Lonely and Bewildered[open]

[Sea]

"I... I'm not psychic, I'm a shapeshifter.. But I've been told I'm a very good guesser. It helps in card games. And what are you talking about? What do you mean, serivative?" Sanet was becoming confused very quickly. Again. This Loki didn't seem to speak her English, whatever he said.What an odd, odd place. A thought struck her, though. She was odd... and if she was in an odd place, there might be someone who had cat ears and a cat tail, too! Just like Dad.... She'd ask him about that in a moment.

[Chris]

"Derivative." Loki corrected himself, "I some times slip into Standard. But an intuitive person such as yourself could get a great many jobs." He smiled at her, "Cryptologist."
((srry for the shortness...theres not much to say, hopefully after you ask questions, we can get a bit more substance out of it))

[Sea]

Sanet smiled.
"Thanks. But I have a question... is there anyone here who was cat ears and a cat tail like me?" Sanet inquired. Another person with cat ears and a cat tail. She felt a pang of grief for her missing father, and her eager smile faded away.
(Sorry for the shortness as well. I've just been throwing in memories for length, lately! XD )

[Chris]

"Well, there is Neko..." Loki said with a coy smile, "Just don't hug him too hard, otherwise he may turn into a cat and you have may have to kick him like a football to make him normal..." his smile vanished, replaced by a disgusted frown, "and Perth, but I would recommend shooting him in the head before saying 'Hello.' Just trust me, you would rather not deal with him at all, especially at your age..." It was very important to stay away from Perth, it just was. "I'm sure you could find others, but those are the only two I have been exposed to." in fact he was confident that there where others, Neko had spoken of woman named Duemi, maybe she was one too....

[Sea]

Sanet decided not to question Chris on the matter of Perth. She didn't want to know.
"Could you introduce me to this Neko?" asked Sanet, thoroughly excited about getting to meet another person like her. Her spirits were lifting, ever so surreptitiously, and she was finally smiling as though she meant it, because she did. The scared little girl was melting away, and she was beginning at stand at her full height. She looked more relaxed, now, too. It seemed she was beginning to find her place in the Twilight Moon Academy puzzle faster than she expected.

[Cherry Blossom Fan]

Negi walked into the garden after his first few days at the school. So far he had kept to himself and only managed to meet one person. Eithne. He admired the garden around, how the flowers and the trees made the place seem calm and relaxing. Up ahead he could here voices. SOunded like two. He continued to walk toward the voices, eager to meet new people. His apperence, how young he seemed had kept others from talking to him. He continued to walk until he came upon a small clearing with two standing up ahead. "Why hello there." Negi said with a cheerful tone.

[Chris]

"I would love to introduce you to him, but last time i saw him, he was a... catatonic..." Loki moved his jaw to the right and his eyes looked up to space above him to the left, but didn't really see anything "on the floor of the battle room...." His gaze returned to San, "Not the most...endearing thing.... I'll try though."
As the words poured from the newcomer's mouth, Loki's eyes shifted to see him. the sheer gleam of the man was almost a punch to his face, "Hello to you too, have fun in the reactor?" the shine wasn't natural, even the bio-luminescent trait found among one sub-species of the Galdarians wasn't anywhere near so bright, and they light up caves.

[Sea]

Sanet nodded to the young man.
"Sanet. Call me San," she said hastily, before casting all her attention on Loki. "Is he alright? What happened to him? Where is he now?" She didn't realize she was bombarding him with questions like a worried mother or something.. oh well. She was often very unaware of how she sounded, but her eyes were gleaming with worry. Why was she so worried about someone she'd never met?

[Cherry Blossom Fan]

Negi stared at the two esspecially at the boy. "What ever do you mean." He said before looking at his body. He did notice a shimmer and wondered himself what it was. Sure he glowed with magic but he hadn't incantated his Ras Tel Ma Sir. He looked behind to see that the moon was full and the beams were hitting him from behind giving him a shimmiring glow. "Ohh its just the faint glow of magic and moonlight." he said with a smile. "And hell San, You may call me Negi if you wish. What a nice evening it is."

