[Date: Friday, January 25th. Time 7:00 A.M.] [Weather: Sunny, but cold. Should be this way all day.] [Satoshi's alarm goes off.] * Satoshi reaches an arm out to smack it. [Satoshi misses, and the alarm jeers at him by ringing seemingly louder.] * Satoshi reaches out again and grabs the clock. [Satoshi grabs the clock, but it bravely continues ringing.] * Satoshi jabs at the alarm button. [The alarm, satisfied that it succeeded in its mission, goes silent.] * Satoshi sighs. Well... I really needed those extra hours of sleep, and one day off probably won't kill me. * Satoshi gets out of bed and heads for the bathroom. * Satoshi goes through his morning preparations and heads out the door. * Satoshi walks towards school, noting the novelty of actually going straight from home instead of from the ice rink. [Time: 7:50 A.M.] [Satoshi gets to school, only to see a crowd of students and a police car outside it.] What's going on here? * Satoshi looks around for any of his teammates or the other Arcana. [Upon looking around a bit, he sees everyone else on the outside of the crowd. Or just getting there. Or something.] * Shingo is standing against a wall across the street. * Katie walks along with a distant look on her face, until she stops, looks at the mess, and stares. * Satoshi spots Katie. * Taki is looking for a way to climb said wall and get a better view. * Satoshi yells. "Katie!" * Katie jumps, then turns to Satoshi and waves. She jogs over to him. Hey. Do you have any idea what's going on here? * Shingo stands stiffly against the wall, watching katie. * Kyon parks his motorcycle across the street from the school, and steps off it, looking at the crowd with an slightly annoyed expression. * Katie shakes her head. "I just got here. I take it you don't know, either." Not a clue. As if enough hasn't gone wrong... Yeah. It hasn't really been my week, either. Month. Year. Whatever. * Katie stands on her toes and spots Shingo and Taki. She points them out. "Maybe they know?" I barely slept last night, I skipped practice this morning, and I can't walk two steps without looking over my shoulder to see if someone's trying to kill me. * Katie giggles. "Yeah, I know what you mean. Come on." She heads towards the other two. But enough about that. *see's where she's pointing* Yeah, it can't hurt to ask. * Satoshi follows. * Taki is still looking at the wall with an occasional glance back at the crowd. Morning Shingo, Taki. Do you guys know what's going on over there? * Satoshi waves. "Heya." ...no. * Taki turns to face Katie and Satoshi "Nope, and I'm wishing I had some sort of wall climbing thing so I could see something besides the backs of other peoples heads." * Kyon looks at the others, frowns, and walks towards the crowd, trying to push his way to the front or to where he can see what's causing the crowd. * Katie bites her lip and glances at the wall. (How high is the wall?) * Shingo tries not to move. [The wall is about 10 feet tall.] * Shingo shivers, and then winces. You okay, Shingo? Fine. All right. * Shingo is wearing a pretty well threadbare jacket, mind. * Satoshi stares up at the wall and thinks for a second, then shakes his head. * Katie puts her hands on her hips. "I could give it a try, but it's awfully high, and I don't want anyone looking up my skirt." She smiles slightly. * Shingo shivers and winces again. [Kyon finds a bit of difficulty in pushing his way to the front.] I doubt anybody would bother looking up your skirt. * Satoshi covers his eyes with his hand. "You'd get no problem from me." * Taki blinks. "How're you going to get up there?" * Katie looks at Shingo with concern. "You sure you're all right?" * Satoshi removes his hand and grins. * Kyon pushes forward harder. [Eventually, though, he manages to get up to the gates, which are closed with yellow police "Do not cross" tape across them.] I'm *shiver&wince* fine. * Satoshi 's grin fades when he looks at Shingo. (Is it windy, or just cold?) [There are people inside. The principal, some of the school's maintenance crew, and two officers, one of whom is facing the gate trying to offer explanations.] [Just cold. It'd be a really nice day if it weren't so durn cold otherwise, though.] * Kyon surveys the scene, trying to hear what's going on. ... And I'm Saki's best friend, C'mon Shingo let's go find someplace warmer, I don't think anybody else is going anywhere for a while. * Katie nods. If you're Saki's best friend, *Shiver&wince* why are you here? [The principal