Why?

Sean was overjoyed to see Jiaying approach with the Medallion of Zulu safely in her hands. He had been reading stories online about the trinket over the last half day, and almost every single one ended in catastophe. The last thing he wanted was to spend longer than the agreed upon twelve hours in her body.

Jiaying was just as happy to see Sean. She was eager to switch back as well. She smiled as said, “Here! Catch!” as she tossed the Medallion to him.

With his head thinking of other things, Sean didn’t have time to react as Jiaying’s throw fell short and the Medallion clanged a few times on a sewer grate before falling in.

“Why would you do that!?” Sean exclaimed.

“Why didn’t you catch it?” Jiaying replied.

“I was thinking about how much I wanted to swap back, and now we can’t! We’re stuck! This is just like the stories online.”

“Stories? What stories? Why didn’t you tell me there were stories about being being stuck after using that thing?”

“I only read them just now while we were swapped! This thing has a habit of going missing like that! But you had it! You had it and you threw it! Why?....WHY!?”