[Open] A Land of Magical Different Magic...

[frybits]

Warnings: Steven being adorable. Also possibly teleporting.
Location: The south side of Lux Spire/the park (please keep him around here unless we've discussed things)
Characters: Steven and the Stevens anyone who wants to meet him before he meets you.
When: September 10
Summary: Friendly kid is brand new. Help maybe?


Just to the south of the spire, a small boy in a pink t-shirt stamped with a bright yellow star is standing on the street with his neck craned back as far as it can go. "Whoooooaaaaa..." he murmurs to no one in particular. "It's even taller than the temple! They might wanna put some railings up, though..."

He puts a hand to his chin in thought. Clearly he's quite focused on taking in this monument.

Or, if he's moved on from that, he's completely distracted by by everything else around him. New things clearly require his full attention!

This probably means that he's not paying much attention to people passing by or other traffic, however. If you're not prone to just reaching out to a new resident, at least you can keep him out of impending danger?

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[frybits]

Regardless of how that would weigh in the grand scheme of things, Steven would find the two of them equally rad, let's be real.

"I was?" Steven looked beyond the bicycle to the variety of traffic on the street. It was a bit hard to judge how it was in the spot he was now moving away from, but there definitely were vehicles that would not have good Future Vision outcomes if they'd struck him. "Whoa... Thanks, Casey!"

[jonesiseverywhere]

Because they would be, totally.

"Totally! They would've had to scrape you off the pavement with a spatula!" If Casey's bothered by the thought, it doesn't show on his face. In fact, you'd almost think he found nothing disturbing about it at all.

"Anyway, no prob..." he brakes, bringing the bike to a stop so the kid can hop down, "Who're you, little dude?"

[frybits]

The cringe it causes Steven to have shows the idea definitely bothered him, however.

And hop down he does, because he's not wearing his helmet and the lack of safety made him slightly uneasy. "Oh right. My name's Steven! Steven Universe." He adds that final statement as he recalls Casey giving his first and last name moments ago, so it was only fair.

[jonesiseverywhere]

...Oh, right, safety. Casey sometimes has to be reminded that exists, so he can ignore it in an informed way - wait!

"Hold up, 'Universe?' Ya mean yer Greg's kid?"

[frybits]

Steven always remembers safety! There's nothing lame about it!

"Yeah." It's kind of a confused and impressed mixed into one response. He's well aware that his father knows people, but having a relative stranger bring him up is still pretty surprising. "How do you know my dad?"

[jonesiseverywhere]

Helmets and kneepads just mean you don't collect wicked battle scars!

"He's a buddy of mine," Casey's grin is pretty wide. "He's helped me take on the monsters that roam the city. Like we once got jumped by this crazy shadow horse thing at the carnival! It was crazy awesome!"

When Casey tells it, one might almost think it wasn't the near-disaster that nearly got them both killed. Or that it wasn't more-or-less entirely Casey's fault.