Oct 4th: The Catgirl Cometh

[Misty]

The paperwork had ben all filled out, the new student's status as "dependent" worked out. All that remained was for the new girl to arrive.

She arrived in an X-Corp-driven sedan, her harried driver perhaps a little releived to drop her off at her new home. The vehicle came to a grateful stop and the passenger door popped open at the same moment the boot (trunk) did. While the driver got out and went around to get the new girl's luggage, the new student climbed out of the car and stared at the University.

She was on the small side, lithe and cautiously approaching a stage called "nubile". Her body was made of sleek arcs, not entirely matured but excellently toned and athletic. Her oversized hands and feet were disporportionate with her build, and both sported nails that doubled as claws--making shoes next to impossible. Her body was covered with dark fur resembling that of a particularly dark tortiseshell housecat. She had a tail that swished with barely contained excitement and huge eyes that were trying to see everything at once. Atop her head, peeking out of a long, thick mane of near-black hair were a pair of large, sharp cat ears that twitched at sharp noises. Her nose and mouth were part of a small muzzle that sported long whiskers to either side. When she turned her head and her hair caught the wind, a small bar code on the back of her neck was visible where her fur was the thinnest.

Misty had arrived in London.

The driver pulled two moderate-sized cases and one duffle bag from the back of the car and set them down. He sighed and looked around for someone, anyone, he could hand his excited, hyperactive charge off to.

[Ryan Gabriel]

A voice overhead spoke up. "It's all right, you can go. I'll make sure that she gets inside all right," Ryan said, grinning down at Misty from the high arch over the gate where he'd perched behind them.

[Misty]

Misty and the driver both looked up at the same time. The driver smiled, looking as though he were going to get himself a stiff drink soon. Misty just stared at Ryan...wings and all.

"Bird," she said in an awed voice.

There was something familiar about that voice...and those wings.

[Ryan Gabriel]

"Well, 'bird' is a step up from 'chicken,' so I'll take it," he chuckled, hopping off the gate and fluttering to the ground a few feet away. "Just be careful with the claws if you feel the need to chase me," he added, teasingly.

[Misty]

"Ryan!"

Misty hurled herself at him, catching him up in a ferocious glomp.

[Ryan Gabriel]

For once, Ryan was ready for it, bracing himself to catch her, then spin her, half in excitement and half just to spend her momentum so she didn't knock him over. He laughed as he set her down, grinning. "It's so good to see you, kitty-cat!"

[Misty]

"So good to see Ryan," Misty babbled. "Misty missed then Ryan left. Now here again!"

Never mind that it was now Misty who was "here".

[Ryan Gabriel]

Ryan grinned, giving her a little hug before finally letting her down. "And now Misty's here, and everything is complete," he teased. "Want me to show you around? It's... well, it's a lot like high school. Just with new people."

[Misty]

Misty nodded eagerly.

"'Cept people here talk funny," she said. "Some like Doctor Bashir some like Mister Scott, some like Liutenant Reed. An' now Misty wants to see who else from home is here!"

[Ryan Gabriel]

Ryan smirked. "Yeah, but the talking funny is cool once you get used to it," he said, grinning. "Come on... let's go look around, we'll run into people somewhere."

[Misty]

Misty started to nod but froze about halfway through. Her eyes focused sharply on something behind Ryan and her tail twitched in sudden excitement.

That was all the warning Ryan got.

Misty suddenly shot past him and dove into a settled flock of pigeons. The birds exploded into spectacular paniced flight while Misty leaped this way and that swiping at them. To her credit, not one the birds she actually hit were more than briefly stunned. The sight, however, was memorable as the birds took off as one to escape the wild catgirl, scattering feathers and down everywhere.

Misty came back to Ryan with a satisfied smile on her face.

"Wanted to do that for hours now," she explained.

[Ryan Gabriel]

Ryan grinned, giving Misty a one-armed hug as he picked up one of her bags. "I've missed you, you know that?" he said as he led her inside.