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[HOT SPRINGS TRIP] BOYS' SPRING

Characters: Male students only, please!
What: Hot Springs - Boy's side!
Where: Fountain of Youth Hot Springs, the boy's spring.
When: Sunday, July 13th
Rating: Let's call it PG-13.

...It's a hot spring. Pretty self-explanatory. Traditionally, you wear a towel, but if that's not your thing then swimsuits are also acceptable. The spring for the male students is the one farthest over to the right, next to the faculty spring -- so don't you go wandering off to girl's spring ~~unless nobody's looking~~, boys.

If you're headed into the hot spring, then it might be a good idea to start a new comment post, same as the hotel. This thing's bound to get huge, so let's keep the threads as neat as we can. You're welcome to RP this however you like; if you make a tegaki thread, just link it in a post or something.

I think that about covers it, so sit back, relax, and enjoy yourselves.

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"Eh..." Jeff sighed, watching Lopunny suspiciously until he was out of sight. "Long story short, he was bullying a friend so I defended her. Guess he's the kind to hold a grudge."

He shrugged. At least it warmed him up enough to sink a bit lower into the water.

"One bully at this school is enough," Tony sighed and eased himself into the springs, forest green swim trunks disappearing beneath the surface. "Ahh. --where'd Lucas run off to?" Not that he was questioning a good thing, he just wondered if something was wrong considering Lucas had hauled Ionia out of there in such a hurry.

Jeff glanced over his shoulder towards the entrance, hoping to catch sight of Lucas returning - or, you know, sight of anything. Oh, myopia.

"Ah... Lucas was bringing Ionia to the girls' side... Hopefully nothing went wrong."

Tony frowned slightly, wondering if that was entirely for the best since Ionia seemed to be so attached to her 'parents,' yet there was really no helping it lest they wanted to chance the coed faculty bath. And he didn't think Lucas was the type to chance that sort of thing. "Oh. It's a bit of a walk, I'll bet he's on his way back right now." He smiled confidently. ~~Only one left standing in his way now~~rest and relaxation.

((Jumpin' in from here.))

DJ was bored of sitting on the rock watching everyone else have fun. The more adult part of him nagged to keep a low profile, but at the same time, sitting around with no one to talk to was not a good time.

So he scanned the pool for someone he'd feel okay approaching...and saw Jeff. His face split into a wide grin as he slipped off the rocks and crossed the pool, trying not to bump into anybody.

DJ tapped the blonde student on the shoulder. "Jeff I need to talk to you!"

"Maybe..." Jeff shifted his gaze to the water, lowering his voice. "Uh. Actually... remember when I told y--"

Alas, Jeff would never have the chance to finish what he was trying to say to Tony, for the sudden touch on his shoulder startled him. He jumped a bit, staring at Dougie Jay in confusion. "To... to me? Um, s-sorry, I don't think we've met..."

He looked confused for a moment before realizing that the boy didn't recognize him, of course. He broke into a fit of laughter.

"Okay, okay. This is gonna sound really, really weird, but we have met. Uhhhm..." He didn't want to outright say "I'm your physics teacher, Jeff! I gave you a ride in my car, remember?" That might be a little too much of a shock, and it sounded ridiculous anyway. But a moment later he had an idea.

DJ flicked his sunglasses back down over his eyes. "Tadaah!"

". . ."

Okay. Jeff had seen some pretty weird crap in his life. Especially since arriving at Sumabura. But everyone had a breaking point.

Jeff could swear he heard a snapping noise somewhere in the back of his mind.

"Wait, Mr. Falcon?! Is that you?! How did--?!"

"Hahaha...yeaaaah." He rubbed the back of his head. "I know, it's really weird."

Let's see...how to explain this. "There's...uh...a spring in the back. Way back. Aaaand...Porky pushed me in and when I came out...Iiiii was ten years old."

Suddenly the whole situation seemed incredibly funny. Maybe he was still hopped up on the adrenaline from escaping from Luigi. He shrugged.

"I dunno what happened but I'm stuck like this I guess. For now, anyway." He was kind of hoping the student would have some sort of suggestion. Jeff was older...and smarter...and most of all, DJ knew he could trust him.

How the hell did someone go about fixing something like this? Jeff looked over to Tony helplessly for a moment, but even he could see the brunette was even more stunned than he was.

"O...okay... Um..." He rubbed his temples, groaning. "I-I have no idea if this is reversible at all. But surely the hotel staff has to know something about this... you'd think they'd warn you if there was some kind of fountain of eternal yo--"

Oh no.

"Porky did it?" That meant he would have found youth too. That was definitely not good.

