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mantisgodsaus · 11 months ago

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Selkieposting on Our Own Blog now! Although selkies technically can carry their pelts on their backs, and said pelts have limited shapeshifting abilities, this isn't done often. Why? Because, though they have limited abilities, they are still pelts - some sections of them have additional structure in the form of bones, even!

As such, especially with the very limited number of pelts in general that Exist, it's immediately obvious you're carrying around a selkie pelt - which in turn means that either you're a selkie, or that's Someone Else's Pelt (which is most likely stolen, by statistics alone), and with how valuable selkie pelts are (especially living ones, with the shapeshifting abilities that they can offer), most people really don't want to advertise that they have that big glaring weak point. A mix of safety in obscurity and not showing off your most valuable possessions every day.

#also if you wear one on the street then someone could technically just snatch it off your back which would be. Not Good #most selkies don't really bring them out. they stay at home where theyre safe. limits how far one can range from home but eh #better than risking having it stolen #selkie pelts are like the only source of animal skin out there as well unless you live somewhere very weird like The North #and thus can get skin from some of the very few remaining mammals or the handful of bug species with REALLY out there mutations #as such even dead selkie pelts are insanely valuable and you dont really want to broadcast you have them #leifs pelt gets hung up over the mantlepiece after his “death”#and his family all rationalize its occasional movement as the house settling and such right up until. uhh. An Incident #which we will write. eventually.#bf aus #selkieverse #basically like if your soul was tied to one of those ostentatious rich people fur coats you see in movies n shit #insanely luxurious item. if someone takes it You Will Fucking Die and people knowing u have it in and of itself is A Risk #there are legal protections against stealing pelts in the bee kingdom ofc but there are often. Issues With Reporting That #since whoever has your pelt also has control of you #unpleasant situation all around

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