Chapter 6 - Stupid Yinglet Brain
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She's been putting it off long enough, but now Vayryn must face her greatest challenge yet: Texting her mom. But really, how do you even broach the subject without coming across as a total crazy person? Still, I think she took it well. Hopefully, if this happened to me in real life, my mom would be at least this understanding. She's usually better than Vayryn's about the trans stuff, though she does forget sometimes. (Love you, Mom.)
Corwyn is definitely being a true friend here. Yep, just a friend. Speaking of friends, Vayryn is going to have to put some work into maintaining her friendships with her Dungeons and Dragons fellows. Probably going to have to tell them the truth of what's going on, sooner rather than later. Whether you want it to or not, something like this is going to change every friendship you have.
Good thing she's got a nice evening planned with a good friend, totally just a friend, totally isn't wanting it to be anything more. People always go out of their way to preen extra thoroughly when meeting friends, right? Go the extra mile to make their fur nice and soft, even though there's totally no way he's going to touch it? Yeah, absolutely. Normal friend stuff. She'll be fine, and not at all embarrassing to herself.
...Might want to avoid the clams, keep a clear head...
Based heavily on the comic Out of Placers, a work by
valsalia and also available at Valsalia.com
Yinglet species is the creation of
valsalia
Seriously, it's awesome stuff, go read it.
Thumbnail art by
koofins
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She's been putting it off long enough, but now Vayryn must face her greatest challenge yet: Texting her mom. But really, how do you even broach the subject without coming across as a total crazy person? Still, I think she took it well. Hopefully, if this happened to me in real life, my mom would be at least this understanding. She's usually better than Vayryn's about the trans stuff, though she does forget sometimes. (Love you, Mom.)
Corwyn is definitely being a true friend here. Yep, just a friend. Speaking of friends, Vayryn is going to have to put some work into maintaining her friendships with her Dungeons and Dragons fellows. Probably going to have to tell them the truth of what's going on, sooner rather than later. Whether you want it to or not, something like this is going to change every friendship you have.
Good thing she's got a nice evening planned with a good friend, totally just a friend, totally isn't wanting it to be anything more. People always go out of their way to preen extra thoroughly when meeting friends, right? Go the extra mile to make their fur nice and soft, even though there's totally no way he's going to touch it? Yeah, absolutely. Normal friend stuff. She'll be fine, and not at all embarrassing to herself.
...Might want to avoid the clams, keep a clear head...
Based heavily on the comic Out of Placers, a work by
valsalia and also available at Valsalia.comYinglet species is the creation of
valsaliaSeriously, it's awesome stuff, go read it.
Thumbnail art by
koofins
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Sovery up, sovery hill. ^_^;;
Really, Vayryn is selling herself short (which is a neat trick, considering how short a yinglet is). Who wouldn't want a three-foot, fur-covered, shelltoothed, tail-wagging, clam-breathed, egg-laying girlfriend with freaky hand-feet and gangly stick-limbs? She'd be fending boys off with a spear, if she made it clear she was open to the idea of a relationship. ^_~
...Actually, she would be surrounded by suitors, but the people on Twitter that would be interested are... not ones that would exactly treat her with respect and like a person. She'd always be "yinglet first, person second" in their eyes, and they'd probably be disappointed in her refusal to act like a stereotypical scav. ~_~
Really, Vayryn is selling herself short (which is a neat trick, considering how short a yinglet is). Who wouldn't want a three-foot, fur-covered, shelltoothed, tail-wagging, clam-breathed, egg-laying girlfriend with freaky hand-feet and gangly stick-limbs? She'd be fending boys off with a spear, if she made it clear she was open to the idea of a relationship. ^_~
...Actually, she would be surrounded by suitors, but the people on Twitter that would be interested are... not ones that would exactly treat her with respect and like a person. She'd always be "yinglet first, person second" in their eyes, and they'd probably be disappointed in her refusal to act like a stereotypical scav. ~_~
I don't know how well the yinglet mouth is capable of swishing and spitting, though. Humans have a lot of muscle in their lips, a lot of fine control, which a lot of species simply don't have. Plus, thick flat tongues that can move things around really well. Might be amusing to see a yinglet try and fail to use mouthwash, though. ^_~
Same artist, but different comic. You're thinking of "Lusty Argonian Maid'd", which is a spoof of the Elder Scrolls games where the Dragonborn gets cursed to act like a promiscuous Argonian maid, and things are getting out of control (because "control" and "Sheogorath" are mutually exclusive concepts).
