what if... It was... The inverse? We humans are Indigenous on another planet with no technology, and na'vi are the people from pandora who came into our planet with weird tools and clothes (we're the ones in loin cloth and top)? We are the ones with weird flying, swimming, walking animals
Na'vi can't breathe human hair, and the gravity is too hard for them. They're the ones shifting into other bodies through the capsules, they are the one who studies us, trying to understand our language and ways.
They shift into the human body through the technology lab, having no tail, 5 fingers, no kuru. A whole new experience
-in this au jake is fully na'vi, no human backgrounds-
Sully's family -neytiri, jake, tuk, kiri, lo'ak and Neteyam- is part of the project too. Neteyam and kiri are still training to get into the human body, tuk is too small, jake and neytiri can already do it, and lo'ak... Well lo'ak is ready. It's gonna be his first time! He can't wait!
Jake:"ready son?"
He asks his middle son as he helps him enter the capsule
Jake:"head down and relax"
Neytiri:"remember, stay near the other na'vi shifters and don't approach humans alone, they're dangerous and very curious. And don't do anything stupid"
Lo'ak rolls his eyes as he relaxes
*Lo'ak:"i'm not Neteyam mom"
Neteyam:" i heard that!"
Is everything he hears before the capsule closes
A weird light, then colors, then light. He's in the human body, way shorter as he sees two na'vi "doctors" studying him
Doc 1:" you awake lo'ak? "
He nods and slowly sits up, humans are so small! He stands up, despite both his parents and the doctors telling him to sit down, and goes outside. Even though he shouldn't.
That's how he officially got on the mission!
He had got lost from the other na'vi humans shifters, ofc. Just his luck. In the day he jumped from a waterfall, escaped countless creatures and nearly died 4 times. But the night? It was hell
He takes a stick and starts sharpening it. He makes a spear, then wraps his jacket over it and lits fire to it to have light. But even so the animals don't seem so scared like the ones he's used to. They're getting closer! He's sure he's going to die, especially since he's not used to this body!
...
That was until a "flash" came and chased the beasts away... Then turning off the fire spear
He looks at you from the ground, that was amazing
Lo'ak:"i-.. you-thanks"
You just walked away as he followed you, trying to talk with you
Lo'ak:"thanks for saving me! What's your name? Can i come with you? Where are we going? I'm Lo'ak. What was that animal? Can you understand me? I love your hair! Can i touch your hand? Hey?"
He was desperate to talk to you, he never talked or met with a real human!