Refuse
"No, I won't." you say
The tiger lowered the meat from his jaws and sighed. "You'll feel that way at first. It'll become easier."
"I'm not going to accept this!" you growled. In your anger, you threw the meat down and stood aggressively, fur rising along your spine. You were still a male trapped within this female body, and you weren't willing to live like this.
"Sit down!" the tiger bellowed.
His booming voice echoed throughout the cavern and sent shivers of fear throughout your body. You felt like snarling and roaring deep down, but only a mewling whimper rose in your throat. Clenching your paws, you returned to your crouched position and glanced away from the tiger. The tiger began speaking in another language, one that you didn't quite understand. You assumed that he was cursing. With some dismay, you retrieved your discarded piece of meat and began chewing numbly at its edge. You swallowed slowly, the meat edging down your throat and seemingly losing all of its taste.
"How can you live like this? This isn't right," you muttered.
The tiger raised his head and narrowed his eyes at you. For a few moments, it seemed like he might snap at you again. "There's nothing that I can do about it. I've been this way for years. For awhile, my husband and I were determined to escape this nightmare. We thought that we were going to find a way out. What were we supposed to do though?"
You remained silent.
"This defies all logic. It's magic or something worse. How can we undo this when we don't even understand how it happened?"
"The costumes, they're the cause of this."
"Yes, but would you have considered this possible in the past?"
"Of course not."
"Exactly. Then, how are we supposed to get out? How are we supposed to know how to return to our previous lives?" the tiger questioned. He growled to himself in frustration and took an enormous bite from the deer meat.
Written by falconess22 on 28 March 2016
