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Would alternates like things with a lot of heavy bone rattling vibrations like a tool concert?

It would depend on the frequency of the vibrations as each alternate is attuned a little differently to them. Some would find extreme frequency vibrations nice and soothing like Adam does, whereas others would be overstimulated by it and find it overwhelming like alt!Cesar would.

It pretty much comes down to the individual, but alternates like Adam (who can manipulate analogue and digital tech) are more likely to be able to adapt easier to more intense sounds and frequencies.

Additionally, when I say 'overwhelmed' for alternates, it means that they have a very difficult time keeping their form consistently together and usually end up either falling into their true form or something like shadow or static. It's a kind of defense mechanism, I suppose.

#hail true body au #mustang answers!#htb alternates #htb adam #htb alt!cesar #some alternates with humanity to them might also react in more human-like ways to overstimulation too #like alt!cesar has a weighted blanket and specific clothing he likes to wear when things get too much #he also will put on noise-cancelling headphones and listen to white noise/static until he feels better #and sometimes he likes physically interacting with analogue tech to soothe himself - like he'll manipulate the radio or the tv #sometimes becoming part of it to try and reconnect with that baseline that makes him feel comfortable again #and sometimes only mark can make it better usually by sitting there and holding his hand #it varies and though alt!cesar does eventually adjust to being more like a human he still has alternate instincts that are hard to ignore

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