The Bodyswap Post

[magicademymods]

The Bodyswap Post One: Nothing Wrong With Me In the blink of an eye, disaster strikes: disaster, in the form of a chaotic misassociation of minds and bodies. Everyone immediately blames Headmaster Birony. But for once, zaniness isn't her fault; a faulty spell has collapsed and sprawled across the campus like so much mayonnaise falling from an ice cream scoop, infused with powerful chaotic energies that make it so difficult to counteract. And so here you are: trapped in a body that is not yours. Something's Got To Give At the same time, the multicolored, feathered, amorphous blob monster has emerged without warning, lurching from its attenuated connections with the two innocent students who were used for its summonings into the light of day once more. As they promised, the faculty immediately springs into action, capturing the beast in an immense and convoluted magical cage, which it promptly squirts out of because it is now the size of a cantaloupe. In this form, the creature has no power beyond annoyance, and the staff are pretty distracted at the moment (Professor King, for example, is currently a frog), so catching it is low priority. Students are advised to be cautious around it, as it has a tendency to gnaw on things like homework, legs, buildings, and complicated spellwork. On the other hand, wouldn't catching it be worth some renown and recognition -- especially if you managed it in a body not your own? Push Me Again, This Is The End Perhaps shockingly, the Sundered aren't the only people affected by this mess of Modification. Students by the dozen find themselves in the wrong bodies, and that means the Magicademy is chaos. Cat familiars given human form raid the newly-reopened Great Hall, stealing every piece of food they can and knocking down every glass, book, or valuable item left on a horizontal surface above ground height. Unscrupulous souls take advantage of the anonymity in new forms to steal, bully, swipe, or even just catch a glimpse of attractive students of their desired gender at inopportune moments. Others are taking respect of their new bodies so far that they, well, kind of smell thanks to their unwillingness to bathe. Though classes continue as normal, attendance is a nightmare. In short, chaos rules the Magicademy, and spills over uncomfortably often into those doing their best to muddle through... LET THE BODIES HIT THE FLOOR! LET THE BODIES HIT THE FLOOR! LET THE BODIES HIT THE FLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOR! This is the wildcard option. We just wanted to put that in a heading. Bodies? Bodyswap? Get it? Eh? Eh? Never mind...

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closed.

[puzzlers]

👑 something's got to give.

[ it's like he knows that that monster is no longer residing inside of him, which immediately has him worried. the headmaster and the professors had said that it would return, so he frantically starts looking for lena. ]

[ but, of course, something else is going on, something that immediately has yugi in the purifel dormitory. he wouldn't be so confused if he'd been in the middle of casting a spell, but he didn't even have his wand out. he starts down at the meticulous notes in the book and then to the cat who he immediately recognizes as sara. ]

Sara, do you know where Kai- [ he blinks, eyes widening as kaiba's voice somehow comes out of his own mouth. ] Kaiba is??? [ standing up he knocks the chair back, his gaze immediately dropping to his very tall and very not his own body. ] W- What?! [ he grabs the other notebook on the desk and quickly fires off a message to... himself...??? he's not even sure! ]

Kaiba, meet me outside the Purifel dorms... now!!!

[ he still wants to find lena, but perhaps he should try to find kaiba first. a- and atem too. oh man, this is bad, this is real bad. ]

[blue_ice]

[ Kaiba is rather dismayed to find himself ripped from his studying session. He finds himself in a dorm that he recognizes as Yugi and Atem's, and there's Peregrin blinking at him.

What. He reaches out and immediately notices that his hand is much smaller than before, he's wearing the wrong robes, and...oh. He threads fingers through wild hair that definitely isn't his own. He rushes to the bathroom, stumbling over his odd center of gravity, just to confirm that he's Yugi and not Atem. Which isn't really relieving.

Yugi's notebook buzzes almost immediately, and he fumbles for it. What the hell is going on. ]

On my way.

[ It takes some maneuvering before Kaiba figures out where he is in relation to his dorm, but soon enough he's hurrying over as fast as he can. His tall form is thankfully easy to spot, and he reaches to give his own arm a nudge. ]

...Yugi? Is that you in there?

[ His tone isn't that far off from how Yugi usually speaks, but the dark expression is new. ]

[king_of_egypt]

At this point Atem was still blissfully unaware of the shenanigans that were about to ensue, and had effected some of his fellow students already. Therefore as he strolled down the hallway he had no insight as to why 'Kaiba' was looking so flustered as he exited the tower to Purifel. Still, he was curious about it so he moved over to investigate, and assist if need be.

