[Day: Thursday, March 25th. Time: 7:00 p.m.] [Weather: It's night time, skies are mostly clear. It's a little chilly, but not bad.] [Satoshi, in a very confused manner, went out of the hospital to find the others, thereby missing them completely, because they were at the hospital. He then headed home (but not on the range!)] [Oops. Session Start!] * Satoshi trudges home. He still seems rather out of it. Where'd they go? * Satoshi stops, pulls out his cel phone and dials Taki. [No answer!] * Satoshi frowns and dials Katie next. [No answer x2!] Okay. Once is odd. Twice is strange. Three times... * Satoshi dials Kaede. [Satoshi obtained: No answer!] ( Key item! ) This is bad. * Satoshi dials Haruko, not expecting an answer this time. [Satoshi cannot hold any more No Answers. He can only hold 3 of that type.] (* discards Kaede's No Answer) ...dammit! What's going on? Where are you guys? [No answer!] * Satoshi is yelling at no one in particular. Perhaps he's getting odd looks from people. He doesn't care. I screwed up again. Again. [Some passerby gives Satoshi The Eye.] I keep trying, and I keep screwing up. [A voice from behind says, "Then why don't you do something about it?"] * Satoshi shakes his head. "No. Now's not the time for self-pity. Now's the time to figure out what the hell is- huh?" * Satoshi turns around. [To Satoshi's surprise, he finds... someone he's never seen before! It's a girl, and a fairly pretty girl at that. She's got short blond hair that kind of sticks out like a lion's mane (though is Japanese in appearance), is kind of short and is rather pretty, all things considered. Her eyes are closed, and she has a calm smile. ] [Satoshi can barely see said smile, however, because she's wearing a cloak with a large collar. Yes, a cloak. The passerby is giving her The Eye, too, but she doesn't seem to care.] * Satoshi blinks at the girl. "Um... hi?" [It's a white cloak! She has it wrapped around her body, but is wearing black and green boots with thick buckles.] * NewCharacter smiles. "Good evening, Hideo." * Satoshi blinks and pales. "Who are you?" Hinako Arai is my name, but you may wish to refer to me as the Heirophant instead. I've heard of you. And I've dreamt of you. Dreamt what? * Hinako turns to the side and opens her eyes, looking up at the almost-full moon. They're narrow, and purple. "Many things. Many many things." * Satoshi looks a bit uncomfortable. "So, what's one of those many things, then?" * Hinako glances sideways at Satoshi. "I could spend all night talking to you. But don't you have something more important to worry about?" * Satoshi nods. "Yeah. I need to find my friends. You've probably dreamed about them, too. I wouldn't be surprised if you had. You wouldn't happen to know anything about this, would you?" * Hinako nods. "I know a thing or two. Meet me at the Queen of Wands' realm, and I'll continue there." So saying, she turns around and walks away. The Queen of Wands... Kyon's apartment? * Satoshi starts heading for Kyon's place. He pulls out his cel and dials Kyon while he walks, although he's probably not going to get an answer. [Satoshi discovered all 5 no answers! A winner is him!] (Hurrah! What do I win?) (A new bike, but you have to give that to Misty.) (*snerk*) (That'd be Kasumi, then.) (Thanks. ;P) * Satoshi keeps going. [Satoshi passes a hobo. "Hey man, c'n ya spare s'me change?"] * Satoshi fishes a couple small bills out of his pocket and gives it to the guy. "Thanks, man." ( Now I can get beerz! ) * Satoshi nods and keeps going. (*snerk* Yes.) [Satoshi arrives at the subway.] * Satoshi gets on the next train that takes him to the station nearest Kyon's apartment. [The subway goes! Satoshi shares his car with a punk rocker girl and some 40-year old guy coming home from work, reading the paper.] * Satoshi tries to ignore the girl, as she's undoubtedly scary. [Ok, Satoshi watches the business man instead.] * Satoshi stares out the window. [Satoshi sees wall.] * Satoshi frets, and silently wills the train to go faster. However, unless he has train manipulation powers, it's likely that nothing happens. [The train gets there.] * Satoshi gets off the train and quickly heads for Kyon's apartment. [Coming out of the subway, Satoshi spots Hinako enter the building a few blocks away.] * Satoshi hurries after her. "Arai-san, wait!" ( Yes, I'm lazy :P ) (I forgive you. ^_~) * Hinako has already disappeared inside the apartment building. * Satoshi heads into the building, then. At some point, he probably hits the field. [Satoshi enters the building and does not hit a field, although he senses it. But it's kinda there, without being there.] * Satoshi blinks. "A field? No, not quite." He keeps hurrying to Kyon's apartment. [Satoshi must take the stairs or elevator.] * Satoshi takes... the stairs! He runs up them, two at a time. [Satoshi gets outside the apartment. The door is open, and he hears people talking.] * Satoshi runs into the apartment. "Kyon? Arai-san?"