Theo, The Lion
The sound of popping joints, and cracking bones rang loud in Theo's ears. Some sort of internal body clock had signaled that it was time to shed some fur and grow some opposable thumbs. The painful and relatively loud battle began with a disgruntled roar as beast fought to retain control over man. Instinct wrestled with rational thought as the over-sized feline's thick mane and layer of tawny golden brown fur began to shrink back into invisible pores. Meanwhile the cat writhed and thrashed about as if being overpowered by some unseen enemy. More growls of protest's were emitted from deep within Theo's chest until finally humanity broke through and conquered the animal. Animal reluctantly admitted defeat in the form of more snaps and cracks. Feline form transitioned ungracefully back from four legs to two leaving Theo on his knees, panting, sweating, and butt ass naked.
"Well...fuck." He rumbled, pushing himself to his feet slowly but surely and stretching out to full height. "Never do get use to that." He muttered to himself with a steady exhale as he ran a hand over his face, rolling his neck and shoulders around a bit to loosen up tense muscles. After a few minutes of adjusting, he meandered over to the door of the cage, unlocked the lock, and ducked out before pulling on the pile of folded clothes that was always reliably waiting for him thanks to Lilah. He could hear Zuzu's voice some ways away where the members of the cirque were sure to be celebrating and long legs carried him towards that intended destination. Unlike most of the others tonight, Theo wouldn't drink. Hell, he was still recovering from the desire he had to maul his wife and the various paying customers in the stands of the circus. This was a normal night though, and he'd be perfectly back to normal in about a half an hour or so.
Striding over to the table where Xavier and Lilah were perched, he slid into the seat beside his wife slipping an arm around her waist glad to see her without a visible scratch, or worse. "Hey babe." He began, turning to look across the table and flash his pointed pearly whites at Xavier for a moment. "How'd the rest of the show go? Did I miss anything important?" The question being posed to either of the two. In the moments between responses, Theo's blue eyes flickered around in search of who else was still lingering around in hopes of some fun for the rest of the night. Almost instantly he spotted Eyra and habitually the left side of his of his mouth curled up in a mischievous manner. Naturally schemes to tease the female began to form in his head, the cogs turning forming an idea until a set of bloodied twins strode into his peripheral vision. He watched with a faint amusement as the small group briefly conversed, Erya squirming about as she attempted to be polite it seemed. With a gentle squeeze to his wife's side he motioned subtly with his head over towards the means of his entertainment as she looked around for some type of rescue. "Looks like our little insect charmer could use some help." He said letting out chuckle before bringing his fingers to his lips and whistling. "Hey Spidey! C'mere when you get a moment." He called, waving a hand in acknowledgement to the twins before turning back to the conversation he'd put on hold.
"Well...fuck." He rumbled, pushing himself to his feet slowly but surely and stretching out to full height. "Never do get use to that." He muttered to himself with a steady exhale as he ran a hand over his face, rolling his neck and shoulders around a bit to loosen up tense muscles. After a few minutes of adjusting, he meandered over to the door of the cage, unlocked the lock, and ducked out before pulling on the pile of folded clothes that was always reliably waiting for him thanks to Lilah. He could hear Zuzu's voice some ways away where the members of the cirque were sure to be celebrating and long legs carried him towards that intended destination. Unlike most of the others tonight, Theo wouldn't drink. Hell, he was still recovering from the desire he had to maul his wife and the various paying customers in the stands of the circus. This was a normal night though, and he'd be perfectly back to normal in about a half an hour or so.
Striding over to the table where Xavier and Lilah were perched, he slid into the seat beside his wife slipping an arm around her waist glad to see her without a visible scratch, or worse. "Hey babe." He began, turning to look across the table and flash his pointed pearly whites at Xavier for a moment. "How'd the rest of the show go? Did I miss anything important?" The question being posed to either of the two. In the moments between responses, Theo's blue eyes flickered around in search of who else was still lingering around in hopes of some fun for the rest of the night. Almost instantly he spotted Eyra and habitually the left side of his of his mouth curled up in a mischievous manner. Naturally schemes to tease the female began to form in his head, the cogs turning forming an idea until a set of bloodied twins strode into his peripheral vision. He watched with a faint amusement as the small group briefly conversed, Erya squirming about as she attempted to be polite it seemed. With a gentle squeeze to his wife's side he motioned subtly with his head over towards the means of his entertainment as she looked around for some type of rescue. "Looks like our little insect charmer could use some help." He said letting out chuckle before bringing his fingers to his lips and whistling. "Hey Spidey! C'mere when you get a moment." He called, waving a hand in acknowledgement to the twins before turning back to the conversation he'd put on hold.