"Kaiba, don't tell me your rainbow curse has extended it's reach beyond opening tomes... has it?" A hint of a smirk tracing his lips.

[burningbrighter]

before she swaps:

Whoa, this is all pretty crazy. Hey, um...who are you? And do you want to come investigate?

[ She's heard the chaos, so she can't quite be sure who she's talking to. ]

swap with her?

[ Congratulations, whoever you are. You are now a teenaged Eiather student with telepathic hands. Be careful out there...and if your own voice is shrieking from somewhere, well...]

((ooc: I didn't preplan any swaps, so I'm open to trying anything!))

before she swaps

[talkyourwayout]

[It's understandable that someone would ask Webby if she wanted to investigate, even if they weren't sure it was her. And it's not - the flat look Sunset gets is all Louie.]

Louie, no, and are you still... [He cannot remember her name, as they've only met once beyond in passing.] ...You?

swapped with her!

[woo_oo]

[Well, Webby is shrieking too - for another reason.]

WOW, I'M SO TALL NOW! I'm going to do ALL THE TALL THINGS!

[woo_oo]

CLOSED - YUUGI

[With the spell complete, there's a big puff of pink smoke, and a little bit of a quake underneath their feet. Webby steps back, then looks down at her hands... her human hands!]

Hey, it worked! Awesome! This was such a good idea, Yuugi, we've got to tell everyone we...

[She trails off as she notices two things.

One, this isn't her voice.

Two, why is she looking down at HERSELF?]

... Uh-oh.

BODYSWAP ENCOUNTER - JORRY

[Well. This is not good. Webby is now inside her snake familiar, Jorry! She's not sure how to communicate in this body and warn everyone what's happening! She does feels some measure of responsibility, after all. Eventually, she came up with a master plan - drawing with her tail! After dragging the crayons from her room, she's now in a hallway, trying to write out what happened and who to be mad at.

... At least that WAS the idea, but drawing with her tail actually got a lot of fun and she got completely distracted. Now she's just straight up doodling flowers and rainbows and bloody skulls.

ALTERNATIVELY - you can find Jorry!Webby, who is outside, sitting on the grass, and... eating bugs. Silently, but cheerfully. Ew.]

BODYSWAP ENCOUNTER - LENA

[Ahhh, so this is what it's like to be tall and beautiful! Webby must treasure this moment... wait, no, she's got a better idea. Lena could always use more friends and more confidence - let's use this opportunity to make Lena into a hero! She tracks down the blob beast, and zaps a few spells at it. It seems to be frozen solid!

(it will break out in a minute)

Thus, 'Lena' begins to proudly exclaim-]

Have no fear, fellow students! I, Lena, have taken down the wretched beast, using my cunning wit and brilliant mind! Let it be known I am accepting any and all offers of friendship!

[... wait, that didn't sound very Lena-like. She pauses, then crosses her arms and flips her hair.]

Or, like, y'know, whatever.

BODYSWAP ENCOUNTER - LOUIE

[See, she thought having the blood of the McDucks flowing through her veins would give her a real thrill. And, it did, in a way...

... as she's being hounded/chased by allllll the people Louie's managed to rip off/cheat/exploit/what have you. She suddenly ZOOMS into whatever room you were in, slamming the door behind her.]

WHY IS HE SUCH AN AWFUL PERSON?! ... I mean hi, everything's fine, and I'm so very Louie.

BODYSWAP ENCOUNTER - YOU???
[The above encounters are you running into Webby as others - this is straight up seeing your own body with Webby's mind. Make your own prompt! and yell at her 'cause she kinda deserves it.]

Jorry

[talkyourwayout]

[He can't talk, he has no thumbs... But at least being a rat is as bad as it can get, right? Or, maybe not...

As Louie - in Cash's body - is scampering around in a desperate attempt to find Professor King, who doesn't seem to be anywhere, he passes by Webby and has to stop and stare. She looks plenty happy about it, but she's eating bugs. That's... Weird, even for Webby.

He knows he can't understand her, but the impulse to talk and ask what she's doing - or if she's even Webby - is still there. So Webby, or in this case, Jorry, will see a rat run up to them and start squeaking with a puzzled expression.]

[puzzlers]

As soon as the pink puff of smoke clears Yugi is even shorter than he was and looking down at his own feathered hands. He laughs, about to exclaim something similar when... he finds that he's looking up at himself?

What.

It's surreal, and it takes him a moment to snap out of staring, but at least he's not the only one looking ruffled.

