markofthewise | 65th: The Swapping of Sokka Thunderaxe

[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

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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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[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?]

You're lucky I'm not late. I slept in- having Shuri back is really tiring me out.

[He plops right down in his usual chair, folding his arms on the table and using them for a pillow. Ahhh, sweet relaxation.]

[Let's see Shuri. Right, student president. He talked to Haruhi about him some time ago. She didn't like him.]

Ugh, I can't believe he's back. What a pain.

Hey now, don't be like that. He's not a bad guy, he just needs some time to get used to being here again.

[Though he knows it's a futile battle- Haruhi's never really liked Shuri.]

Why, has he become less of one since he came back? [Oh, so very Haruhi. Sokka is proud of that one.]

Less of a pain? Well... not when he's in a bossy mood. But I'm sure he'll adjust in no time! He may be kind of a wimp, but deep down he's pretty durable.

[That all sounds great. Too bad he only knows the guy in passing and doesn't really care. Now, what would Haruhi say? He was talking to her on the beach about this guy and he had asked her what was next for the Brigade. Hmm, how to find out without looking suspicious.]

Well, it's a good thing we've got something big planned, especially if he's going to keep up this student government stuff.

Something big? What're we doing next?

[Eager! He loves hearing about Haruhi's plans, it's like the best part of the Brigade meetings. (Though generally it's probably 90% of them anyway.)]

[... crap, this has backfired! Play it smooth!]

You don't already know?

I don't think you mentioned it yet... unless I fell asleep during a meeting one day! It's not like that never happens.

[Completely guilt-free, there. Some meetings are just more interesting than others.]

[Crap! Um. Time to make something up on the spot. What is something lame that Haruhi would do?]

We're going to throw a party! For... [Wait, for what? Is there anything even all that great in September? Oh! Wait!] The Autumn Equinox. You know... when autumn starts and the day is the same length as the night? Yeah, that deserves a party. With... autumn-y things. Which is on the twenty-third, so I can't believe you don't know about it.

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Oh, that sounds pretty cool! We don't celebrate that day in my world, so I've never heard of it. I don't remember us doing that last year, though.

[Or did they? He'd been pretty preoccupied last year, if he's remembering the timing right.]

Well we're doing it this year! In some worlds, only the solstices and equinoxes ever get treated as holidays. So clearly we should do it too.

I like that idea. Makes the parties more personal if we celebrate stuff that can cross worlds. Leave it to the boss to think ahead as usual!

... right! Of course, that's why I'm in charge, of course. I'll be expecting you to do your part, of course.

You can count on me as usual, boss.

[... you know what, he might just be able to. Hm.]

As a matter of fact, I'm putting you in charge of organizing this, too. It will be up to you to make sure this one goes off as planned!

...Wait, what, seriously!? I'm in charge? No way!! How come?

[Rather than daunted by this plan, he sounds more excited than anything else.]

[... so this is a surprise to him. Hmmmm.]

This is a chance to prove your worth to the SOS Brigade, that's why!

[OMG THIS IS LIKE THE BEST NEWS HE'S HEARD ALL WEEK he needs to start planning RIGHT NOW.]

Awesome, awesome! I'm not gonna let you down, boss!

[Whew, so now someone can do all the work and he can sit back and not worry about it. Genius!]

I'll be expecting big things from you!

[And here Mikage is thinking he's getting a chance to shine! How sad.]

I'll be sure to deliver, it's a promise!

I'll hold you to it.

[Sokka falls back into his chair now. Okay, yeah, now he has something to work with. This brigade thing isn't so hard.]

65th: The Swapping of Sokka Thunderaxe

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