Personification Life - IC Part VIII [open]

[Erucia]

Jacob tilted his head in confusion at Ray's shouting suddenly ceasing, and then continuing after a few moments. He had no idea that Fram had ever been there, except for the fact that he had heard another voice he didn't recognize for a few seconds. But besides that, Jacob had no idea why Ray seemed even angrier. Especially considering that he at least hadn't gotten turned into a woman this time. At least they stayed the same gender this time. Not that anyone could really tell because there really wasn't much of a difference between reptilian genders.

"Ray. You know I am a pacifist. But I can tell you want to get revenge. While I will not really condone it, I kind of want it as well. So how about this: If you stop freaking out, I shall tell you where to go to get your revenge. I'll tag along to get changed back as well, but leave the fighting to you and anyone else who got transformed. I'm sure Albert will be there. He's probably just as pissed as you are." Jacob finally succeeded at opening the door, and pushed it open, peaking his head inside the room carefully to look for a raptor that likely would be Ray. Jacob just hoped Ray wouldn't attack him. Because the former-fox-furry seemed angry enough to do so.

Ray finally succeeded in calming down for a few moments, and stumbled to his feet. He got a hold of his self-control and leaned against the wall, finally learning some baby-steps. He pushed himself over towards the door, where an unfamiliar-appearing Jacob seemed to be waiting. Despite Ray's new face obviously showing furious rage with a hint of incredible confusion, Jacob seemed to just be somewhat concerned about how angry Ray was. And thus, he attempted to calm down slightly more.

"....Where? Where can I go to go back to my true self?", Ray's shaking voice growled in through clenched teeth. If he was able to, he would have suited up in his own personal armor and as many weapons as he could carry just to extract revenge, although his attempts at calming down eventually allowed him to see how foolish it was. He tried to tell himself that he was a catalyst of justice and not of revenge, as not to loose himself in his rage. Although it was still certainly a burning feeling.

[Cerillium]

Luce was about to pull Chrys off Dora, playing, as he so often did, minder for the blonde. Instead, that was obviated as she got off Dora herself and jumped toward Albert, knocking him to the floor.

"IF NOT ONE BROTHER, THEN THE OTHER!" she howled in triumph, jumping to her feet and bounding around the group in a large circle, short stubby arms raised as vertically as they would go.

Luce turned to Ogoti and sighed. "Are your siblings as crazy as mine?"

"Yup." Ogoti chuckled. "It's a wonder the world's in one piece, between your group and mine."

Klaus offered a claw to help Albert up. "Sorry about that, whoever you are. Please feel free to join in. Some of them are going to tell the raptors off."

"CHOCOLATE SPAM!" shouted Hans. He fed on the insanity and joined Chrys as she made her circuit. All he succeeded in doing was slapping people with his tail as he wheeled and pivoted.

[The BranRiech]

"Oh shut up already. I'm not going to kill you, and since your sorry ass asked for forgiveness nearly right away, I'm tempted to make amends if you stop threatening to tell others. I really don't like you, but do I want to hate you? No. I don't. You had it coming, now I'd say we're even."

It was nearly a 180 in her behavior. Natiya was starting to calm down anyways, after getting her fill of tormenting Torii. She sighed and called Rachelle out of her room, now that the yelling and screaming should have been over. "Now, Bran's off with Rylli, and I doubt they want to be disturbed right now, so why not stick around here? We can talk this out."

Deep inside, she didn't hate Torii, and she couldn't stand the idea of being a heartless bitch.

--

Now that Tilt had poste-oh wait, no 4th wall breaking!

Bran and Rylli were still waiting outside the door, standing now on the sidewalk, looking off towards the raptor's house. Bran was finally feeling comfortable in his clothes, and not only that, but it was a good indicator of who he was, because he really couldn't tell raptors apart from one another. Rylli too, was grateful for this.

"What's going on in there?!" Bran shouted back, trotting back inside to find some whacky behavior from Hans and Chrys.

