text | feeling like a freak on a leash

[lonewanderer]

Name: Lex
Date: June 7th
Format: text

anyone know how turning into a monster will affect body modifications? or how the modifications might affect turning into a monster?

i think i'm growing claws

Comments

[lonewanderer]

did growing them in hurt?

[fifty]

the wings hurt like crazy but I just woke up with the horns and didn't feel anything

[He screamed at the bathroom mirror when he woke up with horns, actually.]

[lonewanderer]

so wait you have extra bones now then, right? because of the wings?

[ ...fair ]

[fifty]

oh
yeah I guess I do
I didn't think about that

[lonewanderer]

no wonder it hurt
do you know what you're turning into, then?

[fifty]

I think I'm turning into a dragon
I'm not totally sure but the wings look pretty dragony

[lonewanderer]

well that's pretty cool
think you'll breathe fire?

[fifty]

that would be pretty cool
I think that's something dragons can sometimes do
maybe I should look up more stuff about them

[He will not.]

[lonewanderer]

that's what they did in stories back home at least
and there's a guy here named hiccup who has a dragon from back home

i don't know what i'm turning into
other than "something with claws"

[fifty]

yeah I think most monsters have claws
but maybe it'll be something cool!
dragons did the same thing in stories back where I'm from
I don't know how that'll work though
like now that there's real physics to apply
but I guess this place is full of magic

[lonewanderer]

they're all kind of cool, honestly. just didn't think i'd ever BE one.

yeah i don't even know how physics and magics combine. like. are they HUGE wings or are your bones hollow now??

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[fifty]

I don't really get it but I can show you the wings, hold on

[And America turns the video on. Once he's sure it's working, he backs up, turns around, and spreads his wings out. Each one spans seven feet, so he's got a fourteen-foot wingspan total.]

video;

[lonewanderer]

[ Lex turns her video on to match after a moment of thought. There are a few other minor changes that she either hasn't noticed or simply had chosen not to mention in her post, primarily the faint streaks of red in her hair and the way her eyes seem a little more amber. ]

Okay... yeah. Those are some pretty damn cool wings.

[fifty]

Thanks! [America turns back to the camera and grins at her--he'll never admit it, but he feels sort of self-conscious about all his weird changes, so it's nice to get confirmation he doesn't look totally horrible.] Oh hey, your hair's changing color, too. Red's cool. [America didn't get a good enough look at her eyes before to notice that change.]

[lonewanderer]

It is? [ Lex shifts back a little, pulling some of her hair in front of her face to inspect it. ] ...Huh. It's a bit of a different texture, too.

[ Like fur. Not surprising, with the claws, she supposes. ]

I guess we're going to have some weird adjustments to make.