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It's ~~Not'Audrey~~ Ryan! Still a woman, still boycotting bras and now with new short haircut.

He's also barefoot since the bar tried to give him wedge sandals to wear with the dress it gave him.

And right now he's at the bar getting something to eat.

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The puppy spots the woman at the bar. He sees that she is getting food. Women like puppies. He jumps up on the stool next to her and says, well, "Arf" of course, and wags his tail at her.

Ryan loves dogs, and of course puppies, so this actually makes him smile.

"Hey," he says, petting the dog on the head. "Where'd you come from?"

He's seen quite a few cats in the bar but never a dog. This puppy looks well-cared for and he wonders if it belongs to anyone.

"Arf" The puppy was starting to curse the inability to talk. He knew he'd never met this person before but that didn't mean he couldn't hope to get more scritches out of the meeting.

Then remembering the sword he dragged over with him, he looks down at the ground where he left it laying, and barks again.

Ryan looks down at the floor and furrows a brow at the sword lying there.

"Where'd you get that, puppy?" Yes, he's one of those people who talks to animals. He picks the sword up off the floor and sets it on the bar.

"Wouldn't you rather a ball or a bone? Or maybe some steak?" Ryan gives the dog another pat. Giving it a little food couldn't hurt.

The puppy eyes the woman, then looks at the sword, then returns to eying the woman.

He shakes his head no at the question, then realizing he does want something to eat he nods.

He then nudges the woman's arm and lifts his head so she can read the tag on his collar. "My name is: Andres" It says

Ryan looks at the tag. "Andres"

He gives the puppy some scritches around the neck. "Hopefully, no one will mind if I get you some food."

He asks the bar for half a cooked steak, cut into small pieces, and a bowl of water. When they appear he puts them down on the floor.

The puppy nods vehemently at hearing his name.

He then jumps down off the stool and begins eating the steak, keeping a close eye on the sword.

((ooc:mun has to leave work now. back in 30 mins hopefully.))

[OOC: Sure thing!]

Ryan takes a sip of his beer and looks over at the sword. It didn't look too different from the ones he's seen Elaine use for practice.

He frowns a little and instinctively looks around the bar, hoping she'll appear.

The nodding having apparently gone unnoticed, the puppy nudges the empty food and water bowls back towards the bar and waits for them to either disappear or be picked up.

Ryan notices that the puppy has finished his food so he picks up the bowls and sets them back on the bar.

He then pets Andres on the head some more.

The puppy barks again in thanks, and licks the hand, before trotting off, sword in tow, to chase birds by the lake.

Ryan raises an eyebrow at how intent the puppy was to bring the sword everywhere but just shrugs it off as he watches it go.

KARR is driving past when he turns a bit too sharply, his prow barely missing Ryan. He stops for a moment, turning so his scanner faces him. "Excuse me. I'm afraid cars aren't exactly made for bars."

He shrugs. "It's ok, KARR."

His scanner freezes for a moment as he thinks. "I'm afraid I don't remember meeting you."

"I was a male then," he says with a frown.

"It's Ryan Chappelle." This never got any easier but at least he didn't have to explain that he wasn't Audrey.

His scanner begins to move slowly again. "...So Tony had a partner in idiocy, I assume?"

"It was all Tony's fault." 90% anyway.

"I was just unlucky enough to be standing next to him."

"I'm sure." He sounds rather dubious. "I still think I had it worse than both of you when that sort of thing happened to me. At least neither of you wound up as damn Fords."

Ryan's about to argue this but well...a Ford.

"Were you at least a Mustang or a Thunderbird?"

"I was a Mustang. A female Mustang with racing stripes. It was humilating-I looked like a candy cane."

"There are male and female cars? How does one tell the difference?"

"In the case of AIs there are. You can tell by the voice and choice of pronouns-it's not like you can tell the difference by way of genitalia. I'm afraid that particular difference is reserved for human form."

That makes sense. "How did you get turned into a Ford?"

KARR's scanner flares for a moment in irritation. "I taunted an omnipotent alien about his tutu. He turned me into a rusty Yugo first."

"Most people who get tutu'd seem to be pretty sensitive about it."

"He certainly was. At least I finally returned to normal. Have you thought about how you plan to get your body back?"

"It's not permanent." Thank God.

"So, I just have to wait it out."

"For how long?"

"I don't know," he shrugs.

"Chloe says a week because in her 'expert opinion' spells only last about a week."

"...Expert opinion? Do I want to know what sort of trouble she's been getting herself into?" He sighs-if he could headshake at the moment, he'd do it. "Does Tony know that he'll probably have to spend a week hiding from Michelle, then?"

"It's Chloe," Ryan does shake his head a little.

"I don't think he'll hide. He's been telling pretty much everyone who knows him. So they're not that surprised when they see me. Although they all think I'm Audrey."

"He didn't seem eager to tell Michelle when I ran into him. I ended up telling him to go ask if he could spend the night in Bonnie's room because he didn't want to explain things to Michelle yet." His scanner flashes for a moment in curiousity. "Who's Audrey?"

"Audrey Raines, she's in the bar. She looks pretty similar to how I do now but with longer hair. She was Jack's ex-girlfriend."

That part is really weird.

"Ah. I'm afraid I've never met her, and only met Jack once. Tony's told me about him, though."

"Yeah. They're pretty good friends."

"I wonder what his reaction to the current predicament was. How has everyone been taking the news that the two of you are female?"

"They mostly seem confused that I'm not Audrey," he says with a nod.

"Aside from Chloe and my daughter all of them had spoken to Tony already so when I tell them what happen they just look shocked for a few moments."

"Well, I suppose looking shocked is better than say, screaming or having a heart attack. And hopefully everyone will learn an important lesson from this-namely, for god's sake, don't insult people who can turn you into things."

Ryan laughs a little at this. "If people haven't learned that lesson by now..."

"Then they might as well learn the hard way, I suppose. You seem to be taking it well."

"This might actually be the least of my problems right now although it doesn't make things any easier."

"I don't see how it possibly could, unless you had to disguise yourself or something." His scanner twitches idly for a few moments. "I ought to go and check on Bonnie-it was good to speak to you again, Ryan. I hope Chloe is right about the length of the spell."

He nods. "Me too. Bye, KARR."

"Goodbye, Ryan." With that, he turns and drives off.

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