[Day: Friday, March 21st. Time: 3:30 p.m.] [Weather: Warm, Sunny, with only a few clouds here and there.] [You're in the hospital room! You all know what happened last time, so I won't bother to describe it. Making it through school today was a real struggle, however, with most of you being hurt and/or very tired. Katie, for her part, looks a little better than she did last night. And Miho Ryokama is no longer her roommate. She's been replaced by Remi Okui, who's got a hand so bandaged it looks like she's wearing a giant mitten.] ( Aww.. that's cute. Until you remember why she's wearing a giant mitten. ) [Then Session Start!] (Not a mitten. It's one of those foam fingers that say "#1" on it) * Haruko nods at Katie and then slowly walks over to Remi. "How are you feeling?" * Katie smiles as everyone comes in. "Less thirsty," she half-jokes. * Taki grins at Katie, "That's good to hear." * Satoshi smiles back at Katie and looks for a couple of chairs he can move close to her bed. He's walking slowly as well. * Haruko smiles over at Katie. "If you have any trouble getting the water to your mouth, I'm here for you." * Kaede stumbles in and leans against the doorway. He still looks like he didn't sleep well at all. ( I'm going to assume you brought Remi's hand out, right? :P ) * Satoshi looks over at Haruko and frowns briefly. (Right) * Katie blinks a few times at Haruko, then quickly turns her attention to Kaede. "Are you all right?" She frowns a little, looking over the whole group. "That goes for the rest of you, too." * Haruko is looking to Remi for a response and didn't notice. * Haruko gingerly rubs at her side. "Not so bad." I've been better, but I'm recovering. Other than worrying about you, I'm just fine. Still alive. That doesn't mean much. * Kaede doesn't move any further in. "Does." * Haruko puts a hand on Remi's shoulder and checks if there's any healing she can do for her. * Kaede actually steps in the room, wincing a bit as he leans next to the door. * Katie raises her arm, the one with the IV stuck in it. "I hate being stuck in hospitals. And you, Kaede, can be half-dead and tell me not to worry about you. So you don't count." * Katie lets the arm drop. * Kaede closes his eyes and replies dryly. "So can you." * Taki turns to face Kaede and makes gestures at at the chairs Satoshi's buisy finding, "Then be alive sitting down. It's not like we're going anywhere soon." You don't see me telling you not to worry about me, do you? I'd rather stay here. * Remi is facing away from Haruko, and is either asleep or not answering. ... * Kaede looks slightly away from Katie at that. * Katie looks at Remi. "They've been knocking her out." Sort of had to do that to me all night. I couldn't sleep any other way. ..what happened after I passed out anyway? * Katie blinks, turning her attention back towards Kaede. * Satoshi finds chairs, arranges them near Katie's bed, then sits in one. "Um. I don't know. I kinda fell asleep, too." * Haruko lifts up her hand and sighs. "I'll be back for you Remi as soon as I can do more harm than good." * Taki shakes her head and takes a seat next to Satoshi, "I'm glad you're doing better." * Katie winces a little. * Haruko looks over to Katie. "Did they move Miho to another room?" I think so. Is she... any better? Or maybe they got rid of her. * Haruko bites her lip. "I hope that's not bad news." * Taki glares at Kaede, "Don't say things like that." * Katie shakes her head, one hand toying with the end of her sheets. "No. She woke up." Hey, that's good news! * Taki nods. * Haruko lets out a slow easy breath. "Thank the Kami." * Kaede looks back at Taki and rubs his head a little. "Saying it or not won't make it any more or less true. I'm just stating a possible fact." I don't know. She couldn't... talk, I don't think, but she woke up. Stood, too. Touched my face, before the nurses came. * Kaede grimaces. "Couldn't..talk?" * Taki turns back to Katie, "She..." * Satoshi blinks. * Haruko gulps. "I hope that's temporary." * Katie looks down at her active hand. "Like... I think she tried to, only I couldn't understand what she was saying. It was a raspy sound." * Taki shakes her head a few times, "...That's creepy...I hope she gets well again soon." * Katie shrugs. "What happened to her, anyway?" * Satoshi very much does not look at Kaede. * Kaede looks off to the side and laughs nervously. "She was struck by lightning." * Katie blinks, then looks up, at Kaede. "You?" * Haruko looks down for a moment and then looks up at Katie. "I electorcuted her, I forgot to compensate for the effects of wet skin." * Kaede doesn't respond to that. * Taki remains slilent for this one. * Katie blinks again, then looks to Haruko, absolutely horrified. "You *didn't*. You-" She looks back at Kaede. " What did she *do*?" * Kaede still doesn't answer, staring at a particularly interesting corner of the wall. She allied herself with Tenjirou, knowing what he was, knowing we were his hostages. But she didn't deserve that, I was trying to stun her, I.. should have found a better way. I... see. All I asked her...was to tell me what she was doing. She wouldn't tell me a thing...then when I tried to stop her...she attacked... * Satoshi very much does not look at Haruko, either. He seems to be not focusing on anything in particular. * Taki finds her hands to be