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( closed ) switch! a rude awakening

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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[ 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.

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?

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?

[ 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.

[ 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.

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.

[ 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.

... 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 ]

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. ]

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. ]

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.

Yes. Meow.

[ Without a fucking doubt, Ren will say that Kazuki is 12. To be honest, he thinks their whole house is filled with toddlers, but he isn't going to ever say that out loud in front of them. ]

... Well, we live in a house and not the dorms, so we don't need to worry about unruly or troublesome dormmates. For the most part, we watch movies and play videogames together. Sometimes we cook together, too. You'll find that a variety of people visit us, including Eren Jaeger who's a little intense and Sanji who's distrusting and prickly. Souji visits, though I wish he stopped dying here.

[ Hmmm. ]

We have a lot of furry visitors, too. Goro tells me not to pet them all, but he isn't here.

Is that why Souji and Elliot switched bodies today too...[ SOUJI??? ] I'm acquainted with Eren - he's the one who gave me shooting lessons at the range some months back, been a while since I've gone back there. And Sanji... he sent the wrong number to me once, said that he's Kitagawa's boyfriend...

[ so in conclusion, this house is a sausage fest full of friendships. neat. ]

Also, you shouldn't let Goro tell you what to do -- [ aaand speaking of which, a soft squeaking noise catches sena's ears and he turns to the direction of a desk, with a cage on it that contains... ]

A chinchilla? [ OKAY NO HE'S GETTING UP FROM THE BED HE HAS GOT TO SEE THIS BABY UP CLOSE, THE FUCK ]

I didn't think about it like that, but maybe it is...

[ He'll have to keep an eye to see if there's any connection between the people they switch places with, but for now his eyes widen at how quick Sena is to dart to the Kazuki's furry baby's cage. ]

Yeah. Haven't you seen one before? They're cute.

[ Morrigan doesn't seem so fond of this one, but the chinchilla likes the cats enough. ]

Duh, of course I have. Just didn't know he has one.

[ it's so round, wow ]

You know what chinchillas usually eat, then? Hold on, I'm going to refill its water tank first.

[ just gonna. disentangle this water tank here... there we go. now to go to the nearest bathroom... ]

Sesamochi eats grass, twigs, and hay. Stuff like that.

[ Ren is just going to open the cage to let Sesamochi out. It's fine. The chinchilla behaves and scurries out, round as ever, fixing its ears as it look at them curiously. If he remembers correctly, Kazuki has some of its food in this drawer.

Bam.

A stock of hay in some college student's desk. ]

[ sena returns with the water tank all filled up, and while he puts it back on the cage and watches the little bugger eat his fill... ]

It does look like mochi from this angle, huh.

[ it's spherical. well, almost. ]

Where's your cat?

Yeah, though I thought your brother would get a dog instead. [ So it was surprising to find a chinchilla instead. The mention of a cat makes him tilts his head. ] Right here?

[ When Sena comes back, Morrigan is on the desk, gently pawing Sesamochi as the little friend eats. Looks like the little thief snuck in when Sena rolled out to get it some water. The cat is well-behaved. It seems like they're good friends. ]

Why?

[ Ren doesn't quite understand why he's asking about his cat. ]

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