Lake Serpent!

[Melissa Adler]

It was early on a Sunday, well before most of the student body would be awake, Mel hoped as she stripped down to her underwear, then removed her panties. Standing in the morning twilight she closed her eyes and felt her weekly change take hold.

She'd watched it happen in a mirror once and seeing your flesh roll and ripple had unnerved her in the extreme. the most disturbing aspect of it was when her spine grew into a fifteen foot long serpent tail, and her legs faded away. As her balance shifted from her legs to her tail she fell forward onto her hands, her body shivering as the magic that ran with her blood finished it's job.

Opening her eyes Mel ran her hands down her now scale covered hip and slid into the water for an early morning swim.

OOC:
Who: Mel, barely recognizable as herself.
Expecting: Open
Plot: We'll see how this goes.

[Tabby]

Tabby had gone out to check on the Hypocampi, and possibly the Mer-folk as well if they were feeling conversational. She was hoping she could ask them about the monster that had been in the forest, and about the basilisk that had supposedly lived in the castle until about two decades ago. She could hold her breath longer than some people, and was perfectly capable of swimming to the right depths to signal the Mer-folks attention if they were about. However it seemed her luck was out today, oh well at least this way she didn't have to worry about the mild language barrier that was a thorn in her ass when dealing with Mer-folk (she'd learned their language in the Mediterranean, and it was like comparing Chinese to Japanese in her opinion since the two species were wildly different.)

She rolled over, content to let herself float toward the shore. She'd been rather bored, unable to explore her forest and with very little to do besides that. It didn't help that the giant squid had died at the beginning of last year, sure there were other large squids, but it had been THE giant squid. The others weren't usually as interested in playing either. She sighed as she floated until she bumped into something large and lightly scaly. Thinking it was a sturgeon she flipped over, wanting to get a better look and figure out why a bottom feeder would be at the surface of the water. Instead she found herself looking at one of her co-workers, the name of whom escaped her at the moment.

She stared for a few moments, until her brain kicked in that A) Her fellow professor was mostly naked, and B) she herself was entirely naked. Wow, awkward Sunday morning this was turning into.

"Sorry." She turned around, using her tail as a makeshift bikini bottom. Her feline ears were already flattened against her head so there wasn't anything to deal with there. She chuckled a bit to herself, whoever this chick was she was quite the looker. She smacked herself lightly. Tabby! You used to be in church at this hour! You shouldn't be oogling naked women! Color rose from her chest to her face and she let herself sink under water until only her slightly feline nose and what was above it remained above the peat-filled water line.

OOC:
Who: Tabby
Expecting: Mel and Open
Plot: Tabby was out for some research, and she swims in the nude. (NOTE: Tabby has a long, long-haired, red-tabby colored tail and similarly colored feline ears currently, of her own choosing. And yes, she will note that other women are beautiful even if she isn't interested in getting into their pants.

[Melissa Adler]

Mel had been floating with her eyes closed when something had bumped into her, though her immediate thought hadn't been a fish as the contact had felt to fleshy for that. She blinked and turned over, ending up face to face with Tabby.

Who was naked and ... where those cat ears in her hair? With what she'd heard and seen of Tabby, Mel wouldn't have been surprised if the teacher sprouted tentacles and started tap danceing.

"Not a problem, I wasn't watching where I was going." Mel said with a sheepish smile, her accent far stronger then normal. Then takeing pity on Tabby she added "It's Melissa, the Defense teacher. So... you look nice."

OOC:
Who: Mel
Expecting: Tabby and Open
Plot:
Notes: Mel's at a loss for words and throwing me mixed signals on her orientation.