59 Felixs tale (1/2)
Leo was busy gurgling the highest concentration alcohol the tavern had, and Felix was laughing himself silly even after being given a bright red handprint, courtesy of the wife of the man that he had just been making out with. Thomas was standing silently by himself, with a similar handprint after they heard him laughing himself when he went to get the alcohol. Once Leo was done, he spit out the window, and closed it to continue business.
”Let's start talking, shall we?” Felix was still giggling, but knew that if he didn't cooperate they might actually kill him, so he sobered up quickly. Leo took another look at Felix, he had the usual cocky good looking boy attitude, when he wasn't making a fool of others. Felix looked at Leo in return, and said,
”I would love to talk to you, but I'm kinda uncomfortable with this seating. Mind if we remove the ropes?” Felix asked politely. Leo just straight stared at him and replied,
”You and I both know you don't need our help getting out of those ropes.” Felix shrugged, and the ropes just fell right through him before he threw them away.
”If I used my blessings to get out of those ropes, then how did you know I wouldn't use it to run away?” He asked curiously. Leo suddenly grinned evilly, and replied,
”Because, we're talking politely right now, if you ran then I'd track you down and kill you just like that. Don't doubt me on that, thanks to your stunt I know your scent perfectly now, you can't hide even by changing form.” Felix's smile fell, and he started sweating again. He never thought that these people would have better senses than a beast man. He still wasn't sure what they even were, he never heard of humans having beast man senses. Even half breeds had some physical traces of their beast origins.
”What are you?” He asked in wonder. Leo looked thoughtful for a second, then replied,
”Get me to trust you, and I'll tell you. Let's start with all of your blessings, shall we?” Felix decided that he wouldn't lose much by telling them his third blessing anyways, and said,
”Well, you know about the shapeshifting, and the walking through walls, and I can also tell when someone's lying. So I'll know if you're being truthful or not.” This was why he didn't doubt their threats to kill him, he knew he was telling the truth when he said it.
”What a coincidence, I can use my senses to tell if you're being truthful or not as well. This should go a lot better than I thought. Next question, what are you doing here in the human cities?” Felix pondered how to answer the question without giving away secrets that weren't his, and answered,
”I'm here to gather intelligence before the purge.” He left it only at that, since he didn't say for who specifically, and didn't say what intelligence he was after. Plus since they just wanted to talk, then he might be able to gain some allies for the coming battles. He then decide to ask his questions.
”Now you, what are you and where does your loyalties lie?” Leo pondered the question, before answering.
”I'm a werewolf, and my loyalties lay towards those I care about, who like my beautiful wife will be victims of the purge.” At Leo's words Iris dropped her hood for the first time and showed Felix her eyes. Felix went wide eyed at the hopeful allies he found. If they were against the humans like him then he might come out ahead, but there was something bothering him.
”What is a werewolf? Is it some kind of wolf beast man?” Felix had never heard about these beast men, so he thought it was some kind of new hybrid or something. Leo only smiled and started stripping.
”HEY, I know some things were kinda weird before, but i don't actually swing that way!” Felix cried out, but before he managed to close his eyes, Leo finished stripping and suddenly started getting bigger. Felix watched in fascination and horror, as Leo grew to seven feet tall, barely being able to keep from hitting the ceiling. He grew fur all over his body that matched his hair, and sharp claws pointed out from each finger and toe. Felix felt really grateful that they managed to come to an understanding.