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WHO: Adam Young, Dog, and YOU
WHERE: All over
WHEN: First half of May
WHAT: Why, strange things are going on again, of course! Wild magic is hitting everyone, including Adam and his pets. He just kind of rolls with it. What else are you going to do?
WARNINGS: No animals were harmed during these events. Adam made sure of it.

[De Chima] Just a little off
Well, this is a thing, as are all things. Could have been worse, not that the boy really appreciates any changes that suddenly happen to imports, or anyone, really. And the change he was hit with today comes with some unfortunate associations with the strangest reality changing event that has hit the world in the last few months, but he's trying not to think too much about that.

Some people might easily recognize him - not just by the familiar features that are there regardless, of course, but because Adam has grown to about the same age and size as he was last seen in that one alternate world, complete with a mess of dark blonde curls on his head.

And, following behind him, collared and leashed and looking mighty unhappy, is a black and white cat, which some might find strangely familiar...

[Nonah, park] Sparkledog
A lovely spring day in the park. That is, well, if the seemingly unending swath of magical effects plaging the world doesn't bother you. A quick daily look through the network tells him that things don't seem to be anywhere near going back to normal (wherever that line might be at this point). Most noticeably, people's ages seem to be fluctuating. Fortunately, Adam seems to have settled back into his accurate 11-year-old-boy size.

However, there's something else that's a little...off. Or quite off. The boy's colors - all of his colors - seem to change through the day. Sometimes, it's the colors of his eyes. Sometimes, his hair. His clothes. Everything. Right now, his body seems to have settled into inhumanly red eyes and a blue-ish tint to his hair, which really do not match at all.

Dog, however, seems to be having a bit more trouble. The canine, in fact, changes colors much more rapidly, every few minutes taking another step through the color spectrum. And if you look closely, you can definitely see some--sparkling? Why, yes - as the animal moves, his fur definitely sparkles in the sunlight. And you can even see some of it trailing behind him as he chases some pigeons around...

[Nonah, Strike a Paws pet shop] Well that's just not supposed to happen
Chaos strikes this small pet shop & dog training service in downtown Nonah, specifically as the pets brought in for grooming and training for the day suddenly gain the power of flight. From puppies to older dogs, small to big, the animals are loud, nervous, and, well, in flight all across the shop, mostly really unable to control their trajectories, which is resulting in some harmless bumping and rather angry growling and barking.

Adam can barely get one of them down before two of them start flying far too close to each other and seem to find this most offensive. One of the big ones has chewed through one of the bags of dog food. The chihuahuas are trying to pick a fight with Dog.

This is a mess. He could really use some help, but the adult workers in the shop seem even more clueless on what to do.

[De Chima woods] Feed me Seymour
If you already live in or pass through the areas outside central De Chima, then you're probably mostly aware of how they look. The roads, the houses, the woods nearby. You're probably used to it. Or maybe you're not. But you certainly don't think the grass should be that overgrown, certainly not at waist length, when everything else seems so normal. And it probably should be that way in such a specific line into the trees. And the trees themselves, just above that strnge overgrown grass, seem to have, in a way, exploded with growth. Just that handful of them.

This patch seems to go deeper into the woods, an area darker than the immediate spots on either side of it. Just seems like something has made those plants grow a lot more and faster than their surrounding compatriots. Surely, that's not how plant life works...right?

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[The problem with him losing a chunk of his memory is that he forgot certain responsibilities. Fortunately, as he worked out more and more of what was going on from what various people were saying, Anton eventually realized the room he'd woken up in was probably his own, and he made his way back. Where he found Penelope, who had torn open a bag of her food (she has a preference for dog food) and was drinking out of the toilet. Assuming she might be his pet since she seemed instantly friendly with him, he decides, after finding his adult self's wallet, to go out and get more food since her current bag is now nearly empty.

And that's when he enters the pet store with Penelope on her leash, to find that things are even crazier here. Penelope, seeing the dogs flying, decides she wants to play as well, and so Anton, unable in his current form to hold on to the leash, lets go, and soon she is happily frolicking through the air with her new german shepherd friend.]

Um...I think I maybe should have left her at home...but at least she looks like she's having fun?

[ Another customer, another pet, and another add-on to the chaos. Adam's mostly watching it happen, as not all of it seems that bad. He works on keeping the more stressed out dogs away from each other, of course. But some of the animals seem mighty happy to be able to reach the toys on the higher shelves. ]

Yeah, there's some weird stuff going on. [ The boy says rather non nonchalantly. It's funny, all in all, watching flying dogs.

A couple of other shop workers are heard panicking in another aisle.]

I think I'm going to just hang out until she's done playing.

[...because he has no idea how he's going to get her down.]

I should probably grab the stuff I was going to get, though, so I can be ready to go when she's ready to come back down.

[Who knows when that will be.]

[ Who knows. Some of the dog seem to have fun, too, including an excitable mutt that flies around Penelope a few times, happily barking at her. ]

What did you need? [ Adam asks casually over the barks, panicking employees, and a bunch of somethings being knocked off a shelf nearby. ]

Dog food. She gets the one with the picture of the wolf on it? She got into the bag and now she's almost out.

