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Prince Xander of Nohr ([personal profile] kingshaming) wrote in [community profile] livestudioaudience2017-09-21 11:05 pm

The Age Up/Down Meme

Look, most of our characters have lots of backstory to take advantage of, or headcanons for their future. This is the place to use it!

Prompts

1) People are suddenly shifting ages on the good ship Teremity! It's probably space waves and will fix itself in a day or two, so enjoy reliving your mispent youth.

2) You were always this age! Nothing bad is happening and you all already know each other and it's all cute af. A fluff option.

3) You are this age... and going through your round (or a remixed version) of your Airlocked season. Not for the REALLY young age downs!
misanthropicprinciple: (Oh. Poor baby.)

[personal profile] misanthropicprinciple 2017-09-22 03:28 pm (UTC)(link)


[He snorts.]

You're, what. Sixteen?
scourgingstars: (when your whole world is black)

[personal profile] scourgingstars 2017-09-22 03:30 pm (UTC)(link)
Eighteen. I have been king of Lucis for two years.
cyan_maid: (Oooh lookie here)

[personal profile] cyan_maid 2017-09-22 03:38 pm (UTC)(link)
The eyes've been going since I was a girl, sadly. It's why I keep my glasses on a chain nowadays.

[She does sort of feel bad that he's cleaning up the water by himself? So she'll clear her throat after a moment.]

You know, I do believe there's a mop in the supply closet, if you'd rather not bend.

[And it is actually 100% prank free, save for the glitter cannon rigged to go off if someone tries to remove the bleach from there. #Priorities]
misanthropicprinciple: <user name="orange-triangle" site="tumblr.com"> (Scale of intimidating.)

[personal profile] misanthropicprinciple 2017-09-22 03:38 pm (UTC)(link)


Ohhh, eighteen.

[He rolls his eyes and then points at Ardyn with the hand holding his root beer float.]

I don't care if you're Emperor of Japan. I call it like I see it, kid, and my ten-year-old grandson's got a more mature grasp of reality than you. You think you can handle it alone, fine, but take it from someone who knows--you got a world of hurt coming to you if that's how you handle yourself.
misanthropicprinciple: <user name="chane" site="tumblr.com"> (Aside...)

[personal profile] misanthropicprinciple 2017-09-22 03:44 pm (UTC)(link)


I'm already down here, might as well finish.

[He's only sixty-seven, Nanna, he's practically a spry spring chicken.

Anyway, he wipes up the rest of it, groans as he stretches his back, then manages to push himself back up to his feet.]


Urgh... they sure don't make bones like they used to, do they?
cyan_maid: (Every gentleman worth his salt has one!)

[personal profile] cyan_maid 2017-09-22 03:49 pm (UTC)(link)
If you insist.

[She'll just continue on those cookies and start laying them out onto baking pans. They're evenly spaced and lined up - she's an old hand at this sort of thing.]

No, I suppose they don't. But that's what comes with wisdom, isn't it? And these whippersnappers need it in spades.
scourgingstars: (your values are all shot)

[personal profile] scourgingstars 2017-09-22 03:49 pm (UTC)(link)
I don't care.

[Flatly, like the whole thing was something he'd resigned himself to a long time ago.]

I would rather the suffering be mine than that of my people.
serrata: (newrii2)

[personal profile] serrata 2017-09-22 03:55 pm (UTC)(link)
[ He's not that much older than Ruu-chan, is her first thought the moment she sets eyes on him. She's not that off, either -- Ruu would have only been nine when the infection took hold and though three years is an age when children are that young, it's close enough that Yuuri can't stop herself making the comparison. A little part of her hates that she's this easily swayed -- she can harden her heart to adults but a child is impossible.

There's another, slightly quieter part of her that's relieved she's not that far gone.

She's done her best to keep an eye on him, despite all his protests -- she'd been one of the ones most fervently insisting he be kept away from the body. But she doesn't have time to block his view of the gory execution and only watch, pale, as it unfolds.

She doesn't say anything, not at first. When she crosses the courtroom over to his podium and stoops down to his level, she seems like she's all business. But then she carefully takes hold of his shoulders and her voice is soft even if her tone is a little short. ]


Do you think you can stand?
misanthropicprinciple: <user name="nori-mori-blog" site="tumblr.com"> (Anti-heroic)

[personal profile] misanthropicprinciple 2017-09-22 03:56 pm (UTC)(link)


Hah!

[Realizing he neglected to dry his own self off first, Tenmyouji just... uses the towel he used on the floor. Oh well. He'll have to take a shower anyway.]

You'll never get 'em to listen to good advice. The young are always like that, think they can do it all on their own.
motherfucking_ghost: (yeah I know I'm great)

[personal profile] motherfucking_ghost 2017-09-22 04:05 pm (UTC)(link)
Meh, far as I can tell, I'm alllll flesh and blood. I think I'd be able to get some feedback from anything a little more technological.

[He adjusts the water wings for, like, the dozenth time already.] But if I do short circuit, and somehow I'm really in an android body that somehow isn't completely waterproof, you get my stuff.

[He's gonna take a running start. Of course. Because he's still Church, even if he's Alpha. Aaaaaand geronimo! He splashes in, does not short circuit, but definitely flails a lot before the help of water wings keeps him head above water, sputtering. But alive!]
misanthropicprinciple: (DANG YOU TO HECK)

[personal profile] misanthropicprinciple 2017-09-22 04:13 pm (UTC)(link)


[It's almost like Ardyn's slapped him across the face. His eyes widen for a moment, and then his brows come down like a thundercloud once more, jaw clenched.]

You're an idiot.

[His free hand is a white-knuckled fist at his side.]

