Shine a Little Light on the Situation

[Guy LeGrange]

Guy flipped through another folder, frowning slightly. Shadow beasts, really? that sounded like something out of Tolkein. "Thinks the dwarf that can silence mutant powers with a thought," muttered Guy. Apparently this one literally transformed into some kind of shadow wolf, which, Guy had to admit, sounded pretty badass, or at least more badass than several of the powers that he'd had to deal with in his time here. She certainly seemed more interesting than the Cox girl whose ability really seemed to be more her constant ability to annoy the faculty and staff.

Guy had set up the training room appropriately, though he did suppose it could be seen as a tad insulting. The various chew toys and knotted ropes he had here and there could be taken the wrong way. So could the giant bone that Guy was technically sitting on now. Or perhaps the various balls he had scattered throughout the room. At least he hadn't quite decided to drag the giant stuffed cat in the room. No, he figured he had to save something for the next session.

Though there was some childish part of him that was wondering if he should have brought a bridle or a saddle. But that would definitely be pushing it. This was one of the first students that Guy had gotten in some time that didn't seem to have some sort of issue with authority or some complicated past.

ah, then someone was entering. Guy looked up, tucking the folder away and looking at his new student. "Welcome, missssster?" he eyed her, his brow crinkling, "Dev---you're going to have to give me a clue here," he folded his hands together and raised his brows as he looked at... it.

[Devyn Solway]

Devyn had a training session, and she was honestly looking forward to it a lot. She only ever really caring about training her body and her power. This guy, literally named Guy was the trainer, meaning he would be able to help her with both. She would not admit it but she was a little nervous, rubbing at her father's graduation ring that was always on her finger. It helped calm her down a little, even if her father was dead; he was still with her through this ring. On the outside she seemed pretty calm and focused, green eyes have a sort of determination and drive in them. That was until she entered the room.

She blinked a few times looking around, not sure if this was some sort of joke, test, or if he was being serious. There were chew toys, ropes that would be great for tug of war, and even balls ideal for fetching. This had to be a joke right? Did he think this was going to be some puppy play date? She turned into a huge shadow wolf with two tail and white eyes. She was not some puppy that would play fetch or other various dog task. Well...she might have, she was not sure. She never thought about it too much. Granted she did like to chew on things and the bone he was sitting made her stomach growl for a moment, but she had already eaten before she showed up.

He was speaking to her, eyes looking over to him, looking him over and raised an eyebrow at his words. He called her mister, understandable. Not only could she pass for a guy easily but her name was unisex, but still it was mostly a name that was associated with males. "Devyn. Pronounced DEV-in." Devyn responded simply, even her voice could pass off as a guy. She could truly pull of being either gender, but more often passed as a guy, because it was easier. She left it vague still, having a feeling she knew what he was asking, but she wanted him to come out and say it. "Mr. LeGrange right? Or do you prefer Mr. Guy?" She asked going closer to him and offered her hand to shake his.

[Guy LeGrange]

"Ah, Devyn, but with a 'y'. Someone's parents were 'edgy,' or perhaps a little high," Guy offered. He took the extended hand in his own, giving Devyn's a slight squeeze and a few pumps. Her/his next comments also made Guy chuckle, and he lowered his hand. "Mr. Guy? That's what you call someone you don't know. Then again, you could say that my parents opted for the generic name too," he shrugged and then hopped off his perch, walking over to one wall. He quickly pulled open something like a cabinet, dumping the file and a few other items in there, including his phone and watch.

"You can call me Legrange, if you'd like. I've never really been one for the whole mister thing," said Guy. He then turned, scanning Devyn. "So, you turn into a giant shadow dog. That certainly sounds thrilling. I can't say I've trained many giant shadow dogs," he paused then pointed at the giant bone. "Would you believe they actually make them that large? Then again, they could have known you were coming," he put his hands into his pockets, rocking back on his heels. Again he looked Devyn over, his lips pursed together.

