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Sol wandered through the mall as the store announced that they are about to close, rubbing their hand against their russet fur as they made their way towards the exit. While most of his shopping was already done they were looking for any last minute sales that might be going on. It also gave them a chance to visit one of their favorite stores which sold incredibly realistic sculptures for home and lawn. With ten minutes left before they had to leave Sol made sure to stop by and take a look inside.

Even before he got into the store Sol could see when he was getting close to it by the wooden fox man that stood out in a fantasy scout uniform, his pose that of someone staring out into the distance. That alone was amazing to him as he ran his hand against the smooth grain of the wood before he passed it to go inside. Whatever technique the owner of the artwork employed to smooth out the wood made it so he couldn't feel a single tool mark in it. It was one of his favorite pieces as they passed by and when they continued to walk in he saw others as well that they gazed at which were made of all manner of materials.

They continued to move through the store until they heard the final minute being called out before the mall closed in its entirety. Just as Sol was about to leave they noticed that there was a small stand that was set up that was offered as a raffle or something like that. When they looked it over they saw that it was for sculpting lessons that were being offered by the artist of the store, as well as an original work of art that they could take home with them! He was surprised that such an offer had so few slips of paper in the bowl, how could anyone that was fond of this work not take the opportunity to work with a master craftsman?

While there was also some text at the bottom that was rather small Sol heard the announcement that they were going to be closing down everything in a minute, and given the date that was on the advertisement was today this would be the last chance that they could apply. As quickly as they could they grabbed the pen and filled out all the information they asked for, practically scribbling down on the lines while practically hearing the seconds ticking down in their mind. Once they had finished they quickly tore the slip of paper off the pad and put it in the slot, and as soon as their fingers left the slip they heard that the store was now closed and everyone must progress immediately to the exit. Though Sol had other things that they wanted to do before it had closed they were glad that they had the chance to win the contest, even if it was unlikely that they were going to win in the first place...

About a week later Sol continued to make preparations for the holidays, whistling happily to themselves as Christmas was only about a day away. As the snow began to fall outside they just pulled out a batch of cookies when they heard someone knocking on the door. "Strange..." they said as they took the oven mitts and put them on the nearby counter. "Who could be visiting at this hour?"

Sol called out that they would be there in a few seconds as they made sure that they were at least proper enough to answer the door before going up and answering it. "Oh! Uh..." they said as they saw an obsidian or onyx statue of a feline that looked like a cross between a tiger and a leopard sat there on their porch. "How on earth did they manage to get this here?"

"Well I walked here of course," a smooth voice replied, Sol nearly jumping backwards as the statue started to move as a small smirk formed on his lips. "I do apologize for startling you, when my kind stand and wait we tend to freeze up and look like... well, a statue. In any case it's a pleasure to meet you Sol, my name is Kirdos."

"I... I see..." Sol replied, their mind still wrapping around the situation that they were standing in as their nerves died down. "Why are you here though? And how did you know my name?"

"I had assumed that you wrote down everything correctly when you entered into my little contest," Kirdos stated, holding up a slip of paper with Sol's writing on it that caused them to gasp slightly in shock. "You're handwriting was a bit hard to decipher, but thankfully I have a knack for detail. Do you mind if we take this conversation inside? I would rather not have your neighbors think oddly of you talking to what they might think was some sort of lawn or home decoration."

With the identify of the other creature confirmed Sol found themselves speechless as they realized that they were standing in front of the one that had created all the art in the store they frequented! Almost immediately they invited him in, asking if he wanted to anything to drink which he declined. Once they had settled into chairs at Sol's dining room table Kirdos informed them of exactly what was happening. Since they were the winner of the contest that he had been running at the mall they were going go spend the day with him not only watching him work but also learning a few tricks of his trade. Throughout this entire explanation however the only thing that Sol could do was watch the body of the creature on the opposite side of the table as he talked.

Even though Kirdos was clearly alive and able to speak Sol couldn't help but wonder if this was some sort of trick. The feline looked like he was made out of stone, and when they had gotten a touch of his body it felt like it as well except with more give. What made the scene truly unnatural however was that Kirdos didn't even seem to think it was strange, going over the itinerary of their day together as well as plans for what was happening afterwards when it came to their gift. It wasn't until Kirdos had asked Sol if they had any questions that they realized that he had been talking this entire time, grinning sheepishly and saying that they were all good.

