[Day: Tuesday, March 25th. Time: 2:50 p.m.] [Weather: Warm. Calm. Sunny.] [Yesterday, you went to Satoshi's apartment to talk, which you did. Chikako was there, too! But you didn't really say anything you hadn't said before anyhow, so no big deal. Today, You all gather at the lockers!] [Action!] (Except that Shingo was dead y/n?) ( Ummm... ) ( I'll let you guys decide whether you went over that or not :P ) (So, what'll it be? ^_~) (If Taki and Haruko made it there I'd say yes, if not Taki would have at least told Kaede) ( Let's say we mentioned and discussed to no avail ) * Haruko meanders down the hallway, she's got a now fairly consistent tired look about her. She's reading an old issue of Spy Gadgets! magazine. [Makoto and Makoto wander down past the lockers, because something needs to happen >.>] * Katie comes walking down the hall, Kaede hopefully at her side. If he isn't, things might get ugly. [They're shortly followed by that one guy who's in love with Taki. Jeez, people.] * Taki hurries down the hall, she isn't as out of breath as she was yesterday, but she's also a bit later. * Haruko eventually gets to the lockers and carefully sits down. She still winces when she actually gets to the ground. * Taki erks quitly as she spots the guy who won't admint he likes her himself and looks around for Satoshi. * Kaede is with Katie, looking around cautiously. * Kyon turns the corner at the end of the hall, and looks down towards the lockers while he talks with someone. He's wearing his baseball uniform today, and is carrying a sports bag with his hat attached to it. * Katie meets Haruko's eyes, then looks back to Taki's, then blinks. "What's wrong?" * Taki meets Katies eyes for a second and glances over at her admirerer, hopefully not making eyecontact. [Nah, he's already going out the door.] * Haruko meets Katie's eyes, and looks at her for an extra second before looking at her bag and blinking. She then shrugs and starts digging through her bag. "Nothing I shouldn't be able to handle." [He's in a hurry to meet Satoshi for a duel to the death. Maybe.] (I bet Satoshi beats him.) (I bet he angsts about it too) ( Little do you know that this guy is actually 4 different tarot cards reversed. ) * Kaede sighs and goes to his locker. "So whatever it is, you're going to try and handle it yourself?" * Katie sighs. She opens her locker and switches books quickly, ending with a closed locker, the right books in her satchel, and a Katie Andrews sliding to the floor, sketchbook in hand. She's looking around. (Nah. He's only 2 reversed, one sideways, and one card on edge.) * Haruko looks over to Taki for a moment. "I.. know it's selfish of me to ask, but, before we found out about Shingo, there wasn't anything there, was there?" * Haruko gets a paper bag out of her backpack. She'd had it out yesterday but didn't do anything with it. * Taki blinks a few times and then shakes her head, "No, not realy. I'm just trying to do too much at once." * Kyon nods quickly to the teammate he was talking with, and stalks down towards the others. * Taki sits down next to Katie and looks around again. * Katie jerks her attention to Kyon and looks him in the eye. * Haruko nods and then holds out the bag towards Katie. "Here's the tape recorder I took off her, I told my parents, I won't need it anymore, if you want it to help find her, it's yours. I'd advise you not touch it til we find a way to finger print it though." * Taki gives Haruko an odd look. * Katie blinks. "Okay? I think the prints are going to end up being mine, though." She takes the bag, wraps it a bit more tightly, and stuffs it in her satchel. * Kyon looks down to his bag for a second, pulling the hat from the straps, then puts the cap on gently as he looks back to Katie. The brim shades his red-brown eyes. * Haruko nods. "There's some powders we could get.. but I don't think it's easy to be sure, unless she has a totally different pattern than you." * Haruko then gets her robe in progress out of her backpack and gets back to work. * Katie shrugs, shifting a little. She opens her pad and starts looking at past sketches. * Kaede slumps against the lockers. He's just kind of worn out and subdued today. Although, it doesn't look like it's the normal exhaustion he's been feeling. * Haruko threads the needle this time by wrapping a small wire around the thread, pushing the wire through the eye of the needle, and then pulling the thread through. Gets in one try. * Taki gives Haruko a small grin and then looks at Satoshi's locker for a few seconds. * Kyon casts a glance at the robe with a smirk. "Don't think a loom would be easier?" 