Rick Brick and the Quest to Save Brickport: An Unofficial LEGO Novel

Rick Brick and the Quest to Save Brickport: An Unofficial LEGO Novel — page 9
10 Rick Brick and the Quest to Save Brickport couldn’t remember the last time he’d heard the mayor speak She always sent someone else to speak for her someone who managed to answer questions without really answering them Rick took a left and headed back toward the port It would take a little longer but he was in no hurry to face bad news Besides he wanted to pass one of his favorite places in Brickport An old band shell faced out toward the harbor Like everything else in town pieces of the struc ture had been scavenged so that it wasn’t even quite a shell anymore What should have been a smooth stretch of gray was interrupted with div ots and holes where plates and bricks had been pulled away Most of the seats were missing too But just next to the band shell was a semicircle of trees and a wide green field or mostly green anyway Kids still gathered there occasionally to play soccer or to ride skateboards Even now a group of street dancers gathered at the center of the band shell Rick stopped to watch them The park wasn’t really so bad A new green baseplate or two could be brought in to fill the holes in the field and some gray tiles and new seats would do the trick for the band shell The loose bricks just needed to be collected and placed where they once were Rick could picture plays