[Torsiedelle]

Torii was still super angry and tired, and frustrated with everything at the moment.

"Fine. But I swear, it better be quick, and I want an apology for that stupid attack."

.....

Katya had been fairly quiet the last few minutes. She felt gross from the raptor saliva and dirty clothes, and she really wished she could take a shower soon. Off to the Von Eldritch home it was, she thought. She would just follow Luce and Chrys, and keep her distance.

[New Aksarben]

Luce was about to pull Chrys off Dora, playing, as he so often did, minder for the blonde. Instead, that was obviated as she got off Dora herself and jumped toward Albert, knocking him to the floor.

"IF NOT ONE BROTHER, THEN THE OTHER!" she howled in triumph, jumping to her feet and bounding around the group in a large circle, short stubby arms raised as vertically as they would go.

Luce turned to Ogoti and sighed. "Are your siblings as crazy as mine?"

"GAH!" Albert shouted, hitting the ground for a second before scrambling back up to his feet with the help of Klaus. "HEY! What the hell was that for!" He growled at raptor-Chrys, or whoever it was. He guessed it was Chrys, simply because she had randomly tackled him. And he couldn't really think of anyone else who would just randomly tackle someone. Albert reached back to adjust the jacket draped over his back again, as it had fallen to one side because of the sudden motion. Albert glared at Chrys with his purple-colored eyes, quite pissed that she had tackled him. He was tempted to simply go after her for revenge, but that wouldn't really accomplish anything. It would be better to focus on getting turned back to normal as soon as possible.

Albert sighed and then chose to respond to Klaus. He seemed slightly more sane than Chrys and Hans at the moment, after all. "I'm Albert. Who's heading to go tell of the raptors? I will join them. While it is slightly fun to be a raptor, I want to be human again. Plus, the transformation destroyed my favorite outfit. So I'm quite pissed."

---

Ray finally succeeded in calming down for a few moments, and stumbled to his feet. He got a hold of his self-control and leaned against the wall, finally learning some baby-steps. He pushed himself over towards the door, where an unfamiliar-appearing Jacob seemed to be waiting. Despite Ray's new face obviously showing furious rage with a hint of incredible confusion, Jacob seemed to just be somewhat concerned about how angry Ray was. And thus, he attempted to calm down slightly more.

"....Where? Where can I go to go back to my true self?", Ray's shaking voice growled in through clenched teeth. If he was able to, he would have suited up in his own personal armor and as many weapons as he could carry just to extract revenge, although his attempts at calming down eventually allowed him to see how foolish it was. He tried to tell himself that he was a catalyst of justice and not of revenge, as not to loose himself in his rage. Although it was still certainly a burning feeling.

"..... The raptor house next door. I'm pretty sure others will be heading over there as well. We can go and talk to the raptors and ask them to change us back to human. I don't want to be a raptor, either. Its strange and my body doesn't feel like my own anymore...." Jacob answered, pointing a claw in the direction of the raptor household, which meant towards a wall. "Albert's probably heading over there as well....."

Jacob pushed the door open a bit more, before adjusting the laurels resting on the crown of his head. HE noticed the tattered shirt around Ray's chest, so he felt like asking, "Um..... isn't that constricting to wear that shirt still? You probably could remove it easily with a claw..... But its easier to tell that its you with a piece of clothing like that.... Its why I put on these laurels. I think it will help people recognize that its me, Jacob, right?"

[Cerillium]

Now that Tilt had poste-oh wait, no 4th wall breaking!

Bran and Rylli were still waiting outside the door, standing now on the sidewalk, looking off towards the raptor's house. Bran was finally feeling comfortable in his clothes, and not only that, but it was a good indicator of who he was, because he really couldn't tell raptors apart from one another. Rylli too, was grateful for this.

"What's going on in there?!" Bran shouted back, trotting back inside to find some whacky behavior from Hans and Chrys.

WHUMP!