2d6-5 * Diceroshi throws the bones for Katie (2d6-5) and gets 2. * Haruko looks up at Kyon. "Feel free to carry it around for me." She then goes back to work. * Katie starts to turn another page, then pauses and shuts her sketchbook. She stands and looks to the exit. * Taki blinks as Katie stands up and then pushes herself to her feet a few moments later. * Haruko looks down as she works. "I don't think we can get a truce, but I still think I should call Sumire. Maybe we could keep Remi out of it, set some rules, or something. There's a fight going on. * Kaede slumps down a little. "Good luck on keeping Remi out of it." * Haruko slumps for a moment, puts her robe away, and then stands up. * Taki glances around, "...I hope that isn't where Satoshi is." * Kaede then looks at Katie, then to where she's looking. "There's what?" * Katie frowns a little. "Well... a lot of shouting." She closes her eyes for a moment. "Off campus. I want to look." * Haruko gets slowly walking in the direction Katie is looking. "Well.. at least on their end." * Taki starts to walk twords the doors, "Right." * Katie glances at the others, then hurries after Taki. [You get outside only to see some new girl yell, "Drop dead!" at Satoshi. And he does, just like that! That'll teach him to skip my game.] [Just kidding.] (?!) (I was about to ask if I could switch to the other char sheet :P) * Kyon watches the others head off, then shakes his head irritatedly and stalks down after the others. * Haruko is quickly passed by Katie and Taki, she's not moving all that quick. * Kaede goes quickly after Taki then, shrugging to Kyon. ( Nah. I've already planned Satoshi's death. He'll stick his hand in a toaster. ) (BZZap!) (Jin moved it there) (See? This is why he sould let Taki do most of the cooking and Kaede the rest :P) (Jin stuck Satoshi's hand in a toaster?) (Yeah, 'cause he's evil like that. Didn't you know?) * Haruko digs out her water bottle as she walks. [And so, out you go! By the time you get halfway across the courtyard, you can head the shouting quite easily, although it seems to mostly be being done by one girl.] * Katie rubs at one of her ears, but doesn't seem that put out. * Taki follows the shouting to the girl. * Kyon stops about halfway across the courtyard and rocks back on his heels, trying to see what else is going on. * Haruko opens her waterbottle as she keeps the slow pace. She'll not be there for a bit, so she tries to listen to what's being shouted. [And when you get outside and see who it actually is, it's easy to see why. There's three people near the Ramen stand. The first said girl: she's short haired, short tempered and just plain short. Kind of pretty in a tomboyish way, but nothing spectacular. She's wearing a Shunyo High uniform, along with her timid friend nearby, who you quite clearly recognize as Fuyuko Kageri. And that makes the third person, of course, Yushiro.] * Haruko scowls. "Damn it... I need Satoshi..." * Katie stops in her tracks. Her eyes go wide, and she watches. * Kyon cocks his head, and tries to recognize who the hell these people are. * Kaede stops too. His expression is rather difficult to read. * Taki slows down and finaly comes to a stop, she then looks over her shoulder at the others. * Haruko walks over to Kyon. "That's Yushiro and his sister, I don't know the sort one.. I didn't call Arisu in time... damn it... what do we do?" [The noisy girl points to a cup of spilled ramen on the ground. "How could you do that?! I haven't even eaten any yet!"] [Ramenguy is being very unhelpful. But he's trying, so you can't blame him.] [Yushiro shoves his hands in his pockets. "I've told you before. You are not permitted to be friends with my sister."] * Haruko says softly. "Katie, tape this, we might be able to catch him in something." * Taki rubs her face. ["Who are you to give permission?"] * Haruko gets out her camera phone with her free hand. [Yushiro grabs Fuyuko's arm. "Come. We're leaving." Fuyuko gives the girl an apologetic look, but she goes with Yushiro of her own free will.] * Kaede grits his teeth and curses, watching where Yushiro's going. * Katie moves her hand to her pocket, then stops as he heads off. She shakes her head. * Haruko sighs and starts trudging towards the girl. * ShunyoGirl watches them leave, and kicks the ground. "Grr." She yells after him, "You jerk! I hope you choke on your hair in your sleep!" * Katie smiles a little at that. * Taki rubs her face again and waits for Haruko to catch up. * Haruko eventually passes the group and starts dialing