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[gredya]

Hello hello dear peoples! Genarti and I have a mod-approved plot to offer you all for the second week of November. Which...granted, is next week.

It's your good old classic body-swap!

Here's the plan, in Genarti's words:

- One of Gredya's teenaged kids will find a sparkly vial in Kazul's Enchanted Forest. Being a teenaged dumbass (and what a dumbass he is, dammit Karel), he will bring it back to the bar and attempt to sell it or open it or something -- anyway, it will get opened or broken within the bar. Cue FOOM of green smoke and otherwise DRAMATIC MAGICAL EFFECT, and everyone within a certain radius will get bodyswapped. (The kid himself will probably get bodyswapped with a cat or something so as to be out from underfoot once his plot function's done.) THIS SHOULD HAPPEN NOV. 7 OR THE EVENING OF NOV. 6. I WILL BE SLIGHTLY BUSY THAT WEEKEND, BUT EVERYBODY CAN GET STARTED.

- Kazul will coincidentally be on the premises for this event, whether or not she's within the bodyswapping radius. At any rate, she'll be able to identify it and to stick a sign up in the bar saying DON'T WORRY, IT'S MCGUFFIN'S UNNECESSARILY DRAMATIC BODYSWAP SPELL, IT'LL WEAR OFF BY ITSELF IN TWO OR THREE DAYS.

- ...And then it'll wear off in two or three days. This is not a super-plotty set-up. For people who are not into bar-wide crack, we're figuring the strangeness should only take up that week.

Logistics of the proposed bodyswap:

- If you're within a certain extremely handwavy radius at the exact moment of the bodyswap spell, you're affected. Main bar? Yes! Upstairs: some rooms yes, some rooms no, as the muns like! Outside: some places yes, some places no, as the muns like! Down the hall or in the bathroom or whatever: probably fine, unless your mun wants you not to be!

- If you have magic resistance or phenomenal cosmic powers or whatever, you can resist the spell if your mun wants you to, or be vulnerable to it because it's weird different magic from another world if your mun wants you to. Handwave handwave -- this is all subject to narrative convenience and what's fun for the players involved.

- It'll wear off in two to three IC days. If somebody wants to be able to break the spell for themselves before then, via their own powers or a McGuffin or whatever, that's cool too. But nobody will be able to break it for everybody else all at once, because, y'know, that ruins the plot. Kazul will be available to answer questions if anybody really wants, but most of the relevant information will go up on the sign she makes.

- It's probably easiest for most people to be temporarily Bound for the duration of the bodyswap. But if you want to have your character able to go back to their own world, or the world of the person they've swapped with, just make sure you work it out with the other mun(s) involved.

- Magical powers, etc: do they go along with the mind, or stay with the body? Entirely up to the muns involved! Figure out what's most logical and/or entertaining for your particular characters and run with it.

- A character swaps with whoever the mun wants to have them swap with. It doesn't need to be the closest person at the moment, or anything like that. It could be a pet or something too -- anything the spell would read as a body + mind -- but it'll presumably mostly be other patrons.


This is totally the kind of thing that the Enchanted Forest might plausibly have, but it's not a canonical spell. So there's plenty of wiggle room to change around these logistics if there's anything that you think would work better done differently.

So.... questions? Want to toss characters out here to find partners? :D?

Comments

[aaaaaaaagh_sky]

For this I will cheerfully offer up Shephard (magic metal hand and all), Ellen, Fawkes, and Wee Mad Arthur.

[nohillforastepper]

One (or more) of mine for one (or more) of yours?

[genarti]

...Part of me wants to suggest a Kazul-Wee Mad Arthur swap. The rest of me thinks this might result in Milliways being laid waste by burnination.

[yakalskovich]

Teja, Hannibal, Madame Thénardier for sure; Dorian and Father Harman optional. I'll only return on the 7th from yet another work trip, so I'll tag into Kazul's post and will then have to slowtime for a bit, but will be there and get cracking on Saturday evening, and on Sunday.

[is_the_motion]

I feel like Teja and Vyvyan should swap bodies for OH THE HORROR.

