Out of their Minds (1)
Mouse2000 -- “Unbelievable”
Mouse (in Ragnar) said as she looked around the ballroom. The Scoobies all looked the same, but you could tell that they were getting over the shock of waking up as someone (or thing) else.
"Has anyone seen Codey? Or Wizmick?" Mouse (in Ragnar) said. She was still getting used to his voice. It really sounded strange in her ears.
Viridian (in IQ) replied, "No, she's not here yet. But I'm sure she will be. And IQ," she looks around to locate him, "Wait, who's IQ?"
IQ (in Jila) raises his hand. "Ok, IQ, can we make this labcoat pink?" Viridian (in IQ) jokes.
Codey walks in and Mouse (in Ragnar)takes her aside. "Are you... you?" Mouse (in Ragnar) asks. "No, Rag, I'm Wizmick. Codey must be me." Wizmick (in Codey) replies. Mouse (in Ragnar) says, "No, it's me. Mouse."
*Maybe we should get the DRD's to replicate some pictures or something.* Mouse (in Ragnar ) thinks.
Mouse2000 -- “Oh, and I forgot”
IQ (in Jila) said. "The other IQ's are all away at a seminar for sentient being repair, so at least whatever affected us won't affect them."
Rae (in Raegun) gave out a grunt. Mouse (in Ragnar) asked her what the problem was.
"I have an itch. On my leg. And I can't reach it."
Mouse sighed and pointed out that as Raegun she had neither legs to itch or fingers with which to scratch said itch.
"Well, I don't care. It's a phantom itch. And it's driving me crazy!
Mouse (in Ragnar) said, "Ok, tell me where it is. I'll scratch you - it - whatever..."
Mouse (in Ragnar) carefully picked up the raygun and Rae (in Raegun) directed her, "A little lower....to the left... there you go. Perfect. Good hands."
"I'll let Ragnar know you think so." Mouse (in Ragnar) chuckled
Raven-Kat -- “Rae....”
Ragnar (in Sweetie) asked in a low voice. "Are you PURRING?"
"Purring?" Rae (in Raegun) squeaks defensively. "No... I'm just... trying to figure out how this thing works. Raegun, I admire you for being able to control all these circuits."
"It's not that hard, Rae." Raegun (in Sunny) says from the floor. "Not THIS hard, anyway."
"Yeah, well..."
"Um, Rae." Kay (in Rae) says slowly. "Do you have like... any medical conditions I should know about?"
"What did you do to my body?" Rae (in Raegun) demands, sparks shooting from her muzzle.
"Nothing! But my head... YOUR head... it feels like it's about to explode."
"Hang on. Let me have a look around."
"What?" Kay (in Rae) squeals. "NO! Owww... Get OUT!"
"You don't have to shout. In fact, you don't even have to vocalize."
"Really?"
"I've got a neural uplink to Raegun." Rae explains to Kay (in Rae). "It's probably what's causing your discomfort."
"Can we turn it off?"
Rae (in Raegun) laughs. "Yeah, right. I kind of forgot to add an on-off switch, okay."
"Swell!"
"Proximity is agravating the problem. Hand me off."
"Now you know how it feels." Raegun (in Sunny) said from the ground.
"Give me to Mouse. Rag... Whoever. Raegun can take me once he's figured out... stuff."
"Right." Kay (in Rae) hands Rae (in Raegun) to Mouse (in Rag).
***
Confused yet, boys and girls? Is it just me or is this starting to sound like Doctor Zuess?
***
"So how do we fix it?" Sweetie (in Chryse) demanded, putting his hands on Chryse's hips.
"I'm working on it." Rae (in Raegun) assures him. "You'd be amazed by the processing power of this unit... I could conquer-"
"Rae." Raegun (in Sunny) warns.
"Can you get up yet?" Sunny (in Spy) asks. "I don't want my body catching pneumonia because YOU have spent hours on the ballroom floor!"
"It's actually rather comfortable down here." He turns his head and eyes Sweetie (in Chryse), who has his back to them. "And the view is lovely..." He looks down at himself, grinning. "All the views are lovely, as a matter of fact..."
Before Sunny (in Spy) can protest, Rae (in Raegun) raises her voice. "Don't make me come over there!"
Raegun -- “Well, I’ll tell you this....”
Raegun (in Sunny) said. "This has definite posibilities."
"Hey!" Sunny (in Spy) snapped. "Watch it!"
"Hey, baby, don't be mad." Raegun (in Sunny) advised mildly. "Go with the flow."
"Get frelled." Sunny (in Spy) retorted.
"Words you never thought you'd hear coming out of Spy's mouth." Mouse (in Ragnar) laughs.
Raegun (in Sunny) bursts into song. Unfortunately, Sunny's body doesn't have much vocal training, and Raegun still isn't very good at using it, so the result is not at all pleasant until Rae (in Raegun) joins in, subtly over-riding Raegun's (Sunny's) voice.
I've got you under my skin
I've got you deep in the heart of me
So deep in my heart, you're really a part of me
I've got you under my skin
I've tried so not to give in
I've said to myself this affair
Never will go so well
But why should I try to resist
When darlin' I know so well
I've got you under my skin
Sacrifice anything come what might
for the sake of having you near
In spite of the warning voice that comes in the night
and repeats and repeats in my ears
"Don't you know you're a fool (little fool)
you never can win (never win)
never win, never win"
But each time I do, just the thought of you
makes me stop before I begin
never win, never win
Don't you know that each time I do,
just the thought of you
makes me stop before I begin
(Because I've got you under my skin)
never win, never win
Under my skin...
