The hellish, cacophonic chorus of a thousand carnivorous geese, drawn by the commotion in search of their next meal.
I'm gonna level with you here, Zerban. This is probably in the top percentile of anything you'll ever write.

[X] Shift up to your true form. You are a dragon, dammit, and these geese will learn respect! This whole maze will quake before your might, and Abzu will be suitably impressed by the full force of your draconic power as you sweep the flock away and tear the maze asunder! Presuming it holds under your new weight. Which it will. Probably.

I see no possible way this could go wrong and I refuse to hear counter arguments.
 
HISSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS goes the goose as its fanged beak opens impossibly wide, a barb-toothed tongue the length of its entire body unspooling from the glistening depths within liked a spiked proboscis as it takes off in a flurry of feathers and comes screaming down the path straight at you.
I'm not gonna lie, I half expected the goose to vomit up a clown Orochimaru style.

[X] Stay in your current form. If it ain't broke don't fix it, and you're 99% sure the geese have no way of harming you when you're all scaly. Aside from your wings. Your injured- okay you'll give shifting them out of existence a shot.

Can't see anything wrong with this. Also Abzu is adorable and I love how easily they can tease Eldingar.
 
[X] Shift up to your true form. You are a dragon, dammit, and these geese will learn respect! This whole maze will quake before your might, and Abzu will be suitably impressed by the full force of your draconic power as you sweep the flock away and tear the maze asunder! Presuming it holds under your new weight. Which it will. Probably.
 
[X] Stay in your current form. If it ain't broke don't fix it, and you're 99% sure the geese have no way of harming you when you're all scaly. Aside from your wings. Your injured- okay you'll give shifting them out of existence a shot.

[I have horns?] Almost the second they sign it, Abzu smacks themself in the face with it (it ripples like pudding). [Of course I have horns, stupid me. Forget my own head if it wasn't stuck to my shoulders.] [I've just been wearing my hat so long I kind of forgot myself.]

"You've been wearing your hat for that long?" you repeat incredulously.

[It's a very good hat >:[ ] Abzu signs indignantly. [I mean I also can shapeshift since you brought it up, I'm just saying the horns are default.]

"Oh? In what ways?"

[Eldingar please some secrets must be saved for the bedroom~]

Your eyes go very wide at the implications of what kind of 'shapeshifting' that might mean and it makes you feel very very funny inside.
...is he a Mimikyu?
 
[X] Stay in your current form. If it ain't broke don't fix it, and you're 99% sure the geese have no way of harming you when you're all scaly. Aside from your wings. Your injured- okay you'll give shifting them out of existence a shot.
 
[X] Shift down to mortal form to fight the geese. Theoretically your wing can't bother you if you don't have a wing, and through half-shifting you'll still have full access to your claws and lightning. If anything you'll look even more impressive, transforming on the fly like that. And Abzu's watching.

Time to be Elding the Goose Fryer.
 
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"It's... no, no you're right," you say haltingly, letting out a sigh of relief. "That's ridiculous. There's no way that-"honk"-WHAT WAS THAT!?"


A single pure white goose waddles down the cloudy path, webbed feet silently slapping on the cotton-soft floor. HONK it goes again.

You laugh. "See? I told you there were no clowns. Just an ordinary harmless go-"

HISSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS goes the goose as its fanged beak opens impossibly wide, a barb-toothed tongue the length of its entire body unspooling from the glistening depths within liked a spiked proboscis as it takes off in a flurry of feathers and comes screaming down the path straight at you.

"-oooOOOAAAAAAZZZIFUCKINGDAHAKAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA-!" you scream at the top of your lungs, the scream transforming seamlessly and unintentionally into a sudden torrent of crackling lightning-breath. It bathes the passageway in dancing light and the stink of storm-air, utterly consuming the monstrous goose mid-flight. By the time you manage to snap your jaw shut like a steel trap what lands on the cloudy floor with a wet plop is much closer to a fresh-cooked roast. For a moment the silence just stretches on, unbroken, as if neither of you want to be the first to admit what just happened.
I mean geese are the fuckin devil, but lmao

[X] Stay in your current form. If it ain't broke don't fix it, and you're 99% sure the geese have no way of harming you when you're all scaly. Aside from your wings. Your injured- okay you'll give shifting them out of existence a shot.
 
