Nah, I had to go to storage to get some drawings, so I was alone. I just remained an ottsel for the remainder of the day.

Well, I've thought it over, and I suppose I'll continue with hypnosis. Who can deny the awesomeness of being a telekinetic ottsel?

No new effects, unfortunately. They're starting to level off, but like I said before, I don't see how they could get much stronger. On a spiritual/psychokinesis note: one of my friends said my aura's been a deep orange a lot lately (insinuating pride and ambition), as opposed to my usual green (versatility and manipulation). I can only assume that's a direct result of my ottsel-ness. I'll probably tell him about it just so we can test that theory. I shall inform you post-haste.

Before you tell him, ask him what it is before/after you say the trigger, to see if it changes.

Well I've been training to see auras, and mine seems to always be a layer of emerald/grassy green with a layer of light blue on top. I've never seen it orange. It can't be self-perception, because auras reflect inner emotion. It can't appear differently for different people.

I see the friend tonight. I'll post results around midnight.

Any tips on where to find more on these auras?

If it's a super-secret technique not meant for morals, I understand.

Also, sorry for a slight derail.

Well if anyone cares to hear, I might make this a telekinesis/hypnosis long, as I've just started out with auras and psychokinesis not too long ago.

Anyone can see auras; it's like seeing electricity. A person's aura is a form of energy, you just have to train your eyes to notice it. I started out by dimming my room and putting my arm/hand in front of my computer monitor (just make sure the background is solid white (open up a new tab in your browser)), then focus on it without unfocusing your eyes too much. After about two minutes, you may start to see something that looks like heat rising, then it will become very subtly multicoloured. After a bit longer, one or two colours will become dominant.

Also, I just got back from hanging out with the friend I spoke of. I told him about me being an ottsel, and we commenced experimentation. We concluded the aura shift had nothing to do with me being an ottsel, unfortunately.

Well, I'll start a bit off-topic.
I picked up a hitchhiker today on my way to work. I asked where he was headed and all that nonsense. Then I noticed he was wearing a collar. I said "What's with the collar, bro?" and he said he likes to think of himself as a lone wolf. I laughed and told him I like to think of myself as an ottsel, but I'm pretty sure he thought I was just fucking with him. Nonetheless, I'm relatively certain I picked up a furry.

And now on-topic:
Usually, I'll fall asleep as an ottsel, but I'll be a human when I wake up. It's not too bad; I hop in the shower, eat some breakfast, and say the trigger on my way to work, and I'm set. Yesterday, however, I woke up extra groggy. I hopped in the shower as I usually do, and immediately thought to myself "GOD, I fucking hate wet fur.......wait, what?". This was the first time I woke up as an ottsel.. I was totally unprepared. The same thing happened this morning, but I managed to turn back into a human before my shower. Wet fur is the most awful thing ever. I HATE IT.

Hahahahahahaha! Ah, looks like you had one of those days.

Damn, I'd forgotten how long it's been since I updated this. Things are still going well; I'm still listening to the file and maintaining my ottselosity. I suppose I have a few things worth mentioning.

I'm REALLY feeling ungodly energy boosts when I say the trigger. This is possibly one of my most desired effects.
The phantom sensations are getting more profound, too. I took a road trip last weekend. Usually, my tail rests in the back on the floor when I drive, and I rarely have passengers riding in the back. The ENTIRE time down there, I could feel them stepping on my tail and I was actually starting to get pretty pissed about it. Of course, I couldn't exactly tell them to kindly remove their feet from my tail without them still being able to consider me somewhat sane...
Speaking of my tail, I've stopped dragging it around so much when I walk. I'm not sure if it makes my walking look any different, though I feel it might. I've just gotten sick of dragging it through countless mysterious substances on the ground. Plus, it's much more fun to swing it back and forth in sync with my stride.

Wet fur is still a problem, and I've got Hurricane Earl to look forward to this weekend... My friends thankfully don't question my sudden hatred of rain.
I'll often feel wind through my fur, which is both new and very neat. Along with my fur, I'm feeling my muzzle and nose much better than before.

Aaaand, I'm thinking that's about all the new/newish effects awesome enough to mention.
College starts up tomorrow (or technically today, I suppose). I'm excited to attend as an ottsel. It should be a grand experience. The only thing I'm worried about is the fact that when I'm an ottsel, I tend to freak out during very boring/repetitive/long tasks. Lecture should be a blast.

Well, I am in an AWESOME ottsel-induced ranting mood right now, so I THINK I'LL BEGIN.

If anyone cares, I've been having GREAT success with cryokinesis. I took a mini-vacation sort of thing last weekend with a descent sized group of friends. Dawn finally came, so we decided to attempt to get some sleep. I was laying there and I felt something.. unexplainable. I can only describe it as my chakras aligning, but that's not exactly it either. I then envisioned icicles forming all around me. My eyes were closed as I recall, so this was all mental (obviously). I started to get really cold, so I opened my eyes and sat up to try to make it stop. As I did, one of my friends sat up as well and said "Dude... what the fuck just happened?? Did you feel that?", and I said "No, what?". He said the room temperature lowered no less than ten degrees in a matter of minutes, then returned to a more comfortable/normal temperature as soon as I sat up. After he said that, everyone else said they felt it, too. SOME of my friends know I've been practicing kinesis, so they knew what was up. Some of them didn't believe it was possible until then. The air conditioner was off at that time too. The temperature change was VERY profound and impossible to ignore. I can only assume that was a result of my cryokinetic ottselness, or at least a long string of uncanny coincidences.

In regards to a more on-topic topic:
I seem to have forgotten I used to be human for a while. I was looking over the script just for laughs like two nights ago, and saw that I could "revert back to my human state". When I read that, my stomach turned and I was like "....oh shit... I used to be human...". I've spent about two months as an ottsel. I'm MUCH happier this way, so I'm not concerned. Tell me if I should be, though. The human trigger still works fine. I tried it that night just to make sure, it's just that I never use it. I've never had the need or desire to, really.

AND NOW I'VE THOUGHT OF ANOTHER SUBJECT
After I recalled I used to be human, I've been feeling like being an ottsel is the norm, and I just have a random, un-needed ability to transform into a human. Being a human feels really awkward to me now. For the brief period of time I was human a couple days ago, everything just felt kind of.. off. I'm so used to having a long weasel-like body and short legs, that when my legs were longer and my body shorter, I found it kind of hard to walk.

So yeah. Everything is going well, I would say. I just felt all that was worth a good share.

So wait, you're seeing yourself that way now? Or just strong, overriding phantoms?

Just the latter, unfortunately. I think I've drilled the fact that I'm an ottsel so deep in my brain, I started believing that my visual perception of my body was false.

Like I said, the human trigger works in the off-chance I DO need it, so I have no worries.