shesepankh
On Monday, Bella arrives at school completely and stably human shaped, with everything she has learned about critters (except for her own species, which she isn't liable to forget) written down as margin notes on a page reminding her to ask Darren about D&D and filler decoy notes about that. She's probably going to have invent an actual cipher alphabet or something eventually but for the time being she thinks this will probably do for casual inspection.
She sits next to Darren in English.
She sits next to Darren in English.
castmyown
"I have no idea. Hopefully slim? But probably not none, you... Do sort of obviously look like your human form, as a sphinx."
shesepankh
"Yeah. Which on the one hand, yay I don't have facial hair, and on the other kind of a terrible disguise. Kind of the opposite of a disguise, really."
castmyown
Darren snickers. "I do, too. By day, I'm a normal highschool student. But by night?" He poses dramatically. "I am a magic flying deer."
castmyown
He giggles. "It's a surprise, right? I seem so non-nerdy, at first glance."
He has absolutely no idea what to do about being leaned on.
He has absolutely no idea what to do about being leaned on.
shesepankh
Well, as long as he doesn't seem to object she's not gonna sit up straight.
"I'd definitely have pegged you for football and a future frat pledge."
"I'd definitely have pegged you for football and a future frat pledge."
castmyown
Darren snickers. He will so not be complaining about the snuggliness of the fear.
"The fear is truly convincing."
"The fear is truly convincing."
castmyown
"As is proper," agrees Darren. "Otherwise you might start screaming and dad might freak out and crash the car."