"Out-of-Placers" is about the struggles of Kassen Akoll, a human man turned female yinglet, who is now getting caught in the middle of everything. The yinglet race wants to grow in respect and get to where they can stand on equal footing to humans and other races (such as the Baxxid), but because of their recent appearance, they don't have the technology or power to demand such respect. Meanwhile, the humans in charge are very curious how the yinglets seem to be uncannily able to find pieces of old technology that predate the Great Fall, and want to use Kass as a "man on the inside", spying on the local Enclave to find out what they know and how. And within the Enclave, there's the struggle between "preserving tradition and culture" and "borrow from the humans to advance more rapidly in order to catch up", which Kass is also probably going to be caught in the middle of.
"Out-of-Placers" is about the struggles of Kassen Akoll, a human man turned female yinglet, who is now getting caught in the middle of everything. The yinglet race wants to grow in respect and get to where they can stand on equal footing to humans and other races (such as the Baxxid), but because of their recent appearance, they don't have the technology or power to demand such respect. Meanwhile, the humans in charge are very curious how the yinglets seem to be uncannily able to find pieces of old technology that predate the Great Fall, and want to use Kass as a "man on the inside", spying on the local Enclave to find out what they know and how. And within the Enclave, there's the struggle between "preserving tradition and culture" and "borrow from the humans to advance more rapidly in order to catch up", which Kass is also probably going to be caught in the middle of.
Yeah, going public was probably the best possible way to handle it. I thought about having her explicitly set up a scheduled tweet (or a script that would do the same thing) before going to the hospital, basically to blast the "I went to this location and haven't been able to check in since then, everyone start looking for me here and ask questions and demand answers" message out and get an angry mob ready to find out what happened to the yinglet. But I ended up not really setting that up in advance, and the trip to the hospital was unscheduled and unplanned, so she didn't get a chance to do it. But thankfully, things turned out okay. ^_^;;
If things really started to go south, perhaps Za Bastard could start pulling some strings, in order to keep his new favorite form of entertainment going... Who knows what he's capable of? ^_~
If things really started to go south, perhaps Za Bastard could start pulling some strings, in order to keep his new favorite form of entertainment going... Who knows what he's capable of? ^_~
Maybe turning another guy into a four-armed, four-legged self-reproducing hermaphroditic bassarisk semi-taur? ...Although since I've already got mostly independent ear movement and the (albeit very painful) start of the tail and limb growth going, I'm fine with taking it slow for now. If I want to make it go faster, I have to work hard and work well. Ain't no shortcuts for me!
I was thinking more like, "bribe or threaten people into releasing Vayryn unharmed so the 'show' can continue", but who knows what he'll come up with next to entertain himself? Or if he's not the only one with access to this kind of nanonachine technology? ^.~
(If you're talking about IRL, I've only got phantom limb stuff. Though I can control which kind of tail to an extent, and the presence or absence of wings. At least, usually I can control it, sometimes I'm stuck feeling it whether I want to or not. ^.^;; )
(If you're talking about IRL, I've only got phantom limb stuff. Though I can control which kind of tail to an extent, and the presence or absence of wings. At least, usually I can control it, sometimes I'm stuck feeling it whether I want to or not. ^.^;; )
The talk of Vayryn going to a groomer makes me imagine Princess going, although she'd likely accept it a lot more. Just her sitting there getting pampered by several terrified people at once, all treating her with respect to avoid getting clawed or broiled. Also, why do I have a feeling Vayryn will accidentally eat something on the "date" that gives the same effects as clams?
I don't think most pet grooming shops are going to have scale wax and oils on hand.
Vayryn is going to be trying to keep a clear head, but now that you mention it, she *could* be tempted to try the Escargot... That's more French than Italian, but it could be one of those French/Italian/Everything-European places. Kass once caught the scent of a snail and it triggered the same "mouthwatering" reaction as clams, and has mentioned that snails, slugs, and other invertebrates all share that same property. ^_~
Vayryn is going to be trying to keep a clear head, but now that you mention it, she *could* be tempted to try the Escargot... That's more French than Italian, but it could be one of those French/Italian/Everything-European places. Kass once caught the scent of a snail and it triggered the same "mouthwatering" reaction as clams, and has mentioned that snails, slugs, and other invertebrates all share that same property. ^_~
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