"Perfect," Kirdos replied with a smile as he got up once more and moved over towards Sol while holding out his hand. "Shall we?"

"Wait," Sol said as they looked at the obsidian hand being offered. "What?"

"Go to my studio," Kirdos clarified. "No time like the present, we have many things to get done."

Sol just found themselves nodding and as soon as they touched his hand everything around them seemed to get... hazy, like they had just stepped into a steam sauna. That sensation didn't last for long however as they suddenly found themselves going from their kitchen to an entirely different room. By the time they had turned around they were surrounded by easels and other art equipment, nearly knocking one over with their thick tail as Kirdos just stood there. Even though the entire thing had lasted only a few seconds Sol felt like they were going to fall over until the stone hybrid put a hand on their shoulder.

"Wha... what just happened?" Sol asked as they looked around.

"I told you that I was taking you to my studio," Kirdos replied simply, grinning as he let go of their hand and began to walk towards the middle of the room. "This is my little slice of the realm, an artist's paradise where I do all of my work. Outside of these walls are my minions, all of them creating wonderful works of art to be displayed about the entirety of the Nexus Realm!"

With the rather grandiose gesture completed Sol was allowed to wander a bit while Kirdos set up for his first demonstration, the creature walking around the massive space that they had just been teleported too. Though their mind was boggled by the surreal situation they seemed to be in they did see a few things that anchored everything to their reality, namely statues of a similar nature to the ones that they had seen in the shop scattered about. One of them was a half-carved marble statue of a rather muscular lion, its upper torso completely finished while its lower body was still a block of stone. Just as they were about to move on however he saw the lion blink, then turn his head to face Sol.

"Ah, looks like Master Kirdos is having guests for this session," the lion stated, Sol's eyes widening in surprise as he leaned forward and put his elbows against the surface of the unfinished block that they assumed would be the rest of his body. "You still look a little starstruck, did he do his usual thing of not explaining what's going on and just sort of lead you by the ears?"

It took a second but Sol finally found themselves nodding, which caused the marble man to chuckle. "I guess I'm still having a hard time believing all of this," Sol stated as they gestured around them. "I've been a fan of his work for a while now and I just thought that he made really realistic work, never in my wildest dreams would I have thought that you were actually able to move and talk." Just then a realization came over them and they looked at the lion in question. "Does that mean the statues I saw in the store were all like you too?"

"Probably not," the lion replied with a shrug. "There may be one or two that are real there but he does make regular statues and paintings as well, in fact a lot of his work goes on to be put into the history of various cultures which makes him happy to no end. In all honesty there was probably only one statue there that was a living statue like me, someone likely guarding the place by standing in the window or out front which was how he knew to choose you."

At first Sol couldn't think of who that might have been until he remembered the wooden fox man, blushing slightly when they realized how many times they had briefly touched it before going into the store. "Well, I wasn't chosen or anything like that," Sol corrected. "I just entered into a contest at his store and happened to get picked."

"Sure you did," the lion replied with a wink, Sol wanting to respond before they both heard Kirdos calling them over. "You better get over there before he starts working and forgets about you, and if you could do me a favor and prompt him on getting my liontaur lower body done soon that would be great."

Sol nodded and looked over at the obsidian feline, then turned back to see if they could ask once more question only to find that the lion had gone completely still and back to his old pose. They presumed that meant that the conversation was over and they walked over to Kirdos, who was just about gotten completely set up with an easel and a fresh canvas. "Before you say anything I already know," Kirdos stated as Sol got up to him. "He's going to be getting his lower body soon, I'm just debating on whether or not he's going to look better with wings or if I should just leave him with a normal liontaur body."

"Right right," Sol replied as they looked back over at the frozen statue. "I think I'm still getting used to the fact that there are talking statues all over the place. How do you manage to create constructs out of statues like that?"

"Well, I don't normally take inanimate creations and then imbue them with life," Kirdos stated as he snapped his fingers. "What I do is take those who wish to be works of art and then make them so. Sometimes I have someone become a block of stone or wood if they want to enjoy the process, but mostly the creation process is more intensive then that. Of course you're going to get the full experience of my process, starting with a little traditional painting."