"Uhoh is right. I think we might have... messed this up..."

[noasark]

[THE SMOLLEST (Familiar, Adelai's Body)]

Noa woke up a penguin today. He didn't realize it initially- partly because for the last bit Adelai would just be in the bed with him, like some strange stuffed toy. Except then he realized there was an arm overtop of him and panicked.

And also, squawked, which just about made it clear what happened.

Adelai himself is doing fine of course- actually Adelai just didn't leave the bed, content to be waited upon by the penguins anyway. How was he ordering them around still? It's a mystery, truly, and Noa doesn't want to go into the question of penguin souls and identities and nonsense.

But he does want to get to the bottom of this nonsense, so a tiny fairy penguin runs out from the Valhudor dorms and into the wide open campus world.

"AaaAAAUUUUAAAAA!" Problem. He can't talk.

Second problem- "KREE-!" -he's about the size of a small stuffed animal and people keep Almost Stepping On Him.

Help,

[THE TOLLEST (Seto Kaiba's Body)]

As it turns out being a penguin isn't the end of things. Not in the slightest.

On the one hand, he's tall. Tall and human even. On the other... "...Oh, no."

This is bad. He didn't want this. He USED to want this. But now he really doesn't, and that knowledge makes this feel even worse than being a penguin felt. 'Seto' looks just a wee bit horrified with things, and it takes a full second before he gets an idea.

And hopes, quietly, that his stepbrother is in his body as he writes in the notebook tied to...well. His.

Tell me this is Seto on the other end.

Please.

[AND EVERYTHING INBETWEEN (Wildcard)]

[Wanna swap with Noa? GO FOR IT DUDE. Noa will react in many many ways according to whoever he swaps with, so it should be a wild time.]

[blue_ice]

Kaiba is quite used to suddenly being shorter, unfortunately. The obnoxious robes and equally obnoxious penguins could only belong to one person, so he insistently nudges them back to answer...except his small arms can't hold them at bay for long. Oh dear.

This is Seto Kaiba, yes. Noa? Where are you? Your penguins are hounding me outside your dorm.

smoll!!!

[woo_oo]

... Is that a little fairy penguin?

She's completely forgotten about the mess that she (and Yuugi) caused because -

"OH MY GOSH YOU'RE SO CUTE!"

Smol

[king_of_egypt]

[How would one smol boy turned penguin feel about running into a massive snake?

Atem raised his head high into the air to look down at the bird that in it's panic had made the mistake of bumping into his coils. His tongue flicked out a few times as he was rather stuck himself, unable to explain that he was also not usually a familiar.

He did however recognize this penguin. Wasn't it Noa's? Or... was it currently someone else?]

Tollest

[talkyourwayout]

Louie is in his own body, still, at the point where he sees someone who he can only assume is Kaiba... But looking far more distressed than he's ever seen Kaiba look before. He frowns and approaches the teen.

"Hey... You doing okay?"

[blue_ice]

king of games (as yugi)

You may be familiar with a small, spiky-haired Aer et Calculum student who is generally cheerful and friendly. If you are, you will likely immediately recognize that this is not that person, because his face is turned down in a seemingly permanent frown.

He stomps his way through the corridors, and if addressed, will respond with a snappish 'What'. Or, as the problem progresses, 'Who are you supposed to be'.

penguin panic (as noa)

You may also see a small Valhudor student sporting a semi-permanent scowl. He is pursued by a single penguin, and he seems to be far less tolerant of it than usual. A flipper tugs on his hand insistently, and he finally sits, exhaling loudly.

"Not like I had anything better to do...uh, you. Watch out. The penguins tend to attack."

A lie, but he really doesn't want company right now.

wildcard swap option

[ Want to give the tall boy a whirl? Go for it. Just be aware that he is probably in your body and hunting you down with a permanent frown right now. ]

King of Games

[king_of_egypt]

Now roommate, surely you didn't think you could carry on like that without having it questioned? The behavior is so unusual that even Atem's familiars take notice.

"...... Yugi? What is it....? What's got you in such a mood?"

[This is pre swap for Atem btw]

Penguin Panic

[healingincantation]

"They do?" It's not that Rapunzel doesn't believe the apparent small child, she's just... A bit skeptical. "Because it kind of seems to just want your attention."

[zanarkandian]

it's a...bird?

Tidus is even more airheaded than usual today. He's climbed up a tree and started squawking.

Meanwhile, there's an owl looking irritated, swooping at his head and pecking. If the owl sees a student when it's batted away, he immediately grabs a twig from a tree and flies at the ground, scratching 'help' into the dirt in the ground.

be the star player!

