@chikabori
Barry staggers as he comes to. Did he just black out on his feet? And wasn’t he just... at home?
Something grabs his arm, and he jumps back in surprise. The creature on his arm is alarmed by the motion too, and it lands in front of him. “What--”
That’s not his voice.
“...Do you have something to do with... this?” he asks, but the scorpion-like creature only seems innocently concerned, and there’s nobody else in the immediate vicinity. Did he have a memory lapse? That wouldn’t explain being in the wrong body. Did he possess some guy?
“Okay. Uh. I do not know what’s going on exactly, but... let’s?... go see if, uh, maybe Lucretia can help.” Is Lucretia even home? His phone probably is, at least.
He’s not too far, so he just starts walking; when the creature flies alongside him and eventually starts gnawing on him again, he lets it. He’s busy noticing that he’s wearing not jeans, though the different cloth doesn’t bother him like it would his own skin.
Eventually, he reaches the beach, and treks the way up to the front of the castle. And... he doesn’t have his keys, so he knocks loudly on the doors.
“Hey! Anyone home?”