and the others are too far away to hear, and the other cop isn't saying much beyond "Everything's under control, school's cancelled, etc.] * Satoshi blinks. * Katie snerks. * Taki faceplams. Oi. Someone teach this kid the meaning of sarcasm. * Katie looks at the crowd and taps her foot. I'm almost tempted to try climbing this wall anyway. Go ahead. Nobody's going to be looking up your skirt. * Satoshi nods. * Katie lightly thwaps Shingo upside the head, then does just that. * Shingo flinches away from the blow rather more than the light tap would cause. * Taki (parses that very oddly) * Kyon shakes his head to himself and watches for a bit longer, hoping someone will give more information. [Body -acrobatics (jumping), Katie] * Satoshi looks at Shingo and frowns slightly. 2d6-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Katie (2d6-4) and gets -1. [Katie grabs the top of the wall and manages to pull herself up enough to see over it] [The school seems fine, as far as she can tell.] * Katie tries scrambling up so she can sit on top of the wall. [Katie succeeds] * Katie perches on top of the wall and digs out her binoculars. She puts them to her eyes and focuses on whatever is causing the crowd. * Taki claps at Katie's success. * Shingo would probably have turned around to look, but that would require moving. * Satoshi looks up. * Satoshi calls to Katie. "See anything?" [Meanwhile, Kyon realizes he's standing right next to Chikako. Isn't that cool?] * Katie calls back down. "I'm trying." * Kyon looks down at her, and sighs. "Hey, Chikako." * Chikako is furiously scribbling something down, but looks up at Kyon and grins. "Hi, Student-Council-Vice-Persident-Kyon! I like that name. It's cool!" * Kyon rolls his eyes. "Right. You're writing a lot there. You know what happened?" * Chikako nods. "Of course! I have the largest information network in the school. That's so cool!" Well, there's a couple of police trying to keep people calm. And... looks like the principal and the school maintinence are talking to- *adjusts focus* a cop. * Kyon nods. "Yeah. Care to tell me what's going on?" * Taki moves to go stand between the wind and Shingo. "If I ask 'how are you doing?', you're going to say 'fine' right?" You catch on quick. * Katie scans the crowd. "Kyon's there, too. Talking to Chikako." She chuckles. * Satoshi laughs a little. Did you test him? * Satoshi yells back up. "But nothing's visibly wrong?" * Chikako leans close to Kyon. Not other than the fact that there *has* to something wrong for a mess like this. I bet whatever's really going on is inside. I wish it were something as mundane as a broken water main, but I really doubt that. Oi, Taki. Did you test him? Oh, I wish. I really do. But I don't think so, either. * Katie lets go of her binoculars so they're hanging around her neck, then brushes some dark brown hair from her face. * Satoshi sighs, then looks over at Taki and Shingo. ... * Chikako starts pushing her way through the crowd, waiting a bit for Kyon. * Kyon turns, and starts making his way back through the crowd. * Katie puts her binoculars back to her eyes and starts checking the situation again. Oi, Katie. Did you guys test this guy? Hm? Yes. He's the Ace of Wands, if I remember right. Yeah, that's me. * Shingo eyes Satoshi. * Katie scans some more, then blinks. "Hey, Chikako's leading Kyon out of the crowd." Ace. * Taki nods, "Yeah, that was it." * Kyon pushes along to catch up with Chikako. I fit the mold pretty well, too, according to Kyon. * Satoshi frowns. * Shingo nods. Pleased to meet you. [Kyon and Chikako eventually make their way out of the crowd, near the others.] Nice to meet you too. I guess we didn't really get properly introduced before. * Satoshi slaps his forehead. Geez. I forgot to ask. How're you recovering from whatever Saki did to you yesterday? Slowly. * Katie lowers her binoculars and looks down at Kyon and Chikako. * Satoshi nods. I'm fine, though. Sure. [Katie sees them very clearly, as they're not more than a few feet away from her.] * Kyon turns to walk down the street towards the restaurants. I'm the Knight of Swords, so you know. Hey, Kyon! Where are you going? Yeah, they told me. * Shingo nods. * Chikako looks over to the group. "Katie! Sorry, but no paper today. They won't let me in the school. But Kyon's taking me to breakfast! Isn't that cool?" Someplace warm probibly, and if the Vice Prez isn't going to wait around for classes... I'll assume that 'they' means Katie and Taki, since