[X] Shift to your coward form. You have had enough of these goddamn geese in this goddamn maze for one day, thinkyewverymuch. And besides, Abzu will appreciate the ride.
 
[X] Stay in your current form. If it ain't broke don't fix it, and you're 99% sure the geese have no way of harming you when you're all scaly. Aside from your wings. Your injured- okay you'll give shifting them out of existence a shot.
 
[X] Shift up to your true form. You are a dragon, dammit, and these geese will learn respect! This whole maze will quake before your might, and Abzu will be suitably impressed by the full force of your draconic power as you sweep the flock away and tear the maze asunder! Presuming it holds under your new weight. Which it will. Probably.

A flock of geese advances on you in a combative manner and you have the option to turn into a giant dragon, you turn into a giant dragon.
 
[It's a very good hat >:[ ] Abzu signs indignantly. [I mean I also can shapeshift since you brought it up, I'm just saying the horns are default.]

"Oh? In what ways?"

[Eldingar please some secrets must be saved for the bedroom~]

They are so perfect ohmigosh :cry:

"No that can definitely change," you say, glad to be over the initial hurdle of bewilderment at your own body. You reach a dead end and gesture for Abzu to turn around, swapping your claws to the other wall as you retrace your steps. "Some do whether temporarily or permanently out of personal preference. Some do it out of necessity, for breeding purposes."

I wonder if we'll meet a genderfluid dragon using this at some point? Sounds convenient, though.

You laugh. "See? I told you there were no clowns. Just an ordinary harmless go-"

HISSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS goes the goose as its fanged beak opens impossibly wide, a barb-toothed tongue the length of its entire body unspooling from the glistening depths within liked a spiked proboscis as it takes off in a flurry of feathers and comes screaming down the path straight at you.

Is this not what geese are normally like? I've seen their mouths, it looks pretty similar.
 
[X] Shift up to your true form. You are a dragon, dammit, and these geese will learn respect! This whole maze will quake before your might, and Abzu will be suitably impressed by the full force of your draconic power as you sweep the flock away and tear the maze asunder! Presuming it holds under your new weight. Which it will. Probably.
 
[X] Shift up to your true form. You are a dragon, dammit, and these geese will learn respect! This whole maze will quake before your might, and Abzu will be suitably impressed by the full force of your draconic power as you sweep the flock away and tear the maze asunder! Presuming it holds under your new weight. Which it will. Probably.

I can't think of a good reason not to, apart from tearing the maze asunder under our new weight.

On the other hand: geese.
 
[X] Shift up to your true form. You are a dragon, dammit, and these geese will learn respect! This whole maze will quake before your might, and Abzu will be suitably impressed by the full force of your draconic power as you sweep the flock away and tear the maze asunder! Presuming it holds under your new weight. Which it will. Probably.
 
This is your updately reminder that Abzu is perfect and should always be nuzzled. Also, they deserve all the hats.

I'm gonna level with you here, Zerban. This is probably in the top percentile of anything you'll ever write.
Remember, this is the author that, when we went to France, threw a giant flaming kanagroo at us. What did we expect, going into the literal eldritch areas beyond?
fingers crossed for incoming "maneating" geesetype birdman

[X] Shift up to your true form. You are a dragon, dammit, and these geese will learn respect! This whole maze will quake before your might, and Abzu will be suitably impressed by the full force of your draconic power as you sweep the flock away and tear the maze asunder! Presuming it holds under your new weight. Which it will. Probably.

Yes! The maze will quack beneath our might!
 
Could we shift into a non-flying dragon?

Edit: Oops, missed that it's been asked already.
 
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[X] Stay in your current form. If it ain't broke don't fix it, and you're 99% sure the geese have no way of harming you when you're all scaly. Aside from your wings. Your injured- okay you'll give shifting them out of existence a shot.

As hilarious as shifting up would probably end up being, I'd rather not risk falling through the floor while our wing is still healing.
 
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