8th Smile: DON'T PANIC. TRY NOT TO PANIC. PANIC A LOT! [Voice] + Action for Triton's Mistress

[elementofcupcakes]

[There is ragged breathing, as if someone is trying not to freakout, and a bit of sniffling.]

Hey...heeeeeyyyyyyy! Can anypony...h-hear me?

[C'mon, Pinkie, don't cry. Keep it together!]

I'm in a strange room...and...I sound really weird! A-And [SNIFFLE] I have these bony things on the end of my hooves!

[SNIFFLES LOUDER BEFORE--]

WHERE ARE MY HOOOOOVESSSS! [Breaks down and sobs]

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[arcadiasailor]

[That's his real voice, so that means the pink pony is freaking out. It's unsetting to hear himself cry like that.]
I seem to be in your body and your in mine.

[elementofcupcakes]

[It SOUNDED like here, but she's sure she didn't say it! She gasps and peeks out from her covers. There is the rustling of the sheets to be heard. Pinkie then whispers loudly.]

WHO SAID THAT?! I DIDN'T VISIT ANY MIRROR POOL! WHO ARE YOU?!

[arcadiasailor]

[Is she hiding in bed? Well he'd done that himself last curse.]
I'm Harlock!

[elementofcupcakes]

Did you just sneeze?

[arcadiasailor]

[Sure he's German but his name does not sound anything like sneezing.]

H,A,R,L,O,C,K Harlock! And that's my body your in!

[elementofcupcakes]

Well Harlock, if that's even your real name, your body is weird and stuff! Give mine back, you...you...FILLYNAPPER!!

[arcadiasailor]

I'm a perfectly normal human, there is nothing weird! [You'd think he machine man with the way the pony was going on.]
Yes because I wanted to wake up as a talking pink pony with a perm today.

Threadjack - feel free to proceed like I ain't even here if you want XDDD

[just_a_minute]

Oooo boy, this is rich!

[Some loud chuckling could be heard piercing through in the background]

I wish I had a tape recorder.. it would be a lot easier to carry around than this damn journal. You're never living this down... captain. [Probably the only time Ban has called Harlock "captain" and here it is more.. sarcastic]

Re: Threadjack - feel free to proceed like I ain't even here if you want XDDD

[arcadiasailor]

[Sometimes he wonders if Ban ever grew up]
I could nav over,then kick you!

[elementofcupcakes]

HEY! Don't kick anypony in MY body, fillynapper!

[elementofcupcakes]

That's a NATURAL mane! Nothing artificial about it!

[Actioooon]

[chasing_waterfalls]

[Oh this is so confusing. He's heard a lot of strange things over the journals, not that listening to journals is a strange thing in and of itself, but still!

And so as he's rushing around, he can't help but stop by the captain's door at the sound of...crying?]

H-hello? Captain Harlock, sir? Are you all right in there?

[elementofcupcakes]

[OH NO STRANGERS! Well, not like Pinkie is a stranger to strangers, but this is different! This isn't her pink pony body and her ship at all! So she tries to pretend that everything's okay.]

Uuuuuhhhhh, everything's cool! Nothing wrong here! Now...SHOO! SHOO!

[chasing_waterfalls]

-are you sure about that, sir? You're acting really strange...!

[elementofcupcakes]

Yep! Totally sure! Never been surer! Sure as rain!

[chasing_waterfalls]

...um. All right then...

[The young dragon steps back as he eyes the door, because well, what else should he do?]

[Voice]

[letteropener]

Pinkie, that is you, is it not?

[Well, that sure doesn't SOUND like Princess Celestia...]

[elementofcupcakes]

[Another strange voice, who knew her name! What?!]

...nnnoooooo?

[Alright, that sounded totally convincing!

[letteropener]

[Sigh...]

If you could get a message to Pinkie Pie, please tell her this is Princess Celestia. I have found myself in the body of a human, today, one on another ship. I suspect a curse has swapped my mind into this body, and I think the same might have happened to her.

[elementofcupcakes]

[That didn't sound anything like her, even if it did make sense. Hmmm...]

Uhh...sure! I'll tell that cute little filly that I've never met the message!

[letteropener]

[Well Pinkie doesn't sound much like herself either!] Thank you. And please remind the Element of Laughter to try to find something to enjoy about this change? I do not believe it will be permanent, so I think she will regret it if she spends her time in panic and fear, rather than attempting to enjoy this opportunity.

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[facelesshunter]

A cry from the captain's quarters (she interprets it as a cry of pain; she can not imagine Harlock crying) and Hester is on her feet, running towards it. She kicks the door open, ready to do who know what to whoever. Crouching in a combat stance, her big survival knife drawn and with the horrible scarring that covers half her face, she looks a little like some terrible, vengeful gargoyle.

But no assailant is to been, nor any signs of a struggle (save an emotional one).

Edging in (back to the wall), Hester looks confused.

"...Captain Harlock?"

[elementofcupcakes]

[WHOA! Who did that?!

Pinkie peeks from under the covers and sees...well, legs. She doesn't know who they belong to, though, but she DEFINITELY doesn't recognize the voice.

Who's Captain Harlock? Did she sneeze, too?

GOTTA THINK QUICK! GOTTA GET THAT PERSON OUT OF HERE!]

Yes, I'm just-- [COUGH COUGH] Under the weather, so I'm staying under the covers! Nothing to see here! [COUGH!!]

[facelesshunter]

Hester thought that was just transparently fake. So either the captain was hiding something from them or he was doing something embarrassing. If the former, she wanted to know because of her natural paranoia. The latter, so she could point and laugh at and blackmail him.

Hey, she liked him, but she liked looking out for Number 1 somewhat better.

So she cautiously approached and tried to pull the blanket off of him.

[elementofcupcakes]

[It's too quiet! Did she leave?!

Pinkie listens, trying to hear anything distinctive.]

[facelesshunter]

This is uncomfortably pathetic.

"...What'd you eat last?"

She thinks he's hallucinating, not sick.

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[bloodheels]

Captain Harlock? No... it might not be. [He could be in the exact same situation as her.]

Can you tell me who you are? I'm sure there is something going on here and panicking is not going to help.

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[elementofcupcakes]

Why would I tell you who I am?! Even though I always speak to strangers, but right now isn't a good time!

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[bloodheels]

[Lenalee had gone quiet for a minute. Using these hands were not easy when it came to the journal. Mona Lisa certainly must have a tough time.]

Because it seems people have been switching bodies. Finding out who we each are would make the whole situation much easier. For example I'm Lenalee in Mona Lisa's body and you sound an awful lot like Captain Harlock, but the words seem wrong for him to say. It's why I asked.

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[just_a_minute]

Any-pony?

The only person- er animal I've heard using that term was Princess Celestia. I'm guessing from your demeanor that you aren't her. What was that other one she mentioned.... [It has been a while since they spoke]

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[givemelee]

Cap-tain?

[Ratonhnhaké:ton recognized the voice for sure but that was about it]

What is it? What's happened?!