quite interesting at the moment. * Kaede presses his fingers up against the wall, using it as a secondary source of support. * Haruko nods, and then sighs, and then looks up again. "It's my fault Kaede, even if I had my calculations right, I should have just drawn her off, let you join up with Kyon immediately and keep Ryuji and Eriko safe." ( Note Kaede doesn't mention how he tried to stop her :P ) * Katie licks her lips, then looks down at her lap. "I've just been gone so long. It felt like forever... I guess I wouldn't know." (He tried to stop her by grabbing her first. @_@) (Eh, it's kind of like how nobody mentioned that Tairan is the real reason Jinx died. :P) (He was?) (He was. Read the log closely.) (Man, I need to reread that session.) (And yes, he was. But Millie wasn't there. She still blames Tairan from what she heard regardless.) No, it was just my fault, I was so afraid for Ryuji, afraid Miho was Shingo's weapon, afraid to see another of my friends hurt.. I crossed the line. And yet you still blame me for something obviously... ...I think we should start back at the begining...or at least a few days ago. Starting in the middle is only going to make it more confusing. * Haruko looks up at Kaede and speaks in a slightly puzzled expression. "Why do you say that?" * Kaede lets out a long deep breath and raises his hand back up. "Nevermind. The point is it was done. There's no cause in dwelling on it. I can't change it." * Kaede looks down at the floor and replies in a much softer tone. "...but I never meant for it to happen..." * Haruko sighs. "I wanted to slap you because you wouldn't listen... I guess you were right not to. Would you like me to apologize again?" What does it matter, Haruko-san? Where do apologies get you? I've tried to apologize. It still doesn't change the pain, doesn't change what happened. If you want to apologize, try apologizing to Miho. See if she accepts it. * Haruko comments levelly. "I intend to, as I intend to finish healing her." * Haruko then looks down again for a moment and sighs and then looks up at Katie. "I'm sorry to burden you with my troubles, you don't need this now." So...you want to slap me for trying to assess the situation and find out what's going on first rather than charge in and slam the first person I see simply because I'm told to... Did I summarize that right? * Katie keeps playing with the sheet. She sighs. "No, I think I do." Since no one would let me know what exactly was going on, what was I to think? Honestly... * Haruko looks down and then looks over to Kaede. "I knew then that Ryuji was walking into an ambush set my Shingo, one meant to kill him. If you can't trust my judgment fine, maybe my judgment doesn't deserve to be trusted, but there won't always be time to explain." ( Haruko lays claim to Satoshi. ) * Taki blinkblinks at Haruko, "Could you maybe start from the begining? I know you got kidnaped at some point during this, but it's making less and less sense..." (She can't have me!) * Katie interrupts with, "Does anyone have pencils and paper? I'm sorry, but I've been stuck in here for so long with nothing to do. You can keep explaining." (Does she even *want* me? I don't have a car or a cool bike, and I'm ugly. ;p) (Any you don't like riding bikes.) (She wants Ryuji, but you people wouldn't let her get to him with all your questions. :P) I've got some. It's just lined notebook paper though. * Katie smiles at Taki. "Better than nothing." I've got a couple of pencils. * Haruko closes her eyes for a moment before continuing. "Shingo, Tenjirou, and Miho managed to capture me, I don't even remember how it happened, but I woke up tied up in a room with Eriko, but she was unconcious." * Kaede scowls at Haruko. "HE knew he was walking into an ambush. But how was I supposed to know Miho would be part of it?!? Even if she were, was your life really that much in danger that you'd prefer me to attack someone who may be innocent without question?" * Kaede growls out. "I don't have time for this." He limps out of the hospital room. * Taki gives Katie a grin and then starts diggin in her backback. She eventual comes up with a spiral binder and shuffles it to a blank page. She holds it out to Katie and then...stops as Kaede walks off. * Katie blinks as Kaede limps out. "No, wait-" She sighs. Kaede... never mind. * Satoshi busies himself with fetching pencils. * Haruko just glares at Kaede for a moment. "You think I would tell you to attack an innocent without reason!? You think I'd have told you to do that if I knew what it.. Fine. Leave. I was wrong, you don't trust me and that's alright." * Katie winces. * Taki blinks several times and then lets her hand fall onto Katies bed. * Satoshi sighs and retrieves a pencil. * Katie takes the paper and pencils. "At the seams. Thanks. Where's Kyon?" * Satoshi shakes his head. "I have no idea. Haven't seen him since yesterday." * Haruko slumps down a bit and looks over to the group and speaks in as level of a tone as she can manage. "We were the bait in a trap for Ryuji. Tenjirou got to keep Eriko and me afterwards, that was his part of the deal." Didn't he go with you? * Katie 's eyes widen a little at that, then she frowns and busies herself with a sketch. If Kyon... never mind. Someone get Kaede back here. I need to talk to you guys. Shingo was sure he