towerofanimus | now to write my name down next to yours

Characters: Master Xehanort (as Aqua), and whoever decides to join him
Setting: Roaming the tower hallways most likely, but can be met on specific floors if you prefer
Format: Whichever way you would prefer
Summary: Bodyswap summary post. Xehanort had to tend to something... important, and is now roaming in search of others and answers. And trying to get used to this whole "constant light" business...
Warnings: Tags will be coming from

inaquate. Also Xehanort.

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[It had been a mad rush, once he'd realized... and at least things could be halted roughly before they had progressed to a dangerous state. With her and him now safely secure where they wouldn't be likely to be disturbed, he began to make his way back down the twisting stairs of the tower.

His head wasn't in the game, not properly. It was difficult to focus when everything was wrong. This body used physics that were almost unfamiliar... the shape of hips, breasts, even the musculature was different. She was shorter and more lithe, but more difficult was the degree of light within. That was the most distracting... rather than the constant feeling of the darkness he kept beneath his skin. Which was the true name of the game, wasn't it? This wasn't him, it wasn't his heart.

He stopped mid-stride, concentrating again. Master Keeper appeared in his grasp rather than the familiar curves and hooks of his own blade. He'd known that, but had been too focused on his earlier task to pay it that much mind. Now he held the blade up as thought testing the heft, before dismissing it.

This was wrong. Everything about it was wrong. He'd planned a possesion before, but that would have been his heart in another vessel, and his body wouldn't have been left as a receptacle.

There was nothing left to do but to see what information could be found. He began to continue on resolutely, although he was more relying on his mental maps to keep going as he focused more on the unusual movements, trying to keep everything together. He must look ungainly, indeed...]

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[Don't worry, someone did think of the Aqua-might-not-be-in-there thing, and has appropriately slowed down. Man, it's like he's sharper or something. Gotta just be adrenalin.]

Ven-

[Oh. Wait. He...could totally catch up to him in this body. It only took a few strides after that pause to get back in time with him, grabbing his shoulder a little short of Aqua's position.]

Aqua? Is that, you-you, or someone else?

[Seriously, he'd feel horrible if someone arrived to this nonsense.]

[Strange, how much brighter everyone's light feels. Does Aua have a stronger sense of light? Or is it simply not having anything to balance out that brightness... either way, it's entirely strange and he almost blinks at what wouldn't have fazed him previously.

Ventus and... not... Ventus? He's not even sure he knows who the other one is. Minute differences... their eyebrows are different colours? Curious. He looks from one, to the other, before gesturing slightly toward them.]

I was curious how far this had spread. Am I to take it that the two of you are not yourselves, as well?

[He stopped and glanced at Roxas when the other spoke (and wow how had he caught up so fast oh right), and... looked back and Aqua and back at Roxas and....]

W... No. Roxas and I switched but we usually look the same anyway.

You're not Aqua? Then who are you?

It's easier to just look at the collars. [A pause.] ...normally, anyway.

[But something was bothering Rox that he couldn't put his finger on.] We should probably talk and walk. If Aqua's back, then she might have just come back, and this is not the sort of thing you want to wake up to for the first time.

Roxas? What an interesting anagram...

[Oh, Aqua. He shakes his head at reference to her.]

She's rather indisposed. Her end of this... arrangement... was more than she could handle. She's safe and secure for the time being, until the true nature of this change can be determined - and reversed.

Anagram? [This was...something was off. They obviously weren't Aqua, but they'd never said who they actually were. And that speech pattern...]

What do you mean? What happened to her?! You never said who you were so-- who's body is she in?

[He insists.]

[Wow Ven can you stop freaking out and- oh whatever, Roxas is just going to try and summon your damn keyblade. As a warning. ...and turn it around to try and hold it like Kingdom Key but man that doesn't feel right.]

You're someone who's from our universe, aren't you.

[He knew jack and shit about all this KEYNGDOM HAATO nonsense, but if they had used some sort of ability to 'indispose' someone when in a foreign body- then they must have had some compatibility.