[Penelope responds by grabbing a squeaky toy off of a shelf, squeaking it a few times, before flying off, glancing back to see if the dog would chase.]

I'll also be getting that squeaky toy, apparently.

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[ Adam smirks as he watches Penelope fly off with the toy, with the mutt attempting to chase her, quite excited despite its difficulty in navigating the open air with this newfound power. ]

Sure. I think we still have some...

[ The picture of perfect calm, Adam steps out into the next aisle over, dodging some dogs and the things they knock off of the shelves, looking along the large bags of dog food. ]

What is she, anyway?

[Anton follows him, glad to have someone leading the way. He's never been to a store this big, and it would be hard to navigate with all the dogs flying around. One dips low in front of Anton, dropping a ball in front of him. Realizing what it wants him to do, Anton picks up and throws the ball before going back to following Adam.]

I don't know. Maybe older me knows? I just know that she follows me around and is happy to see me, and people told me I'm usually older here, so I figure she's probably my pet.

[If not...well, she certainly is now.]

Older you?

[ Adam stops to look back at him, and it really doesn't take him long at all to know what he means, considering how badly everyone's being affected. ]

Did you get changed too?

Apparently. I don't remember being an adult, but I've been told I'm usually an adult here, and I have a picture of me as an adult.

[He pulls out the wallet he'd grabbed from his room, pulling out his ID, showing his fully adult self.]

See?

[ Adam looks, surprised to recognize the photo. Though now that he looks at Anton in his current younger form, he definitely sees the resemblance. Not that he really sees that many people that look similar to him on a daily basis... ]

I know you.

You really don't remember anything?

You know me? And no, I don't remember any of it. What's future me like?

Well, we've only met a couple of times. But you're nice. Pretty friendly. Big guy, big horns. [ An important detail, of course. ]

I mean, I figured the big horns. From the picture. And because my horns only just started growing in so I kind of figured they'd get a lot bigger. I'm glad to hear future me is nice, though!

Yeah.

[ Suddenly, there's a loud sound of many somethings falling off a shelf, angry barking dogs, and flustered employees, all coming from a different aisle. ]

Maybe lets get that dog food.

Yeah, let's get that dog food.

[Anton follows Adam, and soon he spots it. There are a few bags on the ground, but it's definitely the same picture he saw on the bag at home.]

There it is!

[He picks up the bag.]

I'll bring this up front, and then I'll...uh...check on how things are going and if she's ready to settle down yet.

[ Adam looks towards the end of the aisle as an employee runs by, desperately clutching a broom. ]

I don't think anyone's at the front right now.

I'll still bring it up there to...have it up there. I don't think Penelope's ready to go yet, anyway.

[Apparently, since when he glances over he notices she's in a mid-air game of tug-of-war with a golden retriever.]

[ Adam looks over at the pets, and smiles. He's thoroughly not bothered by any of this. The animals look happy and that's good enough for him.]

She's pretty cool.

Thanks! I'd love to tell you more about her, but...I don't remember my adult self at all. I only know her name because she has a tag on her collar. She seems really friendly, though!

[Judd is, on the whole, very good at minding his own business. As someone who is intensely private, he respects the privacy of others in return. However, even he isn't immune to the sight of color-changing sparkle dogs. The sight caught him somewhat by surprise as he saw it from a distance away, and now, much closer, it does nothing to diminish that.

Recognizing the dog will do that.]

You're having an interesting afternoon.

[ Adam looks up at Judd, donning some unnatural colors himself, but he seems quite alright with the whole deal. Ahead of them, Dog runs through a flock of pigeons, all in bright purple fur and leaving quite the dazzling trail of sparkles behind him. ]

Yeah. Guess that's what happening to us today.

[ He eyes Judd, looking for some signs of magical shenanigans on him. ]

What about you?

From what I've seen on the network, things could have been much worse.

[Because in the scheme of things, random color changes isn't that bad.]

I haven't noticed any changes in my physiology. [A pause as he considers this.] Do I appear any different to you?

[ Adam looks him over, looking for anything at all. But Judd looks the same as ever, which is more surprising than it should be, right this moment. ]

No, I don't think so.

But it's been happening all over, and it keeps changing up. So it might still happen.

Perhaps it affected my other form. I haven't shifted recently so I can't say for certain.

[Oh Judd's got something all right. He's just one of the ones who don't realize he does.]

Other form? What other form?

[ Adam pauses. ]

The werewolf one? [ Yes he's still going to call it that. ]

Changeling, but yes.

[ Werewolf. Got it.]

Have you checked?

[There's a brief silence.]

You just want to see me shift, don't you?

[After another short pause, there's a near imperceptible shrug of the shoulders. With everything strange going on lately, it certainly wouldn't hurt to have a second pair of eyes look him over. It isn't like he could fully see himself in wolf form anyway.]

Fine. Wait here.

