[Day: Saturday, January 26th. Time: 11:00 A.M.] [Weather: Snowy but not windy. Cold] [Our story opens today with Satoshi spotting Shingo as he exits a drugstore a short walk from school. Satoshi had been asked to pick up a roll of film by Chikako, but this happened off camera :P . Everyone else is presumeably still at or on their way back from Seiryuu Girls' High.] [Session Start] * Satoshi waves. Hey, Shingo! * Shingo blinks and looks around. * Shingo nods at Sato and goes back to walking. * Satoshi sighs and walks after him, catching up quickly. Where are you headed? Nowhere. School's canceled, but I'd guess you figured that out already, right? ...yeah. Everyone else went to Seiryuu to talk to some of the girls there. See what they can find out and all. Huh. We're gonna meet back at our school. I'm headed there now. I was running an errand for Chikako. Yeah? Yeah. Care to join us? You know that if you say no, Katie'll just track you down and drag you along, so you might as well save yourself the trouble and come. * Satoshi grins. * Shingo blinks. Yeah, she probably would. She's pushy like that. Reminds me of the nuns. * Satoshi me gets a mental image of Katie in a habit and laughs. I suppose I may as well. I don't really have anything better to do. She's only looking out for you. Which I'm sure you've probably heard tons of times, but... who knows? Maybe they'll have found out something important. I don't need her to look out for me. Just because I'm small doesn't mean I can't take care of myself. * Satoshi nods. I understand. Believe me, I do. But it's not so much a matter of "you need" as "she wants." Pushy, pushy, pushy. * Satoshi shakes his head. * Shingo lopes easily alongside the larger boy, moving much more smoothly than he was yesterday. Well, I don't know. I haven't know her all that long. On the one hand, she doesn't mean any harm by it. But on the other, yeah, it can be annoying. * Shingo shrugs. * Shingo looks around for something, anything that he can pick up and make into something else, just to occupy his hands. * Satoshi realizes he's run out of things to say. So... um... how 'bout those LA Kings? * Satoshi grins weakly. ...who? Professional hockey team. Plays in Los Angeles. [The two reach the school, where Chikako is still sitting under the umbrella. However, she's kissing a man. Apparently, they were just finishing; he breaks off and walks away. But even at this distance, the two easily identify him as Sho.] This year they've been... * Satoshi sees Chikako and Sho. * Shingo blinks. * Shingo GLARES at Sho. * Chikako sits there grinning dreamily after Sho leaves. * Satoshi walks over. Hello, Chikako? * Chikako looks over, grinning merrily. "Hi Satoshi! Did you get the roll of film? It'd be really cool!" * Shingo stands a good distance away from Chikako. * Shingo keeps looking around for the others. * Satoshi hands her the film. So, um, anything cool happen while I was getting this for you? * Chikako takes it. "Cool! Thanks." She puts it in her camera. "Hm? My boyfriend stopped by. He's so cool!" * Shingo twitches. Your... boyfriend? * Chikako nodnods happily. I thought you and Kyon were... y'know... Kyon? Well, he's cool, too! * Satoshi laughs nervously. "Right, right." He can be my other boyfriend ^^ Aheh. * Shingo twitches again. So, does this boyfriend of yours go to school around here? I dunno. He's mysterious. Isn't that cool? You're dating somebody and you don't know where he goes to school? Chikako, he could be... well, anybody. He could be one of those drug dealers you're writing about. He's bad news. You do know his name, right? * Chikako frowns. "Drugs? Sho wouldn't..." She looks at Shingo. "No he's not! He's cool!" He's a cold blooded snake, and you should stay away from him. So his name's Sho? * Shingo keeps his back turned to Chikako. * Satoshi really wishes there were a way he could tell Shingo to leave off so he could get more information out of Chikako. He is not! You're being very uncool! Apologize! [The others come back about now.] * Katie wanders over. "Hey, what's all the yelling about?" No. He's going to hurt you, badly. I won't apologize for telling the truth. * Satoshi walks over to Kyon. * Shingo flinches at Katie's voice. * Satoshi speaks in a