Arisu's number as she walks. * Kaede walks forward nearer to the stand, tsshing and pushing his glasses up his nose. "Not permitted...what's up with that?" He's obsessive and an ass. That about covers it. ...I'd say we should go follow him, but he's probibly smart enough to not try anything where anybody could see. * Haruko covers her mouthpiece for a moment. "No, that's not it... He's also he's going down." * ShunyoGirl grumbles. * Kaede rubs the bridge of his nose. "Would following him do any good anyhow?" No. If he tried something...could also find out where he lives, but it's probibly too late now anyway. * Haruko then speaks into her phone. "Hi Arisu! It's Haruko Kinsha, there's a bully at our school that may be responsible for at least one beating of a student and may be planning more if he's not stopped. Call me." She then gives her number. * Katie looks at the girl from Shunyo, hesitates a moment, then approaches carefully. "Hello?" What does it matter where he lives? * Kaede watches Katie. * ShunyoGirl turns, and blinks at Katie. Blink Blink. * Kyon shrugs quickly, and strides over towards the girl behind Katie. He nods at the ground. "What was that?" * Katie blinks back. She gives a slight smile and waves? Hiya! Don't I know you? * Haruko walks up to the girl and bows. "Way to stand up to that jerk. My name's Haruko Kinsha, I'd be happy to make your acquantence." * Kaede tilts his head to the side. "Know her?" * Kaede 's watching the girl very closely now. * Taki grins at the back of Katies head, but doesn't come any closer, don't want to crowd the poor girl. * Katie blinks, then shakes her head. "No, but I've met Fuyuko and Yushiro before, so..." * ShunyoGirl tilts her head. "You sure? You look familiar." She shakes her head. "Oh well! I'm Izumi Motobuchi." * ShunyoGirl is now known as Izumi * Kaede keeps watching the girl closely, keeping one eye on Katie. "Well, where do you think you remember her from?" (You probibly met her evil twin, don't worry, you get used to it eventualy...or go stark raving nuts.) * Katie looks momentarily confused, glancing at Kaede and Izumi in turn. Thought you went to our school. Case of mistaken identity, I guess. * Haruko shrugs and leaves the talking to Katie, she trudges over to Kyon and speaks quietly. "What do we do? I think he's indirectly attacked our group twice, some friend of this girls may be next, we've got to stop that, stop him." * Katie nods. "I guess... it could happen." Her eyes widen for a brief moment, then she settles down. "Do you know who she is?" * Taki takes Haruko's place next to Katie and bows slightly to Izumi. Not really. I've just seen you around school. Or, thought I did. You know what I mean. I see. * Taki nods. * Kaede glances at Izumi for a while straight in the eye, before pulling back and adjusting his glasses. "Of course. It's easy to make that mistake." H elooks at Katie. * Kyon tugs the cap down lower on his head. "What do you mean, indirectly attacked?" * Katie mulls that over for a moment. She looks back at Kaede, then to Izumi and holds out her hand. "I'm Katie Andrews. It's nice to meet anyone else who thinks Yushiro should strangle by his own hair." * Izumi shakes Katie's hand. "Tell me about it. Ooooh, that guy makes me so mad. He keeps showing up and telling me I shouldn't be friends with Fuyuko. Like it's any of his business!" * Haruko keeps speaking softly. "Nanami and my Friend Maki were both beaten up by an Arcana, and both had their memory erased. There's a lot of circumstancial evidencee pointing at him, but no proof." * Taki grins, "I second that, and I'm Taki Shimiru, it's nice to meet you." He thinks it is. We met him when we stopped some kids from beating Fuyuko up, but he told us we shouldn't have. * Katie rolls her eyes. * Kaede looks at Izumi. "Has Fuyuko talked about him at all?" * Haruko cocks an ear to the discussion with Izumi, but keeps her eyes on Kyon. Huh? Not really... She kinda doesn't say much. You know? I don't think she really even wants to be my friend.... But that won't stop me from trying! * Haruko smiles a little at that, then resumes her scowl. She needs one, but her brother is scary sometimes. * Kyon shrugs quickly. "Can talk with him tomorrow about it. No idea where he's gone from here, and I've got practice. No time to track him now." Aw, he doesn't scare me. * Kaede tilts his head to the side. "Why do you want to be her friend then?" * Izumi flexes. "I'd show him if he tried anything." Then she laughs. "But he goes to this school anyhow. Can't stop me!" ( Ever since that one time he walked into