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Interlude

Sophia set her empty plate down on her desk with a satisfying clink. Sitting back in her chair, she licked the remaining steak and bacon fat off of her fingers.

Dad is not going to be happy I wiped out that package of bacon but at least I’m not hungry anymore, Sophia tapped the touchpad and her laptop came to life. Hmm, I still have a while until Candice gets home.

She aimlessly dragged the pointer across the screen, trying to think of something to occupy her.

I could check that werewolf chat again; it was kind of interesting last time. Her fingers drummed on her desk. Now, what was the name?

With a purpose at last, she opened her browser and opened up her history.

Wow, I didn’t realize I had looked at quite this many sites, she blinked at the long list returned when she typed in “werewolf.” Ah, there it is.

Sitting up straighter, she selected the site she had visited the chat on. Thankfully, autofill still had her credentials saved and a few seconds later, she was back on the board. She scanned the most recent conversation in ‘General:’

CrazyWolf33: Anyone ever been up to Isle Royale in Lake Superior? I hear it’s got a fascinating wolf population. I guess it’s genetically isolated from the mainland.

WhereWolfArt: I haven’t, but I have heard people mention it before. Is it a popular destination?

Lycantha: That sounds so cool, I live in the city. The only time I can see any wolves is if I go to my local Zoo.

Exp_prime: Ah yeah @CrazyWolf33 I’ve been up there a time or two, actually working at the Grand Portage casino on a new billboard screen rn. Can’t see the island from here but I hope all the wolps are doing well ????

Exp_prime: One of the trappers/journeymen here was complaining about his snowmobile being stolen… A bastard paid the rental and never returned it. I digress, we’re here for wolves not work gossip ????

CrazyWolf33: @WhereWolfArt It’s one of the National Parks; I’m not sure how many visitors it gets.

CrazyWolf33: @Exp_prime That’s awesome! Hope they find the snowmobile.

Comfycanine#0001: Nifty place. It’s beautiful, and the way the wolf population ebbs and flows is crazy. Lowkey jealous of park rangers in parks like that

WhereWolfArt: Hmm, I looked it up. It’s really out there. I bet I could visit! It would be really something to get some pictures around the wolves there. Maybe they would even say hi! :D

CrazyWolf33: I bet they would go say hi! Just got to change into your fur!

Lycantha: Bet, I will shift right now and start the journey. See you all there /hj

Exp_prime: hoping they’ll get some new blood this year. Apparently the locals here got paid by the govt to trap a wolf or 2 to transfer to the park.

Exp_prime: Boss is calling brb

WhereWolfArt: also hi @Comfycanine !!

Comfycanine#0001: Hi!! :wolfwave:

CrazyWolf33: Now where’s @Nerius to tell us werewolves aren’t real? Lol

Nerius: I heard my name called! And yeah duh, werewolves aren’t real. What are you going to tell me immortal bloodsucking vampires are real too that are scared of garlic and sunlight?

Sophia rolled her eyes at Nerius’s misplaced skepticism, He asks a good question though. Could vampires be real too?

A red alert caught her attention and she clicked on it curiously. Reading, she saw someone had replied to her nearly a month before.

Exp_prime: Alr I'm caught up. Work’s been kicking my ass lately. You still got questions @idahowerewolf? I know a bit about some lore

Exp_prime: I promise I'm not as creepy as the rest of the guys :)

At least someone can manage to keep it in his pants, Sophia shifted uncomfortably in her chair at the reminder of how… forward some of the board participants could be. Shadow has better self-control and he’s a wolf.

She jumped back to the bottom of the chat.

WhereWolfArt: @Nerius always the skeptic ;) My offer still stands to draw you like one of my werewolf friends to convince you.

CrazyWolf33: Ah! He is on!

Well, here goes… She started typing:

IdahoWerewolf: Hey, I joined a month ago, and well, I have more questions about werewolves. ????

Exp_prime: How so? Fandom, or real life? I have a bit of knowledge on both.

CrazyWolf33: Oh hey, it’s the lady wolf!

IdahoWerewolf: @Exp_prime real life I guess?

WhereWolfArt: @IdahoWerewolf ah welcome back! Ask away!

IdahoWerewolf: @WhereWolfArt: thnx! This might sound werd but is it normal to be physically diferent after a full moon? Like teeth?

Exp_prime: @crazywolf33 Ah, I sat this moon out. Work's been killer ????. @idahowerewolf Yeah, I have heard of that happening before. I've talked with a few Anishinaabe elders about how something like werewolves happening. It's normal to see physical stuff! Teeth are pretty easy for a shapeshifter.

