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I'M GOING TO KEEP THIS SHORT AND TO THE POINT.
AS EVERYONE WITH TWO BRAIN CELLS TO RUB TOGETHER HAS SURELY NOTICED BY NOW, THERE'S A BODY SWAP CURSE GOING ON.
ERIDAN AND I SWAPPED, SO IF YOU SEE MY BODY RUNNING AROUND, THAT'S HIM
AND IT MEANS THAT I LOOK LIKE
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LET ME JUST SHOW YOU.

[Click, video! Instead of the usual short guy with nubby horns, there's a taller troll with fins, glasses, and a hair streak. Those who know Eridan should recognize him, of course, along with the fact that his hair is much messier than normal. Lastly, he's ditched cape and scarf alike, because they're stupid accessories.]

[Oh, and there's a scar over his right eye.]

Fins, lightning horns, and e--[Ahem. His fins lower.]--all that. And I'm going to get some actual jeans to wear this week instead a being stuck in this striped monstrosity. Anyway, the important thing--

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I NEED TO KNOW WHO HAS GAMZEE'S BODY.
IF YOU NEED A DESCRIPTION, HE'S ALSO A TROLL, MEANING GREY SKIN, HORNS, YELLOW EYES, ETC.
THINK TALL AND LANKY WITH MESSY HAIR AND LONG, SLIGHTLY TWISTING HORNS.
YOU'LL PROBABLY HAVE CLOWN-STYLE FACE PAINT ON, TOO.
HE HAS AN ADDICTION TO MANAGE, AND IT WILL BE ON BOTH OUR HEADS IF I DON'T SET YOU STRAIGHT ON HOW IT WORKS
SO CONTACT ME ASAP, NO EXCUSES.

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_{[HE KNOWS THAT FEEL, BRO. Except he's seriously digging the new outfit and body. It's not like he fancies Faris or anything, shush]}

Eri--Karkat?! You guys, uh... Do you feel any different?

What do you think? I'm taller and I'm a sea dweller now, and I'm blind in one eye. Of course I feel different.

Now who are you? I can't read minds and appearance tells me nothing.

Oh, just a Nobody who lives next to you! Well, unless you moved recently--I've sorta been hopping between that house and my friend's lately since Lea disappeared.

Demyx?

[Who else, really.]

No, I hawen't mowed--

[He cringes, face and fins alike. Damn this speech impediment.]

I still li--fuck. I'm still in the same place, him too. Whose body are you stuck with, if you know?

Phew. I was kinda worried cuz I haven't been around the house 'cept to feed the fish and all that.

_{[And then he pauses. Man, how does he even explain this?]}

I'm pretty sure me 'n Faris ended up getting switched around. It's happened to me before a couple years ago but it's a lot better this time around!

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[And here comes one of the only ones so far who is taking this curse surprisingly well!]

Looks as if you lucked out in a way.

No shit. Better someone I know get stuck with my body instead a someone I don't or don't trust. Getting stuck in a stranger's body would be a pain in the nook, too.

Now, same question I asked the other person: who are you?

It would, but in a way it would give you a reason to meet someone new, but that's implying that the someone you were switched with was a stranger or something like that and not someone you dislike or already know.

I'll cut to the chase, I have a strong feeling that you're not up to the guessing game that I had going with Lysunder. It's Aradia.

Trust me, I'm not looking to make new friends that particular way. Or enemies, or anything else. This way I don't ha--need to worry about my body or the other way around.

[He snorts.]

Then you're prudent in your foresight. If you tried to pull that kinda thing I woulda hung up on you.

Alright, alright, I understand.

[Yeah... there's a bit of a smirk in response to that snort.]

And that's why I didn't do it, Mister No Fun. [She slightly sticks her tongue out at that.]

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...At least we know the people we've switched with. I can't imagine how other people must be doing right now in a stranger's body.

[A beat before she realizes, right, she switched bodies too. With a guy, to boot.]

It's Maka. My doofy boyfriend and I switched, too.

Maka? It's weird hearing you speak with a w--fucking speech. Hearing you sound like someone I don't personally know.

