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[chosen_gigolo]

Who: Zelos, Zelda, and anyone who shows up at the Zel house
When: Soon after the curse.
Where: Zel residence in Ordo
Style: Action
Status: Partially open. If your character would come to check on Zelos or Zelda, feel free to jump in!

[It's 12:30am and Zelos has hooves.

The transformation was sudden, as evidenced by the mixing bowl face down on the tile floor with chocolate splattered all over, including on Zelos' brilliantly white hooves and fetlocks.

Zelos has fetlocks. 

FOUR of them.

With a whinny and a head toss, Zelos walks in a circle, an impressive feat for an equine in a cramped kitchen, and catching sight of a red mane and long, pearly white horn in the reflection of the window.]

What the HELL?! 

[The exclamation is so loud and incredulous Zelos doesn't notice the feminine lilt to the epithet until it comes back to her on the echo.]

Comments

[chosen_gigolo]

[Zelos nickers, then somehow manages to look weirded out even with a horse face at the noise she just made.

Not to mention using female pronouns in her head. This is ridiculous.]

Violent or not, one of you with opposable thumbs should check the network for anyone who actually knows what's going on. And maybe help clean this up...

[She stamps a hoof restlessly near the chocolate mess. Suddenly, her horn starts to glow a pale yellow and the mess starts to clean itself up, complete with bowl landing in the sink to soak.]

...well then. I'm magic, apparently.

[zelda_hylia]

Of course you're magic, you're a unicorn.

[Zelda picks up her SFC and talks to Summoner a bit. As always, it ends with her flustered and hanging up on him - flustered enough that she forgot to ask what the hell was going on. Thankfully, she finds out by looking at the Station Master's post right after that.]

It's... fairy tales?

[a_violent_end]

[Shizuo lifts his eyebrows in mild surprise as the mess cleans itself up. He doesn't know anything about unicorns, but it's not the strangest thing he's seen in Vatheon.

As Zelda messes with her SFC, Shizuo takes his out and searches a little himself. He too looks at the Station Master's video, but is glad that Zelda summarizes it, because man, that guy rambles a lot. Shizuo can't stand it when people don't just cut to the chase.]

It sounds pretty stupid. But I guess it could be worse for us.

[They aren't being held captive. That's a positive.]

[chosen_gigolo]

Could be worse?!

[Zelos whinnies in frustration and rears up, scraping her horn against the ceiling before clattering back down on all fours.]

I'm a magic horse!! A female magic horse!!!

[zelda_hylia]

And you could be a princess held captive in a tower waiting for a rescue. I can promise you, being gender swapped is preferable.

[And no one can say that with quite as much conviction as Zelda.]

[a_violent_end]

Easy.

[Shizuo puts up his hands in surrender. In his defense, he thought Zelos sounded female, but hadn't really spent much thought on that, being otherwise distracted.

And, ready to move beyond that point, Shizuo realizes that they probably haven't seen the way Vatheon now looks.]

Have you two looked outside yet? It's a lot different than it was.

[And, come to think of it, it was kind of like a fantasy (or fairy tale) world out there.]

[chosen_gigolo]

It just gets better and better doesn't it... Get Zelda something to wear first, though. I'm sure she doesn't want the whole of the city taking a gander at her royal booty.

[zelda_hylia]

Don't put it that way, Zelos! I had no clothing when I checked my closet last... I'll just take yours again.

[And off she goes, up the stairs. Oh look, royal Hylia ass.]

[a_violent_end]

[Shizuo definitely is not looking at royal Hylia ass, and turns away again until it sounds as though Zelda is finished going up the stairs. Then he turns back to Zelos.]

Sorry for barging in like that. I heard Zelda scream and was worried.

[At least he hadn't used the ax on the door. Stupid, dangerous thing it is.]

[chosen_gigolo]

No problem, man. I probably would have done the same thing in your shoes. [She shakes her neck, mane flowing from one side to the other with the motion.]

And I guess you're right, this isn't quite as bad as the last curse.

1/2

[zelda_hylia]

[Zelos has no clothes either. Her life is over. She's doomed to flash the entire city. Zelda flops down on the bed in agony...]

2/2

[zelda_hylia]

[Oh, the bed. She takes the sheet off and ties it around herself like a dress before heading back downstairs.]

