Monster Called Man
"That's despicable. And you 'worship' this entity?" "The concept, anyway. We worship the strength our animals provide us." "And you... 'turn' yourselves into these things?" "You would see it no differently; converting to any other faith." "Few...
Foxhunt
Woke up this morn, got up, idea was on my plate No time to contemplate reach for the moon A sordid imagery forced within my face Undid time Counting days, countless nights independent Time erased, glass goldfish bowl cage On this solid...
Dispersal of the Prince
"Why don't you embrace this power--let it overcome you--turn you into the foul-smelling creature that you can be..." "Disgusting!" "It feels fantastic, though--the power of an animal." "No, give me back my hands!" "They're not yours anymore. They...
Of Two Minds: On Two Species
"Well, here we are again." "You dragged up this crazy stunt--to what, to prove a point?" "To display a conflict of a human mind, for posterity, I suppose." "Another vulnerability to present our enemies?" "It is time we move past that fear. There...
A Conflict of Minds
"Why would you want this?" "Because." "Just because?" "Because I want..." "What, to escape accountability? Responsibility? Animals have those things too." "Leaving aside for a moment that human beings 'ARE' animals to begin with..." "But that's...
Skank Into Stink-Beast: Second Metamorphosis
Sprinting through the rain proved easy and a joy, as the water bathed her, rippling through the overcoat of her gangly new form like a permanent raincoat. Clutching an egg in her mouth, she rustled into a thicket, in search of a dry place to...
Turning a Skank Into a Stink-Beast
She donned the mask. Like Velcro, it snared her face, latching in its hooks; becoming immovably bonded. And then it began: like a drinking beast, to take from her. Shifting, acquiring her essence, it became alive itself, leather grew supple and...
[SCRAP] Auburn Vixen
_I felt a sense of parental pride, watching him shed his form, and bare fangs slathered in venom--a substance ready to turn humans with the slightest breach of the skin, as I had done for him--to allow them to bask in the full moon's light and yowl and...
Perplexion of the Lady
It was not a baleful or maliciously deliberate change, but though it was neither painful or forced, the Lady found herself taken aback by her new form. When at first she coordinated her body, it did not respond as it might have prior the...
[Scrap] Curse Foxes: The Vulpemorph Affliction
(Introduction Encounter) During your journey in your new environment, you stumble upon what at first appears to be a ragged set of clothing and a brown leather cloak, lain discarded on the ground. You go to investigate, but on closer inspection, spy a...
The Noxious Change
"So you thought to catch yourself a little fox spirit." the voice booms--a female's, filled with tones of wine's glow and triumph's flame. "Thought to make yourself a big man, a monster-hunter. Had yourself a little _kitsune-gari_." He lies pinned...
Old Home, Part 6
"What do you know?" Neil asked. "Who are you?" "_I am..._ _no one anymore. Just an old coyote, among his own, here in the desert._ _I had a name, but I have given it up--for it no longer suits me. You may call me 'Old Man', if you please, for I am...