originally posted in:The New Dojo
*Sketch noticed the strange woman and decided to introduce himself. He was wearing only a black t-shirt with the number [i]142[/i] on it, tan cargo shorts with a hole for his tail and a somewhat metallic backpack. Hanging off the side backpack were three objects that looked like smoke grenades. The top of the backpack was unzipped with parts of random objects sticking out. For some reason, clipped to a belt loop on his pants was a small notebook and pencil. His tail swished side to side with curiosity and he was smiling. He just seemed generally happy and for some reason no one in the town was pointing out the strange cat/wolf creature as he approached her.*
"Um, excuse me? I haven't seen you around here before... My name's Sketch."
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"Hi, Sketch," [i]The woman replied, smiling at the cat-creature. Having attended a prestigious mage school for most of her life, she'd seen things similar to the Sphirinian, like cat-people, squid-people, and even a talking whale, mainly results of the mage students messing around. And so, she wasn't too shocked at seeing Sketch.[/i] "My name's Ao," [i]She said, her voice showing a slight English accent.[/i] ((Pronounced "ow".))
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"Oh, well it's nice meeting you Ao." *He holds out his padded hand for her to shake.*
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[i]The woman shook the hand, smiling.[/i] "Likewise," [i]She replied, looking around.[/i] "Anything to do to waste time 'round here?"
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"Um... Yeah. There's a lake, there are lots of stores... I sometimes like to sit up in a tree and throw paper airplanes at people. They always freak out because they're like [i]Wah?! W-Where??? Huh? GHOST PLANE!!![/i]." *He seemed to act out the impression of a victim of a ghost plane attack.* "Anyways, there's also the Dojo... The Dojo's probably the most interesting place in miles. I live there."
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"The Dojo...?" [i]The woman appeared mildly interested in the "dojo", which she connected with Japanese buildings where people trained in martial arts, due to her mage education.[/i] "What's that do?" [i]She asked, wondering to herself what a cat/wolf hybrid was doing in a Japanese building for martial arts.[/i]
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"Well, it's a place where people go to train and fight. Almost anyone can live there. From robots to dragons to me, my brother and my cousin."