A purrfect night for running

Skyler mulled over his options while walking away from the hospital's parking lot toward the sidewalk. As he approached it, he came to the conclusion that trying out Nekojin Form would be his best option. Sadly, it was roughly three and a half miles away from his home from here. So, even though calling his parents would be the easiest, it would cause more trouble than it was worth to him. Whereas walking home normally would take a rather long time from here. However, when he looked out to the street. He realized that, it was too risky to change forms here.

Skyler let out a soft yawn while stretching his arms out gently. His entire body shook lightly when his arms were fully stretched, shaking out the tension in his muscles. A lamp post's light caused his shadow to be split into three directions, causing an interesting effect upon the sidewalk as he started to make his way toward the bicycle path several blocks away. At this hour, it was a fairly safe bet that no one would be there. The walk there was fairly uneventful. When he finally stepped upon the bicycle path, he felt an unexpected excitement swell inside him.

Skyler's mind was flooded with different possibilities of what Nekojin Form would entail. Would he simply grow a tail while his ears and eyes changed? Or would he go full furry/beastman? Maybe a mix of the two? He was certain he'd look quite odd with a cat-like nose and paws. He shook his head slightly while thinking of how many perverts would be interested in him only because of that. Although, being wanted at all was better than what was currently the truth. No one wanted him. Not like that anyway.

Skyler looked around carefully before walking down the unlit bicycle path. Once he was certain no one from the road could possibly see him, he cast Nekojin Form. - 200 Mp Upon doing so, his body tensed as all of his muscles expanded before condensing, but what really surprised him was how much lighter his body felt. The world around him suddenly became brighter, like the full moon was out. As his eyes adjusted, he was bombarded by so many new and unexpected sounds as if they were right by his ears, causing him to jump several feet into the air. His hands instinctively moved to cover his ears.

Skyler's stats increased from this:

Hp: 120/120

Hp regen: .32 per min

Mp: 214/214

Mp regen: 2.78 per min

Str: 20 + (0) + (0) End: 20 + (0) + (0)

Int: 25 + (0) + (0) Wis: 32 + (0) + (0)

Agi: 21 + (0) + (0) Cha: 14 + (0) + (0)

Lib: 16 + (0) + (0)

To this:

Hp: 140/140

Hp regen: .34 per min

Mp: 214/214

Mp regen: 2.78 per min

Str: 20 + (0) + (4) End: 20 + (0) + (0)

Int: 25 + (0) + (0) Wis: 32 + (0) + (0)

Agi: 21 + (0) + (4.2) Cha: 14 + (0) + (2.8)

Lib: 16 + (0) + (0)

However, when Skyler's hands touched his ears. He realized three important things. One, his ears were now cat-like and on top of his head. Two, his hands felt weird against his scalp. Three, if he wasn't mistaken, it felt like he had more hair upon the top of his head. Shortly after his finger tips pressed against the top of his head, he felt the tip of ten razor sharp claws lightly pressing against his scalp. He blinked as he relaxed his hands before bringing them down in front of his face.

Skyler was slightly surprised to see grey fur covering his hands, but the hair upon his arms was gone. Upon closer inspection of his hands, he noticed that his palms and where his finger prints would normally be, were pink and padded like a cat's paw. With a minor flex of his finger tips, he could extend his claws rather easily. He smiled as he thought. "These look quite dangerous. I'll need to be careful while in this form." He relaxed, allowing his claws to retract. At the exact moment his claws fully retracted, a new yellow exclamation flashed that he allowed to pop up.

New Quest!

Natural State of Being

- Become familiar with Nekojin Form

- Learn to Purr without effort

Reward: 20 xp and 1 Endurance

Optional: Do so while running without running out of breath for 5 minutes.

Reward: 35 xp, 1 Agility, 1 Endurance, and 1 Random Trait

Accept or Decline?

Skyler's eyes widened after reading that quest and mentally hit, 'Accept.' while thinking. 'Purring will be difficult to perform while running, but those rewards are more than worth it. I could use the exercise anyway. Hmm, I've never written about a trait before. I wonder what it will do.' As his right hand moved to absentmindedly pat his stomach, he noticed something was majorly different. When he looked down, he was shocked by what was clearly missing. He had grown so used to his belly being in the way that it was bizarre to have it missing. It was nearly nonexistent. Where his oversized belly had once been, was only a small amount of flab. Shortly after, his tail came into view, covered in the same grey fur that his hands were.

It was at that moment that Skyler noticed something else. Similarly to his arms, the body hair along his legs was missing. He gently pulled the collar of his shirt away from his chest and looked down his shirt. His suspicions were confirmed. The body hair that once covered his chest and stomach were gone. He blinked several times as confusion overtook his expression as he thought. 'It feels like my body hair got moved to my hands head, and tail. Hmm, I wonder if my feet are fuzzy too.' He lifted up his left foot and pulled aside his sock to confirm this suspicion. This revealed the same grey fur covering his feet, curing his curiosity.

