The next day started equally depressing. None of us talked much and we were slightly tense as we waited and hoped to receive some news from our mother.
As the government told the citizens to return to work that means school also started again. Apparently, while many buildings look like they were badly damaged during the earthquake, only the older buildings are damaged so badly that there is any danger of them suddenly falling apart. So our school is still fine. They are going to repair it during the winter holidays.
Today I wore a black shirt and jeans. I used an old jacket of my sister as well. However as the jeans of girls are way tighter as those of the boys, it still feels slightly awkward. My sister also managed to force a bra on me. I didn't want to drag the mood down any further so I just agreed.
The news still reports that the situation near and in Stuttgart is quite dire. By now there were even confirmed casualties. The army also arrived there somewhere in the night and are trying to get rid of these animals and evacuate the civilians. However, the situation is not resolved yet.
I took my school stuff and went to the bus station. Since my sister also recovered from her operation so she also could return to school.
While waiting for the bus, the students around me excitedly talked with their friends about the stuff that happened in the past few days. Some also had some trouble recognizing each other. As with me, showing the status screen was the most effective method to prove their identity.
I noticed that among the roughly 20 students here I and my sister were the only ones who you could easily identify as non-human. Maybe some of them also were non-human but managed to hide it.
The situation on the bus was just the same. I saw no other non-humans.
It got a bit awkward when they noticed my tail.
"Hey, what's that?"
"Oh, that looks cool."
"You mean more like scary."
"You think she would allow me to touch it?"
"Idiot. There is no way she would."
Uwahh I hope they will just continue to talk behind my back and not try something. I honestly don't know how I would react. Probably irritated. I have yet to recover most of my control over my emotions.
My sister was in a similar situation, though there were no comments of her looking scary. The comments were more centered about her body. After the change, she truly had a great body. But she also seemed somewhat troubled by the conversations about her.
In the end, no one approached me because of it and my sister was left alone as well. It's quite funny that those who think that my tail is scary took some distance from me which gave some comfortable space on the usually crammed bus.
The bus stopped at its usual stop and we all went to school. Here in Wolmirstedt, there are 3 schools and 2 of them are basically right next to each other. The one is a high school and the other one is a secondary school.
I go to the secondary school while my sister goes to the high school. I plan on going to a high school after this year though.
So my sister and I part here. I go to my school and finally see some other easily identifiable non-humans.
One of the girls on the other side if the street had some wolf-like ears on top of her head and also a wolf tail just above her butt. One boy I walked by, looked like a grown man just way shorter. Just about my height but with full muscles and a beard. I also saw a person who I could not identify as either gender with green skin and leaf-like hair. I wasn't quite sure what that person was. If I were to go just by sight then it would be a dryad but as far as I know, dryads are all female and usually can easily be identified as such. So maybe this person is from a race that is similar to a dryad but not quite the same.
I only look at them though. I don't know them and just because we are all non-humans by now doesn't mean that we have to be friends.
I arrived at my school and went in. While walking up the stairs I noticed that the crack that I caused in the stairways is still there. I really hope that they won't somehow figure out that I made that.
I continued walking to my classroom. Some of the students, who saw me during the first day and managed to recognize me thanks to my tail, looked confused at my hands and feet. When they saw me, I still had claws after all and it looked like they were part of my body so how did I get rid of them, is probably what they are thinking.
When I arrive, I see that they already managed to exchange the door with a new one. That was quite fast, I thought it would take them longer than this.
I walk into my classroom. Immediately, some heads turn in my direction to see who the person who just arrived is. Some looked surprised, others a bit scared and the rest just ignore me afterward.
Maurice, who has already been brought here by his parents also noticed me.
"Hey, Mark. You look somewhat different."
"Hi, Maurice. Yeah, I managed to use one of my unique skills to get rid of my claws."
Incidentally, as my claws just cleanly fell off while I was changing forms, my family decided to keep them for now. You know like when a tooth gets pulled out. You usually keep it as well. Same principle here.
"Ah, that's what it was. By the way are you sure that you went to get so close to me? You know with my unique skill which I can't even turn off."
"Yeah, it's ok. I figured that I would notice if I started having strange thoughts as there is no way I would have them under any other circumstances. I will only take some distance from you when I notice such strange thoughts."
"I see."
I walked to my seat and put my stuff down and sat down. However, I was slightly troubled by how I should sit. Thanks to my tail I can't lean on the rest of the chair if I sit normally. After all, it would be between my back and the rest if I do. So one way would be to stick the tail through the opening between the seat and the rest while the other one would be to just not use the rest. In the end, I decided to not use the rest as the other option is likely to cause an accident the moment I forget about it.
I wasn't quite sure what lessons we would have today. There were no changes to the timetable on the website so I just took what I would usually need on a Tuesday but I don't really think that with what has happened that this day would be like a normal Tuesday.
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After sitting down, I waited for a few minutes without really talking with anyone. After these few minutes, our class teacher entered the room.
"Okay, could you sit down please and put away your smartphones. There is a lot that we need to discuss."
Our class teacher is a woman in the middle of her 50s. She is quite small and keeps her hair short. She is strict but still way better than many of the other teachers we have as she still understands humor.
"Quieten down, please. There are several announcements that I will have to make and I don't like repeating myself. So then, first would be that we need to affirm the identity of those who no longer can be identified by appearance alone. This is just to make sure that no stranger gets mixed up or something. I know that some of you would use this chance to pull some pranks with their identities. I am going to call your names in the class book. If you are called please answer with a yes or something and then show your status to me. Any questions? No, ok then let's start. Hannes Assböck.
