- Jun 18, 2015
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Ignatius was a man for almost his entire life. It was certainly possible that he could have spent half his time in his more monstrous form, but it was simply a matter of being realistic. His dinosaur form was big. Very big. He couldn't be in the city without cracking the pavement and destroying every building around him. If he wanted to shift at all, he had to do so away from civilization, either deep in the woods or out on the beach.
But his clothes were not enchanted - they would rip if he shifted with them on, and he loathed the idea of destroying his expensive, specially tailored outfits each time he wanted to change. So he'd set up a cache of sorts on a piece of land he'd purchased. A little hut he could lock to hold his clothes, shift, and then return to later. Some people might have thought it silly, but when you were seven feet tall, clothes were an investment, and purchasing a tiny bit of land to put what amounted to a waterproof locking box on it was simply making sure your investment stuck around.
Some shifters could be shifted in seconds, but most shifters had shifts that were about the same size as them, or a bit smaller. Ignatius's shift was far larger than he was, and it took far larger to get to. Shifting for him took several minutes, was fairly painful, and resulted in some downright hideous halfway forms.
But once he was big again... well, then everything was better. In a way, being in his t-rex form felt more natural. It wasn't as if it was his default form or anything, but everything was far more simpler when he was. He was still intelligent, and still had a mostly human thought process, but everything was oh so gently smoothed out. He didn't worry as much. He didn't have to be in constant thought. He could relax in a way that he almost never could as a human.
Well, that and there was something downright amazing about being able to stomp through the deep woods, having massive branches just move out of the way because you were big enough. He mostly kept to the woods proper, but occasionally he headed into the forbidden forest. More than once he'd gotten into a fight there, but he didn't really fear anything there. The T-rex had been thought of as the king of the dinosaurs for a reason.
He was the tyrant king.
But his clothes were not enchanted - they would rip if he shifted with them on, and he loathed the idea of destroying his expensive, specially tailored outfits each time he wanted to change. So he'd set up a cache of sorts on a piece of land he'd purchased. A little hut he could lock to hold his clothes, shift, and then return to later. Some people might have thought it silly, but when you were seven feet tall, clothes were an investment, and purchasing a tiny bit of land to put what amounted to a waterproof locking box on it was simply making sure your investment stuck around.
Some shifters could be shifted in seconds, but most shifters had shifts that were about the same size as them, or a bit smaller. Ignatius's shift was far larger than he was, and it took far larger to get to. Shifting for him took several minutes, was fairly painful, and resulted in some downright hideous halfway forms.
But once he was big again... well, then everything was better. In a way, being in his t-rex form felt more natural. It wasn't as if it was his default form or anything, but everything was far more simpler when he was. He was still intelligent, and still had a mostly human thought process, but everything was oh so gently smoothed out. He didn't worry as much. He didn't have to be in constant thought. He could relax in a way that he almost never could as a human.
Well, that and there was something downright amazing about being able to stomp through the deep woods, having massive branches just move out of the way because you were big enough. He mostly kept to the woods proper, but occasionally he headed into the forbidden forest. More than once he'd gotten into a fight there, but he didn't really fear anything there. The T-rex had been thought of as the king of the dinosaurs for a reason.
He was the tyrant king.
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