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[kenpo_kitty]

You know, this probably isn't that important or anything, but I kinda noticed this trend the other day. Like, whenever someone brings up self-defense, it's always magic or some sort of weapon.

Maybe... No, I'm pretty sure this is a biased opinion, but why doesn't anyone ever ask to learn martial arts? I'm not gonna stupidly start yelling that martial arts is the best, but, it's got it's advantages over magic and weapons, right?

I guess, well, I'm just complaining that I never hear someone say "Let me learn martial arts!" when it comes to protecting themselves. I don't think I'd like, be the best teacher, but, I probably could get someone started... that is, if I'm not the only one.

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[i_speak_softly]

[Not the answer he was hoping for.] I know the feeling. It must be nice, being able to avoid that.

[kenpo-kitty.livejournal.com]

Well, I really couldn't back home, but here, nobody cares really! People think it's actually cool.

[i_speak_softly]

This world does have some good points.

[Oh, hasn't introduced himself yet.] I'm Donatello, by the way.

[kenpo-kitty.livejournal.com]

Uriko. Uriko Nonomura.

[i_speak_softly]

Nice to meet you.

So... What are these "Zoanthropes"?

[kenpo-kitty.livejournal.com]

I thought we covered that?

It's well, people, like me, who can willingly change into a were-beast form. Everyone I know is a different animal though. I haven't met anyone who's the same ani-... hmm...

[i_speak_softly]

But, I mean, how do they get like that? Are they born that way? You said some people were experimented on...

[kenpo-kitty.livejournal.com]

As far as I know, we're just born this way. Lots of us are different ages, and we don't have any weird background in common.

But, as far as the experimenting goes... it was more like... our limits, and stuff like WHY we could do it, or why it even happened...

[i_speak_softly]

Oh, I see. A natural mutation.

Were... were you experimented on?

[kenpo-kitty.livejournal.com]

Mhm...

[i_speak_softly]

[He's assuming that's a yes.] I'm sorry...

[kenpo-kitty.livejournal.com]

Ehh... it's fine. It was a long time ago, and those people... well, it's not like they're alive anymore.

[i_speak_softly]

[He doesn't take comfort in death, even in the death of his enemies.]

You don't look old enough for it to have been that long ago.

[kenpo-kitty.livejournal.com]

I was still a kid when they did it... They somehow managed to turn me into a weird chimera thing when they did it too...

[i_speak_softly]

A... chimera? [A goat/lion/snake creature? Or some other sense of the word?]

[kenpo-kitty.livejournal.com]

I dunno... I just remember that that was the word they used... My mom kind of said it too...

[i_speak_softly]

[What a horrible thing to call your own daughter...]

But it was only temporary?

[kenpo-kitty.livejournal.com]

Technically. But being here made it happen again...

[i_speak_softly]

You were experimented on here too?

[kenpo-kitty.livejournal.com]

That's what this whole place is. It's an experiment.

[i_speak_softly]

This place hurts everyone in different ways, doesn't it?

[kenpo-kitty.livejournal.com]

It definitely tries. But, it only works if you let it get to you!

[i_speak_softly]

[Momentarily speechless.] ... I'm sorry, but positive thinking doesn't seem like much of a solution right now.

[kenpo-kitty.livejournal.com]

Well, it happened more than a year ago. I mean, it was hardly fun looking like a monster or anything, but it's really not going to do any good moping around about it. It's not like I can turn into that just at any time. Only my cat form.

Besides, if positive thinking isn't going to help, what would?

[i_speak_softly]

Uriko... We've been kidnapped. We're being held prisoner. Our friends are stolen and experimented on... What about fighting back? [Isn't that how this conversation started? With the subject of self-defense?]