6th Kata [Written/Action]

[fearless_leader]

[Shredder and Karai are both gone.. He's glad for it. At least he no longer has to wonder when the Saki was going to make his move. Or try to figure out what he was up to. But on the other side of it. He's disappointed that Karai is gone. Near the end it looked like she was starting to see why he kept trying to get her to switch sides. Seemed to be seriously considering it. But now...now it all meant nothing. It's another missed opportunity. But he hopes there might be more. Even if the chances of her showing up again were slim. But at least he also didn't have to deal with the Malnosso deciding to dig up old feelings anymore.

He'll be out at the memorial garden briefly. Adding something to remember Karai, at least. Sometime after that he'll send a filtered message, when he sits down to send it..]

[Written/Filtered 100% to Ami.]
Hello Ami. I was wondering if you've talked to anyone about that group we talked about.
[/filtered]

[Once that's done, he'll close the journal. He'll be out in the woods. He's been trying to contact Hyt, the light spirit, before it gets too cold out. Even knowing he's the hardest to contact out of all of them.

Eventually he'll head home though, turning the route into a training run.]

Comments

[honorthecode.livejournal.com]

[Well, that's different!]

Ah, no I'm not in a costume. I know that's hard to believe.

[There's also his very obvious wings. That he's keep tucked against the shell at the moment.]

Yes, I am.

[starfishlovesyou]

It is very hard to believe!! This place is much stranger than Fuuko had once thought.

[Running back around to face him now. First magic and now giant turtles... Does this mean there are giant starfish too?]

What sort of turtle are you?! Also, do you know any giant starfish?

[honorthecode.livejournal.com]

[Okay, she's speaking in third person. That's a little weird.]

I'm a mutant, I..wasn't born this way. No, I don't know any giant starfish.

[starfishlovesyou]

[Says the giant mutant turtle.]

What sort of turtle were you before you became a mutant then?! Leatherback? ...Snapping turtle!?

[Oh no, well there's always plan b.]

Do you know any starfish at all then?! Fuuko hopes you do!

[honorthecode.livejournal.com]

Uh, red eared slider.

[Just your common variety pet shop turtle, nothing special. Well, before he was mutated anyway. Don had looked it up once.]

I'm afraid I don't.

1/2

[starfishlovesyou]

This is very horrible.

2/2

[starfishlovesyou]

[Lack of starfish aside.]

How can you be a red eared slider when you don't even have any red on you? More importantly, how can you be an eared anything?! Fuuko can't see your ears! [Not exactly the most knowledgeable about turtles this one.]

[honorthecode.livejournal.com]

Well obviously I have ears since I can hear. They're just not visible. As for the markings, I don't know. Apparently they were taken away when I was mutated.

[He does have some markings on his shell, though. Probably similar to what RESs usually have on theirs.

[starfishlovesyou]

This is slightly horrible...

[Perhaps she just can't see them from this angle. As such, expect a Fuuko on his arm trying to get a closer look at the side of his head for any signs of ears.]

Some turtles can live for over one hundred years! Are you very old mister turtle?!

[honorthecode.livejournal.com]

Hey!

[Ack, hey. He'll be backing off from the arm grabbing and all. This close though, she might actually be able to see that he does have markings, they're just not that bright.]

Uh, I'm not a hundred years old. I was mutated nineteen years ago, so that's what I base my age on.

[starfishlovesyou]

[Oh ok, she spots those markings and moves away a little after he backs off.]

Fuuko is satisfied! Fuuko did not mean to be rude by grabbing your arm like that, curiosity made Fuuko do it. [This is an adequate reason.] So you're a teenager then! Fuuko is two years younger than you.

[honorthecode.livejournal.com]

It's..alright, I'm just not a big fan of being touched.

[It's just instinct bore into him with his training. Most touches can be seen as an attack. But some people can get past that, like friends.]

Really?

[starfishlovesyou]

Fuuko understands and will make a note not to get too close to the giant turtle from now on! [...] It would probably help if Fuuko knew your name, if that's alright.

[Nodding, yup, two years younger. Though she seems to look a bit younger than seventeen. It's mostly the height really.]

Mm! Are there many turtles like you around here? You are the first Fuuko has ever seen!

[honorthecode.livejournal.com]

Oh, um I'm Leonardo.

[She does look much younger than seventeen.]

No, there's only four of us on my world, but only myself and one of my brothers is here.

[starfishlovesyou]

It's nice to meet you Leonardo-san! Should Fuuko ever need a giant turtle for something, rest assured that you will be the first person Fuuko will contact!!

[Though that probably isn't very reassuring really. Uhm.]

Fuuko will keep an eye out for a second turtle then. Maybe he has seen some giant starfish. Normal starfish would also suffice!

[honorthecode.livejournal.com]

Nice to meet you too, Fuuko. Uh, alright I'll remember that.

[He nods. Don's bound to be around here somewhere.]

Have you been to the beach? I don't know if there's starfish there. But there could be.

[starfishlovesyou]

Fuuko has be told about the beach a lot! Someday Fuuko will go and look for starfish.

[Though it's probably a little too cold to do it now. Perhaps she could go rock-pooling or something.]

Many people here don't seem to be aware of what starfish are, or have never seen a starfish for themselves. It's all very horrible.

[honorthecode.livejournal.com]

I had never been to the ocean before coming here. Maybe it's the same for the others?

[Because starfish are only in the ocean, right?]

[starfishlovesyou]

You're a turtle who had never been to the ocean before coming here? Were you nineteen when you came here?! A nineteen year old turtle who had never been to the ocean... It's almost sad.

[Fuuko hasn't been near the ocean much, but she has visited a few times. Most people seem to go with family at some point, or have at least been near an ocean anyway.]

Perhaps so?! They might just live in places where the ocean is too far away to reach.

[honorthecode.livejournal.com]

Yeah, uh. we couldn't travel as easily as we can here. [He's been on the ocean, in a cargo boat, but never to the beach, or to swim. At least before he got here.] I was eighteen when I arrived. I've been here about nine months.

It's certainly possible.

[starfishlovesyou]

And why was that? ...Are you some sort of undercover giant turtle who isn't meant to be seen?! If anyone asks if Fuuko saw you then Fuuko will say no, don't worry. [Pondering something now.] Though if you didn't want to be seen you could pull into your shell, right? And that means it'll be your anniversary in three more months time! [An anniversary of sorts anyway.]

How horrible.

[honorthecode.livejournal.com]

No...[He wonders if she'd really understand. But it's worth a try.]

Nothing like that. Humans in my world just...don't like us. Don't accept us like they do here.

Not really an anniversary to celebrate.

[starfishlovesyou]

Just don't like you? What sort of horrible reason is that?! You should ask why they don't like you. Fuuko found you a little frightening at first, but this is understandable as this is the first giant turtle Fuuko has ever spoken to!

If they got to know you then they would like you. Bring everyone flowers and tell them 'lets be friends'! Then they'll have to like you!! [Or, alternatively, bring them starfish. That would fix everything!]

[honorthecode.livejournal.com]

[Not liking them is the mild version of it.]

Well...some of them do. We do have some human friends. But the rest either hate us or fear us.

[The 'They get to know us, they'll like us' is certainly a possibility. He knows it, since it worked with April and Casey, along with others they know.]

Well, it did work with the humans that are our friends.

[starfishlovesyou]

At least it isn't all bad then, though hating or fearing you might be a step too far! [...Eyes growing wide and taking a step back.] You don't have some sort of horrible past where you performed awful crimes, causing people to hate or fear you right?!

[...]

Quick, tell Fuuko that you don't have some sort of evil agenda so Fuuko can trust you again!