[Day: Tuesday, Oct. 8th. Time: 3:00 p.m.] [You land in a heap at the corner of a highway.] (You all just missed perhaps the only ever song about a hat XD Sung by Arwen) [And as irony would have it, no sooner do you land in the pile than the Ashby turns back into a person and lands on top of you.] [Session Start] ... ow. My boobs. * Herman groans. She doesn't even bother complaining about her boobs. Oof! Bloody hell, what's going on? Ow... where are we now? Are there monsters? More importantly, can I call home yet? * Ten is on the ground, but she has a box so all is right with the world. "Was it supposed to do that?" * Lukas mutters, muffledly, into whoever he fell into, "Wherever we are, I hope Ten dropped that box." * Khalil lands in the pile. His decision whether it was a good landing or bad landing depends on whether he was on top or the bottom. And perhaps of who. * Togo wriggles out from under Lukas and Ten, and looks around while catching his breath. "Looks like a highway. Promising." [A car drives by. Indeed, it must be a highway.] ( What kind of car? XD ) * Herman tries to squirm out from under the pile. ( Aspin Martin ) * Alys manages to get out and stands up while brushing herself off. "Pipe Girl, do you still have that mobile?" ( Sw337! ) * Ashley rubs his head as he rolls off the pile. "Curious. I don't remember a highway." Expensive British car. Looks like we're on the right island, at least. [You are still in other peoples' bodies, lest you'd forgotten.] [And you've never noticed before, but Togo has a sexy voice.] ( Would I be complaining about my boobs otherwise? I sure hope not. ) * Ten scrambles to her feet and steps on several other people in the process. "If I still had my other body I'd totally know where we are!" * Ten nods. * Togo takes a foot to the back. "... pain, so we're not dreaming." * Herman sits up and reaches into right into her cleavage, pulling out her cell. She flips it open and turns it on, checking for a signal. * Lukas groans and sits up too. "Ugh. Can we not crush the walking wounded?" [It works!] Thank God. * Herman tries dialing herself. Er, Herman. Her normal cell phone number, were she in the right body. Can I borrow it please please please I'll say please until you say yes! * Ten goes to check on her box. * Herman blinks. She speaks into the phone. "Hi, can you get... uh, you sound like Alys. Listen, do you speak English?" * Togo pushes himself up to his feet, and tests out his various limbs to make sure they're all working properly. * Ashley looks around at the group. "Apparently, I missed something." Is that Xuan? Tell her to take good care of my body! * Alys looks at Ashley seriously and nods. "That's because you were an Ashby." Come again? Great. Look, is Sarah Fallsworth there? She might be a guy right now. * Lukas stands and checks whether his backpack is full of broken stuff. "You avoided getting shot with arrows because you were a stuffed fucking Kirby." A Kirby-Ashley. With a monocle. You were all cute and pink but you didn't talk like the one back at the office. * Herman stands and brushes gravel off of Sarah's robe/dress. * Ashley blinks. "... several hundred years of survival instinct suggests I let that matter drop where it may." Sure. Oh, and you were wearing plaid. * Khalil finally picks himself off the pile. He looks around at everyone, and then himself. "Apparently yet, this misery is still set to continue." * Lukas , assuming nothing is busted, looks to Ten having a box and sighs slightly before rubbing his hurt arm and looking around moreso. * Herman smiles a goofy smile of relief. "Sarah! Never thought I'd be so happy to hear from you." * Ten goes back to trying to pry the box open with her bare hands. Look on the bright side, Khalil. At least you can still pee standing up. [Misery? D00d, you get a turban and a buff body. What more do you want?] * Khalil then watches Herman carefully. [Ten's box is intact! And unopened.] Well, we're all still alive and body-swapped, so business as usual, I guess. * Alys sighs impatiently. "Does anyone else have a mobile? I mean, I don't know about the rest of you, but I do have a family. Sort of." Might wanna wait until you have your voice back to talk to them. I don't care. He'll understand. Or maybe he won't, but.... * Khalil simply eyes Togo. He did not want that visual. * Lukas pauses in his looking, then heads over to Ten and looks up at her to say, "Ten, stop prying for a second, okay? Christ, you're not a bodybuilder." * Alys is starting to look very upset. * Ten looks at Lukas. "But I can't burn the box, I might break what's inside!" Khalil, you've got big muscles. Help the