Earth Quest - Villain x Hero

Continuation of Odyssey Epilogue

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"I don't get it. Why am I getting tired if I'm just inhabiting this body?" You questioned. As time passed it was evidently becoming late for the body you inhabited. It was an unfamiliar sense of exhaustion. With an abundance of Soma in the other world you could sustain yourself indefinitely by stretching out your Energy over long periods of time. That may have been possible but you barely had even an ounce of your original body's Energy to spend. Therefore, you were beginning to nod off without even meaning to.

'I guess gnolls were a type of creature born with high Soma, so it's probably unfamiliar to you but normal creatures can't just spend energy to avoid sleeping. To top it off, the body you're rooted to is a bit weak so you'll need to learn to take care of yourself in the form of sleep, exercise and nutrition. You know... Things normal beings have to worry about.' Fin explained in your head.

"What would you know about being a normal being... 'Coda.'" You questioned.

'I was a human at one point, too. Even in our world you were a peculiar entity, you know?' Fin rebuked.

'Just go to sleep.'

You looked up at the ceiling curiously. It's hard to figure out what to do with yourself while speaking into your own head.
"Do you and Mirra get sleepy?"

'No. Because we're not rooted to a body. Though, it feels good to sleep and do all the things that felt good when I had a body. This inner space is set to be exactly like Finn remembers it. So there's always something called 'beer' in the cold storage box and Mirra is trying to learn how to cook. It is... Slow going.'

"I'm telling you, you should be the one to root yourself in this body." You licked your lips.
"I think it'd be better for everyone."

'Wow, thinking with your dick already? You'll enjoy that body just fine, I think. Besides I already told you it's not going to happen. Not only do I not WANT to do that, I need to focus on sustaining Finn's soul to stop him from being absorbed into yours or mine.' There was a short pause, then Fin shouted.

'Hey hey! Is that smoke!? Sorry, Djir, I gotta hang up! Mirra, you're a water-' The voice stopped.

"Huh? Something's burning in my brain? Isn't that bad?" You looked down, then fell back into your bed. You rolled around a bit, smiling and shifting.
'A comfy bed like this actually feels good on such a soft, weak body. I wouldn't have cared in my previous form. Good to appreciate the little things for now, I guess.' You sighed and sprawled out, quickly falling asleep.

You were shaken awake. "Huh? Wuh?" You blinked tiredness from your eyes and focused them on a large human hand with olive skin holding some type of round metal pocket watch. Without even thinking, your eyes followed the little hand in a trance for a full minute. You could not see him, nor move your head to look at him but out of the corner of your eye you could vaguely make out an unattractive older male figure. He was counting down with a deep voice out loud.
"Six... Five... Four..." When he reached one, after about a minute of you just watching the small hand, he closed it.
"Sixty seconds. I have... twenty minutes. Good enough. Don't want this little guy to run out of juice, heh." Jacob muttered to himself.
"Alright, stand up and get dressed, Finn."

"Sure." You said. It was your voice but you could not control the way it came out.

'What the hell? What's going on? Is this hypnosis? My body is being controlled but my mind is still active... Is it because I'm only rooted in Finn's head right now?' You questioned internally as you sat up and swung your slender, shaven legs over the side of the bed.
'Uh...' You just noticed the fact that you were basically hairless all around for the first time. Ironically, your preference for a partner, though you were feeling more and more like you were going to end up on the receiving end. You hooked a toe into a drawer stuffed under the bed and opened it nimbly as if you'd done it a dozen times before.