10-08-2019, 11:42 PM
It was honestly sort of a blessing that the first person to approach Wormwood after his impromptu form chance was the woman that he had already begun to see as a sort of replacement mother figure. If it were anyone else, Worm's new form probably would have just driven him further underneath the porch, shivering and shouting about how he wouldn't come out because then they would end up killing him or something like that. However, when he heard V's soft and concerned voice from out in front of the wood porch, he felt his small ears perk up with interest, and he hesitated for a long moment before moving a little forward, peeking out from beneath the porch with his one good eye. If he had been a bit more lucid and a bit less terrified, he probably would've been filled with disappointment that this was yet another form that didn't have both eyes, reflecting his permanent new condition thanks to Beck. Luckily for the poltergeist, Worm had no time to stew over that because of the fact that V was looking down at him with that kind and soft smile on her face, and he knew that he couldn't stay beneath the porch without feeling guilty. He didn't want to disappoint V by making her wait, so the hybrid slowly moved out from beneath the wooden porch, his leaf bouncing a little bit as he moved to stand in front of V, shifting sheepishly in embarrassment. He could feel a soft blush beneath his short green fur as he looked down at one of his little turtle feet, scratching them together as he mumbled quietly to V, "Hey V... sorry you had to come out here and comfort me. I'm not sure what scared me so much and made me run all the way back here... I think it's just the fact that everyone was so much bigger than before, and I felt like something was wrong and scary so I just... bolted. How childish." Of course, from the squeaky sound of his down voice, he had to estimate that this form was many months younger than his other forms, only really being the age of just over an apprentice, at maybe 7 months. It felt so odd to be so young again, and he found himself wondering if... whatever he was happened to just be particularly tiny, or if he was just a younglings of the species and needed to grow up some more to become larger. He hoped it was the latter, since this strange form could actually be rather useful for some things if it happened to get a bit larger.
Looking down at himself, Worm began to take stock of every part of different species that he had, looking over every limb and noting everything down. It seemed as though he had the base body of a canine, but his neck was extremely thick compared to a normal dog, reminding him more of a frog than anything, along with the fact that he had the small legs and short tail of a turtle. The large leaf atop his head made itself known by the way it bounced and shifted as he turned and spun, looking around at himself. Curiously, he pawed at one of the several buds forming a sort of collar around his neck, and was disappointed to find that nothing happened when he did so, except for the bud shifting a little. He had thought that maybe if they were roused or something, they would shift or bloom out into beautiful flowers, but that unfortunately seemed to not be the case. Overall, this form just seemed tiny, vulnerable, and scared. It was a little sad to take in, if he was being honest, but that didn't mean he would reject it. After all, being small sometimes could be useful, like when sneaking around. Plus this particular form fascinated him with the wide range of different attributes it had, seeming almost like a living plant. The thought made him chuckle a little bit to himself, since he thought that perhaps Beck would like him more this way – more like Audrey. Returning his attention once again to V, the now very young male yipped as he stretched himself out, the large leaf on his head falling over his eye and making him frown a little bit in frustration, "I'm not sure why I turned into this little... thing. It just kinda happened. I look like I'm a big mix up of a bunch of different things, cause I've definitely never seen an animal like this in a while, or any of my books... have you ever seen anything like this, V? Probably not..." He didn't want to answer his own question, but he was fairly sure if there was anything like this out there, he would've already heard of it by now. Then again, he had never heard about anything like Audrey before, either. He had heard of venus fly traps, which Audrey was sort of like, but on a much... grander scale. Perhaps he would end up growing into some huge plant monster as well as this form grew.
Looking down at himself, Worm began to take stock of every part of different species that he had, looking over every limb and noting everything down. It seemed as though he had the base body of a canine, but his neck was extremely thick compared to a normal dog, reminding him more of a frog than anything, along with the fact that he had the small legs and short tail of a turtle. The large leaf atop his head made itself known by the way it bounced and shifted as he turned and spun, looking around at himself. Curiously, he pawed at one of the several buds forming a sort of collar around his neck, and was disappointed to find that nothing happened when he did so, except for the bud shifting a little. He had thought that maybe if they were roused or something, they would shift or bloom out into beautiful flowers, but that unfortunately seemed to not be the case. Overall, this form just seemed tiny, vulnerable, and scared. It was a little sad to take in, if he was being honest, but that didn't mean he would reject it. After all, being small sometimes could be useful, like when sneaking around. Plus this particular form fascinated him with the wide range of different attributes it had, seeming almost like a living plant. The thought made him chuckle a little bit to himself, since he thought that perhaps Beck would like him more this way – more like Audrey. Returning his attention once again to V, the now very young male yipped as he stretched himself out, the large leaf on his head falling over his eye and making him frown a little bit in frustration, "I'm not sure why I turned into this little... thing. It just kinda happened. I look like I'm a big mix up of a bunch of different things, cause I've definitely never seen an animal like this in a while, or any of my books... have you ever seen anything like this, V? Probably not..." He didn't want to answer his own question, but he was fairly sure if there was anything like this out there, he would've already heard of it by now. Then again, he had never heard about anything like Audrey before, either. He had heard of venus fly traps, which Audrey was sort of like, but on a much... grander scale. Perhaps he would end up growing into some huge plant monster as well as this form grew.
[glow=black,2,300]THE FREEDOM OF FALLING[/glow]
— Reggan