first howl; accidental voice

[sortabeautiful]

[A low, reverberating growl comes across the magical network loud and clear. Heavy footfalls crash through the underbrush, back and forth, angry snarls rising and falling as the creature paces back and forth. Any paying attention to the snapshots can see brief flickers of a tail and a large, menacing snout - both a deep russet color - but it's gone

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[james_morph]

[James most certainly heard and smelled the new person, and he's most certainly kind of twitchy about this, but he was in the forest at the time so...]

'llo there. [Popping up from around a tree nervously]

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[sortabeautiful]

[Woah there! Jacob wheels around, clenching the book in one rather large hand, glaring at the intruder, ready to-]

... What the hell!

[... staying in the wolf-form would have been a much better idea, now that he takes the time to think about it.]

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[james_morph]

[Waves tentatively]

Errm, hello. I'm guessing you're pretty confused and all, but I can explain what's going on if you want.

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[sortabeautiful]

[Just baffled by- who-]

What... are you?

[definitely not the most eloquent thing he's ever said but... you're kind of what he expected from a traditional werewolf.]

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[james_morph]

Human.

[Smiles, his fur changing from a standard black, to sudden orange]

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[sortabeautiful]

[haskjdhaslkjhdahj! There's an involuntary step backwards at that.]

There's no way that you're human. [If you're human, then he's a poodle.]

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[james_morph]

Well... if you took about 500 other animals and then threw a human into the mix, that'd be me... but I'm still human! [nodnod]

So, do you want me to explain what's going on, or what?

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[sortabeautiful]

Oh.

... Sure, go right ahead.

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[james_morph]

Alright- [Sits down, making himself comfortable]

So... basically, there's a race of people called the Malnosso. These people are in possession of some kind of technology that allows them almost total control and omnipotent power over... well, everything. They've taken us from our own space and time, and placed us in this giant dome called 'Luceti'..

With me so far?

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[sortabeautiful]

[A slow nod.]

Following the bouncing ball.

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[james_morph]

Those things are so distracting, aren't they!?

Alright, so the Malnosso have us here, we can't get out, and the only apparent reason they're doing it is to do seemingly random and pointless experiments on us... there's also several other technicalities and the like, but that's the gist.

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[sortabeautiful]

[On one hand, he wants to laugh at you and call you a liar.

... on the other hand, you're talking and you look very real.And that's convincing enough.]

So you're saying we're guinea pigs. Trapped like rats.

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[james_morph]

There have been a few incidents in the past where the barrier surrounding Luceti has been opened to admit certain things, but other then that... yes.

[Looks at him cautiously] You're taking this pretty well... [His fur shortens considerably, suddenly looking distinctly panther like with wide cat eyes]

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[sortabeautiful]

Panicking wouldn't really do me any good. [He offers a strange sort of tight smile. You're honestly the weirdest thing about this place thus far, and because you're here, a proper freakout can't happen.

Greeat.]

There's a barrier?

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[james_morph]

Yes, an energy field created with the Technology the Malnosso use. Something called 'Shifting'.

And I'm glad you're not freaking out or anything, this process is so much harder when you're an angry wolf trying to bite my head off people bug out on ya.