low voice. * Katie blinks at Shingo and Chikako. Kyon. Chikako's two-timing you. With Sho. * Taki follows Katie, "Hi, what's happening here?" * Chikako frowns more, stands up, and stomps over to Shingo. "He's a very cool person. You're not. Say your sorry or I'll make you sorry!" * Jiro follows along, looking around idly. * Kyon strides in behind the others and blinks at Satoshi, before turning a cool look on Chikako. His expression doesn't change. We caught them smooching, though they didn't notice us. She claims he's her boyfriend. * Katie looks mildly confused. "Chikako, are you okay?" She puts a hand on her friend's shoulder. * Jiro blinks in confusion but doesn't ask anything. * Chikako frowns. "Sho was right about you. You're very uncool people." * Shingo shrugs. * Taki looks very confused. "Chikako is going out with Sho? I thought she liked Kyon, and now she doesn't like us?" Ohshit. You're not the first person to not like me. * Satoshi yells. GUYS! * Katie looks over at Satoshi. "What?" It's you-know-what time! Aww, no. You can't- I know what? Yes! * Katie looks back at her friend. "Chikako?" Ara? * Jiro looks confused. Big surprise. Think Saki, Shingo. * Kyon rolls his eyes and looks around the scene calmly at Sato's warning, trying to see something coming. * Chikako holds out her hands. Two orbs of swirling purple flame form in her palms, and start orbiting around her. "How dare you be so uncool to Sho when you don't even know him!" * Shingo twitches. [Roll init] d6+5 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Katie (d6+5) and gets 7. d6+5 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Satoshi (d6+5) and gets 7. d6+8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Shingo (d6+8) and gets 12. d6+7 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Taki (d6+7) and gets 9. d6+7 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Jiro (d6+7) and gets 9. d6+6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Kyon (d6+6) and gets 11. [Chikako, Shingo, Kyon, Taki, Jiro, Katie, Satoshi] [Chikako's turn] * Chikako growls at Shingo. The orbs fire multiple needle-sized dark flames towards him. ( Make a ranged defense roll ) 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Shingo (2d6-2) and gets 6. [Shingo manages to dodge most of the darts, but one catches him in the leg, stinging a bit.] * Shingo hisses. [Kyon's turn] * Kyon rests his hand on his sword, rocks back on his heels, stares at Chikako and braces himself. [Taki's turn] * Taki holds her action and tries to talk with Chikako "Chikako, What happend? Just this morning you were going to go shopping with all of us. And Now we're fighting? Why?" Because you people are uncool to Sho. [Jiro's turn] * Jiro blinks in confusion. (holding action) [Katie's turn] * Katie bites her lip and hesitantly takes a step towards Chikako. "It's uncool to hurt your friends like this, you know. Please stop." You're the uncool ones. I didn't want to believe it, but Sho was right ;_; [Satoshi's turn] * Satoshi stays where he is. "Chikako, I was only asking questions because I was concerned about you. That's all. What on earth was he telling you about us?" [Chikako's turn] * Chikako turns to Satoshi. "And you're no better! As soon as you got the chance you told Kyon I was two-timing him, with Sho, like it was a bad thing! How can you be so uncool?!" The spheres fire the darts again, more of them this time. ( ranged defense ) 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Satoshi (2d6) and gets 4. [Satoshi isn't as prepared as Shingo, and is struck with a multitude of darts. The pain is enough to cause him to stumble.] [Shingo's turn] * Shingo darts forward, trying to grab Chikako from behind. 