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

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.

[wisebent.livejournal.com]

[Buffy not happy to see him. That's new.]

Well, I was here first. [After hearing that Buffy and Haruhi don't like each other, he figures this is how he's going to have to act.]

[herotypical]

And pardon me for not bothering to stick around and contest that but I've got a mission to complete.

[ some more peering. ] Just as soon as I make sure I'm going in the right direction.

[wisebent.livejournal.com]

[... wow, Buffy can be kind of mean.]

What are you even doing?

[herotypical]

If I tell you, you're sure you're not just gonna accuse me of 'showing off' again?

[wisebent.livejournal.com]

Huh? Oh, sure. I'll let it pass this one time.

[herotypical]

How charitable.

[wisebent.livejournal.com]

[Handwave.] Yeah, yeah. So what is it?

[herotypical]

Supplies. For a friend.

[wisebent.livejournal.com]

Well that's vague. What supplies? What friend?

[herotypical]

...Since when have you cared? I could tell you the Queen of Egypt and you'd just shrug and make that face you make.

[wisebent.livejournal.com]

[Oh. Right. Haruhi.]

Well then you would be showing off.

[herotypical]

...If it was true, maybe. But that was a joke.

[wisebent.livejournal.com]

[You know what Buffy, he's starting to understand Haruhi's frustration.]

Are you always this difficult around other people?

[herotypical]

What do you mean, other people? You and me've always been unmixy things, Haruhi. Since day one.

[ since she was a he. ]

[wisebent.livejournal.com]

[Well, she's a he again. Kind of.]

So why bother chatting, then? [Honest question from Sokka, but he poses it in a demanding Haruhi sort of way.]

[herotypical]

...You're the one who asked what I was doing, Haruhi.

[wisebent.livejournal.com]

I didn't realize it was such a big deal. [Seriously, he thought Haruhi was exaggerating about Buffy being bad.]

[herotypical]

I-it's not. It's just -- okay. Fine. The truth? My b--...Boyfriend's still recovering from the draft. These things are for him. No biggie.

[wisebent.livejournal.com]

[Jack's in bad shape, huh? He's tempted to ask, but he's not inclined to think Haruhi would care.]

Oh.

[herotypical]

...So you'll have to forgive me for being a little less than cordial. Y'know, times are heavy all around.

[ a flat tone. she and haruhi have a long history of being brutally honest with each other. ]

[wisebent.livejournal.com]

Fine. Well, keep on doing what you're doing, then.

[Kind of hard to be that harsh to her, but it's all he's got.]

[herotypical]

You've got every right in the known universe to refuse me but....but could I ask you a favour, Haruhi?