Alien to an Alien

[scalpelofmarmora]

Who: Ulaz and you!
Broadcast: Everyone!
Action: Isakulit and SS Blameless
When: During drift

Broadcast
[Well, he does look vaguely like himself even if he's quite clearly not Galra anymore, with tanned skin and non-pointed ears. He still has the white mohawk and the markings on the side of his head appear to be... tattoos?]

Well, this is not something that I was expecting to have happen. It appears that this time, I am no longer Galra. I seem to be human.

I mean no offense to the humans here, but this is a strange experience for me. I can already tell this form is not as strong and I seem to be a little shorter? I wonder what else is different.


Action
[Ulaz can be found on the Blameless, doing his normal work in the lab and other duties he has been assigned either as part of being First Mate or taking on because of Shiro's temporary restrictions. Of course, he would also be checking on his patients or seeking out Procyon at some point to see the lovely dog.

On the Iskaulit, he was probably in the library, which wasn't exactly the most exciting. The other place he could be found was the obstacle course he used for training. After a few days of thinking this was weird, he decided to use this as a learning experience, seeing how this body differed from the one that he was used to so he was going to try and train as normal]

Comments

[sandywolf]

Werewolf powers are tied to the moon and full moon makes them stronger. All of them, including the healing.

[Which is why even now, he can't fathom why Alessandro chose a full moon to go confront Lord Woolsey. Not only was he preternatural, he was a hunter. He knew better.]

I am sure everything will be gone by the end of the full moon at the latest.

[scalpelofmarmora]

Good. I'm sure you're ready for that to happen.

[And not that they had been particularly inconvenienced by the werewolves and the three required days around the full moon, but Ulaz is actually kind of looking forward to it too this time because it was, for all purposes, the best medicine Lyall can have for his injuries]

[sandywolf]

Quite.

[Because really, this thing was dragging on enough. He can mostly ignore the physical pain, now, because it's just like a dull ache, but the ache is making it hard to convince is brain everything's fine now.]

Biffy said he hopes I am the one to get ears and a tail next time.

[scalpelofmarmora]

[That comment about the ears and the tail get a faint smile from Ulaz. Maybe its a little bigger than faint just because its a little harder to frown as a human?]

Does he now? Because of how different it is from this?

[sandywolf]

Because he thinks I would look cute with it.

[Is that a slight blush on Lyall's cheeks? it might be.]

I disagree, of course, but that's how he is.

[scalpelofmarmora]

[If Ulaz notices the blush, he doesn't say anything. He's heard Lance gush too many times about Keith so he doesn't seem too concerned]

I suppose that is all a matter of opinion. Perhaps after having them, it is a thought that is stuck in his head.

[sandywolf]

He was just not quite with the fact that I called him cute, I believe.

[Biffy does prefer to be thought of as dashingly handsome, and most of the time, he is. Just not with cat ears.]

Honestly, I already look small enough as a wolf that I do not need the added cuteness, I am sure.

[scalpelofmarmora]

Ah so it is in response to being called cute for his own ears. Well, it still maybe true that he would think you would be cute with them.

Personally I don't think anyone needs more added cuteness, but that is my thought.

[sandywolf]

He probably thinks so. But I get mistaken for a fox already because of my size and coloring.

[Which he is not, thank you very much. He is a wolf and proud of it.]

I do have a feeling cuteness was not necessarily something that was of the utmost importance in your life, Mr Ulaz, if you pardon me saying so.

[scalpelofmarmora]

Having not seen your wolf size in person or a fox at all, I will take your word for it though I wouldn't have known it could have been something else.

[The second comment... actually gets a chuckle from Ulaz. A real one]

No, it was not a factor in my life for most of it.

[sandywolf]

... You have never seen a fox? Is it an animal that does not exist where you are from then?

[Being human does make Ulaz more expressive... or maybe it's just easier to read his expressions on a human face.]

I did thought so. Your kind does not seem the type to care of such things, from what you have said of it.

[scalpelofmarmora]

Not that I am aware. We may call them something different.

[Maybe a bit of both, more expressive and easier to see the ones he showed already]

Not as a whole. Of course not unheard of either.

[sandywolf]

Maybe I should draw you one. It is a type of canine, normally smaller than a wolf. I am not a very big wolf, but that is mostly because I am not a very big human either. These things tend to be proportional.

[scalpelofmarmora]

If you could I would understand the reference better. It is understandable your wolf form would not be bigger. Unless somehow you pulled mass out of the air, it would impossible to grow in size.

[sandywolf]

[Lyall will grab a piece of paper and sketch the animals quickly, although nothing about it is very artistic, really. A fox with a white tipped nose and a darker tip on its ears and tails, and a wolf, bigger and darker.]

Most foxes are reddish in color, which is close enough to my own coloring as to have me confused with them.

[scalpelofmarmora]

[Ulaz watches as Lyall sketches that out for him. It was good enough to get the idea of what they were and some of the key features of those two animals. Similar, but there were differences]

I see. You are a small wolf, but definitely larger than a fox?

[sandywolf]

I guess I could pass for an overly large fox.

[He is a very small wolf, Ulaz.]

It probably comes from being older. Nutrition being what it was back then, I did not really get a chance to grow tall before I was turned, and I also got turned a bit later than people tend to be these days.

[scalpelofmarmora]

[He's curious to see now the size for himself, but he's not going to ask that right now. This is still a bad time to spring such a request on him]

It is likely. Like you said, mass can't be created so it would make sense that someone who is taller would make for a bigger wolf.

[sandywolf]

Both Biffy and I are rather small by werewolf standards, but Biffy makes up for it thanks to being an Alpha.

[That gives him more power by default.]

I do wonder if if larger individuals are not more likely to survive the bite somehow, although excess soul is really the only criteria to who would survive... Maybe the larger ones are more likely to choose to become a wolf.

[scalpelofmarmora]

If "soul" is the criteria, it likely isn't size plays much factor unless the amount of soul also typically increases with size though that would currently be unknown. Perhaps more likely occupation so to speak verse preference.

[sandywolf]

Possibly. You do tend to find some common traits of character in wolves.

[Of course that doesn't account for individual character that stays on even after metamorphosis.]

Of course, as I mentioned before, most werewolves are also in the military as a matter of course so while not all were military men before, they know it will be expected of them after the change, and that may factor in as well.

[scalpelofmarmora]

Yes, that might be another thing. Those more likely military inclined would consider being a werewolf. So vampires don't serve in the military at all?

[He still doesn't have much frame of reference for the difference between the two]

[sandywolf]

Vampires are tethered to a territory. They cannot travel.

[Or at least, not easily at all, and at great risk of becoming crazy if they attempt it.]

Werewolves are tethered to the pack. To each other. As long as they are together or part of a pack and held by an Alpha, they can move.

[scalpelofmarmora]

Oh, I see. So werewolves are attached to each other; vampires are attached to a location. Yes, that would make it harder for things such as the military. I haven't learned much about vampires yet. How strict is that tie to a location? I would assume not too strict that they can't leave the house. Otherwise, I hardly see the appeal.

[sandywolf]

Hive Queens, the female vampires who can turn others, cannot leave their hive houses. Hive vampires can, but they are still restricted to a territory that they cannot leave unless their Queen does. Rove vampires who are not attached to hive have a bit more range, but they are still tethered to their own bit of earth.

[So it's still pretty restrictive.]

My pack used to be split in two with one half on military duty abroad and the other back home.