including Kyon would require him to not be an ass. * Katie blinks at Chikako, but smiles anyway. "Really? That's nice of him. What's the occassion?" * Kyon looks up at Katie and blinks. He looks down at Chikako and stifles a sigh. It was Katie. And Kyon wasn't so bad yesterday, actually. But I'll take your word on his usual behavior. * Katie waves at Kyon, somehow looking perfectly natural perched on a ten-foot-high wall. I haven't really dealt with him all that much, but I've gotten that impression. It's cause I'm gonna tell him something cool! Yeah? * Chikako nods in the direction of the crowd. * Katie grins. "So he's bribing you with breakfast?" * Chikako nods. "Yup! Isn't it cool?" * Satoshi chuckles. Heee. Have fun Chikako. Sure is. Is this a private party? It'd be cool if it was. * Katie laughs. "Okay. Have fun." But having more friends along is cool, too ^_^ * Katie shrugs. "Maybe we should leave it up to Kyon." She looks over at the Student Council Vice President, amusement obvious. It's your breakfast so it's up to both of you I think. * Shingo just... eyes Kyon. * Kyon swears to himself in Chinese. "Come if you want. I'm not covering you." Oh, how nice of you. * Satoshi mutters to himself. "Why am I not surprised?" * Katie seems even more amused now as she works on determining the safest way down from where she's seated. I already ate, but Si...er I want to go someplace warm. * Shingo levers himself stiffly away from the wall, wincing a bit. Just jump down, Katie. Bah. * Katie semi-dangles herself off the wall, then drops down. * Kyon crams his hands into his leather jacket's pockets, and looks down the street. "You're coming, then?" Eh, why not? Well, if there's no school it's not like I have anything better to do. * Katie grins. "It's not like you're on a date or anything, right Student Council Vice President?" * Kyon shrugs. "Come or don't come. Just decide." A date'd be cool! * Katie giggles. * Taki nods. ... * Satoshi waves an arm. "Lead on." * Kyon turns and starts walking down the street towards the restaurants without a word. * Katie walks after him, the smile not leaving her face. * Chikako follows along with a big grin. * Shingo walks stiffly behind and just to one side of Katie. * Satoshi follows the others. * Taki walks on Shingo's other side and has a grin across her face. [The group heads for the restuarant. Just before they get there, a fight breaks out across the street.] * Katie looks over at the fight and blinks. [Between two Sakuragaoka students, no less.] * Kyon looks at it, and sighs. Aww, no. Hey, what's going on now? ... * Taki looks over at the combatants. Looks like Ken's being an ass again. * Shingo bristles. * Ken curses something fierce and throws a punch at Jiro. [For those who don't know, Ken is the soccer team captain. I doubt anyone really knows Jiro, though :P] * Satoshi notices who's fighting. Oh, no. Not that jerk again. * Jiro curses right back and tries to dodge. 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Jiro (2d6) and gets 6. * Katie keeps her eyes on the fight and digs in her satchel, extracting her ear helpers, then putting them in her ears (naturally). * Ken slugs Jiro in the gut. * Shingo crosses the street as soon as there's an opening. * Satoshi curses. * Jiro takes the punch and tries to give Ken one right back. * Kyon looks towards the restaurant, then back down the street towards his bike. * Taki tries to think of a way to break up a fight between two people who are bigger than she is with out teleporting one of them away. 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Jiro (2d6-3) and gets 1. [Jiro responds by slugging Ken in the face.] * Satoshi yells. "Yeah! Go get 'im, uh, whoever you are!" * Katie stays where she is. "" she mutters to herself. * Chikako is scribbling this down furiously. "This'll make a great scoop! It's so cool!" [By now, Shingo makes it over there] * Kyon nods, exasperated, and watches the fight dispassionately. * Taki looks up at Satoshi and then over at Katie and then notices that Shingo's not where she left him. * Shingo stops about five feet away from Ken and starts commentating. * Katie snickers and digs in her satchel. "Need pictures, Chikako?" * Chikako nodnods at Katie. "That'd be so cool!" * Ken ignores Shingo, as he's busy. He throws another punch at Jiro. * Satoshi observes Shingo and cracks up. * Katie extracts a small camera and starts snapping a few shots of the fight. A horribly sloppy punch from Ken at the challenger. * Jiro fails to notice Shingo, being focused on trying not to get slugged again. 