The wildcard option! Congrats, you can now hold your breath for long periods of time and do backflips. He's probably trying to give your body some proper exercise, weights attached when he jogs your body back up to you.

"Hiya. Guess you're me and I'm you, right?"

[woo_oo]

Webby comes across the help signal, and, not seeing who drew it, stops in place, looking around.

"Oh, I really hope this is someone actually in danger and not related to the thing I did..."

[king_of_egypt]

Bodyswap: As Lady's snake familiar

[Everything about this situation was peculiar, from the dorm room to his vantage point. Plus Atem was fairly certain that he could no longer feel his arms and legs. The absence of cloth against his skin was alarming too. He tried to make sense of things as his forked tongue flicked out....

Since when did he even have a forked tongue?

That's about the point when he realized what must have happened. For some reason he was now a snake, but.. whose snake? and why? Slipping out of his coiled position, he looked for an easy way off the bed debating whether to find a hiding place until this was all over, or hanging around for some of the answers to his questions]

Wildcard

[Got an idea, run with it]

HALLO NOODLE

[couldabeenturbo]

Dewey is used to seeing snakes around, but it's another thing entirely to see one unsupervised. He crouches down and holds out a hand, smiling.

"Hey, there, noodle. You lost?"

[couldabeenturbo]

Bodyswap: Louie

Dewey heaves a sigh. Ten seconds in Louie's body and he's already so not about this. "Hey," he says listlessly, "wanna hear about my latest stupid get rich quick idea?"

Bodyswap: Huey

NOT AGAIN. At least he can pull this one off in a way that won't make him want to throttle people. He parks his tail in the library and picks up a book, setting it up in front of him. Instead of "studying", though, he's scribbling in a notebook. The glyphs and lists look nothing like whatever's in the book - he grabbed it completely at random. The astute may notice he's not actually studying.

Bodyswap: You?

Well, this is new. Enjoy being a three-foot-tall duck in layered blue shirts or Eiather robes ... with a gigantic timepiece following you around. CHRONOS looks very confused, either way, and his ticking starts to get louder as a result.

Dewey!You raises an eyebrow. "Buddy, calm down, I'm over here."

Bodyswap: Louie

[healingincantation]

Rapunzel looks down at the bored young duck with confusion. He looks a like like Dewey - one of the brothers he'd mentioned, she's almost sure of it.

But why does he want her to hear his idea if he thinks it's stupid?

"Um... Sure. Maybe we can work on it?" Not that she knows anything about getting rich, quickly or otherwise.

[talkyourwayout]

A. Nothing Wrong With Me
1: Tidus
Ew, ew, ew, being a human is weird. Really weird and fleshy and just... Ew, nope, Louie is not a fan. Although the height isn't the worst thing, he has to admit. Also, unlike some of the others, Louie isn't wasting his time or energy pretending to actually be Tidus.

Instead, Louie in Tidus' body can be found outside, jogging. What Jecht had said at the dance about excercise did stick with Louie, as much as he wished it wouldn't. And starting off in a body that's clearly already used to this sort of thing... That's Louie's idea of a good headstart.

Still... Ew.

2: Huey
Ugh, nerd brother for a day. Or, well, part of a day... "Huey" looks pretty skittish as he walks through Eiather's common room, as none of the past times he was there were exactly fun. Of course, being one of the other triplets means he can easily fix - or at least, put a bandage on - the problem of the bodyswap. He just needs his own clothing...

Which, unfortunately, is all on Valhudor turf. And that space isn't kind to Eiather students. Soon, a young duck with Louie's hairstyle and Huey's clothing is sitting out in the grass, just outside the Eiather dorms and common room, deep in thought.

B. Something's Got To Give/Dewey
By the time Louie has gotten his hands on his Valhudor robes and a green t-shirt, it's after he's wound up in Dewey's body, now. But all the same, at least he looks passably Louie-like. This is probably good for Dewey's reputation as a brave adventurer, because Louie screams when he sees the blob monster, smaller though it is. He recovers when he realizes just how harmless it now is, as the creature gnaws on his leg.

C. Wildcard
(If you have another idea, go for it, or contact me at dolewhip for plotting!)

[zanarkandian]

Tidus comes trotting up, really weirded out by this whole duck thing, but he's trying his best to stay calm, but while jogging with these tiny legs...it's not working out too well.

"Hey, thanks man! It's really important to stay in shape!"

