17th Transmission: Luke Looks Like A Lady [Action/Voice]

[thefinaljedi]

[It's been a little over a week since the droids grabbed him quietly in his sleep, and now Luke finds himself deposited neatly in a heap next to the fountain. Getting up, he scrubs his face with his hands and shakes his head dazedly. Something...doesn't feel right, and it definitely had something to do with...whatever the Malnosso had done.

After a moment, he braces himself and peers into his reflection the fountain...and finds herself looking back. His lips purse into a line and he groans. The Malnosso, it seems, have an odd sense of humor. At least it was just him in his head this time, though. He's not sure he could've handled sharing his mind with another, not after dealing with Master Sunrider the previous summer.

So, as calmly as he can, face still a tight line, Luke makes his way into one of the clothing shops to find something more appropriate than the thin New Feather dress.

Later on...he'll put out a broadcast, in a decidedly mild, feminine voice.]

Voice:

Good Afternoon. It's Luke. I've been returned to the village. It seems the Malnosso's sense of humor hasn't gotten any less bizarre. They've apparently replaced all of my clothes, as well. If anyone happens across my blaster, or any of my robes or hydrospanners, could you please let me know? They've all got my name marked on them somewhere.

Voice, Filtered to Ami Mizuno 100%:

Ami, I'm afraid I'm going to need your help with something, when you have a free moment.


["Luke" spends the remainder of the afternoon wandering around the village looking for his things that the Malnosso have ever so kindly hidden from him. He'll be in nearly every shop, but specifically the flower shop to pick up a late White Day gift for a certain someone. Later in the day he'll be up at the farm checking on Hamal and the orchard. And later on, too tired to really care to cook, Luke'll be at Seventh Heaven for a meal and Good Spirits for...copious amounts of hot chocolate.]

(OOC: Luke's kidnapping effect is a genderswap, and because I'm cheeky he looks remarkably like his twin sister Leia Organa Solo. Still the same Luke, though. Replies will come from anotherskywalker If you want to have your character find some object of his, feel free. All I ask is that the blaster get returned without incident.)

Comments

Action, because voice isn't nearly enough, lol

[universal_charm]

<sub>[ Kirk might have relationship issues, but he is still Kirk. So when he sees a lady in distress, well, he has to just jump right in there! Even if they may not be in total distress and just trying to pick out new clothing, and he naturally assumes this 'lady' is new from the new feather clothing.

Poor thing must be scared and lost, right? Well, Kirk's a gentleman, so he comes up, his own clothing selections over his wrist (what, he could use some new jeans and a proper work out shirt). He had on his best smile, the one that made all the ladies giggle and blush. ]</sub>

If you ask me, you'd look best in blue.

[anotherskywalker]

[Luke's rummaging around looking for robes and finding only clothing that his sister might have preferred. Whites reminiscent of Hoth, in particular.

And he groans inwardly when he hears a voice, obviously addressing him, but he's somewhat distracted.]

I'd prefer black, or brown honestly.

written; filtered 100%

[alloys]

[ ...Well, that's new. But bizarre shifts or not, if Luke had been gone, he missed Billy and Jane's explanations, and...that meant Tony owned him one.

Shit. ]

Skywalker. We tested the portal while you were out. It didn't work. [ Short and sweet. His handwriting was hasty, and Tony hoped he wouldn't have to parse out many of the details. ]

Voice; filtered 100%

[anotherskywalker]

[Well...that's certainly not quite the hopeful news he'd wished for when he got saw Tony's message. It's also not quite the hammerblow it might've been though. He response with voice, though, not trusting his handwriting at the moment.]

Tony. I'm sorry. Are you alright? What happened?

[Voice - Same Filter: 100%] going with voice only so she hasn't seen yet? or will she have?

[geniustheveil]

Luke! [She'd been worried. Ami is alert at once, though she has the instant sense something is wrong when she realizes Luke left their conversation private. She utilizes the same filter levels as she snatches at her journal to reply.]

Where are you? [First things first, always. She's already on her way out her door. Her voice comes out a bit faster than usual.]

[Voice - Same Filter: 100%]Only voice, for the fun of it.

