101 Shapes for the Confused Teen

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SHAPES

FOR THE CONFUSED TEEN

VEDIKA KASAT

Gender is self love.

PROLOGUE YEAR 2100 The human-cyborg race gets attacked by an ameobic superbug. Despite of all attempts made to kill this superbug and find a cure to its diabolical effects, it made its way into the genes of the species causing permanent mutation.

YEAR 2450 Human-cyborgs now had no bone anatomy. This new looking master race was called Humanoebans. They were amoebic in their physical state and were able to shape themselves however they wanted. They literally shaped their own personalities. On the inside they were half human - half machine.

Out of all the fascinating advantages of being a Cyborg, the most relatable one was that Humanoebans communicated in an intangible manner via the artificial intelligence fit inside them. They were all connected to each other’s brains which made communication effortless.

M ES S AGE S MILO Bye Ama Ami Amu BORI Bye Lo TOZU Have a good day ZIGO Bye Lo!

Earth was now dominated by a new master race - Humamoebans. Since Humamoebans had the ability to change their shape and form, there emerged one ma jor issue that all teenagers of this race faced - Identity crisis.

Having to decide their own shapes, put the young teens under great pressure. Milo was a 13 year old kid dealing with the same.

B O R I (Milo’s parent) Milo again changed Milo’s shape!

3:40:36pm

T O Z U (Milo’s parent) Yeah... We should speak with Milo 3:40:37pm

B O R I (Milo’s parent) It’s the tenth time this month!

3:40:38pm

ZIGO Yes 3:40:39pm

1300 hrs - Meet Zuka 1450 hrs - Go for electron test

Zuka

Age - 18 | Sex - M

Zuka and you have been friends for 8 years. Zuka pursued Masters in Archeology at Blosa University, Broki, Mars.

Finding Zuka’s location

Showing photos of Zuka

ZUKA

Hi Milo APPROACHING ZUKA IN 00:03

MILO

Hi Zuka You look so alien ZUKA

You look different too...Let’s sit?

CONNECTING DEVICE

C O N NE C T I O N S U C C E S S F U L

VOLUME 10 MILO You have started looking like a Martian! How was it there?

4:40pm

You have started looking like a Martian! How was it there?

4:40pm

ZUKA It was interesting! They are very different from us. Some would say orthodox, but I think beautiful. They communicate using their voice you know?

4:40pm

MILO

Ya! I have read...

4:41pm

MILO So... what about us?

4:45pm

ZUKA They have only 2 forms and their lives revolve around those forms. Look!

4:41pm

MILO Ya, I have seen that before... Wow! Hmm...

4:41pm

So... what about us?

MILO 4:45:02pm

ZUKA My experience at Mars has really changed me Milo 4:47:10pm

I am not what I used to be 4:47:11pm

(Showing reference images)

MILO But...

Zuka’s in the year 2450 and 2458

Zuka and Milo in 2448

But...

We don’t have to be the same people in order to be together. All three of my parents are so different! But they are together.

4:47:50pm

ZUKA That’s because they fit!

And we don’t Milo.

4:47:52pm

O Milo’s parents - Bori, Tozu, Zigo

We do! Look...

We do! Look...

4:48:01pm

ZUKA No Milo, that is not how it works.

We are very different now. We don’t connect, I am not even attracted to you anymore.

4:48:10pm

MILO I need you Zuka. I am having a difficult time in life right now.

I really need you.

ZUKA

4:50:10pm

Milo, I am here for you. Just not as a partner...

4:51:01pm

DISCONNECTING DEVICE

CO MMAND MUT E CON VER SATI ON

Atl east l et me explain

APPROACHING HOME

B O R I

Stop it Tozu!

CO MMAND LO CK ING TH E DO OR

DOOR LOCKED

BORI Do you think Milo had a bad day at school?

5:10:11pm

ZIGO Maybe it’s Milo’s usual moodswing...

5:10:14pm

MILO

I can hear you!

TOZU

Hi Lo.. Mind if I connect?

PAS SW OR D AC CE PTE D

5:15:12p m

MILO

Okay...

MILO

I am in such a confused state of mind Amu. I don’t know who I am 5:16:50 pm

C ONNE C T I NG

5:15:42p m

C ONNE C T E D You think it’s eas y to see myself in a new sh ape everyda y.

I wake up and I don’t know wh at I want to be, who I am.

AT SCHOOL Umm.. Sorry Milo you won’t really fit

Hey Milo, What’s up!

I try to figure it out everyda y.

Why couldn’t there be a ‘norma l’?

Hey...

Why couldn’t I be born in a fixed body! Or a mold in which I was born to fit.

I jus t want to be told who I am , it would be so much easier th at wa y.

Why couldn’t we a ll be the same! Zuka would probabl y s till love me then...

5:18: 30pm

T O Z U Lo... I get it... You used to h ave those long tentacl es no? Wh at h appened to those?

5:19:10 pm

M I L O Oh those... yes I grew them too long Now I am h aving difficulty getting rid of it!

5:19:40 pm

T O Z U Maybe you don’t want to?

Back in the days when I was pursuing my Masters in Pruska, I used to braid my tentacl es. In Pruska, tribes are formed of peopl e with similar form.

I was living with a T-sh aped tribe...

NEXT DAY

HAHAHAH

T O Z U ...My tentacl es used to tickl e their heads so the y made me braid my h air. I never quite felt like myself th at wa y.

Don’t go awa y Zuka

Enough.

Enough.I Iam am tying tyingthese theseup up

Never untying it a gain

When my frus tration peaked, I rea lised, my tentacl es helped me express, and without th at I jus t never felt the same. So I decided to never braid it a gain!

Because who you are, is for you to decide.

I know it can be frus trating. You don’t h ave to, it will come to you, and when it does,

It will liberate you.

5:21:05pm