[Legend of Sun Knight] fic: Out the Window - Part 2: Grisia
Title: Out the Window - Part 2: Grisia
Fandom: The Legend of Sun Knight
Words: 1,417
Summary: We'd thrown all common sense out the window. Whatever happens, we'll always be the Twelve Holy Knights. Even if a halted, mass Resurrection mixed with a half-activated seal causes all twelve of us to swap bodies, we still have to end the Demon King. Off to the battlefield we go... as each other. A continuation of V8, but with bodyswap.
Notes: Gasp, it's actually a weekly update! Grisia's POV continues.
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Part 2: Grisia
Upon realizing the extent of what had happened to us, "Earth" took over. There was no hint of any stuttering-of course there was no need for that pretense right now-but the assurance that his voice provided was unlike any I'd ever felt from Earth. He spoke in a measured, no nonsense tone. Even without hearing an explanation from him to confirm his actual identity, I already knew that he could be no one else but Lesus Judgment.
Still, even knowing that, Earth's face rubbed me the wrong way. It was also all sorts of weird watching "Earth" behave so out of character. That totally wasn't him. It made me feel like Earth was purposefully pretending to be some upstanding guy, and that was enough to make me shiver and want to scowl.
"From what I gather so far, several of us have been swapped." He paused and gestured at himself. "I'm not Georgo. I'm Lesus."
"Captain Judgment?!" Roland blurted out.
I glanced over at him. From that outburst, he's probably not Roland at all. However, he should still be someone from the cruel, cold-hearted faction. They were the ones who would call Lesus "Captain Judgment."
"Earth" gave a nod.
Metal shook his head, giving Lesus a strange look. "Shoot, it's so bizarre seeing myself move and speak when I'm not the one who's doing it."
"You're Georgo?" Lesus-as-Earth asked.
"Yeah," he answered and turned his hand back and forth, examining it.
Georgo is Metal? That's oddly fitting...
Lesus-as-Earth swept his eyes across all of us. "We should find out everyone's identity."
With that suggestion, despite it coming from "Earth," we all gathered around like good little school children making self-introductions on the first day of school. However, I wasn't sure if I should reveal myself.
I'm stuck as Ice. What's going to happen to being the Demon King? After all the harm I've caused, is it really okay for me to stand here among them? I can't be so careless. The dark element is still too overwhelming. The Demon King can lose control at any moment.
The only reason I could still stand here without immediately getting into a fight with them was because they didn't know which person I was at the moment. Should I lie? Should I keep quiet? Or perhaps I should run away...
Can't I... stay?
No... no... I can't...
There was no solution to being the Demon King. All I could do was wait for an opportunity to "whisk" Sun away, whoever was unfortunate enough to be stuck in my body. It would be unfair to Ecilan that I'd have to borrow his body, possibly never returning it, and it'd be unfair to whoever was me at the moment, but I couldn't let danger hang around like this.
No... no...
I can't do that to Ecilan. I can't do that to the person stuck as me either.
My original plan wouldn't work, not like this.
We'd said, in what felt like ages ago, that we wouldn't sacrifice anyone. If Lesus were a demon king candidate but didn't want to become the demon king, then let the world be damned. Whoever was me at the moment, I couldn't let them suffer for the world. The best thing would be to figure out if we could quickly switch back. Then, I could break away.
Lesus-as-Earth started us off. "I have already shared this, but let me say it again to make it clear. I'm Lesus."
Judgment, who was supporting not-me, softly said, "I'm Elmairy."
It was true that Judgment was actually very kind, but Elmairy as Judgment still felt super weird. I'm not sure I'd want someone who could smile as sweetly as Elmairy to interrogate me. He might even add a few stabs to his straw dolls while he's at it.
Georgo-as-Metal briefly said, "Georgo here."
It seemed that we were randomly taking our turns. I still don't know what I should do.
Roland... no, Hell... no, whoever he was, raised his hand. "I'm Laica!"