lady. Robot. AI. *pauses* Help Ten. * Herman walks a bit away from the group, talking into the phone. "We went to check out a spriggan, got sidetracked by a bunch of chicks - the Covenant, you know anything about 'em? Anyway, the spriggan got us all sucked into some sorta book, we were told that the end of the world's close by Harry Blackstone, Jr. of all people. Yeah, I know he's dead. And..." * Herman takes a breath, then says, "One of the chicks, Rachel, found some sorta magic amplifier. And we ended up in your people's bodies in that hotel you're stayin' at." * Ten looks at Khalil. "Yes!" And *then* we're kidnapped by some sorta demon looking for Dante. I'd guess you know him. He probably looks like God knows what now. * Khalil looks at Togo, then Ten. "...excuse me? What?" * Ten points at the box. "Help me find out what's in here!" * Lukas groans and says, "Open the box so she'll stop obsessing." Yeah, only you know better. How've you guys been holding up? * Khalil still seems to fail to comprehend, just staring blankly at Lukas. * Alys sits down on the grass grumpily and starts cutting little blades of grass with her naginata. C'mon! Please? There might be some sort of treasure in there! * Herman nods, though Sarah can't see it. "Yeah." That's Ten. She's having a hard time adjusting to being human. * Khalil stares a little more at Ten, then shrugs a little. "Why not..." * Ashley sits down next to Alys. "Cheer up, girl. It's not like it's that bad." * Herman winces a little. "Where are you guys?" * Lukas sighs and puts down his backpack, checking his wounds for seeping. "It'd help if we knew where WE were ." ... How much money did you borrow? * Alys leans on Ashley's shoulder because he's there. "I wanna talk to Alex. I bet he's worried. I bet he's pissed off." And you had to pay for food for all of them- actually, I'm starved. Look, don't worry about it right now. I'll trust ya to pay me back. * Ashley waves a hand. "In the long run, family's not all that important. Too much hassle, too much overhead." You guys decent for us to port in? Sure. I don't really have anything if he decides to kick me out. That's kind of important. And he makes sure I eat properly and stuff. * Khalil looks at Ten. He still hasn't received any box to work on. * Herman smiles a little. "Nope." ( Without him Alys is can only eat Cheetos. ) * Ashley rolls his eyes. "Trust me, it's way more satisfying being out on your own. You can find a cheap flat easy." Hrm? I have no marketable skills! I decided to stay home instead of going to uni, and working the bookstore's really easy anyway, and... I can't just leave my brother. But thanks anyway. * Lukas glances to Alys and then just shuts his eyes. * Khalil heads over to the box and starts prying at it. ( Khalil, Gimme a body roll, +3 ) * Herman lets out a sigh. "Good. She wasn't our friend, but it's good that she's gonna live. 's not like her own people care about her." We'll be there in a sec, okay? Make sure the center of the living room's clear. 2d8+3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Khalil (2d8+3) and gets a natural 9 for a result of 12. * Herman blinks. "What now?" Gotcha. See you in a sec. * Herman hangs up and tucks the cell back into her cleavage. She looks around. "Who's up for meeting our doubles?" * Alys looks up. "Sure, I guess so. Can I use your phone once we're there?" Yeah, but you sound different from Alys. * Ten thinks about that. "Do they have something to open the box with?" * Herman shrugs. "It's my place." We'll find something. * Alys shrugs. "I can have Xuan do it, maybe." Yeah. Think it's about time I got back into my body. *shrugs* Was fun while it lasted. Any more problems with this? * Ashley chuckles. "Mixed doubles. I could work a rather fantastic pun there, if I tried harder." * Lukas rolls his eyes and says, after Ten, "Let's hope the kid doesn't feel too bad about having holes in him." * Khalil sighs and takes out the bayonet-sans-rifle and tries to pry it open with that. [Khalil, body roll +1!] 2d8+1 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Khalil (2d8+1) and gets a natural 7 for a result of 8. * Alys smiles, pokes Ashley in the side, and stands up. "Back home! I want to get paid for overtime!" * Ashley stands up as well, and stretches. [Khalil pries the box open, revealing your treasure! You are now the proud owners of roughly 30 golden Moloch-shaped trophies. He looks just like he did in the tapestry: arms folded and wearing that huge goofy grin.] * Khalil puts the bayonet away and turns back at the box, only to stare blankly at the contents. * Herman eyes those. "Maybe they can be melted for cash." She pulls that deck of tarot cards out of her cleavage and tosses them; they surround the party and the box, and she closes her eyes, starting to chant in Latin. * Ten gleefully digs through the trohies. "Wheee! Hey doya think these are solid?" [Nah, they're not real gold. It's like an Emmy. Looks nice but pretty much worthless.] * Lukas looks to Ten and snorts. 