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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[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."

[what_the_shock]

"Your what?" Miguel squinted at him. "Is this some sort of joke?"

[battlewithstyle]

"It is hardly a joke," Mitsutada said. "You are..." he looked around at the other folks gathered and made a guess. "Miguel, yes? You've been made younger and apparently forgotten all about me. So you've forgotten how I'm a much better cook, for one."

He plated Miguel's breakfast and held it out for him.

[what_the_shock]

Miguel took the plate automatically, still a little suspicious. "Better than who? My ma is a great cook, and the Academy's not bad. And why would I be 'made younger' and forget people? How?"

[battlewithstyle]

"Magic?" Mitsutada offered with a shrug.

I mean, there wasn't really an explanation.

[what_the_shock]

"Magic?" Miguel repeated, skeptical. "Magic's just science we don't understand yet."

[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."

[what_the_shock]

"Huh?" Miguel looked at him like he was losing it. "What do you mean 'before'?"

[firstofitskind]

"Two days ago?" Liam tried. "You introduced yourself to me then."

[what_the_shock]

"Two days ago I was at the Academy," Miguel said, eyeing the boy. "I don't remember seeing you there."

[firstofitskind]

"We were here, and you told me your name was Miguel, and asked if I went to the school," Liam said.

[what_the_shock]

"This is the first time I've been here," Miguel insisted. His name was no biggie, the other guy had known that. "And what school?"

[firstofitskind]

Okay, Miguel, whatever you said. Liam wasn't going to press the issue. "It looks like a big castle, up on the hill." It was pretty hard to miss.

[what_the_shock]

"Castle?" Miguel went to look out the window. "Huh."