Side Effect (Noblesse, Tao+Frankenstein)
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no_true_pairTitle: Side Effect
Author:darkicedragon
Fandom: Noblesse
Pairing/characters: Tao, Frankenstein
Rating: G
Warnings: None.
Summary: Tao knew about the possibility of side effects. This one? Had never crossed his mind.
Word Count: 544
Prompt/challenge you're answering: Frankenstein and Tao: transformation of some kind (genderswitch? body swap? species shift?)
Notes: The prequel to this part.
Tao's ears twitched as he walked down the corridor, grinning gleefully. Not his human ears, but his triangular cat ears that had replaced them - he'd even gained a long supple tail and retractable claws to boot (he was going to have to ask M-21 about them, because as much fun as having claws was, accidently shredding your own clothes when trying to put them on was not)! Tao wasn't sure if the side effect had also affected his mind – he was beginning to suspect so, because he hadn't been worried in the slightest when he'd discovered his changes, but that might have been because he knew Boss was in the house.
He ducked into the lab, and he could feel his ears twist around as he tried to pinpoint where the Boss was. Footsteps to his left, a small hum. Huh, he could get used to his better range.
"Ah, Tao, there you are – you wanted to…"
Boss' eyebrows were raised behind his glasses, and Tao's tail did a little flick at his expression.
"Heh, yeah," he said, nodding as he rubbed the back of his head, making sure to do that with his knuckles. "I kinda woke up like this; I guess I had a weird reaction to one of your upgrades." Because there was no way Boss could have made a mistake.
The Boss was staring at his tail, one hand raised as he stroked his chin. "I hadn't seen any hints of this…" he murmured, coming closer.
Wow, that was a surprise. And a little worrying. "So I haven't got a werecat's liver or something?" he joked, his tone light. If it wasn't from something that was already there, then how had it happened?
"No, definitely not," Boss said firmly as he peered at the rest of Tao's changes. "You don't know what your tail is associated with?"
Tao twisted around, trying to look at his tail again. His fur was black, the same colour as his hair, while the tips of it white, but the thing that had confused him the most when he'd first seen it was how his tail split into two near the end – but it was fully formed, didn't hurt and was covered in fur, so Tao wasn't sure what exactly to make of it.
"I was supposed to grow two tails?" And that reminded him of something he'd read a while ago, but he couldn't quite place what it was exactly.
The Boss shook his head. "A tail like that can be a symbol of a nekomata."
A nekomata. Huh. Tao could recognise parts of the word being Japanese and having the literal translation of 'forked cat', but other than that…
"Well, we'll see if this is a side effect first and if we're able to reverse it," the Boss said, leading him to the scanner, "or if there is something else at play here."
Tao nodded, his tail swishing easily behind him as he followed. It wouldn't bother him too much if the process wasn't reversible (all he had to do was stuff his tail down the back of his trousers and wear a hat) – what he wanted to know was if the adage about cats and dogs was going to hold true.
Author:
darkicedragonFandom: Noblesse
Pairing/characters: Tao, Frankenstein
Rating: G
Warnings: None.
Summary: Tao knew about the possibility of side effects. This one? Had never crossed his mind.
Word Count: 544
Prompt/challenge you're answering: Frankenstein and Tao: transformation of some kind (genderswitch? body swap? species shift?)
Notes: The prequel to this part.
Tao's ears twitched as he walked down the corridor, grinning gleefully. Not his human ears, but his triangular cat ears that had replaced them - he'd even gained a long supple tail and retractable claws to boot (he was going to have to ask M-21 about them, because as much fun as having claws was, accidently shredding your own clothes when trying to put them on was not)! Tao wasn't sure if the side effect had also affected his mind – he was beginning to suspect so, because he hadn't been worried in the slightest when he'd discovered his changes, but that might have been because he knew Boss was in the house.
He ducked into the lab, and he could feel his ears twist around as he tried to pinpoint where the Boss was. Footsteps to his left, a small hum. Huh, he could get used to his better range.
"Ah, Tao, there you are – you wanted to…"
Boss' eyebrows were raised behind his glasses, and Tao's tail did a little flick at his expression.
"Heh, yeah," he said, nodding as he rubbed the back of his head, making sure to do that with his knuckles. "I kinda woke up like this; I guess I had a weird reaction to one of your upgrades." Because there was no way Boss could have made a mistake.
The Boss was staring at his tail, one hand raised as he stroked his chin. "I hadn't seen any hints of this…" he murmured, coming closer.
Wow, that was a surprise. And a little worrying. "So I haven't got a werecat's liver or something?" he joked, his tone light. If it wasn't from something that was already there, then how had it happened?
"No, definitely not," Boss said firmly as he peered at the rest of Tao's changes. "You don't know what your tail is associated with?"
Tao twisted around, trying to look at his tail again. His fur was black, the same colour as his hair, while the tips of it white, but the thing that had confused him the most when he'd first seen it was how his tail split into two near the end – but it was fully formed, didn't hurt and was covered in fur, so Tao wasn't sure what exactly to make of it.
"I was supposed to grow two tails?" And that reminded him of something he'd read a while ago, but he couldn't quite place what it was exactly.
The Boss shook his head. "A tail like that can be a symbol of a nekomata."
A nekomata. Huh. Tao could recognise parts of the word being Japanese and having the literal translation of 'forked cat', but other than that…
"Well, we'll see if this is a side effect first and if we're able to reverse it," the Boss said, leading him to the scanner, "or if there is something else at play here."
Tao nodded, his tail swishing easily behind him as he followed. It wouldn't bother him too much if the process wasn't reversible (all he had to do was stuff his tail down the back of his trousers and wear a hat) – what he wanted to know was if the adage about cats and dogs was going to hold true.