[I/OOC] Incidental Bits

[robkelk]

Arc 2. Based on absolutely nothing canon at all, except for what she's nicknamed and where she attends school - this is pure fanon, but I've never seen anybody else use it, so it would set TNB apart from other fanfic.

So... This is an original fan idea for a canon character's backstory; please do not steal. (If we don't want it for TNB, I'll use it elsewhere.)

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"My name is Philippa. My siblings call me 'Pip'."

"Pip? As in orange pips?"

"Pip as in Great Expectations; I was thought of as a tomboy back home in London, and my choice of hobby when we moved to Japan did nothing to dispel that notion. But, yes, my hair -" she casually touched her light-orange locks for a brief moment "- does have more than a small bearing on the nickname."

"What do your friends here call you? I can't imagine most Japanese people pronouncing Philippa correctly."

She smiled sadly as she shook her head. "No, the best they could manage was 'P-ko'. And then my teammates took that and my hair colour and code-named me 'Orange Pekoe'. I thought we were mad about tea back home, but my family has nothing on the students at St. Gloriana."