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Annie Leonhart ([personal profile] lyingheart) wrote in [community profile] the_plateau2019-01-17 03:09 pm

Move Your Body, Every, Every Body

Starting Monday, January 21st, players can elect for their character(s) to participate in a Body Swapping Plot!

For information on the how, what, why, and to plot in the OOC instead of elsewhere, please read below the cut! This plot closes at the end of Sunday, January 27th.


One particularly mischievous Rotom got it into their head to perform a prank online, but soon found themselves overwhelmed and fragmented across a subnetwork, ending up in each Player Character’s PokeGear. Now this Rotom is trying to collect itself back together again, but the process is anything but smooth, and the week it takes to become whole involves quite a few changes in perspective for the PCs.

Sometimes literally.

Get ready to experience the world from a whole different body, Pokemon Trainers, and see if you can’t find your way back!

How will our characters know what’s going on?
Other than potentially waking up in someone else’s body? On the morning of the 21st, all characters will receive a text on their PokeGear.

Hellozzt! We are currently experiencing technical difficulties. Please stand-by.

There’s also a timer following the message, which is counting down days until Sunday, the 27th.
How does this the body swapping work? Are we changing physical locations?
The short answer: people’s physical bodies aren’t swapping, but their consciousnesses are swapping into new physical bodies. It’ll look something like this: a character experiences a minor shock from their PokeGear, followed by a period of disorientation. Some characters may even pass out. Once the disorientation passes, or the character wakes up, they’ll find they’re no longer in their own body—they’re physically someone else, located where that person was at the time of the shock!

The longer answer: every character’s PokeGear will glow sometime in the early, early morning hours on the 21st, as their PokeGear receives a fragment of Rotom’s consciousness. Starting from when they wake up on the 21st onward until the 27th, any character using a Rotom-infected PokeGear has the potential to swap their consciousness into the body of another character using a Rotom-infected PokeGear.

The swap will be initiated when the Rotom-fragment releases a minor electrical shock, attempting to dispel enough energy to force itself across the internet to smack into the other Rotom-fragment and combine. They just happen to be dragging along the consciousness of the PokeGear user when they do!
Does that mean my character’s getting shocked before the body-swap happens?
Yes! This can either leave them disoriented as the body-swap happens, or they can pass out as a side effect of the body-swap.
Do I have to participate in this plot?
Not at all! Your character can simply observe the madness, or proceed utterly unaware it’s going on.
How many times can my character swap bodies before this plot ends?
Each individual character can body-swap up to three times. There’s no time limit to how long a body-swap happens, only a time limit to the plot itself. By the end of the 27th, anyone not in their proper body will experience another shock from the PokeGear they have, and shortly thereafter find themselves back in their actual body.
Can characters attempt to switch back on their own? If so, will it work?
Yes, they can make this attempt! And yes, sometimes it will work, but there isn’t any consistent explanation for why. (The actual explanation is sometimes the Rotom-fragments will switch again, other times they won’t.)

For some mysterious reason, if two characters who have been body swapped are in the same physical location and perform a silly dance before joining hands with their PokeGear on them... they’re more likely to switch back. But not without an equally unexplained burst of light.
What limits will there be on characters actions taken when in a body that is not their own?
The limitations should always be agreed on OOCly between players. ICly, the Rotom-fragments can make creative use of the PokeGear to help keep PCs in line (according to OOC decisions).
By the end of the night on Sunday the 27th, anyone not in their proper body will experience another shock from the PokeGear they have and shortly thereafter find themselves back in their actual body. Each PokeGear will also receive a message from the now whole Rotom:

Hellozzt! I hope you enjoyed your walk in someone else’s shoes for a while, and welcome back to yourself! Nothing beats being totally you, right? Rotom, out!

Please comment to this post with experiences you'd like your character to have (being swol? tiny? mistaken for a gym trainer?) and/or to volunteer your character for a body swap! Plot with each other and see what shenanigans you can come up with and enjoy!
neverstudied: (01)

[personal profile] neverstudied 2019-01-18 12:01 am (UTC)(link)
"Each individual character can body-swap up to three times."

will swapping back to your own body count for the three swaps?

IE, if i want venkman to switch bodies with one person, then get back in his own body, then switch with someone ELSE, would that make him hit the three-swap limit?
neverstudied: (Default)

[personal profile] neverstudied 2019-01-18 12:06 am (UTC)(link)
thought so! just wanted to make sure :0

thank you!!
sleepallthewayhome: (This world is apparently blue)

[personal profile] sleepallthewayhome 2019-01-18 12:15 am (UTC)(link)
So...when they switch bodies, do they still sound like themselves or do they sound like the original bodies voice?
sunspotted: at 50 cent beer night? (i accidentally made jungle juice)

Marco Bott | Attack on Titan

[personal profile] sunspotted 2019-01-17 11:35 pm (UTC)(link)
Do you want to switch bodies with a sixteen year old and his plethora of Pokemon?!

You get a hyperactive baby fire dog and cat, a stuck up Alolan Ninetails, a mischievous shiny Alolan Meowth, a bird that likes heads, and a long Furret.
Edited 2019-01-17 23:37 (UTC)
sunspotted: at 50 cent beer night? (Default)

[personal profile] sunspotted 2019-01-18 03:50 am (UTC)(link)
I want it for the confusion of their pokemon.

Teddy just wants to sit on your soldiers, Annie, why you no let >:|
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[personal profile] schachmeister 2019-01-17 11:50 pm (UTC)(link)
For swap: one (1) body. Young. 5'3". Muscles like noodles, hair like a bowl. Comes with the expectation to deal with many ocean pokemon.

