The AniVerse

[VirtualPlay]

A soft breeze ruffles through your hair as the sun slowly sets towards the sea. As the last Friday of Summer Vacation draws closer to ending, you're enjoying it by spending a day in the park near the beach. You try pushing the unbearable thought of school the following Monday out of your head.

Unfortunately, your peaceful day is about to be turned completely upside-down.

Without any warning, the ground suddenly drops out from beneath you. You are thrown into total darkness as you fall and fall...forever it seems. Just when you think you can't take any more falling, you pass out.

When you come to, you feel alright. Nothing seems to be broken from what you can feel. Slowly you open your eyes...and get a huge shock. Everything around you, trees, grass, water, even you, seems to have been drawn, anime style.

But not only does everything look like an anime, it also acts like one, too. Hammerspace is really there; sweatdrops really do get insanely huge; you find that although you think and hear it as English, everything you say comes out in Japanese.

You are no longer in your normal California home.

You have entered "The AniVerse."

It doesn't take long for you to find out that you aren't the only one who came through to this world. You find others, people you knew from your old world. You find out that you all live on the same street, and that your houses and family are totally different. After a while you figure you might be able to get used to this, even though school is still a reality.

However, you weren't, as some may think, all brought here by coincidence. The other aspect of most anime, the looming bad guy, is also here in this world. He brought you to this world, for some unknown reason, and he also wants to take over this strange world.

What will you do?
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LSU's will be accepted for a short while longer in THIS topic.

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Sign-up Form
Name: Yoiko Kakumei
Age: 17
Gender: Female
Personality: 3 words: energetic, happy, cute; she's the girl that alwas seems to be smiling, except when someone's making her upset or annoyed (at which point she reaches into hammerspace...); behind the mask, she's not as naïve as she looks.
Relationships: nobody yet
Appearance: slightly tall, with long, blond hair that reaches her shoulderblades, bright blue eyes, and slightly pale skin; dresses in cute clothes, usually short skirts or shorts and baby doll t-shirts, small socks and sneakers. After the change, her hair is now a bright red color and is kept in two pigtails at the base of her head (with bangs).
Favorite thing about the AniVerse: Hammerspace!
Least favorite thing: When she does a facevault/faceplant (she likes seeing other people do it, just doesn't like doing it, even though it doesn't really hurt)
Other: The song she's singing in the post below (as well as the rest of the lyrics) can be found here (click "download mix" on the right side).

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Yoiko
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"Somewhere
beyond the rain and autumn plains, the snow
that litters the countryside,
I find a piece of you.
And somewhere
beyond the frozen fields, I clearly see
the end of our misery,
a part of the place we knew.

And slowly down through the fire, burning
into this darkness I fall.
Your presence right here beside me,
yearning through it all."

I love singing, and with my iPod mini (in the cool silver color) I could sing wherever I wanted...well, mostly. But walking through the park, I ignored any stares I was getting; it was public area, so I had the right to sing out loud. I mean, I don't think I'm a bad singer (most people don't think I'm a bad singer), just some people get annoyed by people singing out loud. But at the moment I was lost in the song, so I wasn't even thinking about all of this, but rather just the song itself.

"Dokoka
ame to aki matsu no mukou
inaka no yuki ni
anata mitsukeru.
Dokoka
kotta hara no mukou, atashi
mijimesa musabi
shiteta dokoro ni."

Of course, being of Japanese descent (even though my parents were both born and raised here in California, as was I), I always have something special for anything Japanese-related. And while I was only taking it as more of a second language, I could still understand the lyrics. Amusingly enough, they simply repeated the first part of the song, but it was definitely a different feel to the song.

I continued walking through the park, singing the rest of the song. Then, since I really liked the song I went back to the beginning instead of the next track. Once again I began to sing along.

But this time I was rather rudely interrupted by a huge hole that seemed to have appeared instantly under my feet. I was suddenly falling, blackness all around me. I would have screamed, but I was distracted by the ironic lyrics that were still playing from my iPod: "And slowly down through the fire, burning / into this darkness I fall..."

Then quite suddenly, it all stopped. The music cut out and the feeling of falling disappeared as I blacked out completely.

~^~^~^~^~

"Awuu~" I moaned, waking up to a slight headache. I realized I must have fallen and hit my head on something, so a headache wasn't exactly unexpected. I massaged my temples as I slowly sat up. I opened my eyes...