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Shingo (2d6) and gets 8. [Shingo manages to get behind Chikako and grab her.] * Shingo clamps an arm around Chikako's neck in a sleeper hold. I don't want to hurt you, Chikako. * Shingo notes that this is a rather awkward position, given that he's shorter than Chikako is. [Kyon's turn] * Kyon steps forward to stand in front of Chikako, slightly beyond the orbs, looking down on her softly. "Chikako, I'm not holding it against you till you tell me more. Talk to me. Don't attack us." [Taki's turn] * Taki stands beside Kyon "Yeah, besides what sort of a reporter only gets one side of a story? That's not cool." [Jiro's turn] * Jiro tries to think of something clever to say, fails, and just rubs the back of his neck instead. (holding action, yay.) [Katie's turn] Chikako, stop it! We can talk about Sho without throwing fire around. [Satoshi's turn] * Satoshi defends. "Chikako, please!" Listen! [Chikako's turn] [Kyon, make a ranged defense roll :P] 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Kyon (2d6) and gets 9. * Chikako stares almost emotionlessly at Kyon. Suddenly, the two orbs stop orbiting around her and fly towards Kyon. They fly straight through his chest and come out his back, leaving him in a world of hurt. "And you never liked me anyhow. You just used me for information. That's so uncool." [Shingo's turn] * Katie stares. "Chikako, stop it! Please! You're going to kill everyone!" * Shingo growls and clamps his scrawny arm down, hard, simultaneously digging one knee into the small of Chikako's back. [Kyon's turn] * Kyon grits his teeth, rocks back on his heels, runs one hand down his chest, and his eyes flash dark red as he throws a punch at Chikako's chin, his fist igniting as it flies. 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Kyon (2d6-2) and gets 7. [Kyon just misses, sadly.] [Taki's turn] YIPE! Graah! Why are my friends fighting? Why!? [Jiro's turn] Wait, wait. We can't just beat her up, right? [Katie's turn] * Katie shuts her eyes and screams. "" [Erm... Everyone make a ranged defense roll.] 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Shingo (2d6) and gets 6. 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Satoshi (2d6) and gets 9. 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Taki (2d6-2) and gets 10, a CRITICAL FAILURE!!! "God hates you, and so do I." 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Kyon (2d6) and gets 7. 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Jiro (2d6) and gets 3. [An incredibly powerful wind picks up around Katie. Jiro manages to stand his ground, but everyone else is picked up and tossed in various directions. Most just land on the ground and roll a bit, but Taki slams into the school wall. So does Chikako, for that matter, which is much worse for her since Shingo still has a hold on her, and winds up sandwiching her.] UHNG... ::Klunk:: Ahhhh! * Jiro blinks and turns to look at Katie. "...Did you do that?" * Satoshi tries to stand up, woozily. "Ow. And did I mention, ow." * Kyon grunts quietly as he hits the ground. * Satoshi sits back down. "Gah." * Taki falls along the side of the wall. "iiitaai.ii" * Katie opens one eye, then the other. She's shaking slightly. "Did I..." She looks around and blinks a few times. Taki! * Satoshi gets up and staggers over to where she fell. * Shingo still has Chikako in a chokehold, hanging on like a bulldog. * Jiro frowns. "Uh, I'll let ya' think about that." * Katie notices Shingo and Chikako, and runs over to them. "You guys okay? Shingo? Chikako?" * Kyon forces himself up again, listing a bit to one side, with his eyes trained completely on Chikako. * Shingo waits to see if Chikako is still struggling, or even moving. * Chikako is doing neither. * Taki just sits against the wall and waits for the world to stop hitting her. * Shingo lets go and straightens Chikako out on the ground gently. * Satoshi slumps down next to Taki. * Satoshi blinks. * Shingo checks Chikako's pulse and breathing. The field's gone! * Chikako has neither. Not to mention she's staring wide-eyed into space. * Jiro walks over to the people who went thud against the wall. "Uh... you guys okay?" * Shingo closes his eyes. * Shingo bows his head. Shingo? She's all right, isn't she? Now I know how Shingo feels. * Katie kneels by Chikako, frantically checking for her pulse. "" * Shingo gets all stoic and stuff. No... she's not. * Kyon straightens himself out, and makes his way over to the two of them cautiously, no matter what Shingo and Katie look like. She was caught between me and the wall, with nowhere to go. Yeah... *notices the others* What's wrong? She was... caught... * Jiro stares at Shingo. "Yer not sayin'..." No. * Katie sobs. "She- we- how'd this happen?" * Kyon looks