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Jiro (2d6) and gets 8. [Sloppy or no, it certainly does hit.] And it looks like this challenger really needs to take some lessons in dodging! There's no way that punch should have hit! Ow, that had to hurt. * Satoshi stops laughing and winces. Ouch. * Jiro swings right back at Ken. 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Jiro (2d6-3) and gets 6. The challenger is still up and swinging, though, let's see if he's got the stamina to pull this off! * Ken is hit again. * Katie makes sure she gets a nice picture of that. It looks like the challenger has more skill at hitting that he does at dodging! Luckily for him, that's still a lot more skill than our local champion bully has! * Kyon walks back to the restaurant window and leans against it. * Ken becomes annoyed at this point, and throws a punch at Shingo instead. ^^ 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Shingo (2d6) and gets 7. * Ken hits Shingo square on. "How's that for a sloppy punch, squirt?" Hey! Hey! Leave 'im outta this, ya asshole! * Shingo staggers backward. Shingo! ::starts running across the street:: ... Shingo! * Shingo GLARES at Ken and then just launches himself that the oversized punk. * Satoshi looks both ways and starts crossing the street. d6+8 * Katie sees the look on Shingo's face and sighs. "Oh, now you've done it." * Dicesuke throws the bones for Shingo (d6+8) and gets 12. d6+5 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Katie (d6+5) and gets 8. d6+5 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Satoshi (d6+5) and gets 9. d6+7 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Jiro (d6+7) and gets 11. d6+7 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Taki (d6+7) and gets 13. d6+6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Kyon (d6+6) and gets 9. [Taki, Shingo, Jiro/Ken, Satoshi/Kyon, Katie] [Taki's turn] * Taki runs up to Shingo and tries to get between him and Ken. "Hey!" [Taki gets between the two. Shingo's turn] * Shingo darts around Taki and launches himself at that bastard. 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Shingo (2d6) and gets 4. * Ken ducks under Shingo's attack. * Shingo kicks at the ducking boy. 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Shingo (2d6) and gets 8. * Taki Arghs. [Shingo manages to hit the guy, barely.] [Jiro's turn] * Jiro dashes in with astonishing speed and swings for Ken's face. 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Jiro (2d6-3) and gets 6. [Jiro slugs Ken something fierce.] [Ken's turn] * Ken swings powerfully at Shingo. "You wanna fight, punk?!" Ohshit... Guys? I know, I know. 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Shingo (2d6) and gets 6. GUYS! * Katie blinks at Satoshi. "What?" It's... it's that whatever it is! What is it? That thing that happened when I first met you all! What, th- you have to be kidding me. I wish I were. * Katie looks around. * Taki looks too. [Shingo catches Ken's attack, but he quickly moves in and throws another punch.] We gotta get out of here. ( Make another def, Shingo ) 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Shingo (2d6) and gets 8. * Ken hits Shingo squarely this time. His fist feels as hard as a rock. Shingo! UNGH. Goddamnit! Where too? I don't wanna have re--SHINGO! * Satoshi looks around again, trying to pinpoint the source of the field. [Satoshi's turn] Damn! * Chikako isn't there anymore, by the way. * Satoshi walks up to where Shingo is. [Kyon's turn] Much as I'd like to see you get what you deserve, Hibiki, we've got more important stuff to do. * Katie blinks as she glances around. "" * Taki figures this out as well, and tries to think of somplace nobody would see them arrive. * Kyon pushes himself off the wall very irritatedly, and stalks across the street, waiting just outside easy striking range. [Katie's turn] * Katie grumbles, "" She runs across the street, reaching into her satchel. [Taki's turn] Why won't anybody leave Shingo alone?! ::swings at Ken:: 2d6-2 * Satoshi smacks his forehead. * Dicesuke throws the bones for Taki (2d6-2) and gets 9. We. Have. Got. To. Get. Out. Of. Here. NOW! [Taki's punch swings wildly] [Shingo's turn] * Shingo launches a haymaker at Ken. * Ken eyes you all. "What the hell is this? The lamer's brigade?" * Katie rolls her eyes. Shut up and fight! 