"I thought about asking them to lay newspaper down," he said, nodding and moving his hand, still in his pocket, to sort of point at the floor, "just in case of accidents. But I was hopeful that you were at least house trained. You are, aren't you? Because if not, I'll have to see if they have an absolutely massive shit scooper tucked away somewhere."

[Devyn Solway]

She watched him carefully. Was that supposed to be an insult of sorts? Did he insult her name and her parents? No, she must have been over thinking it. “My father said he wanted a tough sounding name with a y in it.” Devyn explained, raising an eyebrow at the hand shake, giving his hand a firm squeeze before he let hers go. She smirked a little at his words, nodding a little bit. So they both had odd names in a way. Well at least she was not just named Girl or Guygirl or something along those lines. It be odd and interesting if people where all given names like that. There would be a lot of people going by the name of Guy then. It made her think of an anime she watched for a moment, but now was not the time to be thinking about such things. It was training time. Her green eyes followed him over to the cabinet for a moment before looking back at the bone, staring at it a little, only broken out of her trance when he was speaking again.

“Legrange it is sir. Is sir okay?” Devyn asked, because she even said sir to her father, another respect thing for adult like figures. She looked over him back when he looked over her, her brain automatically wanting to know if he was any form of a threat, but even if she was it was not like she do anything. It was just the animal instincts in herm just at the back of her mind thankfully. “Well it’s more of a shadow wolf.” Devyn started off, was going to explain more but he started talking about the bone and it had her distracted again. “Well, might be some werewolf like students here so they might like a giant bone… how is a giant bone going to help my training? Really how is any of this stuff going to help?” Devyn asked because she really did want to know. Where they going to like play some sort of game to get her under control? This had to be a joke right? She raised an eyebrow at the newspaper comment. Alright, now she was sure he was messing with her. Her greens eyes slowly turning into a darker green as any shadows in the room moved around a little as if the light source creating them was swinging back and forth, but it was not.

“I don’t think I can even go to the bathroom in that form. Or even really eat.” Devyn said now thinking about it; pretty sure she never went to the bathroom why she was in her shadow beast form. Granted she had killed rabbits, deer, and such but she never really ate them. They kind of were just stored within the inside of the shadow and when she change back whatever she ‘ate’ would be covering her body. She did however get really hungry after she change back, which might have been because the shadows could not eat themselves, at least not yet. “My question for you is will you be able to protect yourself? I’m not some fluffy little puppy and I’ll be even taller then you then I am now. I can’t even keep control for too long, so you will be in danger.” Devyn spoke in a serious tone, looking right at him. She figured he had to be well equipped enough since this was his job, but she was still worried.

[Guy LeGrange]

"Oh, sir is fine," said Guy, waving a hand, "I've been knighted, so I'm sure the Queen's okay with it," a complete lie, but then again, about half of what Guy said could technically count as a lie of some sort. He kept his attention on Devyn, his eyes never leaving her. Which, of course, meant his whole focus was on the teenage mutant. He wouldn't have a brilliant idea of how to hold back her mutant ability without her actually attempting anything, but Guy was fairly certain that he was getting enough of a bead on her to prevent her from completely wolfing out.

He was also more than a little surprised to find that she wasn't rising to any of his barbs. Usually even the most reserved and stalwart of students would fire back a snarky comment or so. There was the comment about the stuff around her, but, well, Guy couldn't really blame her for that one. It wasn't as though she could read his mind (well, she couldn't now even if she could in a broader, more technical sense). He didn't bother responding to that though.

"Really? No pissing or shitting? I can't tell whether that sounds horribly inconvenient or brilliantly convenient. I suppose it would leave you less of a trail," he tapped his finger against his chin for a while, considering. As he did, he heard her comment, one that he got far, far too often. "I do suppose that I look awfully bite-sized, don't I?" he looked down, considering. "I'm probably rather delicious too, as I primarily eat greasy pub food. But to your worry," he looked back up at her, his expression serious. "Why don't you try accessing your ability right now? Transform into your giant puppy form. It's quite alright, I give you my permission as a trainer."

of course, it was entirely likely that Deryn couldn't manage that right now, not with Guy having been focusing on her since she walked into the room, especially not without her having experienced the suppression before. Perhaps if she really focused her will, she might begin something of a transformation, but clearly Guy wasn't concerned about that minor possibility.

