"And you know what Matron says about unfinished business."
"Don't?"
"Yes. Don't unfinished business."
#NoContextTheater
emotional damage (~-)
Thanks, brain. I really really wanted you to fixate on that Monster while in the shower. That was really fun, thanks. Really enjoyed the freakout about what if I see him somewhere in this town, when he doesn't live here.
I guess on the plus side, I've recovered enough that I didn't immediately start crying in the shower.
ANYONE IN PENNSYLVANIA
My trans-femme friend just had the house she was gonna rent sold out from under her AS she was driving crosscountry to the property. She's 10 hours out from the destination in southern PA.
ANY leads on long term trans friendly housing in the area would be greatly appreciated
Any donations to help her pay for a hotel room should be sent to Jfordshack@gmail.com and would be HYPER appreciated.
Eclipse over the Gulf of Poets
Image Credit & Copyright: Paolo Lazzarotti
a more serious point
At the ritual tonight, for the first time, I had a clear sense that I was in the right place, doing the right thing. I've felt before like I was having a good time, or a spiritually good experience, and even that I've belonged... but this felt like it was right and proper for the turning of the year and echoing into past and future both. That this shall repeat.
dinosaurs, dinocanthropy, brain debris
The ficus survived. Now that you're human-shaped again it doesn't look more than vaguely appetizing. "Four weeks," you murmur to the plant with a surprisingly predatory tone. "Then I'm going to need to eat up again..."
You grin widely.
FIN.
(Crest?)
dinosaurs, dinocanthropy, brain debris
Waking the next morning is a slow process. You dimly remember slinking back inside when the moon started to set and you began to shift back. You also remember... well. There was quite a lot of companionship between you, your neighbor, and the male that showed up. You don't know their names, but you know their scents, crests, and patterning and that's more than enough for you. You feel too satisfied with the night's events to feel any kind of embarrassment.
dinosaurs, dinocanthropy, brain debris
The night is very, very young and you're feeling so good already. You start to move toward her, dropping to all fours to travel, raising your head up and scenting the air. She trumpets, and you trumpet back, heedless of the rest of the apartment-dwellers.
Maybe she can teach you the ropes, what it is to be a part-time hadrosaur. Maybe she'll let you lean your flank against hers while you forage.
You hoot softly and go to her.
dinosaurs, dinocanthropy, brain debris
Inside interests you a lot less now, though. The night smells wonderful, the cool soil and grass of the lawn are under your feet. You rise up on your hind feet and walk forwards slowly but easily, your tail swishing behind you. Off in the distance, you hear soft calls from the others, feel a slow joy kindling within you as you realize that you're part of a new herd now.
A much closer call snaps you out of your reverie. It's your neighbor.
dinosaurs, dinocanthropy, brain debris
Gingerly, you step over the railing, resting on all fours on the apartment lawn outside. Then you shake yourself all over, feeling everything seem to fall into place. You turn your head and neck back, seeing the perfect saurian body you wear now. You reach up awkwardly and feel the crest stretching back from your head, arching behind you. It must be magnificent. God, you must be an absolutely gorgeous beast. It's a shame you can't fit inside for a mirror...
dinosaurs, dinocanthropy, brain debris
You stagger back from the railing and... the best you could describe it would be shedding yourself. It's quick, overwhelming, and it feels so good, and so right. Your clothes just come apart at the seams and fall away from you as your tail slides free, your body leans forward and rebalances, and you expand outward, all over. The porch creaks as it suddenly needs to support so much extra mass.
You hoot softly, experimentally, letting your crest reverberate.
Rare coastal dragoness, often found by sunny sea cliffs. Nonbinary but fairly femme-leaning. If you're under 18 don't follow.