But that's the exact thing. There aren't many others I'd trust with my body, and switching for this one is probably one a the easier options. Despite being half-blind.

Well, here--[click! The video turns on to show an unfamiliar (to Karkat at least) boy waving a tail at him to say hello.] I didn't exactly want you to meet Rin like THIS, but I guess there's no choice.

[Then she flicks the screen back off and goes back to voice.]

Then it's okay, right? Well, I mean, it's not okay-okay, but it could be a lot worse. There are going to be issues with me being in a boy's body, I just know it.

He has a tail?

[It's a thing worth noticing when she's waving it at him.]

That's basically my point, though. I'd trust you not to do anything weird with my body if we got swapped, for instance, but - no offense - I wouldn't want to be stuck with a girl's body all week.

Yeah, he's only half human, long story. Other half is demon.

I think boy anatomy is going to be weird enough to figure out, I doubt trying to figure out troll or human anatomy for either of us would work out well.

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Is this the part where we all aww over how cute the two of you are?

SCREW OFF, STRIDER.
IT'S NOT "CUTE", AND I WILL ADAMANTLY REFUSE TO ANSWER ANYTHING FROM YOU IF YOU CALL IT THAT.
DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ACTUALLY IMPORTANT TO CONTRIBUTE?

Vantas, it seems you have not yet learned a valuable lesson.
And after last time, I thought you would have caught on.
Do you honestly think that telling me not to do something will result in anything other than a renewed assault of that very thing?
Think back to the recent past.
It will provide you with a perfectly clear answer.

Can't say I know where he is, though.
Harley and I seem to have switched.

SO YOU'RE STILL PLAYING THE I'M-AN-INSUFFERABLE-PRICK-BECAUSE-I-CAN-BE ROUTE.
HOW UTTERLY FUCKING MATURE.
BUT I GUESS YOU ARE DAVE'S BROTHER AFTER ALL, WITH AS MUCH OF A PAIN IN THE ASS AS HE WAS
AS IF THE DOUCHEBAG SHADES WEREN'T TIP-OFF ENOUGH.
JUST TAKE GOOD CARE OF HER BODY WHILE YOU'RE IN IT, STRIDER
I ACTUALLY CONSIDER HER A FRIEND AND I HAVE ENOUGH TO DISLIKE ABOUT YOU WITHOUT DISRESPECT TO YOUR TEAMMATE'S EARTH GRANDMA'S PRE-SCRATCH INCARNATION
IF I'M REMEMBERING THINGS RIGHT
TO ADD TO THE LIST.

There is about a .5% chance that you will ever find me not playing this route for all it's worth.
Don't worry, I'm protecting her maidenly virtue.
Regardless of your opinion of me, I would not actually sink low enough to do things to a body I'm borrowing for a week.

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Heheh, fins look good on you, Karkat!

... God, it's weird hearing Gamzee talk like a normal person.

But how is it that all but one person lacks the sense to tell me who they actually are in the first message? You morons are only making this more difficult for the both of us, you know.

Now who are you? Apparently you know me, but that tells me functionally nothing. I need to get you up to date on the schedule for sopor slime consumption, because this is not something you can afford to slack on or just "forget" to do. And if you don't know what that is, I'll need to explain it and ewerything.

Oh! Sorry, I got distracted by your fins! It's Feferi, who else?

... Oh.

[Well, that's easier.]

For all I know it could hawe been a more complicated chain. Just because Eridan and I switched doesn't make me trust the scientists to do it the easy way for e--fuck it, you're used to his speech impediment--eweryone else.

But you know the situation, right? Regular slime intake is part of what keeps Gamzee stable, but there's a schedule to when he takes it, and a certain direction to how much. Enough to perform the desired function, but not so much it leawes him too out of it or more forgetful than usual. I giwe him regular reminders, so I could just as easily do the same for you if you hawe any worries that you might not be able to recall the schedule consistently, or else until you get it sufficiently memorized.

[ Feferi reaches off camera, and holds up a little day-of-the-week pill box. ]

Karkat, please! I am so already on top of this!

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