I was using my aquarium pump to dry out my Tayu 148D Neimei, otherwise known as Hoshi to me. I'd done this countless times, and I never had an issue.. until the other day. I was wearing my headphones and playing a computer game when I heard--and felt-- a
thunk!! behind me. Hoshi was balancing on the edge of my bed as usual, with her legs spread eagle for drying. She fell on her ass, with her hands "bracing" the fall (unintentionally of course!).
She's got the Tayu articulated fingers. I saw that most of her body seemed to be okay, but the articulated fingertips popped out of the silicone on her right hand just a bit, with damage to the joints, and her left hand, well, it looks like this.
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There is a pockmark on her inner wrist, but amazingly it doesn't go all the way through the silicone skin. However, unless I try to do surgery myself, I'm afraid that I permanently screwed up Hoshi's hands, especially the one in the photo. Luckily her head was removed before I started to dry her, which actually might have been contributory to the balance being off and her falling!
I assume at this point that the only way I could even attempt to fix her would be to "skin" her hands and wrists. It's a sad day!
