( closed ) switch! a rude awakening

[adoringpast]

WHO: akiren, yusuke, elliot, and sena (kind of)
WHERE: mochihouse
WHEN: 8/8, around the same time as kazuki's network post
WHAT: sena wakes up in his brother's body after disappearing from the app for two weeks, and he's going to react as such.
WARNINGS: language, ofc

[ the latter part of july went by like a blur in sena's perspective, and it was... strange, but in a good way. it was a lot better, in fact. no one had batted an eye at the agency when he woke up with his old dark hair one day, he's been sleeping more peacefully every night ever since - that's the way it should be, right? no stress, no more hassles, no more mind-numbing unreality bullshit, it's just going to be him and the modeling world and he is not going to let anything else get in between of his budding career...

but the fact that he's looking at a different ceiling upon waking up one morning is a sign that things will all go downhill for him again. sena's used to waking up without the use of an alarm anyway like the cursed morning person that he is, but he lifts his back off the bed and rubs his eyes, staring blearily at...

uh.

this room doesn't resemble a pigsty at the very least, but sena doesn't recall sleeping in some stranger's bed last night? he took the early night off yesterday and slept normally just like that, so how did he end up in someone's bed? and judging from the time it seems that he overslept too?! hurriedly getting out of bed (and knocking off that giant dog plushie to the floor in the process), he makes his way towards a mirror on the wall, only for a pair of golden eyes to stare right back at him.

gold eyes. silver hair. sena lifts his left hand and wiggles his fingers, and his reflection does the same thing. he stares bug-eyed at the mirror, the memories of mind-numbing retrospec bullshit now flooding back into his mind, culminating with the realization that he's come back to the app in someone's body, namely his brother.

don't mind him, he's just going to scream the whole house awake with that iconic onoyu voice, if the others are still snoozing in. good morning recolle and all who inhabit it. ]

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[fiddlestick]

[This sure has been a long week (it's Wednesday, Elliot). Elliot is still trying to get used to being stuck in Souji's body and all the annoyances that causes (beds were so cramped when you're tall). But that won't stop him from hearing "Kazuki"'s scream, since they live on the same floor. So very quickly after, there's a knock on the door and Souji's voice] Kazuki?? Are you alright?

[adoringpast]

[ oh god, someone lives here too? hold on, let him just get the door - ] Souji? [ headtilt. it has been a while since he met the other narukami twin but - no, he probably stays here too. must be some persona-user dorm. still, it's rude of him to wake everyone up like that, so: ] Sorry 'bout that. I uh, fell out of the bed. Had a nightmare on top of that too. [ OKAY WHEW HOPEFULLY THAT'S CONVINCING ENOUGH, he's even going to scratch the back of his head all casual-like too. ]

[fiddlestick]

["Souji?".........] Your body switched didn't it. Who are you?

[adoringpast]

[ GEH, HE'S ALREADY CAUGHT... ] Guess. [ crosses his arms in a huff and leans on the doorjamb ] Relax, I know this person all too well. I can never do anything bad to him like this.

[fiddlestick]

Er.... Don't take this the wrong way, but how can I relax and trust you if you won't tell me who you are?

[adoringpast]

You're not the only one who isn't relaxed about this entire thing, you know. How would you feel if you wake up in someone else's body after disappearing from the app for a couple of weeks? [ JUST... CALM DOWN... ] There, I've given you a clue.

[fiddlestick]

[Wow this guy is a joy...Elliot will scratch his jaw with index finger. He doesn't track Sena's movements since they're not at all close, so he doesn't pick up on the clue. ] Hey...come on. I know you must be freaked out right now but you're not anywhere dangerous. Just calm down a little. A-And, well, I didn't disappear from the app, but I did wake up in someone else's body in an alleyway where the person who had my body decided it'd be funny to prank me while I was still dazed. [Thanks Souji you're a real friend] I'm Elliot, by the way. Not Souji.

[adoringpast]

[ ... ] Yeah, you should've watched your back. Those twins are very notorious with their clowning around. It's annoying. [ he's calming down now, knowing that he's not the only one who's been bodysnatched here. ] It's fine. It's just me, Sena. [ so much for him being a fun guy to be with, huh ] Guess this is all Retrospec's fault again?

[fiddlestick]

Y-Yeah, I'll keep that in mind next time I involuntarily switch into one of their bodies. [he didn't choose this???] Oh, Sena! Wow, it switched you with your brother? [He's not sure if that's lucky or unlucky tbh] It must be, if several people were affected.

[adoringpast]

[ elliot had it coming, smh ] This really is soooo annoying, and they've fucked up a million times before already. I was having a stress-free life out of the app too and now it wants me back? This time in someone else's body? Bullshit. [ hearing koga being so... bitchy must be too weird. too bad sena's one hell of a complainer, and he's not going to stop until he's vented it all out of his system. sorry, elliot. ] I mean, it could be worse. Family members switching bodies can't be that... probably [ he sighs, face softening. ] So he told you guys, huh. That we're related.

[fiddlestick]

[It is...super weird. Now he gets why his friends kept saying it felt so weird seeing him act like himself in Souji's body. ] Ah...sorry. I can't imagine it must be easy coming back after living a normal life again. [He doesn't quite agree because he doesn't want to forget about this reality either, but he knows not everyone is like him. ] Y-Yeah, he mentioned it. Is...that a problem?

