Thirteen: In Which Klaus Is Nineteen and What Is This

[myblimpisbigger]

[Good day, Mayfield. You may notice that there is a young man you have never seen before walking down your streets. Every now and again, he pauses to inspect cars and hydrants and signs and really, everything that is fairly standard in a town from the 1950s.

Unfortunately, this young man is from some time in the 1800s, and furthermore, an alternate

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[lined_circle]

[FINALLY. A GROWN UP. Hi, have a little kid grabbing for your hand and, if you'll let her get a hold of it, tugging on it.]

P-pardon me, sir...

[idkmybffeuropa]

[... What is a kid doing in this simulation? Bill and Barry didn't program in some sort of weird story event sequence just to fuck with him, did they?]

Yes?

[lined_circle]

....Do you know the way out?

[idkmybffeuropa]

Out...

[Oh come ON. Why does this always happen to him.]

I am afraid I don't.

[kindlichekaiser]

[She watches him, thinking there's something familiar about him, but not quite sure what.

Still, she approaches, smiling a little] Sir? Are you alright?

[idkmybffeuropa]

[... Second little girl to approach him today. HOW ARE YOU.]

Oh, yes, merely trying to figure out the best way to force-quit a simulation generator while inside the simulation.

[You know. Standard fare.]

[kindlichekaiser]

[She just. Looks very confused]

...What?

[idkmybffeuropa]

[... oh right. Sorry. Not everyone is a genius.]

...Nothing.

[horvillemayor]

[THIS FACE. JUST.

THIS.

FACE.

STARING AT KLAUS. WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS SHIT SHE DOESN'T EVEN...]

1/idk

[idkmybffeuropa]

[WOAH WHAT]

[idkmybffeuropa]

[Is that Lucrezia

It looks like Lucrezia

but...]

DONE

[idkmybffeuropa]

What did you do, run afoul of Yttenburg's aging solution?

[Because you're OOOOOLD]

[tiktoktibenoch]

[ 14 year olds, dude. This one is standing nearby, fascinated by a town that definitely isn't in London or anywhere in England at all.

They can't even spell colours right. Ples notices him talking at the sky. Of course, he looks up at it too. But just to be sure. ]

P-pardon me, but... is there something up there?

[idkmybffeuropa]

[Oh hey tiny Brit. What is that doing here.]

Nothing but clouds, unfortunately. And possibly my best friends, laughing at me and my inability to get out of this little bubble reality.

[tiktoktibenoch]

Bubble reality?

[ Looks up again. ]

I-I can't seem to find any bubbles.

[idkmybffeuropa]

...Ah, no, that isn't exactly what I meant.

[ra_ra_razputin]

[Just when you thought you've seen everything, here comes a baby. Floating in mid-air. Sucking his thumb without a care in the world.]

[idkmybffeuropa]

[Excuse me what.]

What in the world...

[ra_ra_razputin]

[The baby says nothing (obviously), and just continues on its way, floating over your head and staring with his huge baby eyes.]