dn: Otto Octavius | video

[doctopoda]

[Otto seems harried, clearly walking very quickly down the street as he posts. This is just a quick message anyway:]

Please tell me there's someone else out there who's still their normal age?

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UN: Mark Bryant | Video

[atypical_echo]

[Well that's interesting. Interesting enough for him to respond, complete with video. So Otto knows it's him.]

Why would there be people out there not like that?

[doctopoda]

[Oh! Hey! He...did not know you were even on this network. You just fully never mentioned you were a meta that time he met you? But there's more pressing matters at hand.]

You haven't noticed the teenager plague?

UN: Huvrye | Voice

[effiomsfavorite]

Oh good, it's not just me.

[doctopoda]

Huvrye! Everything alright where you are?

[You sound totally fine, but you're also less established here - and, generally, probably less used to the kind of shit that happens around here.]

dn: Thor of Asgard; video

[thecoolerloki]

Do I count?

[doctopoda]

[Dryly, because he has just now seen your other post:]

No.

un: Bouncing Boy | video

[pinball_wizard]

I am! ...I think. If I had been drafted I might not even realize it.

[doctopoda]

...oh, it's the start of the month, isn't it.

[He'd hardly noticed. The holidays have sort of been rough for him.]

Are you new here?

un: JustAGothamGirl | video

[qualityfriend]

I am, but my normal age is just barely adult, so it might not help much.

[doctopoda]

Well, at least you remember what's going on. Bad enough being in another world without waking up as a kid with no idea how you got there...it must be frightening for them.

dn: Peter Parker

[tinglesense]

Otto, thank god. I know I'm not the oldest adult here or anything but I'm...you know, still an adult.

[ He hasn't been home so HE THOUGHT IT WAS JUST HIM ]

> private

[doctopoda]

Oh thank god.

[He wasn't at home either, and was in fact headed in that direction to try and make sure there wasn't an extremely young Peter Parker panicking in their apartment! Not that he's out of the woods there yet - ]

You heard from the other you?

video | un: Wiccan

[wordiness]

[ he raises his hand, looking tired. ]

I am. I might also be able to help reverse the spell on people, though I wouldn't want to try it large-scale.

[doctopoda]

Thank god. I'm useless with magic.

[Honestly, he hadn't even been able to confirm it was magic, though that did seem most likely.]

Of course. We can try to prioritize, if we can get a handle on the scope...I'm out trying to check up on some people I haven't heard from. [He's pretty sure Balthier, for one, wouldn't take to the Internet if he were suddenly twelve.] At least one person's been turned into an actual infant, from what I understand.

( un: greenlantern )

[torchbearer]

Rollcall. I'm here.

Also this is magic, which I can't really fix but I can corral the kids in one spot. Probably.

[doctopoda]

Maybe. I don't think we have a solution right now, and I'd hate to panic them.

DN: Peter2011 - VIDEO

[nerdylilspidey]

[Peter is tuning in just to wave a hand at the camera with a small, sheepish smile, indeed looking very normal. If he got aged up or down at all, it's... not showing.]

Present.

>private

[doctopoda]

Oh, thank goodness.

[That probably wouldn't have been pretty. Otto immediately swaps to private; he tends to keep their household out of the public eye, though it's more for the Peters than himself.]

At least the three of us are normal.

text | UN: @PeakLord

[greatairplane]

[So the problem with immortality of the sort he's involved in is that at a certain point you don't stop physically aging. It's a point very close to the end of the teenage years. Which were a few decades ago for him (the second time around, even). So the only way he knows something is different is that his clothing no longer fits quite right and his hair isn't quite as long when he goes to put it up in the morning.]

I believe I was hit, but not as drastically as some perhaps? I've barely changed in appearance and my memories have not been altered.

[doctopoda]

...well, I guess the memories are the most important part. Strange that your case was so mild...

text

[fluttersinoceanswind]

I am!

[Of course, her profile picture makes it pretty clear that her normal age is just the age everyone's being turned into, so that's probably not helpful. ]

Any idea on why this is happening though?

[doctopoda]

I don't know for sure.
But I have a guess.

[Loki.]

UN: RankedSixth | Text

[sixthdeadliest]

I wish. Ended up on what seems to be the lower end of the scale.

[doctopoda]

But your memories are intact?

UN: xX_N64xGreenxDay_Xx

[frenchkissed]

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'normal' age
pretty agephobic of you
js

[doctopoda]

How's that baby doing?

video! UN: Squirrel Girl

[eatsnutsandkicksbutts]

[ There is a squirrel with a bow waving at the camera. Responsible adult, reporting for duty! ]

[doctopoda]

[sigh.....]

It got Squirrel Girl, huh?

@korg

[beatscissors]

You're only as old as you feel like.

[Don't ask how a rock with googly eyes attached to it is managing this.]

[doctopoda]

[...

.....

..........]

Okay?

[what the fuck]

audio | un: Nox

[a_gaggle_of_ghosties]

I remain unaffected.

I have a few different hypotheses as to why that is, but some I intend to keep to myself as long as possible.

[doctopoda]

Fair enough. If they're particular to you, I doubt they'd be very helpful for anyone else anyway.