"Uhhm...I don't think it was Porky. I think it was the water. He pushed me in though." He said, a little petulance lacing his voice upon recalling the incident. DJ furrowed his brow as he tried to recall the succession of events.

"Lessee...uhm...me and Ollie found this path and there were lots of signs but we couldn't read them." Guess that should have been a clue... "Anyway, Porky was there and I didn't even recognize him!" He exclaimed, throwing his hands in the air. "Then he pushed us in."

He paused for a moment to remember the rest. "OH! And then Luigi came and we ran away with him, but he was boring so I escaped. Aaand. Here I am!"

"I-I meant him having anything to do with it..." Out of habit, Jeff's hand went up to his face to fidget with his INVISIBLE GLASSES. He quickly lowered his hand, feeling foolish. "Ugh. So he's young too, huh..."

Jeff couldn't even tell if Falcon wasn't taking this seriously because he now had a child's mind or because he was Falcon. Either way, someone had to take responsibility here. "Okay, uh... Let's... Let's go find Luigi, or someone in charge of the hotel..." He slowly pulled himself out of the water. Just when he was finally getting used to it, too...

"Tony? I'll be right back, okay?"

Somehow Tony wasn't surprised at all that Porky had his hand in this matter, even if it was something as 'innocent' as pushing Falcon in. The idea the kid-turned-old-man-turned-kid? was walking around with even more energy than he had before made Tony just a little hesitant to sit there all alone. But what's more, he wasn't overjoyed with being written off as needing to stay behind. If Jeff of all people wasn't sure about what to do, how could that make Tony any more of a hindrance?

"Wait just a second, I'm coming too!" He puffed out his cheeks puffed his cheeks out indignantly, popped up out of the water and scrambled onto the rocks, shaking his feet dry hurriedly. Tony hadn't come all this way just to be by himself!

Well, there was no stopping Tony if he wanted to get involved. So much for trying to save him from crazy stuff like this.

Jeff slumped his shoulders in defeat, grabbing a nearby towel. "Okay, let's go then. Don't you run off this time, okay, Mr. Falcon?"

The thought of going back to Luigi was not a pleasant one. Already he was forming a plan to escape Jeff and Tony as well. He'd play along for now, but not without voicing his displeasure first.

"Do I have to go back to Luigi? He was kinda boring." DJ whined, reluctantly following Jeff and Tony out of the springs.

Still, he kept his eyes open for an opportunity to slip away.

"Well... We should at least let him know you're okay, you know? A-at least stay with him until we figure out how to reverse this."

He fluffled his hair a bit with the towel, then wrapped it around his waist as he walked. He entered the building and looked both ways, hoping to spot a hotel worker... no such luck.

"Okay. Let's try the lobby."

Slowly, DJ fell behind a little, waiting for Jeff to get distracted.

Which didn't take very long. As he rounded the corner to head to the lobby, DJ took a few steps, pretending to follow...

And then dashed off in the other direction.

((DJ heads over HERE, gaiz!))

It took Jeff a few minutes to realize that there was one less set of footsteps behind him than there should have been. He turned around, peering over Tony's shoulder.

Yep. Falcon was long gone.

"Agh..."

Tony wrapped his own towel around his waist and trotted after Jeff, a small swell of pride in his chest for having come out on top of that 'debate.'

He was thinking to himself what this Luigi fellow was like and also missed DJ scrambling out of there. "Hm?" Jeff was looking past him with a weary expression, so he turned and took notice of the young boy's absence. "...oh."

Jeff scratched the back of his head, mildly irritated. Falcon running around on his own could be fatal for everyone... But he got the feeling even if he did manage to find him again, there was nothing he'd be able to do. So be it.

"Oh well... I-I don't think there's too much danger he could get into..."

Maybe now he'd be able to relax for real. He started to head back to the spring.

"There are enough other students and teachers around, I'm sure he'll be okay." Tony pulled his towel tighter and turned about to follow Jeff back, giving one last quick glance around. For the most part he believed it, if only because anybody with a grudge against Falcon probably wouldn't recognize him unless he brought their attention directly to himself.

Tony looked over to Jeff and started listening attentively, for Jeff was being very awkwardly hush-hush about whatever he was going to say. He too was caught off guard by DJ's sudden appearance and flicked his eyes up to the younger boy, trying to place who he was. It didn't help that he hadn't seen Falcon much anyway, so he was still in the dark even after DJ returned his large sunglasses to his face.

Jeff apparently recognized him, though, but Tony just kept his mouth shut. His eyes did widen a little in shock however. How did Falcon get to be so young? He'd leave the captain himself to answer that since Jeff was already expressing all the concern Tony felt.

[[wtfff *Maybe now the three would be able to finally get some rest and relaxation ]]

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