...and immediately shut them. 'I must have a worse headache than I realized,' I thought. 'I could have sworn that tree over there had been drawn.' I rubbed my head a little more, made sure it didn't hurt at all, then opened my eyes again.

This time I didn't have any music to distract me from screaming. Not only did the tree look like it had been drawn, so did the sky and grass and lake and even the buildings in the distance. After a few seconds of letting a scream out and stopping, I dared to look at myself. Sure enough, I was looking at myself, but it was like I had been drawn. My pleated white skirt and plain white baby-doll were also drawn, and I looked over at my drawn feet to see a pair of drawn white flip-flops on them.

I saw a flash of red and looked up, unable to really believe it. If that was what I thought it was...my once-blond hair was now a bright red. A hint of a memory tugged at me, and suddenly I realized. The Law of Follicular Chroma Variability, stating that any color is a natural hair color, is one of the laws of...

"Anime!" I said suddenly. Somehow now I was in this strange, anime-looking world. To confirm, I pulled my compact out of my bag and looked in the mirror to see...a pair of enormous blue eyes staring back at me. Anime-style eyes.

"Ohh, this is just too weird..." I muttered...except I was shocked to realize that wasn't what I had heard at all. The sounds that had come from my mouth, while I understood them perfectly as English, were actually coming out as Japanese. Sighing, I put my compact away and took out my cell phone. I was going on a whim, but I hoped to be able to call someone.

With a jolt I realized most of my contacts were missing, except "home" "mom cell" "dad cell" and a few others (though they were all in Japanese...still surprisingly readable despite that). There was one other added, which I nearly choked at: "Little sister." I was an only child, so why would I have a contact for a little sister I don't have?

Deciding to think on it later, I paged down to one of the few names that came from the real world: Rain. Hoping that meant he was actually contact-able from where I was, I pushed the speed dial combo and waited. A "Moshi-moshi?" which translated itself to a "Hello?" came through my phone. But the voice (despite speaking Japanese) was definitely Rain's.

"Rain!" I exclaimed. "I'm so glad to hear your voice! Does that mean you're...well, in this weird drawn world too?"

[Bear]

Name: Anji Yukyuzan
Age: 18
Gender: Male
Personality: He's the nicest and most sensitive guy you'll ever meet, but his fatal flaw is his complete and utter tactlessness. He says what comes into his head immediately, which usually gets him in trouble. Very extroverted normally, but gets nervous when he's around pretty girls. Talks alot and sometimes rambles, which he hates about himself but can't seem to stop.
Relationships: none yet, might edit later
Appearance: Before: Really tall and lanky, short dark hair spiked in the front, green eyes. Wears shorts, flip flops, and a T-shirt or polo most of the time. After: His hair got bigger and poofier (bishounen style), and is now a fervent blue color.
Favorite thing about the AniVerse: My hair always stays exactly the same (even submerged!)
Least favorite thing: Now, when I start to annoy people, they can hit me with a giant hammer
Other: Some things never change, even in anime. I OWN @ CHEESECAKE BAKING!

