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...

Comments

[woo_oo]

[Sorta??? She did try to climb - and fell flat on her butt as a result.]

Oof! ... Well, that's a bummer.

[burningbrighter]

[ Sunset...isn't really suitably sized to help her up, but she'll go check on her anyway. ]

Are you okay?

Just...be careful touching people with your hands. If you linger too long, you'll see into their thoughts for a little bit. It's useful, but also kind of weird.

[woo_oo]

[Boy, that's one hell of a distraction - she whips her head around.]

You have psychic hands?!

[burningbrighter]

Yeah, just...be careful with them. You can wear gloves if you don't want to deal with it, I keep them in my robe pocket. And you'll space out for a minute if you use the power, so remember that.

[woo_oo]

[She slowly turns to Sunset, her fingers wiggling.

She... might want to try out it out on you, Sunburst.]

Going into people's heads just with a noogie...

[burningbrighter]

Be careful with it!

[ Sunset can only see one way out of this: showing her. She thrusts her hand forward and grabs Webby's, drawing her into her memory.

Sunset crawls through a portal at the base of a statue, looking at her hands in mild confusion. Weren't they hooves a minute ago? She looks around at the other strange beings with bodies like this and leans on the statue to climb up, casually smiling at the passing students.

'Hey, uh...just had a really weird lunch. Don't mind me!'

She wobbles a fair bit, but makes it to the looming school doors with a small smile. ]

You see?

[woo_oo]

That...

... WAS AWESOME! I wanna do that to everyone!

[what is this thing you call 'privacy']

[burningbrighter]

...please don't? Or at least ask them first?

That kind of power is way too strong. If you use it when someone isn't expecting it, you could see something they don't want you to see. And then they'll be afraid of you.

[ Well. Her. They'd be afraid of Sunset since she's using her face. And that would be the worst. ]

[woo_oo]

Oooh, yeah, that would be bad! I don't want my friends afraid of me, only my enemies!

[the point... sort of got across?]