o1. hallways

[mayolixir.livejournal.com]

[there is the sound of soggy bare feet running down sleek halls, the boy who owns those feet skidding towards the edge every now and again. he has managed to fall off onto the water pool surrounding the circular walking area inside the garden when the place shook with its landing.]

So co-co-cold. [alma hugged himself as his light sprinting fell back into an easier walking pace.] What just happened- Yuuuuu! [and the calling begins:]

Has anyone seen Yuu?

[pitter patter he goes, down the hall. soaking wet, he will start sneezing in a bit.]

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[macgyvered.livejournal.com]

[ oh look it's a tiny child. this isn't going to ping einiona's "small soft things need bothering (especially if they're emotionally flaily)" buttons at all, nope. ]

Yuu who?

[ - einiona, apparently, thinks puns are funny. (because they are, when your inner conscience is like permanently stuck at age five.) ]

Where you going, Sniffles?

[ ... what is with the nicknames, einiona. seriously. ]

[mayolixir.livejournal.com]

My friend, Yuu!

[the boy turns around to look at the stranger, nose twitching at being called 'sniffles'. but some things were just that much important right now.]

Have you seen him?

[macgyvered.livejournal.com]

[ einiona tilts her head, raising an eyebrow in thought; it's possible, though a name like "yuu", that's the kind that's distinctive enough to remember, right? not ringing any immediate bells though, that's the problem. ]

Might have, might have.

[ she kneels down to get them on a better level. kids like that, or at least her younger siblings did. ]

What's he look like?

[mayolixir.livejournal.com]

[alma was ready to move, but decided to be polite and stay put]

Will you help me look for him? He's small and looks like a girl! With his hair!

Ihopeyoudon'tmind~

[shotarage.livejournal.com]

[As if summoned, Yuu drops down from above with an audible snarl. Tiny foot flying straight at Alma's back.]

i hope YUU don't mind

[mayolixir.livejournal.com]

[and flying goes little alma crashing into the hall's wall, bouncing, and down into the water he goes again.

sputters as he breaks the surface]

YUU!

uu

[shotarage.livejournal.com]

[Yuu watches his bro bounce around like a rejected basketball before he snorts and turns his head to the side.]

my thread's been hijacked by tiny shotas ohnoes whatever will i doooo

[macgyvered.livejournal.com]

[ einiona watches all of this explode in front of her with a quirking lip and more than a few blinks, then scratches the back of her head and laughs, not entirely nervously and more than a little wistfully. ]

... this whole situation feels oddly familiar, it does. Can't quite place why.

[ sarcasm detector says I WONDER. ]

You two related?

[carmineblight.livejournal.com]

[Axel was sleeping when the Garden crashed, and now he's just wandering around not being particularly useful. And wait, is that.. oh crud, that's his new roommate, right? Geeze, kid couldn't take care of himself. What to do... guess he couldn't leave him like that... It'd be just his luck to catch the cold, later on.]

Hey. Hey, kid!

[mayolixir.livejournal.com]

[kid?

alma spins around, losing his footing but picking himself up in record time. getting hurt didn't hurt that much when you were a kid with special healing abilities.]

Hey! [he replied automatically before focusing on the tumult of reeeeed hair. woah, this person was absurdly tall... where had alma seen him before?]

[carmineblight.livejournal.com]

[At least the kid didn't seem the crybaby sort. Axel thinks it's sort of bad that his hand kind of twitched at that slip just then. He's getting too used to this.]

Yeah. Hey. Listen, why don't you go back and change or something? You can keep screaming later.

[mayolixir.livejournal.com]

But while I change Yuu could be needing my help!

[what was with this tall, red guy? did he not understand how utterly important it was to find his friend...]

[carmineblight.livejournal.com]

Yuu...? Who- people are already helping him, kid. Get changed so you don't pass a cold onto him.

[Axel will just be using his mama stance towering presence to try to get you to change into something dry, Alma.]

augh sorry so late always;;

[mayolixir.livejournal.com]

[alma starts bouncing up and down instead, going in circles]

But! I have to make sure he's okay!

busy?

[carmineblight.livejournal.com]

[That's good, Axel was getting dizzy. Also, he thinks Yuu is an imaginary friend a little kid.]

And you will. After you change.

exams and all. :( but having axel as a roommate...////

[mayolixir.livejournal.com]

[here comes the crybaby]

I can't waste my time!

[head-is-where.livejournal.com]

[Celty stops to watch the drenched man approach, pulling out her phone and typing a message into it. She had just come from the library but she was still working through it, trying to be as helpful as possible. She flashes the screen at him, hoping this Yuu character was not the one who had been crushed in the bookcase domino relay.]

"What does he look like? And why are you all wet?"

[mayolixir.livejournal.com]

[stops for a moment at being presented a screen- and he's surprised to see writing in it. alma squints and reads what it says with a bit of difficulty.]

I fell into the water! [he replies, stepping back a little]

Yuu is as tall as me! Has longer hair [demonstrates with his hands up to his shoulders] and has a scary face!

[head-is-where.livejournal.com]

[ Water? Oh, perhaps he was near the fountain-- or a pool, that made more sense. She nods some and types again, this time writing less so he can read it easier. ]

"What color hair?"

[mayolixir.livejournal.com]

[he was looking more grateful by the minute as this lady with a mask seemed to want to help him.]

Dark, like mine!

[head-is-where.livejournal.com]

[ She pauses and reconsiders a point he made earlier. ]

"Scary face...?"

[ She wasn't sure how comfortable she felt about this... but she would do whatever she could, scary or not! ]

[mayolixir.livejournal.com]

[alma pushes his brow line down with his fingers and tries to imitate what would be yuu's usual expression]

Like this!

[head-is-where.livejournal.com]

[ Celty stands still for a moment before her shoulder start to bob up and down, a human habit forming as she moves her hand to cover the front of her visor, where her would would be. She was laughing, silently. ]

[mayolixir.livejournal.com]

[it takes alma a moment before he too starts laughing softly at that.

though he wonders vaguely if he is being made fun of.]

[renzokukens.livejournal.com]

[Oh Squall spots this one all right, making his way towards him. And he's not impressed.]

Hey-- you're getting water everywhere. What are you doing out here?