"You're a guy?" she squeaked. "People are doing that here, too! I didn't know it hit people who weren't here! That's so weird! Is it, like, everyone? And how come he didn't have any pants? He's just out? They're pants!"
"I'm a guy," Dawn said, still a bit shell-shocked by the whole thing, not that it stopped her from taking a picture with her phone and sending it to Rikku. "I wasn't sure whether it was a Fandom thing or a Scooby thing. Wait, it hit people there, too?"
"And I know, right? But it's not like I could borrow a pair of boxers, which meant I needed to wear clean pants because ewwwwwwwww, and he didn't have any of those."
"Everybody," Rikku said. "I mean, last year, it was just guys as girls, and then a few months ago, girls as guys? And now it's everybody. Except me. And maybe one or two other people. Are you okay? What's a Scooby? When I was a guy a few months ago, I had to wrap myself up in a comforter. Who's Kenny?"
She checked the attachment that came in. "Oh my gosh, you're hot."
"Scoobies are what Buffy and her friends call themselves," she explained, running a hand through hair that was way too short. "They're the ones who usually get hit with the ultra-weird outside of Fandom, so I thought it might have been them."
Not that she'd called to check, oops.
Dawn laughed. "I'm fine, Rikku. I spent the day in a skirt. Luckily it's Berkeley, so I didn't get too many weird looks. Um, Kenny's this nice guy who lives down the hall and is in my Latin class. We bonded over love of wee stinky canned fish. I think he's a Thricewise, but it's not like that's his fault. He also took the whole guy thing really well."
"Aren't I? I even made a plaid skirt look awesome."
"Oh my gosh, you're like double-screwed," she gasped. "With the Scooby-weird and Fandom-weird. Someone somewhere is laughing at you and have you ever been turned into like a squid for a day?! Okay, I need to come see this Berkeley, if they're cool with guys rocking skirts. I mean. Maybe I'd look normal, too."
Not very likely, but a girl could hope.
"So ... what's a Thricewise? I dunno if I was hot or not, as a guy, I was kinda all surfer-frat guy and totally not my type. Uh. That'd be weird, being your own type. Wouldn't it? And is there a thing with Kenny? Is he hot?"
She lowered her voice. "Okay, and, uh, I'm really glad you called 'cause I'm having a really weird day."
She said. To the girl who'd spent today as a guy in a plaid skirt.
"Tell me about it." Dawn sprawled out on her bed. If nothing else, she definitely was better at sprawling as a guy. "No, no squid, and yes, you definitely should and you do."
Not that she'd looked into this or anything, but, "Um, a thricewise, in Norse mythology, was the guy who guarded the well of wisdom. There's more, but it's whoa boring. I'm not my own type, either, but it's not bad." She sighed, "He wants there to be, and he's really sweet and really nice and, okay, cute, and he's okay being friends even if he really wants there to be more, and he's totally patient, but...I'm just not ready."
"So does that mean he knows lots of stuff?" Rikku asked. Also sprawling. Sprawling was awesome for phone conversations. "Take your time. I mean. I took ages, after Jude, and then one day bam, dove right in. You'll know, right? Way better than just jumping into something like a moron and messing it all up 'cause you're not over it yet." She was going to take a moment to eyeroll at that before moving on. "So hang out with him, see what happens. There's no rush, you know?"
She hesitated, then bravely soldiered on. "So. Uh. There's ... most people changed? Like ... Reno? So I went to just ... tease him, 'cause I figured he'd be all awkward and panicking, or .......... something?"
"If he does, he's not telling," Dawn laughed, "and I hope I'll know. Right now I'm just having guy friends, y'know? And no. Definitely no rushing me. I'm definitely over here in turtle territory."
"Uh huh," she wasn't seeing the weird part yet. "Like, tease him how?"
"Guy friends rock," she nodded. "And maybe get him drunk and ask if he's been guarding the knowledge-thing and if he has any crib notes he can pass along. Boys say lots of things when they're drunk. I was totally in a nuclear bunker, after Jude. I mean, the Reno thing kinda hit me all blindsided, one second I'm flying a chopper, and then BOOM!"
Pause. "Kissing him, I mean. We didn't ... like. Anything. In the chopper. That'd be weird."
Never mind that he probably had taken girls in the chopper for sex. In fact, she was pretty sure he and Rude discussed the point, while she was there. Uh.