Sun Aeryn -- “Wait a frellin’ microt”
SunnyinSpy yelled at RaeguninSunny and RaeinRaegun. "My voice is NOT that bad! Sure, I haven't had as much training as overachiever Rae has...but geez....at least I can carry a tune."
RaeinRaegun and RaeguninSunny looked at SunnyinSpy "That's debateable." they said in unison
"Get frelled!" SunnyinSpy said walking over to RaeguninSunny. She picked up her body...because she was tired of watching RaeguninSunny trying to get up. She moved her body to a chair. "Don't Frellin' move until you have figured out how to walk in my body, without doing any damage!"
"Why does your head hurt?" RaeguninSunny asked SunnyinSpy
"Probably because you don't know how to handle all the thoughts that are being projected." SunnyinSpy sighed.
SunnyinSpy continued wiggling the one wing. Stuff started to fall out.
"Hey! Be careful! I got valuable stuff in there." SpyinVi yelled, hurring over to SunnyinSpy to keep her from loosing anything else.
"What? I can't help it...it itches." SunnyinSpy said...noticing a piece of her Prowler repair kit on the floor..."How the frell did that get in here, Spy?" SunnyinSpy asked...tapping his foot.
"Mouse, would you please get those frellin' DRDs down here...we have got to take pictures so we can keep everyone straight. My head is starting to hurt...trying to rememeber who's in who." SunnyinSpy said...grabbing her missing repair equipment.
*Ladies...this is awesome! I just hope I can keep everyone straight. My head hurts already! LOL *
Mouse2000 -- “Ok, everyone,
in an attempt to make things a little easier, let's line up." Mouse (in Rag) [or is it ... in drag?? hee hee] lines up the Scoobies. Bodies, not identities.
First is Raegun. To his right is Sunny.
Then Spyral, then Vi.
Next is IQ, then Jila.
Mouse is next, then Ragnar, then Sweetie.
Chryse is next, then Kara.
Kay follows, then Rae.
Then Mouse (in Rag)leads Rae around in a circle to be behind Raegun.
Then, there are Artic and Twig who face each other.
Next to them are Codey and Wizmick, who also face each other.
And finally, in a triangle, are Crais looking at Velorek, who's looking at Larraq, who's looking back at Crais.
"Ok, please, hand out the pictures. Just match them up to the faces first." The DRD buzzes back and forth and distributes headshots of the Scapers which have been fitted with strings to hang around the necks. When everyone had their picture, Mouse (in Rag) directed, "Ok, now hand the picture you're holding to the person/animal/thing to your right. Artic, Twig, Codey and Wiz, you guys can exchange, and the mandroids can each also hand to the one on your left. I think that should do it."
After a bit of shuffling, and a lot of commenting on the pictures (most were from their driver's licenses), everyone had their own picture on.
"Now that that's settled, maybe you can find your body and discuss any particulars that need to be discussed. Medicine, allergies, etc. We don't know how long we're in these bodies, so we don't want any mishaps."
"Who died and made her boss?" came from the crowd. The tension in the air was apparent and Mouse knew they had to get past this in order to work together to find out how this happened, and what to do about it.
"Ah, Rag, could you come here please?" Mouse (in Rag) asked. Rag (in Sweetie) flew to her shoulder. "What do you think we should do about loosening people up? And don't worry, I'll take good care of your body. I hope Jila's taking good care of mine..."
Rag (in Sweetie) said, "Well, I'm still getting used to flying, which might I add, is not a bad way to travel. But I'd say a game, maybe Twister?"
Mouse said to Rae (in Raegun) in her arms, "How does that sound to you?" Mouse then mentally smacks herself, realizing that Rae can't participate in this particular game. A shame, since it was one of her favorites.
"I think I'm going to do some ... scanning... and see what other interesting features Raegun's got in here. Just set me down and I'll watch." Rae (in Raegun) answered.
The Twister board was brought out and the game started.
Mouse made a mental note to get up to her room and open all her jars that refuse to budge while she can!
JilaCosa -- “Damn!” Jila (in Mouse) says suddenly.
"I'll be right back!" And she runs out of the Ballroom.
"What was that all about?" The Scoobs look at each other puzzled.
"Yikes!" Mouse (in Ragnar) instantly knows. "In all the confusion I forgot about Mouseling. Leave it to Jila to remember. And to realize that I couldn't go get Mouseling right now." Mouse (in Ragnar) goes about getting the Twister game ready, and stops suddenly. "You do realize IQ that you are going to have to play mother to Jila's two for a while?"
IQ says nothing but his left eyebrow arches as he mentally figures how to approach the situation.
Mouse2000 -- Jila (in Mouse) stopped
at the door of the nursery and tiptoed in. No Mouseling. In fact, the nursery was empty. She flew back to the ballroom and found Mouse (in Rag).
"Don't want to alarm you, but where's Mouseling?"
"You ran out of here so fast, I couldn't tell you." Mouse (in Rag) replied. "She's with her grandparents this week, so luckily she missed this particular event."
"RAE!" Raegun (in Sunny) yelled. He was still getting used to this different vocal pattern. "I need help with figuring out how to work this body, cause I want to play Twister!!"
Rae (in Raegun) said, "Well, you'll have to get someone to come over and get me. Now I know what it's like to be dependant on others and I DON'T LIKE IT!"
Raven-Kat -- “Thanks, Crais.”
Rae (in Raegun) says to Crais (in Velorek) as he places her in Raegun (in Sun's) lap. "Oh, and while we're on the subject of my complete and utter dependance on others at this point, Kay, go into the kitchen and take two of the blue vitamins."
"Now? But the game's about to start."