'Not if you can move 'em, Ten." ...they certainly will not sell for their aesthetic value. Aww... * Ten walks away from the box and its trophies. (It's okay. They're useful in that we can show Dante just who kidnapped us. ;P) (TEN DO NOT WALK OUT OF THE TELEPORTATION AREA. ALERT.) (She'd head for Lukas and he's in it) (The box is also in it.) * Ten clarifies that as walking to Lukas! * Lukas shakes his head at Ten's abandoned box and looks up at her. "All that effort for junk." * Togo eyes the statues, and mutters. "Then again, there'll be some benefits to being back in my body..." * Ten nods at Lukas and then brightens. "But it could have been something awesome!" [You teleport! complete with the box. Woo. You arrive in Herman's room ] [Herman is there, arms folded over his chest, and drumming his fingers at the same time. He must be really nervous. Lukas is sitting in a corner, typing away at a keyboard really fast with one hand. Sitting near him is Alys, who's enjoying a conversation with Ten, who's the most P.O.'d little dolly you've ever seen. ] [Khalil is sitting on the beanbag chair and oogling Alys while trying to look like he's not (and failing), and Dante (Dante, not Ashley!) is leaning against a wall in the corner. Even in someone else's body, that guy looks creepy.] * Pocky-kun has joined #besm [Most of them look up as you arrive, and Herman rushes over to... er, the other Herman, wrapping her in his arms. "Oh thank God."] * Ashley waves to Dante. "Got it figured out, I see." ...it is definitely odd to see ourselves from the outside. * Herman arrives with the rest of the group, in a flash of light, and even as the cards fly back in to her hand she looks like she wants to collapse. Which she does, into her double's arms. "Fuck, Sarah. That spell takes a *lot*." * Alys walks over to, um... Xuan? and smiles. "Hi, I'm Alys. Do me a favour?" [Dante nods to Ashley. It's weird, seeing the same guy staring at himself.] * Lukas looks around and affixes to the Lukas. "... man, what are you doing?" * Ten waves at her her body. [Xuan blinks at Alys.] [Liadan looks up, and up, and up at herself. And beeps. *beep*] I really need for you to... um. You do speak English, right? * Khalil then looks over at Justinius. "I see you managed to keep from catching cold." ... hey, what happened to me? *pauses* My body, that is. [Mitsuji doesn't look up or slow as he responds. "Working. Just because my body is different is no excuse for not doing my job."] * Ten blinks. "How come I'm beeping?" * Lukas walks over to him, groaning slightly. "Well, be glad you're not 'you', because 'you' got 'shot' with 'arrows'." He pulls out Mitsuji's laptop and says, "Here. For you." [Justinius rolls his head towards Khalil. "Huh? Oh, yeah, yeah. I just go into birdmode if I get really cold. You been taking care of the merchandise?" He sits up. "Where's my gun?"] [Mitsuji takes it with his spare hand. "Thanks." He opens it and starts typing. On both computers.] Merchan--dise? (... he's using my computer, or just another one?) (Because there's a big difference.) I got your gun. *holds it out* Doesn't the limited ammo cause problems? [And Sarah finally looks up from Herman towards Togo. "Mariah- that's the woman in your body- is on the roof. She usually goes to high places when she wants to be alone."] * Khalil just blinks slowly at Justinius. [Khalil stands up, taking it. He grins as he looks it over. "Nah. It's got plenty of firepower! Besides, it's not all about shooting. Sometimes I like a good melee."] (Brett: Need to know if he's using Lukas' computer or not.) ( He is. ) * Herman allows herself to be propped up by Sarah. "I gotta sit down. I've been draining myself with your spells." ...you are certainly the wrong person for my body. Xuan? Do you- oh, forget it. Pipe Girl, the phone? Please? * Herman pulls out Sarah's phone and tosses it to Alys without really caring. * Lukas frowns and says, "You sure are enjoying being more than 98 pounds. My box back?" Beat. "Now?" [Xuan blinks back at Alys, and offers a pleasant smile. "English speak very yes."] * Togo opens the window he assumes is present, and climbs out and up to the roof. "Back inna bit." [Mitsuji doesn't look up. "Sec."] * Alys catches the phone and blinks at Xuan. "Well. It's very nice