Morgana left Dani running the front of the shop while she returned to the back room to call Kyūri-sensei one last time before tomorrow's student exchange. She hunched over the scrying pool and mentally searched for Kyūri. After about a minute, the old kappa's rotund frame materialized in the pool, munching on a cucumber like usual.
Kyūri bowed respectfully to Morgana as deeply as he could manage without spilling his precious head water from his sara. "Konnichiwa, Morgana-san. Are you well? You look paler than usual today."
"I'm fine... mostly," said Morgana. "Conjuring the portal takes a lot out of me. Don't worry, my apprentices are home from school to help out now. I think I might take a power nap after this call until my next shift. I'm just calling to confirm the exchange student data. The exchange is still occurring at 5:30 AM in Pacific Standard Time, right?"
"Sure," said Kyūri. "It's between school days in both our time zones. When it's 5:30 AM in Washington state, it's 9:30 PM in Japan."
"Good," said Morgana. "Did you have your lottery yet? Who can we look forward to joining us in Stokerville?"
Kyūri took a big bite from his cucumber. "First there's my heya's representative, Humiya Omoibushi. Shi's a tanuki and my top student. I'm confident shi'll make me and my heya proud. Then there's Asuga Innō, another tanuki. Shi's the representative of the high school in Toyoda, an entire village of tanuki. A fair warning about hir, shi's polyamorous and extremely horny."
"Some of the magical kids in this town'll probably enjoy that," Morgana said dryly. "Who else?"
"There's a kitsune girl called Tamiko Inarimago. She's the representative of the high school in Inamura, a kitsune village. You'll like Tamiko, I think. From what I've seen, she's a very sweet, demure girl. Beautiful, too. I just hope she gets used to wearing clothes."
"I take it she didn't have to back at home?" Morgana chuckled.
"Not in Inamura," Kyūri nodded as he bit into his cucumber. "Kitsune are nudists, and they're free to live how they like in their own villages. On the subject of kitsune, there's two more coming. They're students at the Takarazuka Music School, the training academy for that all-female theater troupe that's so popular over here in Japan. Representing the male-role students is Maiko Hiko, while the female-role students are represented by Yuna Hayashida. Just so you know, Maiko's a troublemaker. Shi's a yako, a werefox-like breed of kitsune that lives for mischief. Yuna's no problem, though. She's as responsible as they come."
"Carmilla, Selena, and I will all keep an eye on Maiko," Morgana promised. "Is that everyone?"
"Not quite," Kyūri responded. "There's also the free slot, which is being filled by Hōkō Jigokumoto. You'll be seeing a lot of her. She was studying under her tribe's sorcerer, so she'll be turning to you to continue her magical education."
"I'll do my best," Morgana smiled. "I'm sure Vivi and Dani will both be excited to study alongside an oni. Now, what's the sex ratio?"
"Humiya, Asuga, and Maiko are all shiyūdōtai (or futanari as they sometimes prefer to be called)," said Kyūri. "Tamiko, Yuna, and Hōkō are fully female. I'm not sending you any males on account of Stokerville's little quirk. No point condemning any boys to a year of sexual frustration in a school full of lesbians."
"Logical," Morgana nodded.
"I thought so," Kyūri said through a mouthful of cucumber. "Now could you please remind me about the girls you're sending over? I like to know what I'm getting just as much as you do."
"There's Ellie Rubenstein, a werehyena. Shi's the one I started this program for. Shi lost all hir flab when shi transformed and shi wants it back, but shi's very willing to learn and master sumo for its own sake as well. Then there's Beck Hamilton, another werehyena. Beck's the one with a Vordenburg cousin investigating hir, so be careful. Oh, and a word about Beck's pronouns. In hir human form, Beck uses they/them pronouns. They identify as non-binary."
"Got it," said Kyūri. "Who else am I going to be keeping track of?"
"The other main one is Kristi Wenzel, a werevixen," Morgana said. "She's a popular camgirl who caters to the BBW fetish community."
"BBW?" asked the very perplexed kappa. "Isn't that some kind of sports car?"
"That'd be BMW," Morgana said, barely resisting a chuckle. "BBW stands for big, beautiful woman according to Kristi."
"You're saying that Kristi gets naked online for people who get horny over fat," Kyūri said dryly, his tone none too approving.
"If you want to be blunt about it, yes," Morgana said. "Don't worry, she's promised not to stream from your heya out of respect."
"Promises from werefoxes are like money from a tanuki," Kyūri scoffed. "Both are liable to turning into leaves."
"Normally, yes," Morgana countered, "but Kristi's taking a potion that allows her to control her hedonistic impulses. She'll be on her absolute best behavior, I promise. If she doesn't you're free to expel her. Now, besides the three main exchange students, three others, the girlfriends of the first three, are coming. There's Harper Browning, a werehyena. Shi's Ellie's mate and didn't want to be separated. Shi's a budding artist with a liking for manga."
"Shi's coming to the correct country, then," Kyūri remarked. "Maybe shi could get professional lessons in hir free time."
"Next up is Brianna Dixon, also a werehyena," Morgana went on. "Shi's Beck's mate. You'll find that Brianna's a very studious, bookish girl. Shi should be a fine student. If you're confused by hir human form's dark brown skin, shi belongs to a human ethnicity called African-American."
"Don't patronize me, Morgana," Kyūri grumbled. "I'm not so isolated that I don't know an African-American when I see one."
"Sorry," Morgana said, a bit sheepish. "Lastly, there's Joelle Bowman, a human. She's Kristi's girlfriend. I guess you'll need to transform her into a yokai when she joins you."
"Of course," Kyūri said. "I know a local witch who can handle that. She'll also need to give out penises to female students. Any of those?"
"Kristi and Joelle," Morgana said. "Even the werehyenas lack penises in their human forms, though."
"I'll soon fix that," said Kyūri. "I take it the girlfriends are just taking general studies rather than fully enrolling in my sumo training?"
"Correct," Morgana said. "They don't want to become sumo wrestlers or get fat; they just want to support their girlfriends. Remember, in lieu of money, they intend to pay their way by running errands and doing chores."
"I could always use some help around here," Kyūri grinned as he nibbled his cucumber. "How do you intend to solve the language barrier, by the way? I speak English, but not all of my students do."
"I have some Potions of Understanding in stock," Morgana explained. "My stash includes several bottles of both English and Japanese. There should be enough for all twelve exchange students. One sip, and the drinker will speak the language listed on the bottle as fluently as their native tongue."
"Perfect," said Kyūri. "Well, I won't keep you from your nap any longer. Sayonara." With that, Kyūri-sensei's image faded from Morgana's scrying pool. Morgana then headed off for some well-deserved rest.