---

Okay, okay. So like, Armin is definitely 100% swapping with Krieg at some point during the event. Because this would basically be the most hilarious thing ever. I think I'd be up for one additional swap maybe? It is hard to decide because Armin-in-Krieg's body will be deeply hilarious to me. But if you have an offer, let me know.
lordofthefries: (Default)

Sasha Braus | Attack on Titan

[personal profile] lordofthefries 2019-01-18 12:01 am (UTC)(link)
Wanna feel constantly hungry no matter if you just sucked down a triple bacon cheeseburger, large fries, and giant soda and wonder where it all went because that pie on the counter is calling your name? WELL, SASHA'S YOUR GIRL!

You'll be accompanied by Omelette the Togepi for the most part who is an attention sponge and consistently calls everybody a twerp in Pokespeak because the baby picked up a bad word and doesn't know what it means.
Edited 2019-01-18 00:01 (UTC)
shiro2hero: (no i dunno the lyrics to Go The Distance)

Shiro the tired man | Voltron

[personal profile] shiro2hero 2019-01-18 12:09 am (UTC)(link)
FOR SWAP:

one 25 year old dorito man with a railroad map of body scars and no concept of self-care. He's 6'2", built like a brick wall, and has a metal arm. Comes complete with caffeine headaches if you don't refill your coffee intake, occasional exhaustion and the high chance you'll wake up in bed with a nerd.

Will be followed by cats. And lives on a tropical island.
shiro2hero: (Default)

SLOTS: 1/3 open

[personal profile] shiro2hero 2019-01-18 12:10 am (UTC)(link)
> Lance
> Yuuko
>
Edited 2019-01-20 05:05 (UTC)
icecastlemadonna: (Lost)

[personal profile] icecastlemadonna 2019-01-18 12:21 am (UTC)(link)
I can't help but feel that it would be both awful and hilarious of Yuuko and Shiro switched bodies...
shiro2hero: (oh hell yes bring it bitch)

[personal profile] shiro2hero 2019-01-18 06:25 am (UTC)(link)
BRING IT ON, SKATE MOM
icecastlemadonna: (Lovefool)

[personal profile] icecastlemadonna 2019-01-20 02:32 am (UTC)(link)
Hope he has fun waking up to a Swanna honking in his face because he hasn't been fed yet...
shiro2hero: (the fuck is my life even)

[personal profile] shiro2hero 2019-01-20 05:05 am (UTC)(link)
it... will be interesting, that is for sure
icecastlemadonna: (Big Spender)

Yuuko Nishigori | Yuri!!! on Ice

[personal profile] icecastlemadonna 2019-01-18 12:14 am (UTC)(link)
Available for swapping: one (1) 26-year-old 5'0'' Japanese lady who's still in pretty good shape. Lives in Mahogany Town and works at the Mahogany Ice Rink since she loves figure skating so much, so be prepared to deal with the cold as well.
forsaintcecilia: (puff out that skinny chest boy)

Kazuki Hihara | La Corda d'Oro

[personal profile] forsaintcecilia 2019-01-18 01:09 am (UTC)(link)
Available: One 20-year-old, 6 foot Japanese boy with green hair and a bunch of noisy, noisy Pokemon. Lives and works near Lavender Town. Highly athletic. You may or may not inherit his knack for playing the trumpet!
whatsacactus: <user name="comatoseroses"> (Default)

Keith | Voltron

[personal profile] whatsacactus 2019-01-18 01:13 am (UTC)(link)
Keith's available for swapping!

A 22 year old half human-half alien (no canon alien appendages sorry). A few scars, most prominently on his face and right shoulder. He's very strong despite appearances, lives on Sevii Islands
shiro2hero: (no i dunno the lyrics to Go The Distance)

[personal profile] shiro2hero 2019-01-18 06:07 am (UTC)(link)
Look I'm just saying

If no one else attacks that mullet, Shadowmaru will
bertall: (I'm going to become fluent in fucking)

Bertolt Hoover | Attack on Titan

[personal profile] bertall 2019-01-18 04:04 am (UTC)(link)
Available for swappage; a 19-year old former warrior soldier, comes with the "bonus" of being 6'5". Works and lives in FCAB with Jean, and has many Big McLarge Huge Pokemon including a massive Tyrantrum, Arcanine, and a big ol' protective shiny Aggron!
brokencode: (Default)

Angel the sad siren.

[personal profile] brokencode 2019-01-18 06:51 am (UTC)(link)
Wanna feel tired a lot! Fight with the occasional bout of physical weakness? have you ever wanted to be hugged by a giant sentient dorito of a man! It's your lucky day! Swap bodies with Angel today!
notvaljean: (Smirky Adorablepants)

[personal profile] notvaljean 2019-01-19 11:29 am (UTC)(link)
You know what, I can't help but be drawn in by the hilarity of Jean being in Krieg's body, and then suddenly getting zapped into Angel's. Why is everything suddenly so much shorter and weaker?

... he promises he'll be respectful and not do anything weird or off-putting with it.
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[personal profile] brokencode 2019-01-20 03:20 am (UTC)(link)
Oh please, please, please. Angel would... honestly try to prank Armin and the rest of their friends, tbh. once the shock wore down.
sassymaru: (h | not with all that i have witnessed)

Shadowmaru ; the robot ninja

[personal profile] sassymaru 2019-01-20 12:15 am (UTC)(link)
Well... not a robot ninja right NOW...

Right now, he's a 5'11", mostly made of legs and has the most rigorous skin and haircare routine this side of Lance. Hey, at least you'll be fabulous.