[Dragonmail: Nova]

[winterwhite]

Hello Nova. This is Reilanin. I think you will have to look up my piece of paper.

Did you switch into any different bodies?

I did. I was a cleric, and a bird. And I was also Ravindra. (He is also in your pieces of paper. He is the paladin.)

It was very interesting. I do not think Ravindra is very interested in how different it was, but you might be. Did you know that sleep is wonderful? And cats are warm? And apples are very sweet, and they smell sweet, too. I did not know apples had a smell.

Being a human was very strange, but I liked it. Being a bird was very nice, too.

Comments

[winterwhite]

Mmm, I think I would like that. [ hey, someone has to, right? ]

Hm. Do you think next time I could be you? Or maybe next time I could be a cat. I think I would like that.

[taking_names]

I wouldn't mind swapping with you, though I think it would take the fun out of it for the goddess if she had to start taking requests.

Being a cat for a day really sounds like the best all-around option.

[winterwhite]

Do you really think that?... [ someone doesn't quite understand the concept of pranking. ] Oh... well, maybe it will happen anyway. [ and the first thing she would do is eat something. and then nap. ]

Ravindra had a toy for Mittens! It was like a feather on a string on a stick and she enjoys it very much. Even if I could not be a cat all day, I would not mind playing with a cat all day. They look like they know how to have fun.

[taking_names]

I think the part of it she enjoys is the trouble and chaos it causes for people. Sometimes the swaps can put people in unfortunate situations, because they're not ready to deal with the problems that come with trading places.

[this leaves him wondering, if you swapped with a cat would you be amused by a feather on a string? maybe you would be. maybe it's instinct...]

Not to mention all of the napping in sunbeams that they do.

[winterwhite]

Really? I hadn't thought of that. I suppose Ashtaroth did have some trouble controlling my mana when we switched. She broke a jar by accident. It was only enchanting powder, however, so it wasn't so terrible...

Cats nap in sunbeams? [ you are not turning her off of this idea in the least nova ]

[taking_names]

Yes, because they're warm.

You know, before I awoke, I thought I had invented a way for people to change bodies with others. It's too bad it wasn't real. It seems like almost everyone I know would like a different body for one reason or another.

[winterwhite]

I liked being warm without feeling sick. And I like to eat things in other peoples' bodies.

I wonder... [ but she stops there. ]

Do you want to switch with anyone?

[taking_names]

Maybe a guild leader. They live a long time and all have different sorts of powers beyond anything a regular person could have.

I think I'm onboard your cat idea, too.

[winterwhite]

Mm, is it a good thing to live a long time? I don't think so.

Better to be a cat, I think.

[taking_names]

I don't know if it's the same for you, but with humans, dying isn't really dying. After you die you have to keep on living forever in the Dark, where there's nothing good to make life worth living.

I don't know why it's like that. It's as if the universe is broken and it's some kind of mistake.

[winterwhite]

At least you know that, I suppose. If that's what you expect, it doesn't seem so bad.

I don't now. You need a soul to go there, don't you?

[taking_names]

[...but it's not okay, Reilanin!]

I think so. I don't know what else would go there besides a soul.

[winterwhite]

Ah. Then it is something I will have to trust you on, then.

Do cats have souls?

[taking_names]

...I have no idea.

Maybe the cleric leader would know.