Railgun light and dark

by ronrobertson

Weeks have passed since Little queen Senessa was announced and awaited the coronation down the road. and Mikoto is enjoying a little down time. but in the vampiric world, the world of light and dark, Every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. A violent dark reaction. no matter how small. no one is safe. Mikoto finds out.

49. Chapter 49

How about an informational insert regarding shewolves.

Talbot scale of wolves. The groundbreaking study by British scientist Larry Talbot in 1941. After returning from his extensive travels, investigating the various wolf packs, to his ancestral home in Llewellyn, Wales. He devoted the entire winter sequestered in a modest cottage in a quiet glen of the estate gathering, coordinating and documenting information that would develop into the broadly accepted classical piece that allowed the wolf species to be broken down and classified.

By adopting the wolves' physical qualities and age as a basis, assisted by the oral account of different packs. He developed a ranking system. That comprised of the great Abyssinian wolves down to the smaller Mongolian and Japanese wolf.

The scales runs the spectrum from negative Ten to positive six. Anything to the left of zero, more Wolf than human. Anything to the right of zero, more human than Wolf.

The negative Ten ranking represented the large Wolf with the capability to communicate within the species. Some negative nines could not transform but most could but preferred being wolves And believed to be the strongest of the wolves. These wolves are believed extinct. Though a few reports claim they exist.

It was the negative eights who had the capacity to transform into a human form. While maintaining their Wolf properties including incredible strength, speed and stamina. Attributes include, hard edge look along the facial lines, large ears, thin hair covering the body, wolves' tail and the elongated foot.

This change was accomplished by the force breeding and rape program employed by the Vampires during the first and second empires with the introduction of human DNA into the species. Which allowed the species to perform their transformation at a greater rate. But also become more controllable than the preceding generations.

Those ranging from negative seven to negative one. No noticeable differences regarding outward physical appearance. Despite the rankings many of these wolves could be confused with a much older wolf unless they were in their animal form. Despite the individual's height, the rule still applies.

The older the shewolf, the larger the wolf. And as a side note, those in the negative ranking preferred to live in their animal form.

In reference to the name Elder wolves. It is due to their age and not a special breed of female wolf. In other words, it is like calling someone grandma or grandmother.

The zero ranking. A hybrid. It was the coveted result of forced breeding program during the dark ages between the fall of the first Vampiric empire and the rise of the second Vampiric empire. Their appearance would be that of an ordinary man or woman. An individual with the power of a negative ranked wolf. But they turned out to be uncontrollable. And many were exterminated.

The right side or positive side of the scale, more human than wolf. Or what is recognized as the otaku delight syndrome.

This ranking includes positive one to positive five. The female wolf had a more modern human form but retain their wolf attributes such as ears, tail, canines and the delicate thin wolf hair that covered much of their bodies, the elongated foot no longer existed. While maintaining extraordinary strength, speed and stamina. They retain the capability to transform into the animal wolf form but only smaller. But this too is influenced by their position.

An illustration would be a positive one, would still be regarded as more wolf when compared to a positive four. While both had the same outward appearance. Their strength, speed and stamina could be on a different scale.

A positive five, the wolf physical attributes begin to recede. Attributes such as smaller wolf ears and tail have been observed on modern wolves, but their canines will still be larger than the typical human.

A positive six rankings, the wolf attributes have disappeared. But the physical strength, speed and stamina remain. These degradations are produced by the continued introduction of human male and female DNA into the wolf line.

The rating system does not include throwbacks or ghost wolves and other mythical animals.

As another side observation.

Many of the packs or family of wolves will selectively breed a negative ranked male or female with another negative ranked member to prevent the species from being bred out of existence. Many times, the breeding is used to cement an alliance between packs. Even If the negative ranked male already has a mate. The negative rank female to be bred will ask permission from the female of the negative male. The offspring is raised by the negative ranked female that gives birth.

At the conclusion of the study, Professor Talbot, known for his love a verse recited an ancient prose.

Even, a man pure in heart and says his prayers by night may become a Wolf when the Wolfbane blooms and the autumn moon is bright.

(for those that don't know. Larry Talbot is the name of the character Lon Chaney Jr. played in the original 1941 wolfman movie and its four sequels. Which the prose above is taken from.)