could beat Ryuji, I thought it might be because of Miho, turns out it was because he had a gun. Miho just joined them because she really liked the band, she was sent after me when I escaped, ::Haruko's voice falters:: It was never about m life, I was fine. I'll get him. * Haruko plops down to the floor. * Satoshi stands up and heads out to the hallway, to seek Kaede. * Taki nods at Satoshi, "good luck." * Katie away from the sketch to Haruko for a moment, but doesn't say anything. Back to work. * Haruko looks up to Katie. "I assume you need me, if not, I want to go find Ryuji." It'll be really quick. The others can fill me in on everything else, right? * Katie flips the page and starts another one. She's working really fast. * Haruko nods and speaks in a soft tone. "Thanks." * Taki shakes her head, "I wasn't there, so I'm kinda fuzzy on what actualy happened." [There's a light rain outside the window.] * Kyon stalks through the open door, with his bag over one shoulder. He looks around the room, snorts, and leans back against the wall next to the door, dropping his bag. * Katie doesn't look up. She does sound just a little amused, though, when she says, "" Kyon showed up and.. well, hi Kyon, he can tell you the rest. Anyways, despite everything I tried, Ryuji was still shot three times. I couldn't help him, I just hurt Miho. * Taki turns as Kyon enters, "There you are." * Kyon smirks. "" He nods to the others quickly. "Student council business to take care of. Can't skip two days in a row." I bet you can't. * Katie finishes and flips that page, starting a new one. * Haruko closes her eyes and doesn't open them for a while. * Taki looks at Katie for a second when she hears the page turning, but doesn't quite manage to see what was on it. * Kyon looks sidewise off towards Haruko. "Didn't show up until it was over. Wasn't time for it to end differently." Did you tell her you're sorry, Haruko? Maybe if I just drew off Miho and let Kaede go in immediately... we'd have taken less time, he might have madee the difference. * Haruko nods. "She was in a coma then though." Then tell her again. It's all you can do, right? * Haruko nods. * Satoshi walks back into the room. Presumably there is a Kaede coming after him eventually. * Taki nods as well. * Haruko still hasn't openned her eyes. * Taki looks at Satoshi, "Did you find him?" * Katie turns her attention up to give Satoshi a questioning look. He's coming. * Kyon smirks. "He wandered off and stuck to you the way he wanted. Not your fault." Okay. Kyon? * Kaede walks in slowly after and takes a long sigh as he enters the room, trying to hide his limp. "This better be good..." * Haruko opens her eyes. "I hope to do better next time." * Kyon looks sidewise towards Katie. Well, towards Katie. He tries not to look at her directly, biting his lip for a fraction of a second before saying, "Yeah?" * Haruko looks up at Katie from the floor. Welcome back, Kaede. * Kaede snorts in reply to Katie. * Satoshi blinks at Kyon. "Oh, afternoon, Kyon." He walks over to his chair and sits. * Taki blinks at Kyon and then waves to Kaede. * Kyon waves tersely at Satoshi. * Katie turns her attention to Kyon. She looks at him for a long moment before saying, "I want to learn how to fight. When I get better, can you teach me?" So I see the rampant Arcana found his way back. * Kaede folds his arms over his chest and closes his eyes. (Does he really mean rampant? @_@) * Taki then turns her chair so she doen't have to twist as far everytime she wants to pay attention to somebody who isn't Katie. (Rampant? Or errant?) * Kyon hesitates for a second, then nods quickly. "Not like your kendo captain, though. Style's different." It's okay. I didn't go to many lessons, and I don't think I can carry a sword all over the place. (He could mean either ^^;) * Taki shivers a bit, "Just...don't do knives..." * Haruko winces at the mention of the Kendo captain. * Katie flicks her eyes to Taki, then looks back at the sketches. "Anyway..." * Kaede keeps his eyes closed. "So you're willing to fight back, Katie Andrews?" * Kyon nods again, and doesn't bother to respond to Kaede. "Be surprised what you can get away with concealed." * Haruko slumps again as Kaede interrupts. * Katie opens her mouth to start, then pauses and changes what she was going to say. "Yeah. At this point, I am." * Kaede opens his eyes halfmast and finally looks at Katie. "Are you willing to accept the possible consequences though?" [Rain outside picks up a bit, drops are getting bigger and more frequent.] * Katie almost seems to look through Kaede. "Are you?" * Taki looks down at the scars on her left hand. * Kaede looks off to the side, not wanting to meet her gaze. "Why not? It's not like I haven't taken responsibility before..." There you go. * Katie looks over the others. "She took my place, didn't she?" * Haruko nods. * Kyon nods tersely. "Yeah." * Taki nods twice, "I'm sorry...I noticed...and I didn't...and..." Yes. Taki, just answer the question. * Satoshi gives Taki an odd look. "You knew?" * Katie flips the notebook back to the first sketch. "And she did a good job, too, if you didn't notice." She blinks at Taki. * Kaede slowly walks over towards Remi, completely silent. No...I didn't know...I thought...but...I thought it was the real Katie having trouble dealing with everything