"Just -- normal teasing? 'Haha, you have boobs, you look silly, I can fetch you a bra,' that kinda thing?" Rikku bit her lip. "I thought he'd be flaily? Y'know? And he kinda ... answered the door all ... sulky and leeeeeeeaning?"
"I pounced him," Rikku blurted out. "Her. Him. Him-as-a-her. Her-shaped-him. Pouncing. Stuff. Like. Stuff. And. I think maybe something's really wrong with me but I'm not sure if I care? 'Cause. Pouncing. And."
Cue epic amounts of flailing, that could only be interrupted by:
"People check!?!?" And staring in horror. "Your ID? Are you serious?!? What a bunch of CRAP!"
"It was," she said, chewing her lip. "But I ... uh. It wasn't just, hey, it's still you, let's .... play around and see what happens? It was ... he was hot and we did stuff and I think maybe I kinda like it. Um. The. Stuff. And. Not instead of guys. Just. Um. ......... Also?"
Rikku was going to hide behind a pillow and hope desperately that her best friend didn't suddenly think she was insane.
"Like, instead of you and Reno, there'd be you and Reno and some girl? Or, like after Reno--if there is an after Reno--you'd maybe consider asking a girl out?"
Dawn was trying very hard not to be bitter about the fact that her best friend, who was apparently now bisexual, had never found her attractive enough to hit on. Because that wouldn't be at all a helpful thought. She didn't even want to date Rikku that way.
She dialed Dawn's number, bouncing a little on her toes. 'Cause. She kinda needed to talk anyway. Weird day.
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Rikku stopped for a (much-needed) breath.
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"And I know, right? But it's not like I could borrow a pair of boxers, which meant I needed to wear clean pants because ewwwwwwwww, and he didn't have any of those."
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She checked the attachment that came in. "Oh my gosh, you're hot."
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Not that she'd called to check, oops.
Dawn laughed. "I'm fine, Rikku. I spent the day in a skirt. Luckily it's Berkeley, so I didn't get too many weird looks. Um, Kenny's this nice guy who lives down the hall and is in my Latin class. We bonded over love of wee stinky canned fish. I think he's a Thricewise, but it's not like that's his fault. He also took the whole guy thing really well."
"Aren't I? I even made a plaid skirt look awesome."
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Not very likely, but a girl could hope.
"So ... what's a Thricewise? I dunno if I was hot or not, as a guy, I was kinda all surfer-frat guy and totally not my type. Uh. That'd be weird, being your own type. Wouldn't it? And is there a thing with Kenny? Is he hot?"
She lowered her voice. "Okay, and, uh, I'm really glad you called 'cause I'm having a really weird day."
She said. To the girl who'd spent today as a guy in a plaid skirt.
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Not that she'd looked into this or anything, but, "Um, a thricewise, in Norse mythology, was the guy who guarded the well of wisdom. There's more, but it's whoa boring. I'm not my own type, either, but it's not bad." She sighed, "He wants there to be, and he's really sweet and really nice and, okay, cute, and he's okay being friends even if he really wants there to be more, and he's totally patient, but...I'm just not ready."
"How really weird?"
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She hesitated, then bravely soldiered on. "So. Uh. There's ... most people changed? Like ... Reno? So I went to just ... tease him, 'cause I figured he'd be all awkward and panicking, or .......... something?"
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"Uh huh," she wasn't seeing the weird part yet. "Like, tease him how?"
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Pause. "Kissing him, I mean. We didn't ... like. Anything. In the chopper. That'd be weird."
Never mind that he probably had taken girls in the chopper for sex. In fact, she was pretty sure he and Rude discussed the point, while she was there. Uh.
"Just -- normal teasing? 'Haha, you have boobs, you look silly, I can fetch you a bra,' that kinda thing?" Rikku bit her lip. "I thought he'd be flaily? Y'know? And he kinda ... answered the door all ... sulky and leeeeeeeaning?"
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"Oooh, leaning. Leaning's good, right?"
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Cue epic amounts of flailing, that could only be interrupted by:
"People check!?!?" And staring in horror. "Your ID? Are you serious?!? What a bunch of CRAP!"
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[ooc: I didn't forget, I had the plague, I swear!]
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Rikku was going to hide behind a pillow and hope desperately that her best friend didn't suddenly think she was insane.
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Dawn was trying very hard not to be bitter about the fact that her best friend, who was apparently now bisexual, had never found her attractive enough to hit on. Because that wouldn't be at all a helpful thought. She didn't even want to date Rikku that way.
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