callofkaren | [For Nick] Bodyswitch shenanigans.

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[For Nick] Bodyswitch shenanigans.

So, Karen hadn't exactly enjoyed her own little trip in Han Solo's body, but it had been pretty cool once she got over the initial shock. At least from her side of it, anyway. She'd even found Nick's story about waking up with not-her a little more amusing.

It was less than amusing being on this side now, though. Waking up to someone who wasn't Nick was more disturbing than Karen could have imagined. Not that she felt bad, knowing who was in his body, it was just weird, and even moreso now that it happened twice in less than a month. But Karen couldn't think about that, otherwise she'd start to lose it, wondering every night if she'd wake up a kid again, or a guy, or whatever.

She couldn't even go out there and find Nick either, and had to settle for waiting outside her hut until he (and some other body) showed up.

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The only thing keeping Karen from finding this amusing was that Nick seemed to genuinely be in distress where she'd been cool with ending up in someone else's body. Then again, Han Solo was a little more awesome than some random stalker with a hut filled with butterflies...and a baby elephant.

She'd give Nick a day. Then the teasing could start.

"Oh, Nick," she said sympathetically, and stood up. He was still taller than her. "I don't know who she is but hey, at least you're pretty?"

He worried his lower lip between his teeth and looked down at Karen -- okay, that didn't change any, at least -- as he tried to piece it all together.

"Am I?" he asked, perking up a little. "I didn't look." He was too busy trying to avoid the need to do things like go into the bathroom or change clothes or anything.

Which meant that he was really going to have to pee pretty soon. He didn't like that idea one bit.

"You kind of are," Karen said with a nod. He looked familiar somehow, too; the kind of famliar that probably meant Karen knew whoever she was from a movie or TV show. "You okay?"

Nick sighed and shrugged his shoulders. Every move of his was graceful, which was something new for him. "I-- I guess," he said finally, sinking to sit down in front of Karen's hut. The baby elephant wandered nearby, content apparently in the fact that nothing naughty was going to happen with its owner's body.

"Well, I mean, I haven't worked out things like how I'm going to change clothes or go to the bathroom or shower or anything, but it could be a lot worse, right?" He ran a hand through his hair, a look of confusion crossing his face until he remembered that there was a lot of hair now.

"It definitely could be," Karen agreed, and sat down next to him. For some reason, dealing with Nick in some woman's body was easier after the shock of waking up to Mayko in Nick's body.

Speaking of.

"So, I think I might have to take back every single time I laughed about you waking up with Gideon."

Nick grimaced (though the face didn't like that one bit); he was trying not to think about who or what had his body.

"Do I want to know?" he asked, resting one elbow on his knee and cupping his chin in his hand. "Please tell me it's not Grissom or something." He remembered a distinct lack of clothing when he and Karen had fallen asleep the night before, and really, there were some things that Nick's boss just did not need to know.

"Nope," Karen said, smiling at Nick while keeping a wary eye on the elephant. It seemed to be getting closer. "It was Mayko, from the lab."

"Oh," Nick said, shrugging his shoulders. That was... well, it could be a lot more horrible. "Well, that's not so..." He paused. No, no it was still bad. He probably wouldn't be able to face Mayko for a little while without blushing. "No, no, that's still really awkward. Damn." Nick followed Karen's gaze, and he glared at the elephant. "It won't stop following me. Who the hell has a pet elephant?"

"Same person who has a bunch of miniatures of people?" Karen suggested, trying to keep a light tone. She had the exact same question, though the more she watched the little elephant, the disturbed she was by it.

"I think it's kinda cute," she said, then stood up and walked over to the elephant. She tied the hem of Nick's shirt she was wearing against her waist, then held out a hand to the elephant's trunk. "Hey there, little guy."

Nick leaned forward, watching as Karen went over to the elephant. Seriously, Nick couldn't think anything else other than a baby elephant? really? really really? At least the whole farm of animals hadn't followed him.

Yet.

The elephant lifted its trunk, nudging it against Karen's palm. It was a curious little thing... a curious little thing that would grow up to be enormous.

"I think it likes you," Nick said, stretching his legs out in front of him. Hey, he had great legs. Wow, look at that.

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