Sol looked between the empty model platform and the obsidian hybrid, wondering what he was doing before he heard the door on the other side of the room open. Both Sol and Kirdos watched as a fox man came in, looking around timidly before his eyes met with the obsidian leopard-tiger. Sol could see the grin on the feline's face as Kirdos moved his hand to gesture him forward. Once the vulpine that Sol assumed was going to be the model for their painting session got into the middle of the modeling platform the feline grabbed a somewhat large bucket that was sitting next to the easel and picked it up.

"So the first thing we need to do is prep the canvas," Kirdos explained, opening the lid and showing Sol that it was filled with a thick white liquid. "Some people like to use pre-prepared canvas in order to skip this step, but I find that in doing so myself I can make sure that everything is fresh and clean. It also plays a rather vital role when it comes to my models, as you'll see very soon."

Kirdos wrapped his stone tail around one of the nearby stools and prompted Sol to sit down on it as he continued to mix the substance in the bucket. As they did so they looked up at the fox that continued to sit there and while the living statue got ready they decided to examine the one that had just joined them. The first thing was that the fox was completely naked, which wasn't quite unusual since Kirdos was naked as well as one or two others that they had seen pass by. Even thought this appeared to be normal the male seemed rather bashful about it, though as Sol looked at him his shyness started to turn to confusion when the white fur on his chest seemed to melt on his body before it started to spread over to the bright red of it!

Sol was just as confused as the fox that was watching his body becoming not only completely white but shiny as well, and when they looked over at the canvas that Kirdos was working on they saw that the fox's body had appeared on it. As the leopard-tiger hybrid continued to smear the gesso across the fabric it was obscuring the body of the vulpine his body was being transformed in the same area. When the model started to ask what was going on Kirdos just smirked and took a large dollop of the thick substance and splatted it right where the head of the fox was on the canvas. Before Sol could even turn their head back towards the fox they could already hear a loud muffled sound, their eyes widening when they saw what had happened.

The features of the fox had become completely blank; in fact he didn't even look vulpine anymore as the shiny white substance quickly spread over his head. It even spread over his triangular ears and seemed to melt them to his skull as Kirdos continued to do his work. The model had put up his hands to his completely smoothed over face and tried to open his maw, only to find that there was nothing there but the shiny white substance over his muzzle. As the obsidian creature went down his body from there to spread the gesso over the fox's body on the canvas the whiteness that had appeared on his head cascaded down his body.

"That's... amazing..." Sol said as the male on the stage began to lessen their movements, the bright white appearing on his hands and spreading upwards on his arms. "How can he breathe with that stuff on him though? Like, what is he feeling?"

"Oh, I assure you that the fox is feeling fine," Kirdos replied, gesturing towards the groin of the transforming fox as his shiny white cock was completely aroused. "The truth is the second he stepped up onto my stage he ceased to be the way that he was before and appeared on my canvas. Once he appeared there he no longer needed to do the unnecessary things that most organic creatures to continue on, which is helpful for me since I'm creating creatures out of stone and wood."

Sol found themselves nodding slightly at the explanation, realizing that despite how surreal the explanation was that he had just been given he knew that it was true. The fox, or the former fox as the last of his red fur and vulpine features disappeared under that nullifying layer of gesso, seemed to quiver in pleasure more than once before he stopped shifting around completely. It didn't take long before Kirdos had completely finished up and both on the canvas and on the stage was a pristine, shiny blank slate that was ready to be created on.

"So as I'm sure that you can guess this is something that most artists don't typically do," Kirdos stated with a smirk as he began to open a few different sets of paints. "Now I could just use regular paint and what we would get is a perfectly fine painting and a shiny painted creature on that stage. But sometimes those creatures get confused with the minions of one of my brothers, so I like to add my own artistic flare and use some rather... special paints. Since you are my guest I would like you to choose what the primary paint I'm going to use on our dear friend."

