[Within half a minute, the water's at a full boil, and Ryou can't do anything but cry out in pain. He's not sure if it's the impossibly hot water that shouldn't have heated up so fast, or if it's the fact that the sun is eating away at his skin, but it hurts, as he expected it to.
But it's not just dissipating his shadowy form, even though he's long since lost control of his corporeality and has begun to thrash. Instead, it's causing the blackish gray to recede, to change into a more human skintone. It's a slow, subtle process punctuated by his agonized yells, but it's clear after a while that he's changing.
The water continues to boil, dissipating itself into steam a bit at a time. By the time a fourth of it has evaporated, Ryou no longer has claws, and his tail has become a tan color, with a tawny tip.
Something's happening, and he has no idea it is, or even if he did, what.]
Why...! Why does it have to hurt? I'm sorry, I'm sorry!!
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But it's not just dissipating his shadowy form, even though he's long since lost control of his corporeality and has begun to thrash. Instead, it's causing the blackish gray to recede, to change into a more human skintone. It's a slow, subtle process punctuated by his agonized yells, but it's clear after a while that he's changing.
The water continues to boil, dissipating itself into steam a bit at a time. By the time a fourth of it has evaporated, Ryou no longer has claws, and his tail has become a tan color, with a tawny tip.
Something's happening, and he has no idea it is, or even if he did, what.]
Why...! Why does it have to hurt? I'm sorry, I'm sorry!!