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Edward Elric (haganenomore) wrote in the_nexus_rpg,
@ 2012-05-31 00:59:00

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awesomestyle, haganenomore

If I Could Turn Back Time...

A white gas starts leaking out of various cracks in different areas of the Nexus. It stays at about ankle height and slowly drifts around.

Any who have the misfortune to walk through it, gets to have a lower and younger point of view than previously. Hopefully, the unfortunate victim can either find their own way home or have someone they know that's the proper age escort them.

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haganenomore
2012-05-31 05:02 am UTC (link)

Ed was walking through the Nexus, in the middle of running errands when he wandered through a wisp of gas without noticing.

He's very quickly replaced by a very confused seven-year-old that had absolutely no idea what just happened or where he was. "...Where am I?"

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	awesomestyle 2012-05-31 05:08 am UTC (link)
	Ed had been following his husband-in-law, having been trailing behind while he re-organized the bags in his arms. Hearing the younger voice he looks up, then eyes the fog creeping toward him and carefully steps around it. "You're in the Nexus right now, Ed. C'mere out of that mist, okay?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	haganenomore 2012-05-31 05:10 am UTC (link)
	Ed eyes him, unsure about Ed and not about to move on his say so. "Who are you?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	awesomestyle 2012-05-31 05:17 am UTC (link)
	"I'm...well, I'm you, in a way." Ed cracks a reassuring smile. "Yeah, I know how crazy that sounds, trust me." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	haganenomore 2012-05-31 05:20 am UTC (link)
	Ed gives him a suspicious look although he can't deny the resemblance and he moves closer to Ed and away from the mist. "Are you sure you're okay?" he asks. Meaning not a crazy person. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	awesomestyle 2012-05-31 05:25 am UTC (link)
	"No crazier than any Elric is." He grins and shifts the load in his arms again. "Think you can trust me enough to come with me for now? The Nexus is safe enough, but you can still get into plenty of trouble--and I mean the kind we don't like. Mom's where I'm heading too, and Al," he adds, making it sound like an afterthought. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	haganenomore 2012-05-31 05:26 am UTC (link)
	"Mom's here?" Ed perks and trots closer to Ed. "Where are we?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	awesomestyle 2012-05-31 05:31 am UTC (link)
	"Yup, sure is. We're in a place called the Nexus. It's sort of a cross-way between different worlds and times, both alternate versions of our world and one completely different from ours. It's pretty interesting, living here." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	haganenomore 2012-05-31 05:33 am UTC (link)
	"Oh. ...Is that why you're old?" Well, you are old to a seven-year-old. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	awesomestyle 2012-05-31 05:35 am UTC (link)
	"I'm only twenty-two!" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	haganenomore 2012-05-31 05:35 am UTC (link)
	Ed blinks. "That's old." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	awesomestyle 2012-05-31 05:37 am UTC (link)
	GRUMBLE. "And you were older before you got yourself all tiny again." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	haganenomore 2012-05-31 05:38 am UTC (link)
	If Ed was trying to cause a spazfit, it worked. "I'M NOT TINY!" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	awesomestyle 2012-05-31 05:39 am UTC (link)
	Eh, spazfit works! "You're tiny compared to me right now!" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	haganenomore 2012-05-31 05:41 am UTC (link)
	"WHO ARE YOU SAYING IS THE SIZE OF AN ANT AND THAT YOU WANT TO STEP ON HIM?!" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	awesomestyle 2012-05-31 05:49 am UTC (link)
	"Hey, I didn't say all that!" Ed chuckles a bit, then reaches over for a moment to pat his head. "You know, you insult yourself more than other people do you ranting like that." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	haganenomore 2012-05-31 05:51 am UTC (link)
	"Hey!" Ed flails at him before smoothing down his hair. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	awesomestyle 2012-05-31 05:54 am UTC (link)
	He chuckles again. "I didn't mess up your hair that much." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	haganenomore 2012-05-31 05:57 am UTC (link)
	"Hmph," Ed says, sulking. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	awesomestyle 2012-05-31 06:05 am UTC (link)
	"So you know, where we're going the Als there are closer to my age than yours," Ed adds. "Including your brother. I wasn't joking when I said you were older before." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	haganenomore 2012-05-31 06:06 am UTC (link)