a tree because he couldn't see through his hair, I haven't been able to take him seriously.) * Haruko nods. "I'd appreciate that. I've called Arisu to get some help gathering evidence, and if we're lucky, it'll stop with the bowl. But hopefully he's not going to do anything more today." (HA. I can see it happening.) (hehe) * Izumi tilts her head at Kaede. "I dunno! Seems like she's always alone, though. Can't have that." * Katie smiles, faintly, and folds her arms. "That's nice of you." * Kaede just keeps his head tilted, regarding her curiously. "Why not?" It is. * Haruko briefly smiles again at that. * Kyon nods tersely, and steps more towards Izumi. * Izumi shrugs. "I dunno... I guess I feel sorry for her." She eyes Kaede. "That's a very weird question to ask." Is it? * Haruko walks after Kyon, rejoining the group a bit after he gets there, * Izumi looks to Katie. "Is he always like this?" Don't mind Kaede, he's a bit antisocial. * Haruko then whispers. "Kyon's going to talk to Yushiro tomorrow, I've left a message for Arisu to get help gathering evidence. I still think we should warn her that her friends may be in danger." * Kaede blinks and looks from Katie to Izumi in confusion. Then to Taki in...well, don't know what. But at least it doesn't look irritated. * Katie shrugs a little. "He was kinda lonely for a long time, too. Only without the scary brother." * Kyon smirks. "Because he is the scary brother." * Kaede narrows his eyes at Kyon. "That's not funny." * Izumi blinks at Kaede, then at Kyon. "... Um... Wow." Although as far as I know he's never been that bad. * Kyon shrugs dismissively. "Wasn't really worth a wow." * Izumi grabs Katie and whispers something in her ear. * Katie yelps as she's grabbed, and stiffens, but doesn't quite pull away. * Taki starts at Katie is grabbed and watches the both of them carefully. * Katie blinks, then snickers despite herself. She whispers back. (Don't be afraid. She's just out to kill you.) * Taki relaxes when Katie laughs. * Izumi whispers back, too! * Kaede watches the display with a wary eye. * Katie eyes her for a moment, then whispers. * Haruko watches Katie and Izumi with a pleased, if slightly impatient expression. She then shrugs and whispers over to Kyon. "Should I tell her that her friends may be in danger, or wait on it?" * Izumi whispers more! * Kyon watches the whispering for a few moments, then looks over to the ramen stand without answering Haruko. "Can I get a tanuki ramen?" * Taki shakes her head and glances back at the school. Ramenguy: "Okay, every-bo-dy! (even though it's just Kyon ordering). I get-a you the ramen!" And he goes about preparing it. * Katie keeps up the whispery conversation. She's more amused now, though. Too bad none of you have her hearing. * Haruko keeps the expression but folds her arms. ( Ramen guy kills a raccoon, and puts the body in a bowl of noodles and water. ) (some have the power of log reading :P) (Nooo! That's not what I meant! ;_;) * Izumi raises an eyebrow. She whispers a reply. * Kaede sighs and folds his arms over his chest. "If you're just going to stand here talking about us all day without letting us in on the secret, I might as well go home." * Haruko doesn't react to that at all. She keeps her eyes on Kyon for the moment. * Kyon turns back to Haruko and smirks. "Take the hint, and wait. No point now." He steps into the stand area and drops his bag. * Taki loooks over at Kaede, ...and realizes that she's at a loss for words. * Katie breaks the conversation and looks at Kaede. "Don't go." * Haruko blushes slightly and switches to a chagrinned expression and unfolds her arms. She then slowly sits down and gets back to work on her robe. * Izumi grins, rubbing her palms. She pulls away from Katie. * Katie eyes Izumi, then shakes her head. No? So you can make fun of me some more? No thank you. I get enough of that from my sister... * Kaede droops his head. "Or used to." What are you talking about Kaede? That had nothing to do with you. There's no telling if they were talking about you, there are so many other targets. Like the one who just left. Well, obviously it has something to do with something you don't want us to know. So whether or not it's about me, it affects me. And it's irritating. (::eyes his char:: When did you get your original personality back and why wasn't I informed in advance?) Wow. That's self-centered. * Katie rubs at her forehead. * Kyon takes a seat at the stand and waits for his bowl of ramen. He shakes his head bemusedly. * Haruko frowns as she restitches something. She gets out the directions