The two look at me dumfounded. I ask, “Is it not normal to have cat ears here?”, then I feel a new influx of information in my mind.

[~> Race: Rare Cat-person

Name: Fuori

Known Races: Cat-person, Human, Elf <~]

Okay then, it is in fact not normal to be a cat person. The boy and girl take another look at me and my new ears, seemingly looking for where they are attached, and then at the side of my head where my ears used to be.

The next few sentences from the girl confirms the rarity of my new species, “It is not… what are you? Are you cursed? Are you a mage? Is this an illusion?!?!”

The boy then asks “And also, who are you? I know you were lying about not being related and this confirms it!”

The boy and girl regard me warily, the boy then whispers extra quiet this time, directly in her ear. “If this is related, then we might be hypnotized again and not even know it, we should be wary of what this creature wants!”

I respond “Hey, I’m not a creature! At least, not any more than you are!”

Actually maybe I am some type of monster? No, I am a cat-person, emphasis on the person part.

They both look at me, and the boy grabs a glowing arrow out of nowhere and grabs his bow, then he aims it at me. The girl is the one to stop him by putting a hand on his shoulder, “Please don’t shoot him, if you do, the cat might curse us! Or your actions could cause the demon from the other day to eat us like that slime!”

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“Fine” the boy says, “We’ll take him back with us and interrogate him.”

The girl agrees with a “good”, and then she motions me to follow.

As I walk with them, I notice that I am significantly faster than them, even when I ask if we can go faster, they still move at a pretty slow pace.

Why is this? I wonder, am I fast or are they just slow? Actually now that I think about it, I’m definitely more agile than I was before this situation I’ve found myself in.

It seems their movements are also not graceful, although, the terrain is not uniform, so I can’t blame them much.

I use this time to also figure out if I have some type of status or information system granted to me here. Given that some information has just popped up in my head, I’m sure there is something there.

I think of several different phrases, “Status, Directory, Settings, Stats, Skills…”, and I get nothing. Maybe I should try to recreate the conditions where I got more information?

The first one was when I had an impulse to eat some fish I think. The second one something to do with their races, and the third one just now having something to do with my race.

The second 2 I was doing something related to-

As I’m thinking to myself, I suddenly find myself in a completely new area, as If the area around me changed, the forest shifted into a coastal town, the houses are made of stone, and the paths are stone as well. The pathways seem to be carved rather than built from imported stone, and some of the buildings seem to be part of the ground, as if the stone was quarried.

I think that they carved the stone from here at some point, as some buildings actually do seem to be built from removed stone.

Some buildings have expansions extending from their stone rooted parts.

As we get closer to the town, Ellie throws some type of cloak to me, “Put it on to hide your features” she says.

I put it on, and it’s actually rather nice. The fabric is a dull greenish brown in color, but I’m able to see some swirls that adorn the fabric. They are purple and are ever changing, kind of like the patterns on my tail, and presumably my ears.

As we walk into town, I realize that I was able to see quite a bit further than usual. It seems that my vision extends significantly into the distance, but I don’t have the drawback of farsightedness.

I’m actually kind of excited to be in a fantasy town, I feel like a giddy child. I feel different than I did before, like the childishness of that cat melded with my mind…

That would explain the cat ears, with a mysterious cat entity and me merging, I would potentially become a new species.

Anyway, the town is filled with various people, and when I guess a race right, I get more of the information beamed into my head.

Eventually we approach a specific building, and Ellie tells me that “This is where we will figure out what is going on. This will be our home base.”

I nod to her as we step inside the stone building

[~> Race: Rare Cat-person

Name: Fuori

Known Races: Cat-person, Human, Elf, Gnome <~]