tomodachi | 004 [action]

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[So, after the first week of mostly normalcy for him, save for the occasional random teleporting (much to Crow's enjoyment for spooking some people, but being annoying whenever he tried to talk to some of his friends), the second week starts with a very, very different change. It's immediately noticeable the moment he wakes up, and not in the way he normally does. It doesn't feel like a computer booting up, it feels like how a normal person would wake up. Not only that, for some reason, he feels weird, as if someone flipped a switch. Now he can actually feel things, like the texture of the bed or how squishy his cheek is, but why would that--

--And then he notices from looking in a mirror that has Seto's reflection instead of his own, so yeah, enjoy what sounds like "Seto" loudly swearing and waking you up early in the morning, everyone in House 48.]

What the hell is this!?

[action; open to all on any day of the second week!]

[Later, once the chaos at House 48 dies down, you'll likely find "Seto" wandering around being...well, definitely weirder than usual. At first there's a lot of scowling going on or being rather rude. Crow is still not entirely sure what the hell is going on here and why he's stuck in his best friend's body, but eventually he'll start to get over it and can probably be found bothering people like how he normally does, or trying to play around like usual...trying being the key word there, because Crow might be severely underestimating Seto's body being able to do stuff like cartwheels and shit like he can.

Of course, there's also the real Seto, who is now in Crow's body and is probably very un-Crow like as well. Like Crow, who is trying to get used to what its like being in a human body, now Seto is in Crow's body and having to contend with everything that comes with being in a robot body, so...yep. Definitely nothing awkward happening here right now. Have fun running into either of them, or both at the same time.

ooc: Replies from Crow will come from

presumablyalive, and possible replies from Seto will come from

solesoul! Just let us know whether you want both in the same thread or separate threads with either of them.]

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[Crow isn't the only one to notice the strange wake up. The moment Seto opens his eyes, he feels wide awake, as if he didn't even sleep. He doesn't even feel groggy or feel the need to yawn and just wake up like usual. And he can feel something winding up in him as he boots up from sleep mode. As he sits up, it only gets weirder when he notices he's wearing Crow's... everything.

Gloves, jacket, trinkets, scarf, bird head... and looking into one of the shiny objects lying around his room, he can see Crow's face staring back at him. Touch his much shorter hair and the reflection does the same. He's about to yell himself when Crow beats him to it and he freezes.

...That was his voice.

That was his voice.

He jumps out of bed as quick as he can and the moment he finds Crow, he comes to a stop and just stares for a long moment. He's staring at himself. But if he's in Crow's body then--] ...C...Crow is th-that you?!

[Crow freezes the moment he hears that voice. His own voice.

Slowly, he turns to look, and sees that he's now staring at himself.]

What...what the hell is going on here? [He's seen weird things in this place, but this is definitely somewhere at the height of it and its really freaking him out. He can't help but be very noticeably annoyed as he marches right up to this body snatcher and grabs him by the arm.] Alright, you better start talking right now, who are you and why do you look like me? And where's--

[And then he stops, as if now registering what it was that "Crow" had said a moment ago. If Crow is now "Seto", then that means...]

...Seto? Is that you?

[seriously what the heck is happening here]

[Seto flinches when Crow grabs his arm, a little surprised to see his best friend so angry (since he's never seen him like this before) but more surprised at the sudden grab. He's still on edge from his own wake up and all.

But he waves his hands a little to try and calm his best friend down and nods frantically when he finally realizes who he is.]

Y-Yes it's me! [He grabs Crow's--well--his own hand gently to try and reassure him, though what he notices is that it feels strange. Even the movement of curling his fingers around his hand feels different. He can't quite place his finger on how it does but he tries to not let himself get caught up in his thoughts. For now at least.] What... happened to us?

How should I know? I just woke up looking like this--like you...

[And now Seto looks like him, but it's not just appearances that have changed here, now Crow is human and he's not sure how to make sense of it. It's like flipping several switches at once, because now he has a sense of taste and smell and touch, things that were numb or almost nonexistent to him previously.

But now, he loosens his grip slightly, not clinging quite as hard as he forces himself to...to breathe. Yeah, that's what humans are supposed to do, right?] Okay, so...you're me, and I'm you. What now? Got any ideas of how to fix this or do we just have to wait for something to happen like some of the other weird stuff from before.

[Like when you were a kid and we were...actually let's not talk about that incident, pretend we didn't mention it.]

[Seto looks over his friend's face--or his face, still holding onto his hand to comfort him and calm him down. Though in the back of his mind, he realizes something. That even though he has the glove on his hand, he can't feel the warmth of his skin seeping through. It's only been a brief moment since he's held his hand, but Seto's quicker to notice things like this. He focuses on it, he looks for it, even here when he's been here for so long.

And it unsettles him a little deep down somewhere--somewhere?--to not be able to feel that warmth that he's always craved and cherished. And if Crow is him now--doesn't this mean he's human? Shouldn't he be warm?

Though again, he pushes back his thoughts for now and tries to think of an answer.]

I'm not... really sure. I-I think it might be an experiment [At least that's the only answer that makes sense for a situation like this. And as far as Seto can remember, this has happened to other people before... ] so we might have to wait until it's over to get back to normal.

[He watches Crow try to breathe and frowns, asking worriedly] Are you okay?

I...I dunno man, it's really weird. [He holds up a hand in front of his face, wiggling the fingers a little. It doesn't feel like the movement of springs and other metallic parts right now, it's...huh. He's really not sure how to describe it.]

It doesn't feel like how it did before. Is...this what it's like being a human?

[He watches as Crow looks his hand over and has to let out a small smile.

That's right. Seto isn't the only one who must be noticing and feeling all of these changes. It's one thing just being in another person's body but being in a completely different body... All that's different is so obvious to the both of them. So he nods.]

Yeah, it is... it must feel pretty different. [At least now Seto can... have some form of an idea of how different it really is. Because even he can notice the strange way his fingers and body feels when he moves them.] Here, look. [He takes the hand Crow's holding up and holds it with both of his gloved ones. Since he's in Crow's body, his what would be skin can't create body heat, but with the cloth of the gloves and Crow's now real skin, it should create a stronger warmth.

Even though he can't feel it... he wants Crow to. It's important that he does. This is what it feels like to be alive, this warmth is a symbol of it.]

[Crow looks down at their hands, a little confused at first, but...the longer Seto holds onto Crow's hands, the more he can actually start to feel some warmth there. It's an unfamiliar sensation, and at first he's not sure what to make of it. But...to think that this is what Seto feels whenever Crow holds onto his hands...]

Yeah, it is different. [...But then Crow smiles.] But it actually feels pretty nice right now.

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