WhereWolfArt: Hm, I think that’s as normal as you want it to be. Some might find it weird, but what matters is how you see it.

Wait, what did Exp_prime say? Sophia perked up. This might be worthwhile after all.

IdahoWerewolf: what do you mean easy? Shapeshifter? What’s that?

IdahoWerewolf: @Exp_prime

Exp_prime: Well, I've only heard it in passing and researched it a bit. Apparently, some that had a strong connection to a spiritual animal would be able to change their bodies, to an extent. Mostly to be able to better provide for their tribes.

Exp_prime: Foraging/hunting for food during the winter. I did hear that the “Great Spirit” or something could curse one using that ability for ill will, by turning them into a wendigo ???? Take what I'm saying with a grain of salt, I don't know everything…

A chill ran up Sophia’s spine, I don’t know what a wendigo is, but it sounds horrifying.

IdahoWerewolf: @Exp_prime ????how did thy use it and what do you mean by ill will??? Could they change back?

Exp_prime: AFAIK it was only the truly evil that would get punished that way, stuck in a state of eternal suffering as an animal. As long as you don't take pleasure in murdering children or smth heinous, you wouldn't get cursed

Exp_prime: A lot of people that were “blessed” with the ability could use the power as they pleased, but it had to be for good purposes. I'd imagine a few hunters transforming into wolves could take down an elk a lot faster than they could as humans, especially if their tribe was starving.

IdahoWerewolf: u said something about having a srtong connection to an animal spirit. did they have an animl spirit or was it something diff?

Exp_prime: Idk 4 sure, didn't they all have spirit animals? I'd think if that's the case then they might get to tap into it when they needed to

CrazyWolf33: Wow, now this is a deep dive into Native American lore. It sounds like they wouldn’t be wereanimals in the way we think of them as they can shift at will and it has nothing to do with the full moon. Is that right @Exp_Prime?

@IdahoWerewolf I’ve seen some settings where werewolves have some slight wolfish traits even in human form.

Lycantha: @Idahowerewolf Oh, like A tail and Ears. Maybe even claws.

WhereWolfArt: Just go without the human form. It’s so much more fun! ;D

Exp_prime: @CrazyWolf33 yeah from what I’ve heard the Indians had a different outlook on what we would call were-creatures. A lot of fiction today is primarily based off European traditions.

IdahoWerewolf: @Lycantha I guess? Just teeth so far. oh my eye color is yllow now

IdahoWerewolf: @Exp_prime well I cant change when i want

CrazyWolf33: @Exp_prime: Not surprising. A shame though.

CrazyWolf33: @IdahoWerewolf Oh yeah! You were the one with the setup where you change more during each full moon. I thought that was a really interesting idea.

Exp_prime: @CrazyWolf33 Yeah, a shame. I’ll have to blow the dust off of some of my books and take some pics when I find them. @IdahoWerewolf Damn that sux. Idk, do you have a purpose for changing? I can’t imagine you need to hunt

Well… Sophia blushed and gave a nervous giggle.

IdahoWerewolf: I just change during the full moon. havent fund a way to change outside it. Do u know any native legends from Idaho?

Exp_prime: Eh, most of the tribes out that way were nomadic and didn’t really rely on hunting 4 food, so unless some1 needed to turn into a root vegetable or smth i don’t think they did. Down in like AZ/NM the Navajo had shapeshifters, called em skinwalkers. If they put the skin of an animal on they could transform, but there were more than a few downsides.

IdahoWerewolf: skin of an animal? What downsides?

Exp_prime: Like, any animal. Rabbit, buffalo, coyote. They were outcasts due to being witches. Like rats and plague, skinwalkers brought bad medicine. The whole “possessing people” thing probably doesn’t go over well.

IdahoWerewolf: oh ok

Probably shouldn’t bring up that I played with a wolf-skin, Sophia read over Exp_prime’s response again. It doesn’t sound very similar anyway. I hope.

Exp_prime: Theres sooo many other stories from colonists that blend the two ideas of shapeshifters. God I wish werewolves were real :,(

Lycantha: @Exp_prime Um I’m a werewolf, we are very much real. Thank you very much. Who cares if I struggle to shift when I want to.

CrazyWolf33: I think that describes most weres in Western lore @Lycantha. It’s kind of a feature. Or bug. Depending on your perspective.

Exp_prime: @Lycantha How about you demonstrate in VC some time??? Bcuz according to @IdahoWerewolf you can’t pick. I do prefer the choice tho, the moon is so cliche

Lycantha: @Exp_prime I don’t own a webcam, so I can’t show you even if I wanted to. But I can shift.

