The Magic of Time

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[There's a girl on the network who looks about ready to cry. Which is... familiar, if you know Hibiki. But at the same time, she looks too old to be the girl in the green cloak everybody is so used to...

Well, unless you were around for the aging event, at least.]

I-it happened again. I got turned into a teenager again...

What should I do? I can't move like this... Last time, I kept falling, and I never figured it out-!

[Wah.]

Umm... W-would somebody be able to tell the people at the hospital that I can't come today? I don't think I can help out very much like this...

Rutherford-san, I don't mind cooking a meal today, but I don't think I can deliver it. B-but I'll try to see if somebody else can bring it instead-! [Because she would feel bad if she didn't at least try.]

[Action; Sigyn kitchen]

[After some effort, she's finally made it down to the kitchen, still miraculously in one piece. There's a bit of a red bump on her head, and some minor scuffs on her knees, which might explain why she's seated at the table for the moment. She did manage to brew up some tea at least, which she is enjoying, but judging by the soaked towels on the floor and a suspicious bandage pad stuck to her hand, it took quite a bit more effort than usual.

But all of that aside, she does look up when she hears somebody coming, and even manages a weak smile.]

Umm... Hello.

((OOC: Hibiki has been hit by an age-up curse, making her about fifteen or sixteen years old. ...She's not much taller really, but it's still enough to make it difficult to judge distances.))

Comments

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Ah... then it's not a city-wide curse?

[She sighs... but it's really out of relief more than anything else.]

Good. Then the others won't have to deal with it, too. [Priorities!]

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[holmes_fanatic]

Pretty sure it's not city-wide!

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I'm glad! It's really weird, getting changed like this.

Hopefully it doesn't last too long though... I don't want to skip work too much just because I'm clumsy.

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[holmes_fanatic]

It is, isn't it?

Ne ... did you find someone to deliver Rutherford-san's meal?

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Not yet... I was thinking of asking some friends to see if anybody wasn't busy...

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[holmes_fanatic]

I'm not busy.

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[!]

Really? Then... You wouldn't mind taking it to him? Since I can't go anywhere, I can probably prepare it now so you don't have to wait too long.

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[holmes_fanatic]

I don't mind! Hibiki-chan -- ah, should it be Hibiki-neechan for now? -- does so much for me!

Ne ... does Rutherford-san take his meals at the theatre?

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[...Wow that honorific sounds kind of weird, but she'll go along with it because it... is more appropriate in this kind of situation, huh?]

I usually just bring it to the Freyr Welcome Hall. Sometimes he has to work late though, so I just leave it with instructions for how to warm it up.

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[holmes_fanatic]

That's easy too! I can manage that no problem!

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Okay then! I'll start getting things ready now. Should I just call you later when it's all done?

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[holmes_fanatic]

Sounds good to me! Until then, Hibiki-chan!

[video] some time later...

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It's all ready, so you can come by whenever it is convenient!

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[holmes_fanatic]

On my way!

Ne, was it very hard for Hibiki-chan to cook in her new body?

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Kind of... but I had help!

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[holmes_fanatic]

Ah, I'm glad! Who was it?

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Hisao-san came down to the kitchen and offered to help me with cooking today!

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[holmes_fanatic]

I'm glad that Hibiki-neechan has such good friends!

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I'm glad, too... I'm not sure what I would have done without everybody.

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[holmes_fanatic]

Ne ... Hibiki-neechan mentioned this had happened before?

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Yes... I think it was during the summer? Hisao-san got turned much older, even more than I did. But others like Aika-san got turned younger.

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[holmes_fanatic]

That was when a lot of people changed, right?

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[saving_sound]

Uh-huh, that's right.

Come to think of it... Did that event affect you too, Edogawa-kun?

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[holmes_fanatic]

I guess I got overlooked!

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That's what happened to Hanako-san, too... You must have been very lucky, then!