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Anji
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"Hey there Mina! You're looking nice today!"
"Thanks Anji, that's really sweet!"
"Ahh it's nothin'. Hey, what's that on your forehead? Do you have a rash?"
"...it's my birthmark..."
".......................................oh. Ehehe, erm, sorry..."
"Whatever."
As I watched Mina walk away, slightly annoyed, I cursed under my breath.
"Dumbass..."
I turned around, heading off in the other direction toward the cafeteria. Not a minute too soon either, as I was absolutely starving. I hadn't eaten in at least 40 minutes! I rounded the corner, and the big double doors were in view, with today's menu posted on the board above.
"Let's see here. Mexican Pizza, Crispy Chicken, and Tater Tots. Not the greatest, but it'll do. After all, no matter how crappy everything else is, Crispy Chicken seems to be good at every single school on the planet!"
I pushed the doors open, revealing the bustling activity of the downstairs cafeteria. This was where all the cool people hung out. I scanned the area, and spotted a table full of girls whom I adored, and probably didn't even care enough to know my name. I walked over, set my bag on the table, and went to get in line. I stood and watched as the varsity football players all butted up to the front of the line, where a single guy had stood to reserve their "spot". Shrugging it off, I glanced over at the clock.
"I still have 20 minutes. No biggie!"
Eventually I made it up to the front, where the curly haired lady in the hair net handed me my tray full of tater tots and the crispy chicken on a bun. I slid my tray over to the pay station, and handed the lady my card.
"Could I have a couple of packets of mustard please?"
"Sure honey. Have a great day!"
I grabbed my mustard and walked back to the table where I had set my bag. The cute girls paid little attention to me as I sat down, seemingly more concerned with what time they were all meeting to go to the tanning bed to "bronze up". I shrugged my shoulders and opened up the packet of mustard.
"Ahh. It's like I always say: Mustard makes EVERYTHING better!"
After I had finished concocting my culinary masterpiece, I raised it to my lips.
"Yes! Grub time!"
However, as I took my first bite, the entire sandwich disappeared from my hands. Before I could even say "whiskey tango foxtrot, over!" the rest of the cafeteria disappeared too, leaving me engulfed in blackness. I felt wind blowing at my back suddenly, and quickly realized I was falling. I tried to stay calm, thinking I had just passed out randomly in the lunchroom and was having a bad dream. Then BAM, everything went white.

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OOC: Don't really have time to finish the post now, I'll add to it later after I'm done with my work. Finals week is so much fun!

[VirtualPlay]

Well darn, maybe I should make this point a little more focal (reworking the plot if I ever need to restart this one)...

No offense, because your post is a really good one, but I'd find it a lot easier to work with if you fall into the portal from the/a park near/on the beach. That and school hasn't started yet, it's the last Friday of summer vacation (with school starting on Monday) so you'd have to rework that anyway.

Oh yes, and a poked-apology to everyone else who's signed up for taking this long to actually start it...got wrapped up with other things and waiting for people...

[Crystal Tears]

[font=franklin gothic medium][color=orange]Sign-up Form
Name: Rain (No last...)
Age: 16
Gender: Male
Personality: Rain is quiet, because he was a transfer student from Canada, he felt out. So his usually out going personality was concealed by a protective shell of shyness, soon enough it took over, so it takes a little to get him to open up.
Relationships: None but open.
Appearance:.
Before: He was ok. He was a typical 16 year old, attempting to get a build and only managed to keep himself thin and fit. He was usually seen in a over sized white t-shirt, black pants, sweater, and shoes. He had shaggy cute light brown hair, and green eyes.
Aniverse: He is fair-skinned with a slim but agile frame. Thick, light hazel hair covers his head in a messy crop that pokes out in seemingly designed spikes, each of which points outwards from where it sits. His eyes are a striking shade of blue that appear much deeper than logic will allow. A thick silver pendant in the shape of a three-point crown hangs from the bulky chain about his neck.
He is dressed all in metallic silver. A waist-long jacket hides his black, white-collared t-shirt from view, except for down the middle where it sits open. There is a pocket at the bottom of each side. His hood is always open and hangs high behind his neck, exposing most of the grey lining inside. Thin shoulder pads stretch from the top of his chest to the middle of his shoulder blade. Their colour fades from the palest blue in the centre to black at the edges. A white buttons holds it firm against the sleeves which have silver trims and are decorated with tribal-style patterns.
His gloves are fingerless and silver. A black patch covers the area of his knuckles and is decorated with three identical white dots arranged in the shape of a crude triangle. Two grey straps criss-cross across the back of the glove, stretching from the bottom of his thumb to the knuckle of his small finger and from the top of his wrist to the edge of the knuckle of his first finger.
A black, white buckled belt hangs at his waist.
He wears a pair of silver baggy pants that only go as far down as his ankles. A black patch covers the inside of his thighs, highlighted by thin white borders. A wide storage pocket sits on the side of his right thigh, decorated with two silver straps that stretch from each of the four corners and cross in the middle. The front is a dark metallic grey but the edges are black.
The bottom of each pant leg has a section of roughly 4-6 inches which is coloured with a dark metallic turquoise. The front is decorated with a large white tribal symbol similar to that on his sleeves.
A thick, dark metallic blue band circles his waistband and another two circle the lower part of his waist beneath the black sections of the inside of his thighs.
His shoes are also silver, save for the section around the ankle, the underside of the toe, and the back of the heel, which are black. The tech of a zipper split the shoes from the base of the ankle to the tip of the toe. Two silver straps criss-cross over the shoe just below the base of his ankle. Both straps run through two white buckles, one at each side of the shoe.
Favorite thing about the AniVerse: Never have to go to the washroom. >>
Least favorite thing: How people can hit you, explode you, and otherwise attempt to destroy you but you somehow live through it and only experience a lot of pain.
Other: >>


[font=franklin gothic medium][color=orange]Rain

"Rain!" The voice exclaimed. "I'm so glad to hear your voice! Does that mean you're...well, in this weird drawn world too?"

