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

[noasark]

[Uhhhhh...

Well how massive is this snake, is a good question. Noa turns, and ends up very, very slowly freezing in place. It's almost comical actually- he just, goes stock still and slowly looks the snake up and down.]

UrrraaAAAaaauuu....

[S...should he be running is that a thing he needs to do here,]

[king_of_egypt]

[It's a pretty sizable one, definitely not a garter snake. It would certainly look bigger to a penguin than a human as well.

From the reaction, he can tell that he's frightened the poor creature so he debates what would make him look less threatening. That takes the form of lowering his head back toward his coils to make a lower profile than he had with neck extended upward.]

Ssss

[Instinctively he tried to talk only to wind up hissing, hopefully he hadn't made the mistake of making it look like he was planning on striking]

[noasark]

[Sadly that is Exactly what snakes do when they get ready to strike.

They coil up and double down. Noa is utterly petrified now- if he moves wrong...IF HE EVEN SLIGHTLY MOVES WRONG..!!]

KH-

[That wasn't even a squawk it was just pathetic.]

[king_of_egypt]

[If Atem had been thinking more about reptile behavior he would have realized his error sooner. A person might lower themselves in front of a scared animal to alleviate their fear, but not a snake. The powerful muscles were like a coiled spring making it easier to lunge toward prey.

Adelai is still scared stiff.....

So there they sat in this uneasy stalemate. Maybe.... he should try something else, just nothing sudden. How in Ra's name is a snake supposed to look friendly. He lifted his head again and tilted it until it was upside down. It felt kind of stupid... but maybe it would look ridiculous enough that it would snap Adelai out of it.]

[noasark]

A....Aaaaaaauuk....

[............Okay. That's. New. Noa slowly moves into a more surprised position, craning his head around to look confusedly at the snake. What...What is it...

He tries to rub his head and fails, before chittering grumpily at his flipper. Stupid Not Arms.]

[king_of_egypt]

[Well, this at least seemed to be progress so he would take it! Righting himself, he made sure to uncoil as much as possible moving a bit jerkily as he did. It wasn't easy trying to get the hang of not having arms and legs.

Now, if I could just get Adelai to take me to Noa.... Little did he know.

He flipped his tail impatiently.]

[noasark]

[....Three. Two. One.]

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAUUHHHH..! ['Adelai' has just shoved his face between his flippers, as one would with their hands. Now he seems to be pacing angrily, waving them around...as one would arms.

Also there is a lot of ranting squawking and that's not Adelai is it.]

[king_of_egypt]

[It's certainly nothing he's ever seen the penguin do before... or any penguin for that matter. The exclamation was sharp and harsh on the ears making Atem recoil slightly. Shaking his head he looked back to the penguin as it started wearing a hole in the floor]

Ssssssss....

[Perhaps this exchange was not so unique. If he had been swapped for a snake, than someone else could have been swapped for the penguin]

[Knowing that he would feel a little guilty for this, Atem spotted something on a table he thought he might be able to use. Stretching his tail up to that height, he knocked over a flower pot, emptying the contents haphazardly onto the floor. Then he proceeded to start arranging the dirt to form letters. "Who R U". Then he tried to get not~Adelai's attention]

[noasark]

....

[He smacks his own face with a flipper, but not because of what Atem is doing so much as the fact that Atem thought of it first. Foolish! Foolish, he could have been writing!]

ITS NOA

[It's hard to write when you have webbed feet ok.]

[king_of_egypt]

[His fowl friend should be more careful, the way he's carrying on he's liable to hurt himself. Still the serpent tries to be patient. If his suspicions are correct there is every reason to feel some level of panic and unease.]

[With a nod, at the words on the ground.. Atem motions to himself with his new tail before rearranging the dirt to spell his own name]

ATEM

[It's not much better with a tail]

[noasark]

AAaaaaaaaaauhhh...

[Yet Another Penguin Groan!

But anyway.]

now what

[king_of_egypt]

[For a few moments Atem did nothing besides stare at the penguin in silence. I mean, the question was reasonable but he didn't have an easy solution]

GET HELP

[Meaning the professors perhaps, or from students that were not affected. The answer left much to be interpreted and desired]

[noasark]

[Eugh.

Noa just gestures to the quiet chaos around them now. There's people swapped with everyone at this point. No one is in their right place. The teachers themselves don't seem to quite be...well. Themselves.

...BUT FINE HE'LL HUMOR YOU!]

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