Make A Run For It 2016-05-17

[jwhouk]

My first thought was that that wasn't actually a morph'd Atsali, but rather a team-mate of hers who didn’t recognize a full-on-bear mode Nadette.

If it really is a Full raptor Atsali, well then, I need to up my game, re 'dealing with Amazons' adaptability.

Taz, you and I will look soooo smart later this week if it turns out it ISN'T Atsali...

EDIT: ...which we won't. WOG has stated that the beaked one is Atsali.

[chicgeek]

Y'know, we all know Atsali's dad was an Incubus, but all we know about Incubi/Sucubi is 'Sex demon! Nudge, nudge, wink wink.' We've never seen one as a character that I remember. We've seen Atsali get a tail and bat wings, and it being said that's her incubus side coming out, but that's it. I wonder if Paul will bring one in eventually?
I'm betting that she's pure, unadulterated Siren right now. And that she hasn't accessed the full form before.
The dino beak and eviscerating claw were a surprise, wasn't expecting that!
*Cut scene of Pickle playing with toy dinosaurs, looking at Atsali's new morph, and going, 'COOL!' *

[Dave]

Nobody's making any comment on the fact that Atsali can TURN INTO A DINOSAUR?

Not so much of a stretch, really. Birds (Aves) are known to be members of the Dinosauria clade, very probably descended from feathered theropod dinosaurs.

Atsali's current form rather resembles some of the Phorusrhacidae ("terror birds") with the addition of hands and functional wings (the Phorusrhacidae were too big to fly). Apex predators, some up to almost 10' tall... not something you'd want to meet in a dark alley, or a well-lit alley for that matter...

[Just Old Al]

Nobody's making any comment on the fact that Atsali can TURN INTO A DINOSAUR?

"Welcome to the world of the paranormal, Glytch. Normal is weird."

[FreeFlier]

My first thought was that that wasn't actually a morph'd Atsali, but rather a team-mate of hers who didn’t recognize a full-on-bear mode Nadette.

If it really is a Full raptor Atsali, well then, I need to up my game, re 'dealing with Amazons' adaptability.

Taz, you and I will look soooo smart later this week if it turns out it ISN'T Atsali...

But the tags say Atsali . . .


First train to massive guilt now boarding on platform one . . .

--FreeFlier

[Atomic]

I was going to vote Gryphon, but PW has stated this is Atsali's full Siren form.

So - now we know what a Wapsiverse Siren looks like! Rather a bit more than the cute, muddled teenager Katherine met in the Library, eh? Now we get to wonder what the Incubus looks like, as we've only seen the tail....

[meisdadoo]

I suppose that there must be rule against "morphing" into your true form in a way that scares, terrorizes or otherwise impinges upon your classmates--if only because of the potential for damage to the facilities and buildings. The MIB can cover for most incidents, but several too close together will attract unwanted attention. Then there is the potential for pissing off the parents/family of a wounded or deceased child---I doubt Poseidon would be all that forgiving of something bad happening to his niece due to negligence or malice.

All that being said, it is time for an adult to step in and restore order. Which raises a few questions. Where the hell is aunty Monica? Whatever happened to Cricket and Dietziel? and this is only TUESDAY! ! !

[DilyV]

I suspect Abbie and Devyn are like:

Abbie: I'm not telling her, you tell her...

Devyn: NoooOOOOoooo... I'm not telling her YOU tell her!!!

Much later:

Nadette: Did anyone get the number of that truck?

Abbie: I think it said Atsali Freight Company on the side...

Devyn: Dammit Abbie!!!

Needless to say when Atsali finds out what she's done, she'd going to be inconsolable...

[GlytchMeister]

Nobody's making any comment on the fact that Atsali can TURN INTO A DINOSAUR?

Not so much of a stretch, really. Birds (Aves) are known to be members of the Dinosauria clade, very probably descended from feathered theropod dinosaurs.

Atsali's current form rather resembles some of the Phorusrhacidae ("terror birds") with the addition of hands and functional wings (the Phorusrhacidae were too big to fly). Apex predators, some up to almost 10' tall... not something you'd want to meet in a dark alley, or a well-lit alley for that matter...

OH, no, I totally got that connection already, it's just my Inner Child is geeking out because DINOSAUR.

(I was a lot like Calvin when I was his age.)

Nobody's making any comment on the fact that Atsali can TURN INTO A DINOSAUR?

"Welcome to the world of the paranormal, Glytch. Normal is weird."

"And weird. Is. AWESOME!" Glytch smiled gleefully and he began to talk faster and faster. "I wonder if I can get an X-ray of her and compare it with fossil records, maybe figure out what her species evolved from! Oh, man, the combination of mammalian and reptilian and avian traits... Maybe there's a connection to platypuses and echidna? How far back does that branch on the tree of life go? And that BEAK! LOOK AT THAT BEAK! It looks like... Like... I can't even think of a modern bird species with a beak structured like that! And she has teeth! I wonder if the tongue is barbed. What kind of feather structure does she use? I bet something closer to raptors or sea birds, but maybe she has owl feathers? Does she have the hydrophobic properties of a duck? *GASP* What's her digestive system like?!? Did she GROW a gizzard? Or is it always there?"

