Shapeshifters in WWIV: A Roleplay (Celebrating Ten Years!)

((Yes, I think that's certainly plausible.))

Lillian groaned as she woke up from another nightmare. She rolled over and checked the clock. 4:30. She gritted her teeth. It would still be hours before the search for Christoph resumed. Hours of extra time Franz had to get away.
Before she had really thought about what she was doing, Lillian was dressed and out the door. She shifted to a barn owl as soon as she was outside and took off, heading back toward the river where they had lost his scent.
As soon as she arrived, she shifted back to bloodhound. The scent was still there, still disappearing into the river. She sat down for a moment to think. If she were Franz, where would she have gone? She growled in frustration, realizing she had no idea.

((Awesome! It's pretty short but maybe later on you can expand on it. Just one thing: does Aspen have a last name?))

It seemed most likely to Schwarz that Franz Möer had some sort of hidden bunker somewhere out here in the forests of Ukraine, or possibly a shelter in Russia somewhere. Unless... unless he had gone through the water just to throw them off, and circled back somewhere they couldn't find his trail. He could be absolutely anywhere. It was all she could do not to scream. With this thought she doubled back, intending to search in other directions for scent trails, but was forced to land on the bank to catch her breath.

Lillian stood. The water would cause a break in the scent trail, but it could not hide it forever. If she could find where it picked back up again...
She crossed to the other side of the river and began following the bank, nose to the ground in search of Franz's scent.

Aspen shifted into her usual red fox shift, sprinting for the tree across the yard. Her secret pistol was hidden in her fur.

((sorry it's short.))

((Yeah.))

((no, she's in the woods of Idaho. Plot convenience.))

Lillian jumped at the voice. She had been so focused on scents, she hadn't even heard the person approach. She quickly recognized the scent and realized it was Schwarz. Lillian felt sinking dread in her stomach; Schwarz was already beyond upset with her. But how had she found Lillian?
Reluctantly, Lillian shifted back to her human form. She thought maybe she should speak, but she could think of no valid excuse to give.

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Remus circled over to woods in the form of a falcon. There had been reports of possible RedKingdom spies in the area, so the skies were now constantly patrolled. He spotted a flash of red fur on the ground beneath him--a fox. He almost turned away, but he spotted something unusual about this animal. He focused his eyes on the fox and could just make out the shape of a weapon in the red fur. Now that was certainly suspicious.
He landed on the ground a ways away from the fox and, shifting back to his human form, called for backup. He hoped this potential spy was alone.

((Ice, do you remember what Remus' rank is? I know we discussed it once, but it's not on his form. I know he's my character so I should know this, but my memory is atrocious.))

((Do you plan on having Aspen join one of the sides eventually, or no?))

Once his backup was in place, Remus shifted to cheetah and took off in the same direction as the fox. Once he passed it, he turned out in front of it, blocking its path.
"Stop!" said Remus, shifting to human and pulling his gun. "Return to your human form immediately!"

Jennette almost declined, but paused. "How's the weather outside?" she asked finally. It felt like she'd been trapped in this cell forever.

((Just so you know, shifters can't speak in animal form, so Aspen will either have to shift or not say anything.))

((Hmm, in that case, I'm not sure Remus is the best person to start a story line with. I mean, this will work for a little while, but ultimately Remus is with the WK and not even close to Aspen's age, so I'm not really sure what the connection would be there. Unless maybe Aspen has to stay at the WK base for a while, either as a prisoner because she trespassed or something or as some sort of safety measure to protect her? How open would you be to one of those?

Otherwise I could create a new character, or maybe someone else has an available character? Ice, Night? Thoughts?))

Remus lowered his gun slightly. This was just a teen, without uniform, clearly not with the RK. "My apologies," he said. "We thought you may be an RK operative." He narrowed his eyes. "Where are you heading with that gun?"

((Tom, did you see my message for you on my previous post?))

Remus lowered his gun. "The WhiteKingdom does not attack independent shifters without reason. Go ahead, then. I'm sorry for the disturbance."

((Okay. I did recently create an unaffiliated character to RP with a new member, and I don't know if she's coming back, so that character may be available.

Did you have any idea of what sort of role you wanted Aspen to play in this RP, or any sort of vision of what you'd like her to do? It's okay if you don't, I'm just trying to figure out what sort of character to make to set that up if you do. Do you have any plans or ideas?))

((I'm sure that's fine, but can you be a little more specific? What does she do as a rebel?))