☈ strike #03 (voice / action)

[thestormishere]

[ It may be snowing and looking like a good day to just take it easy, but life for this particular Luceti resident is... by no means very peaceful right now. There's a dull fwump as a journal falls open onto the ground with something heavy on top of it... and a moment later the sound of a horrified shriek and panicked panting pierces the air as someone scrambles to their feet up and off of it.

Unfortunately, the journal's view remains fixed on nothing more than the sky for several minutes, white flakes slowly falling onto the open pages, but then finally, lured in by the sound of voices, a rather alarmed-looking face sporting strikingly blue eyes and severely-mussed black hair appears. ]

Hello? Help! Wh-what's going on?

[ And anyone who's out in the snow right now might notice a particularly distressed and cold young man holding his journal close to his chest as he peers around him. He doesn't look like a New Feather, but he also seems... rather lost.

That would be because not only is Lightning Farron suddenly quite a bit younger, but she also happens to be in wingenvy's full grown and very male body right now. Oops.

FFXIII spoilers only if you happen not to know Lightning's real name, which... isn't even plot-important anyway. Replies with notfairron. ]

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[Voice]

[herobydefault.livejournal.com]

[Okay, so they've been tense lately but still-]

Zack? What is it, what's wrong?!

[Voice]

[notfairron]

[ Confused breath- you talking to her? ]

What...?

[Voice]

[herobydefault.livejournal.com]

[Heck yeah he's talking to you.]

I said what's wrong? Are you okay?

[Voice]

[notfairron]

-- No! What's going on?! Why am I-- like this?

[ She holds her arms up- I AM SUDDENLY A MAN, WHAT is harder to put into words than you'd think. ]

[Voice]

[herobydefault.livejournal.com]

[Well at least he doesn't look hurt.]

...I don't really know Zack, that's something you'll have to ask yourself. Probably after a few drinks.

Where are you? I'll come get you so you don't have this nervous breakdown by yourself.

[Voice]

[notfairron]

Zack? Um, I don't know...

[ Looking around now... ]

There's some buildings, but... I don't think I've ever been here before.

[Voice]

[herobydefault.livejournal.com]

[Zack is sounding really weird so Cloud drops the attitude. What if he's being messed up by the experiment as well?]

Some buildings....what do they look like? Are there any signs on them, or numbers?

[Voice]

[notfairron]

Hmm... there's a little building with... "Good... Spirits Bar...?" Do you know where that is?

[waywardvow.livejournal.com]

Z--Zack? Wait a second, calm down. [Kind of as much for his sake as Zack's, because Zack shrieking like that puts him on edge. What on earth would make him scream like that...?] What happened?

[voice]

[notfairron]

Huh?

[ She peers into the journal closely, still looking quite agitated and more than a little frightened. It's hard to say if this person was talking to her or not, but... ]

Um-- could you help me? Please?

[voice]

[waywardvow.livejournal.com]

Of course I can. What is it? [He's leaning in close to the journal, peering and trying to see if anything's physically wrong with Zack.]

[voice]

[notfairron]

[ Not physically, aside from being really cold right now. It's safe to say she's not even used to weather requiring a coat, never mind outright snow. ]

I... I think I'm lost! And I'm--!

[ Focus... focus... no, she's starting to freak out again. To boot, hearing 'her' own voice while breathing very fast is only making it worse. ]

[voice]

[waywardvow.livejournal.com]

[...Lost?]

In the snow? I didn't think it was that bad-- [He goes to a nearby window to look at it himself. A light snowfall. That doesn't make sense.] How far from the village are you? Can you see any of the buildings?

[He's so going to wtf when he realizes you are IN the village, little girl-in-ex-boyfriend/not!bff's body.]

[voice]

[notfairron]

[ Just more shivering and heavy breathing for a few seconds... this is awful, okay? ]

Buildings? Yeah, um...

[ She turns the journal around, for showing an erratic view of what she's close to. She's indeed in the village. ]

Is... is this a... experimental outpost?

[ It's certainly not the city she's used to, after all... that's about the only explanation she can currently think of for a place that looks like this, is covered in snow, and... might explain what happened to her body. ]

[voice] ...OKAY I'M EVEN SORRIER I'M REPOSTING THIS BIT

[waywardvow.livejournal.com]

[And Aerith is indeed WTFing. There's something...very, very wrong for Zack to not know where he is.

Not to mention the word "experimental" is pinging hard. People are older, people are younger, people are the wrong sex. Zack looks the same, but what if he's just a little younger, from when he was just out of Hojo's lab--or still in it? Is that why he's so disoriented? He still doesn't know exactly what Zack experienced in there.

Just keep calm. Focus, don't fret--no one needs that right now.]

[voice]

[waywardvow.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it's pretty remote, isn't it? This is Luceti. It looks like you're getting a chilly welcome so far--let's change that! Do you know who I am? [He's...honestly not sure if Zack does or should recognize him right now or not. Isn't he supposed to be a she?]

[voice]

[notfairron]

Hm... no. Don't think so.

[ Is she... supposed to know who this person is? A soldier, maybe? She just tilts her head, frowning at the journal uncertainly. ]

[voice] AHHHH I AM SORRY. /kicks flu

[wingenvy]

[After going through his own version of "WTF JUST HAPPENED" and wondering why he is suddenly a very young "she", Zack's used his epic logic - aka the problem of having no one else around to ask - and checks the journal for an explanation. He'd known weird things were going on, considering he'd spend half the week with a male version of his ex-girlfriend.

Now that it's affecting him though, "weird" doesn't begin to cover it. Still, he- ....she is happy to know what really happened. As happy as someone can be, anyway.]

Hey, so that's where it went!

[voice] s'cool, it happensss T_T ....also what, wrong icon LJ

[notfairron]

Wh-what?

[ .... Oh.

....

You have reached the Reality Department of Claire Farron's Brain. Please stand-by, we are experiencing technical difficulties. ]

[voice]

[wingevented.livejournal.com]

[Oh crap, the poor kid must be so confused. Zack has no idea who this is, but she definitely got the short end of the stick.]

Hey, hey, sorry for startling you! It looks like we're in a pretty weird spot, huh? You've got my body and I've got yours.

[voice]

[notfairron]

[ A very drawn out moment of horrified silence, and then she takes in a long breath. Prepare to hear your own voice in a higher octave, Zack. ]

Why are--?! What's going on?!

[voice]

[wingevented.livejournal.com]

[....Yeah Zack is pretty sure he never wants to hear his voice do that again. Ever.]

I don't really know for sure, sorry! Just, uh... [Oh geez, why isn't he better with kids?] ...Look, does your world have magic? Or anything like that?

[voice]

[notfairron]

-- My... world?

[ Ping'd something fierce here... other worlds are Very Bad, as far as she knows. ]

[voice]

[wingevented.livejournal.com]

Ye- [Oh. Crap. SEE THIS IS WHY HE DOESN'T HAVE KIDS] I mean- where you're from! Do you have magic there?

[voice]

[notfairron]

[ Too late, she already senses something is way, way off here. ]

Like... fal'Cie...? Well, yeah.