the trip back to the apartment was about the same as the trip to the hospital, thankfully they were only a block away. this time Sammy felt a little better knowing that while his gloves could change people it wasn't the cause of toons like him forgetting who they were. he brushed against a woman who was now a peacock man. he saw the fire hydrant blasting a dog saying "I'm no lavatory for that", he picked a banana from the banana tree. he touched a teenage boy accidentally and saw him become a female horse toon.
at this point, the chief of police had made an address that said "these toons have been affected by an unknown substance. the doctors at Aftersun memorial hospital are doing everything in their power to find out more about these toons and why they changed. so far we have found the main reason is the white gloves you see on them, these are capable of transforming anything they touch into a cartoon version of it. the secondary change which results in what scientists have just dubbed Marco toons has been caused by sexual release. these toons are different not only in appearance but also in the fact that they will believe they've always been this way. however, this can be broken by proving they were once human. we urge you if you see any of your friends or loved ones to try and break their belief they have always been a toon. furthermore, the unknown thing affecting these toons does not seem to care about genders as several people affected have had their genders swapped. any questions?"
Sammy turned off the TV and asked "did you find anything to help?", "kind of, some pictures and news clippings and also some yearbooks." she said carrying a large box. "OK so let's see," he said before grabbing a picture, "no wait" but it was too late. the picture now showed Sammy as a kid playing on a tire swing "that was you playing on the swing as a little girl. "sorry" was all he could say. "it's okay I have an idea now" she said before leaving the room with the box, she came back with 2 boxes and said "I checked and you had a copy of that picture in your scrapbook. it made me realize that the gloves can only affect things in the present not things from the past. that's why the picture changed but not the actual event itself" she said. "OK but hows that help us" Sammy asked, "it's simple you just have to touch everything in one of these boxes then we'll do a side by side comparison." she replied.
so they did that and saw the results, Milly put them in chronological order. she started with sally's birthday and the 2 photos had some distinctions, one showed a baby girl in a pink blanket and the other a baby gorilla boy in a blue blanket. several pictures had these subtle that they were identical with the exception of half of them depicting a male gorilla toon. others were more extreme like a picture of sally having a tea party with her friends who was now Sammy playing Xbox with his same friends. a ballet recital became a kung-fu tournament, and a picture of her going to prom with billy lark was now changed to Sammy going to prom with Lila Clark, Billy's sister. "OK from these I can see that for the most part, your personality is the same just masculinized.
"I wouldn't be so sure," Sammy said picking up some photos with his feet and showing them to Milly. these were drastically different, it depicted sally when she knew she was alone however, the other toon pictures showed Sammy naked and poising with his cock. there were several other things like Sammy working on a construction site to pay for college while the other showed sally working as a bartender at a fancy restaurant. sally ice-skated in one of the pictures while Sammy snowboarded in the other. a photo of sally practicing the violin as a teen became Sammy playing an electric guitar with 2 other toons (they were Leo the school principal and Bolt Hawkins the cook). "looks like it changed me to be more outgoing. I can't say I remember playing with dolls or being a bartender but I'm thankful that I got to see this. thank you Milly and now that I know the truth I have a question for you. I can try to be careful but it's just a matter of time before I accidentally touch you sooooooo..." he said putting extra emphasis on the o. "what do you want to do?"