at the body impassively, then surveys the surrounding area for people. No. Oh, god, please... [Nobody around.] ...somebody should call the police, or something. Or we should get out of here, at least. How'd this happen? Why'd she attack you? What's going on? Somebody tell me! Sho... ...shit. * Satoshi stands up. Goddammit, that bastard did something to her! I'll *kill* him! * Katie blinks. "Sho?" * Taki starts to cry. I'll kill him, and then I'll... I'll... * Satoshi sinks back down. * Shingo carefully arranges Chikako's body with her hands folded on her chest. * Kyon steps to the side, away from the others, and pulls out his cell phone. He dials a number quickly, and waits. * Jiro blinks repeatedly as the rusty cogs in his head start turning. "..." * Satoshi puts an arm around Taki's shoulders. Sho. Chikako said... said he was her boyfriend... * Shingo stands up and pulls Katie away from the body. * Taki looks up at Satoshi, tears visable on the good side of her face, "Why?" I don't know. I wish I did. * Katie bats Shingo away, turning to glare at him. She goes back to Chikako and whispers something in her ear, then closes her friend's eyes. * Shingo looks hurt, and turns away. * Jiro slumps into a sitting position. * Kyon swears in Chinese, hangs up, and quickly dials a different number. * Katie looks blankly at Chikako for a little while longer, then stands and walks over to Kyon. She folds her arms and stares at him. She was...was...::sob:: * Kyon stabs a finger at button to hang up on the phone, and swears again, muttering something under his breath, facing out towards the street. Well? Did you call the police? * Satoshi looks down at Taki and sighs heavily. * Kyon shakes his head irritatedly. "No. I called the people I know who can make fields. And they're not there." Can Sho? What do we need a field for? Buys us time to decide what to do. * Katie tilts her head. "Where would Sho be, Kyon? You're his ally, after all." ...fine. * Kyon laughs sharply at Satoshi. "Right. I'm going to ask Sho. For anything I don't already know he has to give me. While I'm injured. You all want to die, is that it?" No. What I meant was, do you know if he can or not? Because either Chikako did it, or he's been here the whole time, watching us. * Shingo balls up his little fists, closes his eyes, and scrunches up his face in concentration. Shit! Not now! Well, Kyon, you just got what you asked for! * Shingo shakes a little. * Satoshi then notices Shingo. Shingo? * Kyon nods curtly. "Sho can." He waves a hand at Shingo. "And it looks like he can." Shingo, stop for a second. I... don't know if I'll be able to do it again if I stop. * Katie grabs Kyon by the arm and tugs. "" Well, I guess that pretty much confirms it's you, then. It's easier with you guys here, but it's still hard. * Taki notices the world outside of Satoshi's arm. "Now what?" But you can't sense the fields, Shingo? Not really. * Shingo begins to relax a little, his eyes are still closed, and his hands are balled up into fists, but his face is more relaxed. * Kyon shakes his head, and replies to Katie in Japanese. "Sho finds me when he wants me. I've never gone looking for him." He looks pensively at Chikako. ...Maybe we should. * Katie glances back at Chikako and scowls. She rubs at the back of her head and walks away from the group a little. Hang on a second. Let me see if I can make a field. * Satoshi carefully stands up, giving Taki a brief touch on the shoulder as he does so. * Satoshi closes his eyes and begins to concentrate. * Taki looks up at Satoshi "...good luck." I mean, he got a friend to try to kill us. And we wound up killing her. I don't think we wanna make a habit of this, right? (Okay, everybody, give me your loudest surface thought.) ~What the hell are we gonna do?~ ~Sho needs to be put down...~ ~> Fucking Sho and his fucking girl. <~ (In Chinese) ~WHY? ...I should have just droped us all in the pool...