RumpleGrumblePuss
10-13-07, 12:05 AM
((Closed))
I stared up at the buildings that towered over me, once moment they were far away the next they seemed close. I shook my head to clear and settle my vision, for the moment the building stayed in place. It was on clumsy feet, I walked the streets of Eluriand, searching for one of the schools. I vaguely wondered when I would become accustomed to my body and move with the contemptuous easy that cat moved with. More importantly, I wondered when I would gain full motor control over the fangs that rested along the roof of my mouth and the long fluffy tail that if I did not grab and placed over my shoulder would drag the ground behind me like a dead thing.
The sheer size of the city and the many of the buildings within surprised me. This was by far the largest city I had seen since arriving in Althanas. My thoughts wandered as I wondered just how long I had been in Althanas, surely no more than a year. The exact amount of time eluded me. It did not matter, I no longer really cared, no longer really longed for the home I once had on Earth. Jennifer was long gone; I was a different person now, both literally and figuratively.
Edged away from thoughts of what I had become I focused on the road before me. I had no wish to recall the painful and traumatic night of my change from human to my current form. With the faintest recall, I experienced an echo of what I felt that night. It was still enough to crush me to the earth and scream myself hoarse in the moments it lasted. I was careful to avoid anything that would trigger a memory.
I vaguely wondered when I would become accustomed to my body and move with the contemptuous easy that cat moved with. More importantly, I wondered when I would gain full motor control over the fangs that rested along the roof of my mouth and the long fluffy tail that if I did not grab and placed over my shoulder would drag the ground behind me like a dead thing.
Avoiding those around me I followed the few scholarly looking types to the inner walls of Eluriand, there I came upon one of the four schools. I studied the buildings and looked at what I could see of the nearest school, which wasn’t much. Still outside I froze half a dozen paces from the entrance. I examined the walls, the murals and fresco. My gaze jumped from the beautiful shinning stone of the walls and buildings to person to person. While the majority of those I was were elven there were a few humans and the occasional person that I categorized as ‘other’.
Humbled by the atmosphere and the normality of what I sought I almost turned back. Almost walked away from one of the greatest opportunities of my life. Almost.
Through nerves and excitement, I lost what little composure I clung to in my attempt to not gape and gawk like the tourist I was. The breathy, multi-tonal noise that was now what passed for a squeak, escaped me. I could feel my ghostly skin flush until it was the soft pink shade of the inside of a mollusk.
“Do that again.” I jumped at the quiet order, startled at the sudden voice speaking to me. I looked behind me, wobbling as once again, I tried to move and stand like the human I no longer was. I looked at the elven woman that had walked up behind me while I stood, and partly down at the ground behind her, looking around like an idiotic tourist. Geez, if I were a normal tourist I would have at least been walking while I did a impression of a landed fish. I thought with more than a little chagrin.
“Do what again?” I fought the breathy, floating tones the transformation had caused. My hands clasped and worried the hanging end of my tail, the clawed tips of my fingers sinking into the soft white fur. Once every few minutes I felt my tail twitch, it gave me hope that I’d be able to move it eventually.
“That, noise, that came from you.” I looked up at the woman, meeting her eyes for a moment before looking down once more. Suppressing a grimace, I ‘squeaked’ again. Out of the corner of my eye, I caught the woman nodding to herself. Curious, I glanced back up at her. She caught my gaze with her light green eyes.
I stared up at the buildings that towered over me, once moment they were far away the next they seemed close. I shook my head to clear and settle my vision, for the moment the building stayed in place. It was on clumsy feet, I walked the streets of Eluriand, searching for one of the schools. I vaguely wondered when I would become accustomed to my body and move with the contemptuous easy that cat moved with. More importantly, I wondered when I would gain full motor control over the fangs that rested along the roof of my mouth and the long fluffy tail that if I did not grab and placed over my shoulder would drag the ground behind me like a dead thing.
The sheer size of the city and the many of the buildings within surprised me. This was by far the largest city I had seen since arriving in Althanas. My thoughts wandered as I wondered just how long I had been in Althanas, surely no more than a year. The exact amount of time eluded me. It did not matter, I no longer really cared, no longer really longed for the home I once had on Earth. Jennifer was long gone; I was a different person now, both literally and figuratively.
Edged away from thoughts of what I had become I focused on the road before me. I had no wish to recall the painful and traumatic night of my change from human to my current form. With the faintest recall, I experienced an echo of what I felt that night. It was still enough to crush me to the earth and scream myself hoarse in the moments it lasted. I was careful to avoid anything that would trigger a memory.
I vaguely wondered when I would become accustomed to my body and move with the contemptuous easy that cat moved with. More importantly, I wondered when I would gain full motor control over the fangs that rested along the roof of my mouth and the long fluffy tail that if I did not grab and placed over my shoulder would drag the ground behind me like a dead thing.
Avoiding those around me I followed the few scholarly looking types to the inner walls of Eluriand, there I came upon one of the four schools. I studied the buildings and looked at what I could see of the nearest school, which wasn’t much. Still outside I froze half a dozen paces from the entrance. I examined the walls, the murals and fresco. My gaze jumped from the beautiful shinning stone of the walls and buildings to person to person. While the majority of those I was were elven there were a few humans and the occasional person that I categorized as ‘other’.
Humbled by the atmosphere and the normality of what I sought I almost turned back. Almost walked away from one of the greatest opportunities of my life. Almost.
Through nerves and excitement, I lost what little composure I clung to in my attempt to not gape and gawk like the tourist I was. The breathy, multi-tonal noise that was now what passed for a squeak, escaped me. I could feel my ghostly skin flush until it was the soft pink shade of the inside of a mollusk.
“Do that again.” I jumped at the quiet order, startled at the sudden voice speaking to me. I looked behind me, wobbling as once again, I tried to move and stand like the human I no longer was. I looked at the elven woman that had walked up behind me while I stood, and partly down at the ground behind her, looking around like an idiotic tourist. Geez, if I were a normal tourist I would have at least been walking while I did a impression of a landed fish. I thought with more than a little chagrin.
“Do what again?” I fought the breathy, floating tones the transformation had caused. My hands clasped and worried the hanging end of my tail, the clawed tips of my fingers sinking into the soft white fur. Once every few minutes I felt my tail twitch, it gave me hope that I’d be able to move it eventually.
“That, noise, that came from you.” I looked up at the woman, meeting her eyes for a moment before looking down once more. Suppressing a grimace, I ‘squeaked’ again. Out of the corner of my eye, I caught the woman nodding to herself. Curious, I glanced back up at her. She caught my gaze with her light green eyes.