[anotherskywalker]

[He hadn't meant to worry her, but this wasn't really the sort of thing he wanted someone like Fujiko or Law seeing, that'd be pretty embarrassing. It's just a thing, and...he's not anxious to have to ask this question to anyone.]

I'm at home, Ami. I'm not hurt. It's just a question, and...you'll see when you get here. It's alright, really.

[Action]

[fortunefail]

[Much like the way they ran into each other back in June, when they weren't acquainted too well yet, Luke will find Yuan in the general item shop. He's rummaging through assorted electrical wares for spare parts again. He's trying to fix an old blowdryer for the sake of, well, fixing it. It's a decent waste of time.

He looks up when Luke enters the store, but as he doesn't recognize this woman, he'll go right back to digging through this box of wires and plugs.]

[Action]

[anotherskywalker]

[It is a rather odd parallel, only this time Luke does know Yuan, and greets him with a smile, momentarily forgetting that the other man doesn't know who he is. He's here to see about finding some of his missing tools, but a friend deserves a greeting.]

Hello Yuan, how are you this afternoon?

[And then, it sort of hits him. Oops, wrong body.]

[rather_be_surfing]

[Derek wakes up to something weird on the nightstand next to his bed. He frowns, sitting up, staring at it, and completely reluctant to poke so much as a finger at the thing. For all he knows, it's a Malnosso trap, and he's not eager to spring it. Nevermind it more or less resembles a simple metal rod; he's never laid hands on one, never seen one, and, yeah Luceti.

So he'll leave it there while he wanders out to the community kitchen, makes some coffee, grabs a handful of Cheerios from a box on top of the fridge and wanders back. When he looks back in the bedroom, the thing is still there.

Eventually, he'll settle back on the mattress, staring at it. What unnerved him wasn't so much that it had appeared in his room, but rather the niggling idea that he should know what it was. when staring doesn't solve the mystery, he'll finally reach out, carefully, and pick it up. Eventually, he'll find Luke's name engraved on the tool...which is about the time he realizes that it is a tool.

Oh, well, okay. At least it's probably not a trap.

Derek will pocket the spanner, finish his coffee (leaving the cup where the hydrospanner used to be), and head out to try and find Luke; he had no idea why Luke's spanner would be in his room, but he's thinking it might have been Okita, after the recent adventure with Smoker's justice rocks.]

[anotherskywalker]

[Well Luke's probably at home by that point. Struggling to find something to wear. And sort of failing at it. He's got zero fashion sense as it is. So if Derek rings the bell, he'll probably hear a call, in a distinctly female voice.]

Who is it?

[Voice]

[averybadfeeling]

[Obi-Wan knows that voice.

And yet the journal is Luke's...

Oh, those Malnosso.]

"Luke?"

[Voice]

[anotherskywalker]

Yes, Obi-Wan. It's me.

[Action]

[spohkh]

[Spock had wandered into Good Spirits, eyes carefully taking in his surroundings.... but stopped when he saw an unfamiliar woman.

He saw a resemblance but wasn't absolutely sure to whom.
The Vulcan approached.] Greetings, are you perhaps a New Feather?

[Action]

[anotherskywalker]

[Oh Spock...

Luke smiled up from his hot chocolate, waving.]

Hello Spock. I'm not. It's a Shift.

[His grin widens]

Can't you guess who?

[voice]

[redjacketthief]

....Luke

[That caught him way off guard. He was sprawled out on the bar in Cloud Nine, perusing the journals with a (late) 'breakfast' of coffee and cigarettes as he thought over what he would do that evening. He paused and dubiously stared at the journal, as if it was horribly mistaken.]

Man. They really did a number on you this time.

[voice]

[anotherskywalker]

They did, didn't they?

[He's not surprised, even if he hadn't kept up with Lupin much lately.]

[Action]

[meanoldnut]

[Today is one of those days. Not the kind of day when you don't want to get out of bed, but the day when you have to go grocery shopping. It wouldn't be such a big deal when you're shopping for yourself, but poor Oak has to go for eleven teens, two of them who happened to have humongous appetites. Good thing food and drinks are for free or they'll be out of luck. Still, it's a lot and especially when you have to get your Pokemon involved to help push the carts.

