[ota] blood or water, it's all the same

[sirforawhile]

It's been going on for months. The quakes are over and don't seem to be starting up again any time soon, and there's no sign of any other disaster. Iggy just wants to move out of Heart Castle and go home. Unfortunately, as the rest of the family is adamant that the kids remain at the castle, he cannot. Or, well, he's not allowed to. Because poor little kids, even teenagers old enough to babysit their own siblings and cousins, need to be supervised. Even if some of them are already adults by the standards of the Deck.

Which is, of course, piffle. So he's put his foot down and packed his things and gone back to the Xiu house.

The Xiu house will not have him. So, alas, he is wandering the streets of the Town, box of belongings on one shoulder and dragging a monstrous suitcase behind him. Or maybe he's sitting down on a bench somewhere. Take pity on him, folk of the Deck.

[ooc: he will ultimately wind up at Alasdair's place, so offers of a home are welcome but will not be accepted for varying reasons.]

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[sirforawhile]

He can't help the gagging. That much, at least, isn't fake. "Oh, geez. I hope they disinfect the room first. How much stuff did they find hidden behind closets and in corners?"

[dreamsofwords]

"Shit, they disinfect the lower elementary rooms once a week." He grins and toasts Iggy with his beer. "I did hear they found someone's secret stash of Easter eggs. That was...stinky."

[sirforawhile]

"Oh, god." He wrinkles his nose and takes a healthy swig. "I don't know who to pity more, the teachers for enduring that or the kid for losing that."

[dreamsofwords]

"Pity the teachers, trust me." His expression goes a little solemn. "A dozen of them, Iggy. You know how that smells?"

[sirforawhile]

"...I don't wanna take you up on that challenge, dude. You have a better vocabulary of smells in your lifetime than I could ever have." Mad science. Chemicals. Somewhere in that must match the smell of months-old Easter eggs.

[dreamsofwords]

"That is so very true," Alasdair says. "It was harrowing, though, I'll say that much."