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[godsoffortune]

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

Continuing from HERE!

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[inatimepast]

[ There’s something about his smile... ]

I guess so... So you’re going to wait too, uncle?

[ Because it’s sort of as if he’s saying that thing about not being drastic more for his own sake. ]

[reformedsinner]

[He is not anywhere near old enough to be your uncle, Carl -- Gonou sputters briefly, then rubs the back of his neck with a rueful expression.]

I'm missing someone. I'll look for her, but if I can't find her --

[He hates that idea. He hates it a lot, but he has to face the possibility.]

Then I'll wait a few days too, yes.

[inatimepast]

[ You call people who are a lot older than you either auntie or uncle, there’s nothing weird about that. So Carl looks at his rueful expression with confusion. ]

Have you put up a missing person flyer?

[reformedsinner]

I think I might be the one who's lost, and not her.

...But a flyer isn't a bad idea.

[If dangerous, when he doesn't know where she might be or what might have happened. Still, maybe it'll reach more people than he's managed to contact on his own...

Firmly, he adds:]

Yes, I'll do that if I can't find her today.

[inatimepast]

But you can’t put up a flyer about yourself, right?

[ He thinks while he eats a bit more. ]

Or maybe you could put one up with you asking if anyone is looking for you.

[reformedsinner]

"Gonou, looking for Kanan -- I'll be waiting at the school...."

Yes, that should work. [He offers a thin little laugh, uncertain, and glances away.]

If she's here, she should know where I am. But she might have forgotten, too.

[Like Carl. Like most of the children he's encountered today.

... Like himself, in fact. His smile is as shaky as the laugh.]

[inatimepast]

[ Do adults need head-pats sometimes, too? He sort of looks like it. But Carl isn’t brave or impolite enough to do that. ]

Does people know that this is a school?

[ So this is a school. ]

[reformedsinner]

[Sometimes they do, and seventeen isn't as close to 'adult' as Gonou would like to pretend it is: but he's pulling himself together regardless. He's talking to a kid. He's not going to unload his real worries.]

Yes, I think so. At least most people seem to.

[inatimepast]

[ It’s adult to a child, anyway. And Carl isn’t a wild child, unlike a lot of the other children. He can follow serious topics. ]

Then that’s good, even if she doesn’t know, she can get directions.

[reformedsinner]

Yes, exactly.

[He smiles briskly.]

Speaking of which -- have you met anyone who knows you here yet, Carl? Do you have someplace to stay?

[inatimepast]

[ He blinks up at him and his chewing turns slower. He shakes head as he swallows. ]

No, but I’ll manage.

[reformedsinner]

Hmm. Well.

I've been making extra food, so if you need a meal, feel free to drop by.

[He'd offer a place to stay, but there's not that much room in the school, and he's not certain the delinquent occupation of the second floor won't cause trouble. Better to not bring too many others in, just in case.]

[inatimepast]

Um.. Thank you. You...make good food.

[ And he seems nice, so he might come by again. ]

[reformedsinner]

I try!

[Gonou's laughter is half-stifled, as if he's a little embarrassed: but the awkward compliment is funny.]

-- Anyway, keep it in mind.

[inatimepast]

[ Glad to be of entertainment to you...? ]

Okay... I will do that.