to meet you. I trust you've been taking care of my body? Excuse me for a moment." * Alys dials the bookstore's number. [Sarah nods to Herman. "Alright. We should probably confer a bit. I'll call Mariah down in a minute."] Yeah. * Herman stumbles over to the chair and slumps into it. She smiles weakly at Sarah. "Looks like you're handling being me pretty good. Damn. I was hoping my ugliness would turn you off." (Justinilil-Khalinius, Xualys-Aluan, Sarman-Herah, Mitsukas-Luji, Tedan- Lian, Dantley-Ashte, and Togiah-Margo. Easy) * Ashley twirls the cane, and presents it to Dante. "Rather enjoyed the loan, when I got used to it. You'll get your coat when we swap back." Lukas and Ten got shot. Think you can heal them before we get to the meeting? * Lukas nods idly and rubs his arm again. [Xuan nods. "Preased to meet tyu. I am Xuan Fang Ueda." She bows. How many words of Alys's she actually comprehended is anyone's guess.] * Ten walks over to Lidan and bends down to speak o her. "Like... can you talk?" * Lukas finally also looks to Not-Ten. "... my, she looks like she's enjoying herself." * Sakura is now known as Ked [Meanwhile, Justinius puts the gun over his shoulder. "Yeah, I could say the same for you if I knew you at all, but you work with what you've got."] * Alys bows back to Xuan without really paying attention. "Oh good, I got the answering machine. Um, hi Alex. Look, I know I don't sound like myself, but this is Alys. I got into some trouble where I couldn't call home, but I'm okay and I should be back pretty soon. I love you and I'll try and call back later or tomorrow. Bye." She almost hangs up, then puts the phone back to her ear. "And make sure my mug hasn't exploded!" I would say I worked decently enough with what I had. I would much prefer my own body, however. At least, I would prefer half of it. [Dante nods. He produces a katana from behind his back, and holds it out to Ashley as he accepts the cane. "And you can use this, as well. I bought it as a replacement, but now have no more use for it."] * Ashley nearly drops it as he takes it. "Christ, that's heavy." * Khalil then eyes Alys. "Exploded?" [Liadan beeps. "Talk. Very. Slowly."] Pipe Guy said it might explode! I'm not taking any chances. I believe he was only joking about that. * Ten frouns and then grins. "If we're gonna be stuck like this fora bit, I can tell you 'bout this totally awesome speach synth that I wrote 'cause that one sucks." No. Chances. [Mitsuji closes Lukas's laptop. "Finished. You can take it now." He continues typing on his own computer at a rapid pace.] * Alys narrows her eyes at Justinius. "You. Don't look at my body like that. You're creeping me out." He is also creeping *me* out. As that is my body he is using to do the looking. * Lukas does take it from him and shakes his head. "You know, I was going to tell you to keep better records, but you've probably got everything you ever wanted to know bloody memorized." [Justinius blinks. "Wha? Er... I wasn't looking at you, I was admiring that nice sofa." He chuckles and turns his head away... towards Sarah's body, this time.] * Herman is almost dozing off in her seat. ...this explains much. * Khalil watches Justinius as he says that. * Alys smiles at Khalil. "If it was you, it'd be kinda funny, actually. And worrisome. Oh, sorry in advance." She walks over to Justinius and kicks him in the leg. * Khalil blinks, then starts. "W-wait! What are you doing to my body?!?" [Meanwhile, Sarah nods to Herman. "Alright, I'll get right on that."] [Justinius winces and grabs his leg. "Ow! Hey!"] I'm protecting my, Sarah's, and Pipe Girl's dignity, that's what! * Ashley hefts the katana around, still sheathed. "Interesting." [Sarah-in-Herman walks over to Lukas. "I understand you could use some healing?"] But-but what about MINE? Your dignity is being comprimised too! He's using your body to act like a pervert! * Khalil starts to open his mouth, then shuts it, and response more quietly. "I must concede this truth." * Lukas looks to Not-Herman and smiles slightly, "Yeah, it'd be nice. You just don't get shot with enough crossbows nowadays to get used to it." He thumb to Ten. "Do her first." Beat. "And be gentle." * Herman snorts from where she's half-dozing. "Please, you're making it sound like she's gonna have sex for the first time." ["Hey, I am not acting like a pervert! I'm just looking at stuff!"] [Sarah glances at Ten -- and blushes furiously as Herman says that -- and glances back at Lukas. "But she doesn't need it."] * Khalil turns his head towards Justinius. "I believe that it is the region in which this "stuff" you are looking at is located that is