Your clothes were all gone as well, Zelos. These curses are so perverse. You said it was different outside, Shizuo?

[She peers out the window. Is that a gingerbread house?]

[a_violent_end]

[Shizuo nods.] Those confessions were rough.

[He had somehow escaped the worst of it, but still managed to suffer thanks to a certain informant. And just as Shizuo's thoughts stray in that direction, he wonders if Izaya is awake yet...and then gets irritated. He's glad that Zelda comes back down and interrupts that line of thinking.]

That's weird. I had some clothes, but all of them looked like this.

[He hopes that he'll get his other clothes back, but he supposes he should be grateful that he has clothes at all.]

Yeah, big time. I didn't look around a whole lot, but it's hard to miss. The whole place has changed.

[chosen_gigolo]

Can't say I'm surprised. It's not like my clothes would fit me like this anyway. [She snorts delicately.]

Anyway, let's take a look outside, if you're ready? [And off she trots towards the door, strangely graceful despite weaving through furniture.

Though the closed front door offers a bit of a problem.]

[zelda_hylia]

[Just let Zelda get that for you, Zelos.]

Wow... it's... ridiculous.

[What in the name of the goddesses happened here? It's like the Happy Mask Salesman got commissioned to redecorate the entire town! It's terrifying!]

[a_violent_end]

[Shizuo follows them out. Now that he is able to take a good look and isn't so focused on trying to get to Zelda, it's incredible, just how transformed Vatheon is.]

Why go through all the trouble?

[He's only seen one curse so far, and compared to how elaborately everything has changed, that one was relatively small.]

Seems like a waste.

[chosen_gigolo]

[The scope of the curse, while definitely grand, didn't surprise Zelos as much as it maybe should have. Give her a break though; she'd seen her world fused with another after all.]

Idiots with too much power and not enough sense can do a lot of wasteful things. [She looks back and forth across the block.] Anyone you want to check on?

[She certainly has someone she wants to see, but Lloyd and Colette will probably be fine... right. It has nothing to do with her not wanting to reveal what the curse has done to them, not at all. Nope.

...stop laughing.]

[zelda_hylia]

I do, but I already know where he is headed.

[Zelda takes out her harp. It's business time.]

Well then. Let's go rescue some princesses.

[a_violent_end]

[Shizuo considers Celty and Shinra, but they have each other to fall back on. He thinks of the others he's met since arriving to Vatheon...but really, there's no one specific. Rescuing princess, on the other hand, is something he can do.]

Sounds good to me.

[His strength can come in handy. And, well, he does have weapons, now. Not that he intends to use them.]

[chosen_gigolo]

[...Lloyd and Colette will be fine.]

Warp away, Zelda.

[Funny, she has absolutely no desire to call her Zelda-baby right now.]

[zelda_hylia]

[And for some reason, in this form she doesn't question if she can use her warp songs in Vatheon. She plays the minuet to warp them to the forest, singing along. The sound of her own voice surprises her. She must be a musical creature, then? She reaches out to touch both Shizuo and Zelos as the magic of the song whisks them away to the forest's entrance.]

[a_violent_end]

[Being 'warped' isn't something Shizuo has ever experienced before, but he takes it in stride. What is more surprising is Zelda's song. It sounds different from when she sang to him on his birthday - more appealing, almost alluring. It strengthens his already-strong conviction to go with her.]

Your voice sounds different.

[He says when they arrive. He surveys the entrance to the forest, which looks deep, filled with shadows and who knows what else.]

[chosen_gigolo]

[The song may be soothing, but more appealing is the scent of flowers carried on the air currents from the opposite direction of the wood.

Delicious, delicious flowers.

Nose in the air, Zelos turns towards the scent.]

You two go on. I don't think I can navigate the bramble like this anyway.

[Without much ceremony, she clops off to find where that delectable scent is coming from.]

[zelda_hylia]

[Seriously, Zelos? She was going to ride you. She's barefoot here. No it's not just that she wants to ride a unicorn don't be ridiculous!]

I suppose we should head in, then.

[Clutching her sheetdress and harp close, she heads into the forest.]

[a_violent_end]

[Shizuo follows, and the two begin to walk through the forest.]