{"sf1_id":2049428,"sf2_id":"4nA2KaN1","title":"Journal of The New Owner of a Plush","author":"8bitdemongirl","words":2259,"posted_at":"2023-09-14T20:34:00.000Z","tags":["Fox","Plush","Transformation"],"url":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/2049428-journal-of-the-new-owner-of-a-plush","original_url":"https://sofurry.com/s/4nA2KaN1","image_url":"https://cdn.sofurryfiles.com/submissions/thumbnails/8e/d9/8ed9cfe4-ec05-480d-8421-b1568bde297f","description":"This is an odd format for a story; a journal, alternating between two perspectives as a guy turns into an animate toy. It's based on this transformation focused game: https://usducktape.itch.io/to-change using a specific change set made by https://www.furaffinity.net/user/duhad/ ; thank you to both for the mechanics and changes!","content":"The slow transformation of Mars into a plush toy  \nFace Card: The Chariot, Rising Card: The Magician, Falling Card: Strength  \nAs written by Mars and Lyman, Mars' friend and housemate  \nDay 0  \nStarting Card: The Lovers  \nPF1  \nEvents: Magician Upright, Devil Reversed  \nWell, today's sure as hell been strange. Mars came home from his job early, and when I came in  \nto check on him he was stumbling around like he was drunk. Course, he's not a drinking man,  \nand I only rarely go for even light beer, so I pretty quickly guessed that something was up.  \nMars, he's a nice guy. Tall and built, too. Honestly, he's pretty handsome. Better looking than me  \nNo, no, let's not self deprecate today. Today, we need to worry about him. The longer I watched  \nhim, the worse his wobbling got, from just being all off balance to actively tripping over his own  \nfeet. I panicked when I saw him fall and fucking, bend his arm in like three places, but he  \nassured me he was fine, that he wasn't hurt at all. I didn't believe him until he showed me, no  \nbleeding, his arm just sorta bent back into shape with a bit of help from me. Poor guy's all tired  \nnow, and I don't blame him; this is weird enough as just an observer, you know?  \nWhen we got him into bed, he was a bit more perky at least. He asked me upfront, \"Do you  \nwanna try squeezing and bending me?\" I figured, why not, and obliged him. I may have gotten a  \nbit too into it, though... especially the suplex, hah. Turned out just because Mars got all squishy  \ndoesn't mean I'm strong enough to actually lift him up. Well, there's always my fantasies, I  \nsuppose...  \nAnyway, I tried calling a doctor over this. Naturally he just was confused as all hell and didn't  \nhumor me at all. Well, after today I'm just gonna sleep for now. I'll see if I can find someone  \nwho'll actually believe me about this in the morning, I've got that day off work anyway.  \nLyman  \nDay 1  \nMA1  \nEvents: Strength Reversed, Star Reversed  \nWriting this in bed. Lyman passed me the journal and pencil, said I should write down at  \nleast some of this stuff myself while I'm transforming. Says it might help the doctors,  \nonce he finds one. He's been kinda struggling with it... doesn't help that now he has to take  \ncare of me while I'm sick with, well, whatever the heCK this is. It feels all weird, though;  \nmy voice is getting all funny and squeaky, and it's weird and uncomfortable and my throat  \nhurts. I just can't be bothered to get out from the covers today, and even after eating I  \njust feel... drained, like whatever made me all squishy and soft is still going strong and  \ndraining me.  \n(Draw MF - Fool, Devil - use Devil, MA2)  \nHold up- Lyman got lucky! I love you! I, um, don't love him like that, probably. Though he  \nhas been pretty nice to me, and he is pretty cute... maybe it could work? Eh, now's not the  \ntime, I can't even try to get my voice back down to how it usually sounds.  \nI sound like some cartoon kid! I can't swear, either, like, watch this - heck, darn, fudge  \nheck funk it. It's all made into PG stand-ins! Well, I guess whatever this is, we'll just have  \nto make do. Mars says that the doc will only be able to visit in a couple days. Let's hope I  \ndon't get more sick in the meantime.  \nMars  \nDay 3  \nMA3  \nEvents:The World Upright, The Moon Upright  \nHehe, I'm starting to enjoy this! I'm still way too sick and tired to actually, um, get out of  \nbed, but now I sound all cutesy and squeaky. Ok so maybe that's not actually a very good  \nthing, since I normally work at a car store and this voice is just, completely the wrong one  \nfor that, but still, it's oddly nice.  \nLyman went out to get some new groceries today. I wanna say that's real sweet of him, but  \nit's not like I really could go out myself like this. That's alright, though; it means I'm able  \nto squish and squeeze myself, test my weird rubber(?) body a bit. I should do this some  \nmore; the exercise is bringing some of my energy back, and I'm getting some good tingles  \nall over my body!  \nI think Lyman's been, well, thinking about me too. When he got back, he got my favorite  \nmac and cheese,my favorite soda, just lots of stuff I like. Maybe he knew, psychically,  \nwhat I wanted? Oh, he's looking over my shoulder now-  \nLook, I just thought, \"hey let's treat my roommate who's sick to something nice\". I like Mars, but  \nI'm pretty sure liking a guy doesn't make you psychic.  \nAs I was saying, he's been nicer than normal. Then again, our schedules mean we usually  \ndon't get to spend too long together, so I guess I just didn't see this side of him before? I  \nlike it either way.  \nMars  \n(feat. Lyman)  \nDay 4  \nMF1  \nEvents: The Fool Reversed, The Magician Reversed  \nDoctor still can't come in today. Tomorrow, he says, he'll be free. It's hard to tell, with how Mars  \nhas been all giggly and goofy, but I can tell he's pretty... nervous. Neither of us know what the  \nhell is happening to him, why he got all squishy and affectionate (not that he wasn't a nice guy  \nbefore, but now he's not able to even try to swear). He's starting to have a hard time focusing  \nnow; he tried to get some work done from home, but he just sorta got distracted and kept  \nworking in bursts. Kinda like ADHD, except, well, he doesn't have it last I checked.  \nHe's got attention for me, at least. When I reminded him of the importance of this stuff, of his  \nincome, he was able to get back to work. Lasted... 2 hours, I think, before he lost things again.  \nI'm not sure how he'll function on his own, honestly.  \nI... wound up hugging him, reassuring him that we'll find a way through this. Funny enough,  \nthat's what worked out the best to keep him on track; just being with me, while I held him close.  \nI'm not usually one for this sorta... mushy stuff. I'm a man, a manly man! But, I gotta be honest,  \nit was nice, letting my affection for him come out. He's my best friend, really. (aw, thanks!)  \nStill, after the hugging (a guy can only hold his buddy's tummy for so long before he gets tired  \nand needs a break, or has to use the toilet), we had to figure out a way to replicate that when I'm,  \nwell, away. Just staying on a call won't work, either, since I work the factory floor. We'll think of  \nsomething.  \nLyman  \nDay 5  \nPA1  \nEvents: The Moon Reversed, The High Priestess Upright  \nThe doctor came in today! He wasn't exactly the nicest guy, though... he poked fun at my  \nweight, until I showed him that I actually am lighter than I used to be! Guess he thought  \nthat since my body's bigger, but honestly I almost tripped because of how I'm not used to  \nthis sorta mismatch? Anyway, he wound up having to measure me, and, um, look at me  \nnearly naked, and it was really hard to hold still while he did.  \n(Draw MF - Empress, Sun, Hanged Man - Succumb, MF2)  \nI was only able to do it because of Lyman staying with me, and holding me close when I  \nasked. He's sweet, but even I was surprised by how willing he was! I think he was worried  \nthe doctor would be all judgy again, but luckily he was more busy trying to figure out why  \nthe heck my skin's so soft, or why I'm getting fatter but losing weight.  \nThe doctor asked me a lot of questions, and he pulled Lyman aside to ask stuff too. I don't  \nblame him, it makes sense to figure out why something happens when trying to treat it,  \nbut, well, I don't know why this is happening! I had to pull myself aside and hug Lyman a  \nfew times to get through it all, before the doctor gave up. Lyman said that the doc's never  \nseen something like this before, and he's gonna have to go and arrange a new doctor to  \nhelp.  \nTurns out they spent an hour talking about things without me, but I... missed it? It felt a  \nlot shorter to me. Like, I know some folk just sorta have time get weird like that, but I  \ndon't think I had anything like that before. It's a little scary, knowing that my mind's  \ngetting changed like this, but at least I have Lyman. Best friend I could ask for, really.  \nMars  \nDay 6  \nPA2  \nEvents: The Hermit Upright, The Devil Upright  \nSo yesterday, me and the doctor noticed that Mars was feeling soft. Hell, I even got the  \nold guy to take his glove off to confirm himself. Guess that was some sorta foreshadowing  \nearly symptom of whatever the fuck his happening now. Mars is just, all covered in this  \nsoft fabric now. His skin's, like, orange and white fur, some sorta cartoon fox. I wound up  \nwatching, even , as his hands and feet turned all dark brown, and he's got all these little  \nseams on him now.  \nPeople don't just turn into plush toys, not usually. And yet, here we are, my roommate's a  \nsoft, squishy foxman now, and he's still not done changing. The weird thing is, he's starting  \nto become more at peace with this weird shit; he's not even trying to swear anymore, and  \nhe gets really cuddly whenever I'm around. He's just gonna call in sick for now, not really  \nbother much with work.  \n(Draw MA - Temperance, Fool, Magician, Justice - Fool)  \nHe wound up being a bit of a goofball, to say the least; I wound up taking over the phone to  \nexplain after a bit. The guys at his office laughed, but at least were willing to go along with things  \nafter a bit. Sending them a video probably helped, especially since his tail wound up growing a  \nbit more live on camera. Here's hoping that this Luma character can figure things out a bit  \nbetter.  \nLyman  \nDay 7  \nMF3  \nEvents: Chariot Upright (Change MA-Permanence), Hierophant Reversed  \nThe kind doctor came in today! She's some sort of magician, and a fox like me! Just, not  \nplush, or fat, and a different type of fox... anyway, she gave me a new examination. In some  \nways I kinda preferred that older human guy's test, he didn't try to prick me to see  \nwhether I bled cotton or blood, but I can't complain about one of the tests just being a  \ngreat big hug! I'm really getting into this whole toy thing, which is good because, well, she  \ncan't actually reverse it.  \nShe said it's some sort of magical \"curse\" that I must've been placed under, probably  \neither by accident or by someone who likes inflicting changes on random folk. She can  \ntechnically turn me human again, but she'd need both my and Lyman's help to bring back my  \nold, and honestly, I don't think either of us want to. I don't really need sleep anymore, I'll  \nsoon probably not need to eat, and it's just... nice, getting to relax and comfort my friend.  \nMaybe even boyfriend? I'll have to ask if he swings that way-  \n\"Mars, I can read these too.\" That's what I told him, before taking him in a big hug. I don't know  \nif I wanna call him a boyfriend, not yet, but honestly? Even if we don't hook up, I love him.  \nChrist explaining this is gonna be weird to my family, \"oh yeah my best friend is now my  \nboyfriend, also he's a fat fox toy.\" Anyway, Luma offered to help accelerate the changes, figures  \nthat since he's gonna be a toy anyway he might as well go all the way. I'll let him describe the  \nprocess, though I'll be the one to actually write it since those mitts aren't really good for  \nprecision.  \n\"Well, I wound up shrinking all nice and tiny! Even a kid could hold me up, and it was super  \nweird having my body get so small. The only thing weirder was how all my bones went away, all  \nmy blood, my organs, just... nice cotton, the only hard things being button eyes and a voice box.  \nA little solid lump where my heart used to be, like it's letting me take all my love and share it  \nwith the world! And by the world I mean Lyman. Unfortunately, he still can't take me to his own  \njob like this, so I'll just sorta wait until he gets back. Oh, I almost forgot my face is all still, a  \npermanent smile! Funny how face freeze is just already something I'm used to, hehe.\"  \nAnyway, I'm kinda running outta space in this book. Hell if I know how I'll pay the rent with just  \none income, but Luma says she has an opening for Mars that'll pay... something, and I know a  \nguy who wouldn't mind having a couple for roommates. This has been one hell of a week, but I  \nthink we'll manage together.  \nLyman \u0026 Mars  \n  \n\n"}