"Now, please. You'll perform better in the game, not to mention the added bonus of NOT dropping dead. And do NOT forget to stretch. I don't want you pulling any of my muscles."
"Whine, whine, whine. Unlike Raegun there, I DO know a few things about making a body work right, Rae."
"Take the frelling vitamins, Kay." Rae (in Raegun) sighs as Kay (in Rae) leaves the ballroom. "Damn, I could use a drink."
"Oh, that's easy." Raegun (in Sunny) assures her in a whisper.
"I beg your pardon?"
"Just adjust your base transponder frequency by .002 to the high end."
"How?" Rae (in Raegun) demands. "You've got an incredible mind, little buddy, but I don't know how to work it yet."
"Repeat after me: cycling up."
"Cycling up... ooohhhh." Rae (in Raegun) giggles. "No wonder you're always in such a good mood, you little spaz! Now, let's start with your left leg..."
***
Kay (in Rae) walks into the kitchen and looks around. "Two thousand shelfs..." She sighs. "Hey." she asks the coffee-maker, "Where does Rae keep her vitamins?"
"Which ones?"
Kay (in Rae) blinks, surprised. "Um... the blue ones."
"Two shelves above me, dear. And you might grab a few Gingko tablets while you're up there. Your memory seems to be slipping. And why are you wearing a picture of Kay around your neck."
"Long story... Frell! These are HUGE. I take TWO?"
"Usually. More before you play a sport. Oh, and... you usually drink a few drams of that orange fluid."
Kay eyes it skeptically. Definitely NOT Tropicana. In fact, it looks like it might glow in the dark. "How much is a dram?" she asks reluctantly.
"1/8 of an ounce, dear."
"A quarter of an ounce won't kill me. What is it?"
"Um, minerals, oxygen, and nitrogen."
"Nitrogen?"
The coffee-maker grunts non-commitally.
"Right, and the blue pills?"
"Nutrients not found on terra. Should I call the medics, Rae? You really don't seem yourself today."
"That's because I'm not." She sighs and swallows the blue pills, one at a time. "Oh, GROSS! Yuck. How's the orange stuff taste."
"Sweet, I think."
"You think?"
"Well, I'm not equipped with taste-buds, now am I, Rae?" the coffee-maker asks reasonably.
Kay (in Rae) sighs and measures out a quarter ounce of the orange liquid. She swallows it quickly. "Oh, good. Didn't even... Oh, YUCK!!! RAE! GROSS!!! How can you... Eww..." Sighing, Kay (in Rae) walks back to the ballroom. "That sucked, Rae."
"Sorry. I guess I never even notice the taste anymore."
"Activating right deltoid..." Raegun (in Sunny) announces quietly. Sunny's right arm twitches. "This is easy."
"But that's, like... it with the nasty surprises, right? And why doesn't Sunny have to take the weird vitamins."
"She's not me." Rae (in Raegun) points out reasonably. "And don't worry. The afternoon and evening vitamins don't taste nearly so foul."
Kay (in Rae) shakes her head. "It's a wonder you even need to eat."
"I don't." Before Kay can respond, she adds, "Looks like they're waiting on you before they start the game. Don't forget to stretch."
Viridian -- Vi/IQ sidled over to Spy/Vi and
put her arm aound her shoulder. (How weird is that!) "Listen Spy, ol' buddy, ol' pal, some advice on the care and feeding of my body..."
Poor Spy/Vi looked a little pained. "Why does my right leg hurt?"
"Welcome to the wonderful world of tendinitus. Now Spy, no late night raiding the fridge, 'cause artists don't burn calories the way angels do and you gotta remember to floss everyday."
She stopped and looked down at herself and was suddenly overwhemled with how bizzare this all was. Being tall all of a sudden was strange enough, but to see herself the way others saw her was really, really unnerving. *I don't think I like my profile that much,* she thought. Vi/IQ took a deep breath and patted Spy/Vi on the back. *That's what my back feels like...* "Hey Spy, let me know if you get any hot flashes."
Spy/Vi looked absolutely horrified. "Hot..... flashes...???" he squeaked.
Vi/IQ stepped back and flexed IQ's considerably younger muscles. "Well, I haven't gotten any yet and you probably won't as long as you keep eating soy."
"Soy?"
She grinned at herself. "Yup. Tofu."
"To....fu????"
*****Yozer! I'm SO mean! (*snicker, snicker*) I will try my best to keep adding to this.******
kayde -- Oh frell
Kay said, sitting on the couch, and putting her head in her hands. Rae, um...what do you usually put in your mouth for a headache....This is a little much....
(Hehe....How fun!)
CastorEL -- Grinning,
Castor, not being present for the previous initial chaotic reactions, snuck into the ballroom. He tiptoed up behind Kay, wrapped his arms around her quickly and reached over her shoulder to give her a kiss on the cheek.
Kay threw her arms up, knocking Castor back. She whipped around, caught Castor with a full handed slap across his face, and yelled, "What the hezmana!!"
Castor staggered back, more surprised than the hurt from the sting in his cheek. His eyes showed his questions more than his voice could have.
Castor's eyes widen more, as he sees Rae, a fairly tall, slim, muscular woman with feathers in her long, straight hair come quickly up to him, to say "Wait baby!", as she throws her arms around his neck to hug him and kiss his pink cheek. Kara looking a little sheepish in Kay's body, said, "Well, I didn't realize...."
"Uh." Castor hesitated, visibly confused. "I get the distinct impression that something happened recently that I'm not quite up to speed on." He took a step back, and looked at Kay, or the one who was supposed to be Kay, anyway, and Rae, who was apparently Kay. "Um. Okay. So, I guess hugging Rae, who is Kay, isn't much better for Rae, who is..."
