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[crouching_sin]

So this is something I've never experienced.

I've woken up in someone else's room, with someone else's Pokemon, with someone else's body. Someone please tell me this isn't just me that's having an issue. That would be unfortunate.

I also am entirely unable to talk. So that's an issue.

Also before some prankster suggests it - no, I am not going to go on a spending spree with someone else's money. And if any of you have similar situations, I suggest not doing that either lest the original owner of that body comes by to smack you upside the head with a psychic cat or something.

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[callbacks]

naoya
im wart

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[crouching_sin]

... Okay so that's even more of an issue. I'm still in Goldenrod - do you need me to help?

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[callbacks]

help with what
wart can do most things i do
besides talk
i mean i guess if you run into one of my friends in the wrong body you can let me know where they are??
its really hard to keep track of who everyone is or is supposed to be right now

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[crouching_sin]

All right. I just thought I'd offer.

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[callbacks]

though i guess if you know ways to turn off being fucking psychic thatd be helpful too

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[crouching_sin]

I'd ask Alice, but she's not here.

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[callbacks]

as cool as this is i hope its over soon because im getting a migraine

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[crouching_sin]

Go lie down in a dark room with a cool cloth over your forehead. It helps me sometimes.

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[callbacks]

hm
i wonder if going back in the pokeball would help
you know how like confusion goes away if you switch them out

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[crouching_sin]

Maybe. Can you even pester Wart to let you out when you feel better?

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[callbacks]

i can give him a time
its not uncomfy in there honestly

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[crouching_sin]

That's good.

... Good luck.

[islandshore]

Are you still human?

Because some of us aren't. It's weird, and I'm not even sure what caused it.

Don't get me wrong. It's kind of cool, but I feel like the novelty's gonna wear off sooner than later.

[crouching_sin]

I'm human. I've changed sexes, but I'm human.

It'll probably wear off in a few days? These things seem to.

[islandshore]

Still, talk about awkward.

How're you taking it so far? I mean, the lack of speech probably isn't helping much, but at least if you wound up another guy, you wouldn't have to... well, adjust.

[crouching_sin]

It's a little bit of a surprise, but it's fine. I think 'adjusting' isn't going to be the issue here.

[Did he just make a dick joke? Yes. Yes he did. Someone stop this man.]

Her Pokemon are probably the bigger issue. I don't want to keep them confined all the time, but the Psychic ones at least will probably know right away that I'm not their trainer.

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[ladywithnovoice]

[Habit is hard to break, and Red finds herself responding by text in response.]

Do you have red hair?

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[crouching_sin]

As a matter of fact, I do.

[islandshore]

Wouldn't it be better to come clean? It's not like it's your fault, so if they flip out, that's on them and not you.

I mean, I guess it'd depend on their attitudes.

[crouching_sin]

I imagine they wouldn't be happy about it. I don't want to upset someone else's Pokemon and then have the damage be on their hands when we switch back.

[islandshore]

Heh, so ignorance is bliss in this case, huh?

Well, what are you gonna do in the mean time? Lay low? Hope this blows over?

[crouching_sin]

I think so.

... Get dressed. Go out. Try to eat and deal with things and offer to pay back what I've spent. I don't know if she has a job, I should check.

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[ladywithnovoice]

Then that's my body. My Gardevoir and Chatot should be able to help you communicate with other people. Their Pokeballs are the ones in my jacket pocket, so you don't have to worry about going through all of them to find those two.

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[crouching_sin]

All right. My Gardevoir should be nearby to where you are. I tend to let her out fairly early since she likes helping with baking. Her name is Alice.

She'll probably be able to tell right away that you're not me, but if you show her this conversation she'll probably be all right. She can read just fine, and she likes people.

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[ladywithnovoice]

I'll be sure to let her know then. Help and Switch are my Gardevoir and Chatot.

Is it alright if I ask you something a little personal?

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[crouching_sin]

All right.

You might as well at this point. You are walking a mile in my shoes.

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[ladywithnovoice]

[It takes a few minutes before the reply comes.]

How do you use the bathroom?

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[crouching_sin]

[... A detailed but clinical response goes here, because the mun is seriously not writing that.]

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[ladywithnovoice]

[He had to have known it was coming.]

Thanks. It's going to have to take a little getting used to. Everything feels off now- my height, the length of my limb, I even keep getting startled by my hair.

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[crouching_sin]

[He did. Still.]

Well, it's been a few decades since I've been a woman, so I was somewhat surprised as well.

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[ladywithnovoice]

You’ve been in this kind of situation before?

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[crouching_sin]

Not exactly, but I've had past lives as a woman.

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[ladywithnovoice]

I’ve heard of that, but I never knew whether to believe it or not. I guess you’re one piece of evidence for it, however. Do you still feel out of sorts each time it happens?

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[crouching_sin]

It might not exist in your world - I only know it exists in mine.

And yes, somewhat. It's also irritating to have to grow up every single time.

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[ladywithnovoice]

I can imagine. Besides having to deal with things like puberty again, there’s probably all the mundane stuff too, isn’t there?

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[crouching_sin]

Yes. Too many firsts that aren't actually firsts.

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[ladywithnovoice]

Does that make it boring to go through with living?

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[crouching_sin]

It does, often enough. People tend to get boring after a while.

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[ladywithnovoice]

How do you cope?

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[crouching_sin]

Ignore them when I can, deal with them when I can't. I've had a project going for the last hundred years or so, but not anymore.

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[ladywithnovoice]

Sounds like it was a big project.

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[crouching_sin]

It was. It didn't end as planned, unfortunately.

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[ladywithnovoice]

That happens. At least now you’re here. It’s not so bad, is it?

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[crouching_sin]

No, it's not. It's rather peaceful, present shenanigans excluded.

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[ladywithnovoice]

At least it seems like they’re shenanigans you’re used to in this case.