I'd never seen "Roland" act so exuberantly. He rarely even broke into smiles, and ever since we'd ended up on opposite sides, he had only grown even more serious. This was quite a big difference from his usual seriousness.
Cloud was surprisingly easy to spot, or perhaps it wasn't so surprising, since he wasn't Cloud. He ran a hand through his hair and said, "Ceo."
I glanced around, unable to rely on sensing, trying to find where Demos might be, but everyone was present. Maybe it hasn't been long enough for Demos to be able to vanish in his current body.
"I'm Demos," came a quiet voice from Moon. He pulled at Moon's bangs, as if he wanted to cover his eyes with them.
Ah, no wonder. Moon was flashy, his usual pride pretty much a scream for attention. Whether Moon's flashiness or Demos's own inconspicuousness would win out was yet to be seen.
Leaf chimed in loudly and pounded on his chest, "Chikus here!"
Leaf kicking doors...
Lesus-as-Earth gave him a nod. I could see some of them counting, perhaps wondering who was left. I still couldn't make myself speak up or run away.
Not-me whispered, voice a bit shaky, "I'm Vival. Whose body am I in? Is it Sun's? I can't see..." He gripped Elmairy's arm tightly, twisting the dark fabric of his sleeves between his fingers.
That's right. Without knowing how to use sensing, he must have been plunged into a sea of darkness.
"Yes, you are currently Sun," Lesus-as-Earth answered.
"Then, where is Sun?" Chikus-as-Leaf blurted.
Eyes stared at me, Stone, Blaze, and Storm.
Storm waved his hand and clarified, "I'm definitely not Sun. This is Aivis here."
I... what should I do?
Blaze curtly said, "Ecilan."
So that's where Ecilan is... To think I'd ever see Blaze be such an ice cube...
There were only not-Stone and me left. Not-Stone looked at me with a steady gaze. It had to be Roland. The Stone Knight wasn't a bad fit for him. Few people were more stubborn than Roland.
If I hint at it, would he get the hint? Would he play along and let me hide a bit longer?
However, I immediately discarded the idea. I was sure I could pretend to be Roland for a bit, but it was unlikely that Roland could believably pass off as me in front of the Twelve Holy Knights for any length of time.
I rather doubted he would agree either, or if he'd get the hint. He wasn't Adair.
Roland-as-Stone said to me, "Sun."
Can I hope that they'd mistake that and think he's saying that he's Sun?
Though maybe I shouldn't hope that. There's no telling if Roland might vanish or not with his lingering obsession fulfilled in such a strange way. He has always wanted to be the Sun Knight...
Does that still hold true, even now?
"He's Sun." Roland-as-Stone pointed at me, leaving me no way out. Then, he said, "I'm Roland."
I was caught, the decision taken out of my hands.
Leaf-no, Chikus-immediately pounced on me, grabbing me by the waist from the back. The force almost knocked me over.
"What...?"
"Quick, don't let him run away!" Chikus yelled, except what came out was Leaf's high voice that I rarely ever heard raised except in extreme situations, such as that time he actually slapped a princess. That sure was extreme and even landed him his sweetheart.
"I'm not going to run away," I finally managed to say.
Lesus-as-Earth gave me a look. Even knowing that he was Lesus was no use. Seeing that kind of look from Earth really makes me want to punch him!
But I knew better than to hurt my own hands. Wait, I'm Ice right now. I might really be able to punch him!
Okay, fine, enough joking around. I did want to run away, but I decided against it in the end! See? I'm still here! Stop giving me that look already. I can't... I can't leave without knowing if you're all okay. But I'm not going to stay either if staying will endanger all of you.
I... I don't know what to do... How can I keep everyone safe?
I took a deep breath and said, "Please, believe me. I'm not going to run away. Now, can someone explain to me what's going on? Not the body swap part, even though that's confusing too, but just earlier, you were all dead."
to be continued
And so, all the identities are revealed. ;) Thank you randomizer, for all these amusing swaps.
