My Lupine Life - Episode 07 - Keep On Keeping On

(heavy breathing)

Louis!

(keys jangle)

(knocking)

Louis!

Louis!

(bird squawks)

(knocking)

(door creeks)

(heavy breath)

Louis: Aah!

Sydney: Ah!

You're alright! What happened?

Nothing.

No transformation. No skeletal reshaping.

(sighs)

No awesome claws.

Oh.

I don't really want to talk about it.
I think I just want to be alone right now.

You sure?

Yeah, I'm fine.

There's always next month, right?

Yeah, right.

(knocking)

Go away, I said I was fine.

(faster knocking)

Seriously! I said I was...

Man: Yeah, that door is definitely
not up to code. You should really

consider using reinforced concrete, or
possibly solid silver. What with the whole

werewolf thing.

Louis: Hey, you're Seth Greening, from
the internet.

Seth: Yeah, the one and only! Eh, last
time I checked. Sorry I couldn't get here

any sooner but my buddy Alex used up
his last portal spell for the month.

You look really familiar, do you get that
a lot?

Louis: I sent you a message on your website
and... are you scanning me?

Seth: No! I got your message. You seemed
kinda bummed and its always been my

mission to not only help survivors and non-
homicidal supernaturals out with practical

advice, but also moral support. You mind
if I use your crib cam?

Louis: Uh, yeah.

Seth: I want to interview you for my
supernatural "surive-ology" web show:

"Seth on Survival."

Seriously?

Absolutely. And uh, we're on air.

(Morse code beeps)

Hey all survivors, I am Seth, and welcome
to a very special on location episode of

Seth on Survival. I'm here with Louis Pine,
a young man with all too common a

problem amongst young extra-normals:
USHM, or:

Lou, tell us a little bit about your night last night.

Well, I'm a genetic werewolf on my dad's
side. I thought for sure that I was going

to transform last night. I could just feel
it. Nothing happened.

And how does that make you feel?

Just, disappointed I guess.

Unsurprising. You were expecting super-
human strength, heightened visual acuity,

and increased aptitude for basketball?

Well yeah. It sucks.

Yeah, that it does Louis. That it does. But,
that being said that is absolutely no reason

why you, or any other latent lycanthropes
at home should give up hope on one day

fully wolfing-out.

I shouldn't?

No, absolutely not! Lycanthropy, despite
being a surprisingly apt metaphor for

puberty, doesn't always hit during the
teenage years. You could be in your

twenties, or even as old as 305 before
your latent ravening bestial nature hits.

Oh.

Yeah, and did you know not every werewolf
transforms every full moon?

No, I didn't.

Yeah, absolutely not. They're many sub-species
of lycanthrope that only transform during

very specific lunar events. Like the Gregorian
Gray Werewolves who only transform during

the Feast of Stephen and on lunar eclipses.
Or the half-cyborg Cyber Wolves who only

transform on the Illuminati's secret moon
base is facing the earth.

But, how do I know for sure--

No I know what you're thinking. How's the
moon base ever not face the planet when

only one half the moon ever faces the earth?
Well, that's just what the Illuminati want you to think.

No, I mean, how do I know for sure that I'm
a werewolf? That I am going to transform?

How do you know for sure? Ok, look, I am
going to share with you a secret, well,

share with you and hundreds of thousands of
other survivors online. Currently I'm only 99%

human myself.

Really?

Yeah! And that 1% still hasn't manifested.
My current theory is that either my grandad

was a Sign of Thorn or I'm 1/8th Loch Ness Monster.
But the point is sometimes these things

take a while. You gotta be patient. No matter
what you are; human, werewolf, 1/8th

Loch Ness Monster, you make the best of
what you got, right? Just be the best person,

or, person-like thing that you can be.
Keep on keeping on.

(static)

So again, no sweet claws but, no biggie.

Least the night wasn't a total bust.

I got to meet one of the worlds leading
experts in the supernatural.

And I got these awesome t-shirts for
me and Sydney.

So like Seth says, keep on keeping on.

And like Sydney said, there's always next month.

(Mom OS) Is that camera on?

Oh, I also got grounded when I got home, but
more on that later.

(Mom OS) Turn it off.

(static)