destinystrings | Child Event and Blackout Log

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!))

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There is a long pause.

"...oh."

She fidgets a little, tugging at one of her ribbons.

"...sorry, I thought you lived on the streets like me. Shouldn'ta said stuff like that to you."

"You live on the streets? Are you an orphan?"

This girl is weird. Weird and kind of scary. He's still undecided if he should just bolt for it, and his indecision is probably clear on his face.

"Yeah. Sorry. I know you family kids don't like hearing 'bout that stuff."

"What do you mean by family kid?" He gets the idea, but it's just so weird. He has to ask to be sure.

"You have parents."

"So... Your dad's dead, too?"

"Yeah. An Ogretail got inta the ghetto, and Dad let himself get eaten so we could escape."

"So you hafta live by yourself?" That sounds... awful. As a kid who loves and relies heavily on his parents, he can't even imagine it.

"Course. Not like anyone's gonna take in a street kid outta th' goodness of their heart or nothin'."

"Aren't there supposed to be places for people like that though? You're an orphan, so you're s'posed to be at an orphanage, right?" That's what always happened in movies, after all.

"What's an orphanage?"

"It where orphans have to go 'cause they don't have parents."

"Never heard of somethin' like that."

"But there's always an orphanage in all the TV shows and movies and things!"

"Really? TV usually just has, like...news about God Eaters an' that weird Bugarally show and stuff."

"You mean you never got to watch a real movie, either?"

Clearly this girl has lived a deprived life. "Not even Godzilla or anything?"

"What's a Godzilla?"

Yes, tell her about monster movies. This cannot possibly backfire.

"There's this biiiiiiiig monster, and he stomps on the city and breaks all the buildings like roooooar!" He holds his hands up in a mock "monster" pose.

Sarah just stares.

"That's awful. What kind of sicko would even make a movie like that?"

"What's wrong with it? It's all pretend anyway." It wasn't as though there were real cities under attack at any point.

Sarah speaks slowly and very clearly.

"I told you before: I saw a monster eat my dad."

"Oh." He looks down, kicking at the ground a bit in his embarrassment. It just seems so... well, unreal. It's hard to exactly believe. "...Sorry."

"...whatever. I'm just gonna keep looking for Mom."

She suits actions to words and peers under a nearby bench.

"Um... D'you want me to help you?"

He feels bad, bringing that up. He'd just meant to explain how cool it was, but obviously it had the opposite effect.

Sarah pauses for a long moment before replying.

"...if y'want."

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