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016 | The Good Old Days

Who: Everyone!
What: Ageswapping
When: July 15-17
Where: Everywhere
Summary: A breach in the space-time continuum is messing things up.

Edit: OVERFLOW is here!

The Far Shore has been dealing with a lot of space-time pulsating through the past week or so and everything is culminating on the night of the 15th, even though the Heavens are preparing for an all-out Obon bash. They had planned to have the celebration on the 15th itself, but Amaterasu asked to postpone a day due to the horrible feeling that is permeating the Far Shore.

And it turns out she was right to postpone everything. In fact, it will have to be postponed another whole month at this rate...

Before

Late in the day on July 15th, the new batch of shinki will arrive to a Far Shore with a thick, tense atmosphere. All night on the 15th it feels like something is about to happen - and it's difficult to tell whether that something will be good or bad. Any attempts to contact the management of the Far Shore have fallen on deaf, slightly harried ears and so everyone is left to their own devices to try and figure out why things are so tense.

July 16

Just after midnight, an explosive shock wave rips through the Far Shore, bringing on the age changes with it. Even the spirits of the Far Shore seem to be affected - for example, the library goblins are either toddling around on wobbly legs or are dragging themselves from place to place and looking decrepit. There are a few gods and shinki that seem to have been exceptions from the change, though it is not clear why.

July 17

Another wave of energy comes in the early morning of the 17th. Fewer people are affected this time and it seems to alter those people's ages a second time. There is no rhyme or reason to who is being affected further. Several of the library goblins have just dropped dead from severe old age. Oops.

Aftermath

Late on the 17th brings about one final burst from the energy that has been plaguing the Far Shore. For a short moment, every new temple glows with a soft light, seeming to beckon to their owners. But the light is gone quickly and everyone will find themselves back to normal with complete memories of everything that happened during their age adventures. The goblins that died, though, are still very dead. Looks like the library will need to get some new help soon.

In Summary:

Meet the newbies
Get aged or de-aged
Deal with other too young/too old people
Try to handle the consequences
Have fun~

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[He got a smile out of Eric!! This seems like cause for celebration. He will celebrate appropriately in his head, and maybe with some special coffee later.]

I think so too. So, do you want to come with me when I go to meet him? I want to talk to him alone a little first, but then I can bring him over or point him out to you or something like that.

[ D2 is currently stuck in the body of a 7 year old, but unlike yesterday, he actually has all the memories from his time spent as a shinki, and isn't scared of going near adults.

He can't get this stray spirit dog he played with for a while in the park to stop stalking him though, that's a bit... So when he spots her, he actually runs up to hide behind her. Because it's a very big dog, a bit bigger than him, though it's tame, and maybe she can get it to leave since she's bigger than him right now. ]

Hi Yona, you don't think you could help me a little?

Hakuryuu village?

[ Carl blinks in confusion. He can understand the word - that's Japanese, right? Definitely not English - he has never heard of any village called Hakuryuu village. Granted, he doesn't know a lot, he thinks - he doesn't even have any memories - but he somehow knows some level of geography. ]

Where in Japan is that?

[ Who cares about being rude. Seiryuu certainly doesn't, he's been openly staring from a tree for a while now. He might not have been noticed though, because he can look right through things like tree trunks and leaves. He jumps out of it after a while though, the sword he found himself with yesterday in his hands, and finally decides to walk over. ]

How the hell're you doing that?

[ Even if D2 is stuck in the body of a 7 year old (today, thankfully, not with the mind of one) he can't just leave someone who's crying alone. So he crouches down in front of the other child, a worried look on his face. ]

Hey, are you okay? Are you hurt anywhere?

[ The Seiryuu has also run off, though he's not really a child. He's 16 at the moment, about half his real age. Not that he knows anything about this stuff that's going on, all he knows is that suddenly he was in a strange place and he wanted to find something that looked familiar so he could remember who he is beyond whatever this "Seiryuu" is to him. He knows he hates the title, at least.

And while on this quest, the teen with a sword on his back hears the unmistakable sound of crying. He thinks, at least.

Following the sound, he scowls down at the kid. ]

Crying's not gonna do anything, you know.

