Team Tinies IDK WHAT'S HAPPENING

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[prebeard]

[WOW RUDE??? YOU ARE TOO TINY FOR THIS]

H-Hey! Stop that!

[blinged]

I couldn't let myself get ignored - sorry, Master!

[prebeard]

I can walk just fine!

[blinged]

You were sorta slow, though!

[prebeard]

I'm still getting better, obviously.

[blinged]

If you're worried about your progress, I'm certain it's fine, master.

[But for the moment? He sets Tokiomi down in the kitchen and claps his hands together, pleased.]

Ah, it smells good already!

[Which, obviously, makes Shirou pause and turn to s t a r e back at the tiny thing -- w-when did this get here?]

[prebeard]

[the most sheepish faceeee]

Shirou, this is Gil. Or rather, this is the Gil I originally met... There was an accident with a youth potion.

[plotarmor]

[...by now he's learned that when it comes to GIl, it's probably best not to question it. This one, at least, seems to be behaving. Marginally.]

...he got really short.

[Herp.]

[prebeard]

He's gotten younger. Fortunately for everyone he was much less of a pain at this age.

[blinged]

I believe it's because tall people are assholes - the same rules apply to royalty, it seems!

[prebeard]

I think it's more like "royalty are assholes", honestly.

[plotarmor]

Or just the tall one... this one doesn't seem that bad.

[Shirou pauses to give tiny Gil a considering look - yes, he's small and so that means he can't be that bad, right?]

[prebeard]

Maybe... There are short people who are jerks too, though. Obviously.

[blinged]

[Smiles back cheerfully at Shirou - he's not just 'not bad,' he's the best and he's going to turn up the charm just to prove it]

Not me, though. Unless I get too hungry, perhaps!

[prebeard]

[snorts. Gil is ridiculous in his opinion. But of course, he makes Tokiomi happier than Shirou is used to seeing him, so that's okay. He can smile freely when there's a Gil around.]

Of course.

[plotarmor]

[Oh -- there's that smile on Tokiomi again. He does that sometimes, usually when something completely ridiculous like this happens. Shirou, like the rest of the household, has eased into accepting this as, at the very least, permissible.]

Well I don't like leaving people hungry -- I'll be done with all this in a bit!

[prebeard]

Everyone else is working today?

[That's a given. Even on Sunday, if no one else has arrived for lunch it must mean they're working. The downside of not being aristocrats anymore is that they all have to chip in, even Ilya.]

[plotarmor]

Yeah, I had today off, but everyone else left in the morning.

[quiiieetly scoots in front of the dish of vegetables that Gil is eying]

[prebeard]

It's a good thing you were here to make lunch, then.

[sits comfortably at the table]