<div class="floatright">(https://i.imgur.com/CbThKQ5.jpg)</div><hr/><strong>Location</strong>: Library Stacks<br/><strong>Tagging</strong>: Alundra OPEN<hr/>Their name suddenly erupting into the classroom caught them off guard. They had been contemplating what the professor just said. It conflicted a lot with the way they viewed themselves. Instead of answering a question on the spot, they were keenly aware of how fluid they were feeling at the moment. They guessed this is what it meant to feel 'called out.' That and the whole focused will and variables part had started them down the path of doubting their interest in magic. While they certainly thought of themselves as having willpower, they didin't like enforcing their will on others necessarily. But it seemed that magic required it. If it did, perhaps it was not the discipline they desired. Or, at least, parts of it weren't. Alchemy and Sorcery were starting to sound like not their bag. Blushing furiously though, they became aware that there was s ilence waiting for them to fill it.<strong>"Uhh, summon? I am most interested in water elementals. I like how fluid and adaptable they are. Like me."</strong>They blushed furiously again. that had sounded an awful lot like sharing personal details.<br/><br/>They felt their face falling again. Their mouth widened, their eyes grew bulbous, and their hair turned violent green.  Groaning, they shook their head to clear it but felt the look holding. They put their face in their hands and growled. It tool a long breath before pink slowly crept over their head again and their normal face peeked out.<strong>"I was researching frogs because their change from tadpole to frog is supposed to be a symbol of, well, change. Transformation. I haven't found any named spirits as such, but water frogs or toads. Yeah. Something like that."</strong>They licked their lips and continued, growing more confident,<strong>"And we didn't all choose this, Professor. Baby shapeshifters can't control their bodies. Werewolves can't NOT change under the full moon. Most gorgons can't stop stoning people. Tara didn't ask to be a zombie. Many of us didn't choose to learn and master these abilities. We had to. And we didn't choose for Normies to be scared of us, they just are. Maybe that's more of a two way street, but still. Not everything fits a neat little binary option. People aren't ones and zeros."</strong>They huffed and crossed their arms to stare defiantly at the teacher.<br/><br/>OK, so maybe they had a tad more willpower than they let on sometimes, but still. It had upset they didn't like the implication that they chose their situation. They were also growing more and more certain that there was another way to do magic. Perhaps that was willful teenaged nonsense, but nothign stopped them from trying.