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[redhott]

[ Well, Kyle's been having a time of it back home. He's come back a little wiser, a lot stronger, and with giant ears. And fangs. And unwieldy black claws. They're actually making texting kind of hard, but it's better than video or audio right now. He's not letting this freak show go on display in front of the entire network. But he does need help from them, sssoooo... ]

got a question for everyone
or maybe the ladies
whoever is ok!
Im kinda in need of a really good nail salon
like hardcore veteran manicurist

Id really appreciate any recs thx

Comments

[redhott]

yeah I figured

[purple_reign]

maybe i should come have a look

[redhott]

ohh my god plz dont I told seph not to either
its fine I can figure somethign else out

[purple_reign]

r u sure? u seem worried about this

[redhott]

well theyre like
really in the way
I cant type
clothes r hard ot get into

[purple_reign]

kyle what happened?

[redhott]

[ UUUGGGHNNNGHLASFJK Kyle is rubbing his face with both hands (keeping his claws AWAY from anything delicate, like his bright burning eyes). How can he put this in words? They know he's not human, but it was fine because he looked normal. Now his inside matches his outside, and boy is Kyle upset about this. ]

god like only my worst nghtmare

[purple_reign]

i really think i should come see you
you dont sound okay

[redhott]

plzzzz dooont
I dont have sunglasses uuet and this hat doesnt fix the problem eithner

[purple_reign]

i can bring you sunglasses

[redhott]

[ The next response takes awhile to come, but eventually after several minutes, it does. ]

theyd have to be pretty dark

[ It's not quite a YES, but he's warming up to the idea. ]

[purple_reign]

[By the time it's come through Inanna's already found a shop to look at glasses in.]

ill get the darkest ones I can find

[redhott]

ok

DONT bring seph yet
shed be too enthusiastic about
all of this

[purple_reign]

okay but i can't stop her from coming on her own

[redhott]

yeah ok

[purple_reign]

see you soon

[And it is soon—not more than five or six minutes, really. The familiar cloud of purple and white stardust shimmers in the air just before Inanna's form solidifies from the midst of it, complete with a pair of very dark sunglasses that they're holding out to him before they're completely solid.]

[redhott]

[ As soon as Kyle can get his hands around the sun glasses, he does so. He's careful of his long black claws that've been impeding everything from sneezing to changing when he takes them from Inanna's hand. ]

Thanks.

[ He lifts his eyes from the ground for a second, and his blue irises are long gone. All that's left is a bright light, like two white hot coals. Even after he slips them on they can be seen right through the lenses, but at least it doesn't hurt so bad to stare right at them now.

Now the rest of him is hidden under a dark beanie, but it doesn't hide the obvious bumps protruding from his forehead. ]

[purple_reign]

Oh...

[Inanna isn't sure what they'd expected. Claws, certainly, and something about his eyes? This is nothing like what they'd had in mind though.]

This is quite a change... Are you alright?

[redhott]

No. [ It comes out as a frustrated sigh, angry yet resigned. ] Look at me!

[ He holds up his hands to show Inanna the absurdity of it all. What can he do with hands like these but shred anything he tries touching? ]

[purple_reign]

I'm looking. I rather like your eyes, actually. [Of course it didn't hurt that Inanna was used to sporting the white-hot eyed look themself. Those claws though...]

Have you thought about trying animal nail clippers? They might be sturdy enough to help with your new claws.

[redhott]

[ Kyle accepts the compliment in silence. It certainly could be worse, but several of the administrators had winced while they processed him through a second time. Everything he is hurts people these days, just like his father said it would. ]

Like an animal. [ The groan that comes after is so damn dramatic you'd think Kyle had been a theater major all his life. ]

[purple_reign]

[Inanna winces. That hadn't been what they meant to imply, but there really weren't many good ideas to offer to deal with talons like those.]

You're not an animal.

[redhott]

No, I'm worse! I'm a demon. And now I can't even hide that about me.

[purple_reign]

...I'm sorry that you have to deal with this. I know it will be hard for other people to accept.

[redhott]

[ Yeah, no shit. Even his own friends started looking at him differently as soon as these new features sprouted from him. They wouldn't shun him, but it's enough of a change to hurt. Kyle can't imagine what strangers will do to him.

With a defeated slump he sits down on the couch, hands restlessly rubbing at the long ears covered under his knit beanie. Then, suddenly, his phone vibrates and he checks the message. ]

Oh God, Persephone's here. Hang on...

[ He's got to go open his window, one sec. ]