Next part
Fandom: The Legend of Sun Knight
Words: 1,417
Summary: We'd thrown all common sense out the window. Whatever happens, we'll always be the Twelve Holy Knights. Even if a halted, mass Resurrection mixed with a half-activated seal causes all twelve of us to swap bodies, we still have to end the Demon King. Off to the battlefield we go... as each other. A continuation of V8, but with bodyswap.
Notes: Gasp, it's actually a weekly update! Grisia's POV continues.
Previous part
Part 2: Grisia
Upon realizing the extent of what had happened to us, "Earth" took over. There was no hint of any stuttering-of course there was no need for that pretense right now-but the assurance that his voice provided was unlike any I'd ever felt from Earth. He spoke in a measured, no nonsense tone. Even without hearing an explanation from him to confirm his actual identity, I already knew that he could be no one else but Lesus Judgment.
Still, even knowing that, Earth's face rubbed me the wrong way. It was also all sorts of weird watching "Earth" behave so out of character. That totally wasn't him. It made me feel like Earth was purposefully pretending to be some upstanding guy, and that was enough to make me shiver and want to scowl.
"From what I gather so far, several of us have been swapped." He paused and gestured at himself. "I'm not Georgo. I'm Lesus."
"Captain Judgment?!" Roland blurted out.
I glanced over at him. From that outburst, he's probably not Roland at all. However, he should still be someone from the cruel, cold-hearted faction. They were the ones who would call Lesus "Captain Judgment."
"Earth" gave a nod.
Metal shook his head, giving Lesus a strange look. "Shoot, it's so bizarre seeing myself move and speak when I'm not the one who's doing it."
"You're Georgo?" Lesus-as-Earth asked.
"Yeah," he answered and turned his hand back and forth, examining it.
Georgo is Metal? That's oddly fitting...
Lesus-as-Earth swept his eyes across all of us. "We should find out everyone's identity."
With that suggestion, despite it coming from "Earth," we all gathered around like good little school children making self-introductions on the first day of school. However, I wasn't sure if I should reveal myself.
I'm stuck as Ice. What's going to happen to being the Demon King? After all the harm I've caused, is it really okay for me to stand here among them? I can't be so careless. The dark element is still too overwhelming. The Demon King can lose control at any moment.
The only reason I could still stand here without immediately getting into a fight with them was because they didn't know which person I was at the moment. Should I lie? Should I keep quiet? Or perhaps I should run away...
Can't I... stay?
No... no... I can't...
There was no solution to being the Demon King. All I could do was wait for an opportunity to "whisk" Sun away, whoever was unfortunate enough to be stuck in my body. It would be unfair to Ecilan that I'd have to borrow his body, possibly never returning it, and it'd be unfair to whoever was me at the moment, but I couldn't let danger hang around like this.
No... no...
I can't do that to Ecilan. I can't do that to the person stuck as me either.
My original plan wouldn't work, not like this.
We'd said, in what felt like ages ago, that we wouldn't sacrifice anyone. If Lesus were a demon king candidate but didn't want to become the demon king, then let the world be damned. Whoever was me at the moment, I couldn't let them suffer for the world. The best thing would be to figure out if we could quickly switch back. Then, I could break away.
Lesus-as-Earth started us off. "I have already shared this, but let me say it again to make it clear. I'm Lesus."
Judgment, who was supporting not-me, softly said, "I'm Elmairy."
It was true that Judgment was actually very kind, but Elmairy as Judgment still felt super weird. I'm not sure I'd want someone who could smile as sweetly as Elmairy to interrogate me. He might even add a few stabs to his straw dolls while he's at it.
Georgo-as-Metal briefly said, "Georgo here."
It seemed that we were randomly taking our turns. I still don't know what I should do.
Roland... no, Hell... no, whoever he was, raised his hand. "I'm Laica!"
