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[changelingdude]

Hey dude,

We...gotta talk.

Ok, I get it. Surprise nudity is usually funny. I mean half the Japanese comic books you own use that as a running gag.

...BUT DID YOU REALLY HAVE TO HAVE ME FLASH THE WHOLE NETWORK?!! There are so many girls there! And Terra especially! And we JUST had that whole Sex Ed post thing...

And more...why are you so convinced I'd look sexy in girl's shorts? I mean...I know I've got a great butt. I use it all the time. But you think my legs are built like that?

...I'm starting to worry you're thinking of gender bending me dude. And that is NOT ok! Let's be clear. I am a boy. I like being a boy.

Come on dude...don't be like that.

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[ofdrumsthesound]

Try to avoid becoming a frog, then.

[changelingdude]

Different kind of squishy. Less sensitive in a really good way.

I just don't think I'm cut out to be a girl, you know how amazing girls are? I mean seriously having the will of a girl is like having an extra super power.

[ofdrumsthesound]

*He nods ruefully.* It's always the women.

[changelingdude]

Girl troubles of your own Mister?

[ofdrumsthesound]

You have no idea.

[changelingdude]

Did she try to kill you? That happens alot.

[ofdrumsthesound]

She did kill me.

Same with the girlfriend before that, actually . . . my luck with girlfriends isn't very good, to say the least.

[changelingdude]

Yeesh! No kidding dude.

Have you ever considered switching to guys?

[ofdrumsthesound]

My best male friend and I have been in a truly painful love-hate relationship for a thousand years. It sucks when you and the only other person who really knows you have been at each other's throats all your lives.

. . . I seem to have bad luck with people in general, to be honest.

[changelingdude]

...do you have a favorite animal?

[ofdrumsthesound]

Well, I like cats. I'm not very good with animals, though, and I wind up with fewer cuddly thingies and more unspeakable alien attack beasts due to my various mental disfunctions.

[changelingdude]

[Before he ever gets to finish what he's saying Beastboy has transformed into the cutest cat you've ever seen. Seriously look at those eyes.]

[ofdrumsthesound]

A green cat. Well, you certain stand out. *But he's smiling, just a bit.

*It makes him look deranged, probably because he is.* Can you become alien animals, as well?

[changelingdude]

If I know what they look like sure.

[Rubs against his legs like the cat he appears to be purring trying to be soothing]

[ofdrumsthesound]

*He smiles weakly, giving the 'cat' creature a pat.* And do you have all their abilities? Even if you didn't know about them beforehand?

I could find pictures of some animals if you'd like. Although you'd owe me a favor if I found a useful one.

[changelingdude]

Well...I've only done it a couple of times and it hasn't really come up. Aliens are hard to hold onto without knowing more about how they work biologically.

[ofdrumsthesound]

I could find out, if you want. There are creatures out there that any shapeshifter would love. *He smiles, bright and mad.* Discants and illithidae and tsochari and culthriflah . . .

[changelingdude]

Duuuude. That would be cool!

...I mean, in my current game they took away my shapeshifting powers but it would be cool to learn someday.

[ofdrumsthesound]

Some of them are pretty creepy, mind. Illithidae, for example. And some are seriously dangerous--but that's a good thing, right? It's useful to be dangerous.

[changelingdude]

Totally dude. In the hands of a master a dangerous animal can be a tool for good. The moist poisonous snakes can save lives.

[ofdrumsthesound]

And of course they're good for fighting.

*He goes through his pockets for a bit, then pulls out some pictures.* Cessirid, neolithid, squibbon, daggerwrist, gug . . .

[changelingdude]

[Eyes wide as he takes in all the images, such a geek for animals from any planets.]

Duuuuuuude.

All of them are from one story or another, BTW

[ofdrumsthesound]

*The cessirid looks like a slimy dog with a squid on its face. The neolithid is a 50-foot purple worm with tentacled lips. The squibon is a vaguely monkey-like blob with long, boneless arms. The daggerwrist is a big scaly flying squirrel with mantid forelimbs and a detachable lower jaw. The gug is squat, with a vertical mouth between its eyes.*

Nice stuff, yeah?

Bonus points for that <3

[changelingdude]

Totally sweet! I can't help but wonder what they're environments are like that made them develop that way.

:D

[ofdrumsthesound]

Well, the cessirid and the neolithid are related species, and they're nasty cave-dwelling creatures. Squibons and daggerwrists are tree-dwellers, although squibons are more jungle creatures while daggerwrists tend towards oases. I think gugs are cave-dwellers too, but from a very different planet.

Daggerwrists use their forearms as pinions and feed through tubing in that lower jaws of theirs--they use acid to liquify their prey, like certain bugs on earth. Cessirids and neolithids are psychic, and cessirids have stingers on their tentacles.

I'm not as interested in biology as some people I've known, but I do know a few things about a fair number of species.