[electro_kinetic]

I will happily trade you Noriko for Hannibal. Because I will laugh my ass off at that one.

[genarti]

I've got Plans for Thor, and Enjolras is probably best switched with someone he knows well (any Amis muns feel so inclined?), but I can offer up Kazul! If anybody wants to be vast and scaly and, uh, fire-breathing.

[never_promised]

>_>

i still say bossuet-kazul would be hilarious

[2goodarms]

....

Even if it never comes to in-bar fruition, I now have a mental image of this guy getting bodyswapped with Steve Rogers.

[misslucyjane]

I think this needs to happen.

[katyafeline]

Loving this, so much. I'll offer up Jemma and Oswin (and maybe Sam? Poor Sam).

[herr_bookman]

A Tahno/Jemma swap would be hilarious.

[livinginmyglass]

I'll offer up Viola (I guess ideally to someone who already knows she's a girl, though that could be a funny way to find out), Arabella Strange, and John Segundus. If someone has a very clever idea for the others, I'm potentially open.

[never_promised]

....Viola-Hal?

[batyatoon]

I'm ... very tempted, but not sure which of my pups I want to throw into the mix.

[genarti]

There's always Edgar and Tars Tarkas.

*very solemn*

(There's also always, uh... not that.)

[bjornwilde]

I think I will offer Selina, Izana, and Rollo. I'll have to see if anyone else wants to play. = ]

[manofbusiness]

Throwing in Childermass, Michael Carpenter and Athelstan.

[sdelmonte]

Offering Swamp Thing, Kirk and Cyborg. (Body swapping is a thing in all their canons, though Cy only experienced it here. But Trek fans will recall Turnabout Intruder, and Swampy underwent transmigration not that long ago.)

[calmhrtprevails]

How would either Kirk or Cyborg feel about spending some quality time in a big green physically genderless hulk of an organic body?

[varadia]

I can throw in Ysalwen, potentially. Or Liranan!

Maybe I will just bodyswap Ysalwen and Liranan. Hmm.

Maybe Raven. Um.

[manofbusiness]

Bodyswap Ysalwen and Liranan. You know you want to.

[starrydome]

Would anybody be interested in an elven lord?

Fair warning, stupid time zone, kids, job, and so on.

[like_quicksilver]

I'll throw in Sonya of course, and for random's sake..I'll throw in Matilda.

[ceitfianna]

Ooh, I love a body swapping plot. I'll offer up Quentin, Moist, Ivan and Tumnus.

There's a film festival going on around then for me but I can do both.

[herr_bookman]

Autor's up for this! Maybe Tahno, if someone wants to be a bender.

ETA: And Autor's been swapped with Sherral, courtesy of Eric.

[i_am_your_host]

Uh oh. I'm seeing potential shenanigans with Jay.

[electro_kinetic]

Offering up Noriko and Ganymede, and potentially Sooraya and Finvarra if anyone has ideas for them.

[yakalskovich]

Noriko and Hannibal switching is go?

[the_gene_genie]

Oh my Godddddd...ahahaha, um. So, this starts on the weekend and can go through next week? I might chuck one or two of mine in if anyone's interested in swapping, but might need a few days to check whether I can definitely commit to playing.

...this is the least helpful comment ever, but I'm tentatively in.

[electro_kinetic]

Oh my god I shouldn't be laughing so hard at the idea of switching Ganymede and Javert should I? BUT I AM

[maid_of_tarth]

Fantine would be traumatized, and Combeferre would just be irritated, but I'm up for switching either Brienne or Jehan Prouvaire with others!

[batyatoon]

... Huh. How would you feel about Brienne swapping with Cordelia Vorkosigan?

[mnt_mike]

is it too late to offer up Mike, Raph, Bumi and possibly Aang?
Because I'd like to offer up Mike, Raph, Bumi or Aang.

The Loompas do not Body Swap.

But...bear in mind, if someone swaps with Mike, they get Bar too, and there needs to be a conversation about that....because it'll be painful.

OH! Splinter too!

[rudderless]

If you're still looking to swap with anyone, mine are availible!

[rudderless]

Mine are still up for this, for anyone looking to do late swaps.