Children everywhere. [OTA]

[szardosmagik]

Amanda peeked out of her door, frowning as she looked around. She'd spotted some children running about earlier and she had been completely flummoxed. Why were their children running about? Had the base suddenly decided to have Take Your Child to Work Day? Sliding out her door, Amanda brushed her hand back through her hair and looked around before

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[x_twenty3]

Laura had eaten. She'd gone to train. She'd try to continue the day as though nothing had occurred. As though she didn't wake up a child when she'd gone to bed an adult the night before. It was hard for her, though. Out of all of the kids there, she was the only one not playing.

She didn't really know how to play and that was fine by her, Really. She sat apart from a group of kids, listening to them argue over someones poker hand.

Somehow, the idea of a group of kids whose feet barely touched the floor playing poker struck Laura as odd.

Her sharp blue eyes rested on Amanda for a moment before she slid off of her bench and made her way over, her head tilted slightly. This was a new face and a relatively kind one, at that.

"Have you been affected by the change in camp?" she asked the woman.

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Amanda watched the groups, her brow furrowed slightly. They really weren't acting like normal children would. How many children played Texas Hold'em?

Glancing down as a young woman approached her and spoke, her eyebrows lifted before she shook her head. "No. No I haven't. There's been a change, hmm? What's happened?"

[x_twenty3]

Laura sniffed the air slightly, eyes looking from person to person before she looked at Amanda. She remained thoughtful and quiet as she processed the information that slight sniff had given her.

"It appears as though something has affected peoples ages. Not everyones, however." Case in point, the woman she was speaking to.

"I appear to have been regressed to, at the very youngest, somewhere around eight years old but that is wrong." Laura shook her head at the end of the statement, frowning. "What is your name?"

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Watching the girl sniff, not unlike she did herself when she was a feline. She thought about what the girl had said and she hummed softly beneath her breath. "I see. Well, clearly. I'm unaffected."

She blinked before she smiled and extended her hand. "Amanda. Amanda Sefton. You are?"

[x_twenty3]

Laura thought the fact that Amanda wasn't changed was a good thing. For now. For all she knew, this could occur again and everyone remaining could be changed.

She stared at the extended hand a moment, looking up at Amanda before putting her hand in and shaking it slightly. "Laura Kinney. It is nice to meet you."

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"It's nice to meet you too, Laura." Amanda smiled at her and then looked around for a moment before she sighed.

"Do you have an idea of how much of the camp is affected by this spell?" she asked, wincing at the slight slip. It could just be a turn of phrase, really.

[x_twenty3]

"I am uncertain." Laura glanced over at the table of kids, frowning as their argument got louder. She stepped away from it and sat down beside Amanda, keeping the woman between her and the other kids.

This was too uncomfortable for her.

"This has happened once before. Things were...changed. People switched mutations. No one changed ages, though."

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"Oh. That's terribly unstable and unsafe." Not to mention how the hell she'd be affected since she wasn't a mutant. She had a feeling that this place might a bit more complicated than she first felt.

"Was it ever determined what caused it? The switch of mutations?" she asked, glancing at the children with a slight frown. This was all very strange.

[x_twenty3]

"It was in retaliation for trying to seek out information on a mutant. He did not want to be found." Laura stated as she watched Amanda. She was studying her reaction and found her calm rather ...comforting.

"I was temporarily a pyrokinetic." She'd hated it. She'd hated it so much.

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"Ah, I see." Amanda murmured, her eyebrows raising a little. She folded her hands in her lap before her eyebrows raised and she looked at the young girl, surprised.

"A pyrokinetic? Oh my." she took a deep breath and reached up, pinching the bridge of her nose. "As one of the unaffected, I really feel like I should help to figure all of this out. Do you know who I should speak with?"

[x_twenty3]

Laura shook her head, pushing her hair out of her eyes. She didn't remember it being this unruly a an adult.

"I would suggest speaking to Stryker. However, the running theory is he will not say anything. You may try, if you wish."

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Amanda's fingers itched to braid the girl's hair as soon as she started pushing it out of her eyes. It's what she'd done at the circus. She kept her hands in her lap though, nodding once.

"I suppose talking to Stryker would be the best idea. I wonder if he was among the affected?" This was one hell of a military operation. What happened if higher up showed up? She reached up and pushed her fingers through her own hair, glancing over as the poker game got heated.