[RL - Backdated to the beginning of the genderswap]

[unknownrival]

At the moment, the blanket on Issei's hotel bed was missing.

Said blanket was wrapped around Issei in an effort to ignore the fact that he... she had a wildly different figure now. If she didn't see it, it didn't exist.

This was not working very well.

"Ha... and I thought my life couldn't get any more bizarre."

Sighing, Issei buried her head in her hands and waited for Archer to arrive.

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[steelisblood.livejournal.com]

Archer knocked on the door to the hotel room Issei was staying at. He had managed to earn some quick cash doing a night of work at the same warehouse he got the scar on his shoulder as a teen. He'd got a good enough chunk to buy Issei a few things and even managed to get Rin a gift as well.

Even though the gift for Rin was for another time and another place, at least he could help his friend out.

He said, "Issei are you . . . decent?"

[stripping.livejournal.com]

Issei perked up at the sound of Archer's voice. "Of course. Hold on." Still clutching the blanket - which she had her normal clothes on under, she wasn't going to take any chances - she went to the door and opened it. "Thank you for coming on such short notice-"

Then she blinked up at Archer. "...Have you always been that tall?"

[steelisblood.livejournal.com]

Archer blinked as Issei opened the door. He'd seen her face on the icons in the community, but he wasn't prepared for the real thing. Issei had been handsome as a boy, but as a girl she was absolutely stunning. Had he'd been a lesser man, and if he didn't have a snow ball's chance in hell with Rin, he realized he would have seduced "her" as she was now.

Besides . . .

The glasses . . .

He cleared his throat and answered, "Yeah . . . so, I have clothing."

[stripping.livejournal.com]

It was probably a good thing that Issei didn't know about Archer's fondness for glasses. Half of what he said made her blush anyway - especially now that she was a girl - but she was still assuming that he didn't really find her attractive, and was just teasing her.

Archer might want to ask Rin to wear her glasses more often, though. Couldn't hurt.

"Th-thank you. I guess I'll go change, then..." She took the shopping bag from his hand and nearly fled into the safety of the bathroom.

[steelisblood.livejournal.com]

Archer looked around the small hotel room and asked, "So, how are you, other than being a girl?"

A young, beautiful girl who's lusting more than a little bit after me, Archer thought, Who might even be a little in love with me . . .

[stripping.livejournal.com]

"Not well at all," she said, sighing. "There's no doubt that the student council isn't doing anything in my absence, I'm missing schoolwork, and if my father thinks I'm at Emiya's and Emiya thinks I'm at home sick..."

Slightly muffled, she continued, "It can't end well."

[steelisblood.livejournal.com]

Archer sat down in the chair in the room, wondering how this was going to look for Issei. He was an older man in an attractive teenage girl's room. Alone. And admittedly without sex for the equivalent of thousands of years.

Think of Rin . . . and how she's being emotionally distant because everyone in her damn life ends up leaving her or dying or choosing Saber.

"Talk to Emiya Shirou about it, Issei, he's stupid but he'd understand about this better than you'd think," he advised his indigo haired friend.

[stripping.livejournal.com]

Oh, Issei assumed Archer was sleeping with Tohsaka. So it really only looked like an older man in a sort-of attractive teenage girl's room alone to him.

...Which wasn't much better.

"I've considered that, but even if he does believe me, I really don't want him to find out about this place. If he were to join, he'd be affected by these things, and..." She sighed again. "I don't want to be the cause of that, even indirectly."

[steelisblood.livejournal.com]

Archer wasn't looking directly at the indigo haired girl as he said, "True, but he should know that you're okay, Issei. He's worried about you. I know I would be if I was in his place."

[stripping.livejournal.com]

...she was still sort of in the bathroom changing, Archer. But since you mentioned it, Issei stepped out of the bathroom and into view (http://tsutomu-teruko.deviantart.com/art/FSNR-you-re-gonna-be-popular-95893930), a blush tinting her cheeks at Archer's words.