precisely the issue." * Lukas smirks, "And we see where YOUR mind is. You try being telepathic around that sort of pain sometime..." he looks back to Not-Herman. "Wha?" [Justinius: "Hey, I didn't put it there."] * Herman grins as she sees herself blush. * Alys snorts. "Right. Pervert." She's about to talk to Xuan, then remembers that her English isn't so great. "Hey, Mitsuji, does he stare at your sister and Sarah like that a lot?" * Ten is still waiting for herself, which under other circumstances could take much, much longer. [Mitsuji sighs. "Yes."] Do they kick him? [Justinius frowns. "Hey, Mitsuji! You traitor."] [Mitsuji chuckles. "Often."] Good! Actually, I would gather to suspect that he is being truthful. [Liadan beeps. "Let. Me. Talk. Faster."] ( Monorail! XD ) * Alys sticks her tongue out at Justinius before settling herself down next to Xuan. "You know, I was thinking about learning Japanese. What do you call your shiny blade on a stick thing?" ...dear me. I hope that he has not gotten myself in any--" Pause. "awkward situations while we were away." [Sarah blinks at Ten, suddenly. "You never pulled out the arrow? No wonder!"] Well, yeah? [Sarah walks over to Ten. "Yeah. You have to remove it or she won't heal."] * Ten nods. "Kay! Le's go someplace that's not, like as crowded so I can talk and then you can talk and then we'll get... You're gonna fix me now?" [Xuan smiles at Alys. It's a friendly smile people give when they're not sure what other people are saying. "Naginata."] * Ten turns to face Sarah in Herman. * Lukas closes his eyes and follows Sarah over, muttering, "Now who's mocking about the gentle thing." * Alys grins. "That's beautiful and perfect!" [Sarah smiles at Ten. "I'm going to remove that, okay? It'll only hurt for a second."] * Ten pales a bit but nods again. "It's gonna stop after that right?" [Meanwhile, Dante nods to Ashley. "Without my spells, I thought I'd need something a little stronger."] * Ashley lowers the katana. "Not to disrupt a beautiful reunion with the flesh, but I'm sure my friend here would like his back before I proceed to become absolutely blasted in it." * Herman wakes up a little and tells Ten, "If you keep from screaming, I'll get you some chocolate." * Ten puts a hand over her mouth. [Sarah nods and smiles. "It'll stop if you want it to. Ready?"] * Ten mmphs and nods. * Lukas closes his eyes. [Sarah breaks the head off the arrow, pulling it back out the other side. "There. All done."] ( Er... The rest of the arrow, she pulls back out. Not the head :P ) [Liadan beeps.] * Herman gets to her feet and stumbles off towards the kitchen. She returns shortly with a bag of M&Ms, which she tosses to Ten. [Sarah turns and gets started on Lukas. "This may sting a bit.] * Lukas reopens his eyes. "I'll live, just... yeah." * Ten does a very poor job of not screaming, her hand muffles it a bit but not much. She wobbles and then instinctively puts the hand she had over her mouth over the front wound.... then she blinks and wipes the tears from her eyes. "It doesn't hurt any more! You're the best Her... Sarah!" [Sarah removes the arrows and pours water over the wounds. She lays her hands upon them and chants in Anglo-Saxon, that screwy language with all the 'e's none of you speak except Herman.] * Herman flops back onto the chair and waits for Ten to notice the candy. [Liadan beeps. "She. Didn't. Do. It. My. Body. Did."] [Justinius rubs his shin. "Ow. Well, now that we're all acquainted, how do we get out of this mess?"] Oh! Your body is awesome then! ... Chocolate! And... [Xuan stares at Alys. She seems amused with looking at herself.] * Herman rubs at her face, then looks at Sarah. "Not really sure where to start. I was hoping you guys would have an idea." [And Justinius claps his hands. "So... Anyone? What do we do now? How do I get back to being the buff, handsome lady's dream come true I am?"] * Ten looks around for the alleged candy bar. I can try calling in a favor from Dad, but fuck if I'm gonna deal with him if I don't have to. Oh. Dante. [Dante looks over at Herman.] * Herman reaches to the box and pulls out a trophy, tossing the likeness of Moloch to the Dante that looks over at her. "This guy kidnapped us lookin' for you." Him and Lady Lix, I think. * Alys looks back at Xuan. "Oh no, you haven't been taking care of my hair! Let me fix that." She starts braiding a fishtail into her hair and looks up at Justinius. "Pssh. Khalil's body is much cuter than yours." [Dante catches it, peering. "Hm. Lix, you say?" He frowns.] * Ten takes the candy bar and sits down on the floor to concentrate. Yup. Old acquaintance of Ashley's. He's got your