Miranda

Miranda Eckert is a character in Our Life: Beginnings & Always. She first appears in Step 2, if the player has the DLC. Otherwise, she appears in Step 3 as one of Cove and the main character's friends.
== Appearance ==
In Step 2, Miranda has brown braided hair, deep purple eyes, tan skin, and freckles. She wears a pink shirt with a white unicorn drawing and yellow stars and purple shorts with a flower pattern.
In Step 3, Miranda has her brown curly hair down, still having her dark purple eyes, tanned skin, and freckles. She wears a sleeveless shirt with grey flower like patterns and short jeans. While in "Hang" she wore colorful swimsuit that showed: Purple, Green, Yellow, and Blue scattered all around 
== Personality ==
Upon her first possible appearance in the Step 2, Miranda is described to be sweet and quiet, albeit a bit awkward and reserved at first. She presents the same shy demeanor to people she meets for the first time. She becomes more talkative the more people spend time with her and becomes considerably cheerful with the people she is close with.
She has a tendency to try her best to help other people. This is first shown in "Birthday" when she tries to engage in a conversation with Cove and the main character in several occasions to help them get settled. It has also been mentioned in "Talks" which overwhelmed Terry to some degree and even backfired causing the two to get into an argument.
== Background ==
In Step 2, her first appearance, it was mentioned that the main character does not know much about her, other than having a class with her. She was described as the quiet, shy girl, who stayed in her own circle of friends.
== Relationships ==
=== Terry ===
Terry is Miranda's best friend in Step 3 and boyfriend in Step 4.
=== Cove ===
Cove is one of Miranda's close friends. If the player plays the expansion DLC, they originally knew each others from school but officially meet in her birthday party during the Step 2. Otherwise they'll become friends during the timeskip between Step 2 and Step 3.
=== Main Character ===
The main character is one of Miranda's close friends whom she officially meets for the first time on her 14th birthday party. They become friends In Between Step 3 and Step 4. 
She is also a plausible "first crush" of them if MC chooses to answer her name during the conversation with Baxter in Sightseeing. Despite Miranda being very shy, she is comfortable enough to tease them and is seen very supportive of their choices. She also worries about them when they seem sad or otherwise distraught. MC likewise responds to those actions and feelings.
After MC suffers a heartbreak from Baxter, Miranda is there to support them through it and is seen hesitant to associate with him again later on life, considering her friend's feeling the whole time before acting.
=== Baxter ===
Miranda meets Baxter in Step 3, but the two don't directly interact very much.
The two meet again during Step 4 if the player chooses the Baxter's ending. She is courteous towards him but also cautious if Main Character suffered a heart break during Step 3. 
=== Jude ===
Jude is Miranda's older brother, first mentioned during Step 3 He is implicated to be quite a private person when Miranda mentioned about how it took him, quote "forever", to tell his family he has a boyfriend.
In the story Jude is met for the first time during the Step 4 if the player chooses Baxter's ending. Jude and Miranda appear to have close relationship, with Miranda even stating she loves him despite him sometimes being, undirect quote, "idiot with absent-minded head".
== Gallery ==
Miranda_01.jpg|Step 2 Miranda & Step 4 Miranda Comparison
== Trivia ==
* Miranda is asexual and romantically straight.https://gb-patch.tumblr.com/post/190239879971/loved-the-axesual-representation-in-xox-are-any
* She loves Horror movies.
* In "Hang" She ordered a frappe with caramel syrup and condensed milk.
* In "Hang" she was the one to text the Main Character to go to the event to see fireworks.
* Based on her being 14 when Step 2 took place in the summer of 2011, it can be surmised she was born in late 1996 or early 1997.
== References ==
Category:Characters in Our Life: Beginnings & Always