"Here."
"Paul Busch."
"Here."
...
"Mark Dämmerung."
"Here."
[Schow status to Christine Landri]
I answered in my obviously female voice, which caused several heads to turn in my direction. While there were some who knew that I turned female, namely, those who were awake during the incident with Brian, it wasn't really something they would talk about when there is so much other stuff going on as I am just some introverted guy to them.
Most of the people who turned their head to me looked at me incredulously. Some of the girls looked at with expressions that I still could not identify. Something between shock, interest, pure surprise and sometimes a bit of disgust. The boys weren't too different but their expression was nearly always just interest and surprise which made it easier to read.
Ms. Landri also looked at me with surprise and shock apparent on her face but quickly caught herself.
"This is a really strange situation you are in Mark. If there is ever something you need to talk about, just come to me. I'm sure there will be plenty of it in the future."
I nodded but I would most likely ask my sister more often.
She cleared her throat before continuing.
I didn't pay much attention afterward as I wasn't really interested in my classmates. The only other people who received some shocked or really surprised faces were Maurice, Ben and some others who changed their body and faces beyond recognition. Maurice and I were the only non-humans though.
"Ok, then I have confirmed that everyone is here. Now, let's get to the next announcement. The government has decided that every school should teach basic self-defense as well as how to behave in an emergency. I'm sure you all already have heard of what is happening in Stuttgart. The government wants the people to be as prepared as possible as we don't know where and when something like that is going to happen. Because of that, most civilians will receive some kind of training in that regard."
Some unrest stirred amongst the students.
"At the same time, one battalion of soldiers will stay in each big city in order to respond to such outbreaks even quicker. The instructor we will get is also from the army."
This caused a great deal of concern. The way it was portrayed made it seem like the situation is completely unpredictable and dangerous. And while it is just that, I honestly don't think that something like that is going to happen anywhere else anytime soon. After all, if that were the case then you could say goodbye to modern and civilized life. And I don't think that gods or Gaia would allow that.
"The instructor will be arriving tomorrow and we will have this training for 2 hours every Wednesday and Friday. Some of the subjects will have to suffer because of that but survival and stability of society are more important."
The students could no longer stay silent and began talking amongst each other loudly. Ms. Landri let them do so for a short while, probably to allow them to sort this out properly.
"Okay, that's enough. Calm down now."
In the end, she had to stop them before they started screaming at each other.
"I know that this is very exciting and all but please do try to remain calm. You are already in the 10th grade after all."
The class slowly calmed down but there still were some occasional whispers amongst the students.
"That's that. A new timetable for school will be given to you tomorrow as well. Remember to bring your P.E. clothes tomorrow. That's it for now. Let's start the lesson already."
Ms. Lindra happens to be our English teacher. Luckily I'm pretty good in English so I don't need to pay too much attention here.
The day went by without anything too extraordinary. Some of my classmates came to me and talked a bit about how it is being female. Not like I can say much about that yet. Some others still doubted that I am Mark but as they had nothing to prove their point and I had something to prove my identity most of them at least accepted that I am Mark.
The most annoying ones were the girls who approached me though. They continued to talk about how I could ask them if I ever needed their help. And if they weren't like that then they looked at me with eyes full of scorn and maybe some disgust. I mean, I can understand them somewhat as becoming female is probably the dream of many perverts. Or possible transgender people. Both are things that are usually treated with quite some scorn so...
Even though I didn't choose this. Not like they would believe me even if I told them.
I talked some more with Maurice, Tim, and Ben. I also got to see Maurice's status window.
Personal data
Name: Maurice Meier
Age: 16
Race: Incubus
Condition: Healthy
HP: 160/160
MP: 90/90
SP: 55/55
Titles
2nd Son of the Incubus Main Family
Level: 1
Class:
Attributes
Strength: 12
Vitality: 11
Agility: 10
Dexterity: 9
Intelligence: 18
Wisdom: 10 Affinities
Fire: 10/100
Water: 10/100
Air: 10/100
Earth: 10/100
Life: 20/100
Death: 20/100
Light: 0/100
Darkness: 40/100
Neutral: 50/100
Time: 0/100
Space: 10/100
Skills
Unique skills
Passive
German language mastery: 5/10
Science: 4/10
...
Mana control: 1/10
Active
Charm: 1/10
Illusion: 1/10
Passive
{Incubus charm}
Active
{Dream Walker}
His physique is a bit below mine, however, all the mind related stats, as well as his dexterity, are higher than mine. We are still clueless about his title and his family also doesn't know what it does and why he has it. It doesn't even have an effect.
I also decided to take a look at what his skill {Incubus charm} does.
{Incubus charm}
A skill that only Incuby can possess. It causes women around the Incubus to naturally feel at ease and relax. It also makes it harder for women to have any kind of negative feelings towards the Incubus.
Additionally, it makes it easier to make women fall in love with the Incubus.
Keeping eye contact with a woman for more than 5 seconds will plant a seed of love in that woman.
As he said, it is an extremely troublesome skill.
While comparing our statuses I noticed that my strength, vitality, and agility all fell by 2 points, which brings them to 13 for strength and vitality and 12 for agility. This is probably because I changed my form. Strange that I didn't notice this till now.
The school day ended and I returned home. It wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. Though the times where I had to go to the toilet were extremely embarrassing as I couldn't use the boys' toilet anymore. It is already troublesome enough when I am at home but I still manage to ignore it.
I returned home at 3 pm. It would still take some time until someone else would come home so I am alone for now.