057: Ch-Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes!

[contract_star]

[On the Plane, there is a pile of clothes. Within the pile the edges of a utility belt can be seen, and a few knives lie off to the side. The pile of clothes is also wriggling around as something moves around beneath it. Whatever it is, it is making very unhappy sounds as it struggles to free itself.]


[ooc: Guess who ran into a Contractor who could turn people into “other things”? 8D]

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[contract_star]

[The creature gives a little growl-squeak and a flash of yellowish fur is seen.]

[wheat-wolf.livejournal.com]

{:9 DELICIOUS. Horo pounces on it, laughing merrily}

My, it has been quite a while since I ate another furred one! This form does not do well for catching them, unfortunately!

[contract_star]

[CUE FLAILING AND TINY SNARLING. Out pops a fennec fox, fur on end.]

[wheat-wolf.livejournal.com]

{Grinning as she holds it}

Ufufu, you need not worry! I know well enough of magicks and the workings of this odd place to know that you are more than a tasty morsel. Now, you look rather like a fox, so perhaps we could talk if you would like the conversation, little one.

[contract_star]

[The fennec's ears go forward a little. Hei is currently just a voice in the back of the fennec's mind, but he recognizes Horo and can understand her.]

[wheat-wolf.livejournal.com]

{When she speaks, it sounds like barks and growls, but Horo is a wolf}

My, now what trouble has this youngster gotten into?

[contract_star]

[He starts yipping and whining back like crazy. The translation is roughly:]

Horo, it's me, Hei! Someone transformed me into--this.

[wheat-wolf.livejournal.com]

What a cute thing to become! And pray tell, how did that happen, Hei?

[contract_star]

It's not cute! I need to change back... What am I, anyway? Everything is so big...

There was a Contractor, like a magician. She changed me.

[wheat-wolf.livejournal.com]

I could not tell you what you are, since I have not seen anything quite like it, but with luck, you shall change back. Without luck, you shall have to speak to the Twins or another magician. Until then, I do not mind talking for you.

[contract_star]

I probably won't change back until I meet that Contractor again... [Does not like this idea.]

[wheat-wolf.livejournal.com]

Then perhaps assistance here is what you should seek.

[contract_star]

You can't do anything? I'd rather not ask the Twins...

[wheat-wolf.livejournal.com]

My, you flatter me so, Hei. I am no Goddess. I make the crops go, and the only forms I can switch are my own. I am a large wolf and this little human, nothing more, nothing less.

[contract_star]

[Ears droop a little.] Then that Contractor...Verde said she knew her, so maybe... [Heavy sigh. He knows he needs to go back, but it's getting harder to think clearly.]

[wheat-wolf.livejournal.com]

{Pats Hei's head lightly}

Well, I will at least try to speak on your behalf and perhaps find someone to change you back here. Or, with any luck, it will be over in a short period!

[contract_star]

[Whines a little, essentially muttering incoherently.]

[wheat-wolf.livejournal.com]

Well! First of all, are you hungry?

[contract_star]

[...! Stomach growls.] W-well...maybe a little...

[wheat-wolf.livejournal.com]

Then have you ever eaten raw meat, first of all?

[contract_star]

[Raw meat? That sounds...utterly delicious. But no! He cannot let the fox mind take over! He cannot start thinking about how amazing it would be right now to eat a--]

Lizard? Are there lizards?

[wheat-wolf.livejournal.com]

Lizards! A specific request, but I will do my best to fulfill it!

{And she drops off the Plane! But she comes back after a few minutes, with a handful of lizards, licking her fingers idly}

I hope these are to your tastes~

[contract_star]

[OMFG A BANQUET. Hei completely forgets himself and pounces on the lizards, pinning a still-living one. He proceeds to hop up and down, playing with it and letting it run a little ways before pouncing on it again. Finally he bites its head off and devours it.]

[wheat-wolf.livejournal.com]

See, very cute~

{Horo takes one of them for a snack of her own, setting the rest down}

They are tasty little things.

[contract_star]

[The fennec finds another one that is still alive, wriggles its butt and pounces forward on it. He bats it around a little and then eats it tail-first, so it's still flailing as he swallows.]

[It's going to take Hei a long time to get over this.]