[video]

[horseish]

[The camera shakes a bit as it turns on, revealing an extreme close-up of a blonde teenage girl bundled in a blanket. As she pulls back, a room is shown in a general state of disarray with clothes thrown over every surface.]

Just my luck I got stuck here before I grew any. I gotta find me some clothes, 'cause these?

[She holds up a tiny, child-sized pair of jeans with a raised eyebrow.]

Ain't exactly gonna cut it this time.








[ooc: Bobby is sixteen for the weekend! Have fun, City.]

Comments

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[horseish]

Got it in one, buddy.

Re: Video

[recognize_an_opportunity]

You look...

[Yeah, he's trying to think of a word here.]

Older.

[He fails.]

Video

[horseish]

Last time you saw me I was ten. Looking older'n that don't take much doing.

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[recognize_an_opportunity]

How old are you now?

Video

[horseish]

Sixteen.

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[recognize_an_opportunity]

Huh.

And you remember everything about being here when you were ten?

Video

[horseish]

Not when I first woke up but it's coming back to me. Although when I woke I was bein' near choked by my own nightie so maybe I was thrown the hell off.

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[recognize_an_opportunity]

You'll probably go back to being a kid in a couple days.

[He hopes so. Older Bobby is disconcerting, somehow.]

Video

[horseish]

Yeah, lucky me.

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[recognize_an_opportunity]

What, you don't want to?

Video

[horseish]

It feels a bit weird, don't it? Would you want to be a kid again?

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[recognize_an_opportunity]

[He laughs.]

Well, no, but you're...

["Always a kid" was the intended statement, but that's not entirely true, apparently.]

Never mind.

Video

[horseish]

Never mind what?

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[recognize_an_opportunity]

You're always a kid. At least, when I know you normally. And you also look a lot less like a girl when you're a kid.

Video

[horseish]

That was the idea, back then. Kinda hard to keep it up past 'round twelve or so.

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[recognize_an_opportunity]

Would it be rude to ask you now why you had to dress up like a boy then?

Video

[horseish]

My father - when I was born he got it in his head I was a boy and nothing nobody said to him could make him change his mind.

Delusional bastard.

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[recognize_an_opportunity]

Why did he think you were a boy? That seems...

[A pause.]

Well, that sort of thing is usually pretty obvious.

Video

[horseish]

Told you, he weren't fucking right in the head.

Christ, I shouldn't've said all that. Younger-me don't like it getting around much. I was scared stiff half the time let me tell you.

[She's just going back to nosing through her clothes again for anything that might fit.]

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[recognize_an_opportunity]

Don't worry, I won't bring it up with younger you if you don't want me to.

[A frown.]

I'd offer you something to wear, but...

Video

[horseish]

No offense, Meyer, but your stuff might be a little small.

Re: Video

[recognize_an_opportunity]

[A long sigh.]

I was trying to avoid saying that.

Video

[horseish]

It can't be nothing you ain't heard before.

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[recognize_an_opportunity]

Not from you, I haven't. Not before, at least.

Video

[horseish]

It ain't like I had any position to call anyone short when I was ten years old.

[She does find one pair of elastic-waist shorts and a loose t-shirt and holds them up inspecting carefully.]