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[beltet]

[ hi, port. have a rather petite, extremely flustered young man in girls' jeans and a loose, comfortable t-shirt (that he probably borrowed from someone). he has his arms crossed across his narrow chest and he's blushing.

belle is not exactly thrilled about waking up a boy this morning. ]

Um. I haven't been here long enough to really.. get used to this place, but.. is this normal? Where I'm from, people don't usually wake up the opposite gender.

[ he pauses, fidgeting, shifting from foot-to-foot. if anything, his blush is deepening the longer he's on the feed. ]

I-- I suppose I'm going to have to do a bit of shopping. It's not as if I can raid Gold's closet, he's far too tall.

[ and he's not sure if he can actually look rumpelstiltskin in the face right now, anyway. this is so embarrassing. ]

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[voice]

[le_baron_pontmercy]

[Marius knows that feel, Belle. He's had to take clothing from Eponine in order to look presentable.]

Monsier...mademoiselle? [Not sure. Going to go with what she was originally.] I am not sure how common this sort of thing is, but you are not alone in waking up changed.

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[beltet]

Oh, I-- My name is Belle. And I've-- noticed. I mean, I've seen that.. people seem to be different.

[ he rubs his arm, biting his lip. ] Does anyone know yet.. how it happened?

[voice forever]

[le_baron_pontmercy]

My name is Marius, Mlle. Belle. [For him, her name is French. But, the accent she has is impossible to place and unfamiliar.

No matter.]

No one is sure, but hopefully, it is not permanent.

[beltet]

Oh no, it can't be permanent. [ he buries his face in his hands with a soft groan. ] I'm not a man.

[ maybe rumpelstiltskin will have a solution. ]

[le_baron_pontmercy]

We're all quite sure it is not, mademoiselle. Please, do not worry.

Unfortunately, until this is over, there is nothing that we can really do...

[Yeah, way to be comforting, Marius.]

[beltet]

[ right. right, belle, just.. deep breaths. no need to be rude. ]

You're right, I'm sorry. [ he pulls his hands away, lifting his face. ] It's nice to meet you, Marius. I apologize for being a bit.. panicky.

[le_baron_pontmercy]

Do no apologize, mademoiselle. I was very much the same was yesterday.

[beltet]

I.. I don't know how to explain it to Gold. This is all a bit overwhelming.

[le_baron_pontmercy]

Perhaps the same thing has happened to him? It has effected the entire city, from what I have heard.

[beltet]

Oh goodness, I'm afraid it has. I suppose misery rather does love company, though, so there's that.

[bondsoflove]

Waking up this way? No.

[beltet]

Do you know what caused it? It really needs to fix itself, I can't be a man the rest of my life.

[bondsoflove]

I've tried a release, but it didn't work. Chakra doesn't seem to be affected, at least not in any way I can recognize. I do know it's not an illusion.

[beltet]

[ most of that makes no sense to him, but.. he's going with 'no idea what caused it, don't know how to fix it' as the answer. ]

This is all.. very confusing. I hope it doesn't happen often. I don't think I'm nearly comfortable enough yet here to spend much of my time switching between sexes.

[bondsoflove]

You're not familiar with ninjutsu, are you.

[A frown, arms crossed over his--her?--thankfully modest chest.]

Basically, it looks like we have to wait and see if it wears off, or find whoever cast it and make them take it off.

[beltet]

Oh, goodness, certainly not. I was just a housekeeper before all this.

.. Well.. hopefully it wears off. I wouldn't even know where to begin trying to find the person who cast the-- spell or whatever it might be.

[bondsoflove]

Hopefully.

[There's something in his voice that says he isn't above beating the caster bloody, if necessary.

He cuts the feed.]

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[petalpluck]

[did someone say shopping]

... Do these sort of things... happen often?

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[beltet]

I'm not.. really sure. I'm trying to find that out myself.

[ a slightly pained smile. ] The consensus seems to be that it's temporary.

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[faustianism]

[This sucks.] I was hoping this wouldn't affect you as well.

[He is not pleased about being a woman, but at least it's not that awkward, being the opposite of each other... no, it's pretty awkward and terrible, there is no good side to any of this.]

[video]

[beltet]

[ he laughs, sounding a little overwhelmed. ]

Oh dear. Things really never can be simple for us, can they? You do make for a very handsome woman, though, if that's consolation at all.

[video]

[faustianism]

I've never understood the way you find the bright side in everything terrible. [He doesn't. It's been years, and he still doesn't understand it.]

You make an... interesting young man. Like someone I know.

[video]

[beltet]

[ a bright, teasing grin. ]

Well, one of us should be an optimist, don't you think? Otherwise, we'd both be miserable all the time.

.. Someone you know?

[video]

[faustianism]

I'll leave that to you, my dear. You are so much better then I at it.

[He gives a small nod. She, that is.] Yes. He's gone now, but you both have that boyish charm.

[video]

[beltet]

[ a thoughtful pause, head tilting slightly. ]

Was he a friend?

[video]

[faustianism]

[Very tempted not to bring it up, especially now. But he was learning that maybe he shouldn't lie to her.]

My son.

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[other_winchester]

You another one?

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[beltet]

Another who woke up the wrong gender, you mean? I'm afraid so. I don't think I make a terribly convincing man.

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[rewritter]

This had better not be normal...!

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[beltet]

You too? Oh, for goodness sake. This really has become something of an epidemic, hasn't it?

[rewritter]

If it's an epidemic, it should have a cure. That's all I'm interested in.

[mediumdrip]

The Core does a lot of crazy things, but this is the first time it's changed people this way.


Since I've been here anyway...