“Yeah…” Rain answered, pulling the phone a bit away from his ear as the energetic voice shook his eardrum. Definitely Yoiko… Rain thought sarcastically. Looking at his surroundings that had shocked him a bit, of course… Falling into a weird anime world would shock most people, Rain was surprised he was acting as calm as he was, actually wanting to explode with shock, but his negative emotions wouldn’t let him.

“Did you fall into it?”

“Yes….”

“Where are you?”

“I’m….” Rain looked around, he had no idea. “I’m…. In the middle of no where…”

“No where?”

Rain frowned. “Well you know, I haven’t been given the time to memorize my surroundings I was dropped into…”

“Do you see a random tree?”

Rain looked off, a short ways off, there was a tree.

“Yes…”

“Good!” Rain pulled the phone away again. “We’ll meet there!”

She really should keep her voice down sometimes… Rain thought cynically, marching towards the odd tree. Many thoughts were rushing through his mind. Like how his mother react when he didn’t arrive on time… Which wouldn’t be a complete change from the norm, but this time he wouldn’t be arriving at all. He imagined her face, red with worry; he laughed a bit, the thought of not being able to get back not registering with his mind. If was possible to be warped here by a mysterious hole, then its possible to get back.

Right?

“Rain!”

“Yoiko-“

Rain was trampled! Yoiko bounded into him, causing his body to swing backwards, his feet left the ground, and what connected was his rear end, a small amount of pain, he wasn’t really paying attention to it enough, as the large amount of dust cleared, he could focus on the hyperactive girl clinging to him, he flipped his cell phone closed, and looked at her.

“Hi.” Rain blinked, as Yoiko sat down beside the stunned Rain.

“I’m so happy someone I know is here!” Rain smiled weakly, still getting over the fact that he was tackled. “Do you know how we got here?”

“No…” He sighed, but then realized that Yoiko’s hair had dramatically changed. Red with pigtails…

What about me…

“Neat clothes…” Was that sarcasm or seriousness in her voice? Rain didn’t know which to trust, looking down at his hands, he couldn’t believe it. He had been oblivious to the fact.

He had dramatically changed.

He was wearing something that seemed impossible; His gloves were fingerless and silver. A black patch covers the area of his knuckles and is decorated with three identical white dots arranged in the shape of a crude triangle. Two grey straps criss-cross across the back of the glove, stretching from the bottom of his thumb to the knuckle of his small finger and from the top of his wrist to the edge of the knuckle of his first finger. But that was only the beginning, as he further examined his clothes; he seemed to be wearing some sort of game character get up, something you’d only see at a con or something.

“Whoa…”

“Your eyes…” Yoiko murmured, showing the mirror to him, He couldn’t believe it, quickly grabbing the mirror his examined his eyes, both were a deeper then logically possible blue, and his iris’s seemed huge, and captivating… Was it extremely odd when someone’s own iris’s captivated them?

“I’m… Wow…” Rain managed to breathe. Actually impressed with that he was wearing, he handed back the mirror. “Cool…”

What else had this world changed? It obliviously had the power to dramatically change the looks of all who get sucked in, not that he was complaining, he liked his new look.

“You think anyone else got sucked in?” He question, looking back up at Yoiko.

