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Click hereTo his other side sat a tall Raven of some kind, who smirked a bit and gave Todd a thumbs-up. His voice was much harsher than his friend's. "You already know our other friend. Tiny's in the office. We were just discussing a few things and you cropped up."
"Good things, I hope. I'm in here waiting for Bradley to get out of the way so that I can get lunch without getting punched again."
"Ah, so that bit of the rumor mill was on the correct grindstone, I see." The Cheshire named Chester was looking out the window to the quad. "We may just actually be able to help each other."
"I do hope you understand that I'm wary of deals just now. Last one I made came with a bit more baggage than I'd hoped."
Corey the Raven croaked out a laugh. "Baggage like the women you've been bagging?"
"Um. Consider that an unanticipated but appreciated side effect?"
"This one I gotta hear, but no. Look, we saw you at the Development League thing yesterday. Plus Tiny says you're cool, so that's a plus in my book."
"I'm slightly occupied by my current team, and my main contribution isn't going to be coming your way due to... um, let's call them Status complications."
"Nah, that's not it. Teammate for points would be nice, someone to hang out and commiserate over Professor Stanley's unreasonably vague assignments would be better. Chester could also use someone to keep Tiny and I from beating him at Spades twice a week as much as you could use a few extra hands dealing with Tall, Dark, and Angry out there. Oh, hey, Tiny! Over here!"
The Gargoyle was walking over from the door, smiling broadly. "Hey, glad to see you! I was worried after I heard about yesterday, you're not exactly gonna be winning any fist fights any time soon."
Todd had to laugh at that one, despite the motion and memory combining to make his face throb. "Okay, you're not wrong. Glad to hear you got a good group together."
"No kidding. Life will go easier with them. Has Corey given you the pitch yet?"
"Yep. And you know what? I think it sounds nice. Count me in."
"Awesome. Maybe some of your luck with the ladies will rub off, eh?"
- COMMENTS
OtterlyMindblowing4 months agoAuthor@Timtom12
The short answer is “yes.” A third of humanity in this setting took on thousands of forms, and even people who have the same thing in the Race line of their Status Screen can look and function completely differently. A Raven Beastfolk could be like I’ve described here, a Human who happens to have a Raven head, could have arms separately from the wings, wildly different amounts of their body covered by feathers, etc.
Timtom124 months agoThanks, Mr Mindblow. I wasn't sure if there were Egyptian-esk animal/human hybrids, or some other method of humanized animals.
Rhino77PIlot5 months ago😕 This is a little confusing, but also intriguingly amusing. (A little alliteration for the readers). Keep up the good work.
OtterlyMindblowing6 months agoAuthorI’ll go back and clarify Corey, both in my master doc and in future chapters. I definitely didn’t do it as well as I should. He doesn’t have hands, but got lucky enough to have dexterous wingtips. He’s human sized. Think Falco Lombardi.
Looks like it’s about time to have a Cast of Characters bit at the start of a release. Will do so that future chapters are more clear.