Skyler's ears and tail drooped as he sighed softly. "I feel oddly emasculated, but I am going to guess I look cuter somehow." He felt a chill run down his spine as a familiar feminine giggle filled the air. He knew he had heard it somewhere before, but before he realized who it was, he felt someone tap his right shoulder. "Boo!" He jumped away from whoever it was, feeling like his heart was trying to leap out of his chest. He reactively hissed as his ears leaned back and the hairs on his tail stood on end, making it look bigger.

By the time Skyler's eyes had focused in on the culprit, the giggling had turned into laughter. He started to relax as he recognized her pale white skin, straight shoulder-length black hair, and slender frame. This was clearly Zissu, but what was she doing out here so late? She brought up her right hand to her lips to silence her laughter. "Mm, that was simply adorable. My apologies, Skyler. I didn't expect you to be so jumpy." As she spoke, he stuck out his tongue slightly while wondering if he could successfully use Observe on her. "No worries, Zissu. I simply overreacted because of the volume."

Skyler tilted his head as his tail slowly unpuffed. "Um, by the way. What are you doing out here?" As he spoke, he began to think about the slightly frightening reason why Observe wouldn't work on Zissu. 'Although I've never mentioned this in any of my stories. There's a hidden logic to Observe's limit. Just as Gamer's Mind was effective against targets up to three times the users level. So too was Observe's limit of perception.' So, if his suspicions were correct, then he might be able to see her level now. However, if that was not the case. It was likely that she was at least level 18. She playfully smiled. "Oh? That's good to know. It'll make stalking you that much easier."

A mere second later, Zissu stuck out her tongue. Skyler lifted a brow as he looked her up and down. She was wearing a studded choker around her neck, a white tank top, black jeans, and white tennis shoes. He was a little surprised she wasn't wearing her claw finger rings. "Stalking me with that outfit? It looks more like you are out for a jog." She brought up both of her hands as if to playfully surrender. "You caught me officer. I'm a multitasking stalker." She playfully winked at him. He chuckled before smirking. "Hmm, is that right? I must have done something pretty amazing to earn the attention of a rather cute stalker."

Zissu's cheeks slightly reddened, giggling for a second before her finger tips moved to her mouth again. "Mm, maybe, but I'll never tell." She turned slowly around and bent over to stretch, showing off her taut and supple ass in the process. Skyler couldn't help, but stare for a few seconds. This allowed just enough time for his dick to twitch before he looked away. "I'm going to guess you were simply out jogging." She stood back up and turned around before pulling her right foot up toward her ass then back down before doing the same to the left. "Yeah, but it was nice running into you again, Skyler. Thanks again for the advice and pep talk."

Skyler smiled. "It was nice running into you too, Zissu. Um, how did things go with your father anyway?" Zissu smiled softly. "Well, I was given an interesting choice. I'm still thinking things over, but it went better than I expected." She paused for a second, biting her bottom lip while looking downward. "Speaking of which. May I come over to your place tomorrow morning? I have something else I'd like to discuss with you." He blinked and shrugged his shoulders. "Sure. Why not? You seem nice enough to continue conversing with." Her eyes widened. "Really? Cool. I look forward to it."

Zissu started to turn away, but stopped before continuing to speak. "I didn't know you were a Nekojin when we first met. I must say, you're rather cute." She started to blush while looking away from him. "We'll talk more tomorrow. Good night, Skyler." Sadly, before Skyler had a chance to reply, she ran off. He rubbed the top of his head while wondering what that was all about. He shrugged before turning around to stretch in a similar way as Zissu had earlier. While stretching, he wondered if he would be able to complete the optional section of his quest. Hmm, would he? Or wouldn't he?

Name: Skyler Peterson

Title: The Gamer

Lvl: 5 XP 591/1,000

Hp: 140/140

Hp regen: .34 per min

Mp: 56/214

Mp regen: 2.78 per min

Money: $2,220.41

Build: Slightly Chubby

Weight: 194 lbs

Height: 5' 10 ¾"

Dick size: 6 inches

Inventory slots 3/25 (Black Pearl Ring of Enthrallment, Small Living Core, and Vial of Slime x 2)

Unspent skill points: 0

Str: 20 + (0) + (4) End: 20 + (0) + (0)

Int: 25 + (0) + (0) Wis: 32 + (0) + (0)

Agi: 21 + (0) + (4.2) Cha: 14 + (0) + (2.8)

Lib: 16 + (0) + (0)