................or Roxas was just a punk with an itchy mistrust urge who really wanted to know what this person meant by 'anagram'.]

[Awww Roxas, it's almost cute the way you try to hold a backhand-grip keyblade forward. That's almost a smile right there. Never change, Roxas...]

Fortunately, yes. It would be a much worse situation with someone who had no knowledge of these particular matters. Much as I am having difficulty settling in to this particular body, she ran into a few issues with which she was not prepared... however, the side effects of which would have been quite unpleasant for both her and myself had I not made it there in time.

[Roxas you

did not even look threatening at all you aren't supposed to hold Wayward Wind frontways you dumbass please stop this is almost physically painful for Ven to watch

But. No time to bring that up now]

Someone from our universe...?

[Who could possibly give her such issues? Namine maybe, but Namine didn't talk like that... one of the Rikus maybe, but Aqua was still stronger than them. Terra? The Terra here did have problems with Master Xe--

And then it hits him like a bag of bricks.]

Master Xehanort?!

[Here is where he would immediately drop t his defensive stance but Roxas' muscle memory is way different than his and ergo he ended up taking a stance that looked absolutely nothing like his own, bringing both arms to one side of him as he turned slightly to the side and dropped his posture. Goddamnit.]

[Ohhhh Ven he likes it when you use your noodle. There's an actual smile for you. You two are really cheering him up!]

Oh, quite. Perhaps now things are somewhat more clear...

[And there's a slight chuckle as muscles move in a way that is more than clearly unexpected.]

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[Suspicions confirm, his demeanor immediately went from cautious to hostile. Master Xehanort in Aqua's body. Fantastic.

His fists tightened; summoning the Keyblade wasn't quite as natural in this body, so unfortunately it didn't appear on instinct. Besides, Ven was smart enough to know that it probably wouldn't do any good anyway, with this bodyswap crap.]

What happened to Aqua then?! When she woke up in your body?! You better not try anything funny while you're in there...!

Define "anything funny," Ventus. Dare I even ask what you are considering that I would do?

She and I are something of opposites in "quality", but "quantity"...

She is safe for the time being.

I don't know-- you're the one that's been stealing bodies while I was asleep. [He talked to Terra you know!!

OK he was probably being a little irrational, but Roxas was a very angry person OK.]

She better be.

Cease your feckless rambling, Ventus. Perhaps it's flattering that you consider me powerful enough to engage in something of this nature, but why in all the worlds would I target myself and Aqua? Even if I somehow wished to use her body to infiltrate, would I not attempt to cover up any evidence of myself within? Perhaps it may be too much to ask you to think with your mind rather than your heart, but considering that what beats within your chest now is not your heart, it may be essential.

[...Roxas took a backseat the second the name 'Xehanort' got dropped in to the conversation, backing up in evident wariness. Not that he figured the guy (girl?) would try anything specifically, but because Rox knew that he could literally do nothing to the man (wo...oh forget it) if it came down to that.

So nobody should be surprised when he turned to Ven with a sigh.] He does have a point. But, this is still a little too ironic, isn't it?

[Not that he thinks the old man had a hand in it, 'cos man that would be creepy stealing a girl's body, but...] If this is the Admins, then they usually do these things really randomly. People who know each other don't usually get...messed with like this.

now to write my name down next to yours

isnt that more like "for the price of one blue-haired wig"

EXCUSE YOU he is going to shampoo and condition the hell out of her hair

he finally has his voluminous locks back

I dunno, he's gotta be missing his goatee...

screw the goatee he's got gorgeous locks again

because he's worth it

.~l'oreal~.

ONLY THE FINEST PRODUCT WILL DO YOU HEAR ME

what happens when you run out of mousse

bobby pins forever! how else do you think his bangs stayed in place?

currently imagaining young!xehanort sleeping with bobby pins and a hairnet

this is the greatest mental image ever

this is all i want in life

I wish I could draw ;_;

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