"Raegun," she spat!
"Ah. Raegun. ...than it would be to hug Kay, who is Kara." Castor rubbed his forehead. "Oh, god." He collapsed onto the couch. "I think I need a drink."
More people entered, obviously more than slightly unhappy with the present circumstances. Shouting and other invectives filled the air as Castor watched and tried to understand just exactly what had happened.
Castor finally stood, shook his head, and said, "Kay. Which ever you are. I love you dearly, but I think I'm going to go back to bed. I hope you all straighten this out soon - for more than just the obvious reasons. And I think I'm going to not hug anyone unannounced for the time being." He rubbed his cheek as he left the room.
Mouse2000 -- Mouse (in Rag) went to comfort
Kay (in Rae). "Don't worry, we'll get this all straightened out soon. In the meantime, let's get some air."
They headed out to the terrace, Mouse (in Rag) with her arm around Kay (in Rae).
The Twister game never seemed to really get off the ground, so Chryse (in Kara), Kara (in Kay), and SweetiePie (in Chryse) decided to head out from the ballroom to see if they could find anything. Sweetie (in Chryse) was still adjusting to walking, but he got it quickly. Sunny (in Spyral), Vi (in IQ), IQ (in Jila), and Jila (in Mouse) joined them and they headed for the grotto.
Ragnar (in Sweetie) made his way over to Spyral (in Vi) and they joined Artic (in Twig) and Twig (in Artic). Twig was appalled at being caught in non-designer clothes and wanted to go immediately to Artic's room to change. But Artic wouldn't tell her where her room was, so Twig was stuck. Artic in turn was having a ball flitting around and generally annoying Twig. Codey and Wizmick (in each other) joined them and they decided to head outside to see if they could spot anything unusual that might have caused this mishap.
Raven-Kat -- “Kay.... Headache....
Mouth... Chocolate..." Rae (in Raegun) bubbled, adjusting her frequency by another .002 megahertz. "I could get used to this, Gunny!" she enthused. "And no headache tomorrow, right?"
"What was that?" Kay (in Rae) asked. "Chocolate? I don't know, Rae, this is a pretty nasty headache."
"Trust me!" Rae (in Raegun) says comfortingly. "It's better than sex!"
This comment causes a shocked chain-reaction on the Twister board that lands most of the Scoobs on the ground.
Ragnar (in Sweetie) shakes his head. "I think you've had enough, young lady."
"Ah, lighten up, Bird-Man! Mouse! I have another itch!"
"How can you ITCH?" Raegun (in Sunny) demands. "I think you're just having fun with Rag's body."
"Prove it." Rae (in Raegun) blows a raspberry. Literally. For some odd reason, a single, ripe raspberry shoots out of her barrel. She giggles. "I could get used to this body..."
Ragnar (in Sweetie) shakes his head in disgust at her behavior. Feeling a bit peckish, he picks up the raspberry in his beak.
Chryse74 -- ummm
"Kara? Is there anything I should know about your body? Or is it just a standard human one? I really hope that it's all the confusion that is giving me this headache by the way." asks Chryse as she sits down from the Twister mat.
"Oh, and SweetiePie, you'll have to take some special vitamins too. But it can wait until the next meal time. And please, stop trying to fly. Thanks."
********Goodness, this is going to be hard to keep up with, but it's a LOT of fun!!!**********
Mouse2000 -- Mouse (in Rag) popped her head
back into the ballroom before everyone left and said, "Um, now that we have the pictures - everyone still have their pictures on? - Good. Now that we have the pictures, maybe we should just start talking to each other like we normally do. Remember, look at the picture, not the body (or lack of one)."
Mouse looked back at Kay and said, "Feeling any better? Maybe we should join the hunt for what caused this. Any ideas?"
kayde -- Kay (in Rae) shook her head
"Not sure what could have caused this", she muttered as her and Mouse (in Rag) joined the others again. "But, I sure hope for Castor's (ahem......and my) sake, this does get fixed soon. lol. And, Rae, yea, I think I will try some chocolate thanks. Love that stuff. hehe, just maybe not as good as sex. Okay, sometimes. But, don't tell Castor. ;)"
Mouse(in Ragnar), and Spyral(in Vi) laughed, and Ragnar (in Sweetie clucked his tongue).
Rae, (in Raegun), blew another rasberry. Which, Ragnar quickly pecked up.
Raegun(in Sunny) grinned, just because he could, and Sweetie, tried hard to fly around the room.
Jila (in Mouse) said, "Hmmm, I wonder why Castor is not affected by this. That may give us a clue as to what caused this."
"And, maybe how to fix it." Vi(in IQ) said, "Well, maybe he just isn't as weird as the rest of us."
Rae(in Sweetie) said, well, there may be something to that. He hasn't been here as long. Wonder if he would let us experiment with him. To maybe see if we can cause this same affect to happen with him, and therefore, know how to undoe it.
Honey just sat innocently on the floor watching her people in confusion.
JilaCosa -- “Actually Vi,” Jila (in Mouse) said.
"He's Much more weird than the rest of us which just might have saved him. Can you imagine what would have happened if he and Kay had switched bodies?" Jila started to giggle. She couldn't Imagine her brother's mind in a female body. "Okay, who's my team again?"
Sunny/Spy and Vi/IQ both waved their hands, and IQ (in Jila's own body) took a step forward.
"All right. Let me see your pictures again so that hopefully I can keep this straight. Sunny, Vi, and...IQ. Please IQ, be careful with the body, huh?"
"Damn Spy." Sunny wriggled her shoulder Again. "This is driving me frellin' Nuts. Can't I unload a few more things from here?" Sunny turned Spy's torso so that she could see into his wingspace....