[Judd disappears behind a thick grouping of trees, quickly shedding and caching his clothes before shifting in a multicolor shimmer of sparks, the sensation simultaneously agonizing and euphoric, until the world around him changed.

Several moments later, a large white wolf pads over to Adam and sits in front of him. Like the man, the wolf has brown eyes flecked with gold, and they're watching him intently.

Well? Is he normal?]

[ Well, he should excuse Adam for almost entirely forgetting the point of this whole endeavour as soon as he spots the large wolf (form), grinning rather excitedly. Dog even trots over, making a low cautious sound before sniffing at the air and tilting his head when he recognizes Judd.]

Wicked. [ The boy is very impressed, despite what constitutes normal here, and normal for him.]

You look like a wolf to me. [ The boy eyes him, even leaning to get a better look.] No weird colors or shapes.

[Judd the wolf gives Dog a curt nod of acknowledgement before turning to Adam and spinning slowly in a circle.

At least nothing appears out of the ordinary.

He nods before pausing for a second, in thought. He then tilts his head slightly, giving the boy permission to pet him should he so choose.]

[ Oh, you know he will. Adam grins and approaches, reaching to pet Judd's massive wolf head. All of this is simply going to cement the fact that Adam will keep calling him a werewolf. ]

Is it weird, changing like that?

[ Dog trots closer and steps around Judd. He remembers being that big and imposing.]

[He is not a werewolf.

A shake of his furry head. A Changeling was no more fully human than they were fully an animal. In order to feel whole, they had to embrace both sides of who they were.

Judd the wolf turns his attention from boy to Dog, maintaining the canine's eye contact but otherwise unmoving as he's scrutinized from snout to tail.]

[ The hellhound does give the changeling a thorough sniff. Still smells like Judd, which is a smell he's used to by now. Just bigger and furrier. Dog trots back around to look up at him. This form is approved, expressed through some sort of canine body language.]

You ever run through the woods like this?

[ The question may seem oddly specific, but he knew someone who did that. An actual werewolf.]

[Judd returns the gesture of approval in his own way before turning his attention back to Adam and nodding.

With that, he quickly turns and takes off. The wolf is fast. He disappears for a few moments before returning from the other side of the clearing.]

[ Haru was seven, and yet she had never been in a forest. She had read books, seen documentaries, and one night as she was out with her guardians they walked past a park with a small copse of trees, but actually visiting? She'd never had the opportunity.

Now here in this world, without her guardians to keep her from going out and about, she has wandered all the way to the woods. The grass going over her head really didn't bother her, the birds that flew above her and the various small animals that scouted ahead for her didn't sense any danger so far, so why should she be worried? There were a great many things in this part of the world, and she had seen many new ones. So why wouldn't the grass here be so tall?

That was why, as though she had not a care in the world, the red haired child, who looked like she would be more at home in a private school than an overgrown lawn, walked right into the grass with the intent to make her way into the woods. If she was going to be kidnapped an in another country, she might as well see the sights. ]

[ It looks like the path continues down the woods in mostly a straight line, under trees, and the growth seems to fade out to the right and left. Surely, there's something making it grow. Can't be the sunlight, as the trees above the specific path seem to have grown to the point of impeding any of it to reach the ground there.

The path leads off not too far, but it's difficult to tell if you're supposed to see the street from there, as the grass and bushes block it. But it leads into a clearing.

Ahead, in said clearing, stands on Adam Young, unsure what to do with all of this new plant life, and watching as a brush right in front of him just grows and grows and grows, in front of his very eyes. ]

[ The girl continues to make her way, only realising that something might be odd when the walks out of a patch of grass and sees the path. In the end, she decides that since she's never been to a forest before, it doesn't matter if anything is particularly odd about this, as she wouldn't know the difference.

She follows the path, happily taking in her surroundings, and how the animals seem fairly unbothered by whatever is going on. As she looks around she finds herself wondering if some of the larger trees are really old, and wondering if they're the homes of any deities. She'd read about how sometimes deities would choose a tree to live in and keep it healthy and safe for hundreds of years, and how forestry departments were always wary about cutting down such flora.

It was right about the time of these thoughts that she noticed Adam. Her eyes widen a little, believing that she had in fact stumbled upon some sort of deity. She couldn't help but whisper to herself. ]

Oh my gosh.

[ Her words might have been inoffensive, but boy were they said in the tone some adults might say the phrase 'holy fuck'. ]

[ Adam looks over when he hears the sudden voice, while the trees and bushes around him continue to grow without a care. Dog trots along nearby, making an uneasy sound at a fern and doing small warning bites at the approaching, growing leaves. ]

Hi. [ The boy greets the stranger. ] Are you alright?

[ The girl instantly bows a very polite bow. ]

Yes! I am sorry to interrupt.

[ She returned to her full height, looking a little bit awed. ]

I didn't know there would be a forest deity here.

[ The boy looks confused, while Dog realizes his warning bites at the air do nothing to stop the fern's advances, so he hops away from it.]

Forest deity? I'm not a forest deity.

[ He looks at the plants growing around him, easily connecting the dots.]

I don't know why this is happening.

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