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[natureinage]

Who: Residents of Moonybase and anyone who might want to visit.
When: 7 May 2011. All day.
Where: Moonybase
Summary: Half the house has been turned into children. The other half still are children. Everything is awkward.
Warnings: These are kids. Probably not much.
Format: Whatever you want. Just go for it.

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Remus & Ruka

[natureinage]

[There is an eleven-year-old wearing robes that are far too big for him in the dining room. Whatever other clothes he had on before this have been neatly folded and placed onto the table - shoes included. Which leaves him tripping over the hem of the robes, but still quite dressed, the sleeves bunched up to his elbows as he attempts to cut them to his height.]

[This can't end well without a pair of scissors.]

[gallitrap]

[This is the scene that greets Ruka, age thirteen -- as she has been for the past many months, and would be for a while more -- when she comes downstairs for breakfast. Those plans are neatly dashed when she discovers a strange boy in their dining room.]

[There's a few possible explanations for this. Her list includes "some new person from Remus and that crew's home world, staying with us for a while," as well as other variations of someone (likely Sirius) picking up some recent imPort with nowhere else to go. Nowhere on her list is "my dad is now younger than me."]

[And so, assuming him to be stranger in her house, Ruka does the perfectly natural thing.]

Uh. Do you need any help?

[natureinage]

[It's a shame she doesn't think of that as a viable option considering the truth behind it. Either way, he's grateful that someone else living in the house had appeared. He didn't recognize anything and wasn't going to go poking around in a stranger's home.]

[At the sound of Ruka's voice, he smiles quietly as he turns to face her, something about her striking him as familiar. Which was strange because he had never met her before in his life.]

Oh. Hello. I woke up here. The newspaper in the driveway said this was the state of New York, but the year's a little funny. Even with... well, even with any sort of magic, most of that can't be right.

[gallitrap]

[You never forget your first sea-foam green/teal rabbit ear pigtails.]

[The girl takes the whole thing in stride, entering the dining room with quiet footsteps, breakfast foregone.]

No, it's right. You must be a new arrival. The machine that brought us here can reach different worlds and time periods, so it's really lucky that you recognize anything at all.

[But from the magic and robes, it's pretty clear where he's from.]

You're a friend of Sirius's, right?

[Because Remus would have been more likely to mention to Ruka his kidnapping of a small child.]

[dontcallmebruno]

[Things that are alarming when you are eight years old:]

[1) Waking up in a bed which is not yours,]

[2) Waking up in a bed which is not yours in a house that looks like it was built like 300 years ago,]

[3) Waking up in an unfamiliar bed in an unfamiliar house and wearing someone else's clothes.]

--GYYAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!

[Hi Moonybase, have an embarrassingly shill scream followed shortly by the sound of something eight-year-old-boy sized falling from approximately mattress height and hitting the floor of the attic in a flailing heap.]

[gallitrap]

[Okay so what. now. it is now detour from previous activity land to coming up to the attic. Ruka would be a bit more frantic if she weren't already dreading what is coming.]

[so]

[hey BRUNO there is a quick knock on the door, then disregarding things like personal boundaries or sanctity of bedrooms, the door opens and a young girl pops her head in.]

[sup]

[dontcallmebruno]

[oh man oh man oh geez what is even going on where is this place WHY DOESN'T THIS UNDERWEAR FIT RIGHT--]

[alksjdfa there's someone at the door ahhhhhhh what do what do whatdowhatdowhatdo OH GOD THE DOOR IS OPENING--]

[---OH MY GOD IT'S A GIRL 8||||| ]

AAUGHH--! [And now behold a lanky little blue-haired boy trying to hold up his boxers by the waistband (not that anything would show even if they fell because HELLO HUGE OVERSIZED SHIRT) and staring at this female intruder in abject horror.]

Where IS this??! Who the heck are YOU?!

[gallitrap]

[Okay that's two people in the house affected and this house has already experienced too many Adventures with Naked Bruno, so just as quick she disappears from the doorway - instead leaning against the exterior side, eyes turned toward the ceiling and trying to keep rising stress levels out of her voice.]

[Breathe, Ruka. Multiple people being affected means it's more likely to be reversed.]

My name's Ruka. [Calling loud enough for him to hear.] You're in my house. Sorry, it's a little hectic.

[i_seethestrals]

[ Luna has walked into Moonybase. How isn't particularly important - to be honest, even she's not quite sure - but she can tell something's not quite right. Perhaps Professor Lupin would know? Surely he would!

Once she found him. ]

[natureinage]

[Unfortunately, Professor Lupin was taking a rather interesting holiday into his past, leaving behind all of his memories and a rather shy first year in his place. And where Luna is, Remus happens to be, walking out of the study holding a few books and almost right into her. Despite having such good sense, he rather used them at this age, downright refusing to at times in his attempts to pretend to be as human as everyone else.]

[He doesn't seemed surprised that she's there, showing no signs of recognizing her.]

Do you live here too?

sorry i am the latest.

[i_seethestrals]

[ Even Luna is a bit surprised by this. At least judging by her wide, gray eyes. It doesn't take her long to recognize him, however, even minus all the years. The large stack of books does help.

Kneeling down, she tries her best to look like a friendly and trustworthy adult. It may not work -- after all, the most trustworthy adult in her mind is Xenophilius -- but she figures it's what Professor Lupin needs right now. ]

Oh, no, I came to visit a pro- a friend. My name is Luna Lovegood. What's yours?