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[loudmouths]

so i've got a question for people who've been around here for a long time

and sorry if this has been asked before; you can just direct me to the info or whatever

but

is there any way to suppress the weird pheromone crap that happens when this transformation stuff kicks in?

i mean i adore bein lusted after as much as the next guy, but it's kinda problematic sometimes

i guess if need be i could just lock myself in my apartment or whatever right

but i don't wanna be a prisoner for half the month, either

then again, i guess if there's no other way, then i've got no choice

anyway, yeah any info is much appreciated

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[reachingfangs]

Wait.

Hold on.

What do you mean "without killing him"?! Who said anything about killing!!

[trivialization]

I suppose that does warrant more detail. If the transformation was simply imposed by an ordinary spell, like those said experience deals with, it would be trivial to reverse, or would simply wear off in time.

But it arises from the influences of the moons and the great tides of power that flow between the poles of magic, which are more fundamental to magic than the reordering and action of spirits which make up ordinary spellcraft. And that influence is directed upon the soul, which is also difficult to manipulate with magic, and comes to transform the body secondary to that.

To achieve something like being severed from the moons you would have to reach deep into a person's being with the most obscure and experimental magical techniques, and separate it from a vast power it has been reshaped to accommodate, and yourself refashion it into a form where it could sustain itself without that power.

So yes. The only sense in which it's not dangerous is that it's likely impossible in the first place.

[reachingfangs]

I see.

[ Renji doesn't. Or, rather, he sort of does, but only in the most basic sense. A murky glimpse of an elaborate, complex picture.

There's a long pause in his response as he digests the answer, before saying: ]

Likely impossible but not definitely impossible, right?
You sound like you got an idea of how to pull it off.