✭ mission oo5;;

[classed]

( needless to say, over the past couple of weeks zack has been through some Stuff. with a capital 's'. because it's that Serious.

again, capital 's'. is the point coming across?

the snow is beginning to melt, but there's still enough that it's still deep enough in parts that he and his puppy self have to hop to get around. it's just like when anyone first saw him – hop, pause, hop hop pause, sit on haunches and maybe scratches an ear …

but see, this is where the machine chooses to have even more fun with him. he's picked himself back up and is in mid-hop when POOF. there is no longer a black puppy with bright blue eyes shuffling his way through the snow. there is now a familiar-looking boy with spiky black hair face first in the snow with his butt stuck up in the air.

because that's what happens when you suddenly find yourself turned back into your original form in the middle of a hop in the snow.

zack sputters, face and hair full of snow, and though shaking his head dislodges most of it, he still looks like he's been dusted with powdered sugar. )

What –

WHAT THE CRAP!?

( ooc; experiment's over~ hope everybody had fun! )

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[grip_on_reality]

[Menzies manages to come to the Plane with perfect timing and position because she's only just spotted that incongruous puppy hopping around when--well, when it isn't a puppy any more]

Oi! You all right?

[she immediately jogs over to where Zack has landed, grabbing an arm to haul him out of the snow, clearly unfazed by his current state of undress]

[classed]

( just. give him a tiny little second, menzies. he's going to need one ( or maybe two ) to shake the fuzz from his head and get it back where it needs to be.

meanwhile, he still looks like a powdered donut because the snow just won't come off. )

I was a dog. I was a – how – what kind of place is this that it can do something like turn people into dogs!?

( he just needed to get that out of his system. we'll be returning your familiar zack fair in three, two, one …

he finally blinks up at menzies, eyes wide and still a bit unfocused. )

Uh. Yeah. I'm. I'm fine.

( no he's not. he's scarred for life.

and has he noticed that he doesn't have any clothes yet? no. no, he has not. just give that a moment, and he'll … catch on. )

[grip_on_reality]

Believe it or not, I've been waiting years for the answer to that question. [Menzies is perhaps remarkably unfazed by the appearance of a dog on the Plane followed its sudden transformation into a person. but maybe that's just who she is--or maybe it's a sign that she's been coming to the Plane for much too long now]

[she lets go of his arm, frowning because he is clearly not fine] Take a deep breath. I'll be back in a tick. [and without waiting for a reply, she disappears, only to reappear a moment later with a woolen blue blanket in her arms. she unfolds it, offering it to him] Here. [she's hoping having something on him will serve as a first step back to normalcy. but unfortunately all she has in her flat from North is a hoodie, so a blanket is the best she can offer someone of Zack's stature]

[darkercalling]

[Well, he doesn't actually see the spectacular faceplant into the snow. But he does hear a pretty solid "whump!" and can't help but look toward it. Of course.

Oh geez is that Zack...?

He quickly makes his way over.]

Hey! What happened?

[classed]

( shame, you missed something spectacular, riku. ( just as well for this one's pride … he doesn't need that kind of blow to it just yet. )

but oh jeez, indeed.

zack shakes his head again, and a bit of snow still clings to the ends of his hair – gravity-defying as it is, the sight of him right now is downright hilarious – and he looks up from his current vantage point, still on his hands and knees on the ground, expression so deeply perturbed that it just kind of adds to the hilarity. )

I – did you see – ( he makes a vague motion with his hands, indicating nothing at all that even remotely makes sense, but encompasses the thought of did you just see me poof back into a human being from a dog because that's totally what happened and if it HADN'T just happened i think i'd probably try to pass it off as a really weird dream. )

Did you see that?

[darkercalling]

[It's snowing from Zack's hair, clearly. Good lord. fjdsakl Riku would be laughing if he weren't so concerned!]

See what? What happened? [Beat.] And why are you...?

[He kind of... vaguely gestures with one hand to, uh, him, hoping to draw attention to the fact that he's, well, apparently naked.

Wow, you two are doing so well at communicating!]