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 Posted: Mon May 21, 2007 8:23 pm
Well that seemed to have made a difference for the better. The kid seemed pretty happy now and was making an awful lot of sounds. They were nothing like a human voice. She tussled his air with a handpaw. "So ya can make lots of noises but you can't talk eh?"
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Posted: Mon May 21, 2007 8:28 pm
He immediatly stopped, perplexed. He never really thought about that. But then again what good did it bring? He still couldn't make himself understood
Cody simply nodded and fixed his hair off his eyes
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Posted: Mon May 21, 2007 8:36 pm
Richard looked at Cody with a thoughtful stare, absently grooming the back of a hand paw as she did so. "So if you can't talk, where is all that noise your making coming from? Hmmm?"
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Posted: Mon May 21, 2007 8:43 pm
Cody pondered and did a few experimental clicks to be able to tell. He wasn't sure, but the sound seemed to come from the back of his nose
He pointed to it, opening up his nostrils and letting out a powerful gust of air while he kept his mouth closed. The sound was almost like a bark and rather funny when he looked completely surprised at it. He wasn't expecting it to sound like that
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Posted: Mon May 21, 2007 8:52 pm
Richard purred with encouragement. "There you go! Now try an eee sound." There appeared to be some potential there. Hard sounds like Ts might be immpossible but the kid could probably do vowels and soft sounds like Ls and Ks. Might take some practice.
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Posted: Mon May 21, 2007 8:59 pm
Cody tried to do as he was told, a bit overconfident because the Ees he did them all the time... or so he thought
When it came to actually do it the sound came mixed, sounding more like creeeeeeiickkkck than an eeee. It took him a few attempts until he got it right
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Posted: Mon May 21, 2007 9:07 pm
"Well thats a start." She thumped the boy on the back. "Just add a s on that and you have a passable yes, then work on nnnn-ooooo. And work up from there. Think you can do that Cody?" She smiled at him urging him to continue.
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Posted: Mon May 21, 2007 9:20 pm
Cody nodded enthusiatically, finally understanding where these excercises were leading to. Perhaps there was a chance he would be able to talk again
With new fire he tried to pronouce the S. It was tricky because it either sounded completely different or it was too low to be properly heard. After some time he got something that sounded like Yieeeshh
The no was a lot easier since it resembled to the low clicks used in echolocation for wide area exploration. It still had some clicking attached, but Knooo was close enough
In both attempts he looked back at Richard, waiting for an approval
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Posted: Tue May 22, 2007 4:22 pm
Richard watched the boy struggle with his alien vocal cords, smiling what she hoped was an encouraging smile, the fangs ruined the effect somewhat. "Good!" she purred at him. "Thats a start."
Then a wicked smile lit up her face and with a playful growl she pounced on Cody. She pinned his upper body to the sandy bank, angling herself so that Cody's tail couldn't reach her, only thrash and splash the water.
"Now," she purred, once she had him secured, "Tell me to let go." This wasn't exactly fair but she was curious to see how Cody did under pressure. "Or I might decide to see if you're ticklish." Her grin was huge and toothy.
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Posted: Tue May 22, 2007 4:35 pm
Cody was smiling back when he suddenly felt his back being pushed against the water and pinned against the bank. Because it was sand his dorsal fin sank into it. It saved him a good amount of pain, but it also kept him from being able to move his torso properly
He struggled and tried to fight the feline woman, but in that position he had little chance to escape. Even swishing his tail around didn't help
Because of his fighting a little bit of water came down his nose, which caused an immediate reaction to sneeze it out in a loud, powerful bark-like gust of air. And he had been glaring at Richard right before that happened, chirping angrily
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Posted: Tue May 22, 2007 4:44 pm
Richard's tail lashed playfully behind her, not aware of the distress she was causing the boy. "What's that? I didn't understand that." Her smaller hands moved closer to his unprotected stomach. "Come on Cody I know you can say it, just think about the words."
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Posted: Tue May 22, 2007 4:55 pm
Cody breathed deeply and let go all the contents of his lungs in a protesting, but soundless manner
Because of the thick layer of blubber he wasn't as responsive to thicklish attacks, but then again he couldn't laugh anymore. He just tried not to twitch at the light contact of those small fingers on his belly
Breathing in again, he closed his eyes to get focus and concentrate on the words. Strangely he managed to get it at his first attempt, though the "Yieeeeetk Hoooo" still had quite some room to be perfected
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Posted: Tue May 22, 2007 5:09 pm
"Excellent!" Richard exclaimed, pleased that her little game had succeed. She pulled Cody off the beach into a almost crushing embrace. Then she gave the youth a quick lick on the cheek before she released him back to the river. She beamed with pride, proud that her student was such a quick study. Swept up in this strange moment, her movements and posture had become even more cat like. She made no attempt to stand back on two legs. She sat with her legs folded under her, the front arms sharing the wieght of her body. It wasn't quite a natural position for her body but it felt natural to assume it as she watched Cody from the bank.
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Posted: Tue May 22, 2007 5:21 pm
If it wasn't for the strangeness of it all, Cody would have probably felt annoyed. The sandpaper like tongue was what surprised him the most, sending a shiver down his spine because of the weird texture
He didn't realise how strange it was for Richard to be behaving like an overgrown, mutated cat. His mind could barely recall his own humanity anymore
He tried to form 2 other words, but he struggled with some of the sounds, especially the T. But hopefully the "Hhaanckk Yiiehooo" was clear enough
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Posted: Tue May 22, 2007 5:27 pm
Richard nodded, "Any time lad. If you need any more 'help' I'm often around this bend in the river. Give me a whistle."
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