When did you first put on the mask? Why?
”Well, ah, that’s kind of a tricky question. If you’re asking about being a werewolf, I was turned Gamma on my 13th birthday, just like the others...or, most of them anyway. The Chosen who did it could have been a bit less creepy about it though. Kept on mumbling ominously about ‘bloodlines’ and ‘destiny’ and whatever. But if you’re asking about the hood and the coat and the whole hero gig, that’s...kind of a long story. Making it short here, I got a bit mad about the Pack always hiding and decided to try and show them the good we could do. That didn’t go over well. I was demoted for a while after that. So I figured, if I was going to do the hero thing, I should probably try my best to not shout to the whole world what I was. Then the whole debacle with football happened and...yeah. Now I’m officially a hero, I guess...”
Why do you keep a secret identity?
”...uh, I’m a werewolf!? Aha, I think that’s a pretty good reason! On top of just the whole s+@$ty stigma around us because of those pricks from the Middle Ages, there’s psychos out there who’d hunt us down. And that silver s*&% isn’t a legend man. It hurts like hell, and they’ve got guns loaded with the stuff. I don’t wanna be some looney’s trophy, and I don’t want anybody in the Pack killed (no matter how annoying they can be).”
Who, outside the team, knows about your dual identity?
”Well the Pack obviously knows, but most of them don’t know Human-Me by name. Right now, the people from the Pack who know the Joe side of my life are the Alpha and her Chosen, my Beta, Big Red, and of course Dave. Uh, that’s David Whitfield. He’s...how do I put this?...my Pack-issued parole officer? Nanny McFleas? Watchdog’s watchdog? Basically he’s my punishment for going off the reservation and trying to be a hero. He’s a nice guy, don’t get me wrong, but he’s such a stiff...”
Who thinks the worst of your masked identity?
”Ugh, that’s not a short list unfortunately. Pretty much everybody in the Pack stares daggers at me when Watchdog gets some news coverage. I don’t know how the Alpha feels about me, but her Chosen do NOT like me. Thankfully, Big Red and Dave actually don’t mind the heroics. My mom and stepdad are pretty chill about me being a hero too, but I’ve got no clue how’d they react to my...’fuzzy secret.’ And rounding out the hatred column are those whack-a-doos who get a kick out of hunting werewolves down, and that one bastard of a news exec who decided heroes were a problem, not a solution. What’s-his-face? Mr. Tobe I think? Man he’s a prick.”
Why do you care about the team?
”I, er...well, ah, okay, lemme...lemme just say I don’t don’t care about the team but...l mean, I barely know most of these guys! And I-I don’t mean that like I’m some elitist a#%!!+% who’s all ‘I’m better than you all’ and s%#&, but I got assigned to this group by the school. I didn’t pick ‘em, and if I really had any choices here I would have stayed at Dorlith High with everybody I do know. My team, my friends, Morgan...*sigh*...”
