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Talk about a strange new place to walk through. The dark and mysterious hallways did a lot more to raise questions then they did to cue in the new arrivals to their new location. Akiko rubbed her shoulder as she stepped forward and away from the rest of the group, though she didn't leave their immediate company just yet. She felt like she needed to introduce herself, since Thomas was a newbie and it was better for her to keep him in the know.

[color=hotpink]"Honestly, it's not too bad having someone new around, so long as you don't leave us like Tokuda."[/color] Akiko offered her commentary on the situation before she turned to face Thomas and the group directly. [color=hotpink]"I'm Akiko Miazaki, though everyone around here just refers to me as the catgirl or some variant thereof."[/color] She waved her two tails in front of her before they settled down at her side, and if anyone cared to pay attention to it, her eye would [color=red]gleam yet again[/color] as she gazed onto Thomas. What sort of stories did this newcomer have to tell, she wondered.

Though, only to Kanbaru's eyes, something was much more prominent behind Akiko. A purple fog coalesced behind her, only for a moment, and took the form of something... vaguely humanoid. Maybe with large cat ears, but there really weren't other features that she could tell in this brief moment. As it began to dissipate, along with Akiko's gleam in her eyes, a sound came from it, though it was very soft.

[color=red][ I wake. ][/color]

Akiko, herself, seemed to notice it, and turned behind her for a momeent. [color=hotpink]"... anyone else hear... ah, whatever."[/color] She turned back around fully and spoke once again. [color=hotpink]"Excuse me, just going to make sure nobody surprises us."[/color] 

Akiko brought her hands up towards her face, took a breath, and it had seemed that she lost the same whiskers that she had moments before, her mouth extending a little bit forward and her nose growing much larger considering her human features, finally settling into the full form of a wolf muzzle. She took a large breath in, trying to pinpoint where anything was with an impressive sense of smell. Whether or not she'd smell anything, though, was to be decided. 

[color=hotpink][i]"Monkey's card was a nice grab if it lets me do this. Pretty solid intakes, so far."[/i][/color]