Who: Isabela & Sam Merlotte Where: The Hanged Man, Empty room When: August 16, 2013 [backdated] What: Sam told his bosses that he can shapeshift and Isabela wants to see this for herself. Rating: TBD? Sam will end up nude, because that's how his powers work. Status: In progress.
Shapeshifters weren't anything really new to Isabela's knowledge, but that seemed like magic and from the way Sam spoke, it didn't really sound like magic. Regardless, she was curious to see what this "collie" was and even got someone to make up a drawing of what a mabari looked like. He asked, and she was going to show him, the way he was going to show her how he could turn into a dog. She arrived early for his next shift, as they agreed, though really, her arriving early was actually very early. She was often at the Hanged Man, not just to play boss but she liked the atmosphere.
The appointed time came and Isabela made her way to the empty room. She carried a bottle of rum with her, because it seemed right to share a drink before this happened. Isabela found the empty room and took a seat in a chair there, opening the bottle of rum and pouring herself a glass. Sam would be there soon, and it wasn't like he was going to chicken out. She was his boss and of all the people to work for, Isabela was not someone to judge him for anything, let alone being a shapeshifter.
She also might tease him a bit about shifting into different things, but everyone suffered from that. Fenris and his lyrium tattoos and Hawke and her magic, Anders and his. Even Varric with Bianca. But it was always in good humor and never meant to be cruel. Aveline learned the eventually and started playing along. Hopefully Sam would be quicker to pick up on that.