Gliding like a brick
<br/>Your latest changes have crippled your flight even worse than you feared. Yes, you can glide, but not well—you are reminded of someone's description of the US Space Shuttle; "no engines, and the glide path of a highly polished brick". You can always walk, but with the otter legs you now possess, your ground speed will be even more laughably small, in comparison to proper flight... great Bast, how are you going to feed yourself along the way? You can't fly worth a damn, and your current set of claws and teeth are pitiful! There are settlements, but you certainly won't be able to count on the reverence and hospitality that is a sphinx's due; in fact, you're likely to have enough problems just trying to keep the locals from attacking the half-otter, half-fish "monster" that you now are. <br/> <br/>Not long after coming in for an ignominious landing, after failing to pick up any up drafts in time to stay aloft, an idea occurs to you: There was a spell in Alterations Animalian—a charm to put lots of fat and meat on its target, making it too heavy to move fast. You smile, that would make them easy to catch and you will have lots to eat as a bonus. <br/> <br/>You hear a rustling in the bushes and you cast the spell and are surprised when a small ball that appears to have been a rat rolls out. Yep it defiantly appears to put a lot of fat on animals. The rat-ball attempts to flee as you approach; you overtake it with ease, and it cannot avoid your forepaws, pitiful claws or no. The rat-ball smells less appetising than you'd prefer, but your recent 'flight' has left you hungry enough that you don't care. And in a small number of minutes, only its bones are left. Yes, the fattening spell is definitely a worthwhile addition to your hunting techniques! Especially smaller or more agile prey, like that damned miniature bear... <br/> <br/>
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Written by Catprog & Cubist on 02 November 2010