again. She occassionally glances up at Izumi, but otherwise seems to be tuning out the current covnersation. [Ramenguy gets Kyon some ramen!] * Kaede blinks as he watches Izumi. "No. Self-centered is whispering when it's unnecessary. I'm going to go. I have work to do." It kind of was, Kaede. But it wasn't about you, and I have one more thing to say. * Taki looks at Katie. * Kaede starts to go but stops, pushing up his glasses. "Hmm?" * Izumi shakes her head. "Ok, see ya. Whoever you are." * Katie leans over and whispers a last bunch of words to Izumi. "Okay. I'm done now." * Haruko smiles slightly as she reareads the directions and repeats her stitch. She comments softly, "That's better." * Kyon grabs some chopsticks, cracks them apart, and starts eating the noodles. * Izumi stares at Katie. "Well that isn't very... Ah, forget it. You Sakuragaoka students are all mean." * Izumi walks away. * Taki shakes her head, "Like I said, antisocial and Kaede." * Kyon shakes his head bemusedly again and calls out after her. "What kind of ramen did you have?" I didn't mean- oh... * Katie looks back at the others, then hurries after Izumi. "Wait. Don't go too far, please." She sounds a little desperate. * Izumi stops and looks back. "Tomato and cheese. Why?" * Kaede looks at Taki, and then at Katie, tsshing between his teeth, following after Katie. * Taki shakes her head and follows a few steps after Kaede. * Kyon looks into the stand at the ramen guy. "Make another one of those, then." * Haruko looks up at Izumi, frowning slightly. * Haruko then looks up at Kyon with a smile and goes back to work. "Okay! I make-a more ramen!" * Izumi blinks a few more times, then walks back, smiling. "Well, maybe I was wrong." * Katie has since stopped and is rubbing at one of her eyes. * Taki grins at Izumi, "We're not all bad." (Yeah, I'm a perfectly nice person.) * Kyon shrugs quickly. "Can't have you getting the wrong idea about my school from one example." He picks up one of the fried tofu bits and eats it. * Kaede stops and just shakes his head, walking up to Katie, whispering. "We'll find out about this, don't worry." * Izumi slides onto an empty bench. No sooner does she than RamenGuy puts a bowl of ramen in front of her. "Yeah." She picks up chopsticks and starts eating. * Katie grumbles at Kyon's remark. "Yeah, thanks." She hugs herself and nods. * Haruko smiles up at Izumi. "Quite, he's not even a real student from our school, he transferred recently." I figured. * Kaede helps Katie back to the ramen place. (...I type to slow ;_;) * Kyon picks up the bowl, drinks some of the broth, then puts it back down. "Not too close to Shunyo, here. Just come for the ramen?" * Haruko goes back to sewing, adding in a definately audible but quiet voice, easy to ignore. "And a good person such as yourself is always welcome on our grounds, more welcome than him." Actually, Fuyuko said she had to meet her brother after school. I thought I'd tag along, and we can get some ramen. I like the food here. * Katie is helped to the stand. She sits on a bench and puts her chin on her arms. "Sorry, Izumi." * Taki nods, "it is good, too bad I don't have any money." * Izumi smiles. "It's ok. As long as you realize I don't give up." * Kaede sits down next to Katie and turns to look at Izumi. "She's seemed rather scared of what her brother thinks. Though after seeing him, I don't blame her..." He sighs. "People like that...I don't know how to deal with." * Kyon looks at Izumi sidewise, then goes back to eating his noodles. "The cook is good." * Izumi scratches her head. "You think? I guess..." * Taki notices that she's the only one left standing and finaly takes a seat on Kaede's other side. * Katie pushes herself back so she's sitting up, removes her satchel, and turns in the bench so she's looking at the cook. She orders a small bowl of chicken ramen. * Kyon shrugs quickly. "Better than a lot of more expensive places. Got a lot of food here after practices." Yeah. You know, my brother plays for our team at Shunyo. Well... * Izumi snickers. "He benchwarms, I should say." * Kyon snorts. "Explains why I haven't heard of him." He sips some more of the broth. What's his name? * Taki grins at the thought of the Hockey team haveing enough people to have benchwarmer. ( Argh! ) (Sorry ^^;) ( I'm tempted to call him Ranma. That'll learn ya :P ) * Haruko keeps quietly working, she needs to fix a stitch about once every five stitches, which is actually an improvement. Hiroki. * Haruko looks vaguely releaved it's not some villiam, she then looks focused again. * Taki nods