face. * Khalil just eyes Justinius. "I would punish you by keeping this body from you if it didn't mean you staying in mi--" * Khalil 's brain seems to short circuit at Alys's comment and he just suddenly stops, frozen. ["Moloch's been after us for some time," Mitsuji says without looking up. "But Dante assured us Moloch couldn't summon us as long as he kept up a certain ritual every day."] * Lukas glances to Herman's explanation for a second and then walks over to Not- Ten, saying, "Ths'll be the fastest way, uh, miss." (didn't = did not. I'm getting lazy) * Alys doesn't notice Khalil's issues as fishtailing takes concentration and many strands of hair. * Ashley coughs. "Acquaintance, yes." [Xuan blinks at Alys. She looks at everyone else, wide eyed, as if expecting them to do something about it.] [Dante nods to Mitsuji. "But Lix Tetrax... Why would she be involved?"] * Lukas pulls out the laptop and an interface cord which he tries to put to the top of the Ten-body, assuming she doesn't, uh, flee because he has to undo the back of the dress slightly to get there. * Alys mutters, "This is really weird, from this point of view." [Liadan shifts her head towards Lukas. "What.?"] [Xuan nodnods at Alys.] * Lukas plugs in the cord, says, "This," and starts entering a set of commands! It's like he knows what he's doing. * Alys blinks as the nod causes the strands to fall out of her grip, so she runs a hand through Xuan's hair and starts again. [Sarah finishes with Lukas. "Well..." She looks at Herman. "I was rather hoping you might contact him. Your father is the only man I know in this part of the world who's experienced with soul swapping. Even my own parents wouldn't know how to do it."] (Snicker. Ordering is great there.) [Xuan blinks a few times, hesitates, and runs her own hand through Alys's hair.] * Herman shifts. "Yeah, and then what?" He disowned me and I disowned him, and all I've heard from him in years is that letter saying I have to marry you. * Alys giggles. (And, uh, Ten assures me what I'm doing will work with Not-Ten, so!) [Herman frowns. "But what else can we do? Short of go to Okinawa and see if Bob's around. And he usually isn't."] Hey, Pipe Girl, maybe he'll call the wedding off? Since Sarah's the wrong gender now? I dunno, I was hoping... fat chance, Alys. He'd say this is perfect, 'cause I like guys anyhow. * Ashley rubs his chin. "Well, I might know a guy." * Herman eyes Ashley. * Alys hands pause. "Huh. Kind of makes sense, okay." She resumes her work. * Ten continues to concentrate and has yet to open the bar of chocolate. * Khalil lets out a deep sigh. "The sooner the better." It It's been a while since I saw him last, but he knows all kinds of weird crap. * Khalil then just looks at Herman. * Lukas doesn't react to Herman's talking at all! He's typing. [Sarah raises an eyebrow at Ashley. "Please, continue."] * Herman looks back. "What?" * Alys finishes up and holds the end of Xuan's hair with one hand while grabbing a rubber band off Xuan's wrist with the other, then quickly wraps it around her hair. "All done! See, now your hair's out of the way!" I don't go see him much, unless I have a problem. Odd bloke, really. Not one for drinking or wenching at all. Xuan blinks confusedly at Alys. * Alys smiles encouragingly. "You know. Pretty! And useful!" How much does he charge? [Xuan smiles unsurely back. She tugs at the rubberband slightly. "Um.... Thank you muchly?"] * Alys gently takes Xuan's hand and moves it AWAY from the rubber band. "You're very welcome." [Sarah nods to Herman. "Yeah... A ritual like this one won't go cheap."] * Herman nods. And to think, we got it for free. * Herman groans and rubs at her eyes. "Makes me almost wish I *wasn't* gay. Wouldn'ta run out and I'd know how to bloody well swap those souls by now." * Ashley smiles gamely. "Well, you see, it's not quite that simple. He's not much for normal pay, either." Can you get to the fucking point, Ashley? This isn't like one of those awful romance novels where he wants sex slaves and someone's going to fall in love, is it? He's a fae, all right? He's big into weirdness for weirdness' sake, and this is pretty damn weird, even by my skewed standards. * Khalil responds to Sarah and Ashley. "What kind of expenses are the issue?" He's still eyeing Herman just a little bit more. * Lukas _eyes_ Alys. [Khalil grins. "Hmmm... That sounds..." Then he comes back to reality. "Apalling. Totally apalling."] * Ten blinks. "What is?" * Khalil then sighs and drops his head. 