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[Usually Howard interacts with the network through text, since he's nervous of using any other format, but this time, his deep and weary voice can be heard.]
Um. A question out of curiosity, I-I suppose. If you've "received" a physical change through Retrospec, what was it? If you've received several, what is the worst one...?
[There's the sound of something falling off a table onto the floor. He lets out a shuddering sigh, his tone slightly exasperated.]
Yeah. [A pause.] Before I forget, I need someone who can go out and get some groceries for me. I'll pay you for it. I just don't feel like going outside for a while. I-I'm fine...really...............
[ooc: somebody's got tentacle hands now. life is fun!]
Um. A question out of curiosity, I-I suppose. If you've "received" a physical change through Retrospec, what was it? If you've received several, what is the worst one...?
[There's the sound of something falling off a table onto the floor. He lets out a shuddering sigh, his tone slightly exasperated.]
Yeah. [A pause.] Before I forget, I need someone who can go out and get some groceries for me. I'll pay you for it. I just don't feel like going outside for a while. I-I'm fine...really...............
[ooc: somebody's got tentacle hands now. life is fun!]
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The thought is there and gone in an instant. ]
Drowned a little in the light of others, hm?
I do think I should warn others not to cause you to burn up in their sparkling sunshine.
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private here on out, friends!
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Do you, erm, accidentally break things with it?
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I don’t mind helping you get groceries if you need it, Howard-san, but I hope you’re okay.
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[White hair? That's an odd color...and with his two-toned eyes...]
Like, naturally white? Not dyed?
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I'll be over in fifteen minutes.
[Maybe not with groceries, but with hugs.]
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[Howard, this isn't the time to apply LOGIC to MAGIC.]
And i-it's okay, Shuji. I'm not coming out...
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gonna hit up howard's inbox
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I’ll pick up your groceries, but can you do something in return? I picked up Sakura’s mail and it’s grown teeth. It’s locked in a spare room but I’d rather keep Akage safe...
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[WHAT.]
Thanks. And...what do you want me to do? With the mail, I mean?
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Oh? So Retrospec ruined your life too, I presume.
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...That's an understatement if I ever heard one.
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Hi, Mr. Carter!
...I haven't gotten any kind of physical change yet. Or, um, anything at all. Except for the memories. It kind of makes me paranoid... Like, are they sending all my stuff, or, like, inflicting transformations on someone else accidentally? Or am I going to wake up one these days and have everything all at once?...
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[He, admittedly, feels a pang of jealousy.]
I mean...I think it depends on who...or what you were in your past life.
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I would say it is the tail. I cannot stop myself from knocking things over and it is terribly difficult to control.
[ sigh. ]
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[Cute? Nice? I mean, to appreciate from far away, probably, but to someone who has it...]
[Yeah, it could probably suck.]
Problematic. I'm sorry. I mean, the ears are fine, but I guess the tail is hard to control...
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it was my dominant hand too
they sent me a prosthetic a few weeks ago for it but that was like six months later
what'd they do to you
i'm guessing it's something that's keeping you from doing your groceries
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[WHAT THE HECK. He has his hands replaced with these and another person just had his removed? What does Retrospec have against hands and arms???]
I'm so sorry...goodness. And uh. They've done nothing. I mean, I like staying indoors sometimes. No big deal.
[He isn't lying about that last pat, but...it's clearly not him wanting to stay home for the sake of staying home, this time.]
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I've had to replace several doorknobs, and I totally shattered a keyboard.
[Kara's voice turns somewhat sympathetic. His name is one she recognizes from the grad student lists...]
What changed in you, Howard? I'm a biology professor, if you didn't recognize my name.
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That must be hard to deal with. I'm sorry...but at least it seems like a cool superpower.
[Not like...what he has.]
Uh. It's nothing. I'm fine. I mean, even if I had something, it would probably be out of your realm... [HE'S SUCH A BAD LIAR CAN'T YOU TELL]
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but one of my friends had a tentacle arm for a bit he was hella worried bout it but i told him it was gonna be fine and now it is!
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...Tentacle arm? Is he the one who posted on the network a while ago? I always wondered what happened to him.
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[ that seems like a brief enough summation of the worst. ]
And I don't mind pickin' up groceries.
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That's very kind of you. I'll pay you if you do...it never hurts to have food and such things around just in case.
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[just going to casually link her own ad. no sense repeating it, and he could also see Aki's testimonial.]
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[When he speaks, his tone is clearly laced with a sense of desperation.]
C-could you? I...don't know what to do...
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Honestly, I think my whole body's been replaced here. First my eyes, then my hair. Then my muscles and I gained some more powers. And now, finally, all the rest of me.
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[WHAT]
You have to be kidding...it can't go that far, right...?
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