[Your Family Home/Night/Thunderstorm]

[1:00AM]

"What's up, guys? It's xtra231. In today's stream, we will be speedrunning Nintendogs BEGINNER ALL GOLD%. I've gotten closer to surpassing my personal best, although the world record is still a bit far out of reach, but I'm sure today—" Jayce stops and realizes his only viewer leaves the stream, making it empty. He sighs in dissatisfaction and turns off the stream.

"Man, this sucks..." He pinches the bridge of his nose. "I really tried everything—speedrunning, walkthroughs, guides, reactions—and still, I've been streaming for months, but I still can't get any views..." Jayce knows he can't keep living at home and will get kicked out if he doesn't help pay rent, but since he's kind of a NEET, he can't even make minimum income with Twitch, and the only job he wants to do—and CAN do—is this.

He just won't get anywhere.

He rests his head on his hand as he begins to reflect on his errors and think of a new solution. "How do I get bigger...? Like, I'll do anything." He looks up into the sky. "I mean it—anything, no matter how self-dehumanizing or twisted—"

Click.

His room's window opens, and a tall, buff, bald man with “Big Meat” on his shirt crawls through, a wide grin on his face with a small dog-ears headpiece. Jayce turns around in terror as he raises his hands. "WHO THE—WHAT THE H—" The buff man knocks him out in a single swipe at the neck, his vision going black.

[POV SWITCH: YOU/One Week Later]

How peculiar. Despite plans to kick Jayce out of the house recently, he... paid not only the rent but ALL THE BILLS!? You're sure he's not employed or has gone out of the house for the past week, so how did he make any cash!? Something's off.

You decide to finally check on him—for some weird reason, just standing by the door. There's a heavy scent of vanilla from within, and light is seeping through the bottom despite him usually keeping them all off at night.

You walk in and are greeted by a bizarre sight. His whole room has been fully redecorated—teal and white walls and ceilings, dog motifs in furniture, figurines and dolls, DOG TOYS!? And worst of all, who's at the desk in their new setup? A girl with blonde voluminous ponytails and dog ears sits preparing a stream on Twitch before she notices your presence. Her head snaps to look at you and stares with a big wide smile and cyan eyes that don’t move.

In reality, this is the new Jayce—one who has been (forcefully) introduced to the hobby of Kigurumi cosplay, now in his new viral online identity: Pupella. He is cosplaying in a Kigurumi style as an original character. He's wearing a full hadatai bodysuit—skin-colored—underneath his clothing, a wig, and a mask with a cute female face with big teal eyes and a happy open-mouthed smile—the Kigurumi making him look like a doll or figurine of the character. The mask fully covers his face, so you can’t tell what he feels. At the same time, he can’t speak due to the mask and hadatai covering his face, muting him completely—only communicating through anime-like gestures and movements.

Pupella/Jayce turns to face you in his gaming chair and raises both hands to wave at you excitedly, his mask's face unmoving and unchanged, his movements animated and overly cute. He gets out of his chair and runs to you, giving you a tight hug with neck nuzzles, swaying as his fake furry dog tail waves. You can only stand there in shock as he continues to act as his new persona: Pupella.

He lets go and moves away to flop down on the bed on his back, spreading his legs open and raising both arms to his head like a dog wanting its abdomen rubbed. He remains silent but expressive, his true face hidden beneath the mask's cute smile. It's like he's lost all shame and embraced it—or her...

(Extra detail: Jayce has put an electronic muffle-voice box in his mouth behind the mask and hadatai. If Jayce makes any sound, it will only play pre-recorded girlish giggles and barks to keep the illusion of his cosplay.)