six : slowly freaking out [video]

[everylittlegirl]

[BACKDATED to the 28th]

[Hayley clicks on the video and just stares at the console as if it's the source of her bewilderment, as opposed to her being in a body belonging to someone else entirely. The clothes she has on are tight-fitting, particularly in the chest, which she seems to be either intentionally or unconsciously hiding with her arms.]

Does anyone belong to this body?

And can we talk about those nightmares? Because that's really not okay.

[100% Trek encrypted to Bruce Banner] - [added a bit later]
Hey, do you want to like, take my DNA or study me or something? Jack said I might be the only one who experienced different effects. Either way, you like studying stuff like this, right?

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[bacondivination]

I gathered. That's what my comment was referencing, and, really, you don't get to 'ew' at me when I'm not the one of us wearing a suit of skin not my own here.

[everylittlegirl]

Hey! Not exactly my choice. And trust me? It's not just a skin suit, it's like.. [She pokes at one of her boobs, then pulls a strand of hair straight.] ..the real deal.

[bacondivination]

Odin's beard, you needn't be so literal. It is effectively as such, I'd think. Your soul, someone else's body, you know how it is.

[everylittlegirl]

Yeah, I don't really believe in the whole "soul" thing. I'm guessing we switched brains. Which is actually pretty creepy.

[bacondivination]

I don't know much of your Midgardian medical sciences, but I'm almost positive that you cannot place one brain into another's head without something going horribly awry.

[everylittlegirl]

But you can swap body suits in your world?

[bacondivination]

Sounds easier to shove a soul where it ought not be than a brain. And none of that nonbelief nonsense. You can stop believing in gravity for all you wish, but it still is a thing.

[everylittlegirl]

Gravity is a thing, with proof and everything. Souls are kind of a religious thing.

[bacondivination]

Souls are just as real. It's no matter of religion given every sentient thing has one.

[everylittlegirl]

Except souls are lacking that whole 'proof' thing.

[bacondivination]

You're going to be the sort where if you were talking to Hela herself, you'd still deny anything someone laid out for you, aren't you?

[everylittlegirl]

I'd believe Hela if she said her name was Hela, but I have no idea who that is, so I wouldn't believe her about our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ either.

[bacondivination]

Hel--with one 'l,' not two, completely different place--is the afterlife of my people, and the goddess Hela is its queen. Fun fact for flavor: myths declare her my daughter, but inaccurately so.

But that's a detour from explaining the joke there. She's something of the expert.

[everylittlegirl]

Okay so your not-daughter in charge of the graveyard people go after they die is the totally most credible source of information you can think of.

[bacondivination]

It's a whole realm filled with souls! Hela is their utterly terrifying queen. I don't know if there are more convincing credentials out there. Mephisto might persuade you, maybe, but, uh... no. Just no.

[everylittlegirl]

Uh huh. Who are you, again?

[bacondivination]

Loki, Norse god of mischief. You may have heard of me.

[everylittlegirl]

Nope.

[Of course she has, but it's more fun to deny it.]

[bacondivination]

I'm becoming increasingly depressed by the number of dimensions that I apparently don't exist in. My other-selves are just not as good as the real deal, I guess.

[everylittlegirl]

Maybe. Or maybe you're just not that popular.

[bacondivination]

I have my own fandom, I'll have you know.

[everylittlegirl]

'Fandom?' Is that like a kingdom of fans?

Just a tip for the future: Don't make up words to add to your credibility.

[bacondivination]

No. It's a thing on the internet! Scribes construct sagas of my doings and artists illustrate them. It's very cool except when it's terrifying. It's very often terrifying.

[everylittlegirl]

Oh, totally. I used to do that too, where I got excited about characters with the same name. I guess I kind of grew out of it after elementary school.

[bacondivination]

I am an actual pagan god. These are practically my modern day worshipers. It's impressive! Be impressed!