughed, raising another toast.

"We do our best," she says, raising her glass in half response.

"Well, I don't want to monopolize too much of your time. Miles to go, and all that. Have a good one, Glacier. Brand."