Today I don't feel like doing anything. I just wanna lay in my bed.

[lazywater]

WHO: En Yufuin and everyone
WHAT: A furry icicle
WHEN: Day 1
WHERE: Just outside the city
WARNINGS: One lazy asshole discovering the ability Truant

En is very much aware that something is wrong, especially when he wakes up to chilly winds and expanse of white ice instead of white walls and a warm bed, but he's... not exactly sure what to do with this knowledge. Usually, his response to getting kidnapped is screaming and yelling, as most sane people do, but today his body just refuses to move. It's not that it's unusual for him to loaf around, it's just unusual that he's not reacting to something completely different.

He lays on the ice for maybe about ten minutes- during which he only heard his heart beat once per those minutes... was he dead?- before he feels something bubbling in his gut. It's slow to process, but the brown, fuzzy creature sits up and looks at his paws and reflection in the ice. His loveracet was still there... but everything else...

HAGGHHYYYYHHHAAAAAAAAAHHHHH! WHAT IS THIS?

. . . Ah. There it is.

Comments

[lazywater]

I'd say it was a ski place or Canada but none of those really make sense.

We should just head in... If Wombat is here, he might have an idea on how to fix this.

[Now watch him slowly try to get to his feet... and fall flat on his face.]

. . . Ow.

[stoogesofsanfran]

[Sorry, Chow's just snickering.]



You okay dere?



Lemme g-guess, first time b-b-bein' something other than h-human?

[lazywater]

Yeah... I'm guessing being monsters is old hat for you guys.

[Owww... Okay... all fours it is. At least he gets to be belly down.]

[stoogesofsanfran]

S-sorta. This is like...the third t-t-time we've been turned into s-something inhuman.



Though usually we ain't quite this freaky.



Aside from when we got turned inta animals by the Monkey Talisman.

[lazywater]

. . . So mystical artefacts and weird technology magic for you too, huh? Nice to know I'm not alone in that department.

My name is En. 'Sup?

[stoogesofsanfran]

A-artifacts, demons, wizards...th-the whole n-n-nine yards. Anyway, I'm Finn, th-this is Ratso, and Ch-chow.

[He waves a wing at the green rat and black chicken guy respectively.]



Hey.



You're caught up in magic junk too, huh?

[lazywater]

Yeah, but a different sort. No artefacts really. Recently my school has been targeted by some weirdos and they use magic to mutate students into monsters. There's a group of superheroes that come save the day, but still... I haven't transformed like this.

[stoogesofsanfran]

Sounds like somethin' outta a comic book.



Yeah, w-whatever. We can c-c-compare n-notes later, okay? How about we j-just check out what looks like c-c-civilization so we can f-find out if there's somewhere w-warm there.



Before I end up gettin' used like a campfire again.

[lazywater]

[En shrugs but he agrees that freely moving to a rest spot is better than being forced to stay still. Not wanting to really get up onto his hind legs, he pulls himself along, dragging his belly on the ice]

[stoogesofsanfran]

D-dude, I'm getting colder j-just watching that. H-how can you stand it?



Probably ain't his fault. Some of us ain't built so good for walkin' on two legs.



Am I gonna have ta listen ta you two complain the entire time we're out here?

[lazywater]

I've been lying here for a while now. I don't even feel it.

[That's... not a good thing]

But maybe their 'heated discussion' will give us something to focus on while we're walking. ... or crawling.

[Or just get their blood to boil anyway]

[stoogesofsanfran]

[Finn snickers at the temperature reference, before the rest of what was said sinks in.]

Y-you mean like d-d-don't feel it to begin w-with, o-or stopped feeling it?



Look, I'm just sayin', four legs means we ain't got much choice about crawlin' in the snow. Unless someone wants ta carry us...



Oh no you don't, I ain't lettin' ya sit on my head again!

[lazywater]

I'm pretty fluffy. I don't really feel it. I mean it's cold but so is tiled floor. It's manageable.

[he glances back]

How bad was the first time?

[stoogesofsanfran]

[It's about time to tune out the conversation between Ratso and Chow, which is pretty much just turning into the former trying to convince the latter to let him hitch a ride.]

F-first time what?

[lazywater]

Eh... I was going to ask how bad is letting the guy ride on the other's head, but since you're harrowing down on me, pretend I was asking how bad was the first time you guys... transformed.

[stoogesofsanfran]

Oh, d-don't mind Chow. H-h-he's just kinda h-huffy. And the first time w-we got turned into s-something not human...



We don't wanna talk about it.

[lazywater]

Right... Fair enough.

. . . Hmm. . .

[Still a walk so...]

Ever been turned into a child before?

[stoogesofsanfran]

W-we haven't, but our old b-b-boss has.



He was such a cute kid.

[lazywater]

Heh, I was too. Once a youth monster attacked our school and all the students were turned into toddlers. It was a trip for that hour, I'm telling you.

[stoogesofsanfran]

Sounds like it could'a been fun.



Ain't nothin' could be 'fun' about bein' shrunk.



Says the tallest one here right now. Anyway, ever time traveled?

[lazywater]

There's nothing fun about it.

[He nods sagely and raises an eyebrow]

Nope. Frankly I'm thankful. Timeloops on TV already give me a headache.

[stoogesofsanfran]

Ugh, no time loops, no. I think I'd go insane.



Ya mean y'ain't already?

[He snickers, despite having to dodge a wing smack from Finn. Some jabs are just required, okay?]



He did wanna stay in the seventies...

[lazywater]

... heh... and I thought me and my friends were weird.