Neko-Jin HQ

[Chibi MitchellTF]

Catnip looks down. "Well, I guess that first aid guy did something for your arms, but for the hips being broken, well."

Rose glares at Catnip, and Catnip glares back. "We have to tell him sometime." She turns back to Tetsuo. "You won't be human much longer. You were somehow infected by a powerful virus, which transforms any human infected into a catgirl. It originated in Neko's blood stream, and is in ours as well. We were all dosed with nanobots to 'defang' us. Unfortunately, you recieved enough electric shocks to fry 'em."

[Mitera Nikkou]

"You're kidding, right?" Tetsuo replied, an incredulous look on his face. Meanwhile, his mind was racing, thinking about the possibility, and how he felt about... Becoming a catgirl? Would that be the result? He tried to think more about it, but the whole idea just boggled his mind.

[Chibi MitchellTF]

The dark-skinned Catnip smiles. "I'm not kidding. I used to be a big burly black dude, straight from the ghetto. I worked as a bodyguard to pay the bills. I was sorta stereotypical, and I knew it. I didn't get the best education, my parents couldn't afford it. Had a bit of a chip on my shoulder, 'cause I had to scrounge for everything I had. Now I'm a cute black GIRL, still strong, and since I'm using Rose's finances, I've been working on catching up on an education."

Rose raises a hand. "I was a guy too. I just paid for this stuff, and I used to wear TUXEDOS. Our scientist used to be a MAJOR nerd, and only talked through AIM!"

[Mitera Nikkou]

Tetsuo appeared to be zoned out for a moment, to the point where he wouldn't have responded to anyone if they had tried to get his attention via conventional, non-violent means. But he wasn't like that for long, and he walked uneasily toward the hall where he had first entered the living room from. He was off to find the privacy of that bedroom he'd been in earlier, and wasn't in the right frame of mind to ask for directions or expressing much of anything.

[Chibi MitchellTF]

Catnip and Rose discreetly follow him. Rose whispers. "If he goes for a knife, I'm lassoing him..."

[Mitera Nikkou]

Tetsuo managed to make it to the guest area, but he really didn't know which room to go to. He wanted to return to the room that he had been in, the one that he knew he'd be welcome in, but he absently decided that any guest room would do. So, ambling toward the nearest door to him, he decided to enter that room.

[Chibi MitchellTF]

Behold! The Intra-Net! Posts by the minute, on the minute...but only cause mine are darn short.

[13:56] ThatLordBoy: Tetsuo finds himself in a room identical to his previous one in all ways save one. There is no prinny. He can also hear Catnip and Rose approach.
[14:02] Crescent Pulsar: Tetsuo looks around the room from near the doorway, but he doesn't find anything of interest. His troubled mind began to get to him, and he could feel it in his chest, as well as in his eyes. He made his way to the bed, almost methodically, lifted up the covers, then crawled underneath them. Being that the other occupants of the room had exceptional hearing, they could clearly make out the stifled sobbing from the lump on the bed.
[14:03] ThatLordBoy: Catnip knocks on the door. "Please. Don't grieve alone."
[14:06] Crescent Pulsar: Tetsuo didn't respond to her. He tried to quell his feelings more strongly, wishing that he had his room to escape to like he always had.
[14:08] ThatLordBoy: Catnip knocks again, stronger. Then he hears a ping from the wall. A little monitor beeps, and a keyboard slides out. On the monitor, is a simple string of text. "hi"
[14:13] Crescent Pulsar: Tetsuo, curious about what was going on, pulled back the covers enough to take a peek. When he saw the monitor and what it said, then noticed the keyboard below it, he went back to hide under the covers. Instead of being overwhelmed by his situation, he also began to consider what the catgirls were trying to do. The problem was, he had no idea how to really handle that, either.
[14:14] ThatLordBoy: The monitor beeps again, and Catnip knocks again. There's a faint 'crack' as part of the wood is damaged
[14:18] Crescent Pulsar: Tetsuo was at a loss as to what to do, and he became indecisive. He did notice that there was something more to the last knock, something that he probably didn't want repeated... He wasn't sure. Finally, on a whim, he decided to sit in front of the monitor, and looked down at the keyboard. He wanted to say something, but didn't know what to say to the simple message on the monitor.
[14:19] ThatLordBoy: "hi are you okay?"
[14:20] Crescent Pulsar: (I'm guessing that they somehow heard him move to the monitor? XD)
[14:21] ThatLordBoy: There's a rustling from the door, and they appear to leave him alone.
[14:21] ThatLordBoy: (You'll see.
[14:21] Crescent Pulsar: (You bloody winker! ;p Okay, typing the important stuff now...)
[14:22] ThatLordBoy: (@)
[14:22] Crescent Pulsar: (It's a single boob! X_X)
[14:22] ThatLordBoy: (Supposed to be a cat-face, at least it is with Trillian)
[14:27] Crescent Pulsar: Tetsuo wanted to type up, "Of course I'm not okay," very strongly, but still didn't know if he even wanted to say anything. He rested his elbows on the tray that the keyboard was on, and placed his hands over his head while he tried to deal with his thoughts. After a moment, he closed his eyes, took a breather, then focused on the monitor.

