[Being a kid is nto fun RL-Tyki, Zechs, Rufus...and maybe someone else XD]

[clockmaster]

Hakuba blinked, looking down at his small hands as they traveled trough the Ark. Perhaps he was hallucinating. He had been pulling several late nights recently and mayhap it was affecting him more than he realized. But no, he was in fact, a six years old kid, wearing now vintage children's clothes from the 19th century thanks to Tyki. he sighed miserably, glad that the other man was there to help him.

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[tyki-tock.livejournal.com]

((OOC: I think I've got it all figured out now, lol. And sorry for the delay, I was afk for a few hours))

Tyki thought Hakuba looked precious in those clothes that he himself had worn when he was young, especially with that pout on his face. He bent and swung Hakuba into his arms, as it seemed he was tiring. "Not much further now," he said. "And I'll have to leave you and go check on Rufus, but then I'll be back, probably with him to keep you company."

He was a little concerned that Hakuba was going to regress mentally as well, as Johnny had done. But so far there were no signs of it.

[clockmaster.livejournal.com]

((OOC: no hurry dear <3))

Hakuba suppressed a yelp when Tyki took him on his arms. He was not used to be that small, even if the other man already did something like that in other occasion when he had his old body and they were worldhopping.

"It's fine with me Tyki. And thanks for all your worries, I'm giving you and Zechs a lot of problems." Hakuba rested his head in Tyki's shoulder, hoping that he didn't mind. he knwo he didn't. The now child detective caressed the small yellow bird that he was holding. Even Watson was younger now. Hakuba grinned. "Rufus too uh? Well I need someone to snark with now that I'm like that."

[tyki-tock.livejournal.com]

"You're welcome. It's my pleasure to help out, Hakuba. As for Rufus, he's is a perfect subject to snark with, under the best of circumstances," Tyki said, chuckling. "I know I enjoy it very much."

He was able to walk a lot faster without having to slow down to Hakuba's stubby little legs, so they made better time now, and he soon reached the door.

He let Hakuba down so he could open the door and let him into his apartment on Gaia.

[clockmaster.livejournal.com]

"I'm sure you do, Tyki." Hakuba looked around. "Why do you have a house here from all the places?" Hakuba gave him an innocent look. being a kid had his advantages. He already knew about Zechs and Tyki's relationship, but since he liked both men and didn't wanted to bother them he never mentioned anything about it. He wasn't that confidential about Tyki, but Hakuba was sure that Zechs wouldn't apreciate it.

[tyki-tock.livejournal.com]

"It's Zechs' house," Tyki said absently. "I just come here occasionally because I'm friends with Zechs, and it seemed like a good place to take you. My home is too dangerous."

He trusted Hakuba with the secret, but he wasn't going to tell him just like that, either. Not yet, anyway. Perhaps he would tell him later, when he wasn't so obviously fishing.

[clockmaster.livejournal.com]

Hakuba just nodded, he didn't konw much about Tyki's family, but it was enough to be sure that it was better not to come near them.

"Zechs is a good man, and really interesting to talk with. We have some things in common. He found a job on Gaia then?"

Suddenly, Watson flew away form his hands and Hakuba tried to call her but it was useless. She wasn't that much trained now as before the virus. Thanks to god the windows where closed.

"Sorry, I will catch her before she cause more trouble. if you need to go to find Rufus, I'm sure I will be busy for a bit"

[tyki-tock.livejournal.com]

Tyki smiled and nodded. "He is a good man. And yes, I believe Rufus offered him a job after he lost his old one. I actually helped him move, since he relies on me a great deal for his world hopping."

He ruffled Hakuba's hair and stepped back towards the doorway. "Feel free to make yourself comfortable. There's food in the fridge as well. I'll be back in a few minutes."

[clockmaster.livejournal.com]

"Glad to heard that you two are such a good friends." Hakuba was trying to move a chair to use it to reach Watson, who was perched over one of the lamps. Being that small was a problem.

Hakuba couldn't help but made a content sound when Tyki ruffled his hair, his father usually did that too. He still do, specially when they didn't see each other for long time..

"I will be fine, thanks. You're the one who need to be careful, Rufus is not easy. I'm the charming one of the two, remember." he joked.

[tyki-tock.livejournal.com]

"Believe me, I know," Tyki said wryly. "Especially because he's so pissed at me right now that he's barely speaking to me."

He grinned and then waved to Hakuba briefly, then strode towards the doorway, stepping through and disappearing.

[clockmaster.livejournal.com]

Hakuba blinked, but he didn't gave it a second thought. Rufus was always annoyed with someone or something. That was how he coped with his life and what kept him alive, so it was more easy to accept it than trying to fight it. Hakuba stood up over the chair and looked at Watson.

"Come here." He said firmly. Watson chirped and didn't move. Hakuba sighed. That was going to take him some time.

[thricedeadwind.livejournal.com]

Zechs was just planning on popping back into the apartment for a moment, though he was a little concerned. He was starting to consider the consequences for having some people turned into children, yet others unaffected. Those others may decide to take advantage of the situation. Considering his current position, and his employer's condition, this meant he had to be especially dutiful.

Disabling the security and unlocking the door, however, let him find something which only slightly surprised him. Hakuba, dressed in vintage Victorian-era clothing, looking all of about six years old. And attempting to get a small yellow bird off of a lamp. He asked Tyki to look at the post and see if the boy needed assistance, but it didn't necessarily mean he'd have to come here.

No matter. Zechs liked Hakuba, and even trusted the Detective a good deal, which was a feat for anyone to achieve. Locking the door behind him, he turned to face the child. He was dressed in a dark blue suit, and wore black leather gloves. His idea of a Turk's uniform.

"Good morning, Detective."

