[OPEN] I don't wake up early every morning

[chronomancer]

Characters: [AU1] Eridan Ampora & you!
Setting: Media floor.
Format: I'll start with Action, but I'll match your preference.
Summary: Eridan is taking this whole swapped body really well. Or maybe he's too exhausted to make much a fuss about it. Either or.
Warnings: ...fabulous jadebloods in fabulous skirts?

[Eridan took the whole thing in stride. He couldn't really tell if it was aplomb or just flat out not giving a shit, though. He changed the shirt, put on his spare sunglasses and when he found his pants just wouldn't stay on his new hips, shrugged it off and kept the skirt. It was kinda comfy anyway. So after dropping a line in the network, he made his way to the media room, intent on watching movies until Kanaya saw his message and swung by to talk to him.

Well, that was the idea. Not even halfway through the first one, Eridan fell asleep. So now there's a jadeblood sprawled on a couch, in a very unladylike fashion, wearing an aquarius shirt and a pair of ridiculous sunglasses.

Might be snoring a little, too.]

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[septette]

[AND THERE IS NOW ONE (1)....someone looking an awful lot like Karkat trying to wake you.]

Hey! Troll-girl! Wake up!

[chronomancer]

[Eridan threw an arm over his face, groaning softly. Good for this not!Karkat, he's a light sleeper.]

...goin' out on a limb an' assumin' you not knowin' my name means you ain't who you look like, huh.

[septette]

Ding ding ding. [Said in the least enthusiastic way possible.]

[caliginous]

[No. No. Fuck no.

Karkat is beyond skirts. Thankfully, he has fairly large hips himself, so its not a huge chore to squeeze Kanaya's tinier waist into a pair of his pants. Slipping the suit jacket over her bulkier arms and chest, now that had been a bit more of a challenge, even if her rumble sacks weren't the largest on the block.

The real problem was the fact that Kanaya had biceps and he didn't. But he managed well enough -- it looks a bit tight on the upper body and the sleeves are just a little too long, but he doesn't care. That bright candy red symbol is not going to be seen anywhere on his or Kanaya's body.

And that's when he spots the other Kanaya.]

Kanaya.

[Its a little too sharp, a little too snide to actually be the more hospitable mutantblood.]

[chronomancer]

[Eridan rumbled a little at the sharp voice. He opened an eye, about to correct whoever woke him up... and then he actually saw Kanaya. Or rather, Karkat in Kanaya's body.

It could only be Karkat, given the suit.

Eridan cracked up laughing.]

No, not really, Kar.

[He snorted and tapped the Aquarius sign on his shirt.]

Wrong jadeblood, hon.

[caliginous]

Shut the fuck up before I knock that body's pretty little fangs right out of its mouth, Ampora.

[He snaps in an uncharacteristically furious fashion, to the point that he actually has to stop and close his eyes to exhale a few times to calm the rage sparking in his blood.]

I guess I should be thankful I am not the only jackass this has happened to.

[Karkat was always longwinded, but he's still getting used to the odd enunciated inflection his voice wants to add to every word.]

Don't call me that.

[heavenscorpse]

[Oh! It's someone who looks like her now!

V/V feels a little ad about this, but she has to ask who this body belongs to. So she's going to take the most direct way of getting his attention and poke him/her in the face.

Poke. Poke poke. Poke.]

[chronomancer]

[Oh, c'mon, man. Don't poke a sleeping troll. Not the one with touch issues and all. Eridan startled reaching out a hand to hold the one poking him and found it to be larger than his own. He blinked awake, staring up at a... vaguely familiar face.

Well, it didn't seem angry, though. That was good. He relaxed a little, letting go of her hand and sitting up.]

Can I help you?

[heavenscorpse]

Hi. Do you know who I am? Or what, what would be okay too.

[geometry]

[Walks in.]








[Walks out.]







[Walks back in again.]

[Okay, so Equius had come to this floor because he needed a distraction. Badly. He just wanted to sit in the corner and nuke his mind on movies (look what you've done to him, Eridan) and that would be all. He could go out and face the body-swapped day with renewed vigor. But the troll he saw sleeping on the couch where he ought to be was just enough to give him pause — what was even happening here? Was it Kanaya? Was it Eridan? WHAT IS HAPPENING.]

[So obviously the best course of action would be to hold the person by their shoulder and shake them, lightly.]

...Excuse me?

[chronomancer]

[Eridan tensed at the touch, reaching out to grab the hands shaking him. Then the rest of his brain caught up and he looked up at Equius with a surprised, slightly taken aback look.]

...oh.

[He let go of him quickly enough, casually sitting up and even more casually folding his arms under the swell of his borrowed breasts, totally not hugging himself in the process.]

Eq?

[geometry]

[...Oh.]

[That... that would be what Kanayakat mentioned earlier. Body swaps. The nickname, there was no way that Kanaya (either of them) would lower herself to using nicknames for people. So it had to be Eridan.]

[He contemplated fleeing, seriously contemplated fleeing, but forced himself to settle for stepping back a bit.]