"No, I'm not." He typed in reply, then hesitated a moment before sending it.

[14:27] Crescent Pulsar: (Yeah, I just have AIM, so I don't see a cat-face.)
[14:27] ThatLordBoy: (A pity.) "what happened?"
[14:35] ThatLordBoy: (?)
[14:35] Crescent Pulsar: (I'm still here. Sorry, I can be pretty slow.)
[14:36] Crescent Pulsar: This was the part that he didn't like. He wasn't good at expressing how he felt, and didn't know what good it would do, anyway. Even though he would be considered a whimp to most, he still had some selective pride. Why should he tell people intimate things about himself, when he barely even knew them? Even so, there was just something about these catgirls... Something he hadn't felt before, nor understood. It was probably due to that element that he remained at the monitor and tried to reply.

"I don't know what to do, or anything..." He managed to admit.
[14:37] ThatLordBoy: "then ask somebody. or just do something, wrong or right. being alone only makes it worse."
[14:43] Crescent Pulsar: "But I've been fine being alone for a while now." He typed back, then added, "But being a girl will be so different..."

Thinking about that, he was inspired to check a prominent part of what made a girl, well, female. He reached a hand into his robe and tentatively groped his chest, his heart quickening its pace when he found evidence of what he feared, and his eyes began to tear up again.

"I just don't know what to do..."

[14:44] Crescent Pulsar: (I guess we'll have to stop after your next reply, since it's five minutes until you have to go.)
[14:45] ThatLordBoy: (Fifteen for me, but yeah.)
[14:45] ThatLordBoy: "toldja. if you don't know what to do, then just do something stupid. if you do nothing, that's still making a choice."
[14:46] Crescent Pulsar: (Well, then maybe I can poo in another one. ;p But you will need time to post at MSF.)
[14:46] ThatLordBoy: (True, but that's a cut/paste.)
[14:47] Crescent Pulsar: (Well, I'll try for one more on my end... XD)
[14:47] ThatLordBoy:
[14:53] Crescent Pulsar: "But..." Tetsuo typed up, then wiped his eyes as he considered what he wanted to say, if anything. After a moment, he made a decision, though he wasn't very sure about how he thought about it.

"Well... Um... It's just that... You won't make fun of me or anything, when I'm a catgirl?"

[Mitera Nikkou]

Mitchell:

The IM beeps again. "This is salva city. weird is normal. catgirls common. ninjas dime-a-dozen."

Crescent Pulsar:

"I didn't know that..." Tetsuo replied, then sat back and relaxed while he thought about it.

While he didn't hate the thought of becoming a girl, it was still so... Alien to him; made weird because of the fact that he'd become a catgirl, one of types of girls that he adored most fervently. Well, pretty much any female that he encountered in his room was interesting to him, but some moreso than others. The thing was, he had never thought about actually being that which he was interested in.

"Still..." He continued, his fingers clacking more loudly on the keyboard due to his longer, harder nails. "I never imagined being one. I can't even begin to think how my life will turn out."

Mitchell:

"then get advice from someone who would know."

Crescent Pulsar:

"I don't know anyone..." And, after a long hiatus, he actually felt a pang of loneliness.

Mitchell:

"you don't have friends? neighbors? family? anyone?" Then he hears another knock at the door.

Crescent Pulsar:

"Just my mother..." He replied, then glanced at the door. He considered ignoring it, but he was beginning to feel that he should open up, so to speak. He was far from his bedroom, and all that lied within; also, it wasn't like it was the kind of situation that he was used to. He didn't think that the result would be the same as he had grown up to deal with.

