Shape Shifter Characteristics

Shape Shifter Characteristics

Glowing, shadowy, wild, intelligent, meditative, curious, loves harmony of form and any new thing, playful, inquisitive, occasionally wary of humans, peace loving, wise, artists

Shape Shifters are very good at being smooth solid objects, they enjoy it and it’s a nice experience for them, like a person wearing a brand new shiny jacket. When they’re resting, they like to be a boulder as it doesn’t take a lot of effort. They like to climb on top of each other and show off to each other and they can have competitions for who can shift into the coolest new object. They can take on human form but it’s very difficult for a number of reasons. First, humans have not been around on Earth for long enough or in great enough numbers for shape shifters to have learned the human form, the way they’ve learned to be rocks and trees and birds. Second, human beings move a lot and have a variety of textures to their bodies that are difficult for a shape shifter, such as the individual long strands of hair on their heads and complex facial features, clothing and body language. That’s really a lot for a shape shifter to get right all at once, especially if they’re expected to be walking or running or doing other various activities at the same time. Third, there is the matter of human speech. Shape shifters can mimic the sound of human language fairly well and do okay with vocabulary, but they have a hard time with word usage and with grammar. They are able to pick up speech telepathically and learn words that way, but their minds don’t work the same as a human’s and so they don’t quite grasp many aspects of normal human speech. Also, since people don’t walk around with their mouths open very much, shape shifters don’t get much of a chance to learn about what the inside of a mouth should look like, and when they are trying to speak, their mouths shift to make sound and look nothing like a normal human mouth because they don’t really understand the mechanisms like teeth and tongue that form speech for a human creature. They understand exterior facial expressions and can smile naturally just like a human being and their eyes are mostly normal, if a bit shady or too bright.