good luck

who: oz
where: gabe's house
when: late

A small box is left on Gabe's porch with his name on it. Inside, is a book on cursed werewolves. There's also a few typed up pages of notes, personalized ones Oz thought the kid might need to know.

If you are what I believe you are, you're going to need to know a few things. I thought I'd give you the rundown, in case you don't have anyone around to give it to you. Right now I think it's probably safer that we don't meet up anywhere, there are a lot of hunters in town right now, just looking for excuses. I hope this helps. If you need anything more, my number can be found around town.

- Find yourself someplace secure. A cage, a basement room you can't escape, something that's going to be able to put up with a lot of punishment without setting you free. You'll need it every full moon.

- Find yourself tranquilizers that work for you. Growing up, I made all of my friends and family carry hypos full of it, just in case. You'll need to work out the dosages--you'll probably need more than your average person at this point, but you don't want to OD on it either.

- Don't get into fights. Damage you take will trigger a change, if you take too much. So try to avoid physical confrontation at all costs. It's one thing to be pissed and walk away from a fight not feeling very good about it, and another to take one hit too many and start cutting a swath through everyone in your path.

- The new senses will take a lot to get used to, probably. Give yourself time. I'd invest in ear plugs for when you're trying to sleep, until you're used to all the new noise, you probably won't get much of it. You might get headaches from all the new information coming your way from senses that barely registered before, invest in a lot of aspirin.

- Depending on what kind of temperament you have, I'd start looking into meditation. The less riled you are, the less likely you are to accidentally get yourself into a situation where the wolf wants to rear up and bite someone's face off.

- You're going to have weird urges now that you're not going to understand so much. Things like gathering people together, feeling more responsible for them, possibly vying for dominance over other males in your group. It's all werewolf mentality stuff. You're already on your way to being an adult, so you can probably ignore a lot of these--you'll be able to pick out that they're strange, or they hadn't been there before. What you do about this stuff is your own business, I'm just giving fair warning that they'll be there now.

- I don't know if you're a big drinker or drug user or anything, but if you are, I'd take a good long look at that. Anything that lowers down your self control isn't a good thing. It makes it easier for slipups to happen. So be careful.

- Don't ever bite anyone. Even in human form, you're infectious.

- Avoid silver. It really does hurt like a bitch, it scars, and there's that whole pain/injury thing that triggers a change, so just avoid it in general.

- Keep your head down. Don't tell anyone who doesn't need to know. There are probably more hunters in town now than there has been for ages, and a lot of them don't give anyone the benefit of the doubt, or a choice. Don't make yourself a target, or give them a reason.

Finally, this isn't the end of the world. I've lived with this my whole life. Precautions can be taken, and so long as you're smart about things, and give yourself the time you need, the outs you need, and everything else, you should be okay.

Good luck.