1st Transformation [Action // Open]

[omnitrixter]

I swear you have the worst timing for a watch.

[Ben points accusingly at the green-and-black watch on his wrist whose face is currently red. As much as he'd like to help with the search for the transmitter Dr. Devious announced, right now getting a handle on his new alien powers ranks a little higher. He's not going to be very effective if he can't control his transformations.]

[Too bad the stupid alien watch likes trolling him.]

[So here he is on the roof of a building, the rooftop access door locked, and he's waiting for the watch to recharge to see if it'll be kind enough to give him something that can fly off of this thing.]

[With nothing to do but wait, he sits on the parapet, chin in his hand and thoroughly annoyed with the world.]

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[omnitrixter]

As for what I'm doing here? I, uh, well...

[He rubs the back of his neck, trying hard to come up with a lie that sounds plausible.]

I kinda got locked up here when I wanted to check out the view. Guess my doorstop didn't really work that great as a doorstop.

[stalksindarkness]

[He turns his head to look at Ben, eyes squinting.]

That is a good question, because you're right. Of course I talk. [He flashes his teeth in what appears to be a grin.

Then looking back at the stairwell...]

I can open it for you.

[omnitrixter]

[Yeah, here's hoping that's a "haha you're kinda stupid" grin and not a "haha you're about to be lunch" grin.]

That'd be great, actually. It's that or wait up here until someone else locks themselves out.

[stalksindarkness]

[He hasn't got you pinned to the floor yet, so assuming the former.]

But then you'd be stuck up where with some weirdo neighbor of yours. Can't have that.

[He walks over to the stairwell, a few feet aside from it where a shadow is being cast, and he walks right into the wall, as if there were some kind of tunnel there. Once he vanished, the shadow under the door widens briefly before returning to normal. The door opens.]

There you go.

[omnitrixter]

Dude! That was awesome!

[Seriously. You already had the talking cat thing going. Now you're like "I laugh in the face of solid objects"!]

[stalksindarkness]

[Too bad it only works with the shadows. IF he could learn to phase through things he wouldn't be unhappy!]

All in a days work. Super hero in training. Right?

[omnitrixter]

[For a second, Ben's heart stops because did he just blow his secret identity somehow? Oh wait, no, the lion's probably talking about himself.]

[Ben laughs and teasingly bats his eyes.] My hero~

[He then holds out his hand on reflex.] I'm Ben.

[stalksindarkness]

[The lion doesn't seem to understand this eye fluttering. A light rumble is heard in a questioning intonation, coupled with a tilt of his head.

At the outstretched hand, he reached up his paw, sitting awkwardly on his haunches to do this human gesture.]

Shadow. [What name is he supposed to give out at this time anyway? His real name or code name? Does it even matter?]

[omnitrixter]

...Guess you're not familiar with that joke. And handshakes aren't exactly the easiest thing for you, huh? [Ben gives a self-depreciating chuckle, rubbing at the back of his head with his free hand as he forms a fist with his handshake hand and bumps it against the lion's paw. Might be quicker that way.]

[stalksindarkness]

What joke?

There was a joke? [All the more head tilts. Oh and fist bump? Yes. That's good. He nods.]

And then you do this.

[He pulls his paw away and flexes his paw so his digits outstretch and his claws unsheathe. He cant wiggle his fingers like you're supposed to, but do you get it, Ben?]

[omnitrixter]

Y'know, how in the movies when a girl gets rescued by a superhero, she's all swoon-y and "I love you so much, you big strong guy!" [Last part is said in a falsetto which is done perhaps a little too easily. Shut up.]

[There's a momentary pause because SAKLFJEIAFES DON'T EAT HIM.]

[Oh wait...] I don't usually do the finger wiggle part, dude.

[stalksindarkness]

Oh. That. I usually fall asleep during movies. [Which was unfortunate, but he got much for mileage with books, audio books and comics just because he didn't have to give them his full attention for two hours.]

Oh. Well the finger waggle is more fun, so you're missing out. Rr.

[omnitrixter]

Clearly, you haven't been watching the right movies.

Yeah, I'll leave the finger wiggling to you, dude.

[stalksindarkness]

Probably not. I don't even get to see any good ones because they think I can't handle it. The people I live with.

But I don't like those movies anyway. Like Space Lasher or Moter Rage.

[omnitrixter]

Oh come on. You're...what? Teenager-equivalent for a lion?

And, dude, B movies are awesome. If nothing else, they're entertaining with the cheesiness.

[stalksindarkness]

Uh huh. But I age like a human, so I'm thirteen.

Not all of em' are. There's a real guy like Space Lasher. He's got the mouth tongue and everything!

That stuff is way too freaky!

[omnitrixter]

Sweet. Guessing you get home-schooled since I haven't seen you around the high school.

...That's a pretty good reason not to like that movie. I mean, Venture City's known for weirdness but ew.

[stalksindarkness]

If I have it my way I'll never go to school. [He wrinkles his nose, ears pinning back. A very strong indication in his voice that he has no intention of ever stepping foot in an educational complex.]

Yuh huh. And then there's a whole species of man-spiders on some islands I grew up in out east.

[omnitrixter]

Lucky you. [Though you probably wouldn't have even half of Ben's bully problems.]

Okay, I take back what I said earlier. With those kinda memories to fall back on, B movies must be a little too close for comfort to that stuff.

[stalksindarkness]

[Oh pft. From his perspective he'd probably get hell from idiot man apes trying to point out their inherent superiority or something.]

I don't even think I should learn all that stuff anyway. I'm always told that you never use that stuff they teach you in real life anyway.

[Sounds like he talked to a cynical older kid recently.]

Weeeelll.... Sharknado was cool.

[omnitrixter]

[Dude, you have teeth and claws. That means people automatically will give you wide berth.]

Allegedly some of it's useful. Allegedly.

[And perks up at the movie name.] Yeah, Sharknado was pretty awesome in how terrible it was.

[stalksindarkness]

[He will concede the point. But then again he is only about the size of a large labrador. Is he out of the cute and cuddley stage already?]

Hmgh. You're right about both those things.

Man, next time you binge on bad movies invite me over, okay?

[omnitrixter]

[Teeth and claws, big kitty. The size of a large Labrador with those teeth and claws? You're out of "cute and cuddly" territory.]

Sounds cool to me but not sure how my parents will like that idea.

[stalksindarkness]

I'm not exactly family friendly.

The people I live with wouldn't mind though.

[omnitrixter]

Then you'll have to invite me over instead, huh?