Similar to Jason, Anthony felt the pins-and-needles sensation all over his skin, moving there and there as he changed.  All his clothes unraveled, leaving him naked (temporarily), and having to watch as his body contracted and expanded in what were decidedly unnatural ways.  It felt like around his upper torso and down around his hips, there were things pulling, stretching out, along with the top of his head; in contrast, around his waist, arms, and legs, there was this inward pushing, tucking in.  The thread that had disappeared with his clothes into the blackness now returned, starting at his feet and working its way up...all he could see was his legs being covered by black, but a different shade of black to the void they were trapped in.  Simultaneously, there was a smooth feeling running through what he realized was now long hair, pulling up and back, and then feeling something securing that hair in place.<br/><br/>At that moment, in contrast to Jason's eyes being shut through the whole process, Anthony's were forced wide open, and what he saw was a starscape like what you might see at a planetarium.  Nebulas and stars and all manner of stellar objects all around him, as far as the eye could see...the sheer visual input drowned out whatever tactile sensations Anthony had been experiencing...and the next thing that he knew, he was standing on something.  On the ground.  And there were things to be seen!  A...city.  And...Anthony looked down.  A blue and white striped long-sleeved shirt with a zipper in front.  Shorts.  Hose that went down into sneakers.  "No way," he breathed, hearing his own girly voice as he was confronted with a pair of breasts.  He was...Aika (https://gelbooru.com/index.php?page=post&s=view&id=4907611).<br/><br/>Right next to him was...Joy.  The character model, this was no sprite.  This, all of this, looked entirely real.  He was about to say something, but he started to hear things.  The sounds of fighting, coming from up the steps at the top of the shrine.  He wanted to ask questions, but when he opened his mouth to speak...<br/><br/><tt class="bbc_tt">Joy, come on!  I can hear the fight's already started!</tt><br/>"Joy, come on!  I can hear the fight's already started!"<br/><br/>And just like that, Anthony found his legs carrying him up the steps towards the Shrine of Takemikazuchi...