SPECIES SWAP MEME

[kingofthetvworld]

THE SPECIES SWAP MEME

Waking up as a pony is one thing, but Equestria is a weird place. I mean, remember that Pokemon event? Weird, right? Same idea, only less Nintendo involved. Your character has woken up as something else!

How to play:
✩Post with your character, they're now a different species than they normally are around these parts. Remember to include what they are in your comment!

✩Reply to others for shenanigans! Replying characters don't have to be changed if you don't want them to be, magic is weird like that.

✩Remember to stick to things found in Equestria!

✩I love you

Comments

[kingofthetvworld]

[It's Teddie, of course he doesn't recognize her yet. He's far too frightened to put two and two together, especially after being plucked off the ground.

A horrible, high-pitched whine fills the air as there's really little else he can do right now. What are words?! They certainly aren't something he can brain at the moment.

Instead, he gives the most shaken nod he can manage. It's nothing, honest, WHY MUST YOU TOY WITH HIM FOUL BEAST?!]

[kuukai]

Good.

[ Kyouko nods satisfyingly, and makes a show of considering whether or not to put him down. She lowers him towards the ground... but, just as he gets there, she gives a flick of her wrist and tosses him onto her back. ]

Gonna go fer a ride. Show ya what happens ta loudmouths.

[kingofthetvworld]

[The screaming, the unholy bear screaming. Being flung into the air was the last thing he wanted, he can only imagine how terrible his hair looks now.

Between the screaming and crying and general whining, he manages to sniffle out a few words.]

D-Didn't anyone teach you not to play with your food!

[kuukai]

Nah. I eat too much ta play with it, most times.

[ Huge wings unfurl on either side of him, and she flaps into the air. Gotta find a cave. She heads towards the mountains. ]

[kingofthetvworld]

That doesn't make any sense!

[He's food, therefore she's playing with it.

...Although once Teddie realizes he just sassed off a dragon, he immediately recoils and goes back to crybaby mode, tears gushing down his face.]

Bears weren't meant to fly!

[kuukai]

I mean usually, I eat it too quickly. Yer a lucky bear.

[ She finds a landing and settles on it. A tip of her back and he's rolling off of it, onto the stone surface. ]

[kingofthetvworld]

[There's a small "oof" as he lands on his belly, taking what freedom he has to start trying to scurry away. Maybe if he keeps his whining to a bear bare minimum, she won't see him trying to escape.

NOTHING TO SEE HERE. JUST...CONTINUE TALKING ABOUT HOW LUCKY HE IS.]

[kuukai]

An' if ya behave, ya might keep gettin'- hey.

[ Oops, escaping. She takes a few quick steps and plops down in front of his escape path. (Not that it would have been easy to get down from here anyway. This mountain doesn't have many climbable walkways. ] Nuh-uh. Where ya goin'?

[kingofthetvworld]

[He jumps the moment she blocks his path. So what if he wanted to tumble down a mountain?! He's sure he'd survive one way or another. He'd just...um...fly! That's right, fly! He'd summon Kamui and-

It slowly dawns on Teddie that he had a means of attack this whole time, and just like that it's like a switch was hit. No longer was he the crying baby bear slinking away on his belly, no he's now the crying baby bear with a very angry expression on his face.]

I'm going home and there's nothing you can do about it!

[The tarot card appears and Teddie smashes his paw against it, summoning Kamui behind him. Although a much larger bear, he's still not much compared to a dragon...]

[kuukai]

Heh.

[ Kyouko rears back on her hind hooves and crosses her arms, surveying Kamui.

About equal height. Okay then. ] Sup, Kamui.

[kingofthetvworld]

[Both bears pull back in surprise, although Kamui's expression is still frozen in its usual creepy smile. This dragon...she knows who Kamui is...

There's only one explanation.]

Psychic powers won't save you this time!

[Kamui leans back, throwing its arms in the air, summoning up the energy to let off an ice spell. No one said bears were good at reasoning.]

[kuukai]

[ The ice hits Kyouko full blast and she goes tumbling. She wasn't actually expecting Teddie's persona to attack her.

Well, this is what she got for being duplicitous. ] Whatsa matter? Gonna attack a friend? Some manners.

[kingofthetvworld]

[Kyouko's just too good at being someone else, Teddie's completely duped.

Even when he shouldn't be anymore.]

I don't make friends with scary dragons! Just the cute little ones, with their cute little mouths that can't fit bears!

[kuukai]

Grr. How 'bout this, then.

[ Okay, she's seen other dragons do this, there's a way to change her size, right?

She screws up her face and concentrates. For some time, she's just standing there, frozen. But finally, she shrinks down past the size of a pony until she's a bear-sized dragon, standing opposite Teddie. She glowers and crosses her arms. ] There. Now call him off.

[kingofthetvworld]

[Teddie opens his mouth.

Then closes it.

Then opens it again.

Holds up a claw.

Closes it.

This repeats for awhile until he finally manages to say]

That's a real good trick.

[kuukai]

... so's chewin' without any food. I guess.

[ No wait, it's stupid. She goes instinctively for her hoodie pocket, but she's not wearing it. Doesn't fit her huge dragon body. ]

Ya got somethin' ta eat?

[kingofthetvworld]

No, of course not! You bearnapped me up to this dumb mountain without any of my stuff! I'm completely snackless 'cause of you!

[You...whoever you are.]

Now if you don't mind, I'm gonna go.

[kuukai]

Uh-huh. Good luck.

[ C'mon, Teddie, what is it gonna take? She waits while he looks for a way off this rock. Which doesn't exist. ]

[kingofthetvworld]

[Haha, jokes on her. Kamui, still being there, crouches down on all fours and awaits for Teddie to climb on top of him. See you later, losers.

...Er, loser.]

I don't need luck, sista.

[kuukai]

Come on.

[ She leaps onto Kamui's back as well, teeth bared. ] Not lettin' ya leave 'til ya figger it out.

[kingofthetvworld]

[Wow, hey, no free rides.]

Figure what out? That you're a big fat jerk? 'Cause I think I already got that down.

[kuukai]

Says the bear! Geez.

My name, dumbbutt.

[kingofthetvworld]

There is NOTHING wrong with bears!

And dumbbutt is a terrible name! I'd feel sorry for you if you didn't hold me as your bear prisoner!

[kuukai]

Geez, Teds.

[ She plants a smooch on his lips to shut him up. And maybe to explain. (Or confuse things further.) After a moment, she pulls back. ] Ya get it now?

[kingofthetvworld]

[...A dragon just kissed him. Teddie's not sure how to feel, especially after just being kidnapped, but...no. Everything's coming together now, he should've seen it from the very start. Guilt fills his eyes, unsure how he should go about apologizing profusely.

So for now, he'll just bumble around and ask obvious questions.]

But...how...?