[Sea]

San blushed a little, and looked away, feeling shy from all the kindness here. Her eyes fell upon the water, and she saw a young lady's reflection. The strange person had hair that was gleaming pale gold in the moonlight. She thought another person had come, and was readying a scarring remark, when she realized it the figure had a splash of pink in her cheeks, which was partial dusted with a bit of dry earth. The girl was blushing, and looking at her. But she realized it wasn't someone new.. it was her own reflection. It caught her by surprise, she hadn't look at her own reflection in a while, she had learned to keep herself clean without looking in a mirror. How different she looked. She shook herself from her thoughts and turned back to Loki and Negi.
"Yes, it is, Negi, but it seems Loki is taking me to meet Neko. Perhaps, if Loki didn't mind, you could accompany us?" Sanet looked to Loki, asking permission without words. She as still a little shaken up about her appearance. She wasn't sure if she was beautiful, but she didn't want to be. It was harder to be friends with boys if you were beautiful. Or at least that's what San thought.

[Chris]

((and Yes, i know San isn't a Nekomata, but thats the only reference Loki has so....))
Loki's Gaze shifted to the Sky, "I'm not used to Luna being nearly so bright, it is smaller, farther from the Earth in my day, it actually wasn't tidally locked like it is here." he found it humorous that he was speaking of the future like the past, but no one ever said the arrow of time had to fly in one direction or the other.
"Neko has an interest in a female, she may even be a Nekomata like Neko and yourself. I believe she is a student, it may be a good idea to investigate the female dormitories, if all else fails, Maybe this female will be able to point us in the direction that we will need to seek." Loki tilted his head and made a show of inspecting him, he wasn't creepy in anyway, and he didn't strike to be someone who would be a threat. Plus he wasn't hot ((Loki is thinking in terms of radioactivity)) so staying in proximity wouldn't be a problem, "Sure, why not?"

[Cherry Blossom Fan]

((Had me scared for a moment)) "I would hate to be a burden but I would love to go."Negi said with a smile. Inside his mind a tiny version of him was jumping around and shouting "I HAVE FRIENDS I HAVE FRIENDS." Nobody had been this nice since Ku Fei. "Now who are we searching for." He asked with a questioning look. A Neko, He had never heard of someone by that name, well it was just his fourth day at this school so he really wouldn't know too many people. "Sorry I can't be of any help there."

[Sea]

"I'd rather not seek out any help from this female. I'm sure we can manage fine without any help of that kind," stated Sanet plainly. Sanet was not a fan of other members of her gender. Her mother had never been able to help her find her father, why should this young lady be any different in helping them find Neko? She turned to Negi, answering his question to the best of her knowledge.
"According to Loki, 'Neko' is a cat creature like me, but I don't know much else. Loki was going to introduce him to me... or at least let me see him if Neko isn't in condition for introductions." Sanet looked to the moon, wondering how the moon would come to be farther away. It was an odd thought. She loved the moon; she had watched during her years of hiding in the wilderness.

[Chris]

"Neko should be fine, I've done unarmed duels before, and despite being lanky and naive, he was rather agile and put up a good fight. i don't expect that my kick left him out for too long." He looked at Sanet "This female may be the only course of action. His father, Perth, doesn't give a Servaeri corpse about him, and he really cares for this female. So she would be our only lead."
He sighed, she'd probably have to get over working with this female. it would be much akin to the distrust and dislike most of the officer corps felt for him as a merchant. it would probably be a good experience for her in the long run, plus, he wasn't lying. This female was the only one that he would trust to know about Neko. Loki sighed, he was probably going to have a bit of an argument on his hands.

[Sea]

"I'm sure someone else would know," replied Sanet curtly. She glared for a moment, hard as ice. She was stubborn, for lack of a better word. Once she made her mind up, she held her ground until she either relented, which was rare, or was talked out of it, but usually that took no one less the Leon 'Windbag' Trotsky. Then again, she was a bit disconcerted by her arrival at Twilight Moon Academy. She wasn't concerned about losing any potential friends, she could fly solo or with a fleet, and when she was being stubborn she paid little attention to much matters. She glared coldly at Loki, trying to make it seem like she could 'see right through him' or 'bore right through him' with her gaze like she had read in so many stories. She almost had it down, it worked on her mother. Maybe she had it perfected. She had tried doing it staring at herself in a mirror awhile back, but found she didn't enjoy staring angrily at herself. So she had no idea of how it would work.