[Devyn Solway]

Devyn started to tile her head to the side a little at Guy as he spoke. She didn’t really buy the whole being knighted thing. Even if it sounded really cool. She didn’t know what he could do so for all she knew he was some kind of immortal, so he could have been a Knight. Still she was not going to fall for it. She raised an eyebrow at him a little because he seemed to be really focused on her. It was kind of nice to have such attention in a way. Made it more personable, but it also made her uneasy because showing what she could do was not something she was super eager to do, and even less if he was going to watch. She would have wanted him to close his eyes or something. She didn’t even pick up on the fact that the shadows in the room where not even moving or anything.

She squinted at him now; he was not answering her question about the stuff in the room. It could not have just been coincidence that all that dog stuff was in the room. She didn’t know his schedule or if there were dog like powered students at the school, but she was pretty sure it was personal. Even more so at his comments. Only reason she had not snapped at him yet was because she still held respect towards authority figures and that was what he was. Plus losing control over her emotions could result in her changing unwilling or getting stuck easier, which she would prefer to avoid if she could help it. "I don’t always remember everything that I did when I'm using my power. However, I don’t recall even leaving behind any shadow pee or shadow shit." Devyn said grabbing at her keys around her neck on a necklace, playing with them a little as her eyes wondered around the room for a moment and then back to him, just giving a nod to his words. However his size was not really the issue, powerful things could come in small packages, she just didn’t know what he could do and was just worried that she might hurt him. How much trouble would she get in if she killed a staff member?

"Don't tell me that. Going to make me hungry and increases the chance that I might try to eat you." Devyn said with something of a smirk appearing on her face but it vanished when he gave her permission to transform. She was going to ask if he was sure but then her said puppy and that bothered her oddly enough. "Alright. I'm not responsible then." Devyn said, closing her eyes after a moment and taking a deep breath, trying to pull the shadows from within the room over to her, since using just herself to make the shadow hurt a lot, plus it was easier to pull shadows from within an area to use then to use her own. However, nothing was happening, she didn’t feel the darkness taking over or hear any whispers. Causing her to open her eyes and look around the room, specifically at the shadows and then over to Guy.

"Uh...well this is weird. I swear I can do it." Devyn said, changing her stance to be on all for, letting out another deep breath, trying again, only getting a few shadows to do something of a twitch but otherwise unchanged. "It’s not...working..." Devyn said sounding slightly devastated because she could do this, why was it not working, did she lose her power? Her green eyes looked up at him now, since she was still on all four on the ground. "You are preventing me from doing it. Right?" Devyn asked, tilting her head to the side a little, confused more then she liked to be, should be used to anything being possible by now, but still was not.

[Guy LeGrange]

"Wouldn't be the first to try and take a nibble," said Guy. he was half tempted to show some of the various scars he had adorning his body. While he could, and usually did, suppress someone's powers, it was suppression not elimination. Half his job was coaxing a student into breaking free of his suppressing field; that so often stood place as their final test. When Guy suppressed, say, someone that could take on an animal form and they finally managed to break free, well, things did get wild. Guy usually wore more protection during those sessions though.

Guy watched Devyn take position, and he could almost feel her attempting to use her power. His eyes darted toward the shadows in the room, mostly as they started to twitch ever so slightly. Yes, she definitely had some power to her, though, of course, she wasn't perfect. Give her a year and she'd be quite formidable. Guy didn't initially say anything, just watching as his student struggled for a bit.

The panic was familiar. Everyone usually panicked at the first sensation or grew far, far too happy. Truly, Guy preferred the panic: he could assuage that simply by relaxing his will. He could never truly take away someone's power though, and considering some of the abilities he'd seen in his time here, he truly wished he could. He was far more impressed when Devyn figured it out. He smiled and gestured. "My ability is roughly called 'power suppression.' I can't do anything to a normal human, but I can render mutants unable to use their ability. Given enough time and training, you will be able to break free of my particular version of it. In fact, that's going to be one of our long term goals," Guy hopped off the bone, walking over to Devyn and gesturing for her to get up.

