Alone Together (PC)

[DMis]

Chrys quickly stepped back as the shadows started to weave around Toby's form.

Shadows would soon engulfed his form. Behind the shadows, his usual clothing was replaced by that of a fitted charcoal bodysuit and silver armor with dark amethyst coloring in places. A helmet now covered his head and the visor part seemed to give an eerie and sickly purple glow. An energy flowed through him as if trying to help him recover what he was missing as two rather large black wings opened to his sides as the shadows faded. The wings were laced with a tattered purple membrane.

For the first time, the suit was not trying to hijack it's wearer as if saying "Worthy of this power" in the back of his mind.

"T-t-t-toby?" Chrys squeaked.

[ParamountKeymaster]

The moment the transformation completed, Toby shot up into a sitting position and gasped for air. It was hard to tell, but the expression behind his visor was one of wide-eyed shock as he gasped and shuddered. Just like that, all of his energy and alertness had come rushing back to him, from zero to a hundred instantly, like he had been dunked in a bucket of ice water.

Once he had caught his breath, Toby stared down at himself, taking in his new suit with a slacked jaw and relaxed form. "Whoa."

"Aaaaaah! Ach je! Mir gefällt es sehr gut!" Enlightenment squeaked, hands to her cheeks as she gazed at Toby in wonder.

[DMis]

"How's it feel?" Chrys asked. Her voice carried a tone of awe. She had never gotten to see what the suit actually had looked like from the other side of the visor. "Also how's the world look in there?"

[ParamountKeymaster]

"It feels..." Toby just stared at himself, slowly clenching and unclenching his hands. "Um... Well, I certainly feel more awake, at least. But like... it feels weird... but it also feels... normal. Does that make sense?"

"Nein, but vhat is normal anyvay?" Enlightenment chuckled.

Peeling his eyes away from his suit, Toby took a moment to scan his surroundings. "Things don't look too different, really. I'm used to dark- Oh jeez..." After catching sight of them in his peripheral, Toby jerked his head around to catch a better, startled glimpse of the bat-like wings he now possessed.

[DMis]

"Try having your first set on fire.... These are tame," Chrys offered as the wings folded against his back. "Also your wings are larger than mine usually are. And you can dismiss them for ground travel if you want."

[ParamountKeymaster]

"Huh..." Mostly settled in by that point, Toby stood up and shook himself off, his gaze shifting between various points on the floor. "Okay, I... I think I can work with this..."

"So vhat does he do now?" Enlightenment questioned with excitement.

[DMis]

"I guess we could train or something... Not really sure. I do know the helmet is removable. It's up to him really, Enlightenment," Chrys offered as she tried to form wings with shadows. Only to fail and they just form a reptilian like tail.

[ParamountKeymaster]

"Hee hee... ja, but vhat powers does he have now? Does he have his umbrakinesis back? Can he turn into anyzhing half as cool as vhat he used to?"

"I'm starting to get the feeling you have some kinda sick transformation fetish," Toby grumbled, removing his helmet so Enlightenment could fully see his glare. And also so he could finish his breakfast. He was still hungry, after all.

[DMis]

Chrys smiled. "Has a dark breath weapon, probably the umbrakinesis or a slight nerfed version of it, flight, quicker reflexes, super speed, super strength, night vision, and can use magic to summon or project shadow clones," she offered. "I learned about that last one last week so good luck. And if he gets bored with the Shadae suit- the others are charged with other elemental energies."

[ParamountKeymaster]

"Ooooooooh..." Enlightenment mused, standing up and circling around Toby to take in every minute detail.

All the while, Toby sighed and picked up his plate, munching on his eggs with a deadpan frown. "Yeah, okay, I'm good now. You can go."

"Goodness, no need to be rude," Enlightenment giggled.

[DMis]

Chrys watched Enlightenment. "We're good now. But I will say that if we meet again this day never happened."

[ParamountKeymaster]

"Oh, I vouldn't say zhat," Enlightenment mused, tapping Chrys on the nose. "But if you insist, I suppose I should report back to General Sanguine zhat his precious little Junge is up and vell again!"

"Good. Leave," Toby bluntly ordered through a mouthful off eggs.

"Aww, Toby... Not even a danke schön, let alone a zhank you?" Enlightenment giggled before planting a peck on his cheek.

"Gah...!" Toby reflexively backed away, wiped his face off and made use of one of a few German phrases he had learned for such occasions. "Ya freak! Laß mich!" He was probably saying it wrong, but based on the redhead's grin, the message was sent regardless.

"Toby! You're speaking my language! Können Sie das wiederholen?"

"GET OUTTA HERE!!!"

Scrambling away in a cartoony fashion, Enlightenment laughed hysterically and leaped into the shadows, vanishing with a final cry of "Gute Besserung!"

[DMis]

"I don't want to know what you both said do I?" she asked before going back to the kitchen to make her own breakfast.

[ParamountKeymaster]

"Well, mine was just 'go away.' Not sure what exactly she said. I don't know the whole language..." Toby murmured as he followed Chrys into the kitchen to clean his plate. "But, uh... Thanks. I... I didn't really anticipate the health consequences of losing my powers. I'm glad we found an alternative..."

After loading the dishwasher, he mumbled, "Still... the fact that there were consequences at all... it... makes you wonder how human I really am..."

[DMis]

"Neither of us did. And I wasn't lying- you could try the other energies as well to syphon possible alternatives," She offered as she mixed up what looked to be pancake batter with chocolate chips in it.