Video 03 → This Isn't Funny, By The Way

[irregular]

[This is supposed to be filtered from Youji and Loki. It's not.]

[Ken is in his bedroom. The room is dark save for the light provided by a desk lamp, and he sits cross-legged on the bed dressed in an oversized sweater and jeans. Despite the heavy clothing and the hunched posture it's quite obvious that something is off, and it's not just the bruises and band-aids.]

Um. This happens a lot, right? And it wears off?

['This' being the bit where Ken is quite clearly a girl, and nobody's yet told her there are limits to the sins an oversized sweater can disguise. Clearly the bruises aren't the half of it. As to exactly how this happened, suffice it to say that Ken is not exactly Loki's number one fan right now...

[She looks guiltily about herself for no readily explicable reason, then relaxes.]

... how long does it take?

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[snark-pants.livejournal.com]

[Unfortunately, Kyon is speaking from experience (http://snark-pants.livejournal.com/3766.html), Ken. 8|b]

It lasts for a week, at most.

[highwarlockmb.livejournal.com]

How long does what take?

[popstar]

The fighting? [She's saying this because of the band-aids.]

...Or am I missing something?

Did someone order some brainbreak?

[un-forgetting.livejournal.com]

...Injuries like that will take longer than a week, Miss. [Here's a very polite brunette, and he seems rather confused and he looks very familiar even given he's clearly way too young--]

[unfearful.livejournal.com]

[Huh, this person looks kind of familiar, but Dominic can't quite place why. Brb, checking the ID--]

... Well. Um.]

... Ken Hidaka?

[cuore-di-nebbia.livejournal.com]

Yes. [She got older, instead of being a boy, but she sorta understands.]

[insorrow.livejournal.com]

Yeah. Hi...

[Well that spares him the explanation. Ken manages a weak smile.]

You okay?

With a side order of WTF, yes~ let's see if Ken can't make matters worse

[insorrow.livejournal.com]

Oh, it's okay, I know these are gonna take a while. You got any idea about the other thing?

[Here is Ken very much not recognizing you, Naoya.]

[insorrow.livejournal.com]

Being a girl. How long does it take?

[highwarlockmb.livejournal.com]

Never had that problem. {mouth curved. this just never gets old, the random sex swaps or the age regression. he only vaguely wondered about the pattern and the cause}

How'd you manage that?

[insorrow.livejournal.com]

A week?

[It's doubtful if she sounds horrified or relieved. On the one hand, a week. On the other... well, a week.]

Well... that's... something I guess. You've seen this happen?

[insorrow.livejournal.com]

Um. Well. My name's Ken, if that gives it away.

[unfearful.livejournal.com]

[Fortunately, Dominic's seen similar cases, so it doesn't take him long to deduce what happened.]

Ah... yeah.

[A pause]

... Let me guess: a card?

[popstar]

[Okay, blinking for now. She had talked about this before to Minato but this is the first time she had actually seen it.]

No way! You're a guy?!

[insorrow.livejournal.com]

How does it happen? Things got kinda... confusing for a while. [She rubs at her forehead.] I don't really remember that good.

[insorrow.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I'm a guy.

[Or... meant to be one, anyway. Big sigh.]

Usually. This happen a lot around here?

[insorrow.livejournal.com]

You ain't missing much. And Loki happened. I dunno how much was him and how much was this place being goddamn nuts.

[insorrow.livejournal.com]

It's... kinda a long story. Pretty sure there was a card in there somewhere, though.

[She hesitates for a second.]

You mean that bit really wasn't Loki?

[popstar]

[Have an annoyed Rise. Ignoring your question for now!]

No fair! You're supposed to be a guy and you've got a bigger chest than I do!

[unfearful.livejournal.com]

[On one hand, Dominic's kind of pissed at Loki for everything. On the other hand, he's relieved that Loki didn't kill Ken (which probably meant that he was just trying to mess with Dominic, which serves to annoy him further).]

No, there are cards here that can do strange things to people. Turning into a girl is just one of the possible effects.

[insorrow.livejournal.com]

What?!

[OH GOD FLUSTERED. Ken drops the Dreamberry, looks down at himself, blushes furiously and crosses his arms over his chest, hunching over.]

It's not like I asked for it! It gets in the way!

[insorrow.livejournal.com]

Oh. Well... that explains what all that was about, then.

[She looks relieved. At least if it's Somarium throwing another curveball at him, it means she doesn't have to go find Loki again and get him to change her back. Which she somehow doubts she could at that.]

So it's normal round here?

[unfearful.livejournal.com]

Well, I'm not sure if you'd call it 'normal,' but it's been known to happen occasionally, yes.

[insorrow.livejournal.com]

I'll take 'been known to happen', 's good enough for me.

[Ken slumps back onto the bed, ending up rather more horizontal than previous. She's still feeling pretty dizzy and sore, and lying down helps.]

Oh, remind me to kill Loki anyway?

[THIS IS A JOKE. Mostly.]

[unfearful.livejournal.com]

... Could I ask what he did?

[Don't worry, Dominic can empathize with being trolled.]