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Shingo (2d6) and gets 9. [Shingo misses] * Shingo misses badly and swings again with the other hand. 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Shingo (2d6) and gets 6. * Ken blocks the attack. [Jiro's turn] * Jiro swings at Ken again, yelling as he does so. 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Jiro (2d6-3) and gets 2. * Katie winces as it comes in way too loud for her ears. [Jiro's fist connects.] [Ken's turn] * Ken backs away. "Ah screw this. I'll kick your ass some time when you don't have so many people to hide behind, wimp!" * Satoshi breathes a sigh of relief. Come back an' say that to my face, ya pansy! Good. Now let's get out of here! * Katie removes her hand from her satchel and goes about removing her ear helpers, cursing quietly as she does so. * Satoshi blinks. Hey! It's gone! ... * Shingo collapses. It was Ken. Or him. * Taki looks around and sighs loudly. * Satoshi tries to catch Shingo. * Shingo holds his ribs. * Jiro is about to take off when he sees Shingo collapse. "Aw, shit." He leans down next to him. "Hey, you okay?" * Katie looks at Shingo in alarm. "Is something broken?" * Kyon relaxes, rocking on his feet, eying Shingo briefly before looking at the new guy. ... Shingo. Man. You don't give up, do you? Never. * Chikako hops over. "What's cool, everyone?" * Satoshi half-smiles. * Katie shakes her head and kneels next to Shingo. "Let me see. And hi Chikako." * Jiro is tall for a Japanese guy, with black hair and eyes. He's lean and toned, and somewhat handsome. * Shingo pushes himself into a sitting position. It's okay, Katie. I'll be fine. * Katie grits her teeth. * Taki walks back to where everybody is standing around Shingo. "I'm sorry, I just got so mad seeing Shingo get hurt again..." * Chikako blinks. "Hi? What do you mean?" That's what you *always* say. But take it from me, you are not fine, and I'm going to see if I can do something about it! * Jiro reaches a hand out to Shingo. "Here, lemme help ya up. Think y'can walk?" I'll be fine. I just need to rest for a while. * Shingo pushes himself to his feet. Shingo, you moron! * Jiro shrugs. "If you say so." * Chikako blinks. "Hurt again? Do you fall down a lot? That's not cool." * Shingo winces. A long while. Can I at least offer you a hand? * Katie throws her hands up in frustration. * Shingo rubs the ear Katie was yelling in. * Jiro stands again, frowning, and starts to say something, but stops himself. * Satoshi looks at Katie, then at Shingo, then sighs. * Chikako looks around, oblivious. * Kyon looks speculatively at Jiro. "So who are you?" * Katie glares at Shingo. "Next time, Satoshi, do me a favor and hold him down." I'd have to *get* a hold of him first, and I don't think that'd be an easy thing to do. Maybe he should get a wheelchair! They're cool! Huh? Oh. Jiro Hosukawa. Uh, who are you guys? And why'd you bust in on our fight? Uhm...no I don't think he'd see that as cool. * Katie sighs and just stands. ... Because one of these days, Hibiki needs to get what he deserves. Oh, yeah. Satoshi Watanabe. * Satoshi extends a hand. Hell yeah, I'm all for that, but, uh... oh. Uh, nice t'meetcha. * Jiro shakes, looking confused. * Kyon looks back towards the restaurant quietly, slowly stopping his rocking. * Shingo moves stiffly over until he is standing just behind and to one side of Katie. * Chikako looks to Kyon. "When do we eat?" * Katie glares at Shingo. * Shingo ignores Katie's glare. So, what was Hibiki's beef with you, anyway? * Jiro rubs the back of his head. "So, uh, you guys hate Ken too, huh? Is this like a club or something, and can I join?" You're already a member. It's too late to back out. * Kyon looks down at Chikako, and smirks. "We can go now. Still need to talk, after all." * Chikako nods. "Cool. I'm hungry." * Jiro looks at Satoshi. "Huh? Oh, just more of his bullshit. It's nothing really new, he's been tryin' to make me miserable since middle school." * Katie blinks. "Why you?" Gosh. Imagine having the pleasure of knowing him that long. * Jiro shrugs. "Hell if I know. Prolly 'cause I was there, or something. I decided to give as good as I got, tho. Can't stand 'im goin' around and picking on people like he's some sorta' *muttermuttergrumble*" * Satoshi nods. "Damn right." King of the world, you think he'd have some puppies to torture instead, yeah. But puppies are so cool! ;_; * Katie glances around. * Jiro blinks at Katie's comment and chuckles. "Yeah, something like that." * Satoshi