Hans sailed across the lobby and knocked Bran back outside. "Seventeen and two!" he shouted as they tumbled down the concrete steps. They landed in a heap and Hans shook himself out.

Minerva hopped over Bran and set off for the house next door.



"I'm Klaus," the Klaus replied to Albert. "I believe the Nikanors, Minerva, Katya and a few of the Conservators are heading over to the raptor house. You're welcome to join them.

[Erucia]

"..... The raptor house next door. I'm pretty sure others will be heading over there as well. We can go and talk to the raptors and ask them to change us back to human. I don't want to be a raptor, either. Its strange and my body doesn't feel like my own anymore...." Jacob answered, pointing a claw in the direction of the raptor household, which meant towards a wall. "Albert's probably heading over there as well....."

Jacob pushed the door open a bit more, before adjusting the laurels resting on the crown of his head. HE noticed the tattered shirt around Ray's chest, so he felt like asking, "Um..... isn't that constricting to wear that shirt still? You probably could remove it easily with a claw..... But its easier to tell that its you with a piece of clothing like that.... Its why I put on these laurels. I think it will help people recognize that its me, Jacob, right?"

"Look, I don't care about the shirt. I just want to get moving and not be a raptor anymore. Being a raptor once is too many times....Or is it are? I can't think right now," Ray sighed as he wandered out into the apartment's hallway and managed to make his way into the weapons room. It took an annoying amount of effort, but he got in. But then the major problem became that he couldn't actually carry any of the weapons he wanted to carry, so he was forced back out into the hallway of the apartment. He would go unarmed, which was probably best.

"But yes, let's get going. Can you lead the way?"

[Tiltjuice]

Katya had been fairly quiet the last few minutes. She felt gross from the raptor saliva and dirty clothes, and she really wished she could take a shower soon. Off to the Von Eldritch home it was, she thought. She would just follow Luce and Chrys, and keep her distance.

"Hey, good-looking," Dora said, picking herself up off the floor. "How're you doing?"

In the background, Chrys screeched, "CHOCOLATE?!" and bounded after Hans and Minerva, with Luce in turn dashing after her shaking his head.

[The BranRiech]

Rylli ignored the idiotic men and decided on following Minerva over to the raptor house. She gave her husband a funny look as he untangled himself from the heap of raptor. He quickly shook himself off as well, and looked back at Hans. "So . . . What's this about chocolate?" He asked, perplexed. They had just been getting ready to go over and get turned back, but now? Now it was whimsical shouting about a sweet food.

"Whatever, I'll be getting turned back to normal."

--

"Now come on, is there anything I can get you?" Natiya asked, still holding a cold tone, but not the hurtful one from before. She had calmed down enough at this point, and now was wondering how she was that mean in the first place.

[Cerillium]

"Chocolate!" Hans, with food passion rekindled by Bran's question, picked himself up and bumped into Chrys. "I have some, in my pocket. Would you like some?" He was shushed by Minerva.

The ragtag group of velociraptors found themselves standing outside of Neil and Gretta's front gate. Minerva, the Nikanors, two Conservators, and few others had assembled to confront Neil about the upsetting turn of events.

[Torsiedelle]

"Oh....Dora...", Katya stared at her now-raptorfied partner. "Now, I may have agreed to you and Yoshi, but that's about it. I'm not into dinos."

She chuckled a bit, even though it wasn't really funny to her. A lot of people seemed to be raptors now, which was why hey were going to the raptor house to fix it. She really hoped that she wouldn't have to live with Dora or others being raptors. She didn't think she could take it.

.....

Torii shook her head, but quickly changed her mind. "Ya got a beer?", She asked, despite her being underaged in this city. She didn't carry any emotion to her voice, and still looked a little fearful of the older woman. She still really wanted to tell Bran and Rylli about what had happened.

