65th: The Swapping of Sokka Thunderaxe

[markofthewise]

[And now Sokka was a girl. Worse than that, he was Haruhi Suzumiya. After an enlightening conversation with that Malnosso girl, he and the real Haruhi had come to the unhappy conclusion it was better not to tell anyone what happened. Which Sokka hated the idea of, but the potential consequences of not doing it could be worse. Besides, if Haruhi could figure out how to fix all of this, he'd be back in his own body by tomorrow! Or a few days, anyway.

This, unfortunately, means having to live like Haruhi. And dress like her too. Girly top, a dress, and that stupid ribbon in his hair. As much as he wanted to just tie it all behind his head in a ponytail, she wouldn't let him do that. Can't blow their cover, after all. And then he has to follow Haruhi's schedule for things.

He leaves the house undetected that morning, eating breakfast on the go. This leaves him to try and do things that Haruhi would do. Which he is not at all thrilled about. Since he doesn't want to run into people, he ends up hitting the library to read about things that would help him be Haruhi. Like things about Japan. He'd never cared about Japan, but it seemed like he ought to know things on it by now.

After lunch (which he spends tucked away privately in the back of one of the restaurants), he swallows his anxiety and goes to visit Winry. But then he decides to look in on Shiki first at All Passions, like instructed. After that he'll warily enter the smithy, feeling oddly out of place there, to visit Winry. When these 'appointments' are finished, he'll arrive at the Brigade building. Early. Twiddling his thumbs until people arrive. Fortunately he wrote down a cheat sheet for who everyone actually is.

After the meeting (which is probably short), he'll be left with nothing to do for a few hours. That's when he opts to just hit the barracks and try to train. He'll be incredibly frustrated at the fact he seems to have lost his skill at just about everything. While he's not horrible, he's nowhere near his "A Game".

In the evening he faces the second worst part of the day - cooking. Being only skilled at cooking meat, he'll try his darndest to make a decent meal. It will be edible Shiki and Beat, don't worry. It will just be incredibly bland and very heavy on the meat. Sort of a boring exercise in chewing, really. Given that Katara has drilled family dinners into him, he'll be at the table expecting a group dinner.

Later in the evening he'll spend some time on the roof, grumbling about his fate, and working secretly on carving a piece of wood into a new boomerang. Day one was a nightmare. He doesn't think he's going to last another one.]

((OOC: Okay! So lots of teal deer up there. Hit him up at any time during the day. You can forward date stuff to later in the week if you want. His routine will be more or less the same the rest of the week. Replies will come from wisebent!

MORE IMPORTANTLY this is a body swap plot! It involves some of Haruhi's reality bending powers, so it's not an experiment/Mallynapping thing. As explained here, this means that Sokka and Haruhi's friends shouldn't notice things being that odd. If they do, it's something they'd quickly dismiss. I hope you guys will play along!))

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[crytearsofjoy.livejournal.com]

[A visit, huh? Well if it's after lunch Winry will be just setting up to start working on the leg Ed busted up. She's almost finished repairing the damages, but there's still some work and polishing that needs to be done. Feel free to find her at her bench, or call out to her from the main area of the smithy.]

[wisebent.livejournal.com]

[Sokka stands in the doorway for awhile, just staring at Winry. All he can think in his head is that Winry might just walk over and kiss him or something horrible like that. It's so much easier to deal with Winry when he's his normal self. He'd spent months infatuated with her and now he was way over her, but she was in love with, well, the person this body belonged to. This was going to be so, so wrong.

But. He will just suck it up and dive in.]

... hey, Winry. Busy?

[crytearsofjoy.livejournal.com]

Haruhi!

Oh, not so much no. Just a clean up job.

[so_shik]

[Well. Whenever that moment is, rest assure that Shiki's at the shop. She's been throwing herself into her work a lot more due to recent events. It's a lot easier to be working than spend time alone in her room, after all.

She barely looks up when she hears someone enter, glancing out of the corner of her eye.]

Hey. [Haruhi...it was interesting that the girl had been around both times Neku had disappeared. Maybe that's what made her so comfortable about actually opening up to her about it.] I see you're making your rounds early.

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[wisebent.livejournal.com]

[He's about to smile at Shiki, the way he normally does, but when she mentions things being early, Sokka immediately panics. SHE FIGURED IT OUT AND SHE'S ON TO HIM.]

E-early!? It's not that, early, I mean--

[wisebent.livejournal.com]

[CHILL OUT SOKKA. He catches himself from being a fool and relaxes. She was just commenting.]

I, you know, thought I'd... check in. See if you had anything new. The usual kinds of things I do when I'm here.