"NO!" was all the Scoobs heard and she was gone. **POOF**
Raven-Kat -- “Frell!”
As Sunny (in Spy) vanishes into Spy's wing, Raegun (in Sunny) jumps to his feet and promptly falls on his face.
"AGHH! GET OFF!" Rae (in Raegun) howls from under him.
"Sorry..." Raegun (in Sunny) cautiously gets to his feet, dusting Rae (in Raegun) off. "What do we do?"
"Good question, Rae." Rag (in Sweetie) says. "You're the only one of us who's been IN there..."
"Um, yeah, but Spy was in control, then. Spy?" she looks at Spy (in Vi). "Well?"
"Um... Well, for me it's easy to get in and out at will..."
Raegun (in Sunny) sighs. "Yeah, and for Sunny it's easy to walk without falling over."
"So we wait?" Rae (in Raegun) asks. "Or do we pull her out?"
Spy (in Vi) hesitates. "Um..."
Sun Aeryn -- “Hello?! Where the Frell am I?”
Sunny-in-Spy said as she looked around the vast space she was in. It was like a room, but it wasn't. She didn't quite understand it.
*Damn, I sure wish I could at least project my thoughts to Spy. What at time to for us to all be "out of our minds"* she thought to herself. She knew it was impossible to project her thoughts, because she wasn't in her body. She kept wandering around the space in Spy's Onewing.
"Frell...he sure can keep a lot of stuff in here. I wonder if he's got anything else of mine in her." Sunny-in-Spy looks around. She some how manages to get "back" to the other Scoobs.
"Whoa! How'd that happen?" she says as she lands on Spy-in-Vi
Vi-in-IQ runs over pulling Sunny-in-Spy off her body "Hey! Watch it. I work hard to keep that body in shape!"
Some how....in all the scuffle...Vi-in-IQ winds up being sucked into Spy's wingspace.
"Oh, man! It was bad enough with all that stuff in there...but now...I have to deal with this?!" Sunny-in-Spy said, looking at Spy-in-Vi.
"Well, that's never happened before." was all he could say.
"Aw, frell! Now the wing is itching even more. Raegun...listen to me. I need you to concentrate on Vi-in-IQ's mind. Tell her to quit moving until Spy can tell me how to get her out." Sunny-in-Spy said looking at Raegun-in-her body.
"Does it weird anyone else out when you talk to your body?" Sunny-in-Spy asked.
Raven-Kat -- “Why would it be weird?”
Rae (in Raegun) asks seriously. "People talk to themselves all the time."
"Not like this!" Sweetie (in Chryse) points out.
"Okay. Um..." Rae (in Raegun) hesitates. "Kay. Get over here."
"Okay..."
"Pick me up."
"Sure. Why?" Kay (in Rae) picks up Rae (in Raegun) and stares down expectantly at her.
"Now we go in and get them out."
"In? There?" Kay (in Rae) shakes her head. "I'm not sure that's wise..."
"I've been in there, I can negotiate it and find a way out. So take us in..." Rae (in Raegun) reinforces this request via her neural uplink.
"Ah! Okay! Just STOP that..." Kay (in Rae) starts towards Sunny (in Spy). "How's this work?"
"Just... climb in." Rae (in Raegun) tells her. Mentally, she adds, *And try to remember, you're a big, strong Peacekeeper now. There's not much that can hurt you. Be brave.*
Kay (in Rae) nods firmly. *Always.* She takes a deep breath and half-dives into Spy's wing.
kayde -- oh wow!
Kay(in Rae) said, as they entered Spy's wing. "This is really weird. Hey, check out all the stuff Spy has in here! Look Rae! There's the vitamins I was looking for last year!
"We aren't here to shop, Kay, said Rae(in Raegun)."
"Oh yea", Said Kay(in Rae). "Oh, Hey Vi(in IQ)
Sun Aeryn -- “Holy Frell! Hurry up!”
Sunny-in-Spy said. She was starting to fall backwards.
"Spy, why didn't you warn me about this?" Sunny-in-Spy asked...trying to steady herself-in-Spy's body.
"Quit yer bellyaching..." Raegun-in-her-body said, "At least you know how to control that body." he added.
"What did you do?" Sunny-in-Spy asked, walking towards Raegun-in-Sunny.
"Um...I didn't do anything...I just don't know how to control this body of yours." Raegun-in-Sunny said
"You better not. Now...you need to go to my room...it's time to feed Midnight & Kimba...and to take the vitamins I take daily." Sunny-in-Spy told Raegun-in-Sunny.
"Can I ask you something?" Raegun-in-Sunny asked Sunny-in-Spy
"That depends...what is it about?" Sunny-in-Spy asked.
"About your feelings towards..."Raegun-in-Sunny started.
"No, you may not...you stay the frell out of that part of my mind!" Sunny-in-Spy warned Raegun-in-Sunny.
Sunny-in-Spy looked at Raegun-in-Sunny, hoping that he would pick up on what she was thinking...
*If you so much as say anything to anyone about what you know...I will never speak to you again. No, wait...that won't bother you. Listen...just don't say anything...ok. Someone else likes him...I won't hurt their feelings. That's final!*
Mouse2000 -- Mouse (in Rag)
watches Sunny (in Spy) wriggle while trying to get the other Scoobies out of her (his??) wing. Mouse yells in "Go towards the light!!" and giggles. She can almost hear Rae (in Kay's) voice saying *Funny Mouse. Care to come in and say that?*
As Sunny (in Spyral) struggled to stay upright, Kay and Vi tried to get out. Finally they popped out and reappeared, seemingly no worse for wear.