[ Ao, who had been keeping a bit to himself while also keeping an eye on things (having the ability to see right through things like walls is pretty convenient) looks up and for a moment looks right into the child's head and sees his brain, heart, and lungs and stuff. Okay, he didn't need to see that. He rubs at his eyes with the hand not wrapped around his sword and then blinks. Good, he's not seeing his insides any more. ]

The hell's animal crackers?

[ Butch may be stuck in the form of a 13 year old, but he's mentally 30 years older than that. Which means that he's way more observant than a lot of people, thanks to his past as an outlaw.

Not that you need to be very observant when you're faced with a kid scavenging through your kitchen because you never lock the doors even when you're out in the stables most of the time. At the moment though he was actually coming to cook food for himself and the two shinki he has, one of which who happens to be new. He's got a dead and featherless chicken in one hand, and a surprised look on his face. ]

You need any help there, kiddo?

[Quattordici gives the other boy a bemused look.] They're crackers shaped like animals. [He digs into the box and pulls out one, holding it out for inspection. It appears to be a camel.]

[As a teenager with genetically engineered and honed combat abilities, Ken is largely fearless, and is often too instinct-driven and hot-headed to even be afraid of the things he ought to be. As a child, before his abilities have really been developed to a workable stage yet, Quattordici has no such confidence. At Butch's words, he yelps and almost falls off the counter he's clambered up onto. Apparently he was so preoccupied rummaging that he didn't even hear the other boy (man? It's questionable terminology at the moment either way) approach.

He eyes Butch warily, seeming torn between scrambling down and bolting or standing his ground. He's not, as far as he can gather, being yelled at, so...maybe he's not in trouble?]

...no...? [He says this like he's not actually sure if it's the right answer. It's a weird question to be asked, out of the blue, and he's a little flummoxed by it.]

[ After D2 got his memories of being a shinki back (even if he didn't get back his 29 year old body and still looks like a 7 year old) he went back to his god's temple. After a nap, because yesterday was pretty exhausting, he had intended to head back out but he definitely saw something move just then.

So he opens one of the windows and looks around, up and down and soon spots her.

There was definitely no window there moments ago, when you were looking from the outside. But it's still there now. The windows and doors work in mysterious ways at The Morrigans' temple. ]

Uh... You could knock on the front door, you know. The sound echoes more than you'd think so someone's bound to notice eventually.

[ Since D2 has his memories of his time as a shinki back he feels a lot more comfortable than he did yesterday. So he has no problem going to the Near Shore despite still looking like a 7 year old. On the other hand, the living people who have noticed him thinks that he shouldn't be running around alone without an adult, so once he realizes that those two over there are shinki, he walks up to them. ]

Hey, can I come with you? Apparently I'm not supposed to be alone because I'm apparently a child. I just look like one today though.

[ As the day went on it's not that weird that it's tiresome for a 7 year old. Carl was convinced he was kidnapped and thus he ran away from the castle he woke up in, with no memories of anything, which doesn't help at all.

So it's during the quest of finding a place where there are no people, or at least no adults, that he comes across the school. He was just going to have a look around to see if it was perhaps empty, but then he feels the smell of food which draws him toward it.

But he stops at the door to the kitchen, peering around the corner and warily watching the stranger inside. Why he doesn't just run he doesn't know, but he blames the food. The sound of his stomach startles him so much he accidentally knocks his head into the side of the doorframe, and he hisses with tears forming at the corner of his eyes as he rubs at the spot. ]

[ See, this guy here has a feeling kids usually runs away from him, not up to him. He doesn't know why but it's just a feeling that he has. It might have something to do with his complete lack of social skills and the sword he's carrying and...stuff, he doesn't know.

But now the 16 year old is faced with a little kid who's definitely not scared of him, and above anything else, he's confused. ]

Uh... Why?

[ Kairi has probably realized that this 7 year old kid with no memories of anything besides his name is D2. He doesn't know the name D2, he's still only Carl, and he's a bit different. Wary of adults, flinching when he's unexpectedly touched, not as out-spoken as he is as an adult.

