"Speech"
"Pokespeech"
'Thought/Telepathy'
'Text/Discord'
"News"
Just a heads up, this is a part of my other percentverse story called "The Beginning of a New Future", if you haven't read that story yet, I'd suggest reading until the end of chapter 2 for any missed context here, but with that said, enjoy the read
"Yeah, that's right! Show that stupid fucking dog what we Humans are all about!"
11:00 am 22/08/2019, conversation Crystal overheard
I walk into the kitchen and start making myself a cup of coffee. As I pour the milk, I look over to the laundry door. "What are we going to do with her?" I ask out loud as I take a sip of my coffee.
"Hmm, well I'd say that he'd likely need more exercise, being a dog-like thing now, he'd like walks," Milan, my Ex-wife says,
"That's true, but I wonder what everyone would think of me? I don't want them to think I'm being mean just because she is an Elemental."
"Well, why not? The main reason that you're treating him this way is because of his disrespect to your very existence. As I've told you before, he did say he wished you were never born!"
"I still wonder how you got that information though, you haven't told me yet."
"Oh you know, being a Helicopter parent has its perks, I was just standing nearby when he typed it to his friend on that app he's always on", she says smugly,
"Well, that does seem like something you'd do." 'Doesn't mean it's right, but it did end up helping me see what she really thinks of me' I think as I finish my coffee. "Well, I was thinking of taking her for a walk, as it would allow her to get exercise, and will allow me to show a little dominance!"
"You know that you're supposed to have a 'little dominance' normally, right? You need to show her who's boss." She then walks up to me and whispers, "Maybe a little speed changing and tugging action, really tugging it hard? You don't want to think she can walk all over you, do you?"
'She has a good point' I thought as I shook my head, "Definitely not, but, by doing this, do you think I'm treating her too harshly?" I ask, not directly to Milan.
"Not really, with what she's said about you, I'm surprised you're taking it this easy on her."
"I guess so, she is a bit of a bitch for saying that stuff," I reply as I start walking to the door,
"Ok, time for walkies!" I say to Nova. She doesn't move nor does she even react, aside from acting, nervous. "Fine, you want to do this the hard way, we can do this the hard way!" I pick her up by the fur on the back of her neck, and how does she respond? Where I expect to hear a whimper, I instead hear "Sy-Sylvy!" Based on what I've heard from Milan, Nova has a habit of talking behind my back, so I presume, based on that, she likely talked back to me since I cannot understand her anymore, so it's the perfect time to talk back. I get a bit angrier and decide to drop her to get it through her head that I'm not happy. "NOW WALK!" I yell as I begin to walk down the hill.
I decide to go easy on Nova at first since I know that it must be hard getting used to a new body. As we walk down the hill, I immediately see another one of those types of creatures. It seems to be around the same size as Nova is now, but has an orangey gold coat and blonde tail and neck fur. 'That confirms that Nova isn't the only one at least' I think as we continue walking down the street. As we reach the top of the hill near our house, I decide to do the first sudden stop as I pull back on the leash. As suspected, she does not see me stop and keeps walking as I pull her back gently. 'This already feels wrong, why am I doing this?' I ask myself before I remember what Milan had said, "He said, and I quote, 'His mere presence makes me want to vomit, he always acts all high and mighty even though he's dumber than dog shit,' need I go on?" It sickens me to think that anyone would say that about me.
As we keep walking, I notice that there are several more of those creatures, some even standing like Humans, but they all seem to be miserable as the Humans that are standing with them are looking at me and… cheering?
"Yeah, that's right! Show that stupid fucking dog what we Humans are all about!" I hear one say, as the creature beside him say,
"Why are you cheering him on?"
"Oh shut up you piece of SHIT!" The human says as he smacks it on the back of the head.
'Are some of those creatures able to speak our language?' I think as I speed up to get away from those people. As we approach the road at the end of our street, I hear a truck coming, so slow down and stop. However, Nova doesn't notice, and keeps walking onto the road. I quickly pull the leash back and get her off the road as the truck narrowly misses her. "That was close, you need to be more careful No-" I stop as I see Nova looking scared enough already, so I decide to not say anything more as we keep walking, me keeping an eye on her in case she gets worse.
After the walk is over, I get a call from someone that needs me to check over their car for registration purposes. Now I help our state's Government when it comes to registering older cars, allowing them to still be driven but they are limited to a number of days they can be driven per year. I finish the call, and tie nova back to the pole where I had her tied up before, then get into my car and drive to the location.
1:39 pm
As I finally arrive at the location, I breathe a sigh of relief. 'Wow, who would've guessed that there would be so many crashes due to this' I think to myself sarcastically. I pull into the driveway, as a Bull looking creature with 3 tails walks up to the gate and opens it with one of their horns. I thank the bull as I drive down the driveway further and stop next to a couple of classic, 1966 Chevrolet C10s, and a 1956 Chevrolet Bel Air. I get out of the car as I walk over to an older looking gentleman as he introduces himself,
"Howdy there, mah' name's Kyle and this here's Kujo." He states as another, younger man waves from the door. "Oh come now Kujo, don't be so shah'." He then looks to me, "Don't mah'nd him, he got transformed into one er those black fox things from his son's game, poor gai doesn't know what t'do," he laughs as the guy turns around and does a backflip, flashes green then becomes, just what Kyle said, a black fox.
"Well it's nice to meet you both, my name's Galaxy, I was told that you needed a few cars inspected for classic car registration? I'd presume these 3 are the ones?" I ask, while looking over to the bull, who seems to be struggling with walking properly.
"You're spot on sir, these here are the 3 beauties that ah mentioned over that there phone. I see you're also curious about mah wife over there, the bull that looks weird, raiht?" I nod as he continues, "Yeah, she also became one er those things, such a shame too, ah miss talkin' t' her already, and she seems t' be struggling with walkin' on all 4's."
"I can't imagine what that's like. My daughter also turned into one of those things, a pink dog/fox thing that walks on all 4's." I say, as Kujo walks over to us, and looks up to me.
"I don't suppose she looks like this?" He says as I bend down to look at his phone.
"Now Kujo-" Kyle starts to say, but I motion that it's ok.
"Yep, that's what she looks like," I say, as I see Kyle shrug and walk over to the first C10.
"Wow, you understood me?" Kujo asks as I nod and he walks up to my ear. "Then you might be someone that has a rare ability me and a few people online call 'Poke whispering'. There is a meeting happening tonight at this location, and I think it'll be VERY important for you to come to the meeting!" He says excitedly as he shows me his phone,
"Wait, how have you organized all that so quickly?"
"NEVER question a group on social media, we have had a TON of time to put all of this together, considering that there are a few hundred people in our group that are just in the local area." He states.
"O...K.. then? So why should I go to this meeting? Sure, I can talk to you, but why would I want to go? What will I get out of it?"
"Oh, that's simple, you'll have the ability to understand how you can make the most out of this mass transforming, how it can benefit you, and what to look out for to avoid unnecessary hardship financially speaking. I assume that gets your attention? Given that you are clearly about business." He says as he smirks, seemingly having figured me out.
"Sigh Alright, just tell me when and where, maybe give me the details on a piece of paper?" After a few minutes, Kujo has written all the information I need on a sheet of paper using his Human form, and I walk over to Kyle to assist him with the inspection.