'Alys. Kick him again for me, if you will." * Herman nods at Ashley. "Fine. How about we find out what he's offering and then decide if calling my old man's worth it." Right away! * Alys does so. * Herman looks to Sarah for confirmation. ["Ow!"] Don't -do- that with his body, it's weird! [Sarah nods. "That's fair." Everyone else basically ignores Justinius.] * Ashley nods. "I'll have to find him, but it ought not to take too long." * Lukas nods slightly, types one last thing in, then sighs and runs an idle diagnostic on Not-Ten. "You doing better, miss?" Great. Now if you'll excuse me, I need to figure out how to pee sitting down. * Herman stands again and stumbles off to the bathroom. It's been a long, long day. * Khalil just eyes Alys this time now too. (But not in the Justinius way.) [Sarah stares at Herman. "You mustn't!... No, I guess you have to.... I...." She blushes furiously.] [Liadan beeps. "I miss being tall."] * Herman looks back at Sarah over her shoulder and grins crookedly. "Hey, you get to see my equipment. Fair's fair." * Ashley grins. * Lukas pats Liadan on the head. "You and me both." * Ten glances down at the candy again. "Uh... can we switch back before I have to learn how?" * Lukas then snickers at Herman's comment. "Yeah, no mystery in that marraige." I'd punch you if you weren't in some kid's body, Lukas. * Herman sounds good natured about it, though. She heads off. [Justinius sighs. "Man, your group needs more women."] It seems as if he is having trouble adjusting and learning to be ladylike. [Sarah regains her composure. "There is one more thing...."] MORE women? Good god, no. * Lukas glances to Justinus and then says, "The ones we have are more than enough, thank you." He unattaches the cord from Ten and rezips her up. * Alys blinks at Ashley. "What's wrong with me and Ten?" Nothing! [Justinius pouts at Ashley. "You don't like women? Don't tell... you're group is all homosexual?"] "Volt, not you too! That's mean!" * Khalil then stares at Alys. "You mean despite the fact that one is a mostly inanimate doll?" No offense, love, but one-night stands are more my thing. Maybe two, if we break the bed on the first one. (Minus quotation marks. I'm not even tired, where are these typos coming from?) * Khalil just *stares* at Justinius, speaking slowly and carefully, "And just. WHERE exactly. Did that statement come from?" [Sarah clears her throat.] * Lukas blinks at Ashley, then snickers to Alys. "Hey, I thought that you being enough women for any man would be a compliment." Beat. "Or something like that." Well, I'm not homosexual. I don't think I am. I'm sure I would've noticed by now if I was. * Ten was paying attention when Lukas opened the second candy bar and eventualy gets the candy open by herself! (It's M&Ms!) (They flee from you! FLEEEEE.) * Alys looks at Lukas and actually blushes a little. "I'm... I mean... thanks!" (REESE'S PEESES VS M&MS! HEAVEN OR HELL! LET'S ROCK!) * Ashley muses. "There was that one night in Milan, though...." He smiles. [Liadan beeps. "Might want to listen to Sarah."] * Ten also spills several of them in her enthusiasm but nobody is perfect. * Khalil then sidles over to Lukas and quietly asides, "That is quite the experience in saving, I must admit." * Lukas asides back to Khalil, "Around Ten, you need it. She keeps score." * Herman returns. Apparently, peeing sitting down isn't *that* hard. She sits back where she was before. [Dante shifts his weight. "Shouldn't someone get the librarian?"] * Khalil responds back. "Really. And what are you up to now?" [Sarah stares at Dante. "I was about to mention that."] Librari-who, now? * Lukas folds the laptop up and replies, "Victor and still champion." He looks to Sarah and Dante, although manages not to echo Ashley's sentiment! The person who's in Togo's body? [Mitsuji types away. "There was a woman with us when we came back, and a librarian who seemed very confused. We assume an eighth switch had occurred."] ( Assumed. Or has. Either works ) Oh. * Herman blinks, then looks at Sarah. "*That's* what you were talking about." [Sarah nods. "Depending on circumstances, it's possible we'll need everyone who was switched before we can switch back."] Terrific. Another switch? Who was it? ... It'd be best for them, anyhow. * Herman looks at Khalil. "The Covenant chick and the librarian." * Khalil just deadpans. "And she did not anticipate this?" Did she not brag about herself being "protected"? Rachel thought all her people would be dead, remember? Not *that* chick. The one with the broken legs. ( And arms ) And arms. (:P) Oh, that one. Yeah, that one. * Khalil thinks about that. "That could be a problem then." So, uhm... fix her and then let's go! * Herman looks at Sarah. "Okay, so we get them both while Ashley finds out how to contact