that was happening...but she wasn't acting like herself...but I thought she was.. * Taki rubs her face, "I don't know what I think half the time anyway." Taki. Stop. * Taki blinks and does so. * Haruko nods. "She was meaner than you, even on a bad day. And gave terrible advice, although I didn't realize it at the time." That could have been an influence though just as easily. * Kaede stops at Remi's bedside and looks her over with a calm face. * Katie nods. "She said she was going to show everyone what a bitch I am." She frowns for a moment. * Kyon shakes his head bemusedly. "Hard to do that when you're not yourself." You arn't though... I only had one experience where she insulted me. The rest...well... I don't know. It doesn't matter. She's not me, but she did a good job pretending to be me. * Satoshi keeps quiet. * Haruko looks up at Katie. "Do you have anyone bitter at you from before, aside from Taro?" Her voice sounds rather off as she say taht last bit. * Kaede shrugs and lets out a breath. "It does matter." I don't think so. But who needs a reason to be enemies anymore? [Rain's back to a light downpour.] * Katie looks out the window at that. "I was... walking to school. It was a Monday, I think. I don't remember too well. But she talked to me from across the street, in a whisper." * Haruko sits and quietly listens. After we went to the reversed world? * Taki blinks. She led me to the hotel, and said it was like a tower, but- no, it doesn't matter what she said. It's probably lies, anyway. And yeah, Kaede. * Satoshi listens intently. * Kaede closes his eyes and looks blank. "Like I said. The party." * Satoshi blinks. "That... that would make sense." * Kyon shrugs quickly. "The drug party the last big thing you remember, then?" She wasn't there, Kyon. * Haruko blinks. "Does that mean that I didn't borrow your tape recorder, I borrowed hers?" I remember telling everyone I couldn't go. I spent that night working on homework. * Katie looks over at Haruko and shrugs. "I had my recorder with me when... I recorded things while I was locked up." * Satoshi nods. "She did." Yes...about that. * Kaede opens his eyes, back facing Katie. "Why do you have a will, Katherine Andrews?" * Haruko nods. "Wonder if fingerprints would help... probably not." * Katie winces. "Can you tell me I have no desire to live *after* I finish?" * Kyon looks over at Kaede sidewise. "Because it's sensible?" * Taki glares at Kaede. * Haruko quiets down again. Sensible? At this age? It means she expects to die. Age doesn't matter anymore. Not for us. * Satoshi would look surprised, except he heard the tape recording. Instead he looks down at his lap. Even more so at the "age doesn't matter" comment. * Kyon shakes his head bemusedly. "It means she's being realistic." * Kaede closes his eyes. "Screw your realism, Kyon." * Katie drops the notebook onto her lap. "Anyway. She led me through some of the hotel. Fed me some stuff about Arcana. And... I fell for it. I looked into the closet at the wrong time, she cut my throat, taunted me, shoved me in, and locked me there." I think she wanted me to die there. * Remi speaks up. "He's right. We're not going to live." Good morning, Remi. * Haruko winces. "That's horrible." * Kaede looks down at Remi. * Satoshi looks up at Katie and just stares at her. His eyes are wide, and he looks like he wants to say something, but the words just aren't there. Well, I wasn't planning on imortality anyway. * Taki gives Remi a weak wave. * Kyon doesn't change his bemused expression as he keeps looking at Kaede. He looks at Katie more directly for a second, and then over to Remi. * Remi is crying without noticing. * Kaede looks down again and speaks softly. "Remi.." * Haruko stays quiet for a few seconds, and then turns around to Remi, but keeps quiet, she then sighs and looks back to Katie. * Satoshi glances briefly at Remi. Still no words. * Remi doesn't look back. Her eyes are fixated on her giant mitten. * Katie looks at Remi. She blinks, tearing up a little, but keeps going. "You found me, though. I'm not dead, and I don't know why, but you can tell me later. The other thing was... was I had some memories last night. The last Page of Swords didn't die from the bomb." You saw something from your previous life? * Katie nods. "A few." * Taki looks at Katie when she starts speaking. * Haruko doesn't say anything, she just watches Katie intently. My- her name was Mikari. Her father was mad at her, because she liked girls. She... * Kyon looks at Katie sidewise, keeping his face cool. * Kaede has his back to Katie as he looks at Remi. It's not certain whether he's listening or not. * Taki blinks a few times, blushes, and looks away from Katie, and twords a nice blank wall. (Harbor hopes, Taki. ^^) * Haruko glances at Taki for a moment and then blinks. And waits a few seconds, and then blinks again. * Haruko then turns her attention back to Katie. * Satoshi notices Taki's reaction and looks very confused. * Katie furrows her brow. "She was promised to a teacher, I think, to cover it up. In another, I saw a woman she was in love with. At least, I think she was in love with her." She flips the pages, to a picture with a reasonably attractive young woman, in a kimono, with her hair done in chopsticks. It's a fast sketch, so not that good, but it gets the point across. She