12 and... take a guess... (Henjasp pls)
"Zoom meeting and A (*cough* Hendrik *cough*) doesn't know how to turn off the dog filter" (354 words)
An early-morning meeting. Two cups of coffee. One lemon poppyseed muffin.
None of that had prepared Jasper to log into the weekly Zoom meeting to find a 3D rendered brown dog staring back at him in his little square. Tiny, cartoonish eyes blinked as Jasper gawked at him. On the bottom of the user’s box read the name, “Hendrik.”
Jasper, whose legs had been folded up like a pretzel in his office chair, paused and rubbed the sleep out of his eyes.
“What in the everliving—” he said as a notification appeared at the bottom of the screen to let him know he was muted.
He unmuted himself and repeated the sentiment once more.
“Good morning, Jasper,” Hendrik said as other boxes began to flicker on with coworkers joining the meeting.
Jasper noted some people covering their mouths, eyes crinkled up in amusement.
“Good morning, everyone,” dog-Hendrik repeated. “Please give me just a second as I try to fix my machine.”
“You need to go into settings,” Jasper said. “You have to go into the avatar settings and select ‘None.’”
“Can I still do that when I’m in a meeting?” Hendrik asked.
Somehow, he looked even more pathetic in a dog form.
As he spoke, the chat box lit up with one unread message: an article leading to the same steps Jasper had already spoken aloud. Hopefully it had images like a picture book to guide Hendrik through it step-by-step.
“I am not seeing it,” Hendrik said.
“Go to system preferences.”
Hendrik continued to parrot Jasper’s instructions as he clicked through the menus himself, Jasper keeping his messages curt. It didn’t take as long as Jasper thought to get the dog avatar reverted, revealing Hendrik’s face with those stray strands of lavender hair sitting on his shoulders. His cheeks flared pink as he shifted in his chair and adjusted his camera.
“Well then, thank you, Jasper. After that small hiccup, are we prepared to start?”
Jasper held back a smug grin as he gave a nod. “Absolutely.”
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