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who: Shadowhunter cast!
what: Max wakes up in the hospital and his family comes to get him, catch all for anything else other canonmates want to do!
when: After they've all arrived
where: Hospital, other places TBD
warnings: SPOILERS for the book series and probably spoilers for the Shadowhunters TV show too just to be on the safe side, also mentions of violence

This was not where Max had been expecting to wake up. He hadn't been surprised to wake up in a hospital, but after the video he'd been shown, an alternate universe was definitely a surprise. It wouldn't be too much to wrap his head around, given time, since he'd read plenty of books with things like that in them and his family fought demons. He might have even been geeking out about it if he hadn't been so worried about his family. The last few things he remembered were demons invading Alicante, Alec running off to go find Aline, and Izzy going to get her stele while leaving him with Sebastian... Sebastian who had attacked him with a hammer. He remembered hearing someone coming up behind him, turning and seeing Sebastian swinging it at him, then everything going black. The next thing he'd known, he was waking up here.

He'd asked about his family after he'd been shown the video and while they hadn't known anything about most of them, they did mention an Alec Lightwood that had arrived at the same time he did and asked if they were related since they had the same last name. Once Max confirmed that was indeed his brother, the person had said they would send someone to go find Alec and tell him Max was here. While he'd been waiting, they'd asked him some questions and had him do some bioscan. When they'd asked about any special abilities he had that would be biologically-based, he'd been reluctant to answer at first but had eventually given in, holding onto his stele tightly so they wouldn't take it away.

They hadn't and Max was now holding it and the toy soldier he'd been gripping when Sebastian had attacked him tightly in his hands, waiting in a chair in the room he'd woken up in while looking out the window. His glasses were okay but he'd been given a new pair of clothes to wear, having been told his old ones had been destroyed. He might have also enjoyed the view more if he still wasn't worrying about his family. He hoped Alec would be able to tell him more about what had happened.

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Leave it to her little brother to play connect the dots. And leave it to Alec to give him the pieces that he needs in order to do so. "I think, for the most part, my memory is in tact, but there are a few things that I haven't fully sorted out." Izzy tells Max, avoiding giving a full yes or no. She doesn't want him worried about her memory, after all. She remembers everything important. There are still some components, some things, that conflict, but they aren't details about her family.

So, everything important that really matters is fully in tact. And that means that she'll sort it out or it'll just be forgotten.. She hopes, anyway.

Watching Max climb on the chair, Iz can't help but laugh. Not even being in the hospital can dampen his curiosity. "Chairs aren't for sanding, you know." Izzy points out, the fondness in her voice not even hidden while she moves over to the window to peer out at the view herself. She can get the reason that he wants to be out, to explore. She's not even a kid and she wants to know more. Though, she might have marginally more patience than Max.

"Like I said, you'll get the chance if you're patient." Izzy reaches out, poking her little brother. "Good things come to those who wait and all that."

When she comments that chairs aren't for standing, he looks back at her with raised eyebrows in a 'just watch me' expression, complete with a little grin. "Yeah, yeah." He turns his attention back to the window curiously. "What do you think is out there...? Think we'll find anything cool when we go exploring later?" Because he is totally going exploring, just try and stop him... but he's also pretty sure nobody is going to be letting him go exploring all on his own, hence the 'we'.

Izzy knows that she should probably be a little more miffed at the cheeky look that Max gives her, but instead she can only manage amusement. It's hard for someone his age to hold back the excitement and interest in this new setting. At his age she probably would've done the same, honestly. "Don't fall." It's both a tease and a warning for the younger sibling. Because even though Izzy could repeat herself, she chooses not to, instead letting his eagerness and perch on the chair slide for the moment.

She's an older sibling, not a parent, so she doesn't make a point to boss Max around at every possible point, after all. Still, she's keeping an eye on him, just to be safe and not sorry. She doesn't want him to take a tumble.

"Well, I can tell you (for sure) that there are people. Buildings. A number of things that aren't that different from home, but I'm sure we'll find more too. And probably at least one or two cool things when we explore." Izzy concedes to the youngest Lightwoods excitement with a smile. It'd probably take tying him up (which none of them would ever do) to really keep him from getting out there and satisfying his curiosity, anyway.

"I'm sure Alec or Jace would be more than happy to discover everything new that there is to offer here with you, anyway." Moving so that she can prop her hip against tl, Izzy crosses her arms, studying her little brother for a moment. "You're sure you feel fine? You're not just saying it because you're ready to escape from the hospital, kiddo?"

"I'll be fine," he says almost off-handedly in response to her 'don't fall' comment as he continues peering out the window. "If you guys do find some cool new place to explore, you'd better not lock me up like last time!" Yeah, he still remembers that.

Her last question prompts an exasperated sigh and a roll of his eyes. "Izzyyyy, I'm fine. It was just a little bump on the head!" He's not... actually sure if it was a little bump on the head, but he remembers Sebastian coming at him and, well, if it had been worse, he'd be in worse shape, right? There's no way they could have healed him as fast as they had if he'd been in worse shape, he's pretty sure. "See?" He'll even take his hand and lightly bap where he'd been hurt before with not even so much as a flinch. "All better, promise."

"You say that now." Izzy murmurs, a bit of a turn to the corners of her mouth. She can't help it. Every pore of her little brother's being makes it easy to see that he doesn't want to be here--he's ready to leave the hospital already--and it's too bad that he's stuck here until everyone is satisfied that he's good to go. And Izzy is definitely one of those people.

"Lucky you, little brother, I can't foresee any situation that means we'd need to lock you up, at the moment. Do me a favor and don't change that." She's not exactly sure what exactly Max means by last time, but most of her thinks that it's the normal kid dramatics. Lord knows that she had her moments when she was younger.

Much as Max wants to belittle what happened, and being hurt, the scientific side of Izzy's brain can't ignore that blows to the head really can't be tricky, but she doesn't say anything (instead letting Max's comment go because she knows she's being...maybe a little extra protective and worried), at least not until Max gives himself a knock to the head. Reaching out to swat his hand away, Izzy gives a dry look that could actually compete with their older brothers'. "You can promise without the show, Max. Lets not tempt fate. We need to make sure that brain of your's is good to go and not taking more abuse than absolutely necessary." The comment borders on teasing, but Izzy peers back at the door.

"Do you want me to go talk with Alec, and maybe the doctor and nurses, to figure out the ETA on getting you busted out of this place?"