turns it so everyone else can see. * Haruko looks closely at it, trying to remember the face. * Taki looks at the picture as her face slowly returns to it's normal color. She also watched her die to Death. She looked like Saki. Just like Saki. * Satoshi looks at the sketch. * Haruko nods at that, she doesn't seem surprised. * Kyon takes a look at the picture offhandedly, taking it in quickly. "Been around a long time. Said so herself." Well, she was the same person... * Katie shrugs. "And then Death killed her." * Satoshi winces. In another one, I saw Hideo and Isao talking. I don't know what Mikari was doing there; I don't think she was supposed to be there, but she was watching anyway. * Satoshi starts. "Hideo? Me? What was he saying?" * Haruko tilts her head at Isao's name. * Taki blinks and looks between Satoshi and Katie. * Katie doesn't answer just yet, flipping pages and coming to Satoshi. Well, if Satoshi were thirty, with an unbroken nose, and a bouler hat. She turns it so people can see. "And yeah, my memory and what Winston said go together. He's Judgement." He was trying to convince the Queen of Cups to kill Saki. * Satoshi pales. "That... that really *is* me." If we believe dreams. * Kaede keeps looking at Remi. * Haruko looks down. "Did he, did I, agree?" * Taki looks at the picture, "I guess he did know something after all." * Katie looks at Satoshi. "If my dream's right, he was nothing like you." * Remi keeps looking at her hand. Shingo had one too, remember though... No. Isao wanted to save her, even though she was slaughtering people. It sounded like the Council did something to hurt her in some way, but I couldn't get more of why she was doing it than that. I don't think he *could* be like me. He wanted Haruko... no, this other person, to kill Saki? Because she was Death? * Kaede looks at the hand and blinks. "...Remi, what happened?" * Katie winces. "Because she was killing people. All kinds." Why? I don't know. (Kaede only just now realizes Remi is in the hospital for a reason >.>) * Haruko nods and looks troubled. "I wonder what I would have said." * Taki winces on that one. * Kyon looks off out the window. "Maybe that's just what she was. Not everyone is reasonable." Yeah. Not everyone is. I think there was more, but... I can barely feel it... I thought it was gone. * Haruko then looks up at Katie and speaks softly. "I'd like it if you could draw me a picture of Isao sometime. I'd pay for it." But can't Death be change? Not just actual death? Hideo was going to Judge her. Isao told him not to, and he said that if Isao didn't face her, he would. I woke up. (Yes. He was down to ONE HP. Try maintaining conscious coherent thought when you're like that. ;P) * Katie looks down, flips a page, and rips it out. She holds it out to Haruko. * Satoshi looks down. "I wonder if he went through with it." (Especially when you pass out before noticing) Gone... * Taki shrugs, "Something happened to her..." * Haruko stands up and takes it with a very grateful express. She bows quickly. "Thank you." Yeah, well. I like the Saki now more than the Saki before, who happily tore my- Mikari's girlfriend's heart out and then crushed it because she seemed to think it was funny. * Satoshi pales again. "That... that's beyond horrible..." * Taki pales, "...ugh." And whatever Hideo did... doesn't appear to have stopped her. If he did anything. * Haruko then looks over to Remi, she doesn't seem to pay much attention to the last thing Katie said. "They.. good. It will need some time to set, but then I'll heal you, I don't know how much I can do, but you should get out of here faster." I don't...Want to think about that. I don't know how Judging works, or even what it really does. Other than the shadows I saw... ( "Well, time to go stop Saki." "Hey Hideo, we're gonna go play Bridge, wanna come?" "Cool, I'm in." ) * Katie flops back, looking at the notebook. "I don't know. Maybe he did it after she died." (In fairness, bridge is a lot of fun.) I don't *want* to know. But I have the feeling that sooner or later, I'm going to find out. * Kyon looks sidewise at Satoshi. "Knowing could help you figure out what to do if it happens again." * Haruko looks down at the picture in her hands and then back at Katie. "Is that all you remember?" Yeah. Well...I don't think you can be blamed for what he did...You're ...someone else now. Saki is different too. * Satoshi rests his chin on his hands. * Kaede closes his eyes. "Does it really matter what you were? I mean...it's useful to know, but it doesn't really define you..." * Haruko walks over to Katie's bed and very gently puts her hand on her shoulder. "You keep getting better, I've missed you." * Haruko then starts to head out the door. Sure. Say hi to Ryuji for me, Haruko. * Haruko nods and smiles. "I will." * Haruko then goes to do just that. * Taki sighs. [The rain outside lets up.] * Katie brings one hand to rub at her eyes, glances at the wetness there, then wipes it on her sheets and picks up the notebook again, along with the pencil. * Satoshi watches Haruko go. He seems rather listless now. * Katie starts a new sketch. "Where's Chikako?" * Taki looks blank for a few seconds... "...Did anybody tell her?" I haven't seen her since we found out... dammit. * Taki looks at Kyon. She's Chikako. She'd know. I'm just... surprised