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Joly's not asleep. He's not. He wouldn't mind being asleep, but he has no idea how that can happen, with so many people who are so small and anything could happen to them and how do parents ever sleep--

But he must sleep, because the next thing he hears is a familiarly deep grumble, and then a pause, and then there's definitely- an-adult-Bahorel sitting up in middle of the heap of mattresses and children (still wearing a long loose nightshirt and not anything more Romantic, and Joly says an internal thanks to Milliways magic) and saying, in what Bahorel probably thinks is a quiet voice, "What the devil did we all drink?"

All right, it's only Bahorel re-aged now, but it is Bahorel, and if everyone else is still children, they're also still asleep. Which means Joly can, in clinical terms, completely freak out. In a low voice, so he doesn't wake the children, but still.

So one lengthy and rather frazzled explanation and a decent amount of medicinal alcohol later (Joly's a doctor, and thus entirely ready to swear that when he serves alchohol it's medicinal by default), there's a change of adult supervision (although Joly left Bahorel with Very Stern Commands to wake him back up if 'anything happens, anything at all', for what little they both know that's worth).

Bahorel is of course treating the situation with all the seriousness it deserves. Which means that he has breakfasts ready to cook the minute people start moving, and is now considering potential Fun and Only Mildly Deadly Activities For All Ages. And also that he, unlike some people who he cannot even believe missed this chance, has obtained a flashless camera and a video recorder.

This is so going in the scrapbook.

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vive_lavenir

Jean wakes up to the sound of grownup voices.

There's a strange grownup here. Quickly Jean buries his head under the blankets, to hide.

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clayforthedevil

Thirty years later than yesterday, shyness is still something that happens to other people-- but Jean Prouvaire is something that Bahorel's had some time to get used to. He waits for a bit to see if this is one of the hiding spells Jean will come out of on his own; long enough to cook up a plate of eggs and bacon.

When that isn't apparently happening, he says , rather casually "Blankets only hide us from fairy foes, Jean Pétion. You'd know that; L'Opinion always says you knew about things that mattered." That's true, he does. "And I'm not fairie or foe, so you might come out and share breakfast; it's plain human food, even, and you shouldn't miss that here."

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vive_lavenir

...after a few long moments, curiosity gets the better of him.

Jean pokes his head out of the blanket pile. "You know L'Opinion? Who are you? His father?"

He does look kind of like L'Opinion.

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clayforthedevil

He looks at Jean very thoughtfully. What can he say that won't make everything confused and miserable for no reason, and won't be a lie? He's been considering it. "I'm from your future, so maybe I shouldn't tell you everything.You wouldn't want to hear all the stories you'll write before you write them, eh? I won't lie to you, but let me leave you some surprises. But I'm a Bahorel, all right--that's the only name I go by here--and a man who's had more brothers than he might, if not for you and your friends." He taps a finger against the edge of his mouth and smiles.

..Hey, it's all true.

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vive_lavenir - Date: 18 Apr 2016 02:09 (UTC) - Expand

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pro_patria_mortuus

As an adult, Enjolras will be a light sleeper. As a ten-year-old child, he's... pretty much just sacked out flat.

But somehow he's managed to end up sacked out flat in a sunbeam, half in and half on top of a tangle of flatteringly blue blankets, right under a golden cherub's artistically benevolent eye.

But eventually he does sit up, rubbing his eyes and blinking at the room.

It's still weird. And unfamiliar, and he misses his home and his father. And he's hungry. But it's full of kids who are his friends and allies, so -- so it's pretty okay for now anyway.

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clayforthedevil

"Good morning, citizen!" Ridiculously cute, ridiculously photogenic citizen! Yes, Bahorel has many pictures of his suddenly adorable friends to be shared later. "You're up in time for breakfast. How would you like your eggs?"

Yes, it's aggressively mundane, but the fantastic is already here, so some dramatic contrast is needed. Also, cherubs. Cherubs are here. Bahorel isn't surprised that Enjolras as a child doesn't care any more about that than Enjolras as an adult, but he is amused that now it looks like Enjolras is ignoring a winged relation.

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pro_patria_mortuus

The ridiculously cute and photogenic citizen opens his mouth, possibly to answer, and then rubs at his eyes again, and sends Bahorel a confused look.

(Apparently the bleariness upon waking up is also something that started early.)

"Eggs?"

That's either a question, or the answer.

"Who are you?" Vous. Monsieur, citizen--? He fumbles his way out of the blankets.

Edited Date: 12 Apr 2016 13:33 (UTC)

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clayforthedevil - Date: 14 Apr 2016 10:08 (UTC) - Expand

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tu_vas_triompher

Someone else is a light sleeper, or just used to being the first one up with work to do. But he doesn't know what there is to do, so Jeannot has been lying very quiet and still. He can't hear the adults' conversation from where he is, but he watches the medicinal alcohol and the getting-out of breakfast things and the strange machine, all with eyes open just a crack.

...anyone really looking at him can probably guess he's awake.

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clayforthedevil

Yes, but Bahorel approves of this unusual demonstration of sloth on Feuilly's part, so he doesn't say anything until the coffee's brewing and he's ready to actually cook. " Hey, Jeannot, call out your order--There's eggs and bacon, and there's cheese if you want it, but I don't like the look of it myself." Legle and Joly are not the finest of housekeepers. "But there's fruit and cakes, too, and those are good." He turns away from the stove to lean against the counter, pointed in Jeannot's general direction but not looking directly at him. " Come grab your share, citizen. You can always go back to sleep after."

He's talking in a quiet, early-morning voice--for him. Which means Jeannot can definitely hear him just fine.

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tu_vas_triompher

He startles at the sound of his name, and doesn't even try to turn it into pretending to wake. All right, fine, you caught him. He sits up, combing his fingers through his hair and looking wary.

Jeannot is cleaner than the last time l'Opinion saw him, and has been put into a new shirt. He takes a few wary steps closer, without quite committing to anything. "Are you a friend of M. Joly's?" A friend from Lyon: he can hear that still in the man's speech.

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vive_lavenir

Jean is looking around, wide-eyed.

On another mattress, not far away, an unimpressed Sébastien is inspecting a cherub.

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clayforthedevil

L'Opinion considers the nightshirt Joly handed him before tossing it aside and getting up to start poking at the various books on the shelf.

He pulls one out--ugh, a textbook?-- and opens it, then grins in delight."Hey! It's all bodies and things! And all color!" Doctor textbooks are great!

Edited Date: 13 Apr 2016 03:34 (UTC)

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wings_of_a_swan

Sébastien jumps up from the bed and runs over at the words bodies and things.

Belatedly remembering to be polite, he says, "Hello. I'm Sébastien."

Then he looks over the big boy's shoulder at the pages of the book.

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clayforthedevil

He breaks away from the book long enough to reply. "L'Opinion Bahorel." Even as a short answer, there's a sound of announcement to it.

But any dramatic effect is definitely undercut by him leaning over to point out one of the fantastically colorful illustrations. " Look at that! All sliced up! They must have had one fine knife for that. And cut through bone, too!"

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wings_of_a_swan

"Maybe a machine did it. Like the shiny machines in the infirmary."

They're so detailed.

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