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Post by Pink Moon Wolf on Jun 9, 2016 23:53:06 GMT -5
"Yeah, probably..." Cat muttered before popping a piece of candy in her mouth. "But it's not like there's a door to knock on. We can plainly see that no one's home."
"Hm... Wonder if whoever lives here has something to hide. Probably." Mickey floated up to the counter and studied the various contents of the jars. "Wonder if there's anything in here worth something on the black market."
"Worth a shot, I say. Ooh, cherry..."
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Post by ParamountKeymaster on Jun 9, 2016 23:58:55 GMT -5
"Dang it, guys, nobody touch anything!" Rio insisted as he knelt down next to the fire pit. "Not until we figure out just what kind of operation is being run here."
With a wave of his hand and a levitation spell, a handful of ashes hovered out of the pit. Mixed in with the grey powder was a noticeable glittery substance. "Fire pit in a mostly closed-off space with no flue... Various plants... ingredients, perhaps..."
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Post by DMis on Jun 10, 2016 0:07:55 GMT -5
"A cooking place or a quick flame for something?" Yang offered as she knelt down beside Rio.
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Post by Pink Moon Wolf on Jun 10, 2016 8:51:32 GMT -5
"Yeaaaaaah, 'cooking.'" Mickey hovered over Rio and Yang, arms folded, a jar clearly sticking out of his pocket. "Whatcha think, we got some fairy tale Breaking Bad stuff going on here?"
"Man, I would watch the heck out of a fairy tale Breaking Bad," Cat chuckled, swallowing her candy. "Gotta be better than that fairy tale Twin Peaks. And I'm talking about the actual sh-"
All of a sudden, Cat went rigid, eyes wide, tail stiff. Eventually she started groaning and shivering, though these quickly escalated into full-fledged screams and spasms. She fell to her knees, gripping her stomach, then her head, then the couch, all the while yelping and twisting painfully.
"Whoa, whoa whoa whoa WHOA!" Mickey was quick to fly over and kneel down beside Cat, worriedly looking her over. Her heart rate was skyrocketing. Heck, Mickey could hear her entire internal processes going haywire. "C-Cat, take it easy... You're gonna be al-"
He quickly ate his words when he noticed that Cat's brown fur was slowly turning ruddier... and her wings were retreating into her back... and something was trying to penetrate her temples from the inside out...
"Oh jeez..."
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Post by ParamountKeymaster on Jun 10, 2016 9:00:25 GMT -5
"Mickey, I thought I told you not to touch-!"
Rio didn't have time to scold Mickey before Cat suddenly started screaming in pain. Jumping at the sight, Rio fearfully shouted her name and chased after Mickey, leaning over the back of the couch and anxiously staring down at Cat as she writhed in agony. For a while, all Rio could do was stand there petrified, question what could be wrong with her.
"Cat?? W-What's going on?! What's wr-?! Ohhhhh God..."
When the subtle changes to Cat's body began, Rio immediately sank with dread. His eyes darted between Cat's ever-changing form and the candy bowl on the coffee table. He should've known...
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Post by DMis on Jun 10, 2016 11:58:34 GMT -5
Yang gulped before scrambling back. The look was between that of panic and fear as the brawler went towards the wall.
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Post by Pink Moon Wolf on Jun 10, 2016 16:02:35 GMT -5
"AAAAACK... FRIG!" Cat's eyes snapped open, staring down at her paws in terror as her fur turned bright red and her claws fully retracted. "DON'T LOOK AT ME, DON'T LOOK AT ME!!!"
She forcefully shoved Mickey away, the raccoon falling on his butt and promptly shuffling back further. Still, he couldn't resist watching Cat's transformation like it was a horrific car crash.
Cat continued to yelp in agony with each audible snap of her spine and limbs, each one contorting her body into a quadrupedal form. At the same time, her form was drastically decreasing in size, disappearing into her clothes. She let out a particularly sharp yet hoarse cry when a pair of burgundy horns finally erupted from her head, stretching out before curving into upward hooks. Her tail fluffed up, her pupils dilated, her voice turned more and more animalistic...
Finally, Cat found herself practically drowning in her own clothes, flailing and shrieking as the final adjustments took place and she struggled to free herself from her shirt. Once she was free, Cat caught her breath and granted herself a moment to relax after that painful ordeal. Then she looked up at her petrified friends. Then she looked down at herself.
Sitting atop Cat's pile of clothes was a small, scarlet-furred creature with the ears, face and tail of a fox, the horns of a bull, the eyes and limbs of a frog, and the startled vocalizations of JonTron on helium.