Yes, Stantler and Kangaskhan, along with Oak, are pushing three carts full of edibles that are piled up to chest level, semi-blocking their view. This amount should last them for a few days, hopefully a week. But that's stretching it; he'll likely have to go shopping before the week is over.

In any case, something had caught Oak's eye while heading back to the Pokemon House, some metallic object that happened to be laying on the ground. He doesn't know what it is, but decides to pick it up and take a look. It's an interesting contraption, that he could tell, but the question remains... what is it?]

[Action]

[anotherskywalker]

[Well Luke's out walking, looking for his blaster and other things that the Malnosso decided to hide from him. Of course he's had zero bites from his broadcast after Derek, and that means braving the outside in the new body. Which still feels somewhat weird.

And as luck would have it, he does see an older gentleman with...what appear to be Pokemon...pick up and begin to inspect the weapon. Hurrying over, he waves, still feeling strange having his right hand.]

Excuse me, but...maybe you should be careful with that. It's dangerous.

[Voice]

[fleurdesel]

[She takes a moment to play the recording a few times to wrap her mind around it. Even then all she can mutter in reply is a weary.]

Oh, honestly.

[Voice]

[anotherskywalker]

[Luke's voice is sheepish, but there's a hint of amusement at the reaction. So very...Ben.]

...Hi Adele. Yea. It's exactly what it sounds like.

[Voice] Not too late, is it?

[tailasoldastime]

[At first Beast was going to disregard this journal, since this strange voice is clearly no one he knows.

But then it sounds like the woman said "Luke". A "returning" Luke, from the "Malnosso". Could it... possibly be...?]

Lu... Luke?

[Voice] Never!

[anotherskywalker]

[His voice is pretty happy as he responds. Beast was a friend, after all. Who wouldn't judge him.]

It's me Beast.

action; good spirits

[contaeoro]

[On days when Maiza didn't simply stay home with his housemates, he liked to visit the bar. It was different from the one he spent most of his time at back in Manhattan, but in the village this was the place most similar to it and it was where he went to soak in the bit of nostalgia it brought. Today, too, Maiza makes his way to the bar to remind himself a little bit of "home" again.

Usually he finds himself a seat alone in the corner but that spot is taken. Without his usual place to go to, he looks around, avoids any larger groups that are in the bar, and finds himself with just a seat next to this lady who's drinking some hot chocolate. With a sigh, he approaches her.]

'Scuse me ma'am, is the seat next to yours taken?

action; good spirits

[anotherskywalker]

[Where Luke's from, hot chocolate is considered a fairly exotic drink as cacao only grows on some very specific planets. And he often overindulges in Luceti, given that it's such a common thing, even though he gets odd looks ordering it in the bar. Not that he minds, Luke's not an ordinary sort of man, after all.

He gives the man a nod and an easy smile, glad for company. Sure, being addressed as ma'am is a bit strange, but he'll clue the man in later.]

Not at all. Feel free to join me.

action, just remembered they're neighbors

[fourthgenerationprincess]

[ Twilight's venturing home after a long day at the library, contemplating looking for something to eat, when she sees her... new neighbor. She hadn't spoken with Luke yet, but she knows this character wasn't next door yesterday. She canters up to him. ]

Hi! Are you new here?

[anotherskywalker]

[Luke turns to see the Pony with a bit of an amused look on his face. Clearly one of Pinkie Pie's friends.]

No, I've lived here for about a year and four months, actually.

[Written] /had to get to this soemtime!

[dragoon_pride]

[That doesn't sound like Luke, but, well. Malnosso. Kain knows how it often can be.]

I'll keep an eye out for them.

[It's the least he can do, he figures, in return for Luke's help in the past.]

Are you otherwise... unharmed?

[Written] ^^ Yay!

[anotherskywalker]

Thank you Kain.

[Luke will just write back, for ease of them both.]

Yea, I'm fine. I got a little banged up but nothing too bad. A few bruises I've already taken care of. Though this shift is irksome.