The Age Up/Down Meme

[kingshaming]

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!

Comments

[motherfucking_ghost]

Lizardbrain knows shit that the forebrain doesn't. Babies act on instinct. And like, when you're in a bind? You can do it too. It'll be flailing and awkward, but you'll fight to keep your head above water. Forebrain needs to learn the fine tuning. To know where to put your arms and how to kick your legs and start doing all the fancy stuff professionals can do. Do it enough, and it becomes second nature, but it's not instinct.

[misanthropicprinciple]

Huh.

[Junpei stops splashing for a while to think about that, just holding onto the side and bobbing, then nods.]

Yeah, that makes sense. Like writing and riding a bike and learning different languages. I'm pretty good at English, but I gotta think about it sometimes. But Japanese I never have to think about ever.

[He splashes Alpha's feet.]

Doesn't that mean you have to practice to get good at this, too? Get back in here.

[motherfucking_ghost]

You're killing me, kiddo. When am I gonna need to know how to swim? [HE SAYS IN A MURDERGAME WHICH IS FOR MURDER] Okay okay okay, but I'm keeping the floaties on. I'm not too manly for them.

[misanthropicprinciple]

Fine! Come on, I'll teach you how to do it. I'm a great swimmer.

[He bobs underwater and comes up again, shaking his hair out of his face once more.]

If you hold onto the wall like this you can practice kicking and you won't sink.