"So, you say that you don't remember anything from your transformations?" he asked, looking up at her. "How in control of your shadow self would you say you were? On a scale from 'riding the bucking bull' to 'dancing like a puppet on a string.'" The file had various figures, to be sure, but Guy always preferred hearing it directly from the source.

[Devyn Solway]

That didn’t make her feel any better to hear that. Well it did a little, because at least she was not the only one out there that had hurt people or could hurt them in the ways of eating them. Still she did not like that she did try to eat people and things. Even if she did like her meat on the rarer side, she still didn’t really want to eat a person or anything, which was still cannibalism…right? Yes, she was still human, just a powered human. "Sorry either way if I do hurt you." Devyn said, honestly not wanting to hurt someone who was trying to help her, and even less if they didn’t hurt her, even if his earlier jokes were still in the back of her mind.

She was still in a panic; her heart rate increased a little more just thinking about herself not being able to use her ability anymore. The shadows were another connection to her father. All she had was his ring, and her ability similar to his that was her reminded of him. That he was still there. Even if her ability was a lot more aggressive than his; which was mainly for hiding for his spy work. She did settle a little at his returned smile at her and revealed what he could do. Rising to stand back up on her feet as he spoke, taking in his words and gave a small nod. Alright, so she had not lost them forever, just for the moment while he was using his ability on her. What he could do was pretty impressive to her, fit perfect with him being a trainer. She wondered if he was called in for those times when a student might lose control and go berserk.

"You want me to break free of your power? That’s dangerous right? For you specifically." Devyn said with a small hint of worry in her voice. Yes she was looking forward to getting stronger and better control over what she could do, but what if she seriously hurt him. Then again, if she didn’t take the risk that she was going to hurt someone then she was never going to get better. Plus he was her trainer so she had to have some trust that he be able to take care of himself and knew what he was doing. "I remember everything from when I'm in control, but only a little bit when I start to lose control, and absolutely nothing when I have no control." Devyn explained as clear as she could. Even just trying to think about what she did when she had no control hurt her head.

She had to think for a moment since his choice of phrases he was using to compare to her level of control was odd. "For the first close to a half hour for sure I’m in complete control over myself. After that it varies how fast I lose control." Devyn said rubbing at her father's ring on her finger for a small moment. "I can tell when I start to lose it because the whispers get louder and the smoke like stuff that follows me around starts changing different shades of black...well grey." Devyn said trying to think on it, was hard to see herself in her shadow beast form, since she never really looked in the mirror before. "There is one thing I didn’t tell anyone yet however...the smoke that surrounds me I can get it to take on the form of letters. Three at a time so far. So I can answer yes or no questions at the very least." Devyn admitted, she didn’t want to really tell anyone about that since she could not always do it and it was only three letters, nothing to brag about really.

[Guy LeGrange]

"oh yes, it's quite dangerous. It's why my tiny little body is just covered in scars," said Guy, gesturing at his frame. "But it's quite necessary as a solid test of your skill and ability." He had done it before, and he would likely do it again. At least now he happened to be on excellent terms with a doctor who just so happened to have healing hands in a most literal sense. It had been rather difficult in the times before that, though at least he'd had healing students and such for quite a while now. Thank God for Dr. Jason Campbell.

So her control was the issue then. Guy frowned at that, wondering if it had something to do with the strength of her manifestation. Sometimes you couldn't ever gain complete control; it was just part of increasing the power. Alistair Magnessen the berserker had that problem: he would always end up trading over his control for greater powers. Thankfully, Devyn expounded, with Guy listening closely. It seemed to definitely be linked to time, and he found himself nodding; he'd seen variations of that before.

