[action]

[welikeike]

[ACTIONS FOR ELIZABETH]
There is a blue-haired boy lying on the sidewalk in some part of FDC. He doesn't seem to be doing too well, but nobody's around to assume responsibility for him. The strangest thing is that parts of his clothes seem to be freshly charred. Stranger yet, he's holding a sword in one hand, and a crumpled-up piece of paper in the other, both with an iron grip. The paper seems to be a letter or something.

One soul would be the lucky one to rouse him from his unconsciousness.

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[GENERAL ACTION]
There's a newcomer at Smash Academy. He's dressed strangely, with tattered clothes and a long, flowing red cape that is similarly torn at the edges. He's spending the day wandering around and getting to know things around this place. He's bound to be anywhere you want him to be.

No matter what time he's approached, he seems bothered about something, be it his predicament or the unfamiliar modern commodities that he has a hard time understanding. Feel free to approach him and HELP A GUY OUT.

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[YOOOOOOO]

[tearfulpartings]

Elizabeth was in town today, seeing the sights, trying to see if there was anything she could do to help. No, she was told, don't worry about it.

BUT LO. IN HER JOURNEYS. A BOY ON THE WALK. A BURNED BOY?? A BURNED BLUE BOY.

She hurried over to his side. "Hello? Hello can you hear me...?"

[welikeike]

The burned blue boy did not respond. That was too bad.

Really, though, he could hear somebody calling out to him. It was the faintest realization that there was somebody in reality trying to get his attention, but he wasn't ready to pay attention. He just didn't seem to react much. Maybe he twitched a little, at least.

[tearfulpartings]

Oh no. Oh no. Elizabeth knelt down next to him, carefully making sure that he wasn't already too far gone. A twitch was good. "I don't know if you can hear me, but everything is going to be okay. Just hang in there."

Elizabeth proceeded to do one of the things she did best, pulling out a needle to bring him back to this side of the abyss.

[welikeike]

If there was anything Ike expected, it wasn't a needle, and it wasn't the sensation he was about to feel next. A sharp pain was a good way to bring somebody about, and Ike cringed at the feeling. But then he just... breathed in very sharply and opened his eyes.

What in fresh hell. Was this feeling.

"Wh-What..." he breathed, and sat up with a start. "What's going on?!" His heart was pounding, and he felt like he was trembling from his very core. Never before had he been roused so suddenly from unconsciousness and felt so uncomfortably awake.

[tearfulpartings]

Good morning, Ike. Would you care for a donut?

She held out her hands to steady him, grasping his shoulders with a light grip. "Shh, it's okay." The jitters were normal. "Give yourself a moment."

[raw_angel_power]

Unbeknownst to Pit, there had been a slight... rearrangement of the dorms today. That's why he reached into his bag and pulled out a key, operating thoughtlessly because this was so routine. He tried twisting the key and turning the knob to room BE-08's door, but it was stiff and wouldn't budge. He rattled the brass around trying to get the key to work but nothing happened.

Weird! Jolt better be home! He knocked on the door just in case he was. "Hey! I'm locked out! Are you in there? Sorry if you were trying to nap!"

[welikeike]

Staying here. At this school. Really, those headmasters were more unhelpful than Ike could have ever dreamed. He had no intent to stay at this academy when he had other things he needed to be doing. Who knew if the mercenaries even had any idea where he'd gone off to? He sure didn't remember leaving them.

Ike stared at the bare side of the room - the side that was supposed to belong to him, but he had no intention of making it that way. He hadn't met his roommate yet, but maybe that was for the best if he didn't plan on staying. Instead of idling any longer in a place he wasn't supposed to be, the commander turned around and headed straight for the door.

The timing was pure coincidence that somebody knocked and called out. Ike froze. This must be his roommate. He'd have some explaining to do after all, it seemed.

Ike opened the door, a hand hung loosely around the back of his neck. "Hey there," he started. He was just about to continue on, to say something to the effect that it was just some mistake, but Pit's wings caught him off guard. He didn't look like a heron, but people didn't just look like that for no reason. He stopped, and muttered, "Your wings..."

