Divided We Fall

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Lireal walked out of the cave just before Griffin pushed the plunger, she leant against the outside of the cliff face, feeling positively sick.... breathing deeply she sat down, leaning against the rock she closed her eyes, breathing.... wait... hadnt she just walked all of the way out the cave?...

She stood up, barely wincing... she took several tentative steps, and when her rib gave almost no pain.... took a few more.... after a while of pacing across the entrance to the cave she sat back down.... unwilling to go in and see what had happened....

[Artemis]

"You haven't seen anything yet.", Lane said to Griffin as he walked over and knelt next to Griffin.  "Right now you're growing things that the body can identify, hair and the compounds in a tail.  It is when your organs begin to rearrange and your body has to suddenly produce a mass set of new chemicals and compounds to suit your new form.  Not to mention those that get powers from this transformation go through a serious headache process because the brain is morphing, allowing access and more usage of specific parts.  It is because of this new access that our society has been able to teleport across worlds, rather than fly by space shuttle, because we gain a higher intelligence.  But that's for another time, for now I would brace myself for what's about to come.", Lane continued calmly.  It wasn't average for someone not to be freaking out right about now, but considering what he's seen today it'll probably be easy to shrug off growing a coat.  Lane remained next to Griffin for further analysis, in case something unusual happened.

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Lireal sat, cross-legged in the shade of a nearby tree.... she was going to try what she hadnt tried before.. using her power in daylight... up until now she could only use it at night, when the stars where out... But... if she concentrated hard enough...

Her breathing slowed down, as she tried not to think about Griffin or Rachel... opening her eyes again her fur glowed a soft silver, standing slowly, as if not wanting to break her concentration... she walked straight through the tree, her form flickering and vanishing for a split second as she passed through the solid matter... reaching the other side, she clenched one paw into a fist, whispy silver light flickering across her fur...
"its as easy as that..."

[Mystique]

Rachel gazed into his eyes as she watched Griffin starting the transformation, "I love you too ..." She took a deep breathe and inserted the needle, looking away from it as she injected. It was painful rush that swept through her, but she kept thinking of Griffin. Rachel gripped her side as her skin changed into blackish grey fur and a tail started to grow.

[Alice The Necrofox]

"Yeah... there is the headache..." he grinned though his teeth. "Woah.... hey I can see my nose?" he looked down his new snout, which had grown a reddish coat on it. He could feel his ears moving to the top of his head and elongating. He fell over in the fetal position.
"This.... is a new experience for sure...."
Never once did he take his mind off of Rachel. The thought of her numbed the pain tremendously, even when his organs moved through his body like insects.
"Yeah... new experience...."

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Lireal laughed softly under her breath... she had almost entirely forgotten about being worried, slipping through the immaterial world was positively easy if you concentrated!
With a loud ~SMACK!~ she collided with a tree and fell to the ground, standing back up and rubbing her forehead she mumbled under he breath...
"Almost positively easy...."

Lireal was young for her race, it was hard to judge but she reckoned she could be as much as half the age of Lane.... though that was a very rough guess.... maybe three quarters of the age... this momentary lapse in concentration caused her to collide with ANOTHER tree, again with a loud ~oof!~

Brushing herself off she frowned...
"Note to self, keep concentrating when trying to walk through trees...."

[Artemis]

Lane got up and left the cave, just in time to see Lireal run into the second tree.  He smirked a little as he realized what she was trying to do, but obviously failing.  It wasn't hard for him to get his mind off the two transforming humans.  Compared to the stuff he's seen before, what they were going through was nothing.  They would survive, and of that he had no doubt.  He looked up at the sun, and then back down to his hands as he wondered how strong his body would allow him to get.  With that thought in mind, he sent a fireball at a nearby boulder, scorching it a little bit, but not enough to cause any damage.

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Lireal looked over to see Lane smirking at the cave entrance... she blushed, tail flicking...
 "Oh... hi Lane... just... just practicing... still cant quite get the hang of it every time... i suppose it would be harder when the stars arent out but..."
She stopped, realising she was babbling incoherently... She sat down at the base of the tree, watching as Lane tried launching a fireball at a nearby rock, the resulting heatwave washed over the clearing like a literal rush of hot water.... Taking a deep breath she tried to concentrate again, the fur across her paw shone a wavering silver colour, and slowly, she slid her whole arm through the trunk of the tree and out the other side...

