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!))

Comments

[crytearsofjoy.livejournal.com]

Haruhi!

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

[wisebent.livejournal.com]

[Nervous smile pretending not to be a nervous smile.]

That's me! Haruhi... [Okay that's just dumb. He already was horrible with Shiki.] But if you're busy, I can just come back later. You know, that's important automail stuff.

[crytearsofjoy.livejournal.com]

No, it's all right! You know I can't say no to seeing you.

[wisebent.livejournal.com]

[You could try. At least for today.]

Well... of course not. I mean, look at me? Who could resist spending time with me? [That seems like the kind of self absorbed thing Haruhi would say.]

[crytearsofjoy.livejournal.com]

[She laughs.] Oh, no one. Not with your sparkling personality.

[wisebent.livejournal.com]

Well... you know me. [Gosh, he doesn't know how to respond beyond that. He knows he isn't being remotely convincing as Haruhi. It's kind of weird that nobody has really caught on.]

So should I just wait for you, then?

[crytearsofjoy.livejournal.com]

No, I could take time off now. Did you want to do something? I've already had lunch.

[wisebent.livejournal.com]

[What... sort of things do they even do...?]

You know what? Your choice today. Anything you want! [Smooth.]

[crytearsofjoy.livejournal.com]

Well I can't be gone all day, and you need to be around for your Brigade meeting right? When is that again?

[wisebent.livejournal.com]

In one hour and fifteen minutes. [... oops. He's supposed to be spontaneous.]

... or something like that. I could be wrong.

[crytearsofjoy.livejournal.com]

Then we have some time! Want to get ice cream before the weather becomes too cold for it again?

[wisebent.livejournal.com]

[Lucky break! He likes ice cream! And it's completely innocent and not romantic at all.]

That sounds like a perfect idea. Let's do it.

[crytearsofjoy.livejournal.com]

[Winry stands, dusts off her coveralls a bit, and then heads over towards Haruhi so they can walk out.]

So, how's your day so far?

[wisebent.livejournal.com]

[Sokka was busy staring off at something else, so when Winry comes back he suddenly double takes. Winry is... taller than him now. Of course she is. He knew she would be. It's just bewildering to once again be reminded of how tiny Haruhi is. Give Winry a weapon and she could be pretty intimidating. She is pretty muscular, after all.]

Huh? Oh, you know, pretty usual day... kind of boring, really. Nothing remotely interesting at all.

[crytearsofjoy.livejournal.com]

Well maybe I can help it be a little less boring. [She reaches out and gently takes a hold of Haruhi's hand.]

[wisebent.livejournal.com]

[Oh gosh, Winry is holding his hand and... okay, it's no big deal. Just hand holding.] I.... bet you could. [Smile?]

[crytearsofjoy.livejournal.com]

[...Okay?] Are you feeling all right?

[wisebent.livejournal.com]

[Uh oh! She's on to him! Well... he can be honest at least?]

I woke up a little early, that's all. So, ice cream?

[crytearsofjoy.livejournal.com]

Well if you're tired maybe you should take a nap.

[wisebent.livejournal.com]

[Sokka wants to go, "YES I WILL NAP NOW." But somehow he thinks Winry would be upset and Haruhi wouldn't do that anyway. Or she'd invite Winry to nap with her and that would be worse.]

I can nap anytime. I'll just get some soda with my ice cream.

[crytearsofjoy.livejournal.com]

All right, then let's go. [She begins to walk out of the smithy now, hand in hand with who she thinks is Haruhi.]

[wisebent.livejournal.com]

[It is so weird to be walking side by side with Winry like this. Although right now he's thanking his lucky stars that Haruhi has a girlfriend and not a boyfriend. Sokka would never have been able to do that.]

So... how's your day been?

[crytearsofjoy.livejournal.com]

All right. I mean... Sokka's been a little weird - but I think it's just tiredness from the draft. You know, he tried to tell me there was a mace shortage?

[wisebent.livejournal.com]

[... dammit Haruhi, what the hell!?]

Well... that's probably just Sokka. [Let's see, how does Haruhi feel about him? Oh, that's easy.] He's always being an idiot.

[crytearsofjoy.livejournal.com]

Oh come on, don't be so harsh. He may act like an idiot, but he's not stupid.