THE PASSAGE OF TIME

[wooliefrand]

WHO: All
WHERE: The Pasture
WHEN: Day 24 Morning thru afternoon

[THE STORMS HAVE FINALLY CLEARED and the life sliced so now what

how yall doin]

Comments

[electricflock]

[chirps, oh!]

Like a naturalist. Must be lots to take notes on here. Lots of different animals.

[wants_the_phd]

Yes.

I'm a xenotaxonomist. My job involves documenting new species and figuring out where they fit in with the bigger picture.

There are a lot of species here that are completely unfamiliar to me. I'm trying to document as many as I can, in case I'm ever able to send my material home again.

[electricflock]

All the species here are new to me, except for the plants. My world doesn't even have humans.

[wants_the_phd]

Really?

...Would it be rude to ask about you might be?

[electricflock]

[chirps, it's fine!]

I'm a gryphon.

[wants_the_phd]

Ah-ha! I thought so!

--Well, I thought I could smell something familiar about you, anyway, but I didn't know gryphons could change their appearance like this! How cool!

[electricflock]

You're something too, aren't you? Everyone in my world can switch between their forms.

[wants_the_phd]

Does zmeu mean anything to you?

[electricflock]

[THINKS, but has to shake his head]

But it sounds familiar!

[wants_the_phd]

What about "dragon"?

[electricflock]

I know those!

[wants_the_phd]

That's me!

[electricflock]

[throws his arms up WHOO]

I'm not the only shapeshifter anymore!

[wants_the_phd]

...Seriously?

It's just the two of us?

[electricflock]

You're the only other one I've met! People are always surprised when they find out I can do it.

[wants_the_phd]

Ah... yeah, I haven't told anyone, either. It's kind of nice to have that in your back pocket, right?

[electricflock]

Could be useful to, but I like being in my gryphon shape too much to be secret about it. Too late to put back in pocket. That um, Hot or Not ritual even used my gryphon shape for picture.

[wants_the_phd]

[DELIGHTED GASP]

...That was you?! The bird?

[electricflock]

[laughs]

That was me!!

[wants_the_phd]

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I didn't realize your gryphon form was so cute!

[electricflock]

Common gryphons are the ones with cool eagle heads. Am the smaller kind!

[wants_the_phd]

We have several species of gryphons at home, but I don't know of any that look like you.

Would you ever be up to modeling for me in your gryphon form?

[electricflock]

Sure, would be happy to. Is a comfortable form, is no trouble to model in it.

[wants_the_phd]

Thanks, I'd appreciate that. Not just for my studies, but just because I'd love to see it!

[electricflock]

Can show you now if you want.