Renarl's Tower

[Mitera Nikkou]

"My name is Stud." She replied, a bit nettled by the "girl" remark. Of all of her years as a male, she had often addressed the females of her tribe with "girl", or "woman." Being addressed as such made her feel like a female from her tribe, and that didn't sit well with her.

[Empusa Sesshi]

He quirks a brow. "...Stud? I think you'd best choose another one if you're going to be around humans.."

[Mitera Nikkou]

"Oh, what does it matter?" She replied, exasperated. "I'm just worried about getting back to normal." Then she paused, thinking about something for a moment. "Unless, of course, you mean that my name is offensive to humans and will only work against me when I have to interact with them?"

[Empusa Sesshi]

He shrugs a bit. "Well...not really offensive...just odd. A stud is er, a male animal used in breeding. You might give the wrong impression." ^^;

[Mitera Nikkou]

"Ah..." She voiced. Then, after a brief moment, her eyes lit up and she hopped up to her feet.

"Aaaaaaaaah...!" She gasped.

"No way!" She thought to herself. But it all made sense, suddenly. She had been named "Stud" in her tribe because she was their animal. It was true that they did whatever made her happy, but she was just as prone to give in to what they wanted when they laid the charm on her. They kept her cooped up, protected, and used for breeding. And they had always seemed more intelligent than she, going out and about the world as they did for one reason or another. No wonder she had wanted to go out and have an adventure, even if it meant leaving behind so many beautiful women!

While she was going over the above in her mind, all that Renarl could see was that she had found a corner to squat in, with a gloomy atmosphere and ghosties surrounding her while she brooded.

[Empusa Sesshi]

"Er...young lady? Are you alright...?"

[Mitera Nikkou]

"Whuh...?" She voiced suddenly in reaction to Renarl's voice, then blinked and looked over at him. "Oh... Um..." She rubs the back of her head and smiles sheepishly. "What was that?" ^_^;

[Empusa Sesshi]

He hmms. "I asked if you were alright." He gently takes her by the arm, sitting her back into a proper chair. "Now, it seems that this was a er...natural reaction your body had to leaving your tribe. You were the only male, but once you up and left a new one was chosen. Since you were ah...replaced, you went back to your initial female state. The human part I'm still figuring out..."

[Mitera Nikkou]

She blinked, then tilted her head, a speculative look on her face. "My... Initial female state?"

She wondered about a new male being chosen, and what it meant. She didn't remember being female, and had thought that she had been male all of her life. Had there been something that the females hadn't told her?

[Empusa Sesshi]

He nods and pulls out a book. "Ah here we are, yes see? There's only one male per tribe of your specific kind of fey. When the current male somehow becomes unable to perform his duties, the youngest female becomes the new one." He hands her the book.

[Mitera Nikkou]

She reads over the information concerning her race of fae, becoming more subdued as she went. However, while she knew that it must have been the truth, she didn't want to accept it. She wanted to be male! It was what she was accustomed to. Still, there was one thing that it failed to explain...

"But why am I a human, and a female?" She asked Renarl, slowly handing him back his book.

[Empusa Sesshi]

He hmms a bit. "Well, as to the female part, when a new male is chosen the old one just reverts to his original female state. As to the human, this is only speculation...but maybe you became a member of the nearest species?"

[Mitera Nikkou]

She appeared baffled as she asked: "If so, why?"

She thought it over in her head, and she couldn't come up with anything. Why did she become human, instead of remaining a faery? I guess that, whoever did the research in that book, never got to encounter this part of nature. That is, if changing into a human were part of their nature.

[Empusa Sesshi]

He sighs softly and shrugs a bit. "I'm afraid I don't know."

[Mitera Nikkou]

(OOC: I'll assume that you meant to put a "don't" in there. ;p)

"Well..." She began, slouching in her seat. "Do you have any ideas for what I can do to get back to my old self? Or, at least to be male again?" Then she paused and considered something before she posed: "Humans have a long lifespan, right?"