~ ~~ (English, what a surprise. ^^) GAH! * Satoshi falls to his knees, clutching his head. Satoshi! ::tries to stand up:: * Satoshi slowly opens his eyes. [A light breeze picks up] You were all... in my head... Huh? I heard all of you... * Taki leans on the wall. "Are you allright?" * Katie blinks, glances around, then dashes down the street. * Kyon looks at Satoshi with cold bemusement in his eyes. "Right. Take care. Don't strain yourself. We don't need that now." He turns his glance on Katie running off. * Shingo runs off after Katie. * Jiro watches Katie run off, and takes off after her with incredible speed. * Katie takes a right and keeps going, out of sight of... whoever's still standing at the street. :P * Satoshi sees the others run off, but is still in too much shock to do anything but kneel. * Kyon shakes his head at the departing group, and checks the street again for anyone else around. ['Tis nobody] Kyon... what did I just do? * Kyon looks at Satoshi and stands straight, a slight wince on his face as he does so, but it passes quickly. "You read our minds. Or so it sounds." Did that make Katie run away? * Taki tries to stand on her own, but quickly puts a hand up against the wall. * Satoshi pushes himself up. * Kyon shrugs disinterestedly. "Maybe. Or it could be she just snapped." He walks over to Chikako and kneels down, looking over her body more closely. * Satoshi walks over to Taki and offers her an arm. * Kyon starts checking her pockets, looking for anything useful. In particular, a way she had to find Sho. But he'll take anything. * Taki greatfully takes Satoshi's arm and leans against him. "Thankyou." * Satoshi is facing away from Kyon and does not see him do this. So. On top of everything else, I can read minds now. [Kyon finds a pocket-phone book. Sure enough, Sho's number is marked in there.] * Satoshi's voice is unnaturally calm. * Taki can't see around Satoshi. It could be worse, you could talk to ants, or turn into water or something stranger. * Satoshi exhales. "This is a wonderful time to be worrying about myself, isn't it." * Kyon quickly pockets the phone book, and wipes along Chikako's pockets with his sleeve in case there were any fingerprints. He stands back over her again. "It can be useful. You know what your enemy is doing." * Satoshi stares into space. I don't even know how well I can control it... it's never happened before, and I... * Satoshi shakes his head. I'll worry about it later. What do we do now? * Kyon nods quickly. "Yeah, it's hard when you first find it. You get used to it." He looks down at Chikako. "Not much we can do here. Get a bit away, and you'll call the police from a pay phone." You'll figure it out. For now how about you keep me from falling over. ::tightens her grip on his arm:: * Satoshi nods. Right. And you? Wait... exactly what am I supposed to *say*?! Say you saw a dead body in front of Sakuragaoka. You don't know who it is. Sound panicked. Then hang up. And then get the hell away from there. * Kyon nods. "Right. Wipe the phone for prints. Don't leave anything to connect you. Then go." Where's a good place to lay low for a while? * Kyon barks out another sharp laugh. "Yeah. You can come to the apartment if you want. They might come there, though." He looks moodily up and down the street. * Taki tries to think of someplace, but can't. * Kyon smirks. "Feel like sukiyaki?" Sukiyaki. Well, I can't think of anything else. * Kyon glances sidewise at the other two. "We can chance the Tower, if you want to try. Sho could show up. But if he's looking for me, he'd probably show at the apartment first." Best to go someplace where Sho's absolutely *not* going to show up. * Taki nods slowly at both ideas. * Kyon smirks at Satoshi. "There's nowhere like that." * Satoshi looks startled. Okay, then the place where he's least likely to show up. No? None at all? * Kyon rolls his shoulders. "No. He's run into me in any number of places. A sukiyaki place is as safe as anything." Sukiyaki it is, then. If he does show up I'll just take us someplace else, and I *won't* wait this time. So, you tell us where this place is, and we'll go make the phone call and meet you there in a bit? * Kyon nods tersely. "I'll drive over. It's in Ikebukuro. Nowhere near here." He takes a scrap of paper out of his bag, and writes an address on it. * Satoshi takes it and nods. Right. What about Katie and the others? * Kyon shrugs noncommittally. "They ran off and left us with a problem. If they want to find me, they know how." * Satoshi sighs. Okay. I guess we'll see you in a bit, then? I