What's your real name, kid?
Me Real Name? *Narrows Eyes* Why ya wanna
know?
....Eh, ok, s' Piper. Piper McLeland. Don't go spreadin' da name
around, ya
heah?
Alright, so you got a nickname? Yeh, me nick name's Magic.
Where'd you get such a thing? S'Dat s'posed to be an insult, cuz I
don't take
kindly to insults, ya know. But if it weren't, I got it from da fact
dat I
managed to convince some a da boys dat I had magic powers.
How old are you?
Jist 15
Hair color?
Jist Brown. Nothin' Special or anyt'ing, it's Mousy Brown.
How about your eyes?
Dey're Green. Real strange, cuz none a me family
had
green eyes.
And your height?
I's short. 5'3."
Okay, anything else about your looks?
Let see...me clothes are just basic clothes, red
button down
shirt, that I leave open, a white shirt under it, *What'd, you t'ink
I'd
leave it open wit nothin' under it? Sicko.* and Black pants. I got a
black
hat, too. I have dis tattoo on me shoulder of a pair a theatre masks,
cuz I
love ta act, and I wanted ta be an actress 'fore I became a Newsie.
Didn't
get to though, so now da only reason I act is ta get gullible people ta
buy
me papes. Not much else, though.
So tell me about your past?
Me past? Simple. Me fadda was an
alcoholic who
owed da wrong people too much money, me mudda worked da red light
district, I
was a only child, and we lived in Boston. I ran away when I was 11.
Came
heah, Found Brooklyn, found a job, found a roof to keep me dry.
You got any hobbies?
Hobbies? Well, like I said, I like ta act, and I
like
ta draw. Swimmin's kinda fun, too, 'cept when da wata's real cold, and
a
bunch a guys're watchin' ya, it ain't too fun. And I love makin' Spot
mad.
'Dat's just fun. Don't get me wrong, Spot's great an' all, his tempa
just
leaves him as a easy target. I give him a break most a da time though.
You carry any wepons we shuld know about?
Weapons? A slingshot, just
like
very odda Newsie in Brooklyn. 'Dat's about it.
Got any relatives? Yeah, back in Boston. I prefer not ta talk about
dem,
though, ok?
How about a boy you're sweet on? Naw. Da boys around heah would never
be
anyt'ing better den me friend. It'd screw everyt'ing up if someone
were.
Anything else we need to know or you want to say?
Hmm. Nope. Oh,
yeah.
Have fun in Brooklyn.