slightly. * Izumi chuckles again. "He's not very athletic. It's weird that he wants to be on the baseball team. But he did, and he made tryouts, so I guess that's good for him." I guess, if he works hard enough... Does he practice a lot then? Hey, hard work can get you lots of places. Sometimes. He usually likes to talk about it more than practice. * Katie pulls an unfinished carving of a swallow from her satchel, unwraps it, and unsheathes a knife. ...Mind you my getting on the hockey team was an act of desperation.... * Taki trails off and tries not to stare at the knife. You've got a... oh yeah! That's right, you're the team our team always plays against. ( 'Cause there's nobody else out there :P ) * Kyon finishes off the rest of his tofu, and nods quickly. "Got a lot of games with your team. We're in the same league." * Kaede lets out a sigh. "I'm sorry to say, but there's no use if you don't practice. I can't see someone not trying to improve themself. * Taki grins at Izumi. * Katie tests the edge, flips it, and leaps over the table to STAB TAK- she works on her carving. (You'll note I put Kaede between us for this very reason :P) * Izumi smiles at Kyon and starts to respond, but then her attention is turned to Kaede. "Who asked you, anyhow?" You've got a lot of nerve, criticizing people you don't even know like that. (Oops. Sorry, Kaede. I missed.) * Haruko smirks ever so slightly, but she's looking down at her work, so unless you've got freaky Katie senses or something, it's not really noticable. * Taki lets out a small sigh as Katie starts to carve. * Kaede frowns and blinks at her. "I wasn't--" He rubs his temples. "I think you've got the wrong impression of me. I was only trying to say that there's no way to improve in something if you're not willing to give it your all." * Katie has freaky Katie senses, so she probably notices. (Freaky) (You know it.) * Kyon shakes his head bemusedly, and eats the rest of his noodles. * Izumi humphs, and also does. (Katie senses tingling, somebody must be doing something in the same hemisphier I'm in!) ( It's me! I'm watching TV! ) * Kaede keeps rubbing his head and looks down at the counter. * Haruko then let's it drop, and between sewing mistakes glances around for any vehicle like objects in easy view. She seems to have reassigned the part of her brain listening to the conversation. [Haruko spots a mac-truck with a walrus on the side go by.] * Haruko lights up for a moment and giggles to herself. She then frowns as she's made a particularly obvious bad mistake and fixes it before going back to traffic watching. [Haruko sees a random blue car go by.] (Does she count it?) * Katie drops into her own world during the relative silence, or as far as she seems to. The swallow continues to take shape in her hand, and her lips move wordlessly. * Izumi finishes her ramen and smiles at Kyon. "Thanks. How much do I owe you?" (Good lord. Dishwalla. Been years.) * Haruko is eyeing the traffic with a distant, sort of covetous look, but she's not looking at you guys, so again, prolly just Katie notices. * Kyon downs the rest of his broth, and puts the bowl back down without looking at her. "Nothing." (Really, she just wants Katie?) (Who doesn't?) (Haruko!) (She's the only one. :P) Oh. Thanks. (Makoto, I don't think Makoto wants her either.) * Kaede just shakes his head and folds his arms on the counter, laying his chin on his hands. * Izumi smiles. She gets up. "Well, I guess I better get home." She bows. "Thank you for the food." * Taki looks up at Izumi from watching Katie carve, "It was nice to meet you." * Kyon shrugs quickly and looks at her sidewise. "Just offering a replacement. No problems." He smirks. "Have to keep the school reputation up after things like that." * Izumi waves. "Maybe I'll see you again sometime. 'Bye!" Then she heads off! * Haruko shakes off her car trance for a moment and then waves. "Come by any time, and let us know if he bothers you again." * Taki waves. * Haruko then goes back to work and car watching. * Katie looks up. "Bye, Izumi." She blinks, then looks back down at the bird in her hands. * Kaede mutters under his breath, chin still in his hands. "...I'll never understand you people..." I want to go fence climbing. Or maybe trees. I'm still having trouble walking at normal speed, but if you want I could sit and nearby while you do it. * Taki blinks at Katie...and then remembers a month or two back, "Sorry I don't know any good places for that...I've usualy gone around things." * Kyon looks at Kaede bemusedly. "I'd say it's mutual, but I can't." He looks to