now to write my name down next to yours

[capax_infiniti]

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.

Note: Please specify what day you are tagging into from now on so I know what level of symptoms to show!


[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...]

Comments

WE NOW BRING YOU TWO FACETWINS FOR THE PRICE OF ONE HAIRCUT

[lamentless]

Aqua?!

[OK he was. Worried about the switch, yeah. Ven didn't look any different, so he was handling it pretty well. He didn't feel any different either. And he had met up with Roxas! So that was good. So he had most of his normal wits about him. And the last time he had seen Aqua was... way too long ago. And he had been sure she was gone when she wasn't in her room one day.

And yet, there she was! The thought that it wasn't Aqua didn't even occur to him, for some reason. Instead, he just rushed over to her as fast as... well not as fast as normal, but he still ran.]

Aqua! You're back--!

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

[forceless]

[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.]

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

[inaquate]

[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 finally has his voluminous locks back

[lamentless]

[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?

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

[forceless]

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.

screw the goatee he's got gorgeous locks again

[inaquate]

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.

because he's worth it

[lamentless]

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.]

.~*l'oreal*~.

[forceless]

[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'.]

ONLY THE FINEST PRODUCT WILL DO YOU HEAR ME

[inaquate]

[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.

[evilhorizon]

...

[ There is one person who crosses Aqua's path in the corridors of the tower. That's Reno, yep, as least it looks and acts very much like him. Oh, this young woman looks... Different from what little he spotted before, if ever so slightly.

"Reno" turns to her and speaks with his usual relaxed tone when he sees her apparently uncomfortable. ]

Hey babe, got a problem? You don't look so good.

[inaquate]

[Oh. It's Reno. It's been quite some time since he's talk to either version of this young man... although this is certainly odd. Then again, Aqua is a young woman. This sort of thing could potentially happen to her often enough.

If it even is Reno... somehow he doesn't believe that it's just him affected by this body transplant.]

I was merely doing a bit of training on one of the upper floors, I'm a bit tired. Thank you for your concern...

SOBBING PROFUSELY

[madannoshashu]

[ Now that...is definitely something you don't see every day.

Perched on the ceiling, as ever, he peers down at the familiar figure. Someone looks out of sorts. ]

Now there's a sight for sore eyes.

You come crashing in drunk or what?

I'M SO SORRY HEARTBB

[inaquate]

[He looks up. Waaay up.

Now there's an expression that Aqua wouldn't make... one that looks strange with blue eyes. Maybe if they were gold...]

There's been a development.

THERE IS ONLY SUFFERING

[madannoshashu]

[ How...odd.

That is a far cry of the reaction he's expecting, and...that look. A faint chill moves up his spine. ]

Like...?

Hallways

[coolestmiracles]

[You know what this body can do?

Well, pretty much anything. But this body can float. And fly.

So, expect to almost be crashed into by a Bernkastel-looking person.]

Wheeee~ Oh, sorry about that!

;_;

[inaquate]

[It's fascinating to look at Xigbar like this, to not see everything that makes him up, that kernel of himself in there, feeling that connection between them... fascinating but at the same time, sobering. From Aqua's perspective, he's an infinite sea of darkness that light simply seems to fall into. There's no distinction of type or level. Just darkness... sending odd shivers up him when it normally wouldn't bother him at all.

He straightens up in annoyance, before realizing that he's already standing straight.]

This isn't my body. This isn't my heart.

[inaquate]

[Well, so much for that very precariously located centre of balance. Over he goes... at least this body is younger so it doesn't really hurt as much. He looks up in annoyance to see just what happened...

Nope, he doesn't recognize the person. Of course not...]

One should exercise caution on the stairs. In some cases it could lead to someone winding up in a difficult situation, indeed...

[madannoshashu]

[ He doesn't want to believe it.

There's light, so much light, and it's such a sharp contrast to who and what he is that he almost can't.

The truth is staring him in the face, though, and he can't look away. ]

...old man?

[ Quiet, disbelieving. ]

[inaquate]

[A small, tight smile. Good, Xigbar. Good.]

So it would seem. I was forced into slumber, and awoke thusly.
It appears that you have fortunately been spared whatever has occurred.

[coolestmiracles]

I could get out of it. But I guess knocking someone else off would be annoying if I didn't mean to.

[Shrug.]

[evilhorizon]

[ Oh, "Reno" doesn't believe either that he's the only one affected. This young woman, by the way she looks and walks could very well be another guinea pig here--

Or not. Either way better use the occasion to see what little secrets Reno may hide. ]

Early riser heh.

[ Sounds like bull, but Reno wouldn't pick it up on a stranger, so "Reno" won't either. ]

You sure you don't need a hand?

what happens when you run out of mousse

[lamentless]

[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.]

[inaquate]

[It was strange to think about these sort of things. Was there some sort of history between the two, or was it merely just Reno doing as he wished? Or was it Reno at all, and just someone who was an incorrigible flirt? He really wasn't in a mood to pander to such things, as he had far more important matters to deal with.

He shakes his head.] I was just heading down to the cafeteria to get a drink. I'll be fine. Just some stiff muscles and nothing more.

[inaquate]

Ah, yes, knocking them into the mandibles of a waiting monster isn't such a terrible thing, I suppose...

[coolestmiracles]

As long as I got to watch, I wouldn't mind too much.