Okay, lets do a step by step deal here.
- You have your druid approved and are playing it now.
- I am assuming that you are roleplaying the shapeshifting abilities of the druid to an even greater degree that normal druids do and emphasizing on the fact that you seek more.
- You keep your journal updated with the experiences of your character and that introspective analysis into his personality that can potentially lead him down the shifter path.
- When you feel that the character has gone through enough and that the path of shifter is ready to be revealed you ask for a CDQ pointing to all of the above. Keep in mind however, that just because you have all the right things to take the shifter class next level it doesn't mean that you have to do it immediately. Patience is a virtue.
- The story behind it all is really up to you. Shifting is viewed in many ways, some are roleplayed as maniacal people who cannot keep a form, others are roleplayed as wise druids who realize that reality itself is formless. That is entirely up to you and how you wish to portray your character. As long as you dont break the boundaries we are pretty open minded.
I think however, the most important thing you need to remember is that just because you are ready mechanical-wise to take a shifter level, it doesn't mean that you HAVE to take it. Patience and appreciating every passing level is far more important in Layonara. So my advice is not to hurry anything up and just take it slow, in the end it will be worth it.