Kay, here is the next part! This is a long one. They all won't be long or short, just depends on what I feel each should have in it.
Chapter Four: Fourth Entry
19/4-3/195
Today is the day. In less then an hour I will be seeing the other pilots. All five of us will be staying in one of Kat's mansions. Kat, hmph. Something I picked up from Duo. Not only is it a variation of his name, it fits him. He would make such a cute little leopard. (1) Whoops that was a tangent.
Anyway, now that I think about it most of them would look cute as cats. Wufei in tiger strips...yummy. Quatre as a leopard...adorable. Trowa with the ears and tail of a wolf....kawaii. (2) Duo...he already looks good, but as a sleek black panther? drools Excuse me. Sorry, personal fantasy. Okay, make that fantasies.sigh
Now don't start thinking I like animals. It is just that you see things differently when you can take on an animal's form. Ask any Shifter. They'll tell you that if someone can take on the form of an animal it adds to their appeal. I don't know why. I think it has to do with the fact that it is different.
Funny isn't it? That humans have persecuted those who are different for the entirety of their existence but they yearn for the "exotic." Humans are just a set of contradictions wrapped in small mindedness. shrugs All well, at least the entire race isn't a loss. And we should never shun are roots, even if we dislike them.
Whoa, when did I go into lecture mode? Hm, guess it is just a subject that I have strong views on. Now, where was I? Oh, yes. Meeting the pilots. Well, shit. Maybe I should explain what I did to prepare? Okay here it goes.
As I said before, I put an illusion spell over my hair and eyes. I had to cut my hair and put a temporary "no grow" spell on it. I swear I woke up and it is down to my ass in nice droopy spikes. sigh I like my hair long. Duo has nice long hair. Fuck! Sorry, off topic again, huh?
Continuing. As for my fangs and claws that was a simple matter of concentration, and another "no grow" spell. Man, am I ever thankful to whoever thought up that one. I rub a concealing lotion over all of my scales and cast a quick shielding spell over it. I was very proud of that lotion, it was something I had made and all of my family now used it. If it wasn't for the lotion, then... Just think Ranma ½. (3) I hid my gills with one of my collars. I then hid the collar with another illusion spell.
For my tail and ears I was at a loss for a while. Then I remembered that I could "absorb" them. So I had my ears lose their nice delicate points and become rounded like a normal human's. I wrapped my tail around my waist, three and a half times, if you're curious. After all my tail would drag on the floor if the tip of it didn't curl up slightly. (4) Then I "absorbed" it. Damn, but did that hurt! I had to make sure that it wouldn't leave even a trace.
Why did I only wear spandex and a tank top, again? Oh yes, I don't like clothes much and loose ones even less. Where I am from you wore loose robe like things that flowed like water around you, called deyani. Or you simply wore a skirt and shirt. Which wasn't really even that. The "skirt," or biyane, was two pieces of cloth that went from waist to ankle and were held together at the waist by a chain or rope or belt or pretty much anything you chose. The "shirt," or chest band was just a piece of cloth that wrapped around your chest to hide the mark over your heart. For that was the symbol of your mate. Basically their soul's name. Luckily, it only showed itself when you were... intimate with your mate. The band, obviously, had no straps. You held it up with various things depending on your tastes.
As I am sure you can tell, I didn't really ever wear much. What makes you think I would now? I can say this much, it makes the other pilots slightly uncomfortable that I wear such "revealing" clothes. The reason why we never really wore clothes is that we believed that if you weren't born with it you probably didn't need it. That and that it was a custom of my people to use our bodies to display our history. Each scar, each wound, each mark, each piercing, each tattoo told a part of our story. We don't write biographies, we wear them; we don't record our family trees on paper, they are imprinted on our bodies. Speaking of which, I used the same lotion as I did on my scales to hide the marks and tattoos I had. Oh, I am almost at Quat's. Well, we'll see how good I am at hiding things soon.
(1) He does! Go read Asuka Kureru's fic Garou. It is wonderful. And go to her site and see the cute pics! http:asukasama.free.fr/ Just take out the space. I would give you a link but won't let me. Though she is on See? Isn't Kat so cute? He looks good in spots. giggles Though I adapted it from her idea of him as a cheetah.
(2) Once again I stole from Asuka. I agree. Doesn't Tro make a good lil wolf? snickers
(3) Sorry, couldn't resist that one. I don't own Ranma ½.
(4) Any of you seen Andromeda? Think Trance's tail from her old form, when she was purple. Or think devil's tail. Real long and slender.