[The New Velociraptor Empire]

The yard of the Von Eldritch house looked normal, but there was the addition of a sign to the mailbox. It read, "DANGER: Landmines!" in big bold letters for everyone to see. The house itself had boarded-up and barricaded windows, meant to keep out the inevitable angry mobs. Thick black metallic looking objects lined the roof of the house. They had prepared to ward off the angry masses, a common problem of mad scientists. Somewhere within, Neil and Gretta stood side by side in the control room armed to the teeth as Nevvie worked in the bowels of the house to fix what one went wrong.

The ragtag group of velociraptors found themselves standing outside of Neil and Gretta's front gate. Minerva, the Nikanors, two Conservators, and few others had assembled to confront Neil about the upsetting turn of events.

"I wouldn't go near them if I were you." NVE said from behind as he suddenly was there, still with bits of broken glass clinging to him.

"They are more than a little defensive, something about Hawaii..." he elaborated and pondered as he lit a pipe. He seemed more casual than his jaded self around the new raptors. Not as hateful as would otherwise could have been.

"Anyways it so tight that I had to paint a line through the landmines. Can't remember them all." He chuckled as he gestured to the gold yellow paint that took twists and turns across the yard from the gate to the door.

"And of course you would have to deal with them..." NVE added gesturing to the black metallic objects blanketing the roof. As red eyed lit up, they resembled mechanical crows.

[New Aksarben]

"Look, I don't care about the shirt. I just want to get moving and not be a raptor anymore. Being a raptor once is too many times....Or is it are? I can't think right now," Ray sighed as he wandered out into the apartment's hallway and managed to make his way into the weapons room. It took an annoying amount of effort, but he got in. But then the major problem became that he couldn't actually carry any of the weapons he wanted to carry, so he was forced back out into the hallway of the apartment. He would go unarmed, which was probably best.
"But yes, let's get going. Can you lead the way?"

Jacob checked in Ray and Albert's room while Ray was searching for a weapon. There really was quite a lot of damage to the bed and everything else. Ray and Albert might have to sleep somewhere else for the next few days while their things got fixed. Especially considering they might need an entirely new mattress from Ray's struggling. Jacob sighed heavily as he shut the door, partially to hide the damage and so he could focus on Ray.

"Sure. I can lead the way. Do you want to take the elevator or the stairs?" JAcob asked, turning around in the hall way very, very carefully and beginning to head down in the direction of the front door. "We need to be very careful. I would rather not have to replace furniture or any of the decorations...." He then nearly knocked over one of the tables in the living room, but quickly steadied it with a claw-hand. ".... Never mind."

---

"Thanks for the directions, Klaus." Albert-raptor responded with a small wave of his right claw. Albert then stepped around the German sounding raptor and headed for the front door of the building. He tilted his head when he heard Katya say something to a raptor that he guessed was Dora based on how said raptor was holding herself and how she spoke, easily picking up on what sounded like an insult. But he really didn't see how it mattered at the moment, so he continued on to the front door of the building, where one of the raptors had tackled another for some reason.

"Hey, who's all here?" Albert asked as he started following after the raptors who were strangely dressed fully. "I cannot tell who any of you are as raptors. I'm Albert, by the way." His tyrian purple eyes swept over the raptors who were heading for the nearby house, as he wondered who all had gotten turned into Raptors. KAtya had seemed strangely immune to it, but everyone else seemed to be one. Which was odd to say the least.


Albert tilted his head at NVE's words, "So they are expecting someone to come and try breaking down their door? What if we simply wish to have a civil discussion about them changing us back to human? And everyone else in the city? I would guess most don't appreciate becoming raptors suddenly."

[Tiltjuice]

"Oh....Dora...", Katya stared at her now-raptorfied partner. "Now, I may have agreed to you and Yoshi, but that's about it. I'm not into dinos."

She chuckled a bit, even though it wasn't really funny to her. A lot of people seemed to be raptors now, which was why hey were going to the raptor house to fix it. She really hoped that she wouldn't have to live with Dora or others being raptors. She didn't think she could take it.

Dora looked down at herself, then back up at Katya.

