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[imalwaysright]

So... fellow kidapped citizens of Paradisa?

How's it going? Good? Is this place better or worse than home?

Speaking of home, do you have shapeshifter lore and myths specific to your world? Like werewolves? If you do, what's it like? And if you do have werewolves- do they only turn during the full moon, can they change at will?

What other kinds are there?

Interested minds would really love knowing.

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[i_got_this]

It's much better here.

And yeah, we've got like movies and shit about werewolves, but they don't actually exist.

[imalwaysright]

Significantly less war?

I'm guessing that's how it is most places, but I could be wrong.

Dictated forever

[mal_addict]

We have werewolves where I come from. They can change whenever they want, but when it's a full moon, they turn wolf for the whole night if they want to or not.

We also have some who are wolves most of the time and turn into humans on a full moon. It varies.

[schrodingersghost]

I met one.

[imnot_likeyou]

Well, you have your standard shapeshifter, who takes the shape of other people. They tend to shift at will and can't really hold one person's face for very long before they have to shed the skin and start over again.

Then there's skinwalkers, who turn into dogs. They like to munch on human hearts, but they can shift at will too.

But where I'm from, werewolves can only turn on the full moon. They're on the human heart diet too.

[imalwaysright]

You did?

What were they like?

[imalwaysright]

Seriously? Sounds like serious nightmare fuel you've got going on back home.

What's with the human heart thing? Does it go for all supernatural canines or what?

[imalwaysright]

Huh, I've never heard about it going from human to wolf, but never the other way around. Do they get bloodthirsty or more likely to kill during the full moon, or are they people who just happen to be wolves and vice versa?

[imnot_likeyou]

[there's a pause]

Nah. Hellhounds just like to rip things apart -- they don't really have specific organs in mind.

[imalwaysright]

Hellhounds, those are actually things for you. Holy God.

So. Back to werewolves, are they normal people when it's not the full moon?

[imnot_likeyou]

[and Sam's voice will turn a little bit sad, because Madison. But he won't actually say that.]

Yeah. Normal people except for the three nights of the full moon.

[imalwaysright]

Three nights? Not just one?

What happens if they don't get a human heart? Do they die of starvation or...?

[mal_addict]

From my experience with werewolves, and trust me when I say I keep it to a minimum, if they're going to be the bloodthristy sort, it doesn't matter if it's a full moon or not.

That said, I hear they get moodier towards a full moon.

[imalwaysright]

Noted.

Okay, the moon doesn't control their whole attacking people thing, it controls their feelings. Did I get that right?

[imnot_likeyou]

Three nights.

No. No, they're fine, but when they're in wolf form they have no control. They don't even realize it's them doing it. It's like there's two separate personalities.

[imalwaysright]

So... what do you do? Lock them up for the duration?

How do you even tell?

[imnot_likeyou]

It's hard to tell. They're weakened by silver, usually, and when they wolf out there are the ... obvious markers, but beyond that they're human.

Well, we have to convince them they're wolves first. That isn't always easy. And some ... some don't want to live with the risk.

[and otherwise, Sam kills them. Because he was a hunter, and that's what they do.]

[mal_addict]

Something like that. They have eheheh monthly cycles.

[imalwaysright]

Huh... [Silver not wolfsbane. Very different kinds of werewolves.]

So none of them know? They weren't born with it? No prior knowledge of anything? Were they all just bitten?

[imalwaysright]

That's... one way of putting it. [At least he only sounds slightly uncomfortable.]

[imnot_likeyou]

Yeah. It's transferred by biting, and it's possible that there are some wolves who were born that way, but I haven't run into them.

[likethetragedy]

It's better here. [Onto the next subject.] Werewolves are supposedly change on full moons according to movies and books. Admittedly I've never looked into it.

[ino]

Most people I know can "shape-shift", sort of. But no, I don't think we have werewolves.

[mal_addict]

So, that was a random question. Any reason for it?

[imalwaysright]

I... like learning about myths.