I haven't seen her, I guess. * Katie keeps the disappointment out of her voice. Mostly. * Kyon looks back to Katie sidewise. "Taking care of the paper. Some big article tomorrow. An expose." On? * Kyon shrugs quickly. "Wanted it to be a surprise." It must be big one. * Kyon looks off downwards with a hint of a smile. "Just how she is with the news." * Katie glances up to catch that, snickers a little, wipes at her eyes again, and goes back to doodling. I guess that makes sense. * Kyon suppresses the smile, his face cool again. "Everyone needs a passion." * Kaede just stares at Remi in silence. Real smooth talker here. * Taki nods, "I'll bet she comes tomarrow to make her usual hand deliverys." (Argh, my mind went bad places on that.) (...) (...) (...) (Heh, decapitation jokes.) (...I didn't mean it that way Remi...realy. I'm sorry) ... * Kyon smirks. "Yeah, maybe. Not like you can go get it on your own, right? Not going anywhere." * Kaede looks down and almost whispers, but loud enough for her to hear. "I'm sorry, Remi..." We should kill them. That would solve the problem. * Kyon looks over at Remi, still smirking. "Straightforward way of thinking." * Kaede looks down, tensing and releasing his fists. * Taki rubs her forehead, "No...just Tenjirou." He's not dead already? What happened to Tenjirou, anyhow? And Senshiro? I wasn't very aware of anything after that fight ended. * Remi clenches her un-cut hand. * Haruko is probably the one most likely to know. But she's not there, so deal. :P Uhm...we'd have to ask Haruko...'cause I don't think Kaede remembers either. And I wasn't there...and Kyon.. * Taki turns to him, "Where did you go anyway?" If she rescued either of them, there'll be hell to pay. * Kyon looks back out the window. "You're not the only injured allies to look over. Got one of my own at home. Needed to take care of that." If she rescued them... I'll kill her. Who? Kyoko. ...I *really* don't think Haruko would have saved Tenjirou. * Kyon smirks. "Not the best, but she needs the help. As always." * Taki thinks, opens her mouth, and then closes it again to nod. * Katie looks up at him. "Where did you find her?" ( Bah, you can nod with your mouth open. ) (yes, but Taki didn't feel like it) Who cares where Kyon went? Where he goes is his business. We can take care of ourselves. * Kyon rolls his formerly injured shoulder. "In the drug dealing model's basement. She was keeping her down there." (I honestly can't remember if someone told Satoshi that or not.) * Kaede lets out a long deep sigh. * Taki shivers. Drug dealing... Ayako? So Saki was right? Huh. * Kyon smirks towards Kaede. "Doing a bang-up job of it, too." * Kyon turns back to Katie. "Went and got her out with the biker girl, yeah." Yes, just like that hole in your shoulder? * Katie sighs and turns her attention back to her sketch. "This isn't working." (Off screen Haruko appears on Kyon's shoulder and does cheers for his snark. ) * Kaede turns around. "Don't think I didn't notice you favoring it. What did you do to it?" What isn't? * Satoshi sighs, too. "I'll say." * Kyon shakes his head bemusedly. "Local neighborhood healer. Not that she's here at the moment." * Remi mumbles bitterly. "Maybe it got cut off and reattached." * Kaede blinks and looks back at Remi. * Taki gives Remi an odd look...and then stares at her mitten, and then looks away. (Oh, but killing Haruko doesn't get an odd look? ^_~) (No, maiming Haruko gets thanks if she healed Tenjirou :P) (Nope. We try it every day. ) (* Haruko goes watery and slips under a door. "Gonna take more than that.") (*Kaede invests in a flamethrower) (* Kaede electrifies a wrench and just sticks it in the puddle. :P) I don't know what happened while I was gone. I don't know what she did, or even if it's her fault, but this isn't working. You can barely stand each other. What are you talking about? * Taki lets out a long sigh, "You're right..." What do you *mean* what am I talking about? Not two seconds walking through that door, you guys are arguing. * Kaede shrugs. "Ask her then." * Katie rolls her eyes. (See, now you're just channeling Kyon. ;p) It isn't as if you enjoy putting up with her either, Katie Andrews. And she *yells* at me for not striking Miho down right away... * Satoshi just puts a hand to his forehead. You should have killed her. What would that have accomplished? * Katie seems ready to respond to Kaede, then blinks. She looks at Remi. "What?" She'd be dead. And that helps us how? * Taki rubs her head. She wasn't a threat. I don't...kill people who aren't threats... If she was dead, maybe the other one wouldn't have gotten away, and maybe he wouldn't have kidnapped me, and maybe I would have lost my damn hand. ... ...so it's my fault. ... No, it's not. Who am I kidding? It's my fault anyways...the only reason they try to go after you is they know it's a way to get at me. * Kaede tsshes again and folds his arms, walking very slowly and carefully away. It's not your fault they're freaking nutcases. It gives them an excuse. I...I really should have killed Tenjirou that first chance... * Taki sighs again and stands up. * Katie watches him walk. "You're not a killer, Kaede." I--I really wish I could believe that... Kaede...Tenjirou...and all the others...don't exists just to make you angry. But...what else were Arcana created for then? (Except for me! ^_^_v) (*shoots Kyon in the forehead*) Good question. But since when did you let cards decide what you were going to do? ( Go Kyon! * Haruko then quickly drags his body out of the room to heal him.) * Kaede looks down at his hand slowly as he walks. ...the cards...were the only reason we were able to find you... * Kaede sighs. "I never believed in this Arcana stuff at first...I mean cards and fate. It's all nonsense..but.." * Kyon smirks. "Come around to it?" * Taki looks down at her feet and then back up at Kaede, "Before you go...there's something I need to apologies to you for...I kinda wish Haruko was still here though...I told her I'd explain...but I ... well I'll have to tell the story again later..." (* Taki will never tell this story. :P) (She has twice >.