The Start of an Unexpected Change

The Never Ending Quest - Episode 42514

Fred pulled the pendant out from under his shirt [42209] again so he could get another look at it. The diamond-shaped stone seemed slightly different somehow, though perhaps small changes are to be expected from a shapeshifter's stone. Fred begins to focus on the pendant, but before he is able to tap into the stone's magic, Lord Fred is distracted by the sounds of screaming and yammering coming down the cavernous corridor. Fred looks up from the shapeshifter's pendant just in time to see a hoard of crazed goblins storming into the treasure chest room!

Fred whips out his sword, but doesn't have a chance to tuck his shiny new magic toy back under his shirt before the tide of goblins hits. The goblins aren't as interested in Lord Fred as Fred had expected, but as the rushing goblins spill past those that come close to Lord Fred take the opporunity to see if they can snag a quick run-by Fredwich (or anything else they can grab!)

Lord Fred manages to keep most of the goblins from inflicting any harm as they race past, and though he suffers a few bangs and scrapes his armour is more than enough to keep him safe. Suddenly, he feels a tug at his neck, followed by a little *smap* - the pendant!

Lord Fred sees the goblin holding his prize and he tries to wade through the seething goblinoid mass to get his pendant back. The theiving goblin looks back and sees Fred, and immediately the goblin's figure begins to blur as the panicked humanoid accidentally taps into the stone's power. Before anything can happen, though, Fred slays the goblin and quickly retreives his treasure.

Needing both hands to fight, and no longer having a strap with which to wear the pendant, Lord Fred takes the expedient choice and puts the shapeshifter's stone into his mouth. The stone feels weird in his mouth, and almost feels like it's shrinking to fit more comfortably under his tongue. He fights his way through the flow of filthy bodies to an alcove where he can hopefully catch his breath, but before he can a body slams right into his chest. Surprised, Lord Fred accidentally swallows the pendant!

Lord Fred graps his throat, gagging a little as the pendant is transported through the esophagus and down towards his stomach. The flow of goblins is subsiding now, and Lord Fred's head is starting to feel a bit fuzzy. The shapeshifter's pendant is working its magic whether Lord Fred wants it to or not! And what about those goblins? Where they running to something, or from something?

~~Whatever happens,~~ Lord Fred thinks, ~~I just hope I don't turn into an anthropomorphic fox. I've had far too many nightmares about being a man- fox. Maybe a dragon, or a lion, or a man-parakeet - just please not a fox!~~

  1. Lord Fred begins changing, and tries to follow to see where the goblins were going.
  2. Lord Fred begins changing, and waits to see what was chasing the goblins.
  3. Lord Fred begins changing and couldn't care less about the goblins.
  4. Lord Fred begins changing, and tries to vomit up the pendant before it's too late.
  5. Looks like a fox after all...

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