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Post by ParamountKeymaster on Jun 10, 2016 16:11:07 GMT -5
"Oh dear God..." Rio was disturbed, absolutely, but he certainly wasn't freaking out about Cat's transformation, only taking a few short seconds to study her chimeran form. Weird as she might've looked, he had seen weirder, and he could easily turn her back to normal. If anything, the bizarre sight only served to confirm his suspicions.
He lowered his eyelids and glared at the candy bowl, then at the makeshift kitchen. "We have a master of potions on our hands."
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Post by DMis on Jun 10, 2016 16:52:59 GMT -5
Yang couldn't help but watch Cat's transformation. "Master of Potions? This should be fun," she offered.
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Post by Pink Moon Wolf on Jun 10, 2016 17:16:21 GMT -5
"Bujeez..." Mickey awkwardly inched closer to Cat while the latter was inspecting a webbed paw. "I, uh... Normally I'd have some sort of witty remark here, but... I got nothing. I really, honestly have nothing for ya."
Cat glared up at him, flattened her ears and let out a croak-like grunt.
"To be fair, there's probably someone out there who thinks you look cute. I could see the appeal."
When Mickey reached out and touched one of her horns, Cat hopped back a good two feet in one leap and hunched over in an aggressive posture, scowling and snorting back at him.
Mickey frowned and defensively raised his paws. "Well so-rry! Just trying to lighten the mood here, ya friggin' fox... frog... bull... What would you call that? A bullfrox?"
Opting to ignore the raccoon, Cat turned around and leaped onto the wall, sticking to and promptly scaling the vertical surface. Based on her smirk, she seemed to be enjoying herself.
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Post by ParamountKeymaster on Jun 10, 2016 17:22:50 GMT -5
Rio rested against the back of the couch and massaged his temples. As if this day wasn't weird enough. "At least we know what we're up against to some degree. All that's left to do is pacify this potion maker before they can cause anymore trouble. Until then, if we could forgo anymore of these bizarre shenanigans ourselves, that'd be fantastic."
With that said, Rio readied his transmutation magic and turned back around. "Cat, I'm gonna-" He cut himself off, eyes darting around until he spotted Cat climbing up the wall. "G-God dang it, Cat, get down from there!"
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Post by DMis on Jun 10, 2016 20:11:05 GMT -5
"So raiding their potion reagents, ingredients, and catalysts would be helpful?" Yang questioned as she watched Cat scale the wall. "Actually Cat could serve as a lookout from the wall and croak if she sees anything trying to get us."
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Post by Pink Moon Wolf on Jun 10, 2016 20:29:38 GMT -5
Cat responded with a small smile and shrug. She didn't seem to mind that plan.
"Heh... Bound to be plenty of cool stuff in here," Mickey chuckled as he stood up and pulled out the small jar of thick purple liquid he had swiped, waving it for Rio to see. "And you were going on about not touching anything."
SNAP
In the blink of an eye, a long, pink tendril snatched the jar clean out of Mickey's hand. He jumped and whirled around, immediately finding the jar clamped in Cat's mouth. It took him a moment to figure out what had just happened, but when he did...
"GAH! EW!! GIRL, YOU NASTY!!!" He shuddered once before turning around, waving her off and storming into the kitchen. "Fine, whatever! Keep it, ya little freak!"
Cat made a face at Mickey's back, punctuated by a high-pitched trill, then hopped off the wall, out of the living space and onto the opposite wall of the cavernous tunnel.
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Post by ParamountKeymaster on Jun 10, 2016 20:40:10 GMT -5
With a deep breath, Rio dismissed the magical energy in his hands and turned to face Mickey and Yang. "Honestly, I'm not sure how beneficial it would be to raid their ingredients... beyond simply depleting their resources. But... eh. It's something. Maybe I could get some use out of them."
After watching Cat bound away, Rio picked up her jeans, figuring they might as well take advantage of her hammerspace pockets. Then he walked up to the counter and began inspecting the various jars. "Jeez, this handwriting is terrible... I'm fairly certain these are wolfthorn seeds, but... it's hard to tell. They could just be poppy seeds for all I know."
Rio paused for a moment, then slumped and scowled into space. "My friend just turned into a chimera and I'm questioning what kind of seeds I'm picking up. Story of my life," he muttered as he slipped the jar of seeds in one of Cat's pockets.
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Post by DMis on Jun 10, 2016 20:41:44 GMT -5
"I can carry some things in my pack," she offered before going to help Rio.
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