Just then, into the ballroom comes four tall, suit-wearing, offical-looking types.
"We are looking for a group who call themselves The Scoobies. Can anyone tell us where we might find the Scoobies?"
Mouse (in Rag) was about to go over an introduce herself when Ragnar (in Sweetie) flew over to her and landed in her shoulder. "Hold it toots." he said quietly in her ear. "You look like me. And who are these jokers anyway? Don't just stroll up there and say hi. Who knows what they want? IF you want to find out, you've got to act like me. You're a strong, rough, tough guy who can take on anyone. Ok. Got it?" Mouse gives him a nod and puts on her best tough face. "Good. Now let's see what they want."
Mouse (in Rag) walks over to the suits and scowls. "Who's asking?" she growls.
*Ok folks, let's try to act like our new bodies!*
Raegun -- Raegun (in Sunny)
stood up and walked up to flank Mouse (in Rag). He even managed to swagger a bit. Rae was right: it was all in the hips...
"Yeah, who wants to know?" Raegun (in Sunny) made what he hoped was a threatening face at the suited men.
Curious, and more than a little bored with this his new mental enviornment, he wondered if he could control Sunny's mental abilities. No reason he shouldn't be able too, he decided. How different from his own nueral uplink could it be, after all? And Sunny's mind was regimented in a most helpful manner...
Large "Classified: Off Limits" signs predominated, as they should in any good Peacekeeper, but most other portions of her mind were clearly marked as well, and in a far more informative fashion. He quickly found the section labelled "Telepathy" and began exploring. In terms of pure mechanics, its operation was not unlike that of a standard comm system.
He focused on the nearest of the intruders, probably the leader, and easily made contact. Curious as to the limits to this ability, he began exploring...
Sun Aeryn -- Not sure what Spy would do...Sunny
did the only thing she could do...she walked carefully over to Rae-in-Raegun and whispered..."I'm outa here...let me know when those goons are gone. I think I've figured out how this disappearing thing works. I haven't pay much attention to how Spy works this body of his. (Sorry Spy) So I figure...if I'm not seen...no one will know...right?" and with that...Sunny-in-Spy walked quickly and quietly out of the room before the goons could see her and POOF!! disappeared into the vast room/not a room space in the wing.
Meanwhile...
Mouse-in-Rag and Raegun-in-Sunny were still trying to figure out what the goons wanted. Those poor goons didn't know what hit them...with Raegun-in-Sunny trying to probe their minds.
"Gunny, I'm not sure you should be doing that." Rae-in-Raegun told him..."I remember Sunny mentioning something about not probing to much, cause it could permenantly damage the person."
Chryse74 -- Chryse (in Kara)
"Yeah, who are you guys and why do you want to find the Scoobs?" asked Chryse (in Kara).
"We are aware that something odd has happened recently to that particular group of scapers." replied one of the men.
"Yes, and the fact that you are all wearing photos of each other is indicative that we have found the correct group of people, sir." replied one of the other men.
"Hmmm, I think you are right." said the first man.
Ragnar (in Sweetie) whispered in Mouse's (in Ragnar)ear. "You have to do something. I'm sure they want to do something to us."
Sun Aeryn -- “Bored, bored, bored”
Sunny mumbled to herself...while "hiding" out in the vast space of Spy's onewing.
"Now...how do I get out of here again?" Sunny-in-Spy said. She wandered around and then suddenly she felt herself falling. She heard some of her pals yelling...but she couldn't understand them. Sunny-in-Spy landed on something that was kind of lumpy and slightly soft. It wasn't until she stood up that she realized what or rather WHO she had landed on.
Some how, Sunny-in-Spy landed on the goons. She hit them with so much force that it knocked them out cold.
"Well....now what?" Mouse-in-Rag asked
Raven-Kat -- Rae (in Raegun) sighed
"Wonderful job, Sunny!" she snapped irritably.
"Hey, it was an accident!" Sunny (in Spy) replied defensively. "Besides, they're probably a threat."
"Kay, grab their wallets." Rae (in Raegun) ordered.
Kay (in Rae) nodded and began searching the nearest goon.
"Assuming they're even CARRYING ID, which is assuming a lot." Sunny (in Spy) mumbled.
"They are." Kay (in Rae) announced, as surprised as Sun (in Spy). She held up a badge and read it. "Reality Network. Special Security..."
"Frell..." Rae (in Raegun) muttered.
"Reality Police..." Ragnar (in Sweetie) added.
"Frell..." Rae (in Raegun) repeated.
"Can't you find something more constructive to say?" Sweetie (in Chryse) snapped.
"Fine. Kay, pick that one up. Mouse, get the other guy. Put them in... Um... Do we have any holding cells?"
"No, but there are some empty rooms in the catacombs." Jila (in Mouse) supplied. "I used to keep records down there until we had that... problem with the magic mushrooms."
"Right." Rae (in Raegun) sighs. "Kay, Mouse, get them to the catacombs."
"How am I supposed to carry him?" Kay (in Rae) demands.
"Start by picking him up." Rae (in Raegun) suggests flatly. "Then put your left foot in front of your right and your right in front of your left until you have reached the catacombs..."
"You don't have to be like that..." Kay (in Rae) muttered, slinging the goon over her (Rae's) shoulder. "Hey! You're strong!"
"No drenn. Lead on, Jila." Rae (in Reagun) sighs. "If you're to have that body for any length of time, Kay, I'd like you to exercise it. I usually start my day with three hundred push-ups and a couple of dozen pull-ups. Kickboxing in the afternoon. Raquette-ball in the evening. Oh, and if you should wake up some night and see a ghost near my bed, that's just Sarah. Ignore her."
