UN: Ollin [Text]

[unpocoloco]

Hola, everyone. I'm that one evening TA from Aube, for those who don't know.

I'm sure by now we've all noticed the little issue of extra little ones running around. Now obviously there's no good way to explain all of this, so I thought maybe we could all gather our stories here so we don't get our wires crossed. You know, share names and other details and stuff.

I also thought it might help if some of us could maybe use babysitters in given times. That way there's less of... pretty much all of us running around.

Also, remember that lots of these kids can probably figure out the internet so mind what you say.

I'll go first:

I'm "Señor R.", I'm looking after "Héctor (just Héctor) who also goes by Teto". He is "an entirely normal kid with no special abilities or anything so nothing to worry about there but he's a bit of trouble sometimes and may need wrangling" and I'm "not at all available during the day and could really use someone who is".

You all do the same but replace whatever's in quotations with the appropriate names and details. Then we can sort of reference back here as we go.

[OOC: Dated somewhere before Teto and Avery wind up in the infirmary probably but wibbly wobbly time.]

Comments

[nor_iron_bars]

[See, normally she'd be all for this, but it has been A Day.]

i'm gonna take a wild guess here and say it's your account. as in, "what the fuck is your account and why does it keep messing up our systems".

do you even go here?

[THEY DON'T EVEN GO HERE.]

[panpiping]

[they are the perfect example of they don't even go here.] LOL no way!! You can't trap me in there. But I don't know a lot about the account! My friend Poe got it for me!

[nor_iron_bars]

ok, cool. does poe go here?

[Is that a name she recognizes, besides the poet? Probably not...]

[panpiping]

Nope!

[nor_iron_bars]

so you just wanted to chat, huh? guess that's flattering.

you and poe do this kinda thing a lot?

[panpiping]

By "this kind of thing" do you mean the chatting or the spell? ...I guess either way, nope! This is my first time casting this spell and that Poe is letting me in his net. It was nice of him to let me borrow it.

[nor_iron_bars]

[Let's run down the list:]

[Cast a spell of some type. Refers to the school as a place that would trap them. Showed up out of nowhere specifically on the chat about their Suddenly Small People situation. Same anonymous account that posted once, cryptically, right before the mess in question began.]

[Two plus two equals fuck you in particular, anonymous poster. Jail is not pleased.]

first time using it, huh. how'd that work out for you? that spell doing everything you hoped it would?

[panpiping]

Mostly, yes. There have been some...complications. Thank you for asking!

[nor_iron_bars]

ok so just to be clear on this, were the fun-sized versions of us the complications, or what you were aiming for in the first place??

also, why.

[Just... why.]

[panpiping]

They're supposed to be there! Aren't they cute? Don't you wish you could be like them? They're just here as a reminder! Even if I might wish they could stay...

[nor_iron_bars]

ahahahahahahaha no.
"cute", sure, that's fair.
but have you seen mini-me???

[That's a little bit rhetorical, but also a genuine question- how much knowledge of what the kids are doing does this person have? Can they see everything that's going on, do they know what each of them was like now?]

kid's got Problems.
i wouldn't be that girl again if you paid me.
there ain't enough money in the world.

[panpiping]

Hmm... [They have to scroll up and search through the post again to get a reminder -- the child attached to this one was Jasmine, quiet, scared, a Seer.] Oh! She's been distressed pretty much the whole time, but it only went out of acceptable limits once. If it happens again, do you want me to tell you where she is? I know how to talk to you now! And you don't have to worry! I don't have any human money anyway!

[nor_iron_bars]

and you don't think maybe being always distressed is kinda not a good sign??

[You know, just a bit.]

[At least this conversation is letting her work out the computer code she needs to make the Daybreak servers stop freaking out at nonexistent accounts doing stuff that clearly exists. Hooray for the advancement of computer science.]

sure, might as well text me.
fuck knows the kid's not gonna tell me if something's wrong, she could be missing a leg and still trying to pretend she's fine.

[Unlike her adult self, who is a mature, reasonable individual and has definitely never tried to stitch up her own wounds with dental floss instead of going to a real doctor. None of you can prove anything.]

[Whatever they're paying the infirmary staff, it can't be enough.]

what counts as "out of acceptable limits" to you, anyway?

[panpiping]

Sometimes people are like that! But it was highly concerning at first... I can confirm she is not missing a leg! Umm... It's tough to say! I just know when it leaves the limit, it hurts and I can find where the problem is.

[nor_iron_bars]

yeah, try living with it for 17 years.

[You think it's worrying for you...]

["The limit"... okay, yeah, that'd be her seer powers. Shit.]

ok yes definitely text me if that happens.
she needs to not do that or it'll fuck her up real bad.

[panpiping]

Okie dokie! Señor R.'s whatchamacallit here is already helping! Yay! I'm so glad you want to help them stay safe.

[nor_iron_bars]

yeah, well.
they're kids.
not like it's their fault this whole thing is so fucked up.

[Don't tell anyone she's nice, okay, she has a reputation to think of.]

it is like 90% your fault, tho.
just putting that out there.
(after that it's 7% us and 3% god or something, probably.)

[panpiping]

What? But what's so bad about it!! There have been complications, but it's to be expected my first time and they get fixed!

[nor_iron_bars]

ok, i'm super unqualified to explain the moral problems here or with anything, ever.
(there are a lot of them and you should probably ask someone not me about it.)
so i'm just gonna go with "it sucks a lot and i hate it".
because it sucks a lot.
and i hate it.

[panpiping]

:( That makes me sad. Can I help you not hate it?

[nor_iron_bars]

depends
can you go back in time and make my childhood retroactively not a shitshow?
because otherwise, probably not.

thanks for asking tho, i guess???

[She's not sure why Wist cares about her feelings if they're willing to do this kind of thing without asking people first, but hey. Fae priorities.]

[panpiping]

No...that's beyond me, and beyond me and Poe together. What about we try to give you the best childhood now instead? And you're welcome!

[nor_iron_bars]

might be a lil late for that.
but adulthood's been pretty ok.
doesn't sound like mini-me's gonna be around long enough to have one, much.
but it couldn't hurt to do right by her while she's here.