[so_shik]

[It's only then that she actually takes a look at the clock on the wall.] ...oh wow...I didn't realize I've been here this long already. I take that back, sorry. [She'll wave off her own comment, shaking her head and setting aside a box of ribbons. Though "the usual kinds of things I do when I'm here", huh? Well if she's that willing...]

In that case, how much time do you have? I'm trying out a little feng shui and I want to move some of these tables around. [Never mind that the art of feng shui is Chinese. When Shiki gets an idea, it's hard to change her mind.] I'm thinking about doing it at the house, too.

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[onlyonepath.livejournal.com]

Hey!

[Sokka, a guy in a hat (IT SHOWED UP!) is jogging toward you, sometime in the middle of the day, in the plaza.]

Hey, you're Winry's girlfriend, right?

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[wisebent.livejournal.com]

[... okay wow, this guy is super tall. Sokka can't help but feel a little wary around him.]

Uh... yeah! That's me. Haruhi Suzu- [Why is he giving her full name, that's stupid.] -miya.

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[onlyonepath.livejournal.com]

Nice to know people still use last names around here. [Silly Winry.] You remember me, right?

[emp3thy]

[If Sokka hoped to be left alone after the Brigade meeting, he's not in luck. On the way to the barracks there's this guy standing on one of the bridges, seemingly just staring out over the water and not paying attention to his surroundings. 'Haruhi' is going to need to pass him to keep going, though...]

[wisebent.livejournal.com]

[Oh jeez, it's that boring guy. Minato... Sokka has talked to him a few times, but Haruhi kind of made it clear she doesn't like him. So he's pretty confident he can walk by without saying anything. Which is exactly what he's going to try and do.]

[emp3thy]

[Tough luck. As soon as it becomes clear that 'Haruhi' is trying to ignore him, Minato calls her out.]

Hey.

sep 6th!

[herotypical]

[ hello, barracks! but for once, buffy's not showing up to smack some stuffing out of the dummies. nope -- she seems all preoccupied with a bunch of supplies piled up in her arms. groceries, a backpack stuffed with clothing, clean bandages. it is all piled so high that she can't actually see around her burden.

but she can hear someone training. ]

...Someone there?

sep 6th!

[wisebent.livejournal.com]

[Sokka is just over here whacking a dummy with a wooden sword, all too unhappy at how poorly he is doing. He doesn't even think to be concerned when he hears Buffy. At first.]

Just me.

[herotypical]

[ she finally peeks around what she's carrying.

sigh. ]

We've really gotta stop meeting like this.

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[skater-brain.livejournal.com]

[Being depressed and punching Neku's door does nothing, so... Beat's just been trying to act normal since the guy disappeared. As...normal as Beat can get.

Which means in order to come downstairs for a meal, he's still trying to slide down the staircase railing.

And he fails, slamming into the wall at the bottom.]

Hrk!

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[wisebent.livejournal.com]

[... what the hell. Sokka is just. Staring from his place in the kitchen. That must be Beat, the stupid guy.]

Uh... You okay?

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[skater-brain.livejournal.com]

[Ow. He climbs to his feet, rubbing his head. HE WILL CONQUER YOU YET, STAIRCASE.]

Huh?!

[markofthebrave]

[Yeah, so, eventually the law of averages dictate that one evening when Katara is out practicing by the barracks... ]

[wisebent.livejournal.com]

[... okay now this is awkward. Sokka just wanted to get a few drills in. Avoiding friends and family was kind of obligatory. But Katara is kind of in his path on the way home. Which means walking by and trying to think of something Haruhi would say.]

Yo.

I'm tagging this late so dwi

[fyulong]

[BRIGADE BUILDING YOU SAY. Well speaking of early, Mikage's going to show up shortly after Sokka does, yawning and rolling his shoulders like he'd just gotten out of bed. Which is a bit silly since it's the middle of the afternoon, but hey- it still almost feels like summer. He perks up when he sees "Haruhi" there, though.]

Hey, boss. I'm surprised to see you here so early!

/DEALING

[wisebent.livejournal.com]

[Okay... blonde guy, kind of goofy looking, and is gay apparently?]

Hey... [name name name name aha!] Mikage! You're here early. [Wait, he did get the time right? He has thirty minutes to prepare, right?]

[September 7, after the meeting]

[book-of-chaos.livejournal.com]

[The Brigade HQ's clearing out after another short meeting. Leon can't help but comment...]

Things are pretty quiet now, huh? Are there really no plans since school's supposed to be starting up this month?

[September 7, after the meeting]

[wisebent.livejournal.com]

[No plans? Well, he did make up that thing to Mikage. So...]

Well... actually there is a party that we'll be throwing for the equinox. I thought you knew already. [When in doubt, blame everyone else.]