"Sarah?" Kay (in Rae) gasped, dropping the goon onto the floor in the small basement room. "There's a GHOST in your room?"
"She's harmless, just curious. She was there when I moved in..." Rae (in Raegun) explained.
Raegun -- As the goons are moved
into the catacomb's, Raegun (in Sunny) grabs Sunny (in Spy) by the arm. In a low voice, he says, "I've really got to complement you on this body."
Sunny (in Spy) rolls 'her' eyes. "Yeah?" she scoffs.
"No, I mean it. It's really most impressive for a Sebacian... I mean, I've read the phisiological specs on your species, but you..." he shakes his head in wonder. "And your mental abilities... No wonder Rae is envious..."
"Envious?" Sunny (in Spy) asks, interested.
"You bet." Raegun (in Sunny) nods. "Of course, you didn't hear anything like this from me, but Rae has to WORK damned hard for what comes naturally to you. And it's so... roomy!" He smiles brightly. "I can't wait to experiment with it!"
"Don't you dare!" Sunny (in Spy) replies firmly. "I want it back in one piece!"
"I wasn't going to jump from any dreadfully HIGH structures..." Raegun (in Sunny) says sadly. "But of course, it's your body, so I can't do anything in it without your permission. Can I have a drink?"
"A drink?" Sunny (in Spy) frowns. "Why?"
"Well... You seem to enjoy it. Rae enjoys it. Everyone enjoys it. I have to admit to a certain curiosity..."
"Fine." Sunny (in Spy) shrugs. "I guess there's no real harm there..."
"You can keep an eye on me and tell me when I've had enough... and... I don't suppose you could give me some pointers on this incredible brain of yours?" He smiled hopefully.
Sunny (in Spy) shrugged again. "Mix me a drink, too..."
"With pleasure. Page 103's all around?"
"Better start with something milder. I've got no idea how this body reacts."
Raegun (in Sunny) smiled. "I'll make us both Ghostbusters!" he announced, pulling out several bottles.
"Come again?"
"It's equal parts Coffee Liquor, Irish Cream, and Vodka." Raegun (in Sunny) smiles proudly. "Rae has programmed me with a full range of drink-mixing capabilities. I'm eager to try them all..." He handed Sunny (in Spy) a drink.
"One at a time, Gunny!" Rae (in Raegun) called as Kay (in Rae) carried her back into the room. She clears her throat and makes a general announcement. "Sunny has bought us a little time. Let's get to work on figuring out how to make these bodies work before we do anything else."
"Step one," Sweetie (in Chryse) suggested, "Get rid of these pictures."
Kay (in Rae) tucks her picture under Rae's shirt. "Good idea in case more come."
"Step two," Rae (in Raegun) announces, "Figure out what happened and how to reverse it."
"But not too quickly!" Raegun (in Sunny) calls from the bar.
"Step three," Rae (in Raegun) ignores him, "Play dumb if any more Reality Thugs drop by. And that means acting like the body you're in, people!"
"Which means that it's time to get re-aquainted..." Ragnar (in Sweetie) said.
JilaCosa -- “acting like the body you’re in people”
Jila found that pretty easy since she was in another female body. Mouse's body was pretty much like her own, although their horizontal measurements differed a bit. This would be a piece of cake from her point of view.
Having taken one of the "Ghostbusters" that Raegun (in Sunny) had just made, Jila sat down on the big sofa and tucked her (Mouse's) legs under her. One drink would be okay she knew, but not more than that. She had no idea how Mouse herself would react to one of these. As she watched her friends (especially Ragnar in Sweetie's small bird body) get used to their new bodies she came across a sight so funny that she nearly choked on her drink. There, in the middle of the dance floor were Vi (with Spy inside) and Herself (with IQ inside) walking around.
Oh Heaven Forbid!!
"Vi!" Jila whispered loudly and pointed at the dance floor "Look at this!"
Vi(in IQ)'s eyes got very large and his/her hand came up to cover his/her mouth as she caught sight of her body walking prissily around the dance floor. Not to mention the fact that IQ was trying his darndest to figure out how to counterbalance the weight of Jila's frontside with her backside. He was walking with his/her shoulders back and leaning just a bit backwards from the waist. Vi almost fell on IQ's butt. Luckily the big comfy chair was directly behind her when she went down.
"Oh Spy Please!" Vi laughed, finally finding her voice. "I used to be a dancer remember? You've got to find a Lot more grace than that!"
"C'mon Vi." Jila said as she unfolded her/Mouse's legs and stood up. "If we don't help them We are going to look we're having seizures or something."
So Vi (in IQ) and Jila (in Mouse) went to the dance floor to try to help the guys be more believable. It wasn't easy. IQ got the gist of walking much faster than Spy though. Jila thought that IQ must have switched his thinking to an analytical mode, and so took a more scientific approach to the whole thing. Spy on the other hand, for all of his naturally elegant dance moves, couldn't figure out Vi's small, lithe body. In his mind (well, where else I guess, <chuckle>) it was just too radical a difference.
"Ok, let's dance." Vi said after a bit of thought.
"Dance?" Spy scrunched his/Vi's face up with the question "We don't have time for this Vi."
"But I think it will help." Vi said with a nod "Let's just dance, and we'll see." So they did. Without thinking Spy (in Vi) took the lead, and Vi (in IQ) followed. It was something to see really. They danced for only about five minutes but Spy had become his old graceful self. "Now," Vi whispered in his ear, "walk across the dance floor and introduce yourself to Ragnar."
With Vi's own fluid motion Spy walked across the dance floor. It was Amazing. Spy could have actually passed for Vi until....
Raegun -- “Who gets to lead?”
