Should've called in sick today

[lockandkeyblade]

Who: Sora ( lockandkeyblade) and You!
When: July 18 through the week, Backdated for some threads
Where: various locations
Summary: Sora's been body-swapped with Vanitas! This may or may not end badly. Open to all, as well as to those who've plotted with me beforehand. Feel free to plot with me too, or contact me if you have questions!
Warnings: misunderstandings galore, possibly violence Sora getting punched in the face, cat stealing, and Xigbar in PJs

If Sora had known that an encounter with Vanitas and the old lady would end like this, he probably would have taken the long way home. Or even better, taken the day off. Now he's stuck in a body that is definitely not his (even if his face hasn't changed that much) and who even knows if Vanitas is going through the same. He needs to find his friends, or at least an NV to warn them. He needs to find Vanitas and the one who did this to them. 

But at the moment, he'll be wandering the streets as Vanitas, looking uncharacteristically frazzled compared to the usual. He's got to deal with the more pressing, immediate matter: the unsavory creatures that spawned around him the moment he woke up. Now they're wandering the street in broad daylight running amok.

Anyone walking in the streets today might find themselves accosted by a rather large Wild Bruiser. If they're much luckier, they might run into a more subdued Prize Pod, bobbing around harmlessly when smashed, it gives you cake! They might have things pilfered from them by the Archraven or the Floods.

Either way, whether you run into 'Vanitas' or any other of his Unversed creatures, good luck. Because he knows just as much about stopping them as you do.

Comments

[rewritethesky]

[She's been gone for a while, but not enough that she thought someone would be worried over her. Or even make the assumption that she's injured. She hasn't gone to anyone yet, unless... Vanitas somehow told him or something, but why would he?

She's silent for a few minutes, debating on this. But her need to get healed is overriding any sort of fear or worry that someone will go after the perpetrator.]

...A little. Why?

[got_it_memorized]

'Cuz I... heard what happened. [Well it's the truth. No sense trying to lie about it; it's more important to find her before darkness falls.]

Where are you? It'll be dark soon.

[rewritethesky]

[There's another pause. While Axel's loyalties or plans can be a bit questionable at times, she does know his brand of work as a double agent.

Still, she can't see him rubbing elbows with Vanitas. Or well, hurting her (based on their last few conversations at least; the option to do so is still open in her mind if things come to that).

But she does need to make sure. Even if she's wasting precious time.]

...How do you know?

[got_it_memorized]

[Damn, she's really gonna make him own up before she'll talk, is she? He had hoped to find her first, thinking maybe she'd be more receptive once she was safe, but if she wasn't going to budge...

[He sighs, casting a sidelong glance down at Sora.]

Because I talked with Sora. Something happened and he's in that creep Vanitas' body, but... it's definitely Sora. He told me you guys had had a bit of a run-in and he was worried you were hurt.

[rewritethesky]

That's not-- [Possible, she wants to say. It's so farfetched and ridiculous, but stranger things have happened in the city. And it does explain why he was acting so weird, or why he'd even know what happened.]

...I'm a couple of blocks south from Kahve.

[got_it_memorized]

I know. [Seriously, he knows. He knows it's absurd and makes no sense, but really, how much about their lives does make sense these days? He breathes a sigh of relief when she gives him a location, though.]

Okay, stay there, I'll come find you. I mean, if something happens then get to somewhere safe, but otherwise just stay where you are, yah? [Pause.] Sora's still with me; you can quiz him if you like.

[rewritethesky]

[She definitely plans on asking a few questions and getting some answers from Sora herself... that is, if she can do so without another accident happening. But the guilt is starting to roll in now; she just bailed and left him behind without giving him the opportunity to explain himself.

It's pretty low for her, and if all of this isn't some sort of weird, twisted dream, she definitely owes him a sincere apology.]

...Mmm, I'll be here. [She almost feels too tired to go anywhere else.]

[got_it_memorized]

Kay, we'll be there soon. [He hangs up the phone before she can question the 'we' and jerks his chin, a signal for Sora to move his little legs.]

She's near Kahve. I think we can still make it before the sirens if we hoof it, but... a corridor would be faster. [He frowns a bit.] This guy can use them, can't he? I mean...

[He doesn't want Sora to risk a corridor if it could potentially cause issues in this other body, after all.]

[lockandkeyblade]

[Sora spares quick glances down at one hand, then the other. He has a hard enough time figuring out this unversed thing, let alone thinking of creating dark corridors. But going through one Axel makes?

And move his legs he does, he'll be closing the distance between them and waiting anxiously at his side.]

I'll be fine! Let's go help Namine.

[got_it_memorized]

[He hopes you're right, Sora. He really doesn't want to be on the receiving end of Riku's wrath if anything goes wrong. But if you're confident, he'll roll with it, and so he opens a corridor and hesitates only a moment before stepping in and waiting for Sora to follow.

[A wave of his hand and they're stepping out just south of Kahve. Axel casts a quick look down at his company, eyebrows lifted.]

Still all in one piece? [He'll pause long enough for the affirmative, and then it's off to find their wayward Naminé.]