Where her arm ended and the tree began, light itself seemed to bend and blur, her fur shining and wavering... she pulled her arm back out and the edges reformed themselves into sharp lines.. she clenched and unclenched her paw a few times.. looking back over at Lane...

[Alice The Necrofox]

Griffin felt his organs settle into place in his body.
"Oooh... that feels really wierd.... huh?"
He looked down at his hands. They had fur and pads on them, covered in red fur. He still fit in his clothes, but his glasses lay on the floor, unneeded any more.
"This... is really..." he caught sight of his tail. "Cool.."
He looked over at Rachel, who was lying on the ground.
"Rachel! Are you feeling okay?" he felt her pulse. Normal.

[Artemis]

Lane's ears perked up as he heard Griffin talk.  He didn't want to walk back in the cave, but he was curious as to what he looked like.  Last Lane could remember about the scene was that Griffin was growing red hair.  Lane also wondered why Griffin hadn't been in agony, or anything such as that.  All Lane could think about was that it could either be that Griffin had a strong will to live, or it was in his genes.  Or both.

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Lireal stood up and walked tentatively over to the entrance, wincing slightly every time her left paw touched the ground.... she stopped beside the entrance... taking several breaths and listening... Griffin was talking, presumably to Rachel... that meant Griffin at least had survived..... She looked down at her paw, the edges blurred and shifted like the ghostly trail left by a fast moving object on a photograph... she smirked to herself... time to make an entrance....

Taking a deep breath she stood facing the cliff-side, just three metres or so through the rock was the cave wall.... it would be the thickest things she had ever passed through.... that she WOULD pass through.. she could do it!...

Taking one last breath she held he concentration, and stepped into the rock face, she flinched instinctively and closed her eyes.... She took two more steps, and then opened them just in time to see her form flicker back from its ghostly image.... she smiled internally... she had just... walked through a wall!....

The moment was spoiled however when she then stubbed her paw on a large rock, almost falling over she swore loudly...
"Frack!.... well there goes the big entrance..."

[Alice The Necrofox]

Griffin sat down next to Rachel's body, looking up when Lireal came into the room through the wall.
"Well... it worked. I guess me breaking all of my bones helped a little."
He looked down at his... paws, he guessed he could call them, and turned them back and forth, seeing the reactions. He then remembered. He grabbed the fox keychain off of his belt buckle.
"Hey, I know this is a vanity thing, but do I look vaguely like this?"

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Lireal took two steps forward, muttering under her breath about stupid boulders getting in the way.... Then stopped abruptly, and looked Griffin up and down....
She cleared her throat, taking the keychain and holding it up... she looked from the keychain, to the new Griffin... she cleared her throat again...
"Uh.... actually thats kinda wierd.... yeah i'd say pretty similar..."
She handed the keychain back, shuffling her feetpaws awkwardly...
"Hows Rachel doing, is she okay?"
She tried to lean around Griffin to see Rachel's body, a slight shiver of fear running down her spine to the tip of her tail where it ended in with a swift flick...

[Alice The Necrofox]

"She will be fine. I think the organ moving is over with, and she is stable. Breathing is steady, pulse is normal... she will pull through."
He petted the fur on Rachel's face lovingly.
"You know, she and I literally grew up together. We met when we were really young and clicked. Then we started growing up, I became an outcast in one way, and she another. I think I have always loved her. I don't know..."
He brushed some of her new hair out of her face. She was beautiful...

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Lireal nodded, looking Shiro over from behind... he was right though, Rachel was breathing, visible even from where Lireal was standing... she scuffed her paw against the ground again, biting her bottom lip...
"I'l uh.... I'l leave you alone if you want..."
With that she turned round, and decided to try walking back through the wall just like she had before.. it hadnt been that hard after all.... she took two steps, closed her eyes... and met the cave wall with a sharp ~crack!~ and fell backwards, stemming a flow of blood from her nose and muzzle... she stood shakily back up, wiping some of the blood away....
"Guess i was too cocky... harder than it looks..."
She mumbled quietly, before giving up on going outside and sitting down, watching Griffin instead...