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"So how do you know about electricity?"

Oh. He wants to be serious. Pity, that. "I learned about it in school. Didn't you?"

"Are you a costume?"

"No, but I'm wearing one. Well, I was wearing one, but now I'm... um.

They march you along the dam and through the streets of Coppertown. You decide not to even think about flying away; you're surrounded by live steel, and you doubt your ability to get out of sword's reach quickly enough to avoid being gutted like a trout. You're taken to a large and ug

1:738 More details by Catprog & Cubist

"Is that why there is the F&M branches?" They nod. "When the first gender-swaps occurred, it seems to have been random, and some of the changed people didn't deal with it very well; we had to try to stop it from happening, or at least make it happen les

2:535 "Alternating Current" by Catprog & Cubist

"Of course," you say, nodding. "He probably knows everything there is to know about alternating curre—"

"What did you say!?" the swordsmen's leader demands.

"Alter—"

"That's enough!" the leader says.

2:534 Electricity? by Catprog & Cubist

Electricity? Interesting; there's probably another costume-user behind it, some way or other. "No magic? How do you manage without it?"

"We still use some magic, but prices has gone up so we have been replacing it with electricity as we come up with electric things&qu

1:737 Middle of the year by Catprog & Cubist

You are surprised when in the middle of the year you are transferred and you find yourself in a dormitory you did not know about. filled with cat people. You are doubly surprised when you find that your tail is now a proper tail.

You soon find out that the university is hiding a large ri

2:533 Where are you? by Catprog & Cubist

On the other side of the dam, you see a large drop and a number of waterwheels. The dam itself completely blocks the river, and one end of it goes up to a town. "What are you?" the stick holder asks, and while he's no longer actively threatening you w

2:532 Drifting by Catprog & Cubist

You awake when you feel something poking you. You open one eye to see someone with a long stick, and behind him, a small number of people with swords. Then both of your eyes fly open and you twitch all over. How rude can an awakening get! "Are you going to kill me?" you ask the

1:736 Next year by Catprog & Cubist

The year passes quickly. There are other classes in which you see that odd 'cat illusion', but since nobody else seems to notice anything, you pay them no mind. By the next year, you get to choose you tail. They are lots of choices and you get a white tiger tail. <

2:531 Swimming time by Catprog & Cubist

A small part of you speaks up in your head: "But I am suppose to be a sphinx, feline and things..." Ah, yes; you apparently have some residual instincts left over from your time as a sphinx. You shrug; what you need is a good swim, that'll set you straight! Now, where'

2:530 Consequences by Catprog & Cubist

Now back to the tower to try to get rid of all these changes of yours... hold it. You're safe; whatever those changed villagers might have wanted to do to you, they're too far away to do it! Now you have time to check yourself over: You've got a few minor bruises from whate

1:735 Start the classes by Catprog & Cubist

Before you know it the classes start. You can count the males on one hands. Well that is to be expected in the F stream. Apart from that small detail it is your standard university. Of course your first class is different: Feline Psychology 10

2:529 Swim and fly away by Catprog & Cubist

Your head starts pounding again. The air rushing past you helps clear your head, a little, but you're still not at all well. stupid hangover you think and you look down for a place to land out of the reach of the former humans... aha! You see a river -- one of those which feeds that

2:528 What!? by Catprog & Cubist

What!? The otter girl leaps at you, her claws poised to do serious damage. Fortunately for you, she falls short, slamming face-first into the dirt floor of her hovel. That's all you need to know; you turn and run through this unfamiliar village. <

1:734 To the cafeteria by Catprog & Cubist

You go to the cafeteria and find out that all the food is cat themed. "Well I guess they are really into the cat theme" one of the new girls says. You find something that looks all right and as you eat you notice that the older students are eating the more

2:527 In the morning by Catprog & Cubist

You wake up in the morning as the sun filters into the room. Or is it your pounding headache which dragged you from sleep? Looking over to your mate makes you want to smile, even so... until fragments of last night come into your mind. Did all those people really turn into otters? You try

2:526 Drunk casting by Catprog & Cubist

The nice man who give you that mug has most of your attention, but with your sensitive ears (much more acute than mere human), you can't help but overhear other people's conversations. Most of this talk is ignorable, but some of it has to do with personal problems that you'

1:733 To your room by Catprog & Cubist

You say goodbye and go up to your room. Yeah nothing interesting here and open your textbook. You open the book and start reading. The author is quite skilled; his prose is so compelling that you almost feel like you are a cat. Before you know

2:525 Party time by Catprog & Cubist

You swim along, with numerous detours to look at interesting things which caught your attention, and eventually reach the shore. When you poke your head above the surface, it's dark; the sun must have set while you were down below. Whatever. You re-cast the anthropomorphizing spell,

2:524 Try the spell. by Catprog & Cubist

Crossing your fingers... mostly in your mind, as your hands are too flippery at the moment... you recite the words of the anthropomorphizing spell. Success! Not only do your legs extend to a decent length, but your hands re-acquire a goodly bit of their former dexterity! Even