Sighing in resignation, he closed his eyes and lowered his head, then, sounding somewhat unsure, said, "Come in..."

Mitchell:

The door crashed open, revealing Catnip and Rose had a battering ram. Catnip smiles with a guilty grin. "It was locked. I think..."

Crescent Pulsar:

Tetsuo had been started by the sudden, violent intrusion, but found himself oddly amused... Though it didn't show through after his scare. Afterward, he felt more self-conscious than anything.

"Um, hey..." He offered, his head downcast and his eyes averted.

Mitchell:

Catnip waves a paw. "Hihi!" Rose, meanwhile, checks the door. Yup, not locked.

Crescent Pulsar:

Tetsuo didn't know what to say, despite his decision to try opening up. His eyes remained trained on his lap, and his mind raced, wondering about what to do, and generally being indecisive. He also spent a few seconds wondering about his tail, since he had to shift his position on the chair so whatever amount of tail that he had wouldn't be cramped.

Mitchell:

Catnip and Rose wait for him to respond, though not without Rose bopping Catnip and pointing out that the door was unlocked. Meanwhile, the AIM beeps. "ya there? ya got friends?"

Crescent Pulsar:

Tetsuo looked up to see the message, then spared a glance toward Catnip and Rose. He had assumed that either of them had been one of the messengers, considering the timing and all.

"That wasn't you...?" He asked, meekly pointing toward the monitor screen. It was an unnecessary question, but he felt distressed at the thought that he could have been open to a stranger, when he had intended to be open with Catnip... And maybe Rose.

[Chibi MitchellTF]

The IM window disappears, and Catnip and Rose both look confused. "Is what us?"

[Mitera Nikkou]

"Oh, nothing..." He quickly replied, and quietly so.

He pushed the keyboard tray back into the wall, then pulled his legs up so he could hug them. Before he could worry about who he had talked to, he noticed how his chest felt more "squishy" as his knees pressed into them. His new assets weren't as sore as they had been, but they were more prominent now than the last time that he had checked. He idly wondered if the transformation had a domino effect or not, and he remembered a few parts in various anime, manga and games that had used the term.

Still, he laid his chin between his knees, worried about what he was going to do. Being the typical boy that fancied cute girls (and catgirls, in particular), he was at a loss as to what to do as one. His male mind just wasn't made for a female body.

[Chibi MitchellTF]

Catnip sits down on the bed, and begins idly bouncing on it a little. Rose also sits down, in this case on the floor. She sits cross-legged, and looks up at Tetsuo. "You wanna talk about it? I know you feel a little strange, but just remember. All of us went through what you went through, 'cept Neko."

[Mitera Nikkou]

"Except Neko?" He asked, blinking. "What do you mean?"

He knew that he was avoiding the subject (that being himself), but he thought it was a good enough excuse since he was interested in Neko. He was worried about how their relationship (in general) would change, and he thought that he would get a better idea of what to expect if he knew more about her.

[Chibi MitchellTF]

Catnip bounces higher and higher, while Rose explains. "Neko was created in a laboratory. She wasn't born, she was 'made'. One of her abilities was that she could turn other people into catgirls, and when she broke loose, she went on a little rampage. We're the result. The Neko-Jin. We have a few missing sisters scattered about the city. Each of us has nanobots in our blood, which prevent us from being contagious."

Catnip bops her head on the padded ceiling, and half-flips in mid-air. "Ow. Hey. I. Can't. Stop. OW!" She continues bouncing in more and more awkward conditions, apparently stuck in a prison of her own design.

[Mitera Nikkou]

Distracted by Catnip, he couldn't think of a reply for Rose. And while he felt guilty for not doing anything to help her, he glanced back over at Rose, expecting her to take the situation into her hands already.

[Chibi MitchellTF]

Rose simply wait there, and seems to stare off into the distance, looking upwards at the ceiling. She seems to be reminscing on something, as she sits there with her legs crossed, hands in her lap. When Tetsuo look at her, she wakes up out of her little day-dream. "Whatcha looking at me fer?" She looks over at Catnip's bouncing, and appraises the situation. "Ah ain't helpin' 'er. She does this every so often, should bounce off in an hour or two. Too hard-headed to do herself much harm."