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[technohap]

[There's a blinking red light coming towards you out of the darkness. It's very high up and you don't know where it's coming from. Then you see this. A HAP (aka werewolf) wearing an electronic collar with a blinking red light. What will you do?

Henry whines slightly, painfully aware of his current state and his inability to transform into his usual one.]

Comments

[noblefive]

[Pause. Jorge tenses. He hears something, his heightened senses going crazy...

Apart from his sight. His suit's night vision sensors were static-y at best. He does spot that blinking red light, though.]

Identify yourself.

[technohap]

[All Henry can do is growl his name though he doesn't hold out much hope that the other can understand him.]

[noblefive]

[The translation circuits in his helmet don't know HAP, Henry]

What the-?

[Jorge takes a step back, dropping into a defensive stance. If only he had a weapon.]

[technohap]

[Figures. Henry wishes he could communicate better, or even just sigh at this point. Instead though, he takes a step back, submissive.]

[noblefive]

[Now this is new. Jorge slackens his stance, but still keeps a bit of tension in his shoulders.]

Resident? Loss?

[technohap]

[Nodding. He is a resident and this appears to be a loss. A loss of ability to transform back to a human state.]

[noblefive]

[Was that...?]

Okay. You're not dangerous.

[Not that Henry could pose much of a danger]

[technohap]

[Technically he could be dangerous but he won't be. He has control of his body in this state now.]

[noblefive]

[And technically, you'd have to be an alien to pose a threat to the man wearing armour that can survive atmospheric re-entry.]

Uh... Everyone's meeting in the ballroom. If you follow me...

[technohap]

[Henry just nodded and followed. It was easier.]

[noblefive]

Well, I gotta say, this is weird.

[This is only the second loss he's experienced, after all]

[technohap]

[It certainly is. It's his first.]

[noblefive]

So, you're usually human?