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{RP with Nita}

{RP with Richard...ina}

Midday on the island was generally a quiet time for Marshall. The penguin man-boy had no where to go, no one to see, nothing to do but relax. He didn't even seem to notice the date, his attention settled on more important things. Mainly, day dreams.

The penguin lied on his bed, staring at the ceiling. He would be the first to admit that he was never much of a thinker, but when you're doing nothing there is little more satisfying than wondering what others were doing. Gaius was working on his latest project with the Octopus-man. Liamh was watching Star Wars for the twentieth time while cosplaying Luke Skywalker. Nita was working on her project while Newt got his tongue stuck to some thing. Oz was busy scaling the towers of New York City.

Yep, thats what they're doing alright...Maybe I'll go bother Gaius...I don't remember when we stopped hanging out...He's probably busy with Nita or his projects...I wonder what Awen's doing...

As Marshall's thoughts drifted off to the blue haired manta ray that made an impression on him, he looked over at the clock. Huh, almost 3 already? Time flies when you're doing nothing. He slowly got to his feet, which he guessed would be better suited to call talons now. He walked towards his bathroom with a small yawn.

He barely took one step onto the ceramic tiles before he felt a sharp, stinging pain through his entire body. He let out a scream of pain and surprise as he fell to the floor.

Then? Nothing.

***

His room was spotless. Borrowed DVDs that had long been over-due were no longer covering the coffee table. In fact, nothing was except for a fine layer of dust. Marshall awoke, cotton mouthed and eyes burning.

"I...I fell..." Marshall said, sitting on the side of his bed, trying to remember what happened, "I...I fell in the bathroom...I was shocked and I fell in the bathroom...Then...Then what?" he rambled, his head in his hands. He didn't even look at a clock or any thing. He didn't even notice the DVD. It was dark outside.

"...What...What happened..."

{RP with Tommy}

{RP with Alec and Victor...Poor Penguin =(}

Usually, Marshall has the warning of at least a few days before his changes by the fact that he normally follows right on the coattails of one of his best friends on the island, Gaius.

Unfortunately, this time, it comes without immediate warning. Marshall and Gaius are injected on the same day, and in fact, Marshall's changes begin about an hour before Gaius's.

As if things hadn't been bad enough for the penguin-man, this last change brings more features that would be wonderful in a frigid environment. While he had already been packing on more pudge, he begins to become even more rotund with this last transformation. His innards twist and twine as his center of balance lowers and his torso extends to halfway down the length of his thighs.

But that's not the worst of it. His flipper-hands become even more like flippers. While flexible, where he could perhaps distinguish individual fingers in the mitten-like covering, they become smooth, gradiation between the bones and digits smoothing over entirely, his thumbs even shirking away...

The remains of a distinguishable nose fade into his face while his bill becomes thicker and stronger, leaving him with a face almost entirely penguin except for his still shining, human green eyes.

{Fight with Gaius! HOCRAP!}