FirruuJoin Date: 2008-06-13 Post Count: 14856 |
For reference, I'm just going to dump my character's appearance here.
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My leg, on inspection was now green. But it wasn't green skin. It was covered in several connected green plates, which upon later inspection, were like an insect's exoskeleton. My feet now consisted of three claws, two forking forwards, and the other on the back, where my heel would be, for support. My leg had a streamlined shape. My arms had a similar covering. Thick green plates that were connected. My hands also now consisted of three claws. They looked rather sharp. I didn't bother to look at my torso yet, but I imagined that it looked similar. I did not bother heading to the mirror to find out what my face now looked like either. I did not want to know. I dragged one of the claws against the platemail like armour of my other arm, to find it quite durable, yet sensitive. The feeling also proved that this was not a dream. Instinct and common sense kicked in quickly. If I was found here, like this, I would be shot on the spot. I ran over to the keypad, awkwardly, as I was not used to this new form, and keyed in my pass/word. It did take two attempts, however, as I was not used to having only three digits to control it with. The door slid open, and I sprinted out, stumbling every few steps. I ran through the station, avoiding places where I knew security cameras were located, and where I knew people would be. I found the hangar quickly, and jumped into one of the two-man cargo transports. I had only a crash course of vehicle training, but it would suffice. I remote-opened the bay doors, and flew the little ship out. Hijacking this ship, of course, would blow my cover, but I had to get out of the station.
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I reached the river, and forced myself to look into it. I found that the rest of my body wasn't too different from my limbs. My torso was streamlined, and covered with the same exoskeletal material as my limbs. My head consisted of four eyes (perhaps that's why my vision was so clear now), no nose, and a thin line of a mouth. Upon opening it, I found that I had many, many sharp teeth, and surprisingly enough, a somewhat normal tongue. Thinner, barbed, and longer, but normal-ish. I did notice some rather odd things though. There were two small holes under my arms, a stumpy growth-like thing at the base of my spine, and two slits in my back, near where my shoulder blades would be. Puzzling...
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Once all hope was lost, I felt a strange sensation in my back. Upon looking back, I noticed that large, semitransparent wings had extended from the slots on my back. They seemed like the dragonflies' of Earth's past. Following yet more instinct, I angled my body into an arc, and began to glide.
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I continued to glide down, until I reached a small glade. It was silent here. Suddenly, a warm feeling filled me. My body began to tingle...
From the two openings under my arms, two smaller arms extended. They looked like miniature versions of my main arms. The stump at the base of my spine lengthened into a tail with a stinger on the end. A drop of clear poison dripped from the stinger's tip. From my claws dripped the same poison.
Another thought involuntarily passed through my mind.
This was a rite of adulthood for whatever I was.
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Sorry about the dump. I couldn't really be bothered to separate the information from the rest of the post. |