The last bit though, where she mentioned the manipulations, that intrigued Guy, as did her mention of "voices." "So your ability is a variant of shadow control. I had wondered about that. Hopefully we can work on expanding your control, as I don't fancy being regularly bitten. Occasionally bitten, sure, and definitely bitten in the bedroom by someone much older than yourself, but not regularly," he frowned, tapping his fingers on his chin. "But let's go back to the whisper thing. Is that some kind of 'I might be crazy' voices or perhaps echoes of things people have said in the shadows or, well, you don't believe in demons or something, do you? Because I've had that conversation before, and it's never fun."

[Devyn Solway]

"I guess. Just don’t die or anything stupid like that." Devyn said slightly muttered, topic of death was cool with her but there was a time and a place. When they were training and talking about how Guy got her, she didn’t really think it was the place. So she opted for the best choice of words, which was to wish him the best and that he was alright. School needed trainers after all. That and again she hate to be the one to end up accidently killing a teacher. She ran her thumb over her ring once more for a moment, eyes locked on Guy for the moment, wondering what powers he had seen. If anything he saw would impress her, or heck even scare her. She had not seen a power that really scared her yet, so if he knew of one that would be pretty cool.

She watched him, noticing that he actually seemed to be paying attention and hearing the words she spoke. At least he cared. Or at least there was care there, weather it was for looking out for himself to keep him alive when dealing with other mutants, or that he really did want to help. Either way it didn’t really matter. He was male, he was helping her with her powers, and her mind was already associating him as a good guy...of sorts. She raised an eyebrow at seeing the frown. Had she said something bad? Something that made him worry? Should she be worried? She rubbed her ring a little more. Why was it that when it came to her powers or talk about her family that she got all panic on the inside and slightly on the outside?

"Yes. Its basically shadow control combined with abilities associated with the animal you turn into. In my case that’s a wolf. At least...that’s how my father explained it to me and the recruiter agreed." Devyn said thinking back to when her father was trying to explain what she could do to her and also what the recruiter had told her. She could not help but to chuckle at his talk about biting. "I enjoy biting and being bitten myself, but more so in my age group, so no worries." Devyn said still giving him a playful wink. Yet he was back to frowning now and bringing up the whispers she had heard. She had to think on it for a moment and it hurt her head a little, shadows twitching a little, but still not doing anything since Guy's power.

"Whispers...whisper...I think its echoing of what people have said. Things that are in the back of my mind..." Devyn said, moving a hand into her hair a moment, taking a deep breath. That had to be it. She knew she was not crazy or anything. It where whispers that people had said that she would be thinking about at times. Most of the whispers...were dark thoughts. Things said to her as a child. Nope. Not going there. She gave a shrug. "That’s all I know really. Don’t worry about the whispers controlling me or anything." Devyn said with a slightly forced chuckle to change how she was feeling for the moment and then she was fine, sort of. Her stomach did growl a little. "So you had to deal with some out of this world power I bet, huh?" Devyn asked, going for a slight topic change.

[Guy LeGrange]

So it was as Guy suspected. He'd definitely seen variants of this before, and he was just thankful that he wasn't dealing with another dragon form made entirely of fire. He still had the burn scar on his side from that one. Despite Devyn's reservations, Guy was fairly certain that she couldn't manage to do worse than that, especially not given his own ability, which should help her tremendously. Then again, that only made sense, since that was why so many people were assigned to Guy as trainees in the first place.

Bit of a flirt too, or at least not prudish enough to go along with it. Guy logged that away for later, tucked next to the bit of a file labeled "I like this girl" and "I really hope she's not insane." Devyn certainly didn't act like she was going insane, and she at least had a theory as to why she had the voices. Guy already decided that his best bet was to try and get a telepath or mind walker or something near Devyn when the wolf hit. If they could get someone else, someone not tied to the shadows, to take a look, then it could reveal a lot. And Guy didn't intend on getting Devyn's permission for this either: when he was genuinely worried about his student's insanity, he sort of overrode their permission. Besides, she wasn't eighteen yet, so all he'd technically have to do was get her parents' permission.

