Old is New

## Premise

It's a wonderful Wellspring City day! And it was a wonderful Wellspring City day eleven years ago as well, as we rewind the clock to a peaceful autumn day at Wellspring City Elementary, where one Brittney Megan Bronson and Kat Afka meet for the first time- In Kindergarten!

## Cast

* Brittney Megan Bronson (Talatala)
* Kat Afka (Lordlyhour)

## Plot Summary

The game starts about eleven years in the past, as the school year has just started. The kindergarten students are out for recess, and Kat is running around the playground. Kat trips and runs into Brittney, and both fall over. Kat immediately apologizes, but Brittney doesn't seem upset, and recognizes the cartoon characters on his shirt. Brittney asks Kat questions about the show to prove that he's a fan, which he easily answers. Brittney introduces herself to Kat and tells him to call her Meg, Kat introduces himself, and the two start discussing theories about the show. Brittney declares the two of them are now best friends, and invites Kat to break out of the school with her to go watch a marathon of the show.

While the teacher is distracted, the two of them walk out of the playground and into the city. Brittney is confident, like she's navigated the city on her own before. Kat recognizes that Brittney is leading him to a wealthier part of town, and the kids stop at a candy store to get snacks. Both kids pick out some candy, Kat getting a rather eclectic variety, and Brittney pays for it all with a credit card. The to of them head for Brittney's home, Brittney gushes about anime to Kat, and the two get starry-eyed over the idea of being superpowers. Kat says his ideal power would be flying, and Brittney says hers would be shapeshifting. Brittney says she wouldn't use her shapeshifting powers against Kat, and gives him a "tell" he can use to see if it's her: her eyes have tiny pupils that are only visible in close-ups.

The two arrive at Bronson Tower, and Brittney tells Kat not to tell her dad anything, because he'll send her back to school. She avoids telling Kat her dad is the mayor. Kat gives Brittney a boost to reach the elevator buttons, and they take the elevator up to the penthouse. Kat eagerly looks out the windows, then the two head for Brittney's room, which is decorated with cartoon posters and merch. Brittney pulls together some blankets and pillows to make a comfy place to watch the marathon, and as the two start watching, the FPS cuts back to the present day.

Kat is waiting around after school to talk to Brittney, who makes sure there's no one else around before she talks to him. Kat asks to talk somewhere private, and Brittney leads him into an alleyway. Kat says that while he was healing Brittney at the end of Into Thin Air, he saw there were wires in her ankle, and asks if it's related to her powers. Brittney writes off what Kat saw as a hallucination, and doesn't seem bothered, thinking it's just Kat making stuff up. Kat also notices that Brittney's eyes don't have any pupils, and pulls back away from her. Kat asks if Brittney is wearing contacts, which Brittney truthfully denies. Kat suggests that the wires he saw are the result of the Catalyst-V, which Brittney waves off, saying she would feel the difference in that case. Kat says he hopes that he's wrong, so Brittney doesn't have to put up with further mutation, and that he misses being friends with her. The two leave the alley separately, heading back to their lives.

## Notes

The cartoon Brittney and Kat bond over is called *The Brookside Kids.*

Lordly recommends that everyone read *Animorphs*.

Kat was not usually allowed to have candy as a child, because he's already hyperactive.

Kat was stronger as a child than he is in the present.