Maybe that's not quite right. There's a lot of things you do remember; your life before now, the people you met (and lost) in heaven, but it's a bit... muddled. You do not remember the details of being in heaven. Or dying (at least outside of heaven if you are Neverah). You also don't really think that's weird? You remember being out exploring and that you need to go back home, except home and heaven are a bit synonymous right now.
Something you definitely remember, though, is that you are not where you are supposed to be. This is some place new. A large, gloomy and covered up city, with tall buildings in tight spaces and machines occupying the place people should. There's not a single sign of nature left anywhere here. The robots go about their life the way you'd expect people would.
Also, when you look down at yourself, you definitely remember not being a robot. Neither was your companion, who you recognize instantly despite this change. It helps that you're both wearing whatever outfit you were before you got here. It wouldn't do to be the only naked robots in this place, probably.
Luckily when reacting to all of this, both of you can still emote. ]
Maybe that's not quite right. There's a lot of things you do remember; your life before now, the people you met (and lost) in heaven, but it's a bit... muddled. You do not remember the details of being in heaven. Or dying (at least outside of heaven if you are Neverah). You also don't really think that's weird? You remember being out exploring and that you need to go back home, except home and heaven are a bit synonymous right now.
Something you definitely remember, though, is that you are not where you are supposed to be. This is some place new. You're in a wide, open valley, surrounded by a forest. The village you're in is homey, with small wooden cabins serving as most of the buildings. There are animals walking about the way people would, living their lives as usual.
Also, when you look down at yourself, you definitely remember not being a furry. Neither was your companion, who you recognize instantly despite this change. It helps that you're both wearing whatever outfit you were before you got here. It wouldn't do to be the only naked animals in this place, probably.
Nature is all around you and also you are nature. This is probably fine. ]
Maomao is very curious. While there is a surprise emote showing up on her screen, she is going to take a step or two forward to investigate when she realizes that her footsteps do not sound normal. She looks down at herself. ]
What's this? [ Just going to be checking herself out. ] Ah. I still don't have anything... [ She says as she looks at her chest. If you're going to change her body at least make it interesting. ]
[CATHA JUST ISN'T THE SAME AS HAMHA. Lucas is a dog because of course he is, just looking down at himself and then looking over at Uruha who is now a cat and then back down at himself again, and then out toward the buildings where a bunch of other furries are wandering around.]
There's nothing much happening while they react because we are in set up moments, but currently they can infer that they are somewhere in the slums of this city. The machines are wearing shittier clothes, there's broken down, barricaded windows in the buildings and trash on the ground, some robots missing limbs or in disrepair loitering around, etc. There is a neon-lit sign above a door leading to a basement that lets them know they are near a bar, though they can also attempt to walk out of the slums if they wish.
The animals milling around are looking curiously and maybe a little warily in their direction as they talk, but no one approaches them. The closest building seems to be a tavern going by the sign announcing as much, though they're free to explore further into the village if they wish. To leave entirely, they'd have to go through the forest, and that one might be a little more problematic. ]
[THIS ICON HELP ME... ALSO WHY ARE THEY GETTING WARY LOOKS, THEY'RE NOT NAKED, DAMN.
Anyway, despite being natural enemies, Lucas will hold a paw (literal) out for Uruha. Buddy system.]
I don't know, but we really must be getting back home... Let's not spend overly-long here. [Surely once they leave this place they will be de-animaled, he's not worrying about it too much! It's fine!
Whether Uruha takes his paw or leaves him tragically bereft, he'll glance around and then move in the direction of the tavern. He won't bother anyone else just yet and also isn't reckless enough to just careen off into the woods...]
[ Imagine what kind of looks they'd get if they were naked!
When they go in, the tavern is pretty empty. It did seem to be sometime in the afternoon going by how much sun was outside, so it at least looks like this is not a village of drunks. That's good. There's a bear (literal) behind the counter, wearing an apron and stereotypically drying a mug with a cloth. Across from him is a bird (literal, no british women here) sitting there, enjoying a plate of tasty looking bird seed. Then there's a wolf person sitting at a corner table and drinking what looks like grape juice by themselves. They all glance at the new arrivals, but don't seem too concerned with greetings...
It's a nice looking place despite the emptiness. Clean and nicely lit up through the windows, with a nice homey atmosphere and sturdy wooden furniture. There's wooden decorations on the walls as well as some tapestries. ]
[you would abandon him like this....... No it's fine, he will let this happen, looking around the tavern himself. People aren't day drinkers here... That's wild. Can't relate at all. Whispering back:]
Do you have any money... [His pockets are so empty unless zia is about to tell me they aren't........] Why don't we just ask the bartender how to get back home? I don't want to interrupt anyone while they're eating.
[ no, unfortunately your pockets are currently empty. Whatever secrets they may have held at home(heaven?) are gone. You can head towards the bartender, though the bear is not looking at either of you as he continues to wipe. ]
Gentlemen. What can I do for you?
[ at least he's willing to serve them? probably? ]
[tries to figure out what to ask without sounding insane, even though uruha feels insane because he and lucas are sudden furries surrounded by furries. is this racist against jiaoqiu and the magnus brothers?]
We're looking to travel outside the village. [gestures to lucas and himself.] Do you know if they have any maps around here?
[ There's equal damage to her robot self as there would be to her human skin. So like, visible cracks for wounds and rust or oil in place of blood, etc. Bandages don't seem out of place to cover that up, going by some of the robots they see walking around.
Neither of them really seem like they fit in the slums, which might explain the various wary (¬_ ´¬ ) and curious (╹ -╹)? expressions they may be seeing thrown their way. ]
[ she will wrap her arm back up after verifying it was all still there and how it looks on robo-skin. ignoring the looks for the moment as she gives a nod of her head. ]
Should we see if we can get a better view from one of those structures? [ tall tall buildings. ]
[Lucas is just vibing, not thinking about them suddenly being furries surrounded by furries because life is simply easier that way. Even Jiaoqiu and the Magnus brothers aren't as furry as they are... They've out-furried the fucking furries.]
If you might know of a place where we could trade for traveling supplies, as well...
[ this time, the bear does look up. For some reason, he has a curly mustache. You don't think bears (literal) usually have mustaches. Bears (gay) often do, though. Not that either of your characters know gay culture.
He also has very strong eyebrows, one of which he is raising. ]
You're not from here and you're already looking to leave?
[ maybe this explains the wary looks! wow! the bear shakes his head despite starting it like that, voice gruff. ]
You should go back the way you came. There's a reason we don't get a lot of visitors these days.
[NOT YOUR FURRY ICONS COMING TO AN END why did you have so many damn. Anyway he is just eying this bear's suave facial hair and maybe wondering how animals can have facial hair when all of them is hair. But they also have hair don't they?? Hair on their fur???? Well that's enough of thinking about that.]
Is it that easy to tell?
[That they're from out of town... THEY'RE JUST SUDDENLY APPEARING OUTSIDERS.]
[ They can try to climb the buildings! There's some obvious ways up, like fire escape stairs, though to get as high as they want they'll have to choose to either go inside a building to see if they can get access there, or they can try parkouring by jumping from one fire escape to a ledge and onto a roof, then continuing to parkour.
The buildings around the slums are smaller than a little further into the city, so if they do pick parkour, this isn't a terrible spot for it. Not too far from where they are there's even some robots passing along some paint cans to each other across two different roofs. ]
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