To the worthy

[Kether]

"Ungh..." James leans forward slightly and holds his forehead for a second, and then shakes his head as if to clear it. "Well, I was under the impression that the symbols represented us for some reason. With the book having something to do with a scholar, the other one might represent you, I thought. After all, magic often has some element of representation to it..except when it doesn't."

Jami James feels another headache come on, perhaps each symbol doesn't so much as represent the present but a potentiality? Different things one might be worthy of?*

[Whatevr89532]

"If you--" The doctor stops and holds his head in both hands for a second or two and growls in some combination of frustration and pain. "Hrrgh. I swear, if this gives me migraines.." He looks back at Ookalf. "If you don't see a book then either we're using the same word word to refer to two completely different things or the plaque's showing us different symbols. In which case each of us is supposed to see a set of symbols. Representing..a choice between things represented? I have no idea why I'm inclined to make that leap in logic."

[Ookalf]

Huh, interesting... Well, what I'm seeing is a feather, a bunch of grapes, and... I think the last one's a horse? It looks a bit weird... Either way, none of them really look like books. And you think we're supposed to choose between these things?

[Kether]

*both start to feel their chest strain against their shirts now*

[Whatevr89532]

"I think so, but like I said I'm not sure why. Feather could be flight, grapes food, a horse..speed, maybe?" James takes a moment to untuck his shirt from the jeans and look down, take stock of why it's so tight all of a sudden.

[Ookalf]

Hm, maybe... *Feeling something at his chest, Ookalf looks down at himself.* Oh, I think I know this feeling...

[Kether]

*For James the scepter fades slightly, as he looks down he can see that his chest has started to balloon out while the rest of his clothes hang and all sorts of odd angles tight in some areas lose in others.. his skin seems darker

Ookalf can see two of them fade but the horse head becomes a bit clearer there's almost a little base on the bottom like a chess piece. The other two are replaced with a Bow and a Jester cap*

[Whatevr89532]

James glares at the change for a few seconds, and then strides angrily a little closer to the shrine. "Is there some particular reason every interesting phenomena here wants to turn people into women?" he demands of nobody in particular.

[Ookalf]

Eh, you get used to it after a while... *Ookalf follows James as he approaches the shrine, and blinks as two of the items on the plaque are replaced.* Say, did your symbols just change?

[Kether]

James glares at the change for a few seconds, and then strides angrily a little closer to the shrine. "Is there some particular reason every interesting phenomena here wants to turn people into women?" he demands of nobody in particular.

*dramatically appropriate timing comes into play as whatever criteria that kept James between the two options seems to have fallen through, his eyes become bright blue, his hair lightens into a silver/white setup. His body finishes up its change in sex as his rear and chest continue their expansion beginning to rip things until his clothes change to a revealing green dress. His manhood pulls inward leaving him a her, a matching hat forms on her head leaving her like so

No longer symbols are written beneath the inscription it now says at least to the former guy, Jaylene of the Book, Vizier of the Principality of Witches, Guide to its Princess.

Her head starts to hurt as it becomes flooded with new magic, not replacing any of the old but adding in broad basics that he might be missing but in particular an extreme end of Biblomancy, the broad powers over books include things as simple as touching them to read them with ease, pulling things into books and rewriting them, calling things from books which may not traditionally exist(Like say calling Moby Dick from well Moby Dick).

While this may not answer her question in general it does explain the specifics of the phenomenon's push towards feminity, the shrine is trying to fill roles and it looks like most of them are very top heavy.

[Whatevr89532]

James lets out a fairly loud "Aagh!" as he changes fully into a woman. She then takes a deep breath, her huge breasts heaving up and down, looking at the plaque. "Well, it changed into words. A name and a--" She stops again, half bending over and holding her head as the knowledge starts flooding in, starting with a groan but then going through a long progression of seemingly random syllables taken directly from information currently entering her head. James, after all, never really had a practical knowledge of magic; he'd just been trying to study it a little bit the way a natural scientist does, by observing it at work. So learning practically everything at once, followed by some specialization, causes some minor overflow. Nothing damaging, just little flickers, sparks, and flames appearing in midair around her, called by the stream of half-spells she's spewing.

But it's over in half a minute or so, and she stops, standing back upright. "I really hope that's the last one," she says. "The plaque looks to me like it says 'Jaylene of the book, Vizier of the Principality of Witches, Guide to its Princess' now. And it gave me a bunch of magic, especially some, book-related. I hope I'm not going to go completely insane like that werewolf I met once.."

[Ookalf]

Whoa! *Ookalf takes a step back as James starts spewing everywhere.* Well, that was wild... Are OK?

*Ookalf nods as James describes the current state of her plaque.* Huh. I just got some different symbols, not a new name and job... Though, I guess those might be coming, too.

[Kether]

*Well Jaylene has some options now, let Ookalf find herown way or guide her to what she thinks is best...*

[Whatevr89532]

"I seem to be alright," says Jaylene, dusting herself off for no apparent reason, "these..dramatic changes notwithstanding. What symbols do you have now, out of curiosity?"

[Ookalf]

*Ookalf double-checks the plaque.* Well, right now I've got a bow, a jester's hat, and a knight like in chess. I think that's what the weird horse from before was supposed to be.