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[ Any relaxing day you may or may not have been having before now is ruined the second the feed begins, not with pleasant white noise but an inhuman screech. The kind of wailing you'd hear from a dying animal, but with the underlying unmistakable sound of an upset child.

A child, who to anyone who's met him, looks awfully familiar. Like a shorter, chubbier, dark-haired Jinseok Jin, all of maybe six years old.

The scenery is the lobby of a hotel in front if an elevator, blocked by a tall member of staff who rightly makes the executive decision not to let a small, unsupervised child roam the hotel.

And that unsupervised child is far from happy about it, throwing a big hissy tantrum for not only the people peacefully milling about the lobby, but also every person tuning into the network. ]

This hyung will not let me go home! This is my home! I live here! Me! Let me go upstairs!

[ The answer is still a wise "no", which is quickly drowned out by another spoiled, agitated baby fit. ]

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[bestever]

[given that the idiot children church is used to dealing with can clock in at almost six foot with their military armor, this. is actually preferable.] Hey, hey, lil' buddy. Can you tell me where you are?

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[ Lucky for Church, even when fully grown Jinseok almost-doesn't-quite push 5'7", and as it is now when he's six years old, he's barely 3 and a half feet. It's a wonder he comes up to this security guard's knees.

Especially now, looking very small and very upset, face wet and puffy from not getting his way, with smears of snot on his cheeks and hands. ]

I'm in the lobby. They won't let me go upstairs.

[ That isn't helpful at all. ]

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[bestever]

[smaller doesn't ALWAYS mean more manageable, but it does at least mean that if things, uh. well, if things Go South, they can be picked up and relocated.] Aaaaw, man. That's really mean of them! But you know, it's probably part of their job. [but... yeah. that's not. SUPER helpful to him right now.]

You think you can tell me where the building is? East coast or west coast, huh? [because it HAS to be in america, right?]

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I don't know, hyung. I'm downstairs, they will not let me go inside. I want to go insiiiide!

[ More wailing. The guard looks pained. ]

[bestever]

Oh, geeze. [the poor security staff. yeah, he's been there.] Okay, tell you what. D'you think you can let one of them talk to me? They'll be able to tell me exactly where you are, and then I can make sure that somebody gets you home! [... wait. right.] Upstairs. I can talk to them and make sure that they let you upstairs. [although it's... probably more likely to be sending somebody to pick him up. but hey, what's wrong with a little white lie?]

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Okay, hyung... but after that, you have to talk to me.

[ Attention selfish as always, but this person will definitely make the bad hyung let him go upstairs. That's the only thought that has him handing over his phone to the security detail, but even then he still makes a big fuss of it, unintelligible scolding coming from offscreen.

It appears he's in the lobby of the Hotel de Palais, just short of downtown Heropa. ]

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[dumbfound]

[ Here he is! The man that Junseo has been desperately looking for--

Only the man is currently a boy. ... A small, fussy boy. This fact is not going to stop Junseo from finding and protecting his screaming monster, however. ]

Hyung.

[ A weird choice for a six year old, but okay. ]

Stay where you are right now? I'm going to come to you.

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[ A very small, very fussy boy who is still a screaming, crying monster, even while Junseo talks to him. Though what he does back is not as much talking as it is just... screaming and crying. ]

I want to go upstaaaairs...

[dumbfound]

[ ??? Who do deal with child???

Junseo whines a little. He doesn't even know what's happening, but he knows that is definitely Jinseok's ID, and that definitely looks like a mini Jinseok... and weird things are happening around him right now. ]

Hyung.

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[ What do with weird video hyung?? Jinseok has no idea, but he's upset by it anyway, uselessly shaking his phone. ]

No! Only talk to me, do not talk to that bad hyung!

[dumbfound]

[ ???????

This is too confusing for him, he sounds a little frustrated. ]

I am talking to you! Jinseok hyung.

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[ Confused or not, Junseo manages to stop the tantrum, leaving a very pleased, snotty Jinseok grinning to himself as he ignores the guard hyung and sits on the floor. ]

Yes! That's my name. Jin Jinseok.