smirks. "Yeah." Puppies probably got boring or something. ... * Kyon listens for another moment, then nods to Chikako and walks towards the restaurant. * Chikako follows along ^+^ * Jiro grumbles. "Son of a bitch stole my car, too." * Katie watches Kyon start to walk off. "Oop, looks like he's leaving without us. Can't have that." She starts walking after him. * Shingo walks slowly and stiffly after Katie. What? That *bastard*! That's low, even for him! Yeh. Like I said, we've kinda' got a history. * Taki starts walking and shakes her head. * Katie glances at Shingo and bends over to him, murmuring, "" * Satoshi notes the others are leaving. "So I see. Wanna drown your sorrows in a cup of coffee or something?" ... * Shingo does not respond. * Katie smiles sweetly and straightens. * Jiro shakes his head, as if trying to clear it. "Anyway. Huh? Oh, sure, I guess." C'mon. * Satoshi follows the others. [Kyon and Chikako get to the restaurant, a quaint little Italian place.] * Jiro follows Satoshi. [And so do the others, for that matter :P] * Taki looks up "What sort of stuff do Italians eat for breakfast?" Pizza! It's so cool! * Katie laughs. * Kyon surveys the cafe quickly for a table. * Jiro looks around. Pizza? For breakfast? [Since no human would ever be up so early unless they were forced to, there are plenty of tables free.] Pizza for breakfast...sounds like something ...no wait it _is_ something my dad tried. It's good for breakfast, hot or cold. I don't like Japanese pizza very much, though. * Kyon heads towards one of the larger tables, and sits down. * Katie walks on over and has a seat as well. * Shingo sits down next to Katie. * Chikako hops along happily and sits down next to Kyon. * Taki takes a seat near Kati and Shingo. * Satoshi sits in one of the two remaining chairs. [There is now one chair left. It beckons to Jiro.] * Jiro shrugs and has a seat next to Satoshi at the table. * Shingo sits stiffly in his chair, back ramrod straight. [Shortly, a waitress comes over and asks what you'd all like.] * Jiro looks at Shingo and frowns. * Katie eyes Shingo, then shakes her head. I want a pizza-onna-bagel. It sounds so cool! * Katie glances at the menu and orders a chocolate croissant. :9 What do you recomend that isn't pizza? * Jiro orders a slice of pizza, not actually knowing what it is. * Satoshi orders some breadsticks. * Kyon doesn't glance at the menu and orders a pot of tea and a roll. * Shingo doesn't order anything. "Try the chocolate croissant." Thanks, I will. * Kyon smirks at Shingo. "Not hungry?" ...no. [The waitress takes the orders and leaves] [Since it's breakfast, it doesn't take long to prepare, and she comes back shortly with the food] [She gives it out, then leaves again.] * Satoshi munches on a breadstick. "These aren't half-bad. Anybody wanna try one?" * Katie waves them off. "Nah." She takes a bite out of her croissant. ^^ * Chikako nods and takes one and sticks it on her pizza-onna-bagel and takes a big bite. "Cool!" * Jiro has some pizza, munching it with what passes as a thoughtful expression on his face. * Katie giggles. I'll stick to this for now, thanks. ::takes a small bite out of her croissant.:: * Kyon pours a little tea, sees it's not strong yet, and waits. He looks at Chikako. "Good?" * Chikako nodnods. * Kyon gives her a hard smile. "Good. Want to tell me what was up with the school?" * Satoshi listens intently. * Katie idly munches. * Chikako takes another bite and grins. "Mmm... It's cool. Anyhow, last night a Seiryuu Girl's High student's body was found in the Sakuragaoka auditorium." I dunno her name yet, though, but I should by tomorrow. * Satoshi chokes, then thumps himself on the chest a few times. * Katie coughs on her croissant. "You serious?" * Taki take another bit and decides that she needs to learn how to make these. * Kyon curses in Chinese under his breath. "Know what she looked like?" ... * Jiro chokes briefly and looks at Chikako with an astonished expression. "ghu... *what*?" * Taki then barely manages to swallow. "Wha?" * Chikako shakes her head. "Nope. I only got a bit of information. It's not very cool." ( And thus Chikako kills everyone off by causing them to choke :P ) (x.x) (I choke not!) (*smacks Kyon* That's because you're a heartless bastard.) (Satoshi goes face-down in the breadsticks. ;p) ( Ok, Kyon survives. Everyone else make a new character ^^ ) * Kyon nods again. "No." He pours some tea. "You'll tell me when you find out?" (Yeah! Knew it'd all pay