by bar1scorpio » Fri Jul 16, 2010 2:25 pm
I guess you could think it a "double secret probation" of sorts. He's continuously losing rank in this pack, and other members will notice, and not really need to much of an explanation.
Out of line any further, and he might not be killed, but he may be "cut off", the support network around him will collapse. A network that includes a mortgage company, an accounting firm, various other goods and services, all willing to do business with a man that, prior to living in this town, had apparently little in the way of personal history.
He's out of the hierarchy, decisions will be made without consulting him, and he's on the verge of finding out how Michael Westin feels.
In the modern age, this can be particularly brutal. Sure, a werewolf can talk big and bad about how independent or primal they are, but given that Zoanthropes are still human, and being one doesn't automatically make you a Luddite.
"Then again, I'm Gary Busey. Who knows what the f-ck I'm talking about." - Gary Busey