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Post by Aaron Chapman on Oct 26, 2008 17:27:24 GMT -8
Awww crud. I knew I was forgetting something. Yep. This was a problem. Tinem was demorphing, which people would understand despite if they hadn't seen an andalite before. Aaron had a feeling he understood why Tinem was demorphing though.... and that was the problem in itself.
<Uh... we have a small problem. My clothes are still back at the beach. If I demorph I'm not going to be wearing anything.> But if Tinem was demorphing they had to be reaching the time limit. There has to be somewhere around here I can hide.
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Post by tinem on Oct 26, 2008 17:49:15 GMT -8
Tinem gestured with a half formed arm over to an area between the houses. He blinked a little as he finished and looked up at Aaron, making an unmistakable gesture. Hurry, time was running out.
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Post by Aaron Chapman on Oct 26, 2008 18:03:49 GMT -8
Aaron noticed the spot between the houses. There was enough cover on all sides for him to demorph and then morph back into his sparrow without too much problem and the motions Tinem was making indicated he didn't have much other choice.
He quickly flew to the spot and started to demorph. After a few minutes the changes were done, though Aaron was very quick to start morphing back. Being a teenager was awkward enough at times without being in the buff in the middle of the city.
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Post by tinem on Oct 26, 2008 18:28:27 GMT -8
Tinem kept close watch as Aaron demorphed, making sure nobody was around to see. He looked over at Aaron to make sure he was ok and sighed a bit as he noticed him remorphing. He moved over and held his hand out for Aaron to land on, his expression relaxed now that his morph had started over. He signed a little. Would you like to return to your artificial skin?
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Post by Aaron Chapman on Oct 26, 2008 18:45:53 GMT -8
Aaron glanced at the words Tinem was signing as he remorphed. Once he was done he flew up and landed in Tinem's hand. <I don't have much of a choice> he said. <I can't walk around in public in my normal form without that on. Not legally anyways.>
It probably would have seemed odd to the andalite, but humans had laws against walking around without wearing "artificial skin." The only other option Aaron had was flying home to find something tight fitting and that only worked if he could get into the house without demorphing first... which depended on his bedroom window being open and it probably wasn't.
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Post by tinem on Oct 26, 2008 18:53:40 GMT -8
He nodded and set Aaron down, remorphing to his Robin. They started back to the forest and Tinem was glad he could remember exactly where they had taken off. After a short time, they found the place and he landed, demorphing. He looked up at Aaron. They had been slightly faster this time, so Aaron had about the same amount of time to demorph, but Tinem was still worried.
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Post by Aaron Chapman on Oct 26, 2008 19:57:19 GMT -8
Once they were back at the spot in the woods they'd originally left Aaron glanced around, making sure he wasn't visible before demorphing and swiftly starting to put the clothing that lay on the ground back on. He was really worried about being seen before he was decent. Note to self, find a morphing outfit.
"S-sorry about p-panicking b-back there," he said once he was back in everything but his socks and shoes, the latter of which he'd need to untie to get back on.
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Post by tinem on Oct 26, 2008 20:03:04 GMT -8
He nodded a little. It is quite all right. I understand how it can be with your first morph. You will become accustomed to keeping a watch on your time limit as you continued to use it. He smiled a bit, his eyes just pouring out kindness.
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Post by Aaron Chapman on Oct 26, 2008 20:12:16 GMT -8
Aaron nodded. That was true. This was just his first time so he couldn't be expected to keep track of everything. He smiled, a mixture of excitement and gratitude. "I've always d-dreamed of what m-morphing was l-like. What y-you just g-gave me... It m-means a lot."
Aaron knew this power wasn't a toy and should be used carefully. He also, in his head, figured that if there ever was another war that required the help of the Animorphs that he'd need to let it be known that he could help, regardless of what the now adult Animorphs thought. For now he was keeping it a secret.
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Post by tinem on Oct 26, 2008 20:14:57 GMT -8
He nodded slightly, still smiling. He gestured in the direction of the city, asking if he'd like to walk with him. Tinem needed to find out where he could get Earth morphs. Where may I acquire Earth animals? He looked down at Aaron with his main eyes.
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Post by Aaron Chapman on Oct 26, 2008 20:27:57 GMT -8
Aaron started walking with Tinem since he'd finally gotten his shoes back on. The best place to acquire morphs.... "I g-guess that would b-be the G-gardens. It's a zoo and amusement p-park and I think it's where the original Animorphs g-got all their m-morphs." Tinem would of course have to try and avoid being seen which was harder there than most places, but there was only two other options one of which was trying to catch wild animals.
"The other option would be the b-barn C-cassie runs still. I'm n-not sure where that's l-located though." He'd only heard about it when his mom had been talking with Rachel, catching up on the past few years. It was funny how people had just accepted Rachel being alive again. He supposed people had just wanted it to be that way so didn't care how it had happened.
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Post by tinem on Oct 26, 2008 20:31:22 GMT -8
He thought a moment and nodded. He was getting used to that gesture and actually started to like it. It was useful. He looked around as they walked, then opened his hooves to feed. He was a bit hungry. He looked over at Aaron. Are you hungry? I could find you some food.
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Post by Aaron Chapman on Oct 29, 2008 14:19:35 GMT -8
"N-no," said Aaron. His stomach grumbled though, rather loudly. Okay, so he was wrong. Apparently what he'd just done had required energy and that meant he needed to eat to get that back. It was simple logic really, Aaron just hadn't thought about how morphing and flying would have affected him even in this form.
"Okay, so m-maybe I d-do need some food."
((Sorry. Took me a while to figure out what to post. >_<))
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Post by tinem on Oct 29, 2008 23:29:28 GMT -8
He nodded slightly and glanced around, then signed. What exactly do humans eat? I am afraid I did not research your kind very much before coming here. He lowered his eyes a bit, then looked over at him. I was not supposed to have contact with them.
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Post by Aaron Chapman on Oct 30, 2008 20:19:22 GMT -8
"You w-weren't? Were y-you supposed to l-land here at all?" The thought had surprised Aaron, and it seemed fair to ask that seeing as he hadn't actually seen Tinem's ship. The andalite had come out of the water so it might have been a fortunate crash landing.
"As f-far as what we eat.... I m-might just have to g-go home to get something. I d-don't think I'll be able to f-find any food here in the woods." Not unless they found an apple tree or something like that. Human food wasn't quite so easy to come by.
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