his friend." [Sarah nods.] * Lukas nods a little and says in a more quiet voice, "Hopefully they didn't blow her or the librarian out." * Ashley smiles sheepishly. "If you want it done fast, I'm likely to need a teleport." * Khalil looks from Sarah to Herman and back. "*Can* they be healed?" [Sarah turns her head to Ashley, then shoots Herman a questioning look.] * Herman blinks. "What, broken bones?" Yeah. That quickly? With some magic, sure. Five minutes, tops. Magic is awesome! Impressive. It just may work * Herman snerks. "Well, you gotta ask Sarah. We're spell-swapped." He looks at Sarah. "You got a nice set, by the way." (He -> She) * Ten smiles and eats candy for that too is awesome. [Sarah blushes furiously.] [Liadan stares at Herman. "Wow. You're forward."] * Lukas smirks. "No, just good at wielding the almighty entendre." Xuan, can I have my cards, please? Cards. Tarot cards. * Khalil just stares at the lot. He seems to be lost in this sort of conversation. What Lukas said. I was actually talking about magic. * Herman pauses, then adds, "Though I bet most guys don't mind looking at Sarah's other set." [Xuan blinds at Alys. "Taro...Ca..lu...du?" ] [Justinius grins at Herman. "Yeah, I can attest to that."] Yes. Cards. Hey, Mitsuji, how do you say cards in Japanese? Yeah, and if you keep it up, she's got my lightning spell right now. [Sarah clears her thoat. "In any event, I suppose I should pick up our stagglers, since I know where both are."] * Khalil sighs and looks at Justinius. "And my whip. I doubt it shall do you much good." * Herman nods at Sarah. [Mitsuji looks up, for the first time ever. He gazes at Alys and then Xuan, saying something in Japanese. Xuan responds as though enlightened, and produces Alys's Tarot deck shortly. "Ah, Caludu!"] Thanks! * Alys lays the cards out to do a reading about the fate of her mug. We just wait here till you come back, and then we all go to Ashley's friend an then we all get fixed! He's apt to send us somewhere else first, sadly. * Lukas looks to Ten. "And Ten, you can carry Ten." A slight smirk. "She'd probably appreciate that." [Justinius sighs. "Sounds like this could take a while."] Kay! [Liadan looks up at Ten. "Don't drop me."] * Ten blinks. "Why no... Oh yeah! Don't worry about that! I won't!" * Alys gets the reversed Lovers as the mug's future. "I think I did something wrong." * Herman grins wickedly at Alys. "Boom." [Sarah looks to Herman. "So you and your friend will seek out this other man, then?"] * Alys looks up at Herman. "Hey, your mug apparently has internal struggle and unfulfilled desire in it's future. Do you think I'm traumatizing it?" What is that supposed to mean? * Lukas pats the Liadan on her head. "Ten wouldn't dare drop herself." * Herman looks at Sarah, hesitates, and then nods. [Liadan beeps. Mitsuji chuckles.] Sure, we can do it that way. You guys gather everyone, and Ashley and I can go fae hunting. * Ten nods. And I'm pretty sure you're traumatizing it, Alys. I get dressed in my room. Maybe the mug is gay too. * Ashley ticks off on his fingers. "I've got to talk to a fine girl up near Wales, and see if she's got a lead on the bloke we're after. If not, we've got to go hopping through his old stomping grounds. Then he'll look us over and do some looking around, and who knows what from there." I infect everything I touch. Homosexuality is contagious. * Ten looks at Ashley. "Aww, can't you just call him?" Is it really? I used to have a gay friend and I still don't think I'm gay. I'm pretty definitely sure. Maybe I'm immune! [Justinius instinctively draws back from Herman, as if to say No! You can't take my wimmin!] * Khalil looks up at Herman. And self consciously takes a couple steps back. * Herman looks at Alys and says, seriously, "No. It's inside you. You just wait a few years before you realize it." You gotta go through denial first. * Lukas looks at everyone reacting to that and laughs. * Ashley looks to Ten. "No. He doesn't have a mobile, and he's got no permanent flat." * Ten doesn't react at all to the prospect that she's been infected. Oh, this is better than Ten's favorite TV shows. It almost makes me forget we barely get paid. Well, I am denying it. Do I have to go look for a girlfriend now? Except I haven't been looking for a boyfriend. Maybe I am gay! Awww. You should get him one! * Alys can't take it anymore and starts laughing. I would, but he's an odd chap. You'll see when you meet him. * Herman grins. Kay! * Khalil eyes Lukas strangely. * Khalil also looks at Alys. Everyone is laughing at him. ;_; * Ten isn't laughing and, in fact, seems to have completely missed the joke. [Callded!]