[FF] When You Wake Up In Another's Body. (Open)

Aura woke and and sat up, she knew somthing was off, it had to be, she normally could feel her Aura in her mind, it was the first thing she made sure of when she woke.Shooting up her feet she brought her hand up defencively looking around for a threat. She saw none but the room was strange it was not hers, it was brighter and more cheerful and with much more computer equipment. Then she cought a look at herself in the mirror. She was male, she reconized herself as David, tilting her head in confustion she tried to figure out how this happoned. Had david learned to switch minds with others, it seemed unlikely but so did becomming male over night. She knew no one with this kind of power and why would anyone bother unless to get information against the order, if that was the case, then she might have to do the same, who would beleive she was really Aura anyway, well maybe meld. In any case if she found the person who did this to her she would certainly hav to amke them pay, she did her best to calm down realizeing she would be unable to relax her faverite way like this.

Was this his room, the do gooder would live in a place like this. True he had helped them rob a bank and becuse he had proven himself Aura spared her surrounding a thrashing, not that she could right now anyway. Looking out the window she quickly realized she was ina mansion of some sort, one she ahd not seen before. She saw a few Mutant children playing in the yard, laughing and having a good time.Rummageing through the room she reliazed she was at the mansion or at least it said it was. She was having to assume a lot here, she knew nether why or how this had happoned, still she had to remain calm and figure this out even if it was a trap, calm and pationt would be the key to comming out of this on top, but she, or rather he would need a wepaon of some sort.

Questiones raced through her mind as she sat at the computer desk, Aura realized that she might have an oppertunity here, a way of gathering information for the order, on the various strengths and weaknesses of the people here as well as their defences. Auras head jerked to the side as she ehard somthing say you've got mail. But as quickly as it came it was gone, chalking itnup to the images that normally huanted her. She also realized she was far more vulnrable then her body, after all

Walking out into the hallway a girl ran into her knocking his now taller body back, then she tripped unused to the centor of gravity being diffrent in this body. Looking over the other girl, she did not reconize she stood up and looked around to try and see what the girl needed help from, she calle dout to her Aura only to hear somthing about hot singels in her Area. Only now did she consider the idea she might be dreaming, but this seemed much to real and becides if it was a dream why not see whare it played out. "Are you ok?" she asked concearned forgetting the body she had as she looked at the girl, trying to be helpful to her.

No matter what Aura would need to make the best of this and do what she could to get back to her body failing that, she would need to try and gather all the information she could get for the Order, for her Lady Syn. No matter the body no matter the pain oyelty was life and the thing that matterd more then anything else.

Aura was a bit slow to get up, she felt so naked without her powers, the body mattered littile. Her Aura was a part of her and it was almost like missing a limb not having it. She was getting really sick of aol adds as well, they had been playing in her head over and over for the last few minutes. She recalled David needed meld and Aura to help him rob the back, he seemed to have no powers in terms of aggression and that left Aura feeling vulnerable. This girl he ran into was cute, although it was hardly the time to admire her. She had seen a lot of Mutant powers in her time, but none like this, it was a horrably powerful power to have, after all if you could switch bodys you would never be arrested or killed, it was ina sence immortality.

Aura listened to her words, and smiled a bit both on the outside and on the incide, things still made no sence at all, however she was not the only one stuck in another's body. She was guessing anyway, after all the girl had come running shrieking help, with nothing following her that she could see and then she asked a question about waking up in another's body. Maybe this would have seemed insane to some one else, but Aura was experiencing the same issue and took internal comfort that some one else was having the same issue. If that was the case then how many other had this issue, and was David in her body, she wondered, had they switched places? She really hoped this was not permanent. Options flew through her mind unsure how to proceed, she was never the greatest spy, but maybe she could still be useful with this bulky body.

Did she tell the girl the truth that she was stuck in another's body as well? it seemed unlikely she could make anyone believe she was david, once people sorted out what was happening they would be on the look out for people not acting right. So that plan was likely foolish, still if she told them who she really was then their was a strong possabillity of finding herself in a cell with only aol and viagra adds to keep her busy. She said nothing for a few moments as she picked her mind for what to do, then she shrugged her shoulders slightly. "You really lie fairly poorly" she said her voice sounding deeper and more serious then she intended. Aura had no idea what kind of work would have you to a report on something like this."Another person might think your insane or fall for that, but unfortunately i am in the same boat you are. I Woke up in this...... mans body and since it sounds like that is what happened to you, im guessing the issue is likely spread to others as well. We must remain calm and collected and figure out what happoned to our bodys" he said still sounding overly serious, though Aura was trying to ajust the voice.

"My name...My real name is Jessica.....O-reily" she said her hand going to run through her hair but it only combed air. "What do we do now though, we could ask others about this, but they might think we are nuts if no one else is going through this, did you live here? If we track down whare you lat recall being before you fell asleep, we might well be able to find your body and reverse it" she said figuring she would pick up her own body a long the way. She did not believe the girl to be a sanctuary resident and whoever she switched with likely was, as was david. "Still the real question si who is powerful enough to do somthing like this and why, im not even that important" she said honestly. She was a simply solider, "At least your stilla girl" she said with a small giggle, trying to comfort the other girl.