"Not much else to say on that, is there? Other than, it's a novelty. Come on, I think the others are waiting." She trotted off slowly toward the Von Eldritch house, catching Albert and NVE's conversation.

[The BranRiech]

"Well . . . They are the ones who caused this whole mess, right?" Bran asked, standing with the group as well as his wife, who bobbed her head in agreement with Bran. "They should take responsibility and turn us back. We won't be mad at them if it was a simple mistake, but if it's part of some evil plan?" He trailed off, knowing how the people would react if it was an evil plan of some sorts.

--

"Bran keeps a few around, in the fridge." Natiya flung herself back on the couch, pointing to the fridge midflight before landing, leavin a few claw marks on the furniture in the process.

Rachelle was now having some fun by mauling some of her old dolls she didn't play with anymore, pretending that they were little people, and she was some monster of sorts, causing chaos and destruction as her little toy cars crashed into one another, and the dolls were running in panic, only to be eaten by the Raptor chick. Of course, she wasn't really breaking anything, just pretending.

[Torsiedelle]

"Oh....Dora...", Katya stared at her now-raptorfied partner. "Now, I may have agreed to you and Yoshi, but that's about it. I'm not into dinos."

She chuckled a bit, even though it wasn't really funny to her. A lot of people seemed to be raptors now, which was why hey were going to the raptor house to fix it. She really hoped that she wouldn't have to live with Dora or others being raptors. She didn't think she could take it.

Dora looked down at herself, then back up at Katya.

"Not much else to say on that, is there? Other than, it's a novelty. Come on, I think the others are waiting." She trotted off slowly toward the Von Eldritch house, catching Albert and NVE's conversation.

"Oh, right!", Katya gasped. She quickly walked behind Dora to meet back up with the group. Though not a raptor herself, she didn't much care for being licked. She also wanted to get to the bottom of things, as she wasn't about to be living with reptiles!

.....

Torii smiled a little, watching Rachelle back to playing. That was one good thing she could see out of this ordeal...

She grabbed a beer from the fridge and sat down by Natiya.

"So, whadya wanna say?"

[The New Velociraptor Empire]

Albert tilted his head at NVE's words, "So they are expecting someone to come and try breaking down their door? What if we simply wish to have a civil discussion about them changing us back to human? And everyone else in the city? I would guess most don't appreciate becoming raptors suddenly."

"Yes, well civil discussions don't often happen when things go horribly right. Usually, the villagers assemble and storm the castle." NVE said and looked to the small ensemble assembled at the gate.

"Well . . . They are the ones who caused this whole mess, right?" Bran asked, standing with the group as well as his wife, who bobbed her head in agreement with Bran. "They should take responsibility and turn us back. We won't be mad at them if it was a simple mistake, but if it's part of some evil plan?" He trailed off, knowing how the people would react if it was an evil plan of some sorts.

"I can neither confirm nor deny that. I guess Neil was right about the villagers....well try not to attack, they will not hesitate to kill any of you. They are very defensive and territorial." he added and jumped the fence. Even though he landed on the yellow line, robotic crows descended upon him and attacked with extreme prejudice.

"Agh! Not the CROWS! THEY'RE IN MY EYES!" NVE cried as he ran around following the line as he disappeared inside.

[Cerillium]

Minerva drew a palm over her eye in frustration. "Conventional and unconventional weapons won't save their butts once Swith notices her children are chicks."

She observed the crows and sighed. "He could have just called them on the telephone and avoided the hassle." She quietly waited to see who would follow the yellow line next.

Ogoti and Klaus came outside and roosted on the low wall to one side of the Building's steps. Klaus wondered if he should make popcorn.

[The BranRiech]

"Ugh, I'd like to apologize, but I believe I can't, because this was simply revenge for what you've done to me. Saying sorry would make it seem like I owe you the apology, when instead I gave you the experience of feeling absolutely terrified. Maybe now you know what it's like so you won't do it again." Natiya nodded and looked at Torii with a neutral (For a raptor) look.