I'd never seen "Roland" act so exuberantly. He rarely even broke into smiles, and ever since we'd ended up on opposite sides, he had only grown even more serious. This was quite a big difference from his usual seriousness.
Cloud was surprisingly easy to spot, or perhaps it wasn't so surprising, since he wasn't Cloud. He ran a hand through his hair and said, "Ceo."
I glanced around, unable to rely on sensing, trying to find where Demos might be, but everyone was present. Maybe it hasn't been long enough for Demos to be able to vanish in his current body.
"I'm Demos," came a quiet voice from Moon. He pulled at Moon's bangs, as if he wanted to cover his eyes with them.
Ah, no wonder. Moon was flashy, his usual pride pretty much a scream for attention. Whether Moon's flashiness or Demos's own inconspicuousness would win out was yet to be seen.
Leaf chimed in loudly and pounded on his chest, "Chikus here!"
Leaf kicking doors...
Lesus-as-Earth gave him a nod. I could see some of them counting, perhaps wondering who was left. I still couldn't make myself speak up or run away.
Not-me whispered, voice a bit shaky, "I'm Vival. Whose body am I in? Is it Sun's? I can't see..." He gripped Elmairy's arm tightly, twisting the dark fabric of his sleeves between his fingers.
That's right. Without knowing how to use sensing, he must have been plunged into a sea of darkness.
"Yes, you are currently Sun," Lesus-as-Earth answered.
"Then, where is Sun?" Chikus-as-Leaf blurted.
Eyes stared at me, Stone, Blaze, and Storm.
Storm waved his hand and clarified, "I'm definitely not Sun. This is Aivis here."
I... what should I do?
Blaze curtly said, "Ecilan."
So that's where Ecilan is... To think I'd ever see Blaze be such an ice cube...
There were only not-Stone and me left. Not-Stone looked at me with a steady gaze. It had to be Roland. The Stone Knight wasn't a bad fit for him. Few people were more stubborn than Roland.
If I hint at it, would he get the hint? Would he play along and let me hide a bit longer?
However, I immediately discarded the idea. I was sure I could pretend to be Roland for a bit, but it was unlikely that Roland could believably pass off as me in front of the Twelve Holy Knights for any length of time.
I rather doubted he would agree either, or if he'd get the hint. He wasn't Adair.
Roland-as-Stone said to me, "Sun."
Can I hope that they'd mistake that and think he's saying that he's Sun?
Though maybe I shouldn't hope that. There's no telling if Roland might vanish or not with his lingering obsession fulfilled in such a strange way. He has always wanted to be the Sun Knight...
Does that still hold true, even now?
"He's Sun." Roland-as-Stone pointed at me, leaving me no way out. Then, he said, "I'm Roland."
I was caught, the decision taken out of my hands.
Leaf-no, Chikus-immediately pounced on me, grabbing me by the waist from the back. The force almost knocked me over.
"What...?"
"Quick, don't let him run away!" Chikus yelled, except what came out was Leaf's high voice that I rarely ever heard raised except in extreme situations, such as that time he actually slapped a princess. That sure was extreme and even landed him his sweetheart.
"I'm not going to run away," I finally managed to say.
Lesus-as-Earth gave me a look. Even knowing that he was Lesus was no use. Seeing that kind of look from Earth really makes me want to punch him!
But I knew better than to hurt my own hands. Wait, I'm Ice right now. I might really be able to punch him!
Okay, fine, enough joking around. I did want to run away, but I decided against it in the end! See? I'm still here! Stop giving me that look already. I can't... I can't leave without knowing if you're all okay. But I'm not going to stay either if staying will endanger all of you.
I... I don't know what to do... How can I keep everyone safe?
I took a deep breath and said, "Please, believe me. I'm not going to run away. Now, can someone explain to me what's going on? Not the body swap part, even though that's confusing too, but just earlier, you were all dead."
to be continued
And so, all the identities are revealed. ;) Thank you randomizer, for all these amusing swaps.
Next part