This is not done, but I had to leave.


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[url=https://i.imgur.com/88KD5c6.png]The Raptor[/url] snatched [url=https://i.imgur.com/EjXyEJd.png]Kiki[/url] out of the air, careful not to sink its talons into her tender flesh. The bird was huge compared to the Pixie's height of less than 3 feet; each of its wings alone were more than 5 feet from body to feather tip.

It peeked down at the little thing as it fought the powerful wind. Her initial fear, from both the storm and the sudden [i]capture[/i], faded quickly, though, as she realized just what -- or [i]who[/i] -- had hold of her.
 
The Raptor had only barely heard the cries of terror over the storm. It had never heard the cries from this particular source. But considering the situation and location -- a gale off the southern coast of [url=https://i.imgur.com/jWcx2iJ.jpg]the Known World[/url] -- whatever or whoever the source of the panic and fear [i]must[/i] have come from the boat below.

The Raptor had been circling over the vessel looking for dangers: reefs, shoals, or massive and dangerous swells. It had been fighting the wind to remain in position. Now, though, it lifted its head and left wing at the sound, catching that wind and instantly changing direction and shooting off into the darkness.

Now, the Raptor and Kiki held onto the other as the former once again fought the wind to get the latter back to safety. It took several minutes to reach the boat again. The big bird released the little Pixie into the hands of her fellow travelers before settling down in the bottom of the boat. 

The others cleared some space because they knew what was about to happen. Over the next dozen seconds or so, [url=https://i.imgur.com/88KD5c6.png]the Raptor[/url] transformed into...

[url=https://i.imgur.com/VkvAp3I.png]Poe the Changeling[/url]
"Shapeshifter"
Unknown age.
His normal form: Humanoid
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[*]6'4", solidly built.
[*]A wild mass of hair on his head and beard. His chest is bare, but he has a triangular-shaped [i]patch[/i] of hair that begins between his shoulder blades and ends just above his butt cheeks; it narrows to a [i]point[/i] at its lowest rech. He has no pubic hair.
[*]Reddish-brown eyes.
[*]He has a Human looking cock in this form that is [i]very[/i] impressive in length and girth. I don't think it's necessary to give it numbers; if he wishes, he can [i]transform[/i] it to a smaller or larger size to suit his lover. (Wouldn't that be nice, Guys?)
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[i]The Changing[/i], as he called it, was one of great pain. Poe held back his desire to scream out at the agony. He didn't want to frighten the others, most of whom were already dealing with the fear of drowning so close to [i]home[/i].  

Poe was still assuming his normal Humanoid form as one of the others was gathering his clothes from where they'd been stuffed away from the wind. Poe normally stripped before The Changing. Not doing so often led to his clothes being damaged in one way or another. Of course, that didn't always happen; when he became [url=https://i.imgur.com/gPU39ET.png]the Serpent[/url], for example, he simply [i]slithered[/i] out of his wardrobe.

The process wasn't simply about changing shape, though. Poe's senses were hazy another dozen seconds or so after he'd completed The Changing. He simply laid there in the several inches of splashing sea water as his consciousness returned. 

Poe would have been vulnerable under other circumstances. During this moment, he had no way of protecting himself against dangers surrounding him. But he was among friends here. Hazy mind or not, he knew he could trust these people.

That didn't prevent him from feeling a bit self-conscious, though. For the time of The Changing, he was naked. In the company of females. No, they weren't of his [i]kind[/i], of course. But they were [i]humanoid-shaped[/i], like him. Believe it or not, the [i]big man[/i] was shy.

Poe's mind finally returned to him fully. He found his [i]private area[/i] covered by his trousers. Shyly, he turned to hide his [i]manhood[/i] as best he could while saying over the wind, "[i]Thank you.[/i]"

Then, his brain remembered what had just happened. He whipped his head from one side to the other, looking for the Pixie. Finding Kiki, he asked with obvious concern, "[i]Are you okay? Did I harm you?[/i]"

Another effect of The Changing was that Poe didn't fully retain the [i]thinking processes[/i] that he had in human form. As the Raptor, his thinking moved toward that of an eagle; as the Serpent, it did the same toward that of a snake. 

Changing into a form that wasn't relatively equivalent in [i]mass[/i] had even more significant effects on Poe's ability to [i]think like a Human[/i]. He's once found it necessary to change into a small dog to escape an equally small space. He'd nearly lost his ability to think beyond the mentality of a dog. 

In fact, he'd remained a dog for almost two months, becoming feral, scrounging for food scraps, [i]humping[/i] every [i]bitch[/i] he'd found in heat. Miraculously, [i]Dog-Poe[/i] had come across a friend whose presence had affected him. He transformed after just a few minutes of loving play.