Prompt: Jaune becomes interested in Nora, Ren in Pyrrha. The girls meet to try and resolve this issue.

Pyrrha paced back and forth in her room, trying to summon up the courage for what she knew she needed to do next. No matter how much she didn't want to have the conversation, Nora deserved to know. It took a few minutes, but she finally worked up the nerve to go find her. She walked over to the door, put her hand on the handle, and then found herself stuck. She wanted to keep going, but she couldn't seem to force herself to move. After all, she needed to tell Nora, but did she need to do it right now? It could wait a few hours, right? Or a few days, or weeks, or months, or...

Pyrrha shook her head to rid herself of those thoughts. She couldn't put this off. She turned the knob to leave, and then jumped back in shock as the door flew open and Nora bounded through it. "Pyrrha, there you are!" Nora shouted. She was obviously going to continue, but she stopped short with a look of surprise. "Why were you standing in front of the door?"

"I was actually going to look for you. We need to talk about something important." Pyrrha began hesitantly.

"We absolutely have something we need to talk about." Nora said.

"Nora, don't freak out, but Ren asked me on a date." Pyrrha said at the exact same time Nora said "Pyrrha, stay calm, but Jaune just asked me out."

"HE WHAT?!" Pyrrha yelled.

"WHAT?!" Nora screamed.

"You said no, right?"

"Tell me you didn't say yes!"

"Of course not!"

"I would never do that!"

"So what did you do?"

"What did you say?"

"I left him there and ran off." Pyrrha finished.

"I didn't say anything and came straight to find you." Nora finished.

"This is a disaster! What are we supposed to do?" Pyrrha asked. Nora gave it a few seconds thought before the shocked look changed to a small smile.

"This is actually the perfect opportunity! All we have to do is agree to go on the dates and then swap places."

"And how do you suggest we do that?"

"Well, we could make them wear blindfolds! No, wait, they would recognize our voices. We could hypnotize them! Actually, nobody here knows hypnosis. Oooohhh, we could dress up in each other's clothes and do each other's voices! No, no, they'd see through that eventually." Nora rambled. Pyrrha let her go through it without comment. She knew Nora well enough to know that there was no real point interrupting her when she got like this before she finished. "Oh, I've got it!" Nora turned and ran out the door. "Follow me!"

Pyrrha sighed but followed her teammate outside the dorms. They moved through Beacon's campus until they came to a small side building Pyrrha had never even noticed before. They slipped inside and went into the basement, and from there they followed a series of winding passages that all seemed to lead further downward. They finally emerged into a long room that was centered on a strange machine. Two pods that looked like they could hold people sat connected by a series of tubes.

"What is that thing?" Pyrrha asked.

"That, dear Pyrrha, is an aura transfer machine. You can use it to transfer or combine aura between two people." Nora replied.

"How do you know that? And how did you even find this place?"

"Oh, I learn about everything eventually." She said cryptically. Pyrrha was going to demand Nora actually explain herself, but Nora had such a weird expression on her face that Pyrrha stopped herself. It didn't seem worth the hassle of getting into it when it didn't really matter. What mattered was her plan.

"So you want us to use this thing to switch souls? You realize that's insane, right?"

"Is it? Ren wants to date you, Jaune wants to date me. It's the perfect opportunity!"

"It seems unnecessary. We'll both turn them down, and they'll come around eventually." Nora walked over to Pyrrha and looked her straight in the eyes.

"No, he won't. Jaune will never, ever notice how you feel about him. He'll just keep chasing other girls forever until one of them accepts him. This is the only way. We can switch, go on a few dates, and then switch back. Easy as that." Pyrrha gave it a little thought. It still sounded insane, but maybe insane was the only way to finally get together with Jaune. And sure, it was a bit manipulative, but she was sure he'd agree it was worth it once they were dating.

"We can switch back the same way, right?"

"Of course." That was the only other thing Pyrrha needed to hear. She shrugged, walked over to one of the pods, and got inside. Nora hit a switch on the machine before climbing into the other pod. The machine started buzzing, and then Pyrrha experienced the weirdest sensation of her life. It felt like she was being sucked out of herself. She felt herself being squeezed and stretched until she let out a gasp in someone else's voice. She looked down to see she was in Nora's body. She opened the pod and stepped out, still a little stunned. She had honestly half expected that Nora was making up what would happen.

The other pod opened, and she looked over at Nora to see herself climbing out. It was an incredibly bizarre feeling, but hopefully she wouldn't have to deal with it for too long. "So we go on a few dates, and then we tell them and switch back." Pyrrha said. Nora nodded.

"Right. What could go wrong?"