[adoringpast]

Nah, it's fine, I don't mind. We look too much alike anyway so there's no use denying that. [ shrug shrug ] I didn't know you knew Souji though... Does he not live here? I know he used to room with his twin and Asuka last year but I dunno what happened since then.

[fiddlestick]

Haha...yeah, you really do look alike. [But that's a relief. At the question he shrugs] Yeah, we know each other. He buys my food a lot. [The terrible dishes] Doesn't live here though, last I knew he lived in that house. [...] Though I did wake in an alley in his body, so who knows if he still lives there.

[maskreant]

[ Ren hasn't been ailed by bodyswapping just yet, but that doesn't mean he's here to give anyone leeway if they wake up the whole house with their screaming. Even the cats startled from their resting postures, darting across the rooms, and then Yusuke's painting has an awkward stroke across the canvas.

Instead of knocking like Elliot, he kicks the door open after his friend leaves despite smelling something up with this situation. With bags under his eyes, it doesn't look like he got enough sleep. ]

Is there a reason why you called for a conference?

[ Why? Why do you have to yell at the top of your lungs...? ]

[adoringpast]

[ because he's a dramatic bitch, ren. you should know this by now. at least elliot actually had the decency to knock, so sena jumps back at ren barging in like that, blinking at him and - oh god it's ren, who'd seen too much of how sena had wanted to become closer to his brother in that dream last month. if he finds out that he's currently possessing the body of his longtime friend after akira had accused him of being a brocon the month before that.................... ] Is there a reason why you didn't just knock? [ at least he can get the gruffness down-pat, so he bounces back just as neatly with a huff. ] I uh, I woke up from some nightmare and fell off the bed. Ow. [ clutches head. yeah, this sure is a nightmare. ] Sorry 'bout that. You know how Retrospec dreams can be these days. What a pain.

[maskreant]

Because you could have been dying based on how desperate your scream was.

[ Though Elliot did find Sena first, he doesn't know how to use Souji's Personas yet. Squinting, he finds it hard to tell that this isn't Kazuki, but... The guy wouldn't scream like that. It would have been a wilder scream.

He also arrived late and missed Elliot, so— ]

Who are you?

[adoringpast]

Because I just woke up from a bad dream? [ he did sound a little too high-pitched for his own good, but that just goes to show that they really know his brother really well. which is nice, but it's a little unfair that sena doesn't know a thing about his own flesh and blood at all...] ... Yeah. From one shitty nightmare to another. [ sigh. the jig is up. it'd be a bad idea to let this incident snowball any longer anyway. ] Who else do you think would scream like that, Ren-kun?

[maskreant]

[ Ren... Isn't sure how to feel that Sena has wholly accepted that he's tied to a shrill scream like that, but he isn't going to point that out right now. Well. This is easy? No one has ever said his name with a honorific, so... ]

Sena.

[ Unless this is some weeb, then he's sure it's the other twin. ]

Well, you did say you wanted to get to know your brother better.

[adoringpast]

[ sena knows that he was born with a set of impressive lungs in him and apparently kazuki can pull it off too, wow. but that's beside the point. ] N-Not like this?! Besides, I wasn't sure if I can keep up the pretense any longer if you and Elliot were able to figure out that he's not himself from that yell alone. [ huffs, scratches the back of his head. kazuki's hair doesn't feel as soft as his, so maybe a shampoo change will be in order soon. ] So yeah, it's me. Sorry for the intrusion, but you have to understand that I literally just woke up in his body after being out of commission for a while. Still trying to get used to all this nonsense... again.

[maskreant]

I think you should relax and learn from his lifestyle. There's not much you can do until we find a way to switch you two back.

[ Yes, because Ren thinks they can fix things. Overall, this is actually freaky to him, but he wants to stay calm so his friend does. Fiddling his bangs, he wonders how to spook Sena out of identity crisis mindset.

Leaning in, he whispers into his ear: ]

Your brother is into BDSM.

[adoringpast]

[ he goes silent for a second, as if initially shocked that is punk of a brother is having sex already?! but then - ] That's nice. Now tell me something that I actually don't know. Something that's not sexual or disgusting, for example.

[maskreant]

... He latches onto that giant dog plush when he sleeps?

[ Though some people might think that's disgusting in a different way. Ren thinks it's endearing, but then again it's also his present to him for his birthday.

Go figure.





actually maybe this is sexual since kogazuki is a furry ]

[adoringpast]

Oh, you mean this big guy? [ the one he'd just knocked off from the bed upon waking up in a tizzy, rip. sena picks it up and sits back down on the bed, trying his best in cuddling the most important thing in kazuki's room. ] Not sure if I told you about this before, but I used to work at this family-run sushi place for a friend, and they had their pet pomeranian as their mascot. And that means I had to dress up like a dog sometimes. [ and there he goes, finally putting this furry debate to rest. ]

[maskreant]

Yeah, I remember that. SOYOKAZE or something, right? Until it suddenly disappeared...

[ He just remembers that it's cute yet odd that the mascot is a fluffy dog for a sushi place, but he ate there from time to time and picked up tuna from his cat. ]

Why didn't you dress up as a mascot for Kazuki's birthday?

[ Suddenly Kazuki is twelve. ]

[adoringpast]

What is he, twelve? [ like he read his mind... ] Besides, I didn't wear some hot and sweaty outfit like you'd think. It's more like dog kemonomimi, so at least that was less humiliating. Woof. [ shrug. you guys had already had a taste of his bday gift, and it's more than enough tbh. ] Anyways, what do you guys usually do here at this dorm? Like sleepovers, or fun stuff like that.