Fairy tales can come true, it can happen to you, if you're young at heart

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Who: Nelliel and OPEN
When: Saturday morning-afternoon
Where: Various public places in Siren's Port
Summary: Nelliel is wandering around in her child form. Come talk to her!
Warning: Probably nothing more than PG-13 for language. Nel may have her adult memories and reasoning, but she's got less restraint and less of a brain to mouth filter than

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10:30am - Clothing shopping with Franziska

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Lemme know if this is okay!

[dancing_pierrot]

[It had been quite a surprise to see her friend aged down to a younger form, but not quite as surprising as it should've been -- considering the amount of people she had seen affected by the powers or whatever they were, she was almost getting used to it all. It was strange how this city made even some of the strangest events seem something close to normal.

Franziska walked down the street where Nelliel had said to meet, keeping a look out at a slightly lower line of sight than usual, hoping to see her friend -- that was, if Nelliel didn't find her first.]

Seems fine to me!

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[Nelliel is even tinier in person than over the NV. Her head is only two inches above Franziska's knee in this state.]

Hi. I'm down here.

[Yes, all the way down there. Nelliel flips open her green starfish-shaped NV to reveal a message she had typed out while waiting.]

"I apologize if I cannot say your name properly. It's hard for me to say the letter 'S' properly with my missing teeth."

[dancing_pierrot]

[Franziska fights the temptation to kneel down, wondering if that would be patronizing. She does, however, lean over to read the message, but instead chooses to respond verbally.]

That's quite all right, it can be difficult at such an age. Er, in such a body, I meant. You can shorten it if you so desire -- in fact, I give you express permission to do so while you're in such a state.

[Now that her preferences had been stated, her face a little flushed from giving her permission to explicitly allow someone to shorten her name, a tendency she had despised in others when she had been a child herself, she continued:]

So, you're going to need some new clothes while this strange effect remains, aren't you?

12:00pm - OPEN

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Asch

[not_the_dreck]

[Most police officers were given a vehicle when they went on patrol. Asch? Did not want to touch the things. Ever. Seriously, could you even picture him trying to get his driver's license? It would be a nightmare.]

[Unfortunately, arguing the point with the squad captain got him landed in his current "punishment": traffic cop. And dear sweet Lorelei it was the most idiotic thing in the world. Walk down the street, check meter. Meter expired? Write summons. Move on. Rise, repeat, ad nauseum.]

This. Is. Stupid.

[He shoved the umpteeth ticket into the umpteenth car. Eff his life. Seriously.]

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[Nelliel's better dressed now courtesy of her shopping trip, which happily included the acquisition of some undergarments that fit, and a pair of shoes.

Asch's voice gets her attention and she toddles up, complete with bag of clothing and her purse.]

Hi Asch.

1/3

[not_the_dreck]

[Scribble, scribble]

Hi, Nelliel.

1:00pm - OPEN

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[ysobritish]

[Liquid would have passed the small girl without comment if he had been even a little more distracted. Instead, he walks past, pauses and double-takes before whirling to stare after her.]

...

[It can't be, can it? Stepping back over to her, he crouches down to stare at her for a long moment. That look is pretty unique.]

...Nelliel?

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Hi Liquid.

[It's not hard to guess why he's staring. She supposes he didn't see her earlier broadcast.]

Riley Ripley did it.

[ysobritish]

[Cute...]

I didn't realise Arrancar aged. Or that you were the type to gamble.

[Guess who's a bit out of touch with the news on that point?]

2:00pm - OPEN

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[azarathmetrion]

[A little bit after having lunch in a cafe, Raven is headed back to her place, idly strolling -- it's been fairly quiet for her recently -- when she passes by a playground and senses something familiar in her empathy. She glances over and sees...

Well, child form or not, Nelliel is pretty unmistakable. And she had said she would be doing this. She pauses for a moment to watch, then walks over.]

Nelliel?

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[Thanks to her shopping trip with Franziska, Nelliel has several new outfits. They’re in a resusable shopping bag, with her purse tucked safely underneath the newly purchased children’s garments.

She’s wearing a cute child’s sundress and a pair of running shoes when she turns to greet Raven with a wave from the top of the slide.

Hi Raven! Watch thith!

[Using her (considerably diminished but still present) sonido, she shoots down the slide as if propelled by a rocket, and goes flying several feet in the air thanks to the plastic slide’s slight upsweep at the end. She lands on her feet in the sand, which flies up in a small cloud when she makes impact.]

[azarathmetrion]

[Raven... raises an eyebrow, with a slightly amused expression. She's dressed in her ordinary costume, and watches with bemusement. Is Nelliel just thinking like a child, she wonders, or is this something she normally wanted to do, too...?]

Enjoying this, are you?

3:00pm - OPEN

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