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Zeke had blinked awake at the noise, startled by it after so long a stretch with nothing, and it'd take him a moment to digest it. Then another moment to poke at the man beside him, as if the squeaking voice alone wasn't enough of a wake up call. "We've gotta go." It was gruff, not entirely awake yet, but he was already climbing out from beneath the makeshift rag of a blanket to pull on clothing that had seen better days.

Getting to the beach from the dorms would, and did, take forever, which was probably why the announcement had come the day before. Zeke was yawning as trudged over the sad(which was a real pain in the a** this small), bags under his eyes and looking like he hadn't slept all night, which was accurate.

"I'm ready for a ******** shower and a good nights sleep in a normal sized bed."



At some point in the last week or so Peyton had wandered across Hikaru and taken pity on the poor girl after noticing she seemed a bit worn thin. They were a similar build, it was easy to share what little clothing the two had between them. Peyton's room, on the second floor, wasn't easy to get to, but it had been worth the climb, given the easy access to food and water in the kitchenette.

It'd made things a little more bearable, but that being said, when the announcement came over the PA system announcing a possible solution the blonde had been eager to get to the beach so they could fix this.

The announcement had come a day early, and it would take that long just to get their tiny selves down to the coast. "I'm ready to be big again." Relatively, of course.

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Henry had run into Dai just outside the dorms as he'd made his slow, slow way down to the beach. Which was fortunate, he thought. It meant he'd had a friend to make the trip with. Someone to talk to the pass the time.

"It's, uh, kinda hard to scavenge at this height."

Tzei kicks the sand, which now seems more pebble-sized than sand-sized, and makes her way towards the group already gathered.

Hika nodded, and agreed with Peyton. "I am tired of being small enough that a mouse or a fly is a danger to my body. I would like for this to be over." She paused, then gave Peyton a bright smile. "I am EXTREMELY grateful to you for letting me stay with you, of course. I just... miss having changes of clothing." She sighed, and shook her head, thinking she was going to have to consign what she had been wearing that night to the furnace, because she did not think this outfit was EVER going to be free of stink again.

She followed her friend and temporary roommate out and down the hall, her hand clutching the claw ring that was her totem, every so often. She hoped she did not have to battle anything on the way out, but if she did... She was ready to fight.

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Dai had grinned when he had encountered Henry, and slung an arm around his shoulders, in a friendly sort of way, for a moment. "Hey. Ready to be back to our proper heights again?" It had been so strange, being the same height as his sister, and Rhys, and well... Everyone, really. He didn't mind being the same height as them, it just felt weird when he was used to being a different height.

"I know I am. And I am going to take leave, too, after this, as soon as I can, and go get NEW CLOTHING. Also, I hope I'll have time to get a birthday gift for my sister, but if not... Well, I'll make it up to her. So. Wanna go to the beach?" He let Henry go, and grinned again, then began the long trek. The really long trek. Dai had never hiked this far (comparatively, of course) before, and it was amazing how tiring and tiresome it was. He was grateful for his friend's companionship, though, because it kept him from going totally batshit insane.

Seren had been VERY GRATEFUL to Noemi for the ride to the beach, and had settled on Rhys' lap, clinging to whatever equivalent the buggy had to an 'Oh s**t Bar' the whole way, given the tight fit. It just had saved them a HECK of a trip, though, so she did not complain, just hung on and silently wished for seat belts.

When they got to the beach, she hopped down, than looked around, trying to spot where everyone was gathering. Then she saw the tiny boats. Tiny. Boats. Covered in glowing runes. Her face went blank, and pale. The only reason SHE could think of to get on boats was to... go to THAT island. She could be wrong but it was the only thing she knew about. "Oh... oh ********..." She whispered under her breath, backing up a little until she was against Rhys. He had been there, that day, and she needed his comfort.

Noemi grabbing her hand had her focusing on her friend. Her friend was terrified too, and Seren squeezed her hand gently. "We can do this, Noemi." She said, firming herself because she needed to be strong for everyone's sake, and freaking out in front of Noemi, when she was scared too, would help NO ONE, especially not the two of them. "Right, guys?" She glanced at the two men.

In between the naps Sonja had taken while making her way to the beach from her previous area, she found herself pretty dog-tired. Dragging her feet in the sand as she gathered close to where most of the other student's had been keeping close.

The call of the supplies wasn't hard to miss, Sonja even comically wiggled her pinky in her ear for added sport.

"Now if that ain't a sight for sore eyes..." The former gang leader smirked at the toy boats and the soon gestured wagon of other goodies.

Several moments passed for Sonja as she did a once, twice then thrice once over of the 'flotation devices'. She shouldn't be picky, especially at the height she and so many other seemed to be stuck at but it was hard to not squint a little at how silly some of these items were.

But if she truly had to pick one to equip to herself, a condiment bottle with a little belt was gonna be it!

Being small was incredibly inconvenient in ways that being short didn't even compare to. How he'd managed to make his way out of the basement with Sid in toe was a blurry mystery and how they'd managed to get out towards the beach was even better.

He'd thought about wrangling one of the creatures that had attacked them at one point but that required making sure they were tamed enough and he just didn't have the ability to give that much s**t.

Up ahead was Soleil, struggling in her unfortunate shoe wear. That was, in his opinion, the benefit of always wearing the same two pairs of combat boots. Great for all terrains, sorta.

"You wanna piggyback, Sweet Cheeks?"

For the most part Sid had put on the rest of his clothes, including a pair of over worn sneakers that he had question had really been his or a pair that Tweet had owned that he has somehow scooped up into his own use. They had been beneficial though when it came to climbing the stairs and making their way around the oversized landscape which made grass almost seem like someone had forgotten to mow the lawn.

Somehow they had all made it to the beach in mostly one piece as Zane offered to give a piggyback ride to Sol who was having less luck in heels on the beach. He felt a little pity for her being trapped in them but it did at least make her legs look great which was probably not as much help now as it would be somewhere else.

He kept an eye out for any sort of seagull looking to dive bomb as they made their way over to the so called floaty devices left for them to try on.

“So what are we going with?”