Rinni was in agreement with Gunter on this. She too felt uncomfortable with this many people around. But for different reasons. Kratos could hurt kill or eat someone. Gunter could get thirsty and attack someone. Even she, herself, could go full Wolf any moment now and rip some innocent person's throat out. She hasn't fully developed her transformation yet. But she was close, she could feel it. And the stress, fear, anger, and myriad of emotions bottled inside her were not helping. She tried to ignore Kratos as he taunted her from the bar, she knew what he was trying to do. She gave a low growl but managed to restrain herself from transforming and lunging at him. Not yet.
The young werewolf listened as her vampire partner explained the situation. He had gotten thirsty on the way here and she had run on ahead. She sighed at this but couldn't blame Gunter this time. It was her own fault if someone died. She shouldn't have left his side. During the ongoing banter, Rinni had kept her nose active to every scent. The charcoal of the child, the piss from the restrooms, the alcohol on all the drunks, Kratos' stench, the blood Gunter was drinking, everything was hitting her at once. The odors were practically unbearable and it showed on her face as she scrunched up her sensitive nose in disgust.
She hated this place. She listened with quiet uncertainty as Isabella told the mysterious man and the Lich that had approached them that they are welcome to come along. She was quite quick to trust strangers, and Rinni didn't like that. The Rogue seemed safe enough, for now. But she got bad vibes off the Lich. He was only the second Lich she ever encountered, the first being much kinder and way different in contrast to this one.
"Your people? Umm... no offense but... who the hell are you?" She asked the Lich as calmly as possible under the circumstances.
As she listened to the Lich's response to her question, her amber eyes went to a man approaching their little party. Not another stranger. He handed Isabella an envelope and left. He must have been who she was waiting for, she assumed. The woman then offered everyone to drink before heading out. To this, Kratos slaughtered the bartender and chased out all the patrons. This was enough to drive Rinni to transform. Brown fur covered her arms, legs, shoulders. Her claws grew out, her fangs became more pronounced, a brown fluffy tail protruded from her backside and her ears slid up her head forming into wolf ears that matched her hair color. If no one knew what she was before, they surely did now.
In seconds Rinni was on Kratos, slamming him against the wall growling.
"Are you fucking crazy? You murdered that man! I should end you right now!" Her amber eyes trailed toward the little girl then she growled and stared the Dardian in the eyes.
"If she decides to join us, so be it. Just know, monster, that she will be under my protection. If you so much as look at her the wrong way, your death will be far worse than what you did to Winter."Though she wanted to kill him right there, she backed off. There were new people here. People who didn't know her. Didn't know her pain. Her trauma. She struggled with PTSD and depression thanks to the events of the last few months. She couldn't let that interfere with their job. Sitting back down, she watched as Isabella poured whiskey for herself and the child.
"We're not drinking that! We're both minors! Besides, I don't..." Before she could further protest, she felt the woman grabbing her breast. This shocked her to silence and before she could react, the woman had poured the whiskey down her throat!
Rinni coughed and gagged on the liquid as it burned her throat. She could feel her stomach-churning.
"Oh no. Not again..." Without excusing herself, the werewolf jumped to her feet and made a mad dash toward the women's restroom where she began to throw up in the toilets, flashbacks of Penumbral Guard Guild Hall coming to mind in a rush of deja vu.
- Transformation:
Name: Half-Transformation
Mana Cost: 5% of Total Base Mana
Requirements: 50 RP Posts as Werewolf
Type: Transformation
Range: Self
Cooldown: 0 Posts
(Composed Transformation)Duration: Sustain
Effect: When using the Half-Transformation, the user becomes more muscular and will grow hair across their shoulder and in some cases over their arms. Their features will look more like that of a wolf, while they still retain their humanoid appearance. This transformation increases the base Strength, Speed, Endurance, and Constitution of the user by 50% as long as it is sustained. The user also receives Minor Magical Resistance and Minor Physical Resistance while using this transformation. In addition, the user can keep using magic while using this transformation. This is not a spell but a biological capability. Therefore it cannot be canceled by artifacts or magics that can cancel spells.
- Mana:
2,232.2/2,350