	Ed looks at him, confused. "Why?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	awesomestyle 2012-05-31 06:14 am UTC (link)
	"It happens sometimes around here," Ed says with a shrug. "Not just people becoming younger for a while, but getting animal ears and tails or other weird stuff like that." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	haganenomore 2012-05-31 06:15 am UTC (link)
	"Are people using alchemy to do that?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	awesomestyle 2012-06-01 05:28 am UTC (link)
	"Nope, it's not alchemy. I...actually don't know what causes it, aside from 'Nexus bull--'...uh, 'Nexus weirdness'." Nice save there, Ed! (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	haganenomore 2012-06-01 05:29 am UTC (link)
	Ed eyes him, wondering what Ed was originally going to say. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	awesomestyle 2012-06-01 05:37 am UTC (link)
	"No, I'm not telling you. Mom will kill me if I do." What? He knows what he'd have been thinking at that age! (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	haganenomore 2012-06-01 05:38 am UTC (link)
	"Tell me!" Ed says insistently. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	awesomestyle 2012-06-01 05:43 am UTC (link)
	"No!" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	haganenomore 2012-06-01 05:43 am UTC (link)
	"I'll tell Mom what you almost said!" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	awesomestyle 2012-06-01 05:44 am UTC (link)
	"You don't even know what I almost said!" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	haganenomore 2012-06-01 05:45 am UTC (link)
	"I'll tell her the part you did say and let her figure out the rest!" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	awesomestyle 2012-06-01 05:55 am UTC (link)
	"ARGH! I'm not telling you what I was gonna say and that's final!" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	haganenomore 2012-06-01 05:58 am UTC (link)
	Ed goes quiet in a sulk for a few minutes, giving his alternate some blessed silence. Alas, it doesn't last for long and he starts pestering Ed with questions. "How big is this place?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	awesomestyle 2012-06-01 06:03 am UTC (link)
	"It's pretty big. I'm not sure what to compare it to for size, but the city part sprawls out a lot and there's lots of open areas with forests and grassy hills and stuff. What I've seen is at least three times the size of Central." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	haganenomore 2012-06-01 06:05 am UTC (link)
	"Oh," he says, not knowing how big Central is. He gets distracted by the window of a candy store and zips over to it. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	awesomestyle 2012-06-01 06:08 am UTC (link)
	...oh no. Ed sighs and wanders over with him, shifting the bags again to get a better grip. "C'mon, I gotta get this stuff home. We can come by here again and get you one or two things later, okay?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	haganenomore 2012-06-01 06:09 am UTC (link)
	Ed looks at him and turns on the pleading look. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	awesomestyle 2012-06-02 12:05 am UTC (link)
	Ed gives him a flat look. "No. You can have a few cookies or something when we get to the house, but no candy right now." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	haganenomore 2012-06-02 12:29 am UTC (link)
	Ed changes to puppy eyes. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	awesomestyle 2012-06-02 12:31 am UTC (link)
	"You can't do that nearly as well as Al can, so just give it up now. I said we could get you some later, didn't I?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	haganenomore 2012-06-02 12:36 am UTC (link)
	Ed pouts and starts walking down the sidewalk without him. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	awesomestyle 2012-06-02 12:41 am UTC (link)
	Ed rolls his eyes and goes along with him--at least he was walking in the right direction. "Are you gonna pout the whole way to the apartments?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	haganenomore 2012-06-02 12:45 am UTC (link)
	"Maybe," Ed says sulkily. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	awesomestyle 2012-06-02 12:54 am UTC (link)
	"Well, good thing we're not too far, then," he says, jerking his chin up ahead to indicate the buildings peeking over some of the rooftops. "You see the red brick buildings over there? That's where the apartments are." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	haganenomore 2012-06-02 04:24 am UTC (link)
	Ed speeds up when his alternate says that, leaving him behind. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	awesomestyle 2012-06-02 04:50 am UTC (link)
	"Wh--hey, wait up, damnit!" Ed gripes, speeding to a jog to keep up with him. (Reply to this) (Parent)