Once he's sure she's not actually scary though, he's pretty cheerful again, and though he was careful about asking if he could come along to this Near Shore, he was happy to be told that he could.

Actually he's pretty excited, if she's not careful he might run off. ]

Hey, what are we looking for anyway? Did you say that before? Sorry I forgot, did you? Everything's so big here, it's amazing!

[Shun still looks kind of skeptical, but he nods a little with how seriously Fubuki is treating the whole thing.]

If you say so, I guess. [It's enough of a reassurance, probably.

Even as Shun hangs back a little and Fubuki turns and walks away to feed the birds, he can feel a weird kind of panic in him. Weird if only because he doesn't feel afraid himself - even if he's staying as out of sight as he can near the door, his expression on seeing the vultures is one of wide-eyed curiosity and excitement rather than any manner of fear.

Fubuki looks kind of freaked out by the time he gets back, though, and Shun looks over him a bit concernedly as he straightens up and holds his hand up like that.] What?

Edited 2017-05-26 01:37 (UTC)

[That wasn't what Shun was intending, and he waves a hand a bit like he's trying to wave away the panic.]

No, I mean...you said you both ran out and got separated. What if he was so spooked he couldn't find his way back to you, so he tried to find somewhere to wait for you instead?

So what kind of stuff do you think would be amazing to have as a talent? [It's one part curiosity and one part the child Shun's attempt to take her mind off the worries about being a laughingstock.]

No, I mean finding all the people so we can put them in there.

[Space problem might be solved, but the people-gathering one still isn't.]

[Okay, that's...very different, and Shun looks a little confused by it himself.]

Weird. Everyone's called me either Kurosaki or Shun, so that's just a question of how familiar they are with me even if I don't remember them, not getting anything wrong.

Um...I was doing third-grade kanji homework the night before I woke up here. And I think I had some English stuff to do too. I'm better at maths, though. [He's not bad at languages, they just don't come to him as easily. He's having a bit more trouble remembering what he was specifically studying in that, though.]

You'd do all those things here, right?

Nothing? [That is really annoying, honestly. What the heck is going on?!]

Well, whatever. If you don’t, you don’t. I’ll take you back to where you woke up, because that’s probably the safest place to wait out whatever-this-is. Not that it’s dangerous around here. But that place you woke up is where you’re living now. And Hajime-sama lives with you. She’s taking care of you.

[… He’s so not going to try explaining everything to Yuto when he’s like this. If this doesn’t go back in a day or two like the effects of the fruit did, then he’ll worry about it.]

[Continued here]

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Uh- [He looks between him and the pamphlet blankly.] You were at the training?! [Didn’t that happen before this whole age thing? Did Hakkai come back then? Whaaat...?

But okay, he can’t argue that logic about how he knows he’s a god.]

Age doesn’t really matter here. I never thought about it. Um… he looked… I dunno, maybe mid-twentys or something?

[And then something occurs to him that had been staring him in the face this whole time, literally. Yukine abruptly leans in very close to the guy’s face to get a close look at his right eye.]

Hold on-- … If you’re Hakkai-san, you’re for sure younger than him. Nothin’s happened to your eye yet. [Something like that glass eye would be impossible to fix back to being a natural eye. (Although, admittedly, Yukine’s definition of ‘impossible’ is getting weaker by the day.)]

[ This isn't the first time that Butch has found a kid rummaging through his temple, though last time it was for food and not clothes. Unfortunately the only people who live here are (usually) adults, even if the god has temporarily shrunk to have the body of a 13 year old.

Said god, actually 43 years old and still so mentally, is surprised to find clothes on the floor after he came to get a change of them to head out for the day. Thanks to his smaller size it was harder work and he was knocked over into the mud by an over-excited horse when he let it out, so he needs a change. ]

Uh.... Lookin' for anythin' in particulars, son?

Oh, you know Goten. Heh, I hope he adjusts quickly, before he breaks more tables today too.

… Not feeling pain usually doesn’t mean you aren’t still getting hurt though. You’re really okay no matter what? That’s nice of you to be so worried about the people around you, too. Heh, you sound like some sorta superhero.

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