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For a week, too many Mauvians have had to deal with a strange affliction: trapped in what essentially seems like a human body. No matter what experiments were performed, what magic, what rituals, nothing could answer why or how--or return their powers to them. It may have seemed hopeless--until, in the dead of night--the air crackled.

For the first time, there was a familiar tingling sensation. It wasn’t quite an energy signature, but it was something. And they could feel it.

It was calling to them.

In a filthy heap of dirt in the city, surrounded by cement and steel beams, the capsule called to them.

Arthur

Arthur was in heaven. The week had been nothing but a pure joy to him, as he already used his humanoid form and energy-suppressing medallion to go on many excursions in human disguise. A hat and a bit of tail tucking with the assistance of a long coat had always benefited him for city living. Looking eccentric was just one of many in such a populated city from the man dressed as Spiderman on the subway to the ballet dancer practicing routines for a art piece in the park. With the wardrobe assist from Nat months ago, he had a adequate and fashionable selection for attire.

The change had not been startling to him, but a limitless opportunity to BE human without the need for hats and coats which worked great in the spring air. Most of all, it provided an opportunity to be closer to the humans around him without them being suspicious or him selecting actions based on what might be found or questioned.

When he felt the prickle of energy, it was with mixed feelings. That whatever this was, it was going to be gone all too soon, but it was a cat's curiosity he could not escape to find out what exactly was calling to him. After taking a taxi, he arrived somewhere close to the feeling and wandered a few blocks until he happened upon the construction sight. Dressed in tight jeans that for once could accent his butt, a t-shirt with a light jacket, and sneakers, he walked with the feeling of the wind going through is hair. Sliding down a set of gravel and dirt, he arrived to see a young woman standing there. Was she the cause for the energy.

There was no one here so it was suspicious. "All alone?" He asked. "Strange place for a young lady to be showing up."

Another man approached, and the woman turned, looking him over patiently. Well, he wasn't hoorrid onm the eyes, and a thuin, careful smile formed on her lips. She'd heard from Ally of men who tried things with females -- Really, humans ere terrible to easchj other - and she remained cautious. Did he feel the tingle in ther air, the sensation something was amidss? She wondered and did not dare ask directly.

"Me? Ah, yes I am. I've not seen a construction site uup so close before. Fascinating, isn't it?"

Now as long as nothing fell on her, she was good!

Sher should've brought Ally. Her person would gladly back her as she was, and the woman scratched under her opwn chin, listening to Arthur with the calm. cool rtegartd of a reigning queen - after all, the woman was originally the top cat, the one drawn to calm the others. She didn't need some well-meaning civilian meddling in her snooping. However, he al;so acted like cats were not his thing and she sniffed.

"I much like my cat," For after all, shje very much did like herself before anyhoiw. "So I'm content either way."

But the tingling was the reason she was trhere, and she needed-- Her thoughts were interrupted by Chip's untimely arrival, and Miss Kittty's face promptly resembled a cat disp[[leased by the sudden noise of a loud thing, and a faint, feline growl came from her before she grumbled.

"He's no friend of mine." She drawled then. "I'm not wont to enjoy thwe coimpany of others.

Arthur


"Well, the metaphorical cat is out of the bag I suppose." At least this newcomer was a Mauvian. It really did cut to the heart of the mater.

"And no, I'm not here for the lack of the tail. I only came because I was curious. The tail gets in the way of these jeans." He said, and he looked to the woman still beside them. She had mentioned a cat, but he still hadn't been sure at the time if she was a Mauvian too.

"Can I venture a guess that you are a Mauvian as well or should I start running for the hills?" He said, not sure who all could sense what they were all feeling. Then again, a agent might not show up in civilian attire. She clearly was not happy they were both here.

"I'm sorry for bothering you but it seems this place is going to attract company."

Chip, being an obvious child, rubbed his nose at the mention of the maturity of children.

"Why not make a hole for the tail, then?" Chip suggested. "It's what I'd do! Though, I guess taking the humans' clothes is easier without it..." He wandered a bit as he spoke and listened, nudging various things with a foot, picking up pieces here and there.

"But anyway...There must be something cool here, right? I mean, this sort of thing doesn't just happen."

Etoile

This wasn't the first time Etoile had found herself as a magic-less human, but the previous time had been a dream, albeit a really wild one, so did it really count? The strange thing was that she had recently discovered that she really did have the ability to shift to a more humanoid form, but she had kept her magic and Mauvian traits... only to suddenly wake up one day to find it all gone. It was fortunate that she lived with Alise, so she wasn't exactly wanting for shelter, but there was a new problem afoot- hiding a small magical cat was easy enough, but hiding a person was harder.

At the very least, Etoile was around the same height as Alise, albeit slightly shorter, so she was able to borrow some of her old clothes, including a spare uniform. Initially, Alise had thought to try dragging Etoile with her to class, perhaps introduce her as some distant cousin or half-sibling from a faraway country, but the idea had fizzled out pretty quickly, because inflicting the 'horror' that was Crystal Academy wasn't something she would wish upon her worst enemy... maybe. Still, the spare uniform made for a convenient excuse to both her mother and the housekeeper that Etoile was a friend of hers that was just hanging out with her for the weekend, on some kind of holiday sleepover.

Of course, there was still the matter of figuring out what had caused this strange phenomenon, and how to resolve it. While Alise was convinced it was some sort of curse, and had gone off to investigate ways to dispel it, Etoile had been... drawn? To the construction site, which she hadn't paid any heed to before, or even had intended to visit, but something called her to it, and thus here she was, dressed in some of Alise's clothes, trying to get used to the feeling of wearing shoes.

Soleiyu

Being a human had been neither difficult nor easy for Soleiyu, who was still struggling to determine what, exactly, he should be doing. On one hand, the functionality of a human was a welcome change. On the other hand, he couldn't do anything else. He was anxious without access to his ability to sense senshi, to upgrade.

It wasn't that this body felt wrong, just that he felt like his skin was crawling. He liked the body, he just missed his. He couldn't curl up in his favorite places, he never felt full, and all of his custom tools were useless in this form.

He missed being him, and the longer he was stuck like this, the longer he was afraid that the life he'd had before was left behind.

So, when he felt the buzz in the air, he left immediately. He arrived in his clothes, making no effort to try and blend in with the fashion of Destiny City. While there were strangers gathering, they didn't seem to look any more aware of what was going on than he did. He approached with caution, knowing that someone may easily try to chase him off for not belonging--but that humming. He had to know what it was, had to find it. It was the only lead he'd had at all since this whole thing started.

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