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jormis29
Since: Mar, 2012
TheNinth
Since: Nov, 2009
TrueEnder
Since: Apr, 2018

I really only remember the end parts, because I don't think I caught the whole thing. I do remember distinctly that there's a magical carousel or roundabout or what-have-you that causes people to get younger or older when they ride on it.
I think the main group of protagonists were looking for some people, and when they found them they had turned back into kids. One of the protagonist kids (I can't remember if they were all kids or a mixture, but there was a kid) got on, went around, came back off as an adult, and was enthralled by the fact he had stubble now. Then there was a maybe-side character who got on and turned into a kid, I think in the post-credits he got put through the foster system or something? He continued to smoke and/or drink as a kid, it shocked them.
If it helps, the first kid I mentioned was white, and the second guy I think was black.
It's been in my memory for a long while, and I've tried several times to figure it out before. Maybe this will work
Edited by TrueEnder