<div class="floatleft">(http://www.modelresource.ca/Scene/Feb09/hugo_1.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong>Laurent Valeris<br/><strong>Age:</strong>17<br/><strong>House:</strong>Slytherin<br/><strong>Patronus:</strong>Cat<br/><strong>Sexual Orientation:</strong>Straight<br/><strong>Wearing:</strong>Faded school robes with a fraying bottom hem.<br/><strong>Date:</strong>Sept. 2, 2018 morning<br/><strong>Location</strong>Empty Classroom<br/><strong>Tagging:</strong>Kylee Boren<br/>-----------------------------------------------------------------------<br/><br/>Laurent knew he inhabited the same world as a cat that he did as a human. Logically, it was true. But in a greater sense, this wasn't the same world at all. He was smaller and more agile. He could stand places he never could as a human. Smell things too subtle. And while his vision lost some vivid color, he could see better in the shadowy dim. So he gathered his catlike senses and muscles and took a flying leap from the teacher's desk to the desk Kylee had chosen to sit on.<br/><br/>It was not the most graceful leap; Laurent had to scramble with his padded paws to keep from sliding off the edge in a most un-catlike manner. He was still adjusting to the new body mechanics. But he recovered and walked over to Kylee, arching his back and rubbing against her side. Speech was impossible in this form. Laurent could manage a simple meow as he rubbed against her, marveling in the extraordinary sensation of rubbing his fur against something soft. It felt so good, a small purr started deep in his belly that could not be contained.<br/><br/>The purr caught Laurent by surprise. The new sensations were so vivid and spectacular that he had trouble reacting as a human. As a cat, the cat came so much more naturally. So instead of embarassing himself further, Laurent disengaged, taking a seat next to Kylee and shapechanging back into his old self. "Wild, huh?" he said, sitting next to Kylee to regain his breath. The transition was taxing to him. "What do you think?"