off. ^_^_v) * Satoshi says softly. "...god. It's happening already." * Chikako nods. "I'll write a cool article on it." ^^ * Katie nods numbly. "Hey, Chikako... do you know how she died yet, or not?" * Jiro looks around in confusion. "Uh..." * Chikako nods. "Sorta. They said a sharp pointy object." * Chikako looks at Kyon. "They'll probably ask you about it later. You cool with that?" * Shingo gives Jiro a look. ... * Kyon drinks his tea calmly. "And why would they do that?" * Katie shakes her head and takes a drink of water. * Chikako grins and speaks before taking another bite. "'Cause you're the cool captain of the sharp-pointy thing club!" * Jiro frowns and goes back to eating, still looking confused and a little worried. * Satoshi can't help but laugh a little, despite the seriousness of the situation. * Taki doesn't eat...she just stares at her food. They'll also ask Ryuji Hazuki, I bet. * Kyon shrugs. "If they want to talk to me, I'll talk. And if they talk to me, they should talk to him." And Remi Mizuki, 'cause she's the Kyudo team captain. * Chikako grins. "Kyudo is so cool!" * Satoshi is very thankful that hockey sticks are not sharp and pointy. * Katie nibbles at her croissant absently. * Kyon nods. "It happened in the building?" Anyhow, that's why we get today off. ^^ I don't know yet. That's where they found the body. * Kyon nods. "Right." He reaches into his pocket, takes out a name card, and gives it to Chikako. "Call me when you find out more. Especially if it looks very strange. OK?" * Chikako takes it. "'S cool." * Chikako finishes her food and stands up. "I'm gonna try to research this a bit more." * Katie nods. "Good luck, Chikako." Yeah... Thanks. Be cool, everyone! * Chikako runs off! * Kyon nods. "Right. Later." * Taki looks up. "I hope you find something useful." * Katie finishes off her croissant and sighs. * Satoshi stares at his food, but no longer feels like eating. * Jiro has finished his pizza, and seems to be desperately trying to figure out where to start. "So. Uhm..." * Kyon drinks his tea slowly, and takes a bite of his roll. Yeah. Guys? Hm? Earlier, when we were all fighting Ken, I sensed one of those things. * Katie nods. Soon as he left, it disappeared. And Chikako vanished. I think we all know what that means. Uh, one of what things? * Katie looks at Jiro thoughtfully. He's one of us. And... *comes to a realization* ...so's Ken. Dammit. Yup. * Taki nods. Well, probably. * Kyon smirks. "That took you a long time." * Jiro looks back at Katie and blinks. Yeah, well, forgive me for being a bit preoccupied up until now. * Satoshi rolls his eyes. * Katie grins at Jiro. "Of course, there's one way to find out for sure." She looks over to Kyon. Uhm... that doesn't sound good. * Satoshi sighs. "It's not. I'm sorry, man." * Kyon shrugs, and drinks the rest of his cup of tea. He pours another. So, uhm. Someone wanna tell me what's goin' on, before I get to enjoy the bad shit? It's best to have Kyon start, I think. * Taki sighs and tries to pull herself back together for more than a few seconds. "Yeah, he's gotten lots of practice at telling this." * Shingo is still sitting straight in his chair, back stiff, but his breathing is deep and rythmic and his eyes are closed. * Katie frowns at Shingo. * Jiro sighs and patiently waits to be informed. * Shingo slowly slumps over in his chair, muscles relaxing. * Satoshi eyes Shingo. * Kyon sighs, and reaches into his pocket for the slightly worn deck of tarot cards. He hands them to Jiro. "Shuffle these." * Jiro shrugs and shuffles the cards quickly and skillfully before holding them back out before Kyon. * Kyon takes them and fans them. "Man, the fledglings are just pouring out these days. Pick one." * Jiro picks one. "Am I allowed to look at it, or is that not part of the card trick?" * Kyon shrugs. "Look if you want. It's you. Show it to me." * Jiro looks, frowns, and shows the Knight of Wands to Kyon. "This some kinda' novelty deck?" Another Wand. Huh. * Katie hmms and leans over, peeking at the card. "Yup." * Kyon looks at the card and smirks. "No. Perfectly normal deck. This is you. You're Arcana." Three knights. I wonder where the fourth is. * Shingo straightens himself up. I'm what? * Shingo winces as his muscles loudly protest his movement. I don't know, but I hope I get to make friends with him. Arcana. Welcome to the battlefield, Knight. * Katie looks at Shingo and sighs. "" [Presumeably, Kyon and the rest then explain what's going on to Jiro. Session End]