Ooh, fun thread.
If I turned into a wolf... well, assuming it happens in my flat, I'd have to hope I'd already unlocked the front door or I'd be stuck for a while! If it's unlocked, I could probably open it. My first instinct would be to go find my "pack", which right now would be my family who live round the corner from my place. So I'd get my dog to come along with me and wander over there, then try and get someone to open the door, then probably go lounge on the settee while my mum freaks out because there's a wolf in her house. In a country where wolves have been extinct for centuries. Also I'd probably raid the fridge. My parents actually buy meat, unlike me, and yeah there's no way they'd stop me just eating all that. Because. Wolf. Food. Eat the food. FOOD. Then I might, like, go out into the garden and hop over the wall into the park and just go for a wander? But there's not many cool places for a wolf to go around here... just lots of farmland, and I might get shot if I ended up in a field with livestock in it. And I don't like open spaces when I m-shift. There's not much in the way of forest around here... in the end I'd probably end up getting spooked by something. (Cars? Major spook. Big loud shiny monsters, run away). Assuming I don't get shot, and nobody realises there is actually a wolf wandering around, I'd probably try to make my family recognise me and just kinda take up life as a weird, complicated "pet". I have no idea how long I could manage to pass as a dog, though. I might eventually end up being taken by the authorities and probably sent off to the wildlife centre nearby that already houses wolves. Which... would not be fun for me. Getting dumped with a bunch of stranger-wolves that I would definitely perceive as a threat? Being taken away from my pack? Oof, nope.
Leopard... would be even more awkward. Assuming I could figure out how to open the door, I'd probably try to slink away, but. I'm in the middle of a town! That wouldn't go well! A wolf walking around would probably be mistaken for a big dog and ignored, but there's no mistaking a goddamn leopard. So. I'd get caught, most likely. Sent off to a zoo. There would be a lot of confusion about where I'd came from and how I ended up so far from any place that houses leopards. I would be terrified, and aggressive because of it. I'd try and find a way to sneak off and disappear into some field or woodland, but eh, I don't like my odds of that in a place like this. But after a lot of stress and hassle, I'd probably end up in an enclosure in a zoo or wildlife centre, and might start to settle down a bit. I'd like to think that after a while I might even regain some understanding of myself, even if it's vague, and feel less threatened by the humans around me. I don't think it'd necessarily be a bad life, but. I definitely wouldn't choose it.
Now, for my spirit kintype, well... that's even more complicated. Assuming I somehow gained a physical form that had all the properties of my spiritual one, ahh well... it would be. Something. Umm. I mean there would definitely be a period of just. Flying around, enjoying the freedom and the feeling of the wind, and relishing the connectedness with everything. I'd probably go explore some of the nearby towns and cities, get a good look at everything. People would be screaming, and fleeing. I wouldn't care and would make no effort to try and alleviate their fears, because spirit-me just. Doesn't care about that kind of thing. I wouldn't do anything destructive, just observe. Humanity is interesting, y'know? But. I really don't think people would take well to some massive stone dragonbeast wandering around their cities. Maybe it'd end up being like one of those cheesy movies where the military gets involved to try and kill the big scary monster - which wouldn't work, since spirit-me can't die or be injured, no more than you could kill or injure a rock. I'd probably be amused by them, if anything. Over time, with all my non-hostility and effort to avoid damaging anything (or anyone), people would, I imagine, start to get used to my presence. Some sciency folks might try and study me, and I'd let them. Some people might even try to communicate with me, which I might respond to, might not. And life would go on. I just hope my human emotions wouldn't leak in, because if they did... well, then I'd probably try to change some things, and that would end badly. Good as my intentions might be. I think the best case scenario would be that humanity might eventually gain some kind of understanding of what I am, and that might push them to respect their planet a bit more. Even if it's just because of the threat that I might one day turn on them if they don't change their ways. This is the only one of my kintypes where I can really say that I'd be okay with it. I wouldn't choose it, but. I think it'd be very peaceful to be able to watch over my planet in a physical form. Though... I'm not sure I'd be able to incarnate again, and that would make me sad.
Fun thread. Unfun response to thread. I maybe was too realistic about this, aha.
Soooo suffice to say I'm happy enough to remain human!
