ten_fwd | Rewind to the S // He's been old before.... // OTA

[Corridors and Philip's room]

Sure, he's been old before, but that was in his beloved Fuuto. Being less than half his original age in a place like this was distinctly more alarming. And so ran a decidedly smaller hard-boiled detective (perhaps more like a quail egg right now) through the corridors. "This is bad! What the hell?!" He was making his way to Philip's room through the guest quarters' hallway. At the fastest speed his little legs could take him, and likely not looking too close at where he was going.

When he got to his partner's door, he reached up to jam on the doorbell and he beat relentlessly on the door itself. He didn't really care if he disturbed Philip's roommate. "Oi! Philip! Open up! This is important!"

[In Ten Forward, contagious as hell]

There was something wrong with his coffee. It tasted awful. Somehow with his tiny kid-sized body went his adult taste buds. But at least he was still dressed the part. So he searched through the Enterprise databases for something sweeter. What the hell was a Frappuccino? Some coffee shop weirdness. Like some kind of coffee milkshake. That'll do. Mocha frappuccino with extra whip creme and chocolate shavings on top. Nevermind this was far from hard-boiled, but it was super tasty. That was all that mattered.

And the caffeine and sugar buzz later was just a bonus.

Threaded | Flat

Philip was still working on Cyclone, trying to fix the damage that Shotaro had inflicted on it a while back. Could he really not get a moment's peace here?

He sighed and went over to the door. When he opened it, he stared down at the little boy who was standing there. "...you are?"

Yuna was still getting used to being a kid. It was hard to tell who people were as adults when they were suddenly 12 but she was having fun guessing. Her eyes were still mismatched so she has that disadvantaged when it came to identification.

"What's that?!" Her eyes were wide staring up at the sugary caffeinated treat he ordered. Yuna had a new appreciation for brownies since turning younger but there were apparently more sugar treats that she could try and she was always the curious sort.

Kaylin saw the child running as she turned the corner, and reacted as she always did when a kid was running towards her. She dropped to one knee, and unless he stopped short, or dodged her... she would scoop him up under the arms and spin him around.

If he'd seen her around, and he might have, he'd have seen a woman with a foul mouth, stern eyes, and hard expressions. The way her face looked as soon as she saw him, however.... her face broke into a bright open smile, innocent as any 4 year old's. It was a true smile filled with open love.

She loved children, loved their innocence, loved the sound of their happy laughter, the sight of their small smiles. Loved when she could see them having everything she lacked as a child.

Okay, so he was a bit bigger than the kids she usually tried to scoop up... but she hadn't seen a kid on so long, and even though he probably was just a little shorter than her, she had muscle. She knew she could lift him. And she'd never drop a child. Ever.

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