...You changed bodies?

[restitchtime]

[Rose seriously contemplates just rolling him off the couch, as she would do with pretty much anyone else. however such an action is guaranteed to wake him and provoke an argument, which is honestly kind of counterproductive to watching movies.

so instead she simply tosses a pillow over his face and sets about switching out the currently playing movie for one she actually wanted to see. if he woke up now it was his own damn fault and not hers.]

[chronomancer]

[The shift is enough to wake him, and he takes a moment to clutch the pillow and blink behind slightly askew shades before settling his gaze on Rose. He snorted.]

Dare I ask.

[But, in an effort to be not entirely rude, Eridan folds his legs back, curling up in a corner of the couch, looking sullen.]

[restitchtime]

Not much to ask about. You lose consciousness, you lose tv rights.

[she smiles smugly, more amused than anything else at the sulking. after tapping the play button she settles onto the newly vacated part of the couch]

[fashionfairy]

[Have a not!Eridan rushing in to find him. She had also had the same inclination to change her shirt to her own (although it felt oddly loose across the chest). However, since she much preferred skirts over pants she had taken the time to make a simple purple skirt. In doing so she had discovered just how nice his hips were. Had they always looked that good? She may have to convince him to allow her to make him a new, more flattering wardrobe when this was all over...or at least make a few outfits while waiting to figure out how to fix all this. First things first however, was to find him.

She comes upon him...well..herself passed out on the couch. Really? How could that be a comfortable position?]

Eridan, is that you?

[chronomancer]

[Well, it's surprisingly comfortable because the couch is comfortable, really. Eridan blinks awake at the sound of his name, then opens his mouth.]

Ye--

[Then pauses to take a moment and stare at her. Him. Wow. Those are some big ass bags under his eyes, shit. He usually looks this tired? Really?

And then, there's the skirt. He tilts his head to the side, blinking.]

...should I be concerned about how good that skirt looks?

[fashionfairy]

I did take the time to ensure that it wwas- was properly flattering. Your body shape made it surprisingly easy however.

[She stops and frowns. She was still getting used to his teeth and wonders idly if he had managed to avoid stabbing himself in the lip with her fangs. But anyway-]

I don't think now is really the time to be concerned with that. I believe we have a much larger issue to resolve.

[bloodyironic]

[ meanwhile, Karkat is tripping over himself in the hallways. verge of a freak out? yes, oh yes. thus far he can fly without being a full bat, which makes the search a lot easier.

fuck, he doesn't even really know who he's looking for! ]

THIS IS FUCKING RIDICULOUS! JUST HOW THE TAINT CHAFTING FUCK AM I SUPPOSED TO FIND WHO THE HELL IS WEARING MY HUSK IF I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHO THE FUCK THIS IS!?

[chronomancer]

[Eridan startled at the shout, scrambling about but unused to his new body, so he found himself sprawled on the floor before he could help it.]

Shit.

[He stood up again, approaching the commotion by the stairs. He's got a feeling who's inside this body, by the language and... well, yes, just a feeling, but even so, he keeps neutral.]

Are you alright?

[reddeadvirtuoso]

[Now, if Jade was smart or a good moirail, she'd have noticed the Aquarius sign and maybe figured oh geez people are swapping bodies this is probabl y not actually Kanaya. And once she'd figured that out, she'd wake him up and offer her assistance.

Unfortunately, Jade was not either of those. So when she found the sleeping "Kanaya" on the couch, she ran off, found a bowl, filled it with hot water, and put one of Eridan's hands inside the bowl. To see if it would have the same effect on Trolls as it did on humans.

For science.]

[chronomancer]

[Unfortunately for Jade's little experiment, Eridan wakes up almost as soon as she dips his hand into the water.

Nonetheless, the reaction is fabulous and spectacular. It involves a gasp, a flail and a bowl being turned upside down as he manages to land himself on the floor in a heap. And then he groaned.]

Strideeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeer.

[The voice and the body might be different, but the intonation and precise whining tone is unmistakable.]

[reddeadvirtuoso]

[Science or no, the reaction was hilarious enough to handwave the rest of the scientific process. She dived out of the way of the flying bowl and the falling Jade Blood, and sat back on the ground, laughing as nonchalantly as you can laugh when you were trying to still look cool but something was really hilarious.]

Eri? The hell are you doing dressed up as Kanaya? Have a nice nap?

I should have tagged this sooner.

[caligulasbirdcage]

[Well, in the search for things, a now-clothed Japanese school girl approaches the media room. Except this schoolgirl has a very familiar accent and isn't too too happy about things. And honestly, is kind of pissed that his alternate universe self got a better end of the deal than he did. He'd recognize that sign and those glasses anywhere. So, he'll sit down near him, and complain, loudly.]

Ugh. How the fuck did you get fuckin' lucky?

XD

[chronomancer]

[Eridan let out a surprised squeak and a little flail as... as another girl sat down the couch? It took a moment for his brain to catch up with the situation. He stared in fascination.]

Eridan?