Katie. "Why?" * Kaede rolls his head over to Kyon. "You mean you won't. You're a jerk, you know." * Katie continues looking at the bird. "I just... want to. It's been a while, but the weather's better now." So go do it. There's nothing stoping you. Besides, we've got more important things to do. * Taki glares at Kaede for a second. * Kyon barks out a laugh at Kaede. "I know. And I will." He turns his bowl around a couple times. "Some trees near the ballfield." * Katie furrows her brow. "But I don't want to do it by myself." And she goes back to carving. * Kaede doesn't look at anyone, just picks himself up, closing his eyes slightly. "I need to go." So? I'll go with you, we can watch Kyon from the top of the trees and when I fall out Haruko can heal me. * Haruko sighs. "I should call Sumire. If nothing else, Miho probably still needs my help. But if the group thinks I shouldn't, I wouldn't. * Haruko laughs at that. * Katie jerks her head up and looks to Kaede. "Why? The shop?" It'd give me a break from the sewing I suppose. * Kaede stops and doesn't even make a move to look at Katie. In fact, he's directly avoiding her gaze. "Not exactly..." * Katie blinks. "What? What's wrong?" * Haruko then grins and carefully following the instructions finishes the seam she's working on and switches to a new one. * Kaede keeps silent and just kind of looks at the ground. Is it something I did? I'm sorry, okay? It's just... I- I can talk to you about it, if you want. * Taki speaks his sisters name under her breath, hopefully quite enough that only Katie can hear. * Kaede says very softly, so probably only Katie can hear him. "...I want to check the student records at Shunyo." (Woot I'm wrong and I don't even know it ^_^) * Haruko quietly hums the theme to Gunsmith Cats, so probably only Katie can hear her. * Katie blinks. "Okay, but I'm going with you. We can talk about it on the way. It's not safe by yourself." And maybe we can climb trees, too. Want the rest of us? * Kaede blinks and turns towards Katie. "You're not upset?" * Taki wonders where they're talking about. * Katie shakes her head. * Haruko nods. But...I thought... * Kaede looks down again. * Haruko then blinks and realizes Katie probably wasn't shaking her head for her benefit and shrugs and goes back to sewing. * Kyon shakes his head quickly, pushes himself off the seat, and hefts his bag, slinging it back over his shoulder. He refixes the cap on his head. "Thanks for the meal." * Katie blows some loose pieces off her swallow, then looks up at Kyon. Always up at Kyon. "You're going?" * Kyon shrugs quickly. "Got practice. Don't have the time to go to other schools today, if that's where you all are going." * Haruko waves off after Kyon. "Have a good practice. Swing hard and hit the ball through the goal or something." * Taki blinks. ...No goals in baseball, I know that much. Uh... no, Haruko, you hit the ball into stands if you can. * Katie rubs at the back of her head. "Only Kyon's a pitcher, so he's trying to stop other people from doing that." ...even I know that. Wouldn't the ball hit someone them? Well... good that Kyon's trying to stop them I suppose. * Kaede slaps his forehead. * Katie giggles. ....Yes. * Kyon smirks. "Try seeing a game some time. Got a good team this year. Better than trying to explain." You're a pitcher? Strike them out then. * Haruko grins a little and waves after Kyon. "Throw fastballs quicker than a rader detector can see then." * Katie looks thoughtful for a moment. "It's been a while since I played softball, too." One thing at a time, Katie. * Taki thinks for a bit and then nods. I could sit on a branch and swing at balls. And miss really badly, but it'd be fun. * Kyon rolls his left shoulder. "It's a practice. Not too much striking out to do." He smirks hard. "I'll do it anyway." He stalks off away from the stand, waving tersely back over his shoulder as he goes. Yeah, but if you get beaned by one, there's more to worry about than just being disoriented I think Kyon's got better aim than that. That's what helmets and friendly neighborhood healers as for. ...I was meaning for Katie. * Katie shrugs. "I guess so." She looks down at her swallow again. "I never worried about falling, though." * Katie sheathes her knife and carefully wraps the carving. * Haruko fixes another stitch and comments in a light voice. "Better woman than I." * Kaede watches her. "I guess not." He snickers slightly. "If all else fails, some miracle could happen and the wind could catch you." So, want company on whatever you two are doing? * Taki nods, "And you've got all of