It took the other hybrid by surprise, Sol looking at the obsidian creature as he gestured down towards the set of paints. There was all manner of colors there and it didn't take much to realize that these were not normal pigments. They were marked with names such as wood, plaster, marble, granite, and other types of materials that are usually reserved for sculptures. When they looked inside the jars it was like Kirdos had somehow managed to liquidate that particular stone or other such thing into a liquid form complete with droplets of coloration to match the marks in the stone.

"There's just so many to choose from," Sol said sheepishly as they picked up a few of the containers. "How do I even begin to decide?"

"I would suggest something more exotic then you're used to seeing," Kirdos suggested. "You've certainly seen statues made out of marble, granite, various wood, and other such things, so why not go ahead and pick something that you've never seen before? Plus I'll be here to help you with the color scheme and accents once you find out what you want as a base."

Once more Sol found themselves nodding and looked back down at the colors, taking care to not only look at the colors themselves but the names of them as well. There was a few moments of silence as they continued to bite their lip while attempting to decide before finally finding one that seemed to call to them. Kirdos nodded and smiled as he looked at the jar of paint marked with the name Moonstone and set it aside, then took a few other paints that would be added as accents before finally settling in and pulling out a brush. There was the tap of wood against stone as Kirdos looked at the figure standing there on the stage, then at the paints, then finally at Sol before telling him to get up there.

"Wait, what?" Sol asked.

"I'm already envisioning a scene in my head and it's going to look so much better with two subjects in it then one," Kirdos stated, motioning for them to go up onto the stage. "Plus you wanted to get an in-depth look in my process, what better way to do so then right where the action is?"

Sol found themselves swallowing hard as they slowly got up from the stool and walked timidly towards the stage, taking off their clothing at the command of the obsidian leopard-tiger before they were completely naked. "Am I... going to end up like him?" they asked as they stepped onto the wood, feeling a tingle course through their system as they poked at the creature that had remained still the entire time they were talking. "Will I be on that canvas of yours?"

"You already are," Kirdos replied as he took the canvas and turned it around, Sol's eyes widening in shock as they saw their own completely nude form as it mimicked their movement against the white background along with the vague outline of the fox. "Since I think we're going to have a little fun with you I'm just going to paint you in as I go; it's a little more difficult than just going off of a blank slate but I want you to make sure that you see and feel everything that's about to happen. Just relax and have fun, you're going to be in good hands."

Once more Sol nodded and watched as the obsidian feline took the easel and angled it so that they could still see what was going on before once more grabbing his brushes. They could feel themselves quivering slightly in anticipation as they watched the master artisan at work, carefully looking back at the two of them on the stage before looking at the blank canvas. It was strange to see the two-dimensional version of themselves moving and twitching as they watched Kirdos took his brush and began to stir the paint together. Once he had gotten quite a bit on the brush the obsidian hybrid took only a moment to decide where to put it before he pressed the paint against the canvas.

The first place that Kirdos had started with was the blank fox man, Sol watching as the paint that had been put on the sketch had immediately transferred onto the same on the model. The artist worked with lightning speed and as Sol immediately began to construct a very detailed arm on the canvas the moonstone coloration also spread on the hand of the creature... but that wasn't the only thing that had begun to change. The featureless fingers twitched and as the coloration started to cascade up his arm thicker claws emerged from the newly painted surface before the entire hand became semi-translucent. It made Sol curious enough to go out and touch, after asking the hybrid if it was alright, and when they did they were amazed when it felt as hard as rock underneath their fingertips.

Just as they started to pull their hand away it looked like some of the moonstone coloration had rubbed off onto their fingers, but as they continued to watch they gasped in shock as claws appeared on their hands as well. They couldn't help but bring up their other hand to touch the increasingly stony fingers and as they looked over they saw Kirdos had taken advantage of their hands being so close together and immediately painted the other side as well. Sol immediately moved his hands apart but the painter was far too quick for him and by the time he had separated them both hands had turned to stone up to their wrists and had grown considerably. The two things that Sol found fascinating was that despite feeling and looking like solid moonstone they were still as light as before and they had grown almost comically big on their otherwise thin arms.

"Do try to be careful with those claws," Kirdos explained as Sol clapped their palms together and felt a tremor of pleasure course through their entire body. "Since you are still able to move around you have to be careful not to injure the parts of you that are still fleshy. Now that you've been properly introduced into what was happening let's see what we want to work on for you next."

