Welcome to the 25th writing club update! 😊
I hope you’ve all found some nice cozy spots in the shade, to do some creative thinking or writing. Or perhaps some of you have been taking a break, there’s nothing wrong with that either!
The usual info about how this writing club update works:
To anyone stumbling upon this post and wondering about the rules – there really aren’t any! This is a club for mostly the same regulars and semi-regulars, but visitors are encouraged to comment on writing updates or share their own. The main idea is to set a goal for yourself and try to achieve it by the next month’s update. :)
Feel free to comment and tell us how things are going for you, regarding writing, creative works, and everything related!
Love that!! Gives you guidelines but plenty of room to wiggle or change tracks. What’s it about?
It’s about a shapeshifter. Not your usual, “they can turn into animal(s)” or “can become whoever they want” shapeshifter. No.
This shapeshifter uses their knowledge of biology (from their past life) to manufacture stuff using their body.
I’ve seen and read so many stories with shapeshifters in my years and I always wondered, “if they can change their body however they want, why can’t they just make shit with it?” Hehe.
I mean, imagine how cool it would be if you could pop an entire set of bone keycaps off your arm? Complete with enamel or nacre (mother of pearl) coatings.
My story is fantasy isekai, so keycaps aren’t going to be a thing, but I thought it was a good way to demonstrate what I’m talking about.
This character unlocks a whole lot of skills that let them produce just about anything that an animal can produce and shape these objects (if they’re solid; no need to shape oil or poison, hehe). Ultimately, they also end up unlocking a skill that lets them shapeshift other people—which probably sounds overpowered—but shapeshifting isn’t exactly the fastest skill, hehe. Not early in the story anyway.
It’s a comedy, though!
The MC joins up with some other folks and one of them—a [Warrior]—ends up with the [Hot Rod] subclass because the MC is constantly tinkering with her biology.
that’s incredible!! I love it!! We’ve seen plenty of the “can look like another person” but if they can truly change their shape, then why not the shape of some keycaps, or specialized tools, or parts to repair a wagon… That’s fascinating, and I bet it’ll work really well for the comedy aspect too :D
Hah! I actually have a scene where they repair a wagon wheel.
The adventuring team is jumping along in “speed pouch mode” (see note below) and they come across a wagon with a broken wheel. The payload is too heavy to repair it while the wagon is stuck, so the owners are unloading it.
MC: “Wow, could you pick a bigger trope?”
Also, the adventuring ranks are:
(Who needs A-F, S, SS ranks when we have something so much better‽ Ahahah)
The [Warrior] on the team wears armor crafted by the famous blacksmith, Mr Plott. Distantly related to the King of the Kingdom of Plott.
Speed Pouch Mode: Where the MC turns herself into something like a kangaroo with a human head and a huge, oversize pouch that the other two ride in—after they’re transformed into Chibi mode, haha. They can move at about 45MPH in this configuration which is waaaay TF faster than horses, so they inadvertently end up being like first responders, surprising TF of medieval-age people (“how has help arrived already‽”).