"I'm less concerned with the whispers controlling you and more concerned about your ability driving you mad. That happens from time to time, you know. Not everyone sees their abilities as blessings. Imagine what your life would be like if, say, you kept jumping into other people's memories, or you couldn't touch anyone without sending them into some kind of shock. But, luckily, you turn into a giant puppy made of shadows," Guy clapped his hands and then chuckled. He began loosing his powers' hold on Devyn, though he kept her fully within his field of focus, just in case. "And yes, I've actually experienced a lot of fantabulous powers before. I was just thinking about the dragon made of fire that I had to experience fifteen years ago. Thankfully, I'm in the best position to help you. Now," he turned, having gotten a few paces away, "I've lightened my hold on your ability, so why don't you try transforming? We need to run some trials with the big puppy. And don't worry, I'll only make you nibble on the bone long enough for me to get embarrassing photos."

[Devyn Solway]

Devyn's green eyes were on him as he spoke about that his concern was with her basically going insane and not so much with the whispers. She had to think about that for a moment if that was possibly. Her dad seemed fine enough whenever he was around and he had powers like hers, well over shadows that is. He had never told her about himself hearing whispers, only that sometimes he would get lost in the darkness, but she didn’t take it as an insanity thing. Granted she could possibly see how she would go crazy, possibly. The whispers...no, she was not going to think about them. She preferred to ignore them like she always did when she would start to hear them. They did not tell her to do anything bad really. it would have been more of her giving in, which should could not fully say was not possible.

"Yeah, with powers like what some others have, I don’t think I be the same person." Devyn said, thinking about already the few people she met, one in particular was someone who could not touch anyone without hurting them. Granted she still didn’t think a person should give up and let their powers rule over them. They were the mutant, they had ways to control, deal, and cope. That’s why people like Guy where here. To train them so they would get control and learn how to deal. "Either way I figure you will help keep me sanity." Devyn said with a smirk, putting some trust in Guy, she had to if she was going to work with him.

Her eyes widen a little at the mentioning of a dragon made out of fire. That had to be a pretty hot experience, and she meant that in a literal way. "Had to have fire extinguishers and buckets of water on you at all times huh?" Devyn asked, trying to think about how she reacts to that. It be cool, heh cool; it be neat to meet them but dealing with their power would be troublesome indeed. She looked over Guy wondering how many close calls or brush with death he had experience over his years. She raised an eyebrow a little when he moved back, wondering what he had planned. Time for the real test, time to try using her powers again. She was not planning on going full size; she never really did unless she was out of control. Full size her would have been a dire wolf, normal size her about...well think of a certain popular vampire book saga and you would get the idea.

She gave him a small glare at his comment about embarrassing photos of her chewing on the bone. Great it was in her mind now so she was more than likely to try it. Her stomach even growled a little at the thought. She closed her eyes once more and took a deep breath, best to use her power in a relaxed state; she noticed she had control longer then. The shadows in the room starting to move a lot more before the seemed to be literally removed from the attachments they had to the objects that casted them. Going over to Devyn and starting to cover her body. The shadow like smoke started to appear, coming off her body and swirling around her. The process was not at all painful for her, as it was basically putting on large armor and being hidden away in it. Due to Guy's ability she was not able to pull to many shadows to her and she was not able to pull his shadow away from him. Either way, when all was said and done, where Devyn once stood what now the shadow beast form. Its white eyes looking at Guy as the shadow mist formed out three letters.

S. U. P.

[Guy LeGrange]

"Actually, they wrapped me in tin foil and provided barbecue sauce. I think they might have been trying to get rid of me," said Guy. he still moved out of the way for Devyn to transform, watching the process carefully. She at least had decent control over her ability, which was somewhat reassuring, given what she'd said about it. This was one of those abilities that definitely worried Guy. One slip, one loss of concentration, and they could be in serious trouble. No wonder they'd assigned her to Guy, even with her admittedly impressive amount of control and fairly levelheaded attitude, at least about this.

The shadows moved, coalescing into swirls about Devyn. Guy wondered for a moment what would happen if he shined a light onto the shadows in mid-swirl, but he decided that was an experiment for a later date. He needed to see how she fared now, without any extra training or stress or anything of the like. Soon enough, Guy was staring down a wolf that looked like something out of a fantasy novel, or perhaps from one of those fantasy shows. For some reason, he was reminded of Game of Thrones (call it the influence of Fate).

