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"TODAY'S ADVENTURE IS..." Caine announced loudly. In front of him, alphabet block appeared spelling the title of today's adventure. 'Family'.
Everyone stared for a minute, unsure of what Caine wanted to do. Ragatha blinked. "What?"
Jax scoffed, "oh ew, is this gonna be some kind of babysitting adventure?"
Zooble made no attempt to hide that they hated the idea. "F@#k no, count me out of that!"
"NOT QUITE, JAX!" Caine yelled cheerfully, before switching to a slightly calmer tone. "It has come to my attention that there has been a bit of.... tension... in the circus, WHICH WON'T DO AT ALL! For today's adventure, I'll assign you all a family role, based on age, and your goal will be to spend a day close together as a family!"
*Collective groans filled the room*
Pomni raised her hand. "Is there no way to opt out of this... adventure?"
"NO OPTING OUT!" Caine yelled. "Now, as the two oldest. Kinger and Ragatha will be the two UNIDENTIFIED PARENTAL FIGURES.
Ragatha sighed. "Well could be worse I suppose"
"I haven't looked after a kid in years..." Kinger said gently.
Pomni looked at him, confused. "You had a kid?"
Kinger blinked. "Huh? A baby goat?"
"ANYWAY." Caine yelled. "Next oldest, Gangle, will be the tween daughter!"
With a click of Caine's fingers Gangle shrunk a little in height. Light pink blush appeared underneath her eyes on her mask and a big red bow appeared behind her head. Overall making her look more childish. Pomni looked horrified. "W-wait! You're changing our BODIES too?!"
Zooble looked uncomfortable, Gangle didn't seem to mind her new appearance very much.
Jax chuckled. "I'll be real with ya, Ribbons, I honestly didn't think it was possible for you to look more ridiculous!"
Gangle pouted, "Hey!"
Caine clapped his hands together. "Moving on, next youngest, Pomni. You'll be the eight year old daughter!"
Pomni shrunk to be a couple feet shorter than Gangle, and looked incredibly unhappy about the fact. She clutched her hair. "Oh god! I have pigtails! Caine!"
Jax laughed even harder. "Oh this is the funniest thing to happen in months!"
Pomni looked at him, outraged, "Wha-HEY!"
Caine chuckled and clapped his hands again. "Next! Zooble can be the ADORABLE little four year old!"
Zooble looked furious. "HEY! YOU CAN'T JUST-" Zooble shrank to be only as tall as Ragatha's knees.
Jax doubled over laughing. "HA! This is just priceless!"
Zooble scowled. "Shut. Up."
Ragatha sighed. "Come on, it's not funny"
Jax calmed down enough to speak. "Pffftttt, oh yes it is! Look at them!"
Caine carried on, despite the commotion. "And lastly, Jax will be the baby!"
Jax's look of cocky, overconfident superiority fell away. His ears dropping and his skin would go pale if it could. "Excuse me?!!"
Pomni burst out laughing. "HA! Yeah, that's fair!"
Zooble smirked. "Yeah, it IS fair"
Even Ragatha was giggling.
Jax looked at Caine, betrayed. "Hold on I'm NOT-"
But before he could speak another word, his height dropped to about a foot and a half tall. Or he would be if he could stand up properly.
The rest of the group started laughing. Zooble nearly fell down.
Jax tried to yell out in retaliation. "Bah!"
He covered his mouth in embarrassment at the noise he made.
"OH YEAH! I forgot to mention, the baby can't talk." Caine said, all too casually.
Pomni burst out laughing, nearly falling down herself.
Ragatha covered her mouth as she tried not to laugh.
Zooble clutched their stomach.
Kinger looked quite satisfied.
Jax was completely humiliated. Sitting on the floor, his ears pinned back, he made a noise of defiance.
"Okay, okay. Settle down, everyone" Caine chuckled.
It took a few seconds for the other to calm down, Pomni was still chuckling as she tried to speak. "Ahaha-okay so... W-what's the plan now?"
Caine smiled. "Simple. You act like a family! Spend time together, have fun, you know family stuff. I'm teleporting you all to the house now, okay, BYE!"
"Huh? AAAAAAAHHHH."