--

Bran and Rylli collectively rolled their eyes. Per usual, the raptors were busy locking themselves int heir house without even trying to fix the problem, and Bran wanted to get out of his clothes as quick as possible, of course, they were the only ones that fit him as a raptor.

"They've got some explaining to do, and they're hiding behind their security. The bastards . . ." Rylli muttered. She too, was getting tired.

[Torsiedelle]

"Look...."

Torii suddenly tensed up.

"I know what I did was...bad, but at the time, I wasn't all...there. I thought that Mr. Nikanor was spending less and less time with me, and that other women were kinda doing that, and I needed Mr. Nikanor. I didn't want to see him disappear and have no time for me, so I thought that I could maybe protect him and have us be closer for it. I didn't know that I was...doing something wrong."

......

"I thought that was normal of them.", Katya said. "I mean, I thought that the raptors were always the kind to unleash some sort of hell, then retreat to their lair."

[The BranRiech]

"But why take me? I'm his sister, Tora, what did you think you were accomplishing by taking me too? How far would you have gone to create your perfect little world with us, how many of us would you have taken?" Natiya asked, genuinely interested. "Certainly Rylli would have gone looking for him, and my boyfriend would have gone looking for me too. There was no way your plan would have worked."

Natiya was, of course, still calm, breathing softly as she tried making sense of it. "And why did you torture me, if you thought you could protect us? That was the most painful experience of my life."

She shrugged, despite it being in the past, it was still fresh in her mind.

[Torsiedelle]

Talking about that incident was something that made Tora incredibly uncomfortable. She didn't like to think about it, as it was something terrible. Something dark that she knew just wasn't in her nature...or was it? She was a little...not right in the head, that was true, she hated to admit, but...

"I...Don't know, Natiya.", She half-whispered. "I remember it all so clearly, and I just do not know. What I did was sick, sick and depraved."

She took a big swig from the beer bottle to calm down. Even her face shown that she didn't want to talk about this.

[Urran]

Yoshi, had been watching Torii and Natiya in silence, just listening. He hadn't been sure what it was about, but the two clearly had issues to work out between them. Something told him to let Natiya get away with scaring his "little sister" half to death, of course, he would have intervened if it went too far. He had gathered from their conversation that Torii had caused Natiya great pain in the past, but neither of them were in the right really. Revenge wasn't the way to go. Was he a hypocrite then, for being mad at Octavian? No, that was different, he was still a threat. Torii was clearly past her...issue and no longer a threat to Natiya, especially not in raptor form. He didn't approve at all and tapped his claws on the floor.

[The BranRiech]

"Weren't in your right head? You called me a "Rich-bitch westerner" and "Parental Refuse". I don't think you were in the right mind, I think you were insane. You wanted to use me as a living barbie-doll." Natiya glared. Torii's little defense wasn't pleasing her, and she wanted an actual explanation for it. "What made you want to torture me so?"

She smiled at Yoshi and beckoned to him. "Hey, you're . . . Who are you again?"

Sure, she knew who Yoshi was, but in raptor form? She couldn't tell, even though she'd been interviewed by him not a month ago.

[Urran]

"Weren't in your right head? You called me a "Rich-bitch westerner" and "Parental Refuse". I don't think you were in the right mind, I think you were insane. You wanted to use me as a living barbie-doll." Natiya glared. Torii's little defense wasn't pleasing her, and she wanted an actual explanation for it. "What made you want to torture me so?"

She smiled at Yoshi and beckoned to him. "Hey, you're . . . Who are you again?"

Sure, she knew who Yoshi was, but in raptor form? She couldn't tell, even though she'd been interviewed by him not a month ago.

"Oh...I-I'm Yoshi, r-remember, I interviewed you a little while ago..." he said softly. He wanted to see how things would play out. If Torii needed him, he'd be there, but for now, she needed to be a big girl and try to sort this out. He had to grow up, and it was painful at first, but he was glad that he did. She also needed to, but like him, she wouldn't have to do it alone.