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

[wisebent.livejournal.com]

Mad? No, not mad. I'm good. If you don't want to help out, that's fine.

[After all, Shiki is in a bad place. Sokka can do this.]

[so_shik]

No, I will. I kind of owe it to you for forcing you to sit through a meal with Beat. I mean he's a good friend, but he's a little much for someone who's never met him before. [And with that being said, she's going to start putting things away.]

[wisebent.livejournal.com]

He's kind of... weird. And dense. And obsessed with the chicken. [The chicken whose name he doesn't actually know. Oops.]

[so_shik]

Well you have to admit, it is weird for most people to know that Sekai hatched from you. ...though I think Beat thinks you actually had the chicken, I'm not sure.

[wisebent.livejournal.com]

Right. Me having a chicken is just ridiculous. [... maybe. Unless those god powers are real.]

[so_shik]

Sort of. It's not too ridiculous considering...well, you're you. But I keep trying to tell Beat that humans can't lay chicken eggs. I'm just hoping it actually sticks.

[wisebent.livejournal.com]

[The gears are turning though.]

... though it would be easy to trick him into thinking he laid an egg himself.

[so_shik]

...I'm listening. [She's curious where this is going, even though she has a feeling it might be kind of mean.]

[wisebent.livejournal.com]

Well it's easy. We wait for him to be asleep and then we plant an egg under him. Once he wakes up... he'll think he made it.

[so_shik]

Think we should hardboil it or something? Beat's kind of a big guy...he might just roll over and squish it.

[wisebent.livejournal.com]

... probably a good idea. It'll last longer that way.

[so_shik]

Let's do it. He pretty much snores through everything anyway, so getting it under him will be super-easy. I can't wait to see his face. [This. Is actually probably the happiest she's been in the last few weeks. Over a stupid prank and an egg. Sorry Beat.]

[wisebent.livejournal.com]

[Finished now, he finally turns around, exposing his thoroughly soaked shirt.]

He won't know what hit him. [And hey, if it cheers up Shiki, it's worth it.]

[so_shik]

Definitely not. [Don't mind her just staring for a bit though.] So...you know we have a shower upstairs? Probably cleaner than using the dishwater to clean yourself up.

[wisebent.livejournal.com]

[Sokka looks down at the wet shirt, pulling it away when he realizes it's clinging to him.]

... right, I'll just... go do that.

[so_shik]

Shower or bath? Half the time you treat that shower like it's diseased anyway.

[wisebent.livejournal.com]

[... well if Haruhi does that, then it's obvious.]

The bath, obviously. What else? [Nevermind that he hasn't taken a bath in forever. Showers are so much better.]

[so_shik]

Great, I'll come with you.

[wisebent.livejournal.com]

Yeah, okay, I'll just- wait what? [His brain suddenly catches up all at once in a spectacular collision of 'oh god what?']

[so_shik]

...not actually in the bath with you this time. I mean just to sit and catch up, you know?

[wisebent.livejournal.com]

Oh. [Okay, for a second he thought she'd want to climb in there too. Heh... yeah, that would be weird.]

If you... want? Okay. [It's still kind of weird. After all, this is going to be his first time seeing Haruhi naked and he's not really mentally prepped for this.]

[so_shik]

[Nope not this time, though usually it's Haruhi who initiates these kinds of things.] Come on, let's go. Beat's probably upstairs anyway by now. [And she's heading out of the kitchen.]

[wisebent.livejournal.com]

[If Sokka was even thinking, he'd thing to grab something to change in. He just ends up dumbly following Shiki to the bathroom.]

I probably only need just a short bath. [Sokka is usually in and out of the shower in less than five minutes.]

[so_shik]

That's fine. Maybe after that we can play a game or something. I know you suck at card games but maybe we can play War or something easy.

[wisebent.livejournal.com]

Uh... sure. A game would be fine.

[Except now they're in the bathroom and Sokka realizes he has to strip and not make it seem as weird as it actually is. Good thing his back is to Shiki right now.]