Encyclopedia Californica: The Modified Humanoid in Tir na Cali Culture

This is the comment perk from the October Giraffe Call, a setting piece on the Tir na Cali cat-people. For whom I really need their own icon.

The Modified Humanoid in Tir na Cali Culture

History

The trend toward today's Modified Humanoid, or "Moddies," began as a fad for cosmetically altered slaves in the early sixties.

The first on record were a set of three cat-girls, triplets who were modified to have pointed cat-like ears, tails with some mobility, and dental work to look like sharp, cat-like fangs. The trio belonged to the tycoon Madison Arthur, a man who took great pleasure in appearing as eccentric as possible.

Others soon followed, modified with ever-increasing skill from a small cadre of experienced cosmetic surgeons and the empowered, to look like everything from house pets - dog-girls and mouse-boys - to predators - crocodile-men and wolf-women - to the fantastic - dragon-beings and, once, a failed pair of centaurs.
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"Self-Hating," a story of Dragons Next Door for @meeks_p

For meeks!

Meeks has posted a sketch (and on LJ) of the beginning of this story.

This is part of a continuation of the series - ( Read more... )

Zizny lowered its whole body into a crouch, until just its eyes and nostrils were regarding me over the wall. "You're telling me," it rumbled, "that your mother's family are dwimors, and that, as well, that they are poachers."

I could not meet its eyes at once - its head was simply too big. So I settled for looking it in one eye - and was suddenly thrown by the pronoun I was using to think about this creature, this person, my neighbor. "I'm sorry," I asked abruptly. "You used 'cx’za' as, I believe, a pronoun for Jimmy. What pronoun is appropriate for you?"
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A Vignette of #Addergoole Yr9 for @inventrix's art and @dahob's ideas

@Inventrix posted these two sketches:
of Porter
of Sylvia; Porter, Sylvia, and Arundel are a crew of upperclassmen in Year 9; Porter and Arudel we met in Timora's Hell Night stories.

This scene takes place very very early in the school year, possibly the day before the new students get back.

“Um, Sylvia?” Porter stuck his head through the suite door - the actual door, for once.

“What is it?” Normally, the boys didn’t bother her when she was watching TV; they knew it made her uncomfortable, so left her that hour in the common room by herself. But Porter’s ears were a-kilter and his tail was swishing uncertainly, so she muted the TV and let him talk.

He got himself all the way in the room and the door closed before he continued. “Ghita challenged Arun.”( Read more... )