Exp_prime: Then can you elaborate? @everyone consider this an open invitation to share how you shift.

Lycantha: Well, It has to be a full moon, and I just focus on the spirit of the wolf in me, and then I start to shift. Simple.

Excitement stirred in Sophia, Another actual werewolf? I might not be alone?

Exp_prime: Hmm yes. And let me guess, you get horny?

Lycantha: Wouldn’t you like to know.

Exp_prime: Not really, but that’s typical for the kind of ppl that grace this server. It has to hurt at least a bit?

Lycantha: I guess we know what kind of sites you like to circle /hj

But it can hurt. But sometimes it does feel good. Like when you pop you back in just that right kind of way.

Exp_prime: ???? it’s a free country

Aaand straight to creepy again, Sophia’s cursor hovered over the ‘x’ to close the tab.

CrazyWolf33: Alright, let’s chill guys.

WhereWolfArt: @Exp_prime I don’t shift. Why would I want to spend time not-as-a-wolf?

Exp_prime: I always imagined that with how quickly your body changes you’d feel it a lot, but with no permanent damage

IdahoWerewolf: @Lycantha whats the transformatin like can yuo control it at all? how long have you been a werewolf? Whne there’s a full moon I just change. Idont hve to do anythig

Lycantha: @Idahowerewolf Sometimes I can, sometimes I can’t. It’s hard to explain. I have been a werewolf for as long as I can remember. You're lucky, it just happens for you, I have to focus really hard to get it to trigger.

I guess it could be different for other werewolves? Hope dimmed but didn’t go out.

IdahoWerewolf: I’ve only been a werewolf for a few mnths but its gone furhter every time. And when I’ve changed back the last couple of times, Ive been different. Like it wasnt all the way.

Lycantha: Really, well that is new to me. I just go back to being normal after I change back. You mentioned your eyes and teeth changed. Anything else change as well?

IdahoWerewolf: It feels like theres a wolf inside of me now. Or im part wolf or something. Its hard to describe. I wish i knew someone who knew more.

IdahoWerewolf: I thogut I wanted it but now I’m not sure.

Exp_prime: Do you hold on to features if you want to? That’s a cool concept

Lycantha: Why would you not want to be a werewolf. We are so cool. You can’t tell me you don’t like the feeling of the wind in your fur when you are running under the light of the full moon. The joy and freedom it brings. Who would not want that.

WhereWolfArt: ^^^^

Sophia couldn’t help grinning a little at Lycantha’s sentiment. Maybe they are a werewolf after all; how else would they understand that?

Exp_prime: idk shedding season would suck. @IdahoWerewolf kinda sounds like you’re describing a spirit animal. 2 halves of a whole

CrazyWolf33: Think of the savings on clothes though!

IdahoWerewolf: Im not sure the changes will stop. And the really scary thing is im not sure i want them to. Like what @Lycantha said, it feels incredible. Here i am tellign strangers all this when i jst told my best friend an hour ago lol

Exp_prime: it’s nice to be anonymous here lol. There’s gonna be good with the bad for everything

Lycantha: @IdahoWerewolf Oh how did your friend react to you telling them you are a werewolf, Few people I have told just called me crazy.

IdahoWerewolf: tbh I’m not sure @lycantha. She says she believes me but does she? I mean i still find it hard to believe. Shes the first person ive told

IdahoWerewolf: besides here

Exp_prime: We all signed NDAs so your secret is safe with us. Don’t want people showing up on your doorstep asking to get bitten or something lol. How long have u known ur best friend?

CrazyWolf33: We did?

Comfycanine#0001: @Exp_prime I signed no such document, and I’ll bite what/whomever I please ????

IdahoWerewolf: @Exp_prime Since first grade

Exp_prime: So u know em pretty well? You should be able to work things out after dropping a bomb like that

IdahoWerewolf: But what if this doesnt stop? Id loose her

Exp_prime: u just gotta talk it out. Ease ur way in, pay attention to their face. The hardest part is over, now it’s just reinforcing the idea

IdahoWerewolf: i just wish i knew what to tell her. No one knows anything. I was hoping someone here cold help

Exp_prime: Idk… Gently go into more detail? Most don't know what it's like to shift except us weirdos

IdahoWerewolf: @Exp_prime you can shift?

Exp_prime: I just have a very vibrant imagination…

WhereWolfArt: Just tell her you’re a furry. It’s pretty normal these days. And look around at how many people have anime avatars online.. being a wolf isn’t so different.

