video; un: m.cael

[mendelson]

WHO: Mendelson
WHERE: Libra app
WHEN: After Stardew
WHAT: Hey demons it's ya boy
WARNINGS: n/a will add where needed

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[Mendelson appears on the network. While overall he does look better to anyone who might know him or see him regularly (not quite as pale as usual, and is that a faint amount of colour in his face?) he also looks... decidedly panicked.

This is not an unusual occurance, but that he is taking his panic to the Libra network most assuredly is.]

I don't-- I don't know what to do about this.

[Sitting by himself and fretting over it hadn't been working, so this is the chosen alternative. He lifts the phone up so that the camera captures a pair of black horns curling up out of his red hair.]

They're real. They--... they're actually real and attached and I don't-- I can't deal with this right now.

[Help.]

Comments

text, un: moiragetes

[corpserun]

you won't have to worry about hiding them
nobody who's not on the app will notice
if that's what you're freaked out about
otherwise i can't help much

un: coffeelvr4ever

[robopriest]

is everyone turning into furries on this application or what



anyways you shouldn't worry. its just the horns right?

[mendelson]

What

oh

[You know what, just give him a second with this. He needs to make coffee and stop his hands from shaking.]

I suppose it could be worse.
I could be a seven-foot tall bird person or something.

[mendelson]

oh
Really?

[corpserun]

yeah
i mean
i also got some really noticeable changes and nobody's looked twice at me
even when it's the same people who'd do that oh "did you cut your hair?" thing

[mendelson]

That's

actually helpful.

But I still don't know why this is happening.

[robopriest]

see? always look on the bright side of life

besides people would probably consider them cool fashion accessories

[corpserun]

yeah idk either
i'm sure there's some sort of reason for it
like people don't just have horns for no reason?
at least not humans
so maybe we're just becoming less human

have you been getting weird memories too?

[he's probably giving mendelson the impression he's also grown horns, but. whoops!]

[mendelson]

[Great. 'Less human' is really what he needs.]

No weird memories... should I have?

Has this kind of thing happened to you as well?

[whatsamada]

Please tell me you're not going to make a furry joke.

[mendelson]

Why would I do that...

[mendelson]

I've always thought there was a good deal to be said for not really being noticed. I suppose I'm just going to have to get used to it now.

[whatsamada]

Because it seems that a lot of people aren't really taking the transformation into animals seriously.

[And you know. Between the posts about furbies and furries? It's really hard to know if someone is trolling the network!]

[robopriest]

maybe

you could also invest in a nice hat

[mendelson]

I really hope that isn't what's happening to me.

[He's still coming to terms with the horns, he doesn't know if he can process the possibility of fully turning into an animal.]

[mendelson]

[Okay, that does make him laugh. It's weak, but sorely needed.]

A nice hat would solve all my problems.

[whatsamada]

I'm not sure but I would try to remain as calm as you can until you figure out what's going on.

The last thing you would want is to panic and not know what to do.

[Or at least, that is something his senpais would say but...! He's only 13. He has no idea if he's saying the right thing or not.]

[mendelson]

I think I got that part out of the way already.

[He's reached the point of 'so panicked he feels calm' which is just another way of saying his brain is so overwhelmed that his fight/flight response has been overridden and it's only going to get worse later.]

If there's nothing I can do about it then I ought to start looking for other ways to deal with the problem.
I suppose.

[whatsamada]

I guess you can start by hearing a hat? Or you can always say that they're part of a new style that's going on right now?

[Just saying!]

[mendelson]

I've been reliably informed that 'normal' people won't be able to see them... so that's something.

[whatsamada]

Yeah but are you going to be okay with those horns on your head?

[corpserun]

idk
it seems to be something that's happening, though
remembering stuff that happened to you but it didn't
except it did
just not This you

not horns, no
but i did get some
changes
to my appearance
that don't exactly blend in even in a place like this

[mendelson]

I think I'm going to have to be. It would hurt a lot to try to take them off.

[whatsamada]

If it helps, I think they can be pretty cool. It makes you look like you can kick a lot of butt.

[That and he can’t really curse with this app.]

[mendelson]

That sounds disorienting...

[And awful, honestly.]

If it isn't too much to ask, how do you feel about it all?

[mendelson]

[Oh. Uh. Well...]

I hope they don't give the impression that that is something I'd want.

[whatsamada]

Oh.

Well, hopefully they'll think that it looks cool?

[/awkward.]