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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[talkyourwayout]

[Louie breathes a sigh of relief, grateful beyond words to see his friend... Even if she's a snake right now, and that's weird. Really weird.

He's not sure if she'll be able to understand him - they're both animals right now, but two very different kinds, after all. But there's only one way to find out...]

Webs?

[woo_oo]

[She pops her head up, and waves with her tail.]

'Hi Louie! Sorry that Jorry gave you trouble. You okay?'

[talkyourwayout]

Of course I'm not okay. I'm a rat.

[woo_oo]

Oh, right. Sorry about that.

I'm, um... sorry for a lot of things right now.

[talkyourwayout]

Why are you sorry that I'm-

[Oh, god, that's not the question he should be asking, is it?]

Webby, what did you do?

[woo_oo]

... First off, this was an accident. It wasn't what we had he in mind. And if we knew how to undo it, of course we would!

[talkyourwayout]

We? Who's we?

Webby, what the heck happened?

[woo_oo]

My friend Yuugi and I were trying to make a spell where he would turn into a duck, and I would turn into a human.

[And... it happened. Kinda.]

[talkyourwayout]

[It's almost hard to be upset when two of his favorite people are the ones behind this mess. Then again, he's a rat right now, so only almost.]

You guys seriously didn't see how wrong that could go?

[woo_oo]

... We did not.

[Clearly.]

We didn't think it'd affect everyone else! And we don't know how to make it stop.

[talkyourwayout]

[He sighs, his tiny little rat hand hitting his forehead.]

Webby, can you ever think about something for more than five seconds before actually doing it?

[woo_oo]

[She hangs her head.]

I really am sorry! I won't do anything like this ever again!

[talkyourwayout]

[For some reason, he's having trouble believing that.]

Uh-huh. Look, Webby, I'm sorry, but your pet snake just tried to eat me. I'm really not in the mood for this right now.

[woo_oo]

Jorry's really sorry too! Aren't you, Jorry?

[She turns and... Jorry in Webby's body is no longer there.]

... Uh-oh.

[talkyourwayout]

[Louie realizes what that "uh-oh" is about, and looks around, terrified that he'll be pounced on at any moment.]

Webby, we have to get out of here!

[woo_oo]

I can't leave him on his own, I have to go after him! He's my responsibility!