Sorry, this isn't a real chapter but it's interesting!
A young man with spiky red hair walks to the front carrying a foot long pointer. "Hello. Alan sent me, he's too tired right now to write another chapter, school work and all that. So I'm here to explain a little bit about werecats in the story. By the way, my name's shoulder angel Quatre, not related to the blond pilot in an way."
Quatre sits on a convient red bean bag chair and pulls out a stack of papers. "Alan's recieved many emails asking why Trowa can change whenever he likes and Duo can't and if the uni-banged pilot could teach little Duo- kitty how. Well sorry but no, Trowa can't teach him to change back and forth. And here's why."
Quickly the shoulder angel pulls out a chart and sets it up. "There are actually two kinds of were-cats, the house cat type, and the large cat type. Big cats like panthers, lions, leopards, and cheetahs are an entirely different breed of creatures from the smaller variaty, descended from ancient shapeshifters that originated in certain African cultures. A vaguely different strain also developed in China several thousands of years ago."
Shoulder angel Quatre turns and smiles at the readers. "That's why Trowa and the like can shift between forms whenever they like, though it does take a lot of energy and causes considerable muscle tax. Duo has a strain of this gene but only on his cat side."
"House cat type weres (slang for werecat) are entirely different. They are not shapeshifters that developed and passed the gene to change down through there bloodlines, but are actually cursed individuals. The curse originated in Midevil Europe as a punishment for men who offended witches. Such cursed individuals would then become the witches familiars which gauranteed them clever helpers and the hope of a cure kept the cats loyal. After awhile though it spread out of control of the originators and migrated to America with the Puritans."
"Duo himself is a sort of mutt. On his mother's side (the side he's related to Trowa on) is where he enherited the shapeshifter gene while his father who everyone, even his mother, thought was human actually had the recessant cursed werecat gene that didn't become apparent until combined with the much stronger shapeshifter blood. And that's how you get Duo, a cursed child who is only human during the full moon but can change between house cat and panther the rest of the month. There is no way for him to be able to learn how to change human but there is a solution."
Quatre cheekily makes a face at the readers. "But I can't tell ya what that is or if Duo'll ever get his hands on it!! Alan hasn't decided yet to be truthful. Gomen Nasaii!!"
Brushing himself off the shoulder angel stands and prepares to leave. "Oh wait, almost forgot. To clarify ages, Duo's 19, Quatre's about five months older, Trowa and Heero are both 22, and Relena is 23. The blonde bitch killed Duo's parents when she was 15 and has been hunting since she was old enough to hold a gun."
Still smiling the shoulder angel bows respectively to the audience. "Thank you faithful readers for all your time and patience, and all the wonderful reviews. Alan'll get off his butt and have the next chapter posted soon but until then we have this gift for you, a picture as a reward for reaching the 100 reviews mark. You can get a link in Alan's profile (it's there twice) or you can type in deviantart . com/view/9077304/ only no spaces. I hope this bit of background will be useful! And no, this history of Felisthropes was not made up on the spot, Alan did a bunch of research and compiled information! Gotta go, have a nice day!"
Waving the red haired shoulder angel walks out.
A young man with spiky red hair walks to the front carrying a foot long pointer. "Hello. Alan sent me, he's too tired right now to write another chapter, school work and all that. So I'm here to explain a little bit about werecats in the story. By the way, my name's shoulder angel Quatre, not related to the blond pilot in an way."
Quatre sits on a convient red bean bag chair and pulls out a stack of papers. "Alan's recieved many emails asking why Trowa can change whenever he likes and Duo can't and if the uni-banged pilot could teach little Duo- kitty how. Well sorry but no, Trowa can't teach him to change back and forth. And here's why."
Quickly the shoulder angel pulls out a chart and sets it up. "There are actually two kinds of were-cats, the house cat type, and the large cat type. Big cats like panthers, lions, leopards, and cheetahs are an entirely different breed of creatures from the smaller variaty, descended from ancient shapeshifters that originated in certain African cultures. A vaguely different strain also developed in China several thousands of years ago."
Shoulder angel Quatre turns and smiles at the readers. "That's why Trowa and the like can shift between forms whenever they like, though it does take a lot of energy and causes considerable muscle tax. Duo has a strain of this gene but only on his cat side."
"House cat type weres (slang for werecat) are entirely different. They are not shapeshifters that developed and passed the gene to change down through there bloodlines, but are actually cursed individuals. The curse originated in Midevil Europe as a punishment for men who offended witches. Such cursed individuals would then become the witches familiars which gauranteed them clever helpers and the hope of a cure kept the cats loyal. After awhile though it spread out of control of the originators and migrated to America with the Puritans."
"Duo himself is a sort of mutt. On his mother's side (the side he's related to Trowa on) is where he enherited the shapeshifter gene while his father who everyone, even his mother, thought was human actually had the recessant cursed werecat gene that didn't become apparent until combined with the much stronger shapeshifter blood. And that's how you get Duo, a cursed child who is only human during the full moon but can change between house cat and panther the rest of the month. There is no way for him to be able to learn how to change human but there is a solution."
Quatre cheekily makes a face at the readers. "But I can't tell ya what that is or if Duo'll ever get his hands on it!! Alan hasn't decided yet to be truthful. Gomen Nasaii!!"
Brushing himself off the shoulder angel stands and prepares to leave. "Oh wait, almost forgot. To clarify ages, Duo's 19, Quatre's about five months older, Trowa and Heero are both 22, and Relena is 23. The blonde bitch killed Duo's parents when she was 15 and has been hunting since she was old enough to hold a gun."
Still smiling the shoulder angel bows respectively to the audience. "Thank you faithful readers for all your time and patience, and all the wonderful reviews. Alan'll get off his butt and have the next chapter posted soon but until then we have this gift for you, a picture as a reward for reaching the 100 reviews mark. You can get a link in Alan's profile (it's there twice) or you can type in deviantart . com/view/9077304/ only no spaces. I hope this bit of background will be useful! And no, this history of Felisthropes was not made up on the spot, Alan did a bunch of research and compiled information! Gotta go, have a nice day!"
Waving the red haired shoulder angel walks out.
