Terastas wrote:ABrownrigg wrote:I dunno.. if I was transforming for the first time.. and became more of an instinctual animal.. and had just gone through a lot lot of pain, and a lot of trauma, and energy through a transformation.. (once all that was over) .. I would think a first time shifter might wind up doing what a tired wolf would do..
Sleep. After all, burning a LOT Of carbs for a change. But the original creedo for the werewolves of freeborn at least.. were a wolf is instinctual.. wolves instincts arent im in pain, so i want to go kill someone.. if you 'corner' a hurting wolf.. then yeah you got problems.. but if its an uneventful change.. then the pain and exhaustion from such a transformation would really just sap your energy.. then after a nap.. food.
Just my opinion.
That's actually not too far from what I would have expected. I would have said "pass out" though -- that after all the shock, pain etc. subsides, the werewolf collapses and doesn't come to for at least a few minutes.
Which might explain some of the more wolfish behavior they engage in once the shift is completed. If they wake up to a world being experienced with a completely different set of sensory organs, they're liable to be very confused, or possibly even feel like they're dreaming.
Originally I wasn't a big fan of the "no control" idea, but now that I think of it, that might actually not be all that different from someone taking Ambien. If a sleep aid can make people go out for a drive and not remember it, it would certainly be feasible for lycanthropy to have a similar effect.
I'm not so sure things would necessarily play out that way. Pass out? Probably. Sleep? Maybe. However, while maybe not directly comparable, I've had illnesses that have royally kicked the stuffing out of me, with fever and pain and such, and I have passed out from it (infection with temperature of 39c), so I don't know that a transformation wouldn't just knock you right out at the start before you even feel the main brunt of any pain.
Continuing with my illness analogy, when the pain and everything is over (or as I mentioned above, you might have been unconscious for the duration), and your deeper energy stores (liver stores/fat/muscle) is being mobilized/cannibalized to bring you back into balance, there's the feeling of being drained, yes, but also often euphoria and revitalization, the combination at least in my case can make me surprisingly boisterous, or very contented/docile, or both.
Lastly, strange as it may sound, in the few hours after initial recovery, hunger and thirst is often fairly sated a lot of the time. As for physical condition, I look smaller and leaner, if put me on a weighing scale we'd see that I weight significantly less, because body mass is like 70% water and I've sweated and urinated a whole lot, I've lost a bunch of reserves from all over the place, but I've still got reserves left that are being called upon, all this adds up to make me feel light on my feet, and want to run around and have fun and such.
Of course, at that point what I need fluids (and electrolytes?) more than anything, and if I go running around enjoying my temporary feeling of vitality, I'm soon going to feel the pinch again. I think dehydration is an overlooked factor against the background of the instincts of a presumably "hungry" wolf, a newly shifted werewolf may just as likely go to the nearest available water source, as it would go to the exertion of killing itself something and eat, and in humanville water sources are...EVERYWHERE! Public toilets, night clubs, ponds, swimming/paddling pools, fountains...through somebody's kitchen window...
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On to other matters, the emotions of finding yourself no longer entirely physically human, assuming I could think and such, I've kind of been through something which could be sort of comparable, most people will probably remember the first time they woke up with a dead arm, they slept in an awkward position, and woke up to this dead-to-the-world limb hanging limply off their body. I remember the first time, it scared the bejeezus out of me I can tell you, thoughts of "OH MY GOD WHAT A I GOING TO DO/HOW AM I GOING TO EXPLAIN THIS TO EVERYBODY?!?!?!" raced through my mind, I dare not let anybody see me because...floppy arm! I was realizing the realities of having a useless limb for the first time in my life. It took me a few times to get used to the idea that ok, my arm isn't going to die and fall off, I don't get panic attacks from it anymore, but still it can wake me up, and I still hate it!
Just my thoughts for the offering.
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