They shrink down so fast... [Mostly Open]

[boredallready]

Date & Time: January 19th, afternoon onwards
Location: In the Hold
Characters: Bitty!Lloyd and YOU
Summary: One (1) toddler with a head injury and a missing shoe seems very lost.
Warnings: Cute

[There sure do seem to be a lot of children here all of a sudden. Yet another one is running through the hold, this one looking about 3 and with tears in the corners of his eyes.

The running isn't going very well, however. Part of this is due to the fact that for some reason, he's only wearing one shoe. He looks fairly disheveled on the whole and, were anyone able to look carefully, they may notice he also has a bump on his head.

Despite all this, he keeps trying to make his way through the Hold.]

M-Mommy? Daddy? I-I don't know where I am...!

[Even though he sounds like he's looking for them, he isn't watching where he's going very carefully. Apologies if he bumps into you.]


[ooc: Someone is already planned to contact his parent(s), but feel free to try to cheer him up or buy him a lollypop or something!]

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[wilder]

[Zelos was sitting at the hold mess hall, yet again trying to identify what they were serving them (why did he even bother to come down here- oh right to skip training and check out girls) when he catches the sound of the toddler. He looks over and looks very surprised. Though it'll take him a moment to connect the dots]

Seriously? They're bringing toddlers into this now...?!

[boredallready]

Mommyyyy?!

[Lloyd starts running along the tables, before he notices the person with long hair staring at him. He freezes. A stranger is looking at him. He wasn't supposed to talk to strangers unless there was something wrong, right?

...Then again, something was very wrong right now, so he'll try it! He slowly begins to approach Zelos, almost looking like he's worried about being bitten.]

U-uhhh, lady? Do you know where to find Mommy or Daddy now?

[wilder]

[....]

Not a lady, kid.

[Great, just great]

But that depends, whose your mother and father?

[boredallready]

[...Blink. Huh, she didn't sound like a lady, either. Maybe she was a "mister". Well, now he knew!]

O-Oh. They're Mommy and Daddy!

[Because that totally answers it!]

[wilder]

Errrr....okay. Know if they are called anything else?

[boredallready]

Ummm... [He thinks for a few seconds before shaking his head "no" and frowning.]

S-So how come your hair's so long?

[wilder]

[....well, he probably didn't know them anyway. So that's fine. Though why does this kid seem somehow familiar..?]

[He'll give him a simple shrug and smile] Because I like it this long.

[sidecar]

[Lloyd's not the only one not paying attention to his surroundings. It's with an air of agitation that Kotetsu walks through the Hold, hands jammed in his pockets and angrily wondering why just once they can't come back from a mission without the city entering a state of chaos.

Distracted by his thoughts, he barely stops short of running right into a kid. A tiny, roughed up, scared looking kid, and the sight is enough to cut through his bad mood instantly. Kotetsu looks over his shoulders as if he expects the missing parents to conveniently appear, but of course it isn't that simple. Reaching out to grab the boy's arm before he can run right past him, he puts on his most reassuring smile.]

Got lost, huh?

[boredallready]

Ahh-!

[The sudden stop jars him and he's initially apprehensive looking at this guy but...he really seems like he's trying to help and Lloyd is definitely still in trouble. Maybe he's trying to help?

After a second, Lloyd gives a quick, rigid nod in response. Still nervous, what are you talking about?]

[sidecar]

[Upon closer inspection, Kotetsu definitely gets the feeling he's seen this kid before. He can't quite place him, but he takes the familiarity as a sign that Lloyd's more likely to be a Transport than a displaced victim of the UE or an Exsilium local. A good thing, probably, since that'll make tracking down anyone who recognizes the kid a much easier task.

First things first.]

Hey, don't worry. As a Hero, it's my job to make sure you get back to your family!

[That statement would carry a lot more weight in Sternbild than it does here, but some melodramatic habits die harder than others.]

Now, can you tell me where you were the last time you saw your parents?

[boredallready]

[Lloyd stares at him in aww.]

Woooooah, you're a hero?! So you help lotsa people?

Uhhhhh... [He thinks.] There was a lot of grass and trees and stuff! And Noishe was there, too!

[That narrows it down, right?]

[sidecar]

That's right!

[He grins and stands up a little straighter, just shy of striking a properly cheesy pose.

Lloyd's description actually is pretty helpful since it sure doesn't sound like anywhere in Exsilium.]

But you've been on your own since you ended up in this scary place, huh? So what are their names?

[boredallready]

Woooow! [Lloyd's really excited now!]

[He nods after the first question.] Y-Yeah, this place is really scary. Ummmmm, their names are...Mommy and Daddy!

[protects_no_one]

[He hears the voice and the awkward-sounding footsteps long before he feels the bump against his body, but Sesshoumaru remains where he's standing.

He doesn't move out of the way for anyone--including children.

Looking down without saying anything, his expression is somewhat stern. Why is there a child here?]

[boredallready]

[Well whatever he ran into had something really fuzzy on it.

Lloyd looks up, only to see the person frowning down at him. O-Oops. She was pretty and had weird paint on her face, but this lady definitely wasn't happy.]

S-Sorry, lady. Umm, have you seen Mommy and Daddy?

[protects_no_one]

["Lady"? The scowl deepens slightly as he responds in his DEEP voice.]

You have mistaken me for someone else.

However, I have not encountered those you are searching for.

[boredallready]

[Oh wow, she did have a low voice. But this person definitely had to be a lady, right?]

H-Huh? But I don't know who you are!

O-Oh. Do you know where they are now?

[protects_no_one]

[Yes, HE did have a deep voice, and a low growl, which he manages to control since child humans aren't as bad as the adults.

Maybe.]

You have mistaken me for a woman. I am not of that gender.

[Didn't he just answer that question? The demon pauses and lifts his head, quietly searching aromatically before looking at the boy once more.]

They have not come this way.

[boredallready]

[He doesn't know what a "gender" is, but he's starting to get the feeling that this is once again apparently a guy.]

Y-You're a boy? Why do you look so funny?

[He looks away with a frown, sniffing.] I-I really need ta find them, though! This place looks weird...

[strategic_guile]

[Blaine's walking through the hold when low and behold, a kid. A small one, too. More than a lot of the others. He's not watching where he's going and Blaine crouches down to intercept him as he makes to toddle by, giving him a friendly smile.]

Hey now, where are you off to, hmm?

[boredallready]

[He's a bit surprised when the stranger gets down to his level, but he seems friendly enough. Despite his nerves, he's more worried about finding his parents, so answering is okay here, yep!]

I need to find Mommy and Daddy!

[strategic_guile]

[Adorable little child. As long as he isn't screaming Blaine can deal.] And who are your Mommy and Daddy?

[boredallready]

[He thinks for a few seconds with an audible "hmmmmmm".] Daddy is really strong! And Mommy always tells him what to do!

[strategic_guile]

[Okay, he laughs a little.] What do they look like? Do they have brown hair like you?

[boredallready]

[Ooo, Lloyd knows the answer to this! He grins a bit.] Mommy does! Daddy's hair is red and really long. I don't know how he sees anything!