Ranma had a chance to look at himself and was quite… impressed.
He had gained just over half a foot in height yet didn’t seemed to weigh much more than before. For a bird to fly, weight must be minimized after all. On his feet were knee high gold colored metal ‘boots’ with talons as toes that screamed ‘Bird of Prey’. His thighs had deep blue armour with a feather design seemingly etched into it. His torso was covered by deep blue armour, with a red chest plate that had a point going down from the chest to a few inches below it. It the center was a marking, exactly the same as the statue he picked up.
The upper arms were of real interest, because where the armour stopped brown-feathered arms began, seemingly a part of the armour as if it was grafted to the skin. Skin became armour again at his forearms, covering them with a golden bracer and clawed gloves.
When he looked at his face his features changed little, yet changed greatly. A metal band started underneath one eye, ran down the cheek, followed the jaw-line, went behind the head at the top of the neck, followed the jaw-line, went up the other cheek and ended underneath the other eye. His eyes were still the same shade of blue, yet he could sense that his vision increased dramatically. His eyebrows were made of miniature feathers as was the rest of his hair, a raven black compared to the brown on his arms.
Sprouting from his back was a pair of hawk-like wings with sharp blades on the edge. They were easily over six feet in their span and had organic feathers, yet a cybernetic framework.
“Whoa.”
Indeed. You are the first Cyber-Creature Ranma. Anything you’d like to know?
“Umm... does the armour come off... and can I still look... human?”
To answer your first question, it is possible to will the armour away, however it will leave you rather... naked. As for your second question you can also will yourself to human form and will the armour into clothing. The armour will reformat itself to whatever you desire.
“That... cool... But what do I do now?”
I am certain that a destiny of some kind awaits you. Remember, you have the power to make willing people into Cyber-Creatures. Expand your new race, and help forge a new greater future for your kind and others. Fare thee well Ranma.
Ranma blinked as the world went white and came back to view. Looking around he could see he was now on a roof. ‘How’d I get here?’ Seeing he was in his hybrid form he gave a metal command and felt himself changing. In moments he had reverted back to being human, with the armour changing it’s self to his usual clothing. Another command returned him to his hybrid state.
“Whoa.”
Looking about his perceptions had changed greatly. The combination of magic and technology made all of his senses great, his vision even more so. Looking around he saw an ant crawling... three miles away. He could see a bird feeding it’s chick in the park nearly two miles away. Looking back at his wings he gave them a few experimental flaps and grinned like a manic. Now he could do something he always wanted.
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“And as you can see, highway 47 is clogged up and traffic is at a crawl, and may take-“
WWWWWWHHHHHHHOOOOOOOOOOSSSSSSSSHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!
“YYYYEEEEEEEEE-HHHHHAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!”
“What was THAT!?”
“Looked like a giant freaking BIRD!”
Ranma, meet the joys of flying over mach 2. Casually.
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