Meld carefully made her way out of her room a hand, clawed and furred which she would have found fascinating if not for her present circumstances, braced against the wall for balance. She wasn't quite steady on her feet, the strange vision starting to cause her a slight headache, but as long as she kept her hand on the wall she thought she would be ok. It was times like these that she realized just how much she relied on her vision, static and perfect as it was.

All seemed to be well as Meld slowly made her way down the hallway, or at least well as could be expected seeing as how she was trapped in another person's body and was having trouble even being able to walk properly. And then, out of the corner of her eye, she saw a flash of movement. Before she even knew what had caused it or what it was she dashed in the opposite direction of the flash and rand into someone, causing her to tumble to the ground in a heap of fur. The pain of the fall took her breath away and for a moment she couldn't speak. Although the tumble had been minor and the pain even more so, even that small amount of pain was breathtaking to one who hadn't felt the slightest amount of pain for nearly 4 years. And she hated it.

After a few moments Meld got back in control of herself and looked around at who she had run into. "I'm so sorry," she apologized, or at least that's what she had meant to say, and then shut her mouth abruptly. That most certainly was not her voice and the words came out garbled, it being difficult to properly enunciate words around her new found teeth and longer facial structure. "I'm so sorry," she tried again, this time more successfully. The words were still not entirely clear but at least if she spoke slowly she was comprehensible.

It was at this moment that Meld noticed David and seeing a familiar face, even if they had only worked together once, brought Meld a profound sense of comfort and relief. And, if she was fortunate, this might even be something that David would be able to help her figure out. After all, his power had something to do with computers and she knew enough about computers and the internet to know that there was a lot of knowledge to be had there. Maybe, just maybe, he would be able to tap into some obscure web page, or however his power worked she really wasn't entirely sure, and come up with some magic solution to her current problem.

"David, I am so glad to see you, something terrible has happened. Or maybe terrible isn't the right word for it, but something very strange and possibly dangerous." She had to struggle to keep her words slow and understandable, even though the more she spoke the more the rising sense of panic in the back of her mind began trying to creep up on her. "I think I've somehow been transformed into a cat person or maybe stolen a cat person's body or something. I don't know what the hell is going on and I hoped you would be able to tell me something." She took a deep breath, realizing that her hands were starting to shake and that she was still on the ground.

Audrey stood casually, leaning a little against the wall in case she lost balance due to fear, or in case someone decided it would be nice to bump into her. She was watching as this David!Jessica person went into some kind of trance. It was so deep, she didn't even seem to notice when Audrey had spoken about the Telekinesis, not to mention when the vase had collapsed. What was wrong? And then that's when it happened, from behind Jessica, a large fluffy and golden cat woman came crashing into David. That did it, and the woman inside him came back to reality. "What's wrong?" Audrey asked Jessica about her lack of attention these past few minutes. She was about to add something else but the Kitty cat woman started speaking.

Was it just Audrey, or did she seem confused? As if she wasn't in her own body? The plan was working very well without having Jessica and herself do much woirk. Their theory was rather quickly confirmed. Kitty cat girl here was also someone who'd switched bodies. It was interesting, maybe there was more people... "Yes, I'm Audrey. she told Jessica. "I live a few blocks away near Times Square. I woke up this morning in my friend's body without any reason. I don't think it's a Mutant who is doing this. At least if it is, it sure has to be a damn well powerful one." she suggested to the two of them. Telling their theories was the best way to start gathering clues.

Audrey simply listened as Jessica talked about random things like her skunk Solkat. What did that have to do with anything? Although this was getting them nowhere, she decided to wait. When she was done speaking, Audrey went on with what she'd been thinking about as a theory. "Okay, so let's get to business shall we? We know for a fact that something is wrong and Mutants are suddenly changing bodies with others. I figured we could walk around and try to find people we know that live here... Or people we know that are stuck in the body. What do you guys say?" That sounded fair enough.

"Nothing is wrong, this body it seems to wnat to connect to the internet all the time. I keep hearing pop up adds in my mind. It's distracting and a bit disorientating but i should be all right" she said a lie really, she was trying to figure out Davids powers so that she could use them. Both becuse she wanted to understand how to use them to defend herself and to capitilize on a golden oppertunity. "So are we still in new york?" she asked tilting her head a bit confused. If it wa sbeleived she came from Canada figuring out who she was would get harder, and she needed time and an alias certainly so, if she met david, assuming he was alive.

"Can't say i do, im failry sure were not near whare i live" she said looking out the window. "Makes you wonder just how far it pulled people from" she said considering this might be more then city wide, though not so far from she had seen. "We need to get some control over these new powers as well, more so with fluffy" she said of the cat woman, her voice one more of concearns he was beginning to get the hang of the voice. "visable mutants get attacked more often, well each of us might be able to defend against that in our own bodies....." she let it hang, trying to punctuate the need to be careful. It was also a refelction of her own worries, she felt so very vulnrable.