[holdyourhorns]

A - Spyro the Dragon… fly? Ft. Sparx the Dragon...?

"This is... different," a purple dragon says while walking along with an uncertain gait (as is moving around on strictly four legs is a new concept for them). Which earns some words in the buzzing dragonfly language and a dirty look from the insect perched on one of his horns.

"Of course it’s all I have to say! It’s not like there’s anything new I can add about all this." And then it’s the dragon’s turn to give the other a smirk- to try anyway since his gaze can't reach the bug's chosen perch. "Besides, it’s pretty cool that I’M the dragon right now!"

There is a sound that is likely the equivalent of a sullen mutter from the dragonfly.


Wildcard!
[Got something else in mind? Maybe Spyro’s stuck in your body instead, struggling to deal with having less limbs than before or a number that’s in all the wrong places. And meanwhile, at least there’s a dragonfly "familiar" you can talk to about how dragons work.]

A

[healingincantation]

Rapunzel hasn't run into Spyro yet - and she's not sure what to make of a small dragon. Dragons seem like they should be dangerous, but at the same time... Well. He's cute, and purple.

She likes purple.

But then she notices the dragon is talking to some sort of bug, and she's really not sure what to make of that. So, cautiously, she approaches. The thing is, she's in Hayley the Moonlight Hydra's body when this all happens. Four heads, just now, meaning she can breathe ice but not speak - though she can still sing, at least. Rapunzel has no idea as to where Hayley's gone off to in her own body, but that's taken a backseat for the time being.

"What's going on?" She sings, one head harmonizing with another as the other two perform acapella-style backup. "Is something wrong?"

[hotheadwarmheart]

Sun and Moon Swap- Closed to Isa and those (physically) in Eather House

The first thing Lea noticed when he woke up was that he wasn't in the Ka dorm. The second thing he noticed was that when he tried to sit up and take a look around he was briefly pinned down by his hand resting on part of his long (!), blue (!!) hair. And the third thing he noticed was that when he spoke, his voice- while very familiar- wasn't in any way, shape, or form his own. "What the heck is going on here?"

OTA- Wildcard

So yeah, those who know Isa might be surprised if they see him around campus for the moment. Because Isa is suddenly being a lot more friendly, outgoing, and talkative. And he's also openly emoting! What's up with that?

So basically anyone who wants to be confused by Lea in Isa's body, feel free to encounter him still attempting to go to his classes despite the magical mix up.

[afterthemoon]

"Something unusual is going on, clearly."

Lea's voice spoke up in Isa's typical deadpan tone.

Isabel: In Dust's body

[hyperdrivemonalisa]

One: Nothing Wrong With Me

[Except there is, because her hands are blue and furry, and there are two annoyed voices clamoring at her--Ahrah and Furae must have noticed it even before Isabel did herself. She snatches off Dust's hat, glaring at the paired swords for a moment.]

Listen, you two! I'm going to go find him and hand you guys over, I know this isn't right! [Interestingly, she has help in the form of a large black cat--Chaos has found her already, but hey, she knew he was smart. Isabel's rather glad to see him unaffected, for the moment. At least she seems to have fewer problems maneuvering in a body with a tail--so far. Before she leaves the Purifeul dorm, though, Isabel shoves the hat back on her--Dust's--head.]


Something's Gotta Give: tell me where to turn the screw

[Of course Dust would be the one to spring into action against the fake shoggoth! Save with all the shenanigans, this isn't Dust, which ought to be conspicuous--it's not a pair of twin swords being wielded, but a modified lacrosse stick, while a certain song blares while he--she? works at capturing the thing. Success is not assured, even when the mesh has been turned into more of a cup, and it's paired at the end into sort of a grabbing device...]

Chase it this way!

[afterthemoon]

Anyone who knows Lea would notice that today Lea... doesn't really seem like himself. Acting grumpy and withdrawn, not really emoting outwardly at all, scoffing at everything.

This is a wildcard option for anyone who wants to thread something with Isa in Lea's body!]

Dorm Doom

[nobodys_puppet]

Xion sat up in bed slowly, looking first to the bed that she kept trying to get Roxas to sleep in, which was empty of everything but a single shell that she left there on nights when she couldn't get him in with them so that no one else used the bed. Then she looked over to Axel. As the scan showed they were the only ones in the dorm that morning, she slid down her hood. She tilted her head and gave him a small smile before sliding off the side of the bed.

The bed she slept on here like she slept back at the castle, on top of the sheets, fully clothed in jacket boots and gloves. You lot brainwashed her good, Isa....