Exp_prime: Ye the were fan -> TF fan -> furry pipeline is real lol, its not too out of place

WhereWolfArt: ???? too true

CrazyWolf33: Nope, I’m a TF fan and I refuse to take another step! Hides fur suit

Comfycanine#0001: Careful there, it’s one thing to learn you’re a wolf but discovering you’re a furry might rock your friendship /s

Lycantha: @IdahoWerewolf You could always bite her and make her a werewolf as well. Share the gift. She will thank you later.

IdahoWerewolf: she doesnt want to be a werewolf. would biting actually work? would it have to be on a full moon?

IdahoWerewolf: @WhereWolfArt my whole problem is I cant choose to shift. It just happens

WhereWolfArt: Right.. so your whole issue is that you really like transformation, youv made a bunch of changes to your character/avatar, and you're worried that your friends won't like you anymore because of how you can't stop yourself from liking it. I think you should simply embrace it and be yourself. I can tell you're worried, but just have fun with it!

CrazyWolf33: The worst that can happen is you’ll end up chronically online in spaces like this. Who needs to see other people anyway? Or the sun?

Lycantha: @IdahoWerewolf I bit a friend of mine once, though I have not seen them after that, I think they just stayed a full wolf and now lives out in the woods wild and free.

IdahoWerewolf: Thats… disturbing

Comfycanine#0001: That’s awesome!! Hope they’re having the time of their life

Lycantha: Sometimes I can hear them howling in the distance.

Comfycanine#0001: @Lycantha woah you must have some awesome hearing to be able to hear that all the way in town… maybe you share a connection since you bit her?

Uhhhh… okay… Sophia rolled her eyes. Maybe just crazy.

CrazyWolf33: So far our advice to new initiates is to leave everything behind to embrace being a werewolf and, if anyone objects, turn them into one. Am I reading this correctly? Lmao

CrazyWolf33: Yep, we’ve definitely got a bright future in life coaching.

Lycantha: @CrazyWolf33 Of course it sounds bad when you put it like that.

WhereWolfArt: @CrazyWolf33 Yeah pretty much. Why live life hating what makes you happy and being around friends who hate it too?

CrazyWolf33: Just making sure I was clear on this! Honestly, as much as werewolves fascinate me, I’m not sure I’d want to be one. Sounds really inconvenient.

Comfycanine#0001: Beauty is pain!

CrazyWolf33: Sick abs without needing a gym would be pretty sweet though.

CrazyWolf33: You shifters get some muscles and height out of it at least?

Comfycanine#0001: Big time. This human form feels so fragile and lacking. Oh, and being digitigrade does give you a height advantage.

Lycantha: I am more of a bipedal wolf so I become shorter, ????

CrazyWolf33: Oh no! It really is a curse!

Exp_prime: Looks like we have a range of shifters here, i don’t think we’ve had a convo this deep yet… @IdahoWerewolf can u describe how it works 4 u? Is it like Lycantha says?

IdahoWerewolf: im not really sure about my height but i don’t get any stronger as far as ic an tell. Im actually kind of clumsy aftre i change. I actually dont remember the change itself. Its weird. I get relly hungry a few days before and then feel really weird a cuple hours before. Then i know i change but i dont remember what it feels or looks like. I remember everthing after though.

CrazyWolf33: No one here loses control? I guess legend gets that part wrong! ????

Exp_prime: Idk, maybe the ones that lose control aren’t able to reply to the convo 4 reasons lol. I’d imagine the hunger is bcuz of the physical changes, maybe ur body is blocking out the memory due to it being traumatic @IdahoWerewolf?

IdahoWerewolf: idk I hope not!

Exp_prime: Either way that’s a cool concept. You should def write some stories if u can think up a plot like that! Really interesting TF desc. Not many in the fandom write that way

Lycantha: @IdahoWerewolf Your transformation is so much different than mine, I remember every detail, and feel every bone crack and everything. I don’t feel like I need to eat more before either, I don’t think so at least, but I eat a lot already to begin with.

Exp_prime: I need to stop reading chat so fast, don’t want to be accused of stealing ideas. Some r so much better than the hollywood bs

IdahoWerewolf: @Exp_prime thanks I guess. Ill have to think about it.

IdahoWerewolf: @Lycantha yeah yours sounds very different.

Nerius: Wow you guys talked a lot since I went to get some food ????

CrazyWolf33: @Nerius That’s what you get for taking care of basic needs!

Well, even if no one believes me, it felt good getting that all out. Sophia sighed, glancing at the time. Dad will be home soon and hopefully Candice will be too. Back to the real world.

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