"BE QUIET!" the other Ashu yelled, this time in a much more commanding tone, loudly throwing the exclamation at himm, even gesturing with his body while doing it.

That seemed to finally do something. In an instant, it was as if the place they had been lost in had become a brightly lit modern building, but the shapes and contours of the symbols carved into the wall became entirely indistinguishable, as if lit with some intensely bright light from inside the walls. This lasted for maybe a couple of seconds, making them both squint their eyes slightly. There was no noise, nothing but the echo of his clone's voice being carried by the walls, the sound itself appeared to be precisely what was powering them, the light slowly fading away as the reverb subsided.

This had momentarily distracted Ashu from the whole situation, neither of them knowing what to make of this reaction from the structure itself in which they had both gone astray. But once the light faded, so had the short moment of tension and uncertainty. This had begun to get out of hand now, Ashu would NOT be commanded around by this impostor! He gulped, taking a moment to prepare his response, ready to yell right back at his counterpart.

"MMF!" he yelled. Or he thought he did, so caught up in his anger that he had almost almost ignored the new strange sensation he felt when he attempted to speak. It was as if something had vibrated all over the surface of his jaw, though very mildly, the clear feeling of sounds vibrating against flesh. That made him take notice that his face felt strangely … light? As if the mass of his head had changed ever so slightly somehow, but enough to be immedeatly noticeable. Had the light from the walls affected him somehow?! He hadn't felt anything happen at all!
He had infact felt entirely unchanged right up until the moment he had attempted to speak just now, had the reaction from the scriptures on the wall somehow numbed his face? That was a really weak response he had yelled back at his doppleganger just now, not even close to being a worthy retort.

Then he looked at his clone once more for the first time, finding his expression to be… off. He seemed surprised somehow. He was probably just as startled as he was at just how birghtly the whole place had lit up just now, but… his eyes.. he was looking at HIM, at Ashu!

"W-what the… ?!" his clone finally spoke after having yelled at him, seemingly surprised at what had just happened.

Had something happened to his face?! Ashu tried once more to exclaim his response back.

"MMNNN!" again that sensation, though this time it felt like his whole skull was slightly vibrating, since he had put a lot more effort into being loud this time, yet only a strangely muffled groan had escaped him once again.

He looked down at his snout as he attempted a third time. Still nothing. He saw his nostrils flex and flare open as he yelled …. his snout looked fine, why was this happening?? He looked at it in confusion, attempting to yell, only seeing his nostrils flare as he did so, the noise coming out mostly through his nose now.

"MMN?!"

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god i love how his snout looks like this.... ngghh i wanna rub it so bad!!

art by  n3sting3yes