Sunny (in Spy) laughed at the dancers. Suddenly, Raegun (in her) grabs her (in Spy) by the hand and begins dragging her onto the dance-floor.
"No! Nun-uh!" Sunny (in Spy) shakes her head emphatically, pulling away. "I am not dancing with me. That's just too weird."
"Pretty please?" Raegun (in Sunny) bats his (Sunny's) eyelashes.
Sunny (in Spy) laughs. "No, not like THAT. Like THIS." She demonstrates.
Raegun (in Sunny) watches attentively, momentarily distracted from dancing. "What, like this?"
"Exactly." Sunny (in Spy) nods.
"Great, now, let's dance." He resumes pulling her onto the dance-floor, and she resumes dragging her feet.
"Kay'll dance with you, Raegun." Rae (in Raegun) suggests, noting Sunny's hesitancy. "Won't you, Kay?"
Kay (in Rae) hesitates. "Dance with Raegun? In Sunny's body? Weird."
"Well, I'd do it, but I'm kind of... legless."
"Alright." Kay (in Rae) says, grinning. "I'll dance with you, Gunny. Unless Sun would rather."
kayde -- So, Kay (in Rae)
went to the dance floor to dance with Raegun (in Sunny). After some giggling, Kay decided to really give Raegun a run for his money in the dance dept. She grinned wickedly at the other Scoobs, and turned on Achy Breaky Heart, and taught Raegun the only line dance she ever knew.
Rae grimaced to think her body was actually doing a line dance. And, Sunny looked horrified. But, Raegun was having a blast.
Soon, with laughing and shrugs, the Scoobs were line danceing, (and, would you believe?) actually enjoying it!
Mouse2000 -- Mouse (in Rag)
tries to get Ragnar's feet to move smoothly in time with the music, but she felt so strange not just "doing" what she wanted to do without all the extra weight of Ragnar's muscles getting in the way. Not to mention her balance was off. But as the music wound down and the Scoobs relaxed again, their attention was drawn back to the reality police, if they were indeed from the Reality channel. "Ok, everyone, let's just play it cool. Remember to call everyone by their body's name and we'll just be fine. Let's try a roll call. Ragnar? Here. Rae?"
"Here!" called Kay.
"Spy?"
"Here," comes out of Vi's body. "No, I'm here." Sunny (in Spy) smacks Spy (in Vi) gently. "Remember, bodies, not minds. You're Vi."
"Right." Spy (in Vi) said, and Vi's body flushed.
"Vi?"
"Here." Spy got that right.
"Raegun?"
"Present." Rae acknowledged.
"Sweetie?"
"I think we get the idea, Mouse." Ragnar (in sweetie) said mildly as he settled himself on her shoulder.
"You seem to get the hang of flying pretty well." Mouse comment to him, and he agreed. "Speaking of flying, I'm gong to do some recon. I'll be back soon and see if I can get an idea of what caused this. And Mouse," he said, leaning into her ear so only she could hear him, "leave everything the way you found it, huh? I don't need shaved legs living on the longboat."
Raegun -- Raegun (in Sunny)
Rae (in Raegun), and Kay (in Rae) giggled at Rag's (in Sweetie) comment to Mouse.
"Hey!" Kay (in Rae) says, grinning. "You've got great ears, Rae!"
"No. Humans have poor ears." Raegun (in Sunny) replies. "One more dance, Kay? A slow one this time? It's fun to pretend."
"And what are you pretending while dancing with my body?" Rae (in Raegun) growls.
"Oh, go recharge yourself. I'm enjoying my new mobility, and I plan to exploit it as far as I can. Without Sunny killing me later." Raegun (in Sunny) takes Kay (in Rae) by the hand and leads her out onto the dance floor again.
Raven-Kat -- “If I had a head,”
Rae (in Raegun) mutters to Mouse (in Rag), "I'd be shaking it right now."
Mouse (in Rag) smiles. "Give him some time to get used to things and I'm sure he'll settle right in."
Rae (in Raegun) sighs. "I never realized that his life could be so... limiting. Not that he doesn't have some great features. Did you know that I can listen to three radio-stations at once, watch two TV shows, and do my psychology homework at the same time without losing track?"
"That's pretty cool." Mouse (in Rag) says.
"Yeah, and I'd trade it all for the ability to scratch my nose." Rae (in Raegun) grumbles.
"Here."
"Thanks, Mousie."
Mouse2000 -- “If anyone sees
Raegun and Kay dancing, you know, all they are going to see is Sunny and Rae dancing. Pretty close, I might add." Mouse (in Rag) observed. "They are going to think we're pretty...um,...progressive down here! Which we are..."
"A little daylight between you and Kay, please!" Rae (in Raegun) demanded. "And stop looking at her...me...my body like that!"
Mouse tries an experimental flex like she's seen on the bodybuilders competitions and says, "Ladies, if you want to get you pictures taken with Ragnar, now's the time. You know he would never pose for pictures like this..."
Mouse puts her hands up in the classic muscle pose and flexes her biceps. Then she shows off her back and shoulders, and finally her legs. Rag was in REALLY good shape. She even whips off his shirt for a minute, just because she can. Rag (in Sweetie) decides just to hide and hope no one notices her.
Twig (in artic) looked confused. She desperatly wants to dance with Spyral, but does she go for his body with Sunny's personality, or his personality with Vi's body?
Finally she walks up to Spy (in Vi) and asks him to dance. She always wanted to dance with him and she'd be frelled if she was going to give up her chance. Now there are two girl couples on the floor.
Someone should be taping this for future blackmail use...
Cyane622 -- Poking in her head
Whats going on in here?? ;)
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