You can't take people's suffering away from them. They're always going to suffer, it's part of fucking life! If it isn't your plague, it'll be something else--war, starvation, the goddamn nuclear holocaust. What'd a single martyr ever do for anyone, huh? All they get is misery without changing a damn thing.

The least you could give your fucking people is a chance to try to fight for themselves.
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[personal profile] misanthropicprinciple 2017-09-22 04:19 pm (UTC)(link)
[When she touches him, he jumps in place, but his eyes snap away from the gruesome scene to her face, not quite so shocked he can't focus. He breathes in, pale as a ghost, then swallows and nods even though he's actually really not sure he can.]

Y-yeah. I--I'm, I'm okay.

[His stomach feels watery the way it does right after a roller coaster, but he pushes himself onto his hands and knees and manages to get up. He's starting to shake, though.]

Was... was that really... [His gaze darts towards the glass separating them from the execution chamber once more.] D-did Xander-san really...?

[He holds onto his own shirt to try to keep himself together.]
misanthropicprinciple: (Hehehe!)

[personal profile] misanthropicprinciple 2017-09-22 04:25 pm (UTC)(link)
[As soon as he sees his new pal is A-okay, Junpei grins, hops back, then takes his own running leap into the water.]

Banzaaaaaiii!

[He tucks himself small and cannonballs into the water a foot next to Church, making as much of a splash as possible with his elementary-school body. When he surfaces, he whips his head around to shake water out of it like a dog, laughing like a madman.]

Okay! How fast do you think you can swim? Bet you can't catch me!
cyan_maid: (Smiling backpacker)

[personal profile] cyan_maid 2017-09-22 04:26 pm (UTC)(link)
[She chuckles softly at the question, not an ounce of cruelty or mocking in the sound.]

Not yet. Once these go into the oven, they will be, but for now everything is cool to the touch. If you wash your hands, you can help. Would you like that, Xander?
scourgingstars: (give your soul to heaven)

[personal profile] scourgingstars 2017-09-22 04:27 pm (UTC)(link)
[Ardyn carefully collected himself and set aside the cup in his hand, interlacing his fingers on the table and looking to Xander with placid hazel eyes.]

That is the burden a king has to carry upon his shoulders. Compassion is a heavy weight, your highness.
cyan_maid: (Aw shucks)

[personal profile] cyan_maid 2017-09-22 04:28 pm (UTC)(link)
I find that a gentle hand is paramount to getting it to stick. Perhaps you're talking to the wrong young'uns, Mister Tenmyouji.

[She's honestly just talking about Xander. He's so good, he listens so well. He's the best. She's taking him home with her, and God help the person who tries to prevent that in any way.]
scourgingstars: (and i can't help myself)

[personal profile] scourgingstars 2017-09-22 04:29 pm (UTC)(link)
You don't understand. [That came out not quite sharp enough to be an accusation, but certainly close to one.] No, you can not understand.

What I am doing is giving the people of the world a fighting chance. It's helping them to survive to see the next morning, so that they may continue to build a world worth saving.
motherfucking_ghost: (really shouldn't add to my confusion)

[personal profile] motherfucking_ghost 2017-09-22 04:30 pm (UTC)(link)
Jesus, kid, I'm just getting my footing in water. No, I can't catch you. Unless you can't swim? Then it's anyones game. I can...vaguely splash around.

[splish splash he's not taking a bath] Pool water in the nose is not a fun experience.
serrata: (r023)

[personal profile] serrata 2017-09-22 04:32 pm (UTC)(link)
[ He's too smart to believe a comforting lie and Yuuri's not sure she has it in her to tell him one anyway. She doesn't hug him exactly but her hands settle on his shoulders again and squeeze gently -- she'll hold him steady, if he needs it. ]

... yes. [ That sounds too blunt so she forces herself to soften it, just a little. ] I'm... I know it was hard to watch. You shouldn't have had to see it. And it shouldn't have happened like this.

[ She doesn't find herself wanting to argue that a murderer should see an execution. But this? Making a show out of it? It turns her stomach. ]

But it's over. Okay? We're going to go back upstairs and I'm going to put together something for everyone to eat and drink. I think we need it after all this. Do you think you can help me?

[ Busywork. She can't change the fact that he's seen this but she can try her best to make sure his mind doesn't stay down here in the courtroom with it. ]
misanthropicprinciple: <user name="soncschmarn" site="tumblr.com"> (Fine.)

[personal profile] misanthropicprinciple 2017-09-22 04:36 pm (UTC)(link)


Maybe.

[Tenmyouji hasn't been talking to most of the young'uns, truth be told. He tends to stick to himself. Jane gets special dispensation on account of her not being a dumb kid, but the rest of them? They can bite him.]

Maybe they're too much like I was at that age.
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[personal profile] misanthropicprinciple 2017-09-22 04:38 pm (UTC)(link)


How? By keeping them in the dark about what it'll take? Protecting them alone from things they don't want to know? That's self-serving horseshit, Majesty.
scourgingstars: (give me dignity)

[personal profile] scourgingstars 2017-09-22 04:40 pm (UTC)(link)
By curing the plague so they don't die, must I spell it out?
scourgingstars: (don't you put me on the backburner)

[personal profile] scourgingstars 2017-09-22 04:42 pm (UTC)(link)
[The Survivalist and Healer weren't so different, when it came down to it. Ardyn was just as sharp in trials, though perhaps holding far more sympathy for the accidental or hesitant culprits. But once it was all over, he was one hundred percent smiles and determined compassion, helping in the kitchen as much as he was capable.]

Lady Wakasa, I left everyone the adequate invitations. How else might I be of assistance to you?

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