I'm a Werewolf!

[just_ace]

Ace looks into the magic mirror that has been the locus of so much... interesting... as people are getting their bearings.

Things are kind of taking a nasty turn, though, and if he has to live with these people he would like LIVING to remain the default.

I mean, it isn't like he doesn't empathize. He's been ready to kill things like vampires on site most of his life. Here, though? They just don't know enough yet. The vampire he met was just some skater kid and that demon sounds more like "SHAAARON!" Ozzy than bat's head Ozzy.

Ace has always been a "bull by the horns" kind of guy and that has only increased the more fucked up shit he has been forced to deal with. Getting people to face uncomfortable truths is practically a career at this point.

"Cough Cough... Is this thing on!" Ace says with a charming grin just shy of shit-eating. He doesn't pause for an answer.

"I'm Ace! In light of recent events I thought I'd better pop on and introduce myself.

My full name is Baron George Vladimir Adolphus Wolf-Manfred von Richtofer, Buries the Hatchet, Elder Ahroun of the Silver Fangs.

I'm a Werewolf!

Now I get it. That's a lot to hate. A supernatural rage-beast, and even worse a snooty European twat! You could hardly have been blamed for wanting to come stab me with your silver knives even before I just made that terrible Eagles reference.

So I urge you, if that is the case, please, come get it out of your system so we can hug it out and move on. We're all lost in the woods here and we need everyone we can get. Or who knows, maybe you'll even get in a lucky hit and save the world from any more of my terrible jokes."

Comments

[credit_not_blame]

I hate you so much.

[Why. Why are you like this.]

[just_ace]

See! This is what I'm talking about! Let it all out.

[That grin slides the extra few millimeters over the line]

[credit_not_blame]

I hope bugs bite you on your face.

[She's absolutely going to throw Ace under the bus if any Philodox show up and shit themselves about the Veil.]

[...But she does have to admit, it's a decent enough way to clear the air.]

I still can't believe that your name is Wolf-Manfred.

[just_ace]

You've met my cousins. You know I don't have the most names. I don't even have the most names that mean wolf.

[credit_not_blame]

When I get home, I'm taking one of your credit cards and buying three-wolf-moon shirts for all of those cousins and making sure they know they're gifts from you.

[Jerk.]

[just_ace]

Oooh! Get it painted on the side of Alby's van. Wait, I don't think he has a van. Get him a van and paint the wolves on the side of it. Throw in a Wizard for good measure. And a goat so he KNOWS it's from me.

[credit_not_blame]

[Stacia covers her mouth with her hand, but it doesn't do much to hide her smile or the way her shoulders shake. 'Alby'. You know, Jonas Albrecht, House Wyrmfoe, King of the Garou Nation. Ace is ridiculous.]

The goat goes without saying.

[cspd]

Wait, that really is his name?

[ Lloyd absolutely assumed this guy was screwing with them all, at least about the name part. The werewolf part he can trust is legit. ]

[credit_not_blame]

It really is. I confirmed his full name both on Twitter and on family documents when I manufactured an identity as one of his distant cousins.

[Wolf-Manfred. Seriously. Why.]

[credit_not_blame]

Also, that's 'baron' as in the hereditary noble title; not that the first of his many, many names is 'Baron'.

[just_ace]

I'm verified! Or was... I guess there's no Twitter here. Probably for the best.

[cspd]

The "Baron" is actually the easiest part to swallow. I've met weirder nobility.

[ Olivert Reise Arnor is a wound that can never heal. ]

[millenyal_pink]

You're a werewolf?

[She says with fake shock and betrayal.]

Why didn't you tell me!?

[just_ace]

I know! Please forgive me! I thought the big teeth and claws might have given it away to the people I met in person but its best to communicate clearly with people and I should have known that.

[rambles_on]

[Dean catches 'In light of recent events--" before he manages to shrink his mirror and shove it n his pocket. He has no interest in hearing more people admit to being monsters or nonhumans or whatever. The only way he's going to get through this is by ignoring any sign of inhumanity he sees until he figures out what he should be doing about it.]

[just_ace]

[Ace is disappointed that the man who tried to exorcise the demon doesn't respond. He had been half the point of doing something this... public. The big man with the sword had stood down eventually and seemed to listen to reason but the other guy had been... driven. If Ace couldn't charm him he might eventually have to fight him and that would be a shame. His latin had been odd but well rehearsed. Ace had only been able to make out part of it, he was rusty, but there was a story there.]

[talk_radio]

What's a werewolf, anyways?

[People have mentioned them, but Bee still doesn't know what it means.]

[just_ace]

[Ace replies to Bee in his best educational video voice]

Good Question! A Werewolf can be many things.

Sometimes they are horrible monsters that start out human but are forced by the full moon into a half-man half-wolf that stalks the night uncontrollably lusting for blood.

They can also be mostly normal humans or wolves that are born with or gain the ability to shapeshift at will into a variety of hybrid forms of the two creatures.

My kind are the latter. Some of us are born as humans. Others are born as wolves. We are supposed to be protectors of humans, wolves and the natural world in general from the forces of corruption. I will admit that doesn't always work out. We aren't perfect but we are people. Just people.

[ragefeathers]

Bro, no offense but you guys have the stupidest fucking names on the planet.

Also jeeze I just said I was a werewolf when I tore the veil asunder I didn't give them the whole run down. But I guess that's why you're an Elder and I am but a humble Fostern.

[ She is trying so hard not to laugh. ]

[slowmotionbuscrash]

Thank fuck someone else said this time. Good job.

[ragefeathers]

I'm allowed to say it.

[ No she isn't. ]

[slowmotionbuscrash]

Noted. Only you can call him dumb to his face.

[just_ace]

[Ace smiles, ignoring the quipping to respond to Mackenzie's comment about the veil]

Hey! I'm 26! ...I think. Honestly I don't know how long I was in the deep umbra before I ended up here.

But seriously. I think the "veil" kind of went out the window a while ago. We aren't going to be able to hide what we are. I'm making an ass of myself on these mirrors to achieve the same purpose. Stop people from hunting us down. Or at least get out ahead of the pitchforks. But yeah. If any angry Philodoxes show up I'll take the heat. We'll see if they can accuse me of breaching the veil on a Magic... Mirror... Network... with a straight face.

[ragefeathers]

I know, I'm just giving you shit. I was blabbing about being a werewolf on the Rig to half these people anyway.

[unsealthecatbox]

"Save for a select number among us, you being 'a snooty European twat' is likelier to bring you more animosity than the other part."

Ange's snark isn't exactly appropriate, but the point stands: it seems like it's fine to be a werewolf.

[just_ace]

Oh I know which is the worst of my crimes!

[unsealthecatbox]

"Self-awareness is a good trait to have -- not that it will stop you from making terrible jokes for as long as you're in this party, will it?"

Not that she minds, really.