hope they're allright, see you soonish Kyon. * Kyon nods, turns on his heel, and walks back across the street to his motorcycle. He puts on his jacket to cover any marks on his chest from the fight, hops on the bike, and rides off. * Satoshi looks at Taki. It's time to go. * Taki nods. "Lets get this overwith. I think the phone's over there." Let's get a little farther away. Ok. * Taki leans on Satoshi's arm as they walk farther away. * Satoshi looks over at Chikako, closes his eyes, and sighs. * Satoshi then opens them and starts walking. * Taki mumbles under her breath "I'm sorry Chikako..." * Satoshi walks for a while with Taki. How are you doing? Physically, I mean... I hurt. A lot. Like after the accadent. I'm not going to do anything tomorrow except ask for pain killers, but for now we need to make this call. * Satoshi wonders about this accident, but doesn't ask, and nods instead. * Satoshi and Taki continue walking, and eventually encounter a phone booth. [Phone booth's turn! The phone booth sits idly!] (I cast a fire spell at the phone booth!) ( You anger the phone booth! It comes to life and eats you! ) (Well, at least it wasn't a gazebo. ^_~) (Is eaten by a rabid phonebooth, and her father later dies of food poisioning, such a tragic fate) * Satoshi stares at the phone booth for a few minutes. Okay. Guess this is it. Yeah. * Satoshi withdraws his arm into his sleeve, then grabs the phone so that the handle is touching the fabric, not his fingers. * Satoshi then uses his knuckles to punch the buttons for the police number. * Taki silently watches Satoshi dial. "Uh... h-hi. I was passing by Sakuragoaka High... I saw something outside the front gates... I think it might have been a body! Help!" * Satoshi hangs up quickly. * Taki nods. "Let's get to that resturant." * Satoshi then wipes the phone with his other sleeve. * Satoshi exhales raggedly. "Okay." * Taki looses her balance for a bit as her support suddenly moves. * Satoshi quickly grabs Taki. Sorry! Ow! It's allright. * Satoshi winces. I'm sorry. Just warn me next time, allright? Sure. I assume we'll be taking public transportation? I've never tried to go somplace I've never seen before like that, besides what if sombody saw us? Yeah. Sorry, I'm just not thinking terribly straight. You can thwap me on the head for it later, when my head's not so sore. * Satoshi half-grins, but it fades quickly. * Taki nods back. "Lets find something with wheels and nice soft seats." Dunno about soft seats, but the nearest bus station is that way, right? * Satoshi points to his right. * Taki looks right and then left. "...I think so." Okay, then. [They go to the restaurant.] * Satoshi looks around to see if Kyon has arrived. * Kyon sits quietly at the back of the restaurant at a secluded table. * Taki leans on Satoshi, the bus ride was less than fun. * Satoshi spots him and points him out to Taki. * Taki looks over at Kyon. "Let's go." * Satoshi and Taki walk back to Kyon's table. Hey. * Satoshi helps Taki sit down before taking a seat himself. * Taki sits down greatfully if not gracefully. * Kyon nods and looks them over. "You make the call?" Yeah. * Kyon smirks. "Good." He rests his gaze on Satoshi. "You want to order separately? Or get a big pot?" Ehh, whatever you all want. Doesn't matter. Fine. I'll order for all of us. I don't think I'm going to eat much, so the pot would be best. ::leans on Satoshi if he's near, or slumps back in he chair if he's not:: * Satoshi scoots his chair closer to Taki's. * Taki puts her head on Satoshi's shoulder and closes her eyes. * Kyon signals for service, tugging down his armwarmers as he does so. Humor me for a sec, please, Kyon. Think of a number or something. * Kyon rolls his eyes and thinks. [Pause!] [Day: Saturday, January 26th. Time: 10:00 A.M.] [Shingo wakes up, alone and in his bed in the orphanage, covered in sweat.] What the hell? ( What the fuck? ) * Shingo throws his covers off and staggers out of bed. [Shingo discovers he's rather late for school.] Oh no... * Shingo quickprepares for school and RUNS! [Time: 10:30 A.M.] Why in the world did they let me sleep in? [Shingo arrives only to find the school is closed, and Chikako and Satoshi are sitting at a table outside.] [01:03] [Session End]