Rubbing her head she stopped for a moment her eyes lsoeing focus as she drifted back online. It wa shard to maintain still but with concentration she could pull up webpages. Checking the news she gazed over it quickly before her eyes quickly opened again, she was sweating she realized. "Whatever this is, it had not hit yahoo news yet" she said rubbing her head again, she assumed it was her lack of skill with the power that was the biggest issue. "wow thats a rough ride" she said with a smile.

In truth the power drain was minamel, it took a lot of concentration, but the power was mental like her own. Only this was sort of like floating in a sea of information. It was confuseing and hard to stay focussed on a single page, but she was beginning to figure things out, still with the concentration it took, the power was worthless in combat, she needed a gun or somthing, maybe a bat to feel a bit more secure.

Meld wondered if Aura had caught the reference of her name and hoped that she had. It would make things far easier that way but even if she hadn't she vowed that at some time she would get Aura alone and away from inquisitive ears. If she knew her friend as well as she thought she did, then Meld was sure that she was going to try and take advantage of this situation, bizarre though it was, and find out as much as she possibly could about the enemy and possibly even do more than mere information gathering. For her own part Meld had more than a slight inclination towards information gathering as well. She wasn't quite so certain that those in the mansion were enemies, at least not all of them, but it could never be remiss to have knowledge. There was, after all, no small amount of power that could be gained through proper application of the right bits of knowledge.

"I've been here before," Meld stated. She began wandering up and down the corridor, almost pacing, trying to get used to her new way of seeing the world. It wasn't so difficult, really, it just wasn't what she was used to. In a few days she was fairly sure she would be proficient enough in its use to get by without any great trouble, although it would likely take far longer to be able to rely upon it in the context of a fight. She hoped, however, that she wouldn't remain in this strange body long enough for that to become an issue.

"Nice to meet you as well," Meld replied without making any attempt to shake hands. She knew neither who this person was nor what kind of powers she possessed and, all things considered, physical contact didn't seem the most intelligent option. In addition to the stranger being a potential threat, she had no idea about the strengths and vulnerabilities of her new form.

"This is the Mansion," Meld affirmed, nodding. Nodding was a mistake, as it turned out, and she wavered on her feet a moment before catching herself. Yes, that would definitely take some getting used to. "I'm fine walking outside if need be." Her present form wasn't all that much more visible than her her usual form, but there was no reason for the other girl to know that. "But I think you're right, this would be the best place to start. We need to find out what's going on, why this has happened and, most importantly, how we fix it." Her voice was strong and sure, giving no hint to any doubts that she might be feeling. "I believe I speak for all of us in saying that getting our own bodies back should be our top priority."

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When Jessica mentioned alternate reality, it got Audrey thinking. This could very well be an Alternate reality, they’d have to go outside to find out more though. Maybe Audrey could do that after the three managed to separate. Audrey was hungry too… Maybe breakfast at a Café nearby would help her sort things out. Anything to get out of the Mansion, a place, she told herself, that only attracted trouble. So far, New York only attracted her trouble! More then Louisiana at least, which was hard to believe after everything that had happened in her life down South. Anyway, she made a mental note to go around the City at places she’d visited. Maybe drop by Full Circle and see if Ghost was there, or find Ghost here.

”Okay, right. Hopefully we can fix it.” she said, leaning against the wall and looking around. The vase she’d shattered earlier was quivering a little as she concentrated. She could always get a little practice with Shana’s ability, just in case this was more or less a long-term thing. She really hoped not, but still it would be good that things stayed on the ground when she walked by. In more ways then not, Telekinesis was going to be a lot better then her old Shape shifting powers. She had no doubts about that part.

"This place does seem safe; I mentioned that because I have seen Mutants attacked for walking down the street made of glue and the like. Still most people are kind decent people and we should be safe together"

”I know, but what some Mutants do don’t help the cause.” she muttered, remembering a few short weeks ago when two Order people had attacked a Human for simply bashing on Mutants. Sure, what the Jeweler had said wasn’t right either, but it wasn’t fair for him to be attacked for it! It had been good that Jewel and herself had been there during Aura and the strange-looking girl’s stupid attack. Sure, Audrey had been hurt pretty badly, but DocProf, the man who worked at the Infirmary, was a Miracle worker.

”I don’t know much more then you do about who to trust, but where to start? I think going around the Mansion is a good idea.” Then Jess asked about a cell phone. ”Oh, I don’t know, my cell phone is in my back pocket in my own body back home. Can’t you use David’s power? I’m not sure if you can pull it off yet, but it’s worth a try.” She wasn’t sure if Shana had a cell phone, as Audrey checked for pockets in Shana’s PJs, she thought of maybe getting dressed. Also, maybe having a look around the blue-haired girl’s room could help make sense of things, maybe…

”You guys go ahead; I’ll catch up in five. I’ll just put on some clothes and see if I can find some clues in Shana’s room.” She watched as Jessica started walking down the other corridor, and then gazed at the Kitty girl. ”Are you sure you're okay? You seem off-balanced.” Sure, being in another's body was disorienting, but weren't cats good with agility?