AGE PLOT SHENANIGANS

[microbrobotics]

WHO: Everyone and anyone!
WHERE: De Chima, various
WHEN: Around 6 PM EST, March 25th
WHAT: Age plot kickoff!
WARNINGS: Cuteness.

[ LET'S GET THIS PARTY OFFICIALLY STARTED! Opening events so we don't do too much comm flooding (although people are welcome to make their own posts for the event). You're welcome to toplevel with your character if you'd like to have them show up somewhere else for this plot.

Current toplevels:
Spring Festival in a De Chima city park
De Chima #1
De Chima #1, later (Minato)

The age plot will run from March 25th through Sunday, March 29th. More deets available at the plotting post. ]

Comments

[sassguard]

[ Wow, he's easy to rile up, isn't he? Shepard grins, deciding that trying to get the engine kickstarted isn't nearly as interest as picking on this kid, even if his mother probably would have kicked his ass for it back home. ]

You heard me, shorty.

[truth_unseen]

I'm not short! Come over here off that thing and I'll cut off your legs and stick 'em on your head!

[No, he won't. He's just reacting instinctively to being made fun of regarding his height. As always. All but flailing as he yells, much louder than one might expect from such a tiny kid.]

[sassguard]

Wow, you're really serious, aren't you? [ He's got a pretty impressive set of lungs for someone so tiny, and it's enough to make Shepard laugh and finally turn the ignition off, deciding if someone's gonna be this worked up over stupid insults, it's more fun than trying to get an oversized hover to work.

He hops off the bike and sidles closer, squinting at Ed dubiously. There's something familiar about him, but he just can't place it... ]

Where's your mom, anyway? Aren't you too small to be out on your own?

[truth_unseen]

My mum? She....she got sick. And I haven't found her here. But it's not like I'm alone. Winry's here too.

[Not that this really makes things better, depending on the point during this age mess he might meet Shepard, given Winry starts as about the same age, just recalling more than him before she is the first to regain her usual age physically as well as mentally.]

[sassguard]

[ Shepard exhales, then frowns. Winry, Winry -- that name should ring a bell, but he can't quite grasp it right now. Anyway, he's more wondering about why the kid seems so familiar. ]

Sorry about your mom. [ He pauses. ] But why aren't you with Winry, then? Shouldn't you stick together?

[ Says the kid who wandered away from his roommate... ]

[braided_icarus]

Yeah. We had no idea until Al and I came home and found her on the floor, collapsed. The doctor said she'd probably been sick for a while, just not that bad.

[It's still so, so raw for him at this age, so soon after. Months. But Trisha isn't the important thing here. Ed gives a small pout, a slight frown.]

You make it sound like she's my babysitter or something. She's just a friend. I know where home is. She didn't say I couldn't go out if I wanted to.