"hold on. Lemme get an outfit to wear. These clothes are not exactly easy to maneuver around in."

Kari went to her room and came back with her gym clothes and a swimsuit.

"I am not sure about who does martial arts. I know that most girls care more about having sex than anything else, and that includes schoolwork. THe school doesn't actually give a crap about what your grades are.

"Fourth Dan is quite impressive, but my ex-boyfriend was even better. He was only 16 when he became Grandmaster."

"Ah! Me too." She maneuvered away as well, grabbing a small gym back. She had her more formal gi inside, and a few other things.

Getting back into the Common room, she smiled and hurried up to Kari. She began to nod at her comment on martial arts... until she just blinked and stared at her in shock. "...you... you're kidding!" She exclaims in surprise. "That's terrible." She shook her head in disgust... though at the girls, or the school, it was hard tell. "But, isn't this an all-girls' school? I mean, who-..." She cut herself off, blushing harder a moment. {Oh, yikes! That's just... that's just weird.}

Unsorting her thoughts, she focused on something less... unsettling. "Only 16? That's incredible." She shook her head, downright flabbergasted. "I'm lucky to be working out with you, then!" She said with a smile, looking at her curiously. "I didn't think it'd be possible to be so young and be that good... I mean, just in terms of the ability of your body."

She paused a moment, hesitating on her next question. "If you don't mind me asking... how did you two break up?"

Kari's expression did not change.

"We never really broke up." she said. "I call him my Ex because we haven't seen each other since I came here. We still love each other though."

Kari led Karen to the gym.

"So what are you studying here?" she asked.

"Well..." She starts, then sighs. "I don't really know. I guess I'm trying to find out..." She pauses, then adds. "Sorry about the question."

She follows her to the gym, breathing out a sigh. "Kind of a general 'arts' degree... though I have a few ideas of what I might try. What about you?" She tilts her head as she watches Kari, adjusting the bag strap a little.

"it's no biggie. There's nothing to be sorry about.

"As for what I am studying, I am studying on Quantum Physics, Theoretical Physics, Advanced Engineering, Astronomy, Medical Science, Chemistry, and an unofficial class in ameteur porno." She winked at Karen without thinking.

She nods at her response, then her jaw begins to drop as she hears the list. the last makes her blink and blush, surprised at the added wink. She grins back, though a bit weakly as she tries to process all that.

"I... wow... any of that pulling on my leg? You must be incredibly smart to be studying those!" She stared her her in surprise, curiosity, and a touch of suspicion. Maybe she was pulling her leg?

Kari blushed a bit.

"Well... I have to confess...

It's not really an amateur porno class. We just call it that!" she giggled to herself.

"Anyways, yeah. All of that is true. I was supposed to go to MIT for some of my studies, but then the war began.... it's like... ".......there goes the fucking class!"

"Really, though... it was the war... and..a-a-and the sex thing."

She sputters a bit, but laughs, at her giggle. Shaking her head, she smiles at the list, though it's a sad one. "It's terrible that such a horrible thing is going on the way it is... but I guess that's how it goes." She blinks and wonders how... the 'sex thing' might interfere with the class she was going to attend.

"Well, I think you are really smart anyway! They will be sorry not to have you." She blurts out, crossing her arms and nodding to her. She pauses and blushes. "um... by any chance, can I beg you to help me with some of the classes later?" She looks at her hopefully.

"Sure! I'd be glad to ^_^"

The two girls stopped in front of the door to the gymnasium.

"Well, here it is." Kari announced, opening the door for Karen.

"Thank you! I'm very grateful!" She shouted excitedly, squeezing her hand and smiling ecstatically. Maybe she wouldn't be in danger of flunking out after all...

She was so focused on this, she hadn't noticed their entrance until they were already walking in. She looked up and about, blinking as she mentally adjusted. "Wow... yeah, this is nice... plenty of space." She stretches her arms over her head, breathing in and walking out onto the floor.

"Though we need to drag out some firm mats or something, otherwise hitting the ground is going to hurt." She looked to Kari in thought. "Hey, do you think they'd let a club just borrow rooms like this after class? I've been kinda looking for a martial arts club... but I don't know if the school has one. So maybe I could round up some people to meet once a week if they'd let us reserve it."

Kari smiled as Karen graciously thanked her.

"It's really no biggie." She said. As they walked inside, Kari answered her questions.

"I don't think the administration has any problem with extraciricular activities, as long as they don't interfere with our studies. And like I said, since girls are more focused on having orgies, there aren't many girls that care about martial arts. Hold on, let me get into my gym clothes."

Kari took off her clothes, revealing her goddess of a body. She folded them up into a neat pile before putting on her gym clothes.

She smiles back to Kari, nodding. She nodded thoughtfully as Kari continued to explain, though she blinked again as the topic of orgies came up briefly. She shook her head and sighed, a gesture that was disturbed by a stare as she undressed. Karen might be... bigger, but she wasn't nearly as streamlined or smooth as the other girl, and she sighed a little to herself as she started pulling off her own. 'I need to eat less junk food... get more exercise again...'

Pulling on her gi, she looked inquisitively over to her. "Um... surely not all of the girls just want to have sex, right? I mean, there must be a few that want to... erm... learn more self-control." How does one say 'clean things up and strengthen their morale fiber'? ...Then again, this sounded different from young boys sneaking into the girls' dorm... it might be better to just let them have their fun.

With a mental sigh, she began some stretches and looked back over to Kari. "It sounds good then. I'll see if I can get one started. It'd be great to see who I can rope in." She grins a bit to the other girl as if already contemplating how to get her to join. "Seriously though, you must be really busy with everything. How do you handle all that?" She said sympathetically.

She shakes her head, looking a touch envious again. "Wow... that's just... well, it's amazing!" She smiled to herself, stifling the jealousy quickly as she closes her eyes and begins going into her warmup routines.

"So you take martial arts... but have you had anything like kendo or other weapons-training as well?" She was curious, since that was closer to her own focus. Certainly, she wanted to at least try her hand at teaching the multi-skilled girl something in return for her own help!