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Sep. 7th, 2010 12:58 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
oathbreakers
[So the past couple days have been rough on Riku. He'd been hit by the same thing that had hit everybody else--but he didn't think that the age difference was supposed to -entirely change- one's body. The normal sort of aging, yeah, but you'd still be able to recognize the person... he'd been an entirely different person--and he had no idea why. He'd felt... he'd felt -ashamed- as well, for no reason that he could think of, like he had to do something to redeem himself (but in whose eyes...?) and so Riku spent most of the past two days skulking around looking a little like this, though he kept his hood -up-.
At first he'd been thrilled to find that he was no longer in that strange, unfamiliar body. But very quickly Riku realized that oh, hey, -this- body isn't quite a familiar one, either.
There seems to be a distinct lack in what -should- be there, and several things that should -not- be there... -are-.
But Riku's not so uncertain as he might have been at first; in fact, his good-natured sense of snark is coming back. So when he speaks over the comm, he sounds as though he might be about to laugh--come on, this may be weird, but it's certainly something new.]
Well, what do you know? I guess all sorts of things happen on this ship, don't they?
[Riku may be a girl, but she's not going to let something silly like that stop her! You'll find her first in the Bazaar, looking for something to wear that fits a little bit better than her normal clothes. Then it's off on a quest for something to eat; all that skulking over the past two days and avoiding people? Means that there's been little food to be found. From there, who knows where she'll be found? Anywhere and everywhere--she hasn't been around much for the past couple weeks, so now it's time for her to see what's new or the same as always!]
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Date: 2010-09-07 05:48 am (UTC)So he's made a mad dash to the buffet, hoping to scoop something quick onto a tray and book it back to his room. Before he's exposed to anything...awkward.]
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Date: 2010-09-08 07:29 pm (UTC)[Riku's already at the buffet when Zuko enters. She's almost done, just a glass of water left to retrieve, but when she catches sight of Zuko she stops and shakes her head with a disbelieving "haah" of a laugh. One hand goes to her hip, and she smirks at him.]
You weren't affected, I see.
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Date: 2010-09-08 08:57 pm (UTC)There's a very slow look over his shoulder. Nope. He couldn't put his finger on it.]
Sorry, I--
[Wait. There was definitely something familiar. It takes another few moments of perturbed staring for him to figure it out, though.]
Riku?
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Date: 2010-09-08 09:19 pm (UTC)That's right. Apparently the age change wasn't crazy enough.
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Date: 2010-09-07 11:29 pm (UTC)[Audio]
Date: 2010-09-08 07:44 pm (UTC)[Let's have a look at that userID and-- wait, what?]
Smokestack, is that you?
[He's just gonna mute the comm and laugh now, thanks!]
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Date: 2010-09-08 10:05 pm (UTC)Ohai I am late to everything this week.
Date: 2010-09-09 02:58 am (UTC)C'mon, be there. Please be there? She considers calling out, but then she hardly sounds like herself. Shifting her weight from foot to foot in a moment of indecision, she makes up her mind and turns aside; maybe she can try Mimmi again.]
But in order to be late that means someone else had to be on time?
Date: 2010-09-09 03:19 am (UTC)[And as luck would have it, that happens to be precisely when Riku swings the door open. For a moment, he just stares at the boy on the other side, one eyebrow arching. He has no way of knowing for certain if this is somebody who's been gender-swapped, or a new passenger.
But if it were the latter, who would've known to knock on his door?
So it's somebody he knows, and with the red hair, Riku can harbor a guess. He'd know Kairi anywhere--he thinks. But considering the way the past few days have gone...]
Are you...
[No.]
Did you get hit by whatever trick this is the Captain's playing?
[Safer choice of words.]
... I defy your logic and substitute my own.
Date: 2010-09-09 03:55 am (UTC)Yeah, I did. Is that-, are you... Riku?
Only because you know I'm RIGHT. >:3
Date: 2010-09-09 04:05 am (UTC)[Heeey, what would have been so bad about a girl coming out of his room? But no, that's Riku, looking smug, taking a step back from the door to allow Kairi to come in should she want.]
Yeah. You got changed too, Kairi?
[She looks -odd.-]
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Date: 2010-09-09 04:36 am (UTC)Kairi catches herself at it again; avoiding looking directly at Riku because if she looks at him then she's going to stare at everything that is not right and make this ten times more awkward than it needs to be.
But she isn't going to just stand in the hall. May as well get it over with. She slides past RIku, into the room and then turns to face him.
When she meets Riku's gaze, a grin breaks across her face.]
Yeah, twice. I - heh - I was wearing a dress when it happened.
[She can't laugh. It isn't funny. It's awkward and uncomfortable.
No, it's funny. She tries to stifle her laughter behind her hands.]
You look pretty.
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Date: 2010-09-09 05:15 am (UTC)[Riku might roll his eyes at Kairi for that comment, but he's laughing too. It -is- funny, and he's taking the whole thing in stride anyways.]
Oh, c'mon, Kairi, don't give me that. What about you, huh? You must've been something to see, running around in a dress like that.
[He pauses, still
chucklinggigglingchuckling. But then--]What do you mean by twice?
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Date: 2010-09-09 03:23 pm (UTC)I guess so, heh. I didn't notice at first. Everything's been so strange lately, I don't think anyone else would.
[The shock of being a guy kind of overwhelmed being a guy in a dress. And she still half-feels like she'd be more comfortable in a skirt even now. It's a long time since Kairi's worn jeans.]
First I was ten and now I'm a boy. I changed twice. Didn't you?
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Date: 2010-09-09 03:56 pm (UTC)...oh.
Yeah, I changed twice too, then.
[His tone might suggest that he's not too keen on thinking about it right now, though.]
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Date: 2010-09-10 03:27 am (UTC)[She catches the tone, glances down and decides to drop it. There's always later, after all.]
So what're you going to, now that you're a girl for a day?
[She's smiling again: Paint his nails; get a facial; go clothes shopping? She doesn't even need to say it; the suggestions are all there, written right across her face.]
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Date: 2010-09-10 10:34 pm (UTC)[He hadn't wanted to be found. But he doesn't say this, instead taking the opportunity for a change in subject matter with a faint sense of relief.]
Well, I hadn't really thought about it. Who knows? Maybe I'll spend the day in the spa, and later on, we can do each others' hair and talk about our crushes.
[At first he'd been imitating Selphie's airy chirp, but by the end of it he can't help himself and looks a little bit disgusted with himself. But then he smirks, folding his arms across his chest.]
Orrrrr I suppose I could always throw you in the pool on deck 3 again. I bet I could still do that, even as a girl.