It was the screaming of the devils and an oddly familiar female voice that woke Gogo. She stirred for a moment, the vague idea that it might be Yuki floating across her mind - but that was silly. Her sister wouldn't squeal as stupidly as that, like she was actually scared...
It took her a moment to realise that things felt a little - odd. In her time in Hogwarts, Gogo had been transformed both into a man and a small child (though not both at once) so the feeling of being in a different body didn't panic her too much.
Prying an eye open to find herself in a room that wasn't her own, face pressed into a teddy that wasn't even pink, did. Gogo sat up quickly.
Then she took a proper look at the toy.
"... Squee-kun?" She looked around. It was definitely Squee's room, but her little friend wasn't there! What had happened to him? He didn't go anywhere without his (not-very-cute at all) teddy, but it was right here, and Squee didn't even know how to hold a sword and if someone had stolen him she'd have to find them and CUT OFF ALL THEIR FINGERS.
It's with this thought in mind that Gogo jumps out of bed on her suddenly-tiny legs, grabbing Shmee and heading to her room to get some weaponry.
Squee had finally stopped screaming in order to catch his breath, and was now gasping for air. The devils had stopped yowling a few minutes ago, and were giving him identical puzzled stares.
When he saw himself walk into the room carrying Shmee, he tried to make a familiar squeak of terror with an unfamiliar set of vocal cords, and came up with something that sounded like "SqueEEEeeK!"
"U-Um..." he gulped. Oh jeez, what if he'd been CLONED, the stupid aliens from back home had finally gotten into Hogwarts and they'd stolen his BRAIN and put him in Gogo's body (if he'd been thinking clearly at this point, he would've wondered how the aliens had gotten past Gogo with all their limbs intact) and now they'd made a CLONE and the clone had Shmee and what was he gonna do?!
"Are you a clone? Or a robot or something?" he quavered.
That was HER body, but it was wearing the sort of expression people wore when she was about to smash a manriki into their skull, and the words coming out of her - it's? - mouth were odd-sounding. Her voice, but the words were... shaped differently, somehow.
Gogo's new kitten, Toad-chu, wandered over to sniff at her quizzically. Gogo was glaring now. "No. What are you doing in my body?" The Japanese accent she thought in and the... WHATEVER accent of this body clashed horribly, and she growled in frustration, fingers tightening on Shmee's arm.
"What're you doing in mine?" he shot back, grabbing hold of one of the pink pillows behind him and holding it in front of him like an ineffeciant body shield. Seeing himself glaring at... er, himself was too bizzare and unsettling for words.
Wait a second... that glare looked kind of familiar...
"... Gogo?"
*Ow! Hey, watch it!*
Squee jerked, and shot the bear a nervous look. "Umm... if you're Gogo, could you let go of Shmee? You're hurting his arm and it'd be nice if you let go even if you aren't Gogo and you're really a robot or something, too."
Gogo jumped, dropping the teddy with a start when she heard... what must have been someone standing behind her, or --
There was no one there.
"What was that?" she demanded, leaving the teddy to Toad-chu's inquisitive nosing. "And what do you mean? I'm IN my body, I just... you must be in one that looks like it, because I've been changed into a kid again..." Her voice became more and more uncertain, and really, that just made her more angry.
It was horrible, not having as much as a knife on her.
"That was just Shmee." Squee paused, then gave Gogo a surprised look. "...You mean you heard him?"
*Okay, Squee? What the HELL is going on here? And get this cat off me already, it's poking around in my head-stitches.* Squee carefully stepped off the bed and slowly made his way towards the bear, holding onto the bedframe for balance. It was weird, having such long legs.
"But it's my body! You've even got my pajamas! And... and I think I have yours, and I don't know what's going on at all."
Gogo, of course, still hadn't seen the body she was inhabiting; all she knew was that she was in a very small body, probably a child's. She darted to the dressing table, pulling herself up onto the seat to peer into the mirror. Squee's reflection peered back. "... I won't have to cut off anyone's fingers after all," she commented, turning back to - herself? Squee? Oh, this was confusing...
Squee snatched Shmee up and practically dove back onto Gogo's bed, curling up into a tight ball with the bear clutched to his chest like a life preserver.
"Yes he did," his reply was slightly muffled, since he was speaking into the blankets. "nobody else used to hear him, though. I guess it's 'cause you're -- you were gonna cut off someone's fingers?"
"Is that why you always carry him with you?" Walking a little awkwardly in the tiny body, Gogo walked to her bed, pulling herself up onto it. So odd, to see herself COWERING like that...
"If someone had kidnapped you, yes. That happens sometimes." A suspicious look. "Are you sure you're Squee?"
Squee nodded into the blankets. "He's my friend." That explained everything, really. He carefully pushed himself up onto his elbows, then managed to sit up all the way and turned to face Gogo. Er... himself. This was so weird...
"Um... I don't think there're any kidnapper-people here..." he ventured, twitching slightly at the repressed memories of what had happened the last time he'd almost been kidnapped ("It's Tuesday, and you know what that means... UFOs!!!") "And... I don't think I'm anybody else?" Unless the aliens really HAD scrambled his brains...
Squee's explanation did explain a lot - Gogo was at base a pack animal, after all, and her pack usually consisted of friends. But still... "Why do only you hear him? Lots of things speak here." She reached over and prodded Shmee in the belly.
"I could ask you something that only the real Squee-kun would know," Gogo suggested. But it did SOUND like Squee. Well. Apart from the fact that it was her voice. And her body. In her room. Apart from all that, it seemed just like him.