>) (Hmm.. true enough.) * Kaede turns on Kyon and glares. "No, I'm not going to come around to it. This whole thing is STILL nonsense. But people follow it as if it's fucking *gospel*" (It's just that Kate and Katie are having troubles remembering :P) (Not a typo. ^_~) (*cackle*) * Kaede rubs his forehead as he calms down and blinks at Taki. "What's that?" Right...it's about the other Katie ... I met her once before this week started... (You can tell Haruko off screen sometime. She'll nod and act supportive after surpressing her initial surprise. :P) * Kaede 's lips purse together thinly. "When?" * Kyon cocks his head a bit and looks at Taki wordlessly. I've allready told Satoshi this once...and I told Katie yesterday....And it was a month ago...nearly to the day. The night just before we had that big snowball fight. The night before... Go on. * Katie blinks. She's paying total attention to Taki now. * Satoshi has apparently heard this story before, even if his player has all the memory retention of a sieve. * Taki rubs her head, "I had a lot of nightmares that night, but now I know that the very first one actualy happened. You were right Kaede something did happen that night." I got a call from Katie and she asked to meet me at the tower reveresed. * Katie frowns a little, thoughtfully. * Kaede frowns again too. "And you didn't tell me...I knew something was up. Why did you lie?" When I got there she asked me how I felt about Satoshi...I couldn't ... I'm still having trouble fitting words around it, but that's not the story I'm telling. She said...She said that she did like Satoshi. * Katie looks confused for a moment, but nods. * Kaede gets quiet again. * Kaede then speaks up. "Ryo. I asked you about Ryo." * Taki breaks off and turns to Kaede, "Because I managed to convince myself it didn't happen that's why...and...... Argh, there was a second time too. * Satoshi looks away for a second. She's been pretending to be me for a month? Right, right. Ryo...he showes up in a bit. Where was I....Katie likes Satoshi right. Then after she says that she asks me to back off because she can say it...and because Satoshi has the right to make up his own mind and and...and...Then I said she couldn't be real and Mimi showed up and said she wasn't an illusion. * Satoshi fidgets slightly. * Kaede looks over at Katie for a moment and regards her thoughtfully. "That true?" Is what true? I didn't do that. * Kaede frowns. "I'm just wondering...how much of your personality did this other Katie actually get..? * Taki tries to continue, "And this was when Ryo showed up and said we had to join him or he'd keep us in the tower forever. So Ka...the person who lookes like Katie stabbed him with her carving knives." * Katie shakes her head. "You'd know better than I would. I saw her for all of... Okay, I wouldn't shove myself in... there. She *what*?" * Katie is back to staring at Taki. Stabbed him. * Kaede swivels back to Taki. "WHAT?" You mean Ryo's...what the hell? * Taki winces at Kaede, "It gets worse." ... * Kyon shakes his head, and looks off out the window. ( It gets better XD ) * Satoshi sort of avoids looking at anyone. He got mad at us and then this guy in a green suit with a bow and quiver full of swords jumps out...And I wish I was making this up. * Katie blinks. "Right. Okay... I can't believe she- okay." He starts shouting things about not giving up and such...and starts shooting Ryo ...with the swords. Ka ...the other person and I run for the elevator and get in and ride back up... You can see why I thought this had to be a dream... And all the nightmares I had afterwords helped... * Taki sighs and sits down on one of the chairs, "The next time I saw her was a day or so before the hockey game, I was walking to practice and she called to me on the street." * Kaede rubs his head. "You know...before all this happened, I would have had you called away..." * Katie is just sort of staring at Taki. One of her hands is clenching the sheet. * Kyon just keeps looking out the window. "She do anything then?" * Taki ignores the both of them, "She wanted to remind me that the things in the tower had actualy happened...I tried to invite her to watch the game, but she begged off...So I wrote it off to stress, or that time of the month since Katie was being her usual self the rest of the time...I guess the main reason I belived that she was the real one was Mimi...Which is a stupid reason to belive anything..." * Katie takes a breath. "No, I think Mimi's right. She's not an illusion." * Taki sits with