[raw_angel_power]

Pit staggered backward, but caught himself on his heel before he could stumble. Hey, wait a minute! This wasn't Jolt! This was... This was Ike, the legendary Hero of the Blue Flames! What was he doing in his room?

"Ike!" he blurted, before realizing he should technically not know who this was. Breaking the fourth wall like this was strictly forbidden by Palutena, and he needed to correct this mistake posthaste. "...Ikekackackakk," he coughed into his fist, turning away from the mercenary to be polite about it. Upon "recovering", he looked back up at him with embarrassment and replied, "Sorry! Bit of a bad cough! Uh, what's your name? And... what are you doing in my room?"

[welikeike]

Well that was... strange. Ike cocked an eyebrow at Pit's fake coughing fit, but decided not to press on it too much. Even so, it seemed like this boy knew his name already, so why ask it?

"It seems you already know my name somehow," he began. Yes, Pit, that coughing fit could not convince anybody in the world. "And if it was a guess, you got it right. I'm Ike." Now came the tough part. He'd have to explain all of that stupid enrollment business that he didn't agree to. Ike shifted, rather fed up with all of the obstacles this school kept giving him. "As for your room, it's a long story. I'm supposed to be your roommate, but I have no intention of staying. It's all a big misunderstanding. I'm not supposed to be at this school, and I don't know how I got here in the first place."

[raw_angel_power]

"No, I..." Well, maybe it wasn't too weird if Ike was such a big deal where he came from and all. He should just let it slide back down where it went unnoticed. "...Well, the thing is, I already have a roommate. So maybe this is just one big misunderstanding!"

Did Jolt leave? So suddenly, too! Or did he change rooms? Oh no... What if Jolt got fed up with him asking for help all the time? He should have been more self-sufficient...

[planking]

Why does it seem like new people always wander by the tool shed just as Flint is coming out of it?

Well, enjoy a door swinging open in your face, Ike.

[welikeike]

Is that a trend? Whether it was or not, Ike fell right into the trap and his face met with the door.

Ike grunted, stepping back. He winced and brought a hand to cover his face. This was no time to let stupid things like this catch him while he was off guard! Ike looked up to see who opened the door.

"That's one way to make a first impression," said Ike, removing his hand from his face. Oh, hello nosebleed.

[planking]

"What the hey-" Flint poked his head around the door to see what he had knocked into. "Oh sh- sorry about that, son, didn't know you were there."

He quickly reaches into his pockets and produces and extra handkerchief, which he offers to the stranger he just assaulted. "Uh, just tilt your head back a little."

[welikeike]

"Thanks," said Ike, taking the handkerchief from Flint. "You don't have to be sorry. I should have been paying more attention to where I was going. All you did was open a door."

Ike lightly tilted back his head and pressed his fingers to the bridge of his nose with the handkerchief.

[planking]

What do you say to somebody you just beaned in the face, anyway?

"Y'know, I can point you in the direction of the nurse's office, they can patch you up right." He offered. "Name's Flint, by the way. Don't think I've seen you around."

[heartofarapier]

Where Eirika was headed wasn't necessarily something she'd mapped out so entirely. Right hand supporting the spine of an open book, and left hand adjusting the sword belt that loosely draped about her waist, she almost missed him. Yet surely enough he passed and it was the garb that caught her attention, for it was Magvel in style, but the man was entirely foreign.

Not... that she knew everyone in Magvel, of course. Although in hindsight, perhaps that was something to work on.

Whatever the case, it was curiosity, plain and simple, that drew Eirika to following after Ike. In what was an attempt to be inconspicuous that went poorly. Basically, trailing after the man who looked slightly in distress, hiding partially behind her book. At least until she could get close enough to him that she could clear her throat.

Just to get his attention.

[welikeike]

At first, Ike didn't pay attention clearing her throat. It was just a noise, and not one that would distract him from trying to find somebody who knew a thing or two about this place and how to leave it. Upon realizing that the noise belonged to somebody behind him, Ike considered that it might be to catch his attention. So he looked over his shoulder and met with Eirika's eyes.