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[valuemeal]

[ Things Hyunsoo is not looking forward to seeing - or rather, hearing - when he's idly looking through the network? Inhumane screeching, that's what. And even though any smart person would just turn off the broadcast, Hyunsoo does what any idiot would instead - engage it in order to try and stop the sound.

He's hardly even taken a good look at the kid, honestly. ]

H-hey! If they say you can't go there, then you don't live there! [ So consider stopping? Yes? Please? ]

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[ Out of all the right answers in the world, that is definitely not one of them. If the sound of sweet silence is all Hyunsoo was after... he's sure as hell not getting it now.

Being scolded by security is one thing, but being scolded by a handsome video hyung? That's too much for a little baby Jinseok, and he throws himself on the floor dramatically, screaming and crying even more. Way to go. ]

Nooooooooo! This is where I liiiiiive! I live upstaaaaaiiirs! I want to go hoooooome!

[valuemeal]

[ This is the exact opposite of what he wanted.

Hyunsoo shoves a finger into one of his ears, hoping it'll help a little against the screaming, but.. nope. Nothing. He only has himself to thank for this suffering though. ]

Even if you cry to him, he's not going to let you up! That's his job! [ God, how does he even explain that to a kid..

Wait, priorities. Silence. Or at least something a little less loud. ]

Why don't you calm down first? Maybe you can find a way home then.

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[ Somehow even Hyunsoo's better ideas manage to make things worse. Or... better? Maybe? Only if Hyunsoo likes the sound of crying more than he likes the sound of screaming, because the one sound has definitely taken over the other now. There's snot everywhere. ]

This is my home, hyung! This is it! I live here!

[valuemeal]

[ It's hard to say if it's better or worse. At least it's not screaming, sure, but the crying makes Hyunsoo feel oddly.. bad? Sure, he didn't directly cause it, but part of him still feels awkward seeing it. ]

Maybe there's a misunderstanding. [ The result is Hyunsoo winding down a little bit, looking more awkward and half embarrassed than frantic. ] Can't you just contact your..

[ Parents aren't as much of a thing here, huh. ]

.. uh, the person you're staying with?

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[leaflets]

[ oh boy, screaming human children.

hinami will just

do what her mother used to??? ]

Shh, it's alright. Calm down, and we can figure out what's going on.

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[ But he's sooooo saaaad Hinamiiii, and very much still crying, though not as much throwing a big shitty baby tantrum. ]

Noonaaaaa... I want to go upstairs...

[leaflets]

You just have to be patient. Crying is going to make them tell you no even more.

[ or get you dropped off with the police because who left their screeching child in a random place??? ]

Where is your mother?

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[hisheartsdesire]

[Wow. Even if he hadn't reverted back to Tobias Matthews of the 1980s, Toby still would be just as baffled as to why he thinks this infantile little boy is one of the most beautiful people in the world. Seriously, this boy is barely a child compared to the nearly 300-year-old vampire!

Anyway, strange as it may seem, Toby finds himself inexplicably drawn to this silly, tantrum-throwing child. And he can't help finding himself bizarrely attracted to the boy for absolutely no apparent reason. So he winds up laughing in response, not out of discomfort but rather out of befuddled amusement.]

Are you serious? You live in a hotel? Where are your parents?

[And what is this odd attraction to you? As far as Toby is concerned, he's never seen you before in his life!]

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[ As much as Toby is beautiful and handsome and a total dreamboat hyung, Jinseok is still only palmsized, and he doesn't much appreciate Toby laughing at his sorrows. It certainly does nothing to make him feel any less upset, but he doesn't know how to handle this new rush of emotions, and wails a bit while he stomps his feet. ]

I don't know, hyung! I just live here! This is where I liiiiive! Up theeeeere!

[ Jabbed finger towards the elevator, where he would really like to go right now! ]

[hisheartsdesire]

So you live up the elevator? What floor, then?

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The... top one.

[ Penthouse? He seems to have forgotten the word. He just points straight up. ]

[hisheartsdesire]

[Sounding surprised.] Wow, so you have a penthouse suite! How charming; how does a little one like you afford such a thing?