7th Gear... So many questions! [Video]

[usedrocketpunch]

[Have a pair of big brown eyes peering at you through the camera on a Forge device. The kid on the other end pokes at the screen and frowns. He's got on a black t-shirt under a familiar red jacket with yellow-orange trim that looks a little oversized on him..This is totally the dorkiest phone I've ever seen. If it's even a phone. Is it a phone

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[ Video ]

[anodite_spark]

[ What th... him too? ]

Rex...?

[ Video ] /tags in a hurry before LJ dies again D:

[usedrocketpunch]

Uh...hi?

How do you know my name?

[ Video ] /clings to restored LJ D:

[anodite_spark]

You don't remember me? You've been here before - [ Maybe he'd gone home and the Door brought a much younger version of him...? No, that can't be right. ]

You really can't remember being here?

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[usedrocketpunch]

Nope. I don't remember you and...

[A pause. He's glancing around.]

Actually? I...don't remember much of anything. Just waking up by this alley with this funny looking phone thing in my hand.

[ Video ]

[anodite_spark]

[ She frowns worriedly. ]

That's the Forge - we use it to communicate with other people who are here. [ A pause. ] How .. old are you, Rex?

[ Video ]

[usedrocketpunch]

Oh, okay.

[He has to think on that question a second before answering.]

I...I dunno. I can't remember.

[The kid doesn't look too happy about that, either. In fact, he's really starting to look quite lost, his confidence leaving him as he realizes just how much he can't recall.]

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[anodite_spark]

[ Aw don't make that face. ]

I see... [ A pause. ] Listen, you're ... kind of on your own here, right? Why don't you stay with me for a little while? We were friends when you were older Man that statement sounds weird. and I wouldn't want to leave any of my friends out on their own. Even if they don't remember me.

[ Video ]

[usedrocketpunch]

...wait. Older? How does that even work? That doesn't make any sense!

Maybe I'm just dreaming or something.

[ Video ]

[anodite_spark]

[ A weak chuckle. ] I know it's kind of hard to believe, but you're not dreaming. I think that either your older self was sent home, and the Door brought you here - or you were hit with the same affliction that a lot of other people did. A number of adults suddenly regressed to children physically.

[ Video ]

[usedrocketpunch]

Seriously? People are aging backwards? That's...really freaky.

[A pause. He frowns in thought before his eyes suddenly widen.]

Whoa, hang on. How old am I supposed to be? I'm not gonna get any younger, am I?

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[anodite_spark]

You were, I'd say, just a few years older than you are now. Sixteen, seventeen maybe.

[ SHe holds a hand up. ] Calm down, You're not going to get any younger. [ She thinks. ] A lot of other people have been hit by ...whatever this is, and they don't seem to have gotten any younger. It looks like whatever's made them young is just doing it once and leaving them at that age. I'm ...not sure for how long yet.

[ Video ]

[usedrocketpunch]

I think I wish this was just a dream. It's all way too weird. But...alright.

Who are you, anyway? If I'm supposed to be older, you're not my girlfriend, are you?

[ Video ]

[anodite_spark]

I think a lot of people think the same. It's easier to imagine that it's a dream, and all you have to do is wake up.

Oh, sorry. My name is Gwen. Gwen Tennyson-- [ Waaat. Gwen stifles a laugh. ] Oh, no nono, nothing at all like that. We're just friends, you and I.

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[usedrocketpunch]

Oh, right. Okay. Friends. I'm good with friends.

[Because eww girl cooties still not sure how he feels about girls just yet, you know?]

Hey, do you know a guy named Trevor? Because he says he's gonna come find me. He's cool, right?

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[anodite_spark]

Hrm.... I don't know him, exactly, but he seemed to look out for ...ah... older you once. I think you can trust him.