[clockmaster.livejournal.com]

Hakuba stopped his frowning at Watson to turn back and look at Zechs like a deer in lights. Unlike Tyki, Zecks valued his intimacy, and Hakuba respected that, so that wasn’t exactly how he had planned to meet the other man for the first time. Especially not wearing some vintage clothes from the boyfriend’s man when he was a child…, and he didn’t imagined himself on a chair, that's for sure. He quickly recovered his composure, got down the chair with all the dignity he could pile on him, cleaned it, walked near Zechs and offered him a hand and an unsure smile.

“Hello Zechs Marquise, it’s a pleasure to meet you. Ah...I’m sorry for the circumstances, though.”

[thricedeadwind.livejournal.com]

Zechs didn't begrudge Hakuba for his current circumstances. It wasn't as if the boy had planned for this to happen, after all. To be annoyed in the least would be petty. Zechs gifted Hakuba with a small, polite smile, wearing a bit of an aristocratic facade.

He didn't know how much the Detective knew about he and Tyki, but if Hakuba did know about them ... well, Zechs trusted the boy. He told him about Tallgeese and he knew he was a man Tyki respected. That was enough for Zechs, all things considered.

Being quite tall, Zechs crouched before Hakuba so he could shake his hand. "Indeed, Hakuba Saguru. It is a pleasure to meet you at last. You need not apologize for your circumstances, however. I know you cannot help your current state."

[shinra-pwnsjoo.livejournal.com]

Rufus was sitting upstairs in his home office. Though, sitting was another word for it completely. He had been placed there by a skilled set on hands and he could not get down from the chair easily. He really wished he had Dark Nation right now; when he was younger, he would ride her predecessor all around their old manor.

Instead, Rufus skillfully had devised a way to push himself off of the chair and land on his knees. The television screen that displayed what was going on outside showed no signs of Hakuba's approach. The child scrambled to the living room where he turned on something random on the TV and found a stepping stool to reach his phone.

... you never know what could happen.

[clockmaster.livejournal.com]

Hakuba looked at the door of Rufus's apartment and frowned. After Tyki told him about Rufus being alone on his apartment and in need of some company-or people to torture- he caught Watson, who was now an small yellow bird, and took her with him to the upstairs.

The problem was that, with his actual size, he couldn't reach the bell. He was debating with himself if he must just knock at the door until Rufus heard him, but he doubted that the president would apreciate his door being slammed.

[tyki-tock.livejournal.com]

Thankfully Tyki wasn't far behind him, and arrived a moment later. "Sorry, just wanted to get some things," he said, and pressed the buzzer. He didn't seem to be carrying anything, though one never could tell with Tyki.

He waited impatiently, feeling like he might as well just go in, but Hakuba had seemed like he wanted to be polite.

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"Thanks." Hakuba said looking up at him. Tyki was always taller than him but now he looked a way more bigger. They waited for a moment until the small detective talked again. "Do you think he's ok? it's taking him too much to open the door..." Then it hit him. "Tyki...if I can't reach the bell, he probably can't reach the doorknob."

[tyki-tock.livejournal.com]

Tyki blinked, then dropped his face into his palm. "You're right," he said, feeling a little silly. "Of course. And here I was trying to actually be polite for once and not barge in on him."

He reached out and twisted the knob, letting them into the apartment. "Rufus!" he called. "We're back!"

[shinra-pwnsjoo.livejournal.com]

Rufus heard them from behind the door and immediately checked the TV screen. There was no one behind them, and it was them after all. Rufus hopped off the couch and climbed onto a small stool to reach the doorknob, a small letter opener in his hand just in case.

"Coming!"

[clockmaster.livejournal.com]

Once the door was opened, Hakuba watched inside to face a small child Rufus and suppressed a laugh. At least it was a relieve to look at someone's eyes again. Being that short was a pain. He looked at the letter opener on Rufus's hands and raised an eyebrow.

"Really threatening, Rufus. You're going to stab people's knees?" he said as salutation. Watson chirped in his hands.

[tyki-tock.livejournal.com]

Tyki did laugh. He couldn't help it, after what Hakuba had just said.

"Did you think we were robbers coming to kidnap you, and politely knocking?" he asked, stepping into the room and ruffling Rufus' hair as he walked past.

You can bet that if Rufus chose to retaliate by stabbing him in the knees, it would pass right through him.

[shinra-pwnsjoo.livejournal.com]

Rufus looked up at Tyki and tilted his head. "I hope that when you regress that you have horrible acne."

A little petty, but Rufus was not feeling up to par to talking to someone older than him. And one that he couldn't punch in the knees to add to that. Instead Rufus pulled Hakuba and Tyki in the room with all his weight and closed the door.

"Don't insult that method. Once, when I was around this age I was abducted and the only way I survived was that I had stabbed the man in the knees all the way to the hilt."

[clockmaster.livejournal.com]

Hakuba made a face. "You get abducted a lot Rufus. It can be good for your health....or other people health as you let us know."

Watson flew from Hakuba's hands to his shoulder, she was acting a bit more respectful and cautious now that other people was around. Hakuba couldn't help himself, he come closer to Rufus and pinched his cheeks.

"Cute."

[tyki-tock.livejournal.com]

Tyki snickered at Rufus. "I doubt it. I never really had that problem. Besides, I haven't regressed yet." His gold eyes sparkled. "You probably don't want to see me as a six year old. I was a hellion."

He sat down in a chair and lit up a cigarette. "So I think this calls for a game," he said. "What do children play in your time?"

[clockmaster.livejournal.com]

Hakuba's eyebrow twitched. A game? Even as a child he didn't played with other kids, he was not much of a social boy. He found the other kids boring, or they call him a freak because he liked to read instead of play hide and seek.

"I played chess with my father." He said, finally.