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[picksthelosers]

There were some things that Nick should have learned to anticipate during his time on the island.

This? This was not one of them.

He'd woken up as a kid, he'd woken up to Greg turned into a girl, he'd woken up curled up to a Karen that wasn't Karen at all.

But somehow he didn't actually thing that he'd wake up in an unfamiliar hut, with an

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[alaspoorwarrick]

I'm restless, out walking and thinking I need a game of pick up or to pick someone up to take the edge off when I see her. Lacey.

Damn. I almost forgot how fine she is. Guess that'll happen when you meet a lady an hour after getting murdered and not dying but washing up on LOST island instead.

And, a'ight, the baby elephant's kinda...unique, but it suits her in a way, and if that's the weirdest damned thing on this island, I can deal. So I stroll over, laid back but thinking the better of giving the elephant a pat before I know it's tame, and give her the kind of slow once over she's got every right to expect.

"Damn, Lacey. You look good."

[alaspoorwarrick]

"Flirting up a storm is one thing, man. Kissing is another." I shake my head slow, eyes closed. There's a lot of fucked the hell up here but the first thing that comes to mind is, "How the hell am I supposed to tell Lacey I kissed her for the first time without knowing it wasn't her? And don't say you're not telling anyone, 'cos she's that kind of woman and she'll know."

Then it all catches up with me and I'm reeling backward almost punch-drunk and kicking myself 'cos this is my best friend stuck in the body of a lady I just kissed - and it was one helluva a kiss, y'know? - and he's freaking out as much as I am. "A'ight, we'll work that out later, and believe me we will be working it out, y'hear what I'm saying? First things first, though. We gotta get you outta there and back to your own body. You okay, man?"

[picksthelosers]

"Well, you can't just... snap your fingers and make everything change back," Nick said. He was slowly trying to calm himself back down; it wasn't going to do much good to have him freaking out, and whatever was left of Lacey in here seemed to not like the freaking out very much anyway. "This happened before--once not long before you got here. I woke up and Karen wasn't Karen, there was some angry dude in Karen's body, and she was Han Solo, and it happened once not long after I got here. Warrick, this place is fucked up, man, seriously."

[alaspoorwarrick]

Part of me is still wondering why the hell Nick didn't just tell me right off, y'know, spare us the whole homoerotic drama. 'Cos, damn, if he really is carrying a torch for me, that's a problem. Not a problem like we're gonna stop being friends, 'cos that's just bullshit right there, but a problem like I don't swing that way, not even for Nicky.

Most of me is doing the CSI thing, cooling down, laying back, processing the evidence now that the first shock is past. Now, all I've got in the way of evidence is the lady's word, the fact she broke off a kiss with me in a freak-out, the fact she knows who Karen is and apparently isn't worried about me fact-checking the stories. It's a whole lotta not a helluva lot, but Nick, man, he stood by me both times I got hauled in, and even if I weren't convinced, I'd be standing by him.

It's me and Nick, though, so it ain't gonna be like I love you, man. Naw. He finishes talking and I'm staring at him like he just sprouted a set of stupid. I do a quick pat down like I'm looking for something, shake

[formerfratboy]

[ la la la use your imagination la la la ]

Nick couldn't help it then, he laughed out loud, because if this wasn't just the most damn absurd thing to ever happen to him, he didn't really know what else should possibly qualify. The laugh was different, though: strange, and not him at all. It was delicate and feminine and, quite frankly, a little scary.

Eventually, he managed to calm himself. It wouldn't do to have Warrick think he was losing his mind, too. "I was on my way over to Karen's... whoever woke up as me, well, I'm sure she dealt with it just fine." That was, if Karen was even Karen. If she'd switched out again, well, that was a bigger problem. "And everyone usually winds up congregating around the compound and stuff when this shit happens. Everything'll get straightened out." He paused. "Eventually." Another pause. "I hope."

[alaspoorwarrick]

Hearing Lacey laugh and knowing it's Nicky, that's all kindsa wrong right there. My best friend should not, I repeat should not sound like tumbling dice, the chime of slots, and carousel music, and I should not want to slide my hand under her, his, hair and kiss her. Him.

We gotta fix this shit, before someone else does something questionable. "A'ight, you go to Karen's and get a nametag on. I'll..." I'm drawing a blank on that, 'cos without my magic wand, there really ain't shit I can do, except keep folks from panicking. "I'll try to find the team." I give him a look, like bitch, don't even seduce anyone else in that body. "Meantime, you chill."

[formerfratboy]

"Dude, my only intention is to chill and wait for things to straighten themselves out." Nick shook his head slowly, as if trying to remind himself that this was all actually happening right then and there. "That, and figure out how to keep this damn elephant from following me into the compound."

[alaspoorwarrick]

"How 'bout you don't go to the compound?" I'm not entirely kidding. I'm not sure whether it's Nick or Lacey I'm protecting, but it seems almost like a good idea. "Without a name badge or something," I amend. Who knows how long this thing is gonna last? Nicky'll go nuts if he's stuck in a hut for more than a day.