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The Bitty Meme



Time to re-explore that childhood (or get one for the first time). Rules are as simple as usual!




૪ Post up your character -- name and canon.

૪ When replying to someone's post, go and RNG for option one, and see just how conscious you'll be of the trouble you're in.

૪ You can hit it up further for options 1-11 of wat do, and then, let it rip!

૪ Cue crack, hilarity, fluff, angst- a full spectrum of genres.

૪ ????

૪ PROFIT!



You're Just An:


1. Adult mind in the wrong body - looks like you really shouldn't have drank that potion, after all! Better hope nobody sees you like this, and that the effects aren't permanent...



2. Adorable bitty all rounder - Maybe it was an accident, maybe not. But your size is your age, with all the mental attributes that come with it.





Okay, So Wat Do?:



1. Back to school! First day back, middle of term with a small bullying problem? Time for your bitty to get some edumacation. Play with some friends or get the teacher involved! If your adult instincts are still all there, maybe you could play yourself up as a child genius; who knows? Someone might catch you out...



2. It's adventure time!~ Them kids have all the imagination. Quickly! Your damsel in distress needs rescuing from the dragon! It's time to kiss the bride! Play time has no rules, and neither does this prompt- except for curfew. Mother dearest always said to be back before dark.



3. Gots a boo boo! Oh dear, looks like someone's gone and skinned their knee. This requires a serious operation of silly jokes and coddling, before those tears start to fall and never seem to stop.



4. I think I love you! Young love is just so beautiful. Maybe you're pulling pigtails, so to speak. Maybe you have a crush on your teacher, and you just HAVE to get it out there. The clearest sign of love is always a note, however- just make sure to make that 'yes' box really big, so they know exactly where to tick.



5. They went away. We all lose loved ones, sometimes. Maybe the rents have just split, maybe your best friend is moving away. Maybe the only reply that can really be given is that "they're in heaven now, sweetheart". Whatever the reason, they're just not there, and you want to know why.



6. Off to the circus! Or the theme park. Or the aquarium. It's babies day out, with all the crack, fluff, and panic inducing moments implied. Pet a lion! Go on the Ferris wheel! Just try not to lose your adult companion, or things could become dicey.



7. You're in big doo-doo, mister. You missed curfew by ten minutes. Your Sunday best is covered in mud and god knows what else, and you let rip that new swear word you picked up from that friend you're not allowed to play with. You bet your ass you'll be in the naughty corner for weeks.



8. Big ball of FUBAR. You went and got yourself lost, at no fault of your own. The big kids pushed you down the well, and left you there. All you know is you're in a huge amount of trouble, and a little kindness is going to have to go a long way to get you safe.



9. Go the fuck to sleep. Dreamland is good, trust me. No really- don't get out of bed, you're fine right. There. Its time for bed, or to prepare for it! Bath time doesn't mean run down the halls naked, but if you catch a quick break, I'm sure you can achieve great things.



10. Time to shine! This is your big moment, right here. That dance recital you've been working hard on, the Christmas play, and you're the tree. This is a big point in your life, a time where you can show off your skills and make history! This is it. You're making it happen.



11. Choose your own adventure! Re-roll, or get out another idea that appeals to you.

Comments

[disenfranchised]

[ watching his dad cry like that is pretty unnerving too, actually. DEFINITELY NOT BECAUSE IT REMINDS HIM OF HIMSELF AT HIS AGE, NO... because he and byakuya are nothing alike. at all. of course. ]

I mean it. You gotta shut up, or I'll just lock you outside. [ he nods at the door. ] Just follow me.

[ quietly, he opens the door and peers into the hallway. okay, coast is clear! ]

[didnteventry]

[The thread is enough to silence him further, and he sticks close behind Shinji. It's not that he trusts him, it's just that there's no other option but to get stuck outside or sit in this dusty old version of his uncle's study.]

[disenfranchised]

[ there were a lot of reasons that shinji wanted to avoid kariya in this situation. for one, there was the chance that this could get blamed on him. two, kariya was such a freak about kids that he might decide he likes byakuya better this way and will want to keep him, and three: because shinji hates talking to kariya. plain and simple.

he treads lightly on worn down wooden floorboards, glancing over his shoulder in an almost paranoid manner every so often. in a minute or two they reach another room, which shinji shoos byakuya into as quickly as possible, whispering. ]

Hurry up!

[ it was the matou library. if there was a way to know what sort of magic did this, it would probably be in here. ]

[didnteventry]

[The library is a big room. It was stuffy and smelled of paper in his memory and it's really no different now. The lack of change is comforting, and he hurries along as instructed, eye wide and staring at the shelves in search of something that will make this all less terrifying.]

[disenfranchised]

[ if anything, the matou/makiri library was the only thing aside from the worms storage that never changed within the house. having spent a lot of his childhood secretly skulking around in here while kariya was out, shinji knows his way around fairly well. he starts taking books off shelves, handing one to byakuya. ]

Here, make yourself useful.

[ was there such a thing as time altering? replacement? it sounded science fiction-y, but even the weirdest, most unimaginable things seemed to happen around fuyuki on a regular basis, so. ]

[didnteventry]

How?

[He thumbs through the book clumsily, not sure what he's looking for. He knows he can't do magic, so he's never really bothered to read the books in here. He's not sure what he's even supposed to look for, or what any of the big words mean.]

[disenfranchised]

[ shinji grumbles. ]

Uhh, look for types of magic that can cause age alteration.

[ it was a start. ]

If we can figure out what type of magic it is, we can figure out who did it.

[didnteventry]

Aren't there any grownups to ask...?

[disenfranchised]

I'm thirteen! I am a grownup.

[didnteventry]

Are not! That's only middle school.

[disenfranchised]

Well, the only person older than me here isn't someone we want to talk to.

[didnteventry]

Why not?

[disenfranchised]

Tch. If I tell you, you'll probably cry again.

[didnteventry]

I will not!

[This is probably a lie.]

1/2

[disenfranchised]

Alright, but I swear, if you act like a crybaby again... [ SIGH. ]

[disenfranchised]

The other adult?

It's Kariya.

[didnteventry]

[His reaction is less tears and more blank-faced refusal to compute. It doesn't make sense and he's not old enough to do the logic loops to make it fit.]

...Kariya is a baby.

[disenfranchised]

When you're eight, he might be a baby.
But there's been some sort of freak accident.

You're in the wrong place.
Kind of.

[didnteventry]

Just kind of...?

[less looking through this book and more hugging it atm]

[disenfranchised]

You were right about this being your house.
It's just the wrong year.

You should be like, thirty or something, I dunno.

[didnteventry]

[no that's too much to process

just

looking intensely lost and terrified, and weakly trying to respond to the indirect problem instead of the real one:]

T-that's old...

[disenfranchised]

... Also, you're my dad.
Sort of, I guess. You're kind of a shitty father, actually.

[didnteventry]

Nuh-uh! When I grow up I'm not going to be a dad at all.

[disenfranchised]

Haah. That's what you think.
You might as well be a housewife.

But you're shitty at that, too.

[didnteventry]

Yeah, well you're mean!

[And also, you are receiving a kick to the shin.]