29 Chimera Court, Wednesday Morning

[firstofitskind]

When Liam had gone to sleep the night before, he'd been a child. He knew, on some level, that something had gone wrong, because his instructions from his father when he'd been born hadn't involved spending any time as a child, and yet there he was. He hadn't been overly concerned about it, in any case.

Still, when he woke up this morning and noticed that he seemed to be taller, his limbs longer... well. It was a relief.

Until he looked in the mirror and saw a face staring back at him that still seemed kind of childlike. Older, yes, but too young to infiltrate Companion Services and fulfill his destiny. That was... troubling. Perhaps human DNA interacted oddly with Kimera DNA? Liam had no idea, and it wasn't as if there was anyone around he could ask.

He figured he ought to just make the best of it, starting with finding some breakfast.

[ooc: open for housemates or anyone else! i'm off to work until afternoon so pings from me will be sloooow for a bit.]

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[battlewithstyle]

Mitsutada happened to be making tamagoyaki in the kitchen that morning, not having had his fill of it yesterday at Luke's.

He was, however, a little confused to spot a teenager in the house.

"Are you someone's brother?" he asked.

[firstofitskind]

Liam considered the question. None of his parents had ever had any children besides him, so he wasn’t sure why this person was asking. “No,” he said finally, without any elaboration.

[battlewithstyle]

Mitsutada blinked at him a few times.

"Did you just wander in here off the street?" he asked, before quickly turning his immediate attention back to the egg he was cooking. Didn't want to burn it, after all.

[firstofitskind]

“No,” Liam said again. “I came from upstairs.”

[raspberryturk]

Yeah, Reno was more or less comfortable with both the island and the household by now. Which was maybe why his first reaction when he stepped into the kitchen today was to blink, to squint, and then to immediately start snickering.

"I love Fandom."

He doubted it was only Officer Roommate, here, after all. Oh, this was great.

[firstofitskind]

Liam wasn’t sure what had prompted the snickering no Reno’s part. So, naturally, he had to ask.

“Why?”

[raspberryturk]

"Because every mornin's a treat, yo," Reno drawled, clearly pleased with everything going on here. "Liam, right?"

He didn't look much like a Magnus or a Miguel.

[firstofitskind]

“Yes,” he nodded. “Who else would I be?”

[what_the_shock]

Miguel followed his nose down to the kitchen when he woke up.

"Where the shock is this?" His stomach rumbled. "Is that an omelette?"

[battlewithstyle]

"It's an omelette," Mitsutada confirmed, finishing up one of the tamagoyaki and putting it onto a plate. "It can be yours. Would you want it with rice?"

This island was weird. But then, it was just like cooking for tantou back at the Citadel.

[what_the_shock]

"Sure," Miguel said. "But where is this? Why am I here?"

[battlewithstyle]

"That's entirely too much existentialism before breakfast," Mitsutada said. "But given the group that has gathered, apparently you're my roommate who has regressed to a younger age. So the why is to enjoy the vitality of youth while you have it, I suppose."

[firstofitskind]

Liam probably should have considered it odd that the boy he'd met just the other day was still close to him in apparent age, but... for some reason, that didn't seem to occur to him.

"You don't remember?" he asked, instead. Because that certainly did seem strange.

[what_the_shock]

"Should I?" Miguel asked. "I just woke up here."

[firstofitskind]

"That's what you said before, too," Liam pointed out. Because from his perspective, it had been all of two days ago. "We live here."

[magnusrushesin]

"I'm ready for another great day of school!" Look, literally nothing could keep Magnus down. Also, this was the second time he'd mysteriously ended up a teenager while at a boarding school.

If any of you motherfuckers had a skateboard, he was gonna punch you for being the bad guy.

[what_the_shock]

Miguel looked over at him. "What do you study?" He didn't recognize him.

[magnusrushesin]

"School... stuff? That's a weird ass question," Magnus said. "I mean. It's not like we're in fantasy college or anything."

Good to know that part Magnus was the same.

[what_the_shock]

"I don't know what fantasy you're in; I'm at the Academy," Miguel pointed out a little proudly. "Genetics, engineering, and ancient computer systems."

[battlewithstyle]

Mitsutada was starting to feel overrun with children. Yes, he was including Reno in the children category.

But really, it was just like life at the Citadel.

"Do you want breakfast? I'm cooking eggs," he offered, helpfully. "I can do a bit of fish if you like, too."

[magnusrushesin]

"You're not my real dad!" Magnus immediately replied. "I mean. Yeah, eggs sound good."

[battlewithstyle]

Yes yes, and elvish isn't dorky. It was okay, Magnus.

"I am nobody's dad," Mitsutada said, even though he was 100% one of the two Citadel dads. He was just not anyone's biological dad. "I'm just here to make sure you all don't eat sugar smacks and burnt toast."

He plated a tamagoyaki omelette next to some rice and held it out for Magnus. "Growing boys and all that."

[firstofitskind]

"That's... good?" Liam tried. Was he he expected to go to school? He hoped not, personally.

[magnusrushesin]

"Super good! We gotta there and then regret being there because it's school, amiright?"

[firstofitskind]

"I wouldn't know," Liam admitted. "I've never been to school."