Squee frowned thoughtfully. He'd never really tried to analyze the Shmee thing before. Shmee talked and stopped the bad stuff in his nightmares, Squee heard him, and that was that. "I dunno. I've just always heard him. My daddy didn't believe me when I told him Shmee talked, and nobody at Scool heard him either."
*Watch it, lady.* the bear growled at the stomach-poking. Squee gave Gogo an apologetic look.
*If I did, then would I be talking to you right now?* Squee gave the bear a Look. "Don't be mean, Shmee, she just asked a question." And then, to Gogo, "Um. Sorry. I think he's kind of weirded-out, and he's being all grouchy and snarky." If Gogo listened, she'd feel the impression of Shmee rolling his eyes and making a sort of 'nag, nag, nag' paw-gesture.
Squee went white. Just when he thought he'd escaped the manriki lessons!! "B-but... if I mess up then I might squish your head by accident! And you'd be stuck in my body, or... or if we switched back then you'd have a squished head and I don't want to squish your head!"
It took her a moment to realise that things felt a little - odd. In her time in Hogwarts, Gogo had been transformed both into a man and a small child (though not both at once) so the feeling of being in a different body didn't panic her too much.
Prying an eye open to find herself in a room that wasn't her own, face pressed into a teddy that wasn't even pink, did. Gogo sat up quickly.
Then she took a proper look at the toy.
"... Squee-kun?" She looked around. It was definitely Squee's room, but her little friend wasn't there! What had happened to him? He didn't go anywhere without his (not-very-cute at all) teddy, but it was right here, and Squee didn't even know how to hold a sword and if someone had stolen him she'd have to find them and CUT OFF ALL THEIR FINGERS.
It's with this thought in mind that Gogo jumps out of bed on her suddenly-tiny legs, grabbing Shmee and heading to her room to get some weaponry.
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When he saw himself walk into the room carrying Shmee, he tried to make a familiar squeak of terror with an unfamiliar set of vocal cords, and came up with something that sounded like "SqueEEEeeK!"
"U-Um..." he gulped. Oh jeez, what if he'd been CLONED, the stupid aliens from back home had finally gotten into Hogwarts and they'd stolen his BRAIN and put him in Gogo's body (if he'd been thinking clearly at this point, he would've wondered how the aliens had gotten past Gogo with all their limbs intact) and now they'd made a CLONE and the clone had Shmee and what was he gonna do?!
"Are you a clone? Or a robot or something?" he quavered.
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Still staring.
That was HER body, but it was wearing the sort of expression people wore when she was about to smash a manriki into their skull, and the words coming out of her - it's? - mouth were odd-sounding. Her voice, but the words were... shaped differently, somehow.
Gogo's new kitten, Toad-chu, wandered over to sniff at her quizzically. Gogo was glaring now. "No. What are you doing in my body?" The Japanese accent she thought in and the... WHATEVER accent of this body clashed horribly, and she growled in frustration, fingers tightening on Shmee's arm.
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Wait a second... that glare looked kind of familiar...
"... Gogo?"
*Ow! Hey, watch it!*
Squee jerked, and shot the bear a nervous look. "Umm... if you're Gogo, could you let go of Shmee? You're hurting his arm and it'd be nice if you let go even if you aren't Gogo and you're really a robot or something, too."
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There was no one there.
"What was that?" she demanded, leaving the teddy to Toad-chu's inquisitive nosing. "And what do you mean? I'm IN my body, I just... you must be in one that looks like it, because I've been changed into a kid again..." Her voice became more and more uncertain, and really, that just made her more angry.
It was horrible, not having as much as a knife on her.
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*Okay, Squee? What the HELL is going on here? And get this cat off me already, it's poking around in my head-stitches.* Squee carefully stepped off the bed and slowly made his way towards the bear, holding onto the bedframe for balance. It was weird, having such long legs.
"But it's my body! You've even got my pajamas! And... and I think I have yours, and I don't know what's going on at all."
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Gogo, of course, still hadn't seen the body she was inhabiting; all she knew was that she was in a very small body, probably a child's. She darted to the dressing table, pulling herself up onto the seat to peer into the mirror. Squee's reflection peered back. "... I won't have to cut off anyone's fingers after all," she commented, turning back to - herself? Squee? Oh, this was confusing...
"Your teddy didn't talk before."
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"Yes he did," his reply was slightly muffled, since he was speaking into the blankets. "nobody else used to hear him, though. I guess it's 'cause you're -- you were gonna cut off someone's fingers?"
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"If someone had kidnapped you, yes. That happens sometimes." A suspicious look. "Are you sure you're Squee?"
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"Um... I don't think there're any kidnapper-people here..." he ventured, twitching slightly at the repressed memories of what had happened the last time he'd almost been kidnapped ("It's Tuesday, and you know what that means... UFOs!!!") "And... I don't think I'm anybody else?" Unless the aliens really HAD scrambled his brains...
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"I could ask you something that only the real Squee-kun would know," Gogo suggested. But it did SOUND like Squee. Well. Apart from the fact that it was her voice. And her body. In her room. Apart from all that, it seemed just like him.
Probably.
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*Watch it, lady.* the bear growled at the stomach-poking. Squee gave Gogo an apologetic look.
"Um... ok. Like what?"
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Gogo thought for a little while, then brightened as something occurred to her. "You could show me what I taught you with a manriki," she suggested.
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Squee went white. Just when he thought he'd escaped the manriki lessons!! "B-but... if I mess up then I might squish your head by accident! And you'd be stuck in my body, or... or if we switched back then you'd have a squished head and I don't want to squish your head!"
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