Child Event and Blackout Log

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Who: Anyone
Where: Around the city and in the apartments
When: November 15-18
Summary: Little kids everywhere!  Also the power grid is on the fritz.
Warnings: Hopefully none!

With the network and the city's electricity once again malfunctioning, the power to most of the city has either been knocked out or is malfunctioning.  And since inconvenient things rarely happen in a vacuum in Hinoto-Ri, a portion of the city has also been affected by some strange new curse, reverting to childlike forms.  Business in and around the city has ground to a standstill due to the power problems, and without functioning heat in the apartments, extra blankets and huddling together for warmth are the order of the day.  It's still possible to go outside as the government hasn't imposed any additional curfews, and the demons during the 13th Hour are as active as ever, but some people may just want to ride this out until everything is back to normal.

((OOC: Feel free to make your own top-level comments either mingling in your apartments or out and about in town.  The child event effects are in full swing, and taking place concurrent with the blackout from November 15th through the 18th.  Please label your posts with your character's name and location.  We apologize for the slight lateness of this log!))

Comments

[terminally_clever]

[Fumi's been hit with the bitty curse too, and is currently sitting at a table at an outdoor cafe quietly reading a book on advanced mathematical theory. She's wearing a pretty standard Japanese school uniform, as well as thick glasses with big ugly red frames that look terrible with her pale complexion and dark hair, and she's doing her best to ignore Minako completely.]

[terminally_clever]

A book.

[Fumi tries to turn away from Minako.]

[terminally_clever]

Advanced calculus.

Dorms

[boxingemperor]

No stress, no stress. He's managed to use the restroom, he'll just go back to bed and hopefully wake up his normal size. Yes. This is a good plan. He peers around the corner of the doorway, and walks right into the hallway to a frustrated Minako.

"Ahhh!" Akihiko stumbles and lands on his knees.

[boxingemperor]

After running the back of his arm over his eyes, Akihiko slowly climbs up. Were he supposed to be tiny, he'd probably sit there and just let it out, but he's trying really hard to maintain his composure. He's not supposed to be like this, is he? There's got to be a logical explanation for this, but...

He snuffles loudly, adjusting his shirt (which looks more like a gown at the moment). "No..."

[boxingemperor]

"Blue hair? No..." He steps closer to her. She seems familiar, but he can't quite put his finger on who she resembles. "You're the first person I saw since I woke up."

[beatsup]

"Well, you're the first person I saw, too!"

... "Were we kidnapped?" Sure, she's heard stories about naughty kids getting taken away, but she never believed them!

City

[asitshouldbe]

Keeping a six-year-old kid inside the dorms where it's safe shouldn't be as hard as it's turning out to be. He doesn't know quite how she got out, past him and Aki, but she had. To his horror. She's going to kill him one of these days.

So, being a responsible adult in everything but appearance,he goes out to look for her, striking a very intimidating figure at a towering four foot three in baggy clothes and shoes, since nothing fits him decent anymore, and belts and rolling up pant leg hems will only do so much. The jacket she bought him last year is helping stave off the cold, but isn't helping much with his look either.

He doesn't even know where to begin to look, but he stays inside the city until he spots a shock of red hair that fits the girl he ran into this morning.

He has a feeling—a gut instinct really—that she might run if he tries to stop her now. So he tries to approach as... stealthily as possible before getting close enough to try to grab her arm.

"Hey!"

...His voice also doesn't sound quite right either. Shit.

[beatsup]

Minako isn't doing much better on the clothing front. Baggy sweaters work fine as a dress, and knee-socks become stockings, but her shoes and jacket are way too big. At least she's responsible enough to at least try to bundle up before she disappeared out the door.

When she feels someone grab her arm, though, she does what any respectable six-year-old girl accosted by a stranger would do... shriek, and turn to bop her attacker in the nose.

[asitshouldbe]

"Shit!"

Thankfully for her, his face is completely within arm's reach, and he feels the hit connect with a harsh, sudden flash of pain. He stumbles back a bit but keeps his hold on her arm as he tries to maintain balance. The most appropriate thing to do at this point would be to... cry, probably. But he's felt worse and has a bit more emotional maturity to him his Sanada counterpart is lacking for, at the moment. And if the gods blessed him with anything, it's a high pain tolerance. Though he's not enjoying the looks he's getting.

Still, it hurts enough the fading pain is making his eyes sting.

It takes a moment for his head to clear, but he tries to keep his position steady, like he wants to suddenly grow roots into the sidewalk.

"I thought I said not to leave!"

[beatsup]

She kind of feels bad for hitting him, in the way she kind of feels bad whenever she hits Minato. But it's still only "kind of."

She puts her tiny arms on her hips and stares him down.

"I don't have to listen to you. I don't know you."

[asitshouldbe]

If there's anyone he empathizes with right now, it's Minato.

"Do you even know where you are?"

[beatsup]

"No..." ........ "But I'll find out! If I'm lost, Minato's even more lost and I need to find him now."

This is incredibly logical okay.

City

[electricyousei]

Ruri hasn't really been paying attention to the festivals, or much really. She has her floating holoscreen in front of her which she's paying far more attention to than people as she walks down the street. She's managed not to bump into anyone and hasn't hit any red lights soon but as she passes Minako she stops and looks back.

"Have you lost your mother?"

She looks around a bit, "Hrm, I wasn't headed to this area either. I guess we both may be lost."

[electricyousei]

"Oh, its a schematic of the city's data system including points of interest and access areas. That and its a cartoon there, and a video game there."

She points at the three various sectors.

[electricyousei]

She blinks and shrugs a bit, "I grew up with it but yes. I can do all that at the same time. Though I should really put a city map in all this."