Spiral of Ants

Testing, Testing

I wanted to explore Aktals transition into a human form, so this takes place basically the moment he arrives on earth

It hurt.

That was the first thing Aktal really registered.

Of course it hurt. Aktal was used to taking up more space than this stupid miniscule planet's whole solar system. He was used to not being constricted by a solid form and instead existing as a pure energy, free to move, expand and contract to his own comfort.

But now all of himself was jammed and condensed painfully into a tiny, tangible form. Four limbs, one head, one torso. All a fixed size, shape, dimension. It wasn't right. It felt as though he was being squeezed and suffocated, with every now tangible atom of himself on fire.

And everything touching his skin, the awful barrier between him and the overwhelming sensations already driving him mad. The uncomfortable fabric clinging to his skin, the feeling of grass brushing against his already burning body. His hair getting in the way, making his eyes itch and his nose uncomfortable.

He hadn't even moved yet. He had been in this form for less than a minute and it was already far too much. Time was so much slower here... He had to do this though. For Apollo. If Aktal couldn't stand a few seconds like this, he coudln't imagine the torture Apollo must have been living through for the past 200,000 years.

It took him a moment to gather the will and strength to sit up.

Moving his limbs was a whole different set of problems. As he tried to push himself up, he found he could easily shift the limbs to bend and push himself up, but coordination and balance wasn't as simple, making it extremely difficult to lift himself from the ground.

He quickly grew frustrated after dropping himself to the ground for the third time, and let his wings out in a desperate attempt to give himself more stability.

Of course these simple creatures, humans, didn't have wings, but Aktal didn't necessarily choose his form. He understood this... the retractable feature was abnormal. Though he had never taken a solid form before, the other gods had experienced similar phenomenon's when visiting other planets, their own form having some sort of variations from the species they were imitating.

Aktal found the pain lessened, as soon as his wings were let out. Not enough to take it away, but enough to make it manageable. It made him less... compact.

While the wings did not help with stability the way he had hoped (and in fact made balance more difficult) the pain relief allowed him to concentrate and finally sit up properly.

At this rate a couple days on this planet would pass before he could even find Apollo.

Apollo had waited for 200,000 years. He would have to hang on a couple days more.