Case #1048358. Subject: Kogimai, Riku. Location: Kyoto
Mr. Kogimai has agreed to share for the historic record his personal experiences after the successful passing of the amendment.
Like many people, I greeted the news that humanity was not the only intelligent species with a degree of skepticism.
Surely this was all a big hoax. The creatures that were appearing on tv were the stuff of mythology, and the day dreams of those who preferred the realm of fantasy rather than real life. But pretty soon I was proven to be wrong.
Harpies. Bunny Girls. Satyrs, Dog people. All types of new species were roaming the streets, seeking to discover just what human civilization had to offer them. And for those who were really interested in getting to know all their was to know about humanities secret neighbors, one could apply to the government to host a liminal exchange student, though their were rumors that some people were selected as hosts regardless of whether or not they volunteered.
I was not one of these people, but it wasn't because I had anything against housing an extra species person in my 2 bedroom apartment. It was because I sincerely doubted that any of the more interesting species would want to enter a country that soo blatantly favored the more...cuddly type of liminal.
The media tended to offer a biased version of how well society was accepting the appearance of non humans into their midst, but I noticed one glaring fault that made me rather hesitant to trust the overall effectiveness of this program.
On the news, tv, and internet, the most popular liminals where those who more or less possessed the same body type as a human, and could therefore easily hide their more noticeable non human traits.
While I admit that these types of non humans were undeniably cute, the ones that I wanted to get to know, and had fantasied about ever since I was a young boy, were those who possessed more...unique body types. But sadly, humanity still had a ways to go before they began to accept those who were so obviously different from themselves.
However, once the government did away with the law that prevented humans and liminals from entering into romantic relationships, though I suspected that some people hadn't followed this law too seriously despite the penalty, more and more types of liminals began to make their appearance in everyday society. And that is when I decided to see if it might be possible for me to meet one of the more...badass liminals on a more casual basis.
Registering with one of the many human/liminal blind dating sites that mushroomed after the amendment passed, and editing my options so that I would only go on dates with my preferred liminal types, I began a journey that was to last for 2 months before I found the woman of my dreams.
While the girls I met were all interesting in their own way, their was always something I found to be lacking. Partially it was physical, but not in the way most people would think. All of the girls I met where drop dead gorgeous, whether it was the blonde Lamia who heavily hinted at ending our date at one of the local love hotels, or the red haired Scylla who had some problems respecting personal boundaries. But the one that captured my interest, and coincidently the one who has accepted my recent marriage proposal, was the girl that everyone else had been avoiding.
Their loss.
With silky black hair that extended to her shoulders, emerald green eyes that seemed to glow with a shrewd intelligence, and an upper body that could give most centaurs a run for their money, for as its well documented the larger liminal species are quite...gifted when it comes to the chest area, Charlotte was quite the attractive woman all on her own. But when I took into account the effect her lower half had on her overall appearance, I knew then that I had found the girl of my dreams.
For I had always hoped to meet a woman who could be at the same time physically attractive AND come across as a total badass to boot.
Looking as if she was sitting upon a giant black colored spider, and idly tracing her black armored hand around what looked to be a glass filled with water, the impression that I got from first seeing her was that she was bored.
Summoning what courage I had, though this was somewhat fortified by one or two glasses of wine, I approached the solitary Arachne and introduced myself.
At first I thought that I had somehow offended her, for all 6 of her emerald eyes had narrowed in suspicion as I made my way over to her. My attempts at small talk were also met with some disappointment as she only offered one worded answers to my questions. However just as I was going to give up and leave her be, she asked me a very frank question which I admit surprised me greatly.
She asked me how much I was being paid to talk to her.
My confusion must have been apparent on my face, for she proceeded to explain that apart from some fearful glances and one or two sneers of disgust, most humans in the room had been giving her a wide berth, and in fact she had been about to leave just before I came over to talk to her.
Rushing to explain that I had walked up to her of my own accord, and noticing the odd looks we were getting from some people in the room, I quickly asked if she would like to step out for a breath of fresh hair.
Though I couldn't read her expression, Charlotte nevertheless accepted my offer, and as soon as we were outside, I could tell that she was a more at ease then she had been when I first met her. Jokingly asking if she would like to restart our previous conversation, it was with a barely noticeable smirk on her face that she agreed to my request.
It wasn't anything to serious.
Just names. Work, at which time I discovered that was the owner of a small clothing store that tailored exclusively to liminals. Favorite hobbies, and where we're from.
Unfortunately, we were unable to continue our conversation since I had work early the next morning, but since I wanted to see her again, I had asked if it was too forward of me to ask for her phone number.
The shocked expression that I got told me that she hadn't expected such a request. And when she told me no, I thought that this meeting would go the way my other dates had gone. However this feeling soon passed when she told me that while she didn't give out her numbers to men she just met, she would be more than happy to talk with me if I gave her MY number.
I accepted this and we parted on friendly terms.
The next day, after I had just endured a rather grueling shift at work, I saw that I had a msg from a number I didn't know.
Reading the msg, I was pleasantly surprised to see that it was Charlotte asking me if I was free later that evening and would I like to go out to dinner with her.
Of course I replied that I would be delighted to, and she gave me the time and place to meet her.
Following that rather enjoyable evening, though I could have sworn that she had dressed in that very revealing outfit to tease me, I ended up getting her cell number, and thus was able to begin a rather interesting dating relationship.
For like all girls, Charlotte had her quirks, like always trying to trip me up with her webbing so I had to be carried bridal style, or locking me in iron gripped hugs that left no doubt that she was a woman. But to be honest, I kind of liked her taking the lead in the relationship, for while she sometimes teased me about the fact that she wore the pants in the relationship, I could tell that she truly liked being with me.
After 2 months of dating, we decided to take our relationship to the next logical step, and let me tell you, nothing could have prepared me for it. By the time she was sated enough to let me leave her bedroom, I was sore, severely dehydrated, and the most satisfied I had ever been in my life.
And though Charlotte had been concerned by how many bruises and scratched my body had suffered during the course of our...intimate time together, I too could tell that she had enjoyed our time together immensely.
And 5 months after I brought up the idea of living together, she once again surprised me be asking me to marry her. I of course said yes, though I teasingly told her that I wouldn't wear a dress, and am now looking forward to a winter wedding.
And I want to finish this summary by saying that if it hadn't been for the amendment, neither me nor my soon to be wife, though I suspect that many people would give me that particular label due to the nature of my relationship, would have met each other and begin what will hopefully be a wonderful new life together.
Riku Kogimai
Riku Kogimai and Charlotte Spinia were married on February 6th 2017. And are currently enjoying what is certainly to be a very romantic honey moon in one of the many interspecies Onsens that have spread through out the nation after the changing of the amendment.
The Human and Liminal Relations Department wishes them a loving future, and want to thank them for proving that love is capable of crossing the species barrier.
From the desk of Kuroko Smith.
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So hopefully that was as fun to read as it was to write.
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