[Video] - November 3 or so (before the bonfires)

[scarsolderthanyou]

[The network window that opens up for people when they connect, today, shows a mirror in a hallway, with a familiar face in it-- mostly familiar, anyway. Sam Stone's skin has gone gray, literally-- not sickly gray, not pale or ill-looking... just gray. As if it faded from color along with his hair. The only color left to him are his eyes, still light blue.]

Anybody listening today? I thought maybe we should catalog all the weird changes we're all going through. I'll start.

[He holds up his hand-- also gray.]

I got that bloodhound-league sense of smell thing a while ago, and on Halloween a spider turned my skin gray. Crazy, right? Also, I can growl when I'm grumpy about something. Demonstrations available if you want 'em.

Who else has had some weird shit change for them?

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[vernal_miss]

[Although she has nothing to add as far as physical changes may be concerned, there is something she absolutely cannot resist asking. So, sitting on her bed accompanied by a couple plush toys with her younger sibling currently out, she fusses with her connection until she can be seen in return with the most curious expression of quiet wonder.]

You can growl? Can I hear?

[runs]

I have cat eyes now! Like Sadie!

[Which is uncomfortable because she needs to wear contacts to hide it, but also if she's being frank pretty cool. Not that it changed her ability to see, it's a purely cosmetic thing, but still.]

[scarsolderthanyou]

[Sam gives her a mildly amused look, then a deep rumbling noise comes across the network. The mirror vibrates a little with it, making his image jitter on whatever screen she's using.

It sounds a little like a lion, but deeper, louder, and definitely more vibrate-y.]

[scarsolderthanyou]

That's two people with cat eyes, then. Do you have any memories of other cat parts, like she does?

[runs]

No.

...I got a coat? [That's the only other physical thing that she's really gotten as far as she can tell.]

[vernal_miss]

[The hopeful curl at her lips slackens as her eyes go wide at the way the sound comes through with the image quivering as though the connection itself is shook by the intimidating growl. He won’t even finish before Nel squeals in delight and throws herself back on the bed with the camera brought along as she dissolves into a bout of mirthful laughter, her own image shaking far less consistently in the transition before she manages to lean it against the wall.

He sounds like he could scare any animal at the zoo! As his granddaughter however, she is entirely immune to any potential for actual fright.]

That! That’s AMAZING!!! W-when did you start growling like that??

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[blueskying]

So you've gone monochromatic.

[Sky pauses for a long moment, frowning into the middle distance.]

That would make a very good title for a story. Might be seen as riding on Duane's coattails, but in all fairness her title is derivative itself.

[He's talking to himself. Someone tell him this is rude.]

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[dragoonrouge]

I got my eyes, recently retractable claws became a thing and I can vocalise like a cat too.

[To demonstrate Sadie makes herself purr, the vibrations causing an effect not too dissimilar to a phone on vibrate before she shifts to a hiss followed by a growl, although it lacks the depth of Sam's]

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[fairfeste]

You're just... gray. I thought 'going gray' was just an expression. Or about hair.

[tbh they're not even teasing, they are just very confused.]

Uh... I have a memory thing about the spider webs. Other than that I have no idea.

[the fact that the lighting is perfect on them in every damn shot of this video is a little too subtle for them to pick up on.]

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[brofistsforall]

I'd make a joke about turning in to a wolf, but it's really no laughing matter.

I had some physical changes, but they're nowhere like yours. Just...I've needed to buy a new wardrobe.

[text]

[catted]

May I ask what exactly the changes are?

[text]

[brofistsforall]

I've got a lot more bulk than I used to have. To the point where I'm having people ask if I joined some sort of weightlifting program.

(I didn't.)

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[catted]

[Huh. That one is new.] So nothing about it is non-human, it's just that your muscle mass has increased?

[scarsolderthanyou]

Around the time that bomb was discovered. It happened because of some short, bald man who either was important enough to cause one of those pulse things, somehow, or could cause them on purpose.

[scarsolderthanyou]

And I got a bracelet.

[He even holds up his wrist to show it off, looking mildly amused.]

So you don't get visions with yours? Or just not visions that come with images of having cat parts?

[scarsolderthanyou]

Who's coattails?

[Sam will at least call him on it.]

[scarsolderthanyou]

Retractable claws? Can I see?

[Because that sounds like it would be pretty hard to hide, unless it's in addition to nails. She's going to need gloves all the time.]

[scarsolderthanyou]

[Sam's vision isn't the best, given he only has one really working eye, so he doesn't entirely notice. He just figures Feste is good with cameras, or whatever he's using for this video. Too bad.]

You'll get more. You're still new to this.

[He doesn't sound all that encouraging; more like grim.]

[fairfeste]

You don't make that sound like a good thing...

[Though really, that's about what they expect. This whole thing just sounds... concerning.]

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[brofistsforall]

Exactly. Have you experienced anything yourself?

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[catted]

No.

Well, aside from that I apparently own an imaginary cat now, but that's not strictly a physical gain.

[There's something more physical, but that's... too private, really. And concerns too many other people. And she'd rather not tell just anyone. Or almost anyone. Not before she understands it better.]

[scarsolderthanyou]

It's not. None of this is a good thing, as far as I'm concerned.

[fairfeste]

Some of it has to be at least ok, right?

[optimism?? can they do that????]

[Video]

[spaghettimonster]

I haven't had anything obvious happen, like some of you. But if muscle mass is a thing... I can't seem to gain any weight, or muscle tone, and I've been trying.

[Working out, bingeing fattening foods... But nothing. Russell looks mostly like his icons, if slightly thinner.]

So, are you grey all over...?

[vernal_miss]

[Her laughter sobers in a hurry at the information relayed about a bald man, and she corrects her position from laying on her side to prone up on her elbows. This sounds like a lead to what may be behind all the magic.]

What did he do? Did he say anything? [Out of the ordinary especially.]