[Hyperness is a Good Thing]

Name: Sarai Imeldos
Age: 17
Gender: female
Personality: Sarai is quite an extrovert, and she enjoys talking to other people a lot. She laughs a lot too, but often doesn't know when to shut up, and gets overexcited very easily. Her over enthusiasm for life can border on the extremely irritating, and sometimes what she really needs is a good smack on the head(with a big hammer maybe).
Relationships: none at the moment, anyone interested?
Appearance: The first thing most people notice about her is the paleness of the skin, which makes her look almost ghostly and ethereal. Her hair is a little past shoulder length and wavy, a rich auburn in colour, with natural gold highlights. Sarai has large dark blue eyes that sometimes seem to go almost black in certain lighting. In Aniverse, she hasn't changed much, just that her wavy hair now is always perfect and never messy anymore(just the way she has always wanted it to be)
Favorite thing about the AniVerse: she loves the part when she can go Chibi/Super deformed, also known as SD, because it's fun.
Least favorite thing: People can suddenly pull out weapons of mass destruction out of nowhere and bang them away at you.
Other: none for the moment


~ Sarai ~ F

It was a bee-yew-tee-ful day, and Sarai was all out and ready to enjoy it. She bounced out of the doorway, happy that it was still the hols, and glad that she had the whole day free today. So what if she would have to go to school or whatever on Monday, who cared, she lived in the present.

Hopping on the spot rather enthusiastically, she contemplated calling one of her friends out for a trip to the beach, but decided against it. She’ll probably meet some there anyway.

For some reason, because of her name, (Which her friends claimed sounded mysterious), people tended to assume that she would be a brunette with deep soulful eyes, a quiet demeanor, a cutting tongue and chilly intelligence. Because of this, Sarai had spent most of her life trying to fight that image, glad that she was a red-head at least, and, well, she was extremely ditzy sometimes. Most people said that she had the mentality of a toddler, but it didn’t really bother her. Heck, she was still young, what was the point of acting all grown up and mature before her time anyway?

Suddenly, without any warning, the ground fell out inexplicably beneath her feet. She looked up, and saw the Californian summer sky just whirling away, growing smaller and smaller until it was gone, and she was falling alone in the darkness. She probably screamed then, but she didn’t remember, as she had passed out.

Opening her eyes, she found herself back where she started, bright sun shining down, it was still a lovely day – but there was a tinge of… She blinked once and blinked again. No denying it, the world had changed!

Everything was…brighter and more colourful… still pretty but…

Somehow it all seemed familiar and then it finally hit home – she was in an Anime world! She had been a big fan of Japanese animated shows, and well, here she was, in one.

The first thought that came to her mind: Oh my GOSH!!!!!. This lasted for a while, and then, the second, much more logical thought kicked in:WHERE ARE THE BISHIES???

She wasn’t sure if she was hysterical or deliriously happy. Eager to explore the world, she set out, and saw two other humans talking. The boy looked quite cute, in a young bishie-in-the-making sort of way and he had funky hair, and the blonde girl was pretty, as all anime girls are.

Unsure, Sarai approached them, and vaguely recognized them from school, the dude, he had the same name as that Korean star who had so many girls going gaga over him..what was it again…. She pondered for a while, and went forward.

“You’re Rain right?” she asked, smiling happily.

[Bear]

Well darn, maybe I should make this point a little more focal (reworking the plot if I ever need to restart this one)...

No offense, because your post is a really good one, but I'd find it a lot easier to work with if you fall into the portal from the/a park near/on the beach. That and school hasn't started yet, it's the last Friday of summer vacation (with school starting on Monday) so you'd have to rework that anyway.

Oh yes, and a poked-apology to everyone else who's signed up for taking this long to actually start it...got wrapped up with other things and waiting for people...

Ah crap, it kinda IS the first line of your post! Sorry man, completely spaced out there. I'll redo later, no time right now.

[ChobiChibi]

Eh, sorry for the lateness ^^; Becki + Tony= Procrastinator Buddies X_x
Tony, feel free to steal their changed appearance... I kinda copy and pasted yours and tweaked it a tiny little bit >_>

