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[Chibi MitchellTF]

(Catnip pretty much cuddled, with a bit of making out, possible tongue, and probably felt up Tetsuo's breasts a little in the wrestling.)

Rose walks in with the new clothes, and coughs. "Um, do you two want to get redressed, or should we continue filming. I mean, it's way out of Youtube's range, but Girls Gone Wild is probably going to have a special or two when this is all over, so it might be wise to get an entry in early..."

Scientia snickers to herself. "Catgirls gone wild, the beginning...I like it!"

[Mitera Nikkou]

Tetsuo manages to snatch one of the outfits from Rose, then maneuvers himself so he uses Catnip's body for cover.

"At least let us dress in privacy!" He pled, his face blushing up a storm once again.

But, suddenly, the expression on his face changed to something dubious. Then, he closed his eyes and sighed softly. He didn't have to feel himself to know that what made him a man, well... Wasn't there anymore. Besides which, they probably would have embarrassed her further if she had put on a noticable display.

[Chibi MitchellTF]

Rose and Scientia laugh. Rose is the one who responds first. "Well, you could use the bathroom, but you really don't have anything we haven't seen before, both ways if you really think about it."

Catnip pulls out a picture, and smiles wistfully at it.

[Mitera Nikkou]

Just as Tetsuo gave a sort of indignant pout, wondering how they had noticed her change in "plumbing", she caught a glimpse of Catnip's action, and investigated what she was looking at. (OOC: She's trying to see what's in the picture; being behind Catnip, she can't see her expression, however.)

[Chibi MitchellTF]

It's a black guy, conked out, with abnormally long arms, so long they were practically forelegs. His shirt is open to reveal a couple of old scars from bullet wounds. He's rather young, but not the best looking guy in the world. Thanks to the shape of his nose, and the slope of his brow, he looks quite a bit like a gorilla. One of his near forelegs is caught in the unforunate position of scratching himself. His tongue is lolled out of his mouth, and one of his socks is hanging on by a thread, and a slim one at that. It doesn't look like he's cut his toenails in months. The effect is completed by his shiny bald head, on which is written the word. "Douche."

Catnip hides the picture when Tetsuo sees it. "Hey, I was young, dumb, and ugly back then. Now I'm just young and dumb, but I'm working on it!"

[Mitera Nikkou]

Tetsuo wasn't in any position to judge, and not just because she wasn't a socialite. Silently, she did agree that Catnip might have been dumb back in the day; however, she had a sort of fondness for the catgirl that she knew, and didn't think that she was dumb, per se.

"I don't think you're dumb..." She said quietly, eyes lowered and cheeks flush.

[Chibi MitchellTF]

Catnip smiles brightly at Tetsuo. "That's the nicest thing anybody's said about me. Fact of the matter, is I didn't get a lot of education. Some people have to scrape by for every penny they had, and I was one of them. At least now, I've got friends and family who can support me, and I might even be able to get a G.E.D.! Rose here has actual MONEY, and Scientia has ideas, The Boss has a plan, and Teacher's Pet has the guts to pull it off. Now with you, we can do anything."

[Mitera Nikkou]

"R-really...?" Tetsuo replied, feeling strangely good, sort of elated by the prospect of being helpful. It had been a long time since she had been a part of anything, moving too often to get involved with anyone in any particular area. She had thought that she'd never feel like a part of something again, but it felt like it was crawling back from where she had tossed it out.

[Chibi MitchellTF]

Rose nods. "Yup. Your job is 'meat shield.' It even comes with a lifetime supply of free red shirts!"

Scientia smacks her. "No. Biopsy first. I want to see what exactly allowed Tetsuo to become contagious, and if it can work on others. If so, we may truly have a 'Typhoid Mary' we could use."

Catnip coughs. "Um...There's also the fact that Tetsuo is a nice, kind person, who is sorta cute despite not being very talkative. Having more friends IS a good thing."

Rose and Scientia respond at the same time. "But that's not MACHIAVEILLIAN..."

Then they shrug, and finish their combined statement. "But it's true."

[Mitera Nikkou]

Tetsuo, hesitently and tentatively, hugged Catnip from behind. She was nervous and blushing, unused to feeling her breasts being compressed, being so close to a girl, and actually initiating it all.

"I'd... Um... Really like to be your friend." She managed to say very softly, probably only audible to those with cat ears.

She didn't know it yet, but she had reached the point, subconsciously, where she was looking for outside help to deal with her changed life.

[Chibi MitchellTF]

Catnip bends her head, and manages to kiss Tetsuo, at least a quick peck. "I want to be your friend too."

Rose and Scientia also join the hug, surrounding the two in their warm arms, supportive and kind, love almost radiating off them. Rose speaks, "And we'll be your friend too. We're family, after all, in a way."

Scientia doesn't say anything, but seems to simply relish the feeling.

[Mitera Nikkou]

Tetsuo felt her eyes sting with unshed tears, almost trying to deny the possibility of the situation. First it had been a catgirl giving her the time of day and a bit of affection, and now she had a family of them expressing their love. She held onto Catnip a bit more tightly, unwittingly digging her new claws in a bit, and pressed her face into her back, basking in their embrace. The kiss that Catnip had given, while not unwanted, just seemed to pale to this, and didn't warrant a reaction. Well, at least not yet...

[Chibi MitchellTF]

It seems like forever before Scientia breaks the group hug. She's smiling happily, and keeps her hands close to her breast. "That was...nice. I haven't felt like that in quite a long time. However, we still have some stuff to do. Tetsuo, would you mind if I ran a few tests on you. Some of us have special tricks. I want to see if you have any. Also, we've been known to have enemies, so Rose might want to teach you self defense."

Catnip interrupts, perturbed at a percieved slight. "Why not me? I'm as good a fighter as Rose, if not better."

Scientia shakes her head, having already thought of Catnip's abilities. "You're a natural. You rely on speed and strength. You can't TRAIN that without a few months. You'd show Tetsuo an exercise regime, if anything."

Catnip giggles to herself, and her lip keeps curling up in a half-smile, and she can't quite restrain it.

[Mitera Nikkou]

"Ah... Um... Sure..." Tetsuo replied, feeling embarrassed now that she wasn't caught up in the moment.

Looking up at Catnip, then lowering her eyes, she watched her fidgeting foot while adding, "And I can probably do with some exercise..."

[Chibi MitchellTF]

Scientia takes Tetsuo by the hand, and leads him towards the lab. "I'm very glad you don't mind. Now, we've had some interesting powers, Teacher Pet has a good suite of them, Catnip has enchanced attributes, I'm a super-mega-ultra-zeta-uber genius, Rose I can't really detect, and that's about it. Now, are you allergic to anything. Penicillian, Grass, Arsenic?"

There's a faint click, and Tetsuo finds he's been lead to what appears to be a mad scientist's laboratory, complete with operations rooms, beakers filled with bubbling liquid, and a big bed which looks like it was taken straight from an insane asylum. Not to mention a big clear tube that looks like it could be filled with liquid, gas, or just about anything, and was water-tight, air-tight, and looked awfully strong. A person could fit in there.

Plus, it was big, he could see various instruments and stuff all over. This was a full-scale laboratory. And that click was the door locking.