action + joint post ✪ out of some sentimental gain -- i wanted you to feel my pain

[herotypical]

[ buffy and spike have been out a-missioning -- only it hasn't gone quite as...merrily as they might have hoped. you see, they’re back a little early. spike decided to make an escape attempt and, in doing so, he’s brought malnosso justice down on both their heads. it’s all terribly unfair.

their punishment? one doozy of a bodyswap. spike is buffy and buffy is spike. and neither of them are too pleased about it.

sartre once claimed that 'hell is other people'; however, a situation like this makes a convincing argument that hell is, in fact, being other people. after they argue their way out of a proverbial wet paper bag and manage to find better clothing than the new feather garb they're initially given, they'll be available (throughout the next few days) to be mocked or sympathized with or awkwardly avoided all around town, depending on the individual.

find top comments below for either buffy's thread or spike's thread or -- if you’re looking for a thread with both of them -- buffy and spike. buffy’s tags will come from deadhero and spike’s tags will come from heroatypical. please don’t hesitate to tag all three options if that’ll float your boat. ]

Comments

[heroatypical]

Oh, I'm bloody brilliant. What do you want?

[markofthebrave]

[Wow. Rude.

Katara's concerned.]

What's wrong with you?

[heroatypical]

Where do I start? First there's the hair. Can't quite ever get it the way I want it. And then there's being short. Can barely get anything from the top cabinets and that's where I keep the food I like. And I'm a woman. That about sums it up.

[markofthebrave]

[...uh-huh.]

Did an experiment hit that I missed or something?

[heroatypical]

Look, girly. I don't know who you are, but Buffy Summers isn't home right now. Sorry for that. This body here is currently being occupied by someone else.

[markofthebrave]

Yeah, I figured that bit out - is she okay?

[heroatypical]

She's stuck being me. So she's doing about as well as I am.

[markofthebrave]

[Oh.]

Well, who are you, then? And what do you normally look like?

[heroatypical]

The name's Spike. And usually, I don't have these.

[A vague gesture to the breast area.]

[markofthebrave]

[...not very helpful.

You know what?]

She's still got her journal, right?

[heroatypical]

If you fancy an unsettling chat with my real body, help yourself.

[markofthebrave]

I won't just be talking with your real body, though, I'll be talking to Buffy.

[She started to go, and then stopped, gesturing a hand back at him.]

Good luck with all this.

[heroatypical]

Sure. I'll see you around, bird.

[Unpleasant, but he took his attention off Katara.]