prophesied wanderings

[her_imperial_radiance]

Time passes. Well before Zeus's thirteenth birthday, he looks human-25, and then he stops, and Harley catches up; Zeus is still taller, but not by much, and burlier, but not by much.

Wolves have a lot of casual sex amongst themselves; the girl wolves can't get pregnant, and with pack telepathy it would be pretty hard to hide a secret crush. Everyone avoids getting serious - well, the lesbians don't, but any couple involving a male wolf has to avoid deep emotional entanglements that would shatter if he imprinted; the Imperial Seer helps, but she is not perfect and they will live for long enough that even a slim chance adds up. But casual sex absolutely happens. Zeus has a friend with benefits by the time he's fifteen (her name is Kitty, but she thinks this is ridiculous, and prefers "Xanthe" after her yellow fur).

He helpfully passes on to the pack that Harley thinks they are all hot; several people take advantage of this information, and Harley has more than one friend with benefits at the age of fifteen.

(Meanwhile, the masquerade is in tatters; wolves are just more convenient than looking for human partners, at least until Zeus decides he's interested in the Seer finding him a suitable imprint.)

This newfound interest does not mean Zeus and Harley don't hang out, even now that they're both sixteen. Presently, Harley is getting his ass handed to him by his wolf-reflexed sparring partner at a mo-cap fighting video game entitled Bloodsport V.

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[her_imperial_radiance]

[I'll ask her.]

A moment later:

[Alice says the imprint will remain no matter what you turn into.]

[pythbox]

[Okay!]

"Hey," he says out loud, to the Zeus he is snuggling. "I think I'm gonna go get a pentagon from Elsie and switch back."

[alicornucopia]

Zeus play-bites at the nearest Harley body part. (It is a shoulder.) "Uh, what's gonna happen to me when you do that?"

[pythbox]

"According to the Imperial Seer, nothing exciting," he shrugs.

[alicornucopia]

"Okay. I suppose excitement'll have to come from other sources then." He kisses the bitten shoulder.

[pythbox]

"I'm sure we can dig some up if we really try," he laughs. "Okay, gonna go find Elsie."

First, clothes! Well, pants. Pants are clothes. Oh, and boobs go with shirts, he keeps forgetting that. He will put on a shirt.

There, now he's gonna go find Elsie.

[her_imperial_radiance]

Here is Elsie! She is illustrating a pamphlet.

[pythbox]

"Hi, Elsie! I want a pentagon," he says cheerfully. "Ooh, what's the pamphlet?"

[her_imperial_radiance]

"It's about offworld magic," says Elspeth, producing a pentagon and handing it over.

[pythbox]

"Cool!"

He switches back.

"Gonna go see if Zeus still wants to make out with me, bye!"

And back to his room he goes.

[alicornucopia]

The answer is a slightly confused yes!

[pythbox]

How confused? Should they have a conversation about it, or is Zeus just going to make some funny faces before resuming makeouts?

[alicornucopia]

Looks like it's the second thing, unless Harley really wants to discuss it!

[pythbox]

Well.

"You are cute when you make funny faces," Harley informs him.

[alicornucopia]

"Am I making funny faces?"

[pythbox]

"You are, it's adorable." Harley kisses Zeus's nose.

[alicornucopia]

Zeus grins. "I dunno, it's just, this isn't the first time imprinting decided to take some wolf's sexuality out back and shoot it? But it's the first time it's happened this way."

[pythbox]

"I'm full of surprises," Harley says brightly, and he pounces on Zeus.

[alicornucopia]

Mmmm pouncing! Highly appreciated pouncing.

[pythbox]

Hooray for highly appreciated things! Harley decides to do some more things that he expects will be highly appreciated.

[alicornucopia]

Pretty much anything Harley-related is highly appreciated.

[pythbox]

Awesome, because giving Zeus blowjobs is lots of fun and he would be sad if Zeus stopped appreciating them.

[alicornucopia]

There has been no cessation of appreciation there! It has if anything increased.

[pythbox]

Awesome, perfect, excellent, he's so pleased.

[alicornucopia]

Also, on the "bribed, threatened, or magicked" front?

Zeus has now been pretty thoroughly magicked.