This woman could have very well passed for somebody who lived somewhere in Tellius, for all he knew. He didn't recall meeting her before, but it was just some matter of contrast between her and this entire setting that gave him some vague familiarity, though it wasn't all that strong.

He faced her completely. He'd noticed her presence, now it was time to see what she wanted. "Yes?"

[heartofarapier]

Ding ding. She got his attention. And a better look at him, too. Almost instantly her book shut and as she got a chance to better examine him, she still saw a lot of similarities in his apparel. It helped that his hair wasn't a 'natural' shade, she supposed.

"I apologise for interrupting you, as you seem to be in your own sense of haste, but I wanted to ask where you were from," she said very directly.

No malice, but more or less a regal curiosity. It'd be nice to have someone from Magvel, even if it wasn't someone she knew and naturally it was a long shot, but it never hurt to inquire. But to be fair, this blue-haired wonder didn't seem very keen on answering anything from what she noticed.

[welikeike]

So she thought something similar, perhaps.

"I'm from Crimea," he answered shortly, but figured he might make the best of it. "How about you? Where do you come from?" If she happened to be from Tellius, anyway, maybe she'd know how he could return.

[heartofarapier]

Nope. A foreign word to her. She was disappointed, but only slightly, because ultimately he didn't look so different, which meant she could probably be of some practicality to him. Assistance anyway. At some brief instance.

"Magvel," she began. Her posture straightened. "Renais, if I'm to be precise. You look similar to some of the people-" She motioned between them, their similar styles of tunics and what not. "-You understand. I'd thought perhaps the same continent, but it would seem not."

[gentlesaint]

Stewed in the doldrums of a quiet, uneventful period at the infirmary, Rhys was shuffling through paperwork at the counter, glancing up every so often at halls outside. He knew he would rather be out breathing in the stark autumn gusts right now instead of working, but despite there being little action in the sick ward, he still had a lot of work to do. Paperwork was soooo frightfully booooring...

He glanced up at the sound of footsteps nearing in, caught the form of a man with a tattered cape and noble blue hair, and turned his eyes back down to his work for what hardly constituted a second before he dropped his pen and whipped his entire body away from the counter, scrambled for the halls to pop his head out the door so he could get a better look at the young man he just glimpsed. Could it be...

Ike?

His voice sprung out of his throat. "Ike!"

[welikeike]

Amidst all of the unfamiliarity, something made him feel like a window had opened up and a way home just appeared out of thin air. The sound of Rhys's voice could have never been more reassuring. After spending a day realizing that he'd have to stay for as long as it took to return to Tellius, he could hardly believe what he was hearing. If it was as good as it sounded, his stay could be cut down to but a day.

Ike turned around in the direction Rhys called from, looking completely startled. Sure enough, it was Rhys. Ike almost looked relieved after seeing him, but his voice conveyed shock. "Rhys?! How did you find me?"

[sicklypriest]

It wasn't as though he found anything funny, but Rhys found himself releasing a light gale of laughter before coming out into full form. "I think I should be asking you a similar question. To be honest, here, I haven't the slightest clue how I found you."

His face slowly morphed from blissful surprise to... confused surprise. "Or, how you got so... erm, small? You look a lot younger than when I last saw you."

[welikeike]

"What? Just how old did you think I was?" he asked, like this was the weirdest topic to talk about. "I'm still the same age, Rhys. Nothing's changed about me."

[gentlesaint]

Oh dear. The fog of mystery was starting to clear up for Rhys. Ike's age regression was likely due to some temporal bending that he didn't quite understand. And how should he explain it to Ike, who, by the looks of it, was fresh out of Tellius. He would think him crazy!

"Ah..." Eye contact was diverted in an awkward attempt to try and grasp at a sensible enough way to elucidate him on the subject. "It's... difficult for me to explain why I thought you were younger. I must look like I'm losing my marbles. This school, you see... It's located in a strange place that can be said to distort time, so... I think what you may be looking at is an older Rhys." He chuckled a little. "My, that is strange to think about..."