"I'm fine. I mean, other than being a woman... He shouldn't have to worry about me."

[jagan-glare.livejournal.com]

Well, this was going to be an interesting little excursion; at least he and Ginji had had a job out this way earlier, so it wasn't much of a stretch for him to just drop Ginji off at the Honky Tonk and head back out. Besides, whatever the hell kept him away from Akabane in this whole genderbending period, the better.

Flipping his cell phone open, Ban checked the address of the restaurant against the one Archer had given him earlier. Truth be told, Ban was a little annoyed at the request; the Jagan wasn't something to be taken lightly, and once this was done, he'd have to be careful in using it again, at least for the next 24 hours.

Miss Ladybug was parked up on the side of the building, in enough shadows so that the police in this town wouldn't be ticketing or towing the car away. Finishing the cigarette between his lips, Ban dropped it on the ground, crushing it out underneath his shoe, then slung his hands in his pockets, striding calmly into the restaurant.

"Shouldn't be too difficult to find Archer at least," he mumbled under his breath, looking around.

[steelisblood.livejournal.com]

As Archer ushered Issei in the restaruant, he looked around for the familiar porcupine like spikes of Ban's hair. Rider's lover wasn't too hard to find and Archer took care to discreetly direct Issei over towards Ban without causing a scene.

[stripping.livejournal.com]

Issei scanned the crowd, worries assuaged. It was a respectable place, after all. Not that she thought Archer would bring her anywhere else, but...

(Once, she thought she saw someone who looked familiar, but it was probably just a case of a similar hairstyle. There would be no reason for anyone in the community to be here, anyway.)

"You've been here before, Archer?" she asked.

[jagan-glare.livejournal.com]

An eyebrow arched when Ban caught sight of a tall, white-haired man directing a smaller woman over. Didn't look anything like Rin...it was then that Ban remembered just who else was struck by the communitywide virus.

"This is going to be awkward," he mumbled, opting to remain where he was. Better that he have Archer and Issei come over to him rather than hunt them down; the kid had to be feeling horrible enough as it was.

[stripping.livejournal.com]

((Archermun says it looks like she replied to you, to me it looks like she replied to me, I don't know what's going on. Uh. Anyway. Just in case: your turn~))

[steelisblood.livejournal.com]

Archer grinned and said, "I use to work here once upon a time actually." He directed Issei to a seat so Ban could make eye contact.

[stripping.livejournal.com]

"Really? Huh, that's strange. I wonder if the staff will remember you..." She took her seat, frowning up at Archer. "I keep thinking I see someone I recognize here, but it's probably a coincidence."

[jagan-glare.livejournal.com]

Okay. As if this wasn't going to be easy already, now he had to go hunt them down. Sighing, Ban raked a hand through his hair, then walked into the dining area, clapping Archer on the back.

"Didn't think the first time we'd meet would be in such a nice place!" he said, smiling. "How's it going?"

[steelisblood.livejournal.com]

Archer looked up and grinned as Ban clasped him on the back. He replied, "Good, hi Ban this is . . . well, Issei. She's had some problems."

[stripping.livejournal.com]

As soon as she sat down, Issei looked up as well, considerably more startled. "Midou? What are you doing here? I thought you lived in another w- city."

[steelisblood.livejournal.com]

"I highly doubt that, Issei, it's been a long time," Archer explained as he looked around. He pulled out the chair for Issei and waited for her to sit down.

[stripping.livejournal.com]

((...remember that there are three people involved in this, Archer?)) (http://ewwgirls.livejournal.com/2957.html?thread=247437#t247437)

[steelisblood.livejournal.com]

((Yeah, I just replied to Ban.))

[stripping.livejournal.com]

((Woops. I'd, um, appreciate it if we could keep this in one thread from now on.

Though... you know, if we wanted, we could have this thread and the dream thread running at the same time...))

[steelisblood.livejournal.com]

((Oh YES!))