[Dave]

"*GASP* What's her digestive system like?!? Did she GROW a gizzard? Or is it always there?"

Had Pablo told us whether she's particularly fond of rock candy?

[jwhouk]

Glytch, there's a centaur over here that wants to have a worrrrrrd with you...

(And a "mama bear" who looks like she's locked and loaded with triple irises...)

[GlytchMeister]

Glytch, there's a centaur over here that wants to have a worrrrrrd with you...

(And a "mama bear" who looks like she's locked and loaded with triple irises...)

"Whaaaat? It's not like I'm gonna do a vivisection! Honestly, you people always assume the worst! I just want some XRays and MRI's and stuff. Completely non-invasive!"

[Catawampus]

Poor Katherine must buy her kids clothing wholesale. Perhaps she ought to just dress Atsali up in ponchos.

Someone may have mentioned this and it was answered but I don't feel like going back through the previous comments to find out, so ... I wonder if that is an Ursamorph's actual look? She's unconscious and still holding that shape after all.

Perhaps an ursamorph who is rendered unconscious stays in whatever form she was in when it happened - that is, it takes a conscious effort to change.

She kept human form despite being passed-out drunk. So my guess would be that it either takes effort or the right stimulus (such as a hot gal with a can of whipped topping) to change shape, but whatever shape she's in at any given moment is sort of a ground state (would that mean that we can describe Nadette as being degenerate?). Which then leaves the possibility of changing shape while unconscious due to dreaming.

Paul Taylor
Full siren form.

I doubt that this form would be quite so effective, sans song, at luring sailors. More a "flee yonder" rather than a "come hither" look.

I suppose that there must be rule against "morphing" into your true form in a way that scares, terrorizes or otherwise impinges upon your classmates--if only because of the potential for damage to the facilities and buildings.

When Castela did so, she was just scolded for not using her indoor voice.

"I wonder if I can get an X-ray of her and compare it with fossil records, maybe figure out what her species evolved from! Oh, man, the combination of mammalian and reptilian and avian traits... Maybe there's a connection to platypuses and echidna? How far back does that branch on the tree of life go? And that BEAK! LOOK AT THAT BEAK! It looks like... Like... I can't even think of a modern bird species with a beak structured like that! And she has teeth! I wonder if the tongue is barbed. What kind of feather structure does she use? I bet something closer to raptors or sea birds, but maybe she has owl feathers? Does she have the hydrophobic properties of a duck? *GASP* What's her digestive system like?!? Did she GROW a gizzard? Or is it always there?"

And how is she able to pronounce all of those consonants with a beak?

[Warrl]

Which then leaves the possibility of changing shape while unconscious due to dreaming.

Yeah, that can have unexpected results.

And how is she able to pronounce all of those consonants with a beak?

There's a simple and obvious one-word answer.

(And those have to be the most laid-back parents in several multiverses.)

[GlytchMeister]

And how is she able to pronounce all of those consonants with a beak?

Holy carp, you're right! No lips and a totally different chase of the oral cavity and a completely new dental structure... Maybe she has an articulate soft palate inside the beak? Or maybe she can do different kinds of glottal stops and other things with her vocal cords and stuff in her throat and windpipe to make consonants...

[FreeFlier]

Maybe the beak is flexible like a platypus's?

Or this form is a projective telepath.

--FreeFlier

[Dave]

And how is she able to pronounce all of those consonants with a beak?

Holy carp, you're right! No lips and a totally different chase of the oral cavity and a completely new dental structure... Maybe she has an articulate soft palate inside the beak? Or maybe she can do different kinds of glottal stops and other things with her vocal cords and stuff in her throat and windpipe to make consonants...

Hyacinthine macaws and quite a few other parrots are able to emulate human speech without requiring lips. Their vocalization process is apparently quite a bit different than that of mammals but is very capable nevertheless.

[AnotherFairportfan]

And how is she able to pronounce all of those consonants with a beak?

Holy carp, you're right! No lips and a totally different chase of the oral cavity and a completely new dental structure... Maybe she has an articulate soft palate inside the beak? Or maybe she can do different kinds of glottal stops and other things with her vocal cords and stuff in her throat and windpipe to make consonants...

Hyacinthine macaws and quite a few other parrots are able to emulate human speech without requiring lips. Their vocalization process is apparently quite a bit different than that of mammals but is very capable nevertheless.

I think crows can learn to mimic speech, and then there're mynahs.

[eee]

"*GASP* What's her digestive system like?!? Did she GROW a gizzard? Or is it always there?"

Had Pablo told us whether she's particularly fond of rock candy?

Cookies...

[AnotherFairportfan]

What's her digestive system like?!? Did she GROW a gizzard? Or is it always there?

Dunno. But any bird fancier might think she has a crop at first glimpse...