Name: Chikan Tsuino
Age: 16
Gender: Female
Personality: Chikan is like her sister in the way that she is very outgoing. Unlike Sai, Chi adores male attention and will go out of her way to get it. Despite this almost competitive nature, Chi is very kind and friendly towards everybody. She’s often very mischievous, likes to “hang out with the guys” and loves to play pranks, but all in the name of fun. She also shares a mutual love of anime and games with Sai. Oh, and did I mention she's just a little perverted?
Relationships: Aokusai’s identical twin sister.
Appearance:
Normal- Both Sai and Chi are of Japanese decent, having common features such as black hair, shorter in height, rounder faces, and slanted eyes. Her hair falls down to her mid back and she normally lets it hang loose. Chikan’s eyes match her sister’s brown eyes. She stands somewhere around 5'3.5" tall with a rather average and normal figure for a girl of her age.
Changed- Chikan has lavender coloured hair which comes to just past her shoulders. Her eyes are hazel green. She’s now around 5’5’’ tall with quite a slender build. She is currently wearing a white ¾ sleeve shirt with a black strap top underneath, a navy blue school-styled skirt that goes down to just above her knees and a pair of flip-flops. She is exactly the same as her sister in everyway, except that she has a pair of white cat ears. Sai has a pair of white fox ears, but most people can’t tell the difference. When people get confused between the two, their tails appear and stay until said twin has calmed down.
Favourite thing about the AniVerse: The fact that she can actually physically stalk bishounen.
Least favorite thing: Wearing girly clothes most of the time and when people get her confused with her sister.
Other: *does the chicken dance*


~Chikan Tsuino~
Chikan grinned and waved back at her friends as she walked towards the lake in the park. “See you guys tomorrow!”
They called similar things back to her as they headed home. Chi walked along slowly in an attempt to catch her breath. She smiled to herself as she recalled the highlights of the soccer game, her jeans grass stained with every tackle, her hair a tangled black mess and her almost brand new trainers scuffed along the toes.
She was greeted with a scowl when she reached the lake. Aokusai, her identical twin sister, tapped her watch in frustration.
“You’re late.” Sai scolded, taking in her sister’s appearance. “What have you been up to? I thought you were going to play soccer.”
Chi shrugged, an amused expression on her face. “That’s all I was doing. Playing soccer with-”
“The guys.” She interrupted. Chi chuckled at her look of disgrace. “Seriously, I don’t understand your obsession with men. They smell-”
“-like Lynx deodorant.”
“They eat a lot-”
“-Of great tasting food which, my dear sister, they are willing to share if you ask nicely.”
“And they’re irritating.” Sai finished.
Chi sighed. “You’re the only girl I know who despises guys to the core.”
“Who would have guessed I was related to you?” Sai questioned sarcastically.
Sai winced as Chi linked arms with her; the fact that she was just playing soccer with guys disgusted her. “You can choose your friends, but you can’t choose your family. Especially when you’re a twin.” Chi nudged her with her hip, catching her off guard. Sai tripped, bringing Chi down with her.
She waited for Sai to hit the ground and for her to fall on top of her, but it didn’t happen. Everything went black around them and the sensation of falling continued. She clung to her sister’s arm, afraid to lose her. She didn’t know what was happening and was about to ask Sai for her opinion but passed out before she had the chance.
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Chikan opened her eyes slowly, finding herself looking up at the sky. It was an abnormally bright blue with the occasional white fluffy cloud. She squinted as the sun peaked out from behind one and put her hand up to shield the bright light from her eyes.
She stared at her hand. It didn’t look right. It had a thin black outline and very little detail.
She sat up and glanced around her. Everything had an outline. The buildings, the grass, the trees… She was almost convinced she was in a cartoon land until she saw some girl pull out a large hammer from nowhere and smack a guy over the head with it…
“I’m in an anime?” She asked herself. She clasped her hands over her mouth after she spoke. “Mmmf mmf mmmmmf!?” A sweat drop appeared by the side of her head before she removed her hand. “I speak Japanese? This is way too cool…”
She looked at her feet, noticing she was wearing flip flops. Her eyes continued up her bear legs. She shuddered. She was wearing a skirt. She hated skirts.
Forgetting that Sai was lying next to her, she crawled over to the lake and looked down into its reflective waters. She liked her new look. Her hazel green eyes were a lot more interesting than her old boring brown ones and she loved her lavender coloured hair. She ran her hand through her hair, stopping suddenly as she felt something furry. It twitched as she touched it. She turned her head slightly to see it reflected in the water…
She shot up suddenly, running over to her sleeping sister and shaking her frantically.
“Sai! Sai! Wake up! We’re in an anime world and I’m a CAT GIRL!!!”

[VirtualPlay]

*poofs*

<.<' Er, okay, no catgirls please. Plain human only.

...at least, for now. >.>'

*poofs*