us around to try and catch you." I wouldn't count on it. I mean, I did fall, and miracles about that never happened. ...as great as I'm sure it'd be to be crushed by Katie... * Kaede pushes his glasses up and gets a serious expression. "It's not necessary. But you heard what Izumi-san said. We can't just ignore that..." (Man... now I regret Kyon leaving. The wonderful snarkiness opportunity I missed off Kaede's crush line.) * Haruko nods. "You're right of course." * Taki shivers and takes a deap breath. I wonder if I could reach their server from here... * Kaede unslings his kaban and takes out his laptop. Probably, although it may take more of your energy to access it at a distancec if conventional means aren't enough. I don't care if you don't belive me about this Katie, but I will try to catch you. * Katie hugs herself. "I don't know a lot about computers, but you might need to connect directly to the school or something." * Katie smiles a little at Taki. "Thanks." I know, but it's worth an attempt. It's easier if we can avoid breaking into the school itself... They may have online records, so teachers can work from home or something. * Kaede frowns. "I just hope they have a yearbook or something..." You're welcome, anyway since it seems like we might not have to go all the way to another school this afternoon. Do you know any good places to climb trees? * Kaede then look sat Haruko. "More of my energy? I don't need Arcana powers all the time to access computers, Haruko-san. I've been doing it long before I ever knew I had the knack." Kyon said there's some good trees by the field. We could climb up them, watch his practice, and see if he actually does throw fastballs when he's not supposed to. * Haruko nods. "I know, I said if conventional means fail." She smiles slightly. "And by conventional I meant conventional crazy movie computer stuff, not using Google." (I throw lots of curveballs when I'm not supposed to. ^^) (Hehehe ^^) * Kaede snorts. "Google. I could create a better search engine than that..." Sounds like a good plan. * Haruko smiles. "So do it. Make lots of money." * Taki grins and moves so she can look over Kaede's shoulder. * Kaede sighs and rubs his head. "I wish I had the time to waste on something like that..." That might work, actually. Kaede. If you made a better one and got money off of it, then you could pay for more things. * Haruko looks like she's about to say something and then shrugs. * Kaede types away, seeing if he can connect to Shunyo's database. If there is such a thing. He then blinks at Katie and looks at her. * Taki nods, "Sounds like a good plan, but I don't know much about computers." * Haruko starts watching the road very intently. ...maybe. But...I can't. By the time I finish something like that, they'd have repossessed the shop and everything in it. It's hard to create a program living on the street." Ugh. * Haruko looks at a pretty car, very nice car, so much more rewarding to watch than following any other course of action at the moment. [Alright it's 200,000 kilometer piece of junk that'd be totalled if you cleaned the windshield with too much force, she works with what she's got.] * Katie sighs. "Okay. You'd know better than me." ( Kaede, gimme a hacking roll, +1 ) 2d6-6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Kaede (2d6-6) and gets -3. (^_^_v) (Go you!) [Kaede breaks into the computer system and finds nothing in regards to a Katie clone.] * Kaede frowns. "Well, she's not registered as a student, whoever she is. At least she's not that stupid.." We're either going to have to go down there ourselves or get someone from Shunyo to keep watch for us... * Katie rubs at the back of her head. "Why would she stick around, anyway?" Well, at least it's a lead, we could figure out a subtle way to back her up, and Katie could just find out who else 'recognizes' her. * Kaede frowns and looks contemplative as he realizes something. Mhmmmm... * Haruko goes back to concentrating more on sewing, she still scans the road occassionally, but with less intensity. * Katie sighs, leaning forward and setting her chin back on her arms. * Kaede starts to say something, then looks at Katie and deflates, sitting back next to her. "Do you want to talk about this at all?" * Katie turns her head, so she has her cheek set on her arms and is looking at Kaede. "Maybe just not here?" * Taki looks between Katie and Kaede. * Kaede gets up slowly and holds his hand out to her to help her up. "Okay then." * Katie takes it and lets him. * Haruko keeps sewing, humming softly to herself. [Session End!]