[Action] / Someone's finally back.

[corruptedsouls]

[It seems that time compression sometimes has a very sick sense of humor. While it's certain few people will recognize him, an old Balamb resident is back. Well, in a way -- for those who would remember him, Tobias has taken a very radical step back from the Tobias he was when he was last here, looking more like he did on first arrival, scruffiness, glimmering gold bracelet and all, though he seems to not have lost his age during the odd transition.

At present, he's currently curled up against the wall in one of the hallways, dead asleep and so still it's almost like he's not breathing. It's not exactly clear whether he's intentionally there or just simply passed out -- while Tobias is a strange child, certainly, the position is far from comfortable and definitely hazardous to people idly walking through said hallway.]

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[espio]

[And naturally, along comes Espio, minding his own business and being rather comfortably lizardy today, when suddenly there is someone asleep in the hall. Being an obstruction. Sigh. Time to put authority figure instructor hat on and tell him to shift his ass back to his room if he wants to nap so bad.

At least that was the plan, which went immediately out of the window when there was something oddly familiar about him.

Thus the loud, almost startled exclaimation:]

Toby?!

[corruptedsouls]

[GAH YELL OW. Tobias groggily rouses from the scream, blinking up at the lizard blearily. His brain isn't even remotely caught up with what's going on, especially after the faint from that panic attack, so he just stares blankly.]

...Nn?

[espio]

[Stare. Staaaare.]

You - Toby - what are you -

[What are you doing in the middle of the corridor? Why is your other eye back? Why's that bracelet back? Why are you even here, it's been over a year and you pick NOW to show up and - and -

Be a different Toby?

Espio steps back, awkwardly, practically a stumble. It's another Toby. It has to be. A Toby who's probably very different, who won't know him, won't know anyone.

Oh, screw you too, Time Compression.

For some people, meeting different versions of people they've missed is easy. It's interesting, it's a relief, it's still fundsmentally the same person. Right now, though, Espio didn't even want to find out. He doesn't think he can take a different Toby, let alone one who doesn't even know him. Instead, he's going to fade himself into invisibility, and leave.]

[corruptedsouls]

[Tobias rubs his eyes a bit hard, blinking and staring at the point where Espio just was. His brain still isn't quite catching up, so he just idly watches the air for a moment before laying back down and going back to sleep.

Yep. Weird child.]