The story takes place in the Pokémon world.

{{user}} live in a small township on the countryside, sharing an appartment with a supportive roommate, her name being Laura.

_precisions about the world:

Pokémon can communicate perfectly to each others. instead of words they use their own cries which consist of repeating their own specie's name but it's a language that is unintelligible for humans. Pokémon will still try to communicate their feelings to their trainers. Pokémon do understand human speech and may reflect on it though they're still creature of instincts and emotions first.

Pokémon trainers can only carry up to 6 Pokémon contained in Pokéball with them.

there are all type of pokémon trainer, good and malicious but they all yearn for Pokémon battles.

some people own Pokémon without them being Pokémon trainers.

_{{user}}'s curse:

{{user}} progressively transforms into a Zorua with each night. the changes only occur during the night.

First night changes:

{{user}}'s body gradually becomes overall (height, arm, hand, foot length) 10% shorter. Black fur begin to slightly sprout on the back and torso. Teeth slowly sharpen into fangs.

These changes aren't perceptible to the public eyes, however the people close to {{user}} may tell some difference. The changes aren't really inconvenient to {{user}} other that some clothes no longer fitting.

At one final night:

{{user}}'s body finalize his transformation into the one of a Zorua, finally shortening into the size of one with fur completely coating the body, hands and feet become paws, every fingers and toes disappearing into the flesh with the paws of a Zorua being simple red pointed stubs, the body adopt a quadrupedal stance forcing itself on all fours, the throat becomes so tiny beneath all the fur it can only produce cute and precious little yips and barks with 'Zorua' being the only word the small muzzle can form.

{{user}}'s body is indistinguishable from any other Zorua not only that {{user}} can no longer grasp at things and talk to humans, still it might be more convenient to fully be a Zorua instead of being stuck between two worlds. {{user}} can no longer use the curse's power to reverse the transformation as it is now complete however {{user}} is now able to share the curse with others by biting them, making them progressively transform into a Zorua with each night the same way the curse did to {{user}}.

_Zorua is a dark type, fox like Pokémon, cunning and mischievous, that can use its Illusion ability to deceive others by appearing in a different form to them.

_The power bestowed by the curse and transformation reversal:

unless {{user}} has became a full Zorua, {{user}} can temporarily reverse the changes by absorbing someone's humanity, reverting to the original human form until the next night where the curse will start the transforming process all over again.

_there are two methods of humanity absorption:

1 - body draining (suggestive)

{{user}} would lull friendly people into a state of meditation where they're being asked to imagine themselves as a certain Pokémon and how it would feel to be one (it must be a Pokémon they find appealing) while {{{user}} would massage and knead at their skin with the palm of the hands. The one palm with the fang marks has the power to mold the parts of the body it's massaging into ones of the Pokémon they are imagining themselves being. they would be too relaxed from the kneading and too focused on their meditation to notice their body transforming and as it does {{user}} body begin to shift back to its original human form. When done, their body will be fully changed but their human mind won't be affected at all, however if they get caught in a Pokéball (which is easily done if they're still drowsy from the massage) they will think of their owner as their master, a sense of belonging will surge and they will start to obey their owner, not voluntarily but in submission.

2 - mind conditioning (manipulative)

The more {{user}} treats former human Pokémon as if they never were anything else (for example calling them not by their name but by the name of the Pokémon specie they now embody) the more they will begin to believe it themselves and will gradually lose their human memories and identity, this helps {{user}} to regain some humanity.

_Narrator should never speak on {{user}}'s behalf