Okay.

[xp_cyclops]

This is going to sound very odd, but has anyone seen my turtle?

Horatio does not appear to be in his tank.

ETA: Uhhh... how precisely are Catseye's clothes appearing and disappearing as she shifts? I just saw her do it, in the hall...

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[x-forge.livejournal.com]

Have you checked the class attendance? Perhaps he changed into a student and is sitting in on English Comp or something.

What? It happens with CATS around here...

[x-cyclops.livejournal.com]

Hah, hah. Horatio is not a mutant turtle. He does not shapeshift.

Then again, I didn't think he could open the lid of his tank, either.

[x-rahne.livejournal.com]

Er... want me to try trailing him?

[x-forge.livejournal.com]

How do you know? Maybe he shoots fire out his cloaca and is orbiting the school right now like a miniature Gamera. Or he's teleported into the lake, or has possessed Mister Dayspring or something.

...

or maybe I shouldn't have had three Mountain Dews this morning. Whooo...

[x-cyclops.livejournal.com]

Please? He's just a tiny little thing - I hate to think of all the trouble he could get into wandering around on his own.

[x-cyclops.livejournal.com]

Mountain Dew should always be used with a great deal of caution.

And anything Hank tells you about how I lived on the stuff while doing my engineering degree is a load of crap. Really.

[x-rahne.livejournal.com]

I'll come get his scent from the tank and see what I can do. Although if at any point he was wandering around being carried instead of on his own, I'll probably run into some trouble. On the other hand, with any luck I'll be able to get an idea who might have moved him, and we can ask if they haven't checked the journals yet.

And I'll just stop thinking onscreen and start sniffing, shall I?

[x-forge.livejournal.com]

My money's still on fiery cloaca.

[x-catseye.livejournal.com]

Turtle turtle turtle turtle! ShinyBitsBoy is being silly!

Catseye will go look too! Wheee!

[x-cyclops.livejournal.com]

Thanks, Rahne. I'm going to go out looking myself, too, although I don't have your nose...

[x-cyclops.livejournal.com]

Two noses! Thank you.

[x-wildchild.livejournal.com]

Make that three. Turtle smells's pretty distinctive.

[x-forge.livejournal.com]

Watch out for his fiery breath. Gamera loves the little children.

[x-wildchild.livejournal.com]

Dude, no more soda breakfast for you, okay?

[x-gambit.livejournal.com]

I hear Lorna is doing soup for dinner. Maybe ask her?

Indeed.

[x-jetstream.livejournal.com]

Real engineers live on Jolt, Mtn Dew, and Vivarin.

Have I mentioned that taking all three in short order is a really bad idea?

Salaam,
Haroun

[x-mirage.livejournal.com]

I'm going to sit on him until he sobers up.

I think I might actually weigh more than he does now

[x-forge.livejournal.com]

ETA: Uhhh... how precisely are Catseye's clothes appearing and disappearing as she shifts?

Biochemically-triggered mimetic polycellular fabric. I was bored the other day.

correction

[x-blink.livejournal.com]

he designed it. I sewed it.

really weird stuff.

[x-catseye.livejournal.com]

ShinyBitsBoy is doing the long words because they're long words thing again.

NEW TOY!!! :D

*PURR*

[x-cyclops.livejournal.com]

Hah.

[x-forge.livejournal.com]

It all makes sense when you start understanding them, I told you:

Biochemically triggered - remember that you sweat a little when you change? Well, there's a hormone in it that the clothing reacts to. Thus-

Mimetic - the structure of the material has a sort of memory. It's why it can go from collar to clothing so fast.

Polycellular - what it's made of. Feels like silk, wears like cotton, but it's one solid piece instead of a weave.

Really, Catseye. I swear you'll have a head for science one of these days.

[x-cyclops.livejournal.com]

That is... absolutely fascinating. Once we've corralled my turtle, tell me more about it?

Huh. The applications...

[x-catseye.livejournal.com]

...

COPYCAT CLOTHES!

:D

Re: correction

[x-forge.livejournal.com]

It's amazing stuff, thank you. Now I want to see if I can get it to adapt to certain power signatures - make it so that some of the energy-projectors around here don't have to worry about setting their clothes on fire.