At 2011-01-03 22:01:59, Shadowfox (uid: 18559) rolls: 1d20a2 Result: 22 (http://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=21179)<br/><br/><br/>Mina shivered a bit in the winter snow and pulled her jacket tighter about her body. She brushed a strand of her long dark brown hair out of her face, and looked up with her brown eyes to see the large Macy sign above her head. She smiled and walked in through the door as she approached an employee. "Excuse me but where do I go to redeem this." She held out the special gift card given to her by the woman earlier. The store employee took a look at the card and then pointed his finger toward the santa display in the back were a small group of people were gathering. Mina smiled again and thanked the man before walking toward the group of people. Her thoughts were on what she could purchase with the card and then give to the nearby homeless shelter.<br/><br/>The woman who had given her the card in the first place was there and introduced herself as Lailai Smith. Mina thought back to the other day when she had been working in the soup kitchen and the woman had just walked right in. With her business attire the woman had certainly not looked like she came for soup. Then without even pausing for a moment to look around she had strode straight up to Mina and handed her the card like she knew her. Mina had blinked several times surprised and at first was going to refuse the card as she had no need of anything from Macy's. Her friends however had encouraged her to keep it and gave her the idea to just just donate whatever she won. Also when Mina turned and looked into Ms. Smith's lavender orbs something had made her agree with her friends and hold into the card.<br/><br/>Mina was snapped out of her thought as the group began moving following behind Ms. Smith who had begun to move deeper into the display. Mina started moving with the rest and glanced to the side noticing the empty Santa Claus seat. As she walked further the lights became dimmer and dimmer and then strange things started to happen. Mina put a hand to her head as she felt a moment of dizziness, and then she sniffed smelling honey due and non smog laden air. Ms. Smith suddenly sprouted what looked like butterfly wings, and then before she could react Mina doubled over as her stomach knotted up. The sensation was strange and indescribable as she literally felt the skin and bones of her body shift and reform. Mina looked down at her hands which were becoming much more slender, and then noticed that not just her body but her clothes were changing too. She forced her head up against the disorientation, and looked around her noticing that everyone else in the group was changing as well too varying degrees. Her mind was running in circles as it tried to grasp what was happening, 'What the hell is going on here and why is this happening to us.'<br/><br/>As the strange sensation finally passed Mina titled her head upward and looked with her ice blue eyes into sunlight. She put one slender hand to her head and pushed back the hood her clothing now had. The hood feel backward slowly off of her shorter light blond hair. As she was bringing her hand back down from her head Mina brushed her an ear with her hand and shivered as the increased feeling of sensitivity. Her brain told her something wasn't right and she put her hand back to her ear slowly feeling it's shape. She blinked several times as she realized that her ears were now sharply pointed and much longer than before.