her face in her hands and her elbows on her knees. * Kyon nods quickly. "Yeah. Hard to say otherwise now. Not an illusion. An extra." I just wish you would have told me earlier. But... I guess it wouldn't have mattered, right? * Kaede looks over at Kyon. "Like yours?" ...I spent most of the trip to the museum crying on Harukos shoulder about this...and I haven't even told her why yet... * Katie looks out the window. "If Taki told you, it would be my word against hers. And it would break the group, which might be what she wanted anyway." Oh please. As if we'd believe that you'd stab Ryo. * Kyon nods quickly, and his face goes cooler. "Like mine." He looks back at Katie sidewise. "Would you?" * Katie thinks about that. Maybe. * Kaede smiles at Kyon. "Oh, I didn't say she wouldn't think about it. Or perhaps even try. I just doubt that she'd succeed." * Taki rubs at her eyes and mumbles, "I spent an entire morning crying over this, I don't need more." * Kyon smirks. "Enough surprise, you can do anything." * Kaede sighs and looks back at Remi again. "I know it doesn't help but...is there anything I could get you to make you more comfortable? Short of killing someone I mean." * Satoshi sighs. He's been quiet up until now. * Katie laughs, a little. It sounds hollow. She looks down at the notebook again, picking up the pencil and forcing her other hand to relax so she can hold the thing. Maybe another pillow. (But make sure you kill someone to get it!) * Kaede goes out to get another pillow. * Taki doesn't look up as he goes. * Katie does. But she goes back to drawing. * Kyon was already looking up, but he doesn't watch him leave. * Haruko walks back in, she looks a bit more worn. How is he? * Kaede comes back in, carrying a pillow for Remi. He forces himself to smile as he walks over to Remi's bedside. * Taki doesn't look up for either entrance. * Kyon cocks his head, and looks at Haruko sidewise. * Haruko rubs at her side and leans against a wall for a moment. "He's unconscious, but healing, probably best that he gets his sleep for now." She smiles faintly. "I did say hi for you in case he could hear." * Katie nods. "Okay." * Satoshi looks up. "That's good." * Taki nods a tiney bit. * Kyon nods tersely. "Yeah. Good that he's going in the right direction." He bends down, and opens his bag, pulling out a small box before zipping it up and putting the bag up over his shoulder. * Remi finally looks away from her arm long enough to glance at Kaede. She pulls herself up a bit to let him stick the pillow behind her. * Haruko then grimaces for a moment and goes to sit down in a chair, as she does, the pattern of bandages underneath her shirt cause it to wrinkle some. "I'll come back after school tomorrow and keep healing him, once I've finished with our group. Oh Kyon, how's Kyoko, she still need me?" * Kaede does so, making sure it's fluffed before settling it into position. "There." * Remi leans back. "Thank you." You're welcome Hey, Kaede? * Kyon turns the box in his hands. It's about a half square foot, and nicely wrapped. He looks over at Haruko. "Not unless you can heal addiction." * Katie looks up from her sketch to Kyon. "What's that?" Hmm? * Haruko looks down and shakes her head. "I could try, but it won't work unless I've picked up a new power." * Kaede bends down a little near Remi. * Remi looks over at Kaede. "Could you ever..." * Remi drops her gaze back to her hand. Her eyes start tearing up again. "Nevermind." * Kaede blinks and frowns a little. "Ever what?" * Kyon looks at a bit over Katie, and says a bit awkwardly, "Picked you up something on the way back." He steps over to her bed, and lays it next to her hands. "Figured I'd give it to you now, since I should head back home." * Katie blinks at him again, then looks at the box that suddenly appeared on her lap. "Thanks?" * Satoshi blinks at it. Awww. * Remi rolls over as much as she can without hurting herself, and goes nice and silent. * Katie looks back up to Kyon, then down at the box, and starts opening the thing. * Kyon waves a hand dismissively. "No problems." He starts out to the door, waving back over his shoulder. "Be seeing you later." * Kaede just watches her silently, then turns his attention back to the box. * Taki actualy looks up, her eyes are red and puffy, and more than a little damp. Don't you want to stay until I'm done? * Haruko waves at Kyon's back. "Bye Kyon, and thanks." * Haruko then looks curiously at the box. ( It's a bomb! ) (Well, that explains why he's hightailing it out of there.) * Kyon smirks back over his shoulder. "Japanese tradition. Shouldn't be there when they open your presents." Then he heads out of the room. * Satoshi finally notices that Taki has been crying. (Yay, observant!) He slowly reaches out and puts a hand on her shoulder. (*Taki grabs it and teleports) * Katie snickers. "" She goes back to opening. * Satoshi actually chuckles softly. * Kaede just shakes his head. If he finds it amusing, he shows no signs of it. * Taki shudders slightly as he does so, but then leans back and closes her eyes. [In the box is a little UFO catcher plush doll, wearing a black uniform trimmed with grey, and grey boots. It's got black hair cut in spikes along the forehead, and warm grey eyes. It's smirking, too. There's a little tag on the leg: "Limited ed. #2"] [Session End]