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Momo | 百 ([personal profile] yesdoubt) wrote in [community profile] aefenglom2021-01-10 12:25 pm

video, un: momo-chan~♥

Name: Momo
Date: Jan 10th
Format: Video (with a text element at the end)

[It's been a few months since Momo made a video post, but he starts off as brightly as ever, waving a red-nailed hand from where he's sitting on the couch in his cottage. He has his legs crossed on the seat, so his equally red toenails are all just as visible.]

Hey, so it's taken me a while to follow up on this, but a couple of months back I was asking around about the idea of getting together some kind of comprehensive resource on monster changes! Since I've met a lot of people who've been really blindsided by stuff, and while some of it hasn't been so bad, some of it is definitely the kind of thing that'd be super nasty to go through without any warning. So I'm asking for any monsters - or Witches who've seen a Bonded or close friend go through the changing process enough to have details - who are willing to answer a couple of questions on what kind of changes you have or know about!

[He holds up a written sheet - this particular one is written in Aefenglom's common language, in the standard alphabet rather than the runic one some books use.]

I'll leave a text copy of the answers on here so people can respond here, but I'll read them out too just in case there's people who can't read any of the three languages I know - I'll have the form in Aefenglom common, Japanese and English, but if you'd rather not read or write you can just answer here in voice or video and I can ask you the questions that way! But the questions I've got at the moment are:

  • What monster type are you?

  • What physical changes have you gone through?

  • What abilities or powers have you gotten from your change?

  • Have you had any mental or emotional changes as this type of monster?

  • Are there any weaknesses or allergies your monster type has?

  • Is there anything else about your monster type or the changing process that you think would be useful for someone changing into it to know?


  • I don't need paragraphs or anything, if you prefer to just dot point or list the basic stuff then that'll be helpful too! I had some people last time say they'd be interested in helping me compile the information, but it's still probably going to take a bit of time. Oh, and if you want a physical copy, you can either pick one up from me or I'll be figuring out a couple of places to leave them for easy access. And if you're a Witch answering on behalf of someone else, just let me know that in the first question.

    Anyway, thanks in advance! [He makes a heart shape with both his hands.] If you have any questions or want to help out in another way or anything like that, feel free to ask. I might need some people to help me ask local monsters for types we don't have a lot of among the Mirrorbound, like arachne.

    [[As Momo mentioned, there is a text form in three language options that can be filled out posted immediately after the initial video post, containing the listed questions plus a bonus one: "If you have completed your changes, how long did they take?"

    If your character would prefer to answer the questions verbally, you are also welcome to handwave this if you prefer and simply post the answers they would have given in response to the form comment! Just note that they would have answered in audio/video form so I know if Momo would recognise their voice/face later.

    If characters would prefer a physical copy to more easily ask someone to hit with a translation spell or otherwise, the initial locations given will be Momo's cottage and just inside the Looking-Glass House where they usually hold orientations.]]
    stopfen: (since that day)

    [personal profile] stopfen 2021-01-23 07:41 pm (UTC)(link)
    [Mikasa snorted, taking the letter back.] That sure is a hobby... [Mazking booze, though from the few times they'd been together near intoxicating things- Mikasa could remember Maria having to carry her back. So she was probably a heavyweight... Or Mikasa was just that much of a lightweight. Or both.]

    Oh, something ate them... Just not me. I left them when I didn't know who sent them. [Some animal had a nice snack.

    But with the letters read she shrugs.]
    Thanks... I guess I have to be poked and prodded now... [Drily, one of those spiny arms giving a little stretch.]
    stopfen: (The red and bloody land)

    [personal profile] stopfen 2021-01-30 12:36 am (UTC)(link)
    [She snorts.] No, I mostly wanted to know who sent them. [Though knowing what the letters said was nice. But she did nod at the warning, taking it in. She'd worked out they weren't iron when her earrings hadn't been set off, but not that they were made of silver. Though she did look thoroughly unimpressed at the warning.] I don't think they could do a lot to a Turnskin.

    [Yeah. It'd burn. If she made contact, would a need like that even be able to get through shaggy fur? Maybe... but it'd be too easy to get raked by claws in return.]
    stopfen: (since that day)

    [personal profile] stopfen 2021-02-03 10:16 am (UTC)(link)
    [Mikasa just wanted to know who was sending her things. And if she owed them back, just fae things™. She'd also not expected Momo to read the whole thing... Good job there hadn't been anything secretive on there.]

    I guess. [A shrug. She really couldn't think of a reason she'd give her sewing and embroidery needles to someone though. Maybe if she had another housemate like Yachi and they turned into a Turnskin... But after losing three, Mikasa wasn't really looking for another.]

    Would it really be accidental for a Turnskin to touch silver though? [She peered at him. Because iron, was really common. Silver less so, she'd seen it more here but she could count the number of times she'd seen it back home on one hand. Other than a Turnskin coming into contact with jewellery, she couldn't think of there being many ways for one to be burnt. It wasn't like the iron door handles and fences she'd come across.]
    stopfen: (That dream is where my heart belongs)

    [personal profile] stopfen 2021-02-05 12:35 am (UTC)(link)
    [Mikasa just stares. What kind of bougie people use silver to eat with, and treat wounds? Though the mention of photos gets a blink.]

    Oh, that's why photos are expensive on the mainland... [Not that she knew how they were made. That explained one thing though. But she shrugs.] You don't have to worry. None are going to touch the needles.

    .......Unless they pretend to be an animal and sneak in my house. But that's their fault. [Because she wouldn't stab them. But if they touched her work...]
    stopfen: (Closing your eyes)

    [personal profile] stopfen 2021-02-08 11:35 pm (UTC)(link)
    [Momo... She shrugs.] I don't know what a werewolf is. But most of the ones I've seen look like dogs or cats... The smallest I've seen someone turn into are the dragons. They- [She held her hands close. Thumbs touching each other and her index fingers touching to make a circle.] Could fit through that.

    And I've seen Mettaton turn into a rabbit. But he came up to my knee.

    [A big bun. That could wack her in the face with his ears.]
    stopfen: (I abandoned and then rediscovered it)

    [personal profile] stopfen 2021-02-09 11:41 pm (UTC)(link)
    He insisted on sitting on my lap... [He wasn't really that heavy though. Just...His ears. Every time he moved his head... She wasn't sure if it was intentional or not. She shrugs about dragons though.]

    I've seen Eren be the size of a horse, a house and a chicken... I think he can choose. Or it's connected to the moon.

    [That makes about as much sense as everything else here.]