As the obsidian creature had talked he was still working on the other model, the former fox already transformed up to his shoulders and part of his chest. Bsides being made of moonstone his arms were swollen with muscle, not overly so like some bodybuilders but with a more athletic tone. With the additions of the claws it was clearly the build of some sort of predator, even with a whiff of something feral or monstrous to it even though the fox model didn't react at all except for his twitching cock. For Sol all they could do was watch in shock, at least until they felt something shift between their legs that caused them to yelp and look down in surprise.

It appeared that Kirdos had decided where he was going to move on next as Sol looked beyond their soft stomach and saw that the moonstone had been applied liberally towards their groin. Between their petrified thighs they saw something starting to jut out into the air, their cock becoming literally rock hard as the shape mutated slightly. As the coloration spread up towards his stomach, which the soft padding had began to melt away and become molded into washboard abs, they couldn't help but go down and squeeze it and found that despite the petrified nature of the appendage it was still as sensitive as before.

Sol let out a slight moan of pleasure as they continued to squeeze it, and as they did their muzzle stretched and grew as the flesh hardened to moonstone while it was reforming. Since it had stretched down into their vision they saw that it had become much more lupine in nature, their long ears were quickly subsumed by the substance and turned semi-translucent as they became more triangular in nature. It didn't take long for their head to completely shift over into moonstone, their claws clicking against the hardened surface of their new muzzle as their teeth sharpened and their tongue thickened.

Though it would have still been hard to figure out what they were transforming into Sol could see the fox changing much faster then them and had an idea of what Kirdos had in mind. The featureless male had almost become completely transformed as they were still going through the throes of being remodeled, Kirdos painting him into a powerful, moonstone werewolf. As their body was following suit, another rush of blissful sensations flooding their body as their tail shrank and their feet popped and expanded into a more bestial configuration they saw the male's eyes suddenly open. Even though it appeared the other male had regained consciousness it appeared that whatever had held him there was still keeping him as Sol grunted from his expanding, statuesque frame.

"Given what we picked I thought that the idea of Winter Werewolves was fitting for the holidays," Kirdos explained as he continued to press the brush against Sol's transforming body, which they began to almost feel the brushstrokes against their stone form in the same area as they continued to watch. "Moonstone bodies and lunar light accents... two beautiful creatures blending in under the full moon..."

Sol was about to agree and the only thing that came out of their mouths was a small growl, causing them to let a small noise of shock as both their bodies started to glow brighter. The silver light that formed around both of their bodies actually flickered to life, making it look like their arms, back, and legs were covered in fur made out of actual light. As these accents were being added to their bodies the other werewolf had started to become more animated, his own muzzle curling up in a fanged grin as he looked at the equally handsome, muscular moonstone werewolf that Sol had become. Though they were suddenly fixated on the other stone creature they saw out of the corner of their eye that Kirdos had finished up with their highlights, even getting their long hair to become a mercurial silver, and began to work on the background around them.

Just as Sol was attempting to get used to their new form, finding that as they flexed their new muscles they felt just like when they did it with their old body except far more powerful, they began to see other things happening around them. At first it started with something shining down from above them, both moonstone werewolves looking up to see what it was and when they did they suddenly found themselves staring at the bright, full moon sitting in the middle of a starry night. Kirdos had taken a big brush and had slathered the blue-black paint to make the sky and as it filled out the scene of the studio began to disappear around them, especially when the lightning-fast painter had started to fill in the area with trees and snowbanks that appeared around them. In the matter of minutes their settings had transformed just as their bodies had, Sol finding themselves transported to the middle of a snowy forest.

"Well this was definitely unexpected," Sol said, looking over to see that they could still see Kirdos working, though soon his attention was taken by the other werewolf that had started to press against him. "Oh, hello there..."

"Hi there," the other moonstone werewolf said with a grin, their rock-hard bodies pressing against one another even though their muscular chests yielded slightly to one another almost like gel. "Did you happen to see what was above us?" Sol looked up to see that Kirdos had painted a mistletoe above their head, then as soon as their muzzle went back down he found it in a deep embrace by the male. As the winter wonderland scene continued to unfold around them it was clear to Sol that soon their painting was about to become very not safe for work...