| Now, let us turn our attention to Fred the Manfox, who's quietly
speaking with Jarlath, who's holding a slightly smoking Key.....Along with
the Demifox Fred, Demifox Astra, and the demifox kits.....
"So Dr. Vincent actually got his machine to work, eh?" Fred the Manfox
says, looking over the item in Jarlath's hands. "Looks a little peculated
if you ask me. Does it work at all, now?"
"Well..." Jarlath mutters, looking over the Key's indicators, "I...don't
know. The return function is not working but it seems to still be
locked on Terra Prime. That means that Vincent can find us....sooner or
later.....I hope."
It had dawned on him and the others of his group that whatever had been
bringing these others to this pyramid was also, perhaps, responsible for
all the crazy things that had happened. Jarlath, Andrea and most
of the others who now called Terra Prime home hoped that was the case.
That they could somehow return home, with Vincent's help.
The Manimals, however, had a feeling in their hearts that there way
home was still open. Oh, there had been a surge in anxiety in the others
of the Pack when their empathic ability detected the sudden sweeping away
of Fred and the Alicias from their homeworld. Being that the Manimals had
always been, upon them actually becoming a true species vice human
beings merely cursed with an ultra-powerful magical curse, a new form of
lycanthropy created by Terra Prime's version of Minestus, that had warped
them into their humanoid animal forms they shared something akin to a communal
mind.....except in this case it was more of a communal heart. It boiled
down to an incredible sense of community and comradery...and also worked
wonders in informing the entire Pack of when one member was in danger or
distress.
Oh, and it also played a large part in why Fred the Manfox had two
wives. See, when Alicia 3 was teleported to Terra Prime during the time
when it's slipgate system was on the blinks she was mistaken for Alicia
(Fred's first wife). Fred spoke her True Name, which was also the
same by a twist of fate as Alicia's True Name, and their hearts
were bound together for life (and thus the twosome became a threesome).
The Church of Terra Prime, as stated earlier, was more liberal in some
things than it's Earthly counterpart for several reasons. The thing was
that this Church was an Ethiopian offshoot that had been isolated
from the main of the rest of the Church, so naturally things had....developed
along different lines. That and the fact that the Prestor John of this
world had already been a bit more of a free thinker and progressive
than normal. This played a large part in why the Alicia of this world had
very green eyes (vice the brown typical of many born in Afrika).
That's an aside, but it is also a glimpse into the background, as it
were.
Anyway, the discussion soon drifts to other topics...
"....well, I always told you that you've always needed to raise your
voice in those situations," Fred shrugged, tail swishing about in amusement,
"Jarlath, you're too polite sometimes."
"I guess," the young mage sighs. "Though I had been hoping that if I
just asked for their attention....."
Jarlath was still learning the ins and outs of normal interaction with
other people. He'd come a long way since that day he'd regained his eyesight
and healed of his wounds. Before, he'd been....well....a bit off. Now,
he was just....eccentric at times.
"And how are the demifoxes doing?" Fred the Manfox asks, looking down
at the small demifoxs, who were looking down in adoration at the six demifox
kit's (currently in full fox kit form) who are presently playing with each
other.
Yes, after only an hour after birth demifoxes are able to assume their
three forms (full fox form, hybrid fox/man form, and the human form with
only a few fox parts). Yes, soon their eyes open and the mischevious kits
can, in full fox form, begin skipping about!
"Confused....to put it mildly," Demifox Astra sighs.
She'd been, after birthing her brood, been able to resume a more human.....but.....
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 "Something
more has changed than just our forms," Fred said softly, having slipped
into his hybrid form while under the stress of watching "his" Astra.....a
woman he feared he'd fallen for.....give birth.....
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