Text; Un: Hikari-vi

[whiteshroud]

WHO: Jun Nightroad
WHERE: Network
WHEN: December 28th
WHAT: Gathering information
WARNINGS: I'm just going to say I'm sorry.

[Jun as a general rule dislikes posting to the network at large. He was too introverted for this kind of stuff. But he really did need to gather information, and August already outed him for having issues so...]

I'm trying to gather information, so I'd appreciate any answers you can give me.

How many of you this month became a furry? When and how did it occur, to the best of your memory?

Physically, I mean. If you became a furry in another sense, good for you, but I don't need those details.

Thank you.

Comments

Text | un: Pantsonpyre

[localweirdo]

Not yet but I'm fully expecting things to get rather furbulous.

[whiteshroud]

[Ok that makes him snort]

That's understandable. With how this is spreading, such a prediction feels like pawphecy.

[localweirdo]

How unbearably terrible.

All things considered, I do worry how this will turn out. Either this will go well or go horribly wrong.

un: silverrose

[fionnuisce]

we HAVE to collectively agree on a different term for this

sooner rather than later

for everyone's sanity

UN: hikari-vi

[whiteshroud]

I really don't see the issue with furry.

It's better than calling people monsters.

[fionnuisce]

Sure, that's entirely true. I just think maybe there could be a less...loaded term for it? Theriocanthrope? Damn it, no, that's too long.

Text, un: Dynamight

[callmekacchan]

[You know what. This is honestly probably karma for harassing August about being a furry... oh how the turntables...

Anyway, the only way they find answers is sharing info so...]

I'm guessing this is related to those problems you've been having?
Beginning of the month.
Was out shopping.
Suddenly I had ears and a tail.
Just assumed it was because of the whole kitsune thing.
But if it's happening to you too, probably not.

UN: hikari-vi

[whiteshroud]

Mm, it started for me not long after the charity ball.
Though unlike yours, I don't think any of connection to any of my abilities.

Did anything of note happen before or during the shopping trip?

[callmekacchan]

[....yeah. About that...]

Nothing related, as far as I can tell.

[Just seeing Yoosung in a backless outfit and having an "oh, he's hot" moment right as the features appeared. But. That's probably just weird timing so he's definitely not sharing.]

What about you?
Anything you can think of?

text: un: trienemybest

[droptheious]

[He still doesn't really understand any other connotation of the word "furry", so he's just gonna...accept this for what it is. ]

Getting a list of how many people this affected and seeing if there are any linking events is a smart idea.

[He's pulling a face while he writes that, not that Jun can see it-ugh, admitting Jun is right about a thing. ]

It started for me when I first went into this month's spirit realm. I was human before I went into the tree, then I suddenly had the claws and a different tail when I'd passed through it. I originally thought it might have been the spirit realm causing the change, but given it's been happening outside the spirit realm too, I'm throwing that hypothesis out. I still feel like the spirit realm is linked somehow, but I'm not sure what that is just yet.

UN: hikari-vi

[whiteshroud]

[That's right deal with it. sometimes Jun has good points]

I see, so for you it wasn't until you went to Christmas Town.
Did anything unusual happen to you around the time you went into the Spirit Realm? Besides the claws and tail, I mean.

And yes, I think it's safe to assume it's connected to the Spirit Realm too. Especially with it causing different feelings for us after the change.

[droptheious]

[Ugh he hates Jun being right.]

Exactly. Crossing into the spirit realm. I don't think so, I mean-

[He stops, and the three little dots sit in place for what seems like a LONG time. Longer than Varian usually takes to respond. Because something HAD happened before he went into the spirit realm. He'd been both distraction and unknowing alibi for Snow while Elliot dealt with her stepmother. He'd lied to a friend to do what needed to be done.

Did that have something to do with it? That's a possibility he hadn't considered before now. Hm. It's definitely not one to speak about on the network, anyway.]

Sorry, Ruddiger stole my phone. [He did not.] Anyway, I guess there was a heightened stress for me for a little while there. That might have done something too?

voice | un: lastlullaby

[end_singer]

Yes. Just a few days ago I decided to see what the shape of a reindeer would feel like. ...Or is the question only for those who gained the ability to change this month?

[whiteshroud]

Mm, this is more about the people who are changing without meaning to change. Shapeshifters are rare, but they aren't unheard of.

What was being a reindeer like though?

text; un: oyente

[escuchando]

I tried to find out what a 'furry' is using the internet.

But... I don't think I was looking at the right thing.

un: noxxed

[sassery]

oh fuck
ok so uh yeah
do yourself a favor and dont ever look that up again
your sanity will thank you tbh
its uh
its something all right

UN: hikari-vi

[whiteshroud]

Ah, yeah the search results can be confusing.

I mean people with animal characteristics. Like tails or animal ears.

un: noxxed

[sassery]

wait how fucking many of us are now doing this shit
and how many of us are like
demons vs everything else
fuck at this rate we might as well make it a club
hand out member cards and everything

un: blackbirdtarot

[drewthetower]

pretty sure we're the only demons but

uh

I may also be going actual bird because remember how my weight was off earlier?

[whiteshroud]

Well I can verify that I'm not a demon. [VERY MUCH THE OPPOSITE]

But if we're talking about people that aren't fully human anymore...there certainly does seem to be an unusually growing number.

Text; un: Opera_Ghost

[not_a_possum]

I'm a demon!

voice; un: riftdancer

[thavnairian]

[Amal just cackles into the phone and sends that.]

UN: hikari-vi

[whiteshroud]

[EXCUSE YOU SIR]

Amal? Did you buttdial me?

Text | un: pequeña_montaña

[neverbreaks]

[ Fortunately(?) Luisa has some memories about what this means, after she'd done a bit of research for some other things (and boy, had that been a trip). ]

It kind of just happened, to be honest. I woke up one morning with ears and a tail. The previous month, though, I got stuck transformed as a jaguar for a little bit, so I thought they might be related.

[whiteshroud]

A jaguar?

That's intense. Did anything happen that might've triggered it?