StoneWolf

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As he had turned he had become slightly taller then 9 feet as he stood on his hind legs. Quickly taking a couple of unsteady steps backwards he had dropped down on all fours now being only 5'1 feet tall at the shoulder. When Shukura spoke to him he looked as surprised as a bear could look and tried speaking back to her but all just came out as different pitched growls and snorts. Then as she started petting and scratching his ears he looked a bit annoyed at being treated as her pet but soon he kinda leaned much of his 1600lbs against her. This newly arrived dragon still in his mind Joar gazed out across the room just in time to Claire walk up and pat Zhar'Ryk on the back. He winced and a low growl started in his chest and rolling up his throat. That could really mean trouble and would his conscience let him leave if the large dragon would turn on the girl? Shaking his whole fury body Joar dumped into Shukura again before turning and following Niall behind the curtain.

As he lopes after Niall he changes into his smaller wolverine form, thoughts racing Joar is now able to place Niall. The lycan did come from quite a powerful and renowned family. Now he had showed off his forms to these people but Joar did not think of that as a bad thing and he had seen a judging look in Nialls eyes as he had shifted. Well he knew that you always had to control yourself and most of the times Joar could do that but he did not have perfect control yet. Which was one of the reasons he was here to get help learning that control. Just before he is about the get inside the escape tunnel a new person speaks up. Quickly he turns around looking at the newcomer sizing him up with a snarl before looking at Shukura and Niall then nodding while going inside the tunnel.

He stopped just inside the tunnel waiting for the others to join him there, it was a good thing he had shifted again. The bear form would hardly have been able to fit in here. Now he was no larger then a normal sized dog waiting his senses taking in all new smells, sounds and sights in here. His thoughts once again going back to the two dragons in human form and the other people in the ballroom. So many he might could have talked to otherwise but now it would have to wait. The could always party in Nialls room as he had suggested and get to know each other better.

@Aspen Wren @Mugin @fateweaver

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I do think she did :P I will be doing a post myself later on tonight but no-one need to wait for me before posting at this stage :P

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@FallenTrinity You gonna have him go round stealing picnic baskets too? If you manage to get the top hat and tie on him we will have an angry and sulking bear...

Don't fight in there...why destroy all the nice decorations? Isn't it enough that he scared Sulley and Joar?

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Just don't hug the bear, it is so embarrassing for him to be taken for a cuddly teddybear :P

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My post is up. From my phone none the less :p

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"Dont we all know the kind of trouble we need a father's help sortingout? But do you often get in that kind of trouble Shukura as Niall is fast to point it out?" He said with a friendly laugh and ate a bit more from what he had put on his plate. Joar was starting to feel at ease now, which he had not thought would happen until after the ceremony and he had left this room. But oh how quick things could change, when Niall spoke about a door behind the stage did Joar tense as he looked towards it. What could possibly be so bad that they would have to escape through tunnels? A second later everything shook and the change in his new friend Niall had become obvious. Without thinking Joar had begun to change too, his clothes looked like they where a couple of sizes to small and he had increased in height, now being the same height as Niall.

The feeling of dread and alarm did not leave him as the shaking stopped, his eyes scanned the crowd and sensing the wolf tense beside him as a young elf spoke to a woman Joar took as a part of the higher staff of the college, only reinforced his sense of danger. Suddenly his eyes caught the human approaching and he took a deep breath between clenched teeth. This would only make it worse, why would he be pulled into danger on the first day? Still he looked at Anders with a genuine smile as he had not done them anything wrong. Listening carefully Joar was taken by surprise that the human where from the same country as him. That made him feel a bit more relaxed and stopped his changing for now. Should he tell the human what he was or should he keep quiet? Then he made up his mind and shook his head. What harm could it do, Anders obviously knew about most races here.
"My name is Joar and my home is a bit further north then Kalmar. Which is a nice city I must say. I am a shape-shifter. But what my friends are the will have to tell you themselves if they want to." 

Then it all went to hel, as the tall figure entered the room Joar registered the rise in temperature, his every piece of hair felt like it was standing up, that was how much of danger and dominance he felt from the figure. Still Joar guessed that whoever it was did hide much of his dominance, Joars animalside had picked up on it. His body began to change again, his face being pulled out into a more canine jaw, as he kept growing in size and height his clothes tore into bits falling to the floor, the nice shoes split and disappear under his paws. As this happened his body quickly covered itself in a thick coat of brown fur. The plate he had help split in his grip and fell to the floor with a crack. In just a few seconds there on it's hind legs stood now a huge bear looking at the newcomer growling low but not making any other move. Joar did not want to get any closer to that man and it took him a moment to realize he had changed as he shook of the last pieces of fabric from his fur covered body.

@Mugin @aspen wren @fallentrinity

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So I have a lot to read through but I will post a reply later on. I guess when shifting to a larger form a shape-shifters clothes will tear right @Aspen Wren?

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Joar had shook Nialls hand just as firmly trying to place the name Niall but right now it was not a thing he could do. With him moving from the human realm in Scandinavia and trying to get settled in here he had a hard time remembering all prominent people his father and mother had told him about. Both his parents were in relatively high positions in the shape-shifter community but far from the strongest or the once with most power. Joar liked it that way, he had no real pressure on him to live up to a reputation form his parents, although he had made a bit of a name of himself when he as a bear had injured the high leaders son in a fight. But that had been just before his mating mark manifest itself on his skin. Now he could not hid the blasted thing even if he wanted to. "All of this is quite new for me I must say. I am glad I could find someone that seems at least a bit as uncomfortable in these straight jackets as I am."

Joar smiled and put some sandwiches on his plate just before Shukura came up to them and addressed Niall. One thing he had was a keen eye for details and her remark about the wolf not being much for balls, made him feel that he had picked up that detail quite good. As he turned towards Shukura he bent his head slightly in greetings. "It is my honor to make your acquaintance Shukura. I am hoping that if you don't eat me that we all can become friends as time passes?" From the little words they had exchanged and how they both had acted Joar felt that these where people he could enjoy being around and hopefully not having to fight with. They seemed to posses a type of humor that appealed to him. Then he looked at Niall and tilted his head a bit. "Has she tried eating you since you warn me about it?" He said with a calm voice containing a bit of an amused tone as he kept Shukura in the corner of his eyes.

It felt good to be talking with someone but still Joar wondered what would be happening next at this ball. He could see people dancing, talking and laughing. Some did probably forge alliances and making important business contacts. For himself he was happy if he could make a couple of contacts that he could talk to and hangout with when not in classes. All this struggling for power and position had never been something he had wanted to do but he guessed it would happen sooner or later to. Oh well best to enjoy the ball as best he could and for now get to now Niall and Shukura even better.

@Aspen Wren @Mugin

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Gonna work on my post in a moment and I added hist Mating Mark to my charactersheet.

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@Aspen Wren It is my bad there. I was a bit tired when I wrote my post and forgot to mention you and noticed it myself just today so did a edit. Still been having real fun reading everybody else posts :)