Then letters floated in the air, formed out of the shadows into what Guy was guessing was a greeting. He nodded. "That is impressive," he said. He began walking around, taking a look. "So does it form a shell about you?" he paused, waiting for an answer for that, "and do you know what happens when or if something or someone attacks the shadowy bits?"

Which was another thing they'd have to practice in time. So much to work with. Then again, there always was. At least this would prove to be more exciting than trying to talk to the fiftieth super strength user and convince her to punch a wall. A little excitement never hurt.

[Devyn Solway]

Devyn did laugh at that, on the inside anyways, before her transformation took over, making her incapable of speech. It was kind of like taking a nap but not really. It was more so something like her mind and spirit if one believed in such things; became one with the shadows that she controlled. It really was a weird experience the first time she did it, but now it was kind of something she was used to. It didn’t hurt her, and she felt what her outer skin...fur…shadow... exoskeleton! She was going to go with exoskeleton when she thought about her body and the shadow beast body. However right now she was just the shadow beast. Or the Shadow Prince as she and her father called this form. It was nice to be able to give it or herself in this form a name instead of just always calling it her shadow beast form.

Devyn or Shadow Prince was pleased to hear that sort of praise. Even if it was one word, it meant a lot. Since she had worked on the letters thing for a while now. Seeing as she could not talk it made it difficult to communicate what she wanted, or just in general. Plus the shadow smoke that always lingered around her kind of was just always there and she had no clue what its purpose was so using it to make letter had been the idea. After a year and few months of work she was where she was now. Only three letters at a time to show for it, but it was something. She didn’t move as he started to walk around, well her two tails moves around, but that was normal at first. Her tails moving independently of one another at first before settling still behind her, her white eyes still keeping

Y.E.S.

The letters formed out to Guy's question. She was somewhere in there, where she was not really sure since no one ever tried to hurt her in this form or anything. She was the one who tended to be doing the hurting and luckily it had been to wild animals and the occasional pet.

N.O.

Something that sounded like a growl and a hiss seemed to slip out from her jaws, and fur starting to stand up a little. Just hearing about someone attacking her made her on edge for a moment. Yet she soon settled, she was still in control after all. It was just a question. An important question and one that would need an answer at some point. She had been petted and she would feel her fur being pet but no one had ever shoved anything into the tangible shadows that formed their own matter and basically living being on the outside of Devyn's body, hidden away somewhere in the darkness, yet her mind still there. She could see, hear, smell, touch, and taste everything as she was now. Just like being in a different body in a way.

[Guy LeGrange]

Guy watched the wolf/shadow thing carefully, knowing that this was the more dangerous part. Devyn said she had complete control for at least a few moments, so Guy wasn't quite freaking out just yet. Still, he didn't want to end up explaining to Dr. Campbell about how he'd gotten those enormously big bite wounds. Then again, those might be some sexy looking scars. On the third hand, Guy already had plenty of scars, and he certainly didn't need them to help woo a lady, if he wanted to.

The answers to his questions came and Guy nodded to confirm that he got each in turn. So it was some sort of shell about her, which made him wonder how much transferred into her body. More things to test; argh, it seemed like every time he learned something new it just popped up more questions. He was a trainer, not a scientist: he had no desire to go digging about and try to figure out these little details about powers. If it wasn't necessary for Devyn, he probably wouldn't have bothered. It was the girl he truly cared about, not the power she possessed.

A hiss, anger, probably at his offhand mention of harm. So did the creature react on its own? He'd ask that, but not right now. He wasn't sure how much longer she'd have complete control and there were very important things to do. Guy turned slightly and gestured. "Right, well, I want you to go ahead and attack the bone now. I need to see how you actually chew and bite and claw and all that," he said, nodding. He was, of course, already digging his phone out of his pocket. "And I promise that the pictures won't go up on Facebook unless you become really annoying. Or I get drunk. Or someone pays me good money. So they'll probably end up on Facebook."