[Day: Thursday, March 25th. Time: 11:10 p.m.] [Weather: Skies were cloudy grey, but now they're turning black.] [You're still ghosts, as far as you can tell, because Satoshi hasn't come back yet. It's been quite a while, and now you all notice the world darkening, most notably in the sky.] [Otherwise, not much to say.] [Session Start!] * Haruko left Kyon's room after talking to him, brought her sewing stuff back into the main room, and has been sitting on the floor working on it. * Taki is curled up on a corner of the couch, she's woken up a few times since she first fell asleep there, but is currently out again. * Kaede sighs and taps on the table, one hand holding up his cheek and head. "I wonder how far our range is from here..." * Katie is sleeping more or less peacefully, taking up the rest of the couch. She's woken up a couple times as well, but really hasn't seemed to want to talk after the last conversation. * Haruko shrugs as she makes one of her routine Kyoko checks. "Shouldn't be too hard to find out, just be careful, we may fade if we go to far." Well thanks for your support. * Kyon leans against one of the walls, and looks over his shoulder out the window. * Kaede folds his other elbow to rest on the table and cradles his head in both hands, looking morosely. "I just hate not being able to really do anything..." * Haruko gets back from checking Kyoko. "Well, if you want I can take a rope of somesort and pull you back if you start to fade." * Kaede gets up and looks out the window, frowning. "It reminds me of the Reversed World..." * Haruko nods. "They're both field variants." She then sits down and gets back to sewing for a bit. Yeah but...if you think about it, Satoshi's the only one out there... * Haruko fixes a sewing mistake. She doesn't have any comment yet. * Kaede goes away from the window and tests the door. He seems overly cautious about it. * Kyon looks back into the room as he rolls his shoulders, then sinks to the floor, sitting crosslegged under the window. * Katie twitches, but she's still asleep. * Haruko glances over Kyoko for a moment as she sews. She's still not quick, but is making fairly few mistakes. (I somehow misread that as "fairly new mistakes." ^^;) (Heh heh) (Nah, same ol, same ol. ;P) (FIVE TO ONE! HAT TRICK! ^____^) (Holy cow.) [The door does not eat Kaede.] * Kaede opens it then. (A secondary door comes up from behind the door he opens and eats Kaede.) * Haruko stands up to check on Kyoko. "Oh, I was thinking, since we have Souichiro's phone number, we should really hack into his calling and financial records at some point, when we don't have more pressing business." * Kyon jerks his cards out of his pocket again, and starts shuffling them. "Doubt we'll turn up much." * Kaede stops with his hand on the door. "What for?" Figure out who he's calling, where he's spending money, if we're good where he's calling from. And that'll accomplish what exactly? We'll probably turn up people with fake ids, and even if we have their real names, that doesn't really tell us all that much. * Haruko checks Kyoko for pulse and such and seems to be satisfied that she's not dead. * Katie twitches again. * Taki blinks a few times as the couch moves under her, glances over at Katie, and then goes back to sleep. * Haruko comes back. "We might find the name and pictures of allies they have we don't know about, we might find they're hang outs, we might be able to tap their conversations and know when they're planning things." * Kaede sighs and turns his back to the outside world to look at Haruko. "So you're saying we should try something immensely illegal for a minute possibility. I'm glad I don't have your logic." * Haruko looks to Kyon. * Kyon shuffles again, and looks up halfway. "Haven't even tried looking through regular means yet. No need to go that far now." * Kaede looks to Kyon too, adjusting his glasses in a non-threatening manner. Not sure how a threatening manner would really be but he doesn't do it whatever it is. * Haruko nods and gets back to sewing. * Kaede sighs and closes his eyes, pushing his glasses all the way back as he dips his head. "If there's a good enough reason to, I'll do it. I won't like it but I'll do it. I just don't see how it'd benefit us just yet." * Haruko doesn't look up. "So we'll try standard means first, see how those work out." * Kaede goes back to the door and sticks his hand slowly outside, thoroughly expecting it to disappear after it passes the threshold of the doorframe. * Kyon shuffles one more time, closes his eyes briefly, opens them, and lays out a card in front of him. * Katie jerks violently and lets out a strange sound: a low-pitched wail which quickly turns into a full scream. Her eyes snap open as the scream becomes far too raspy and whispery to even be considered one, and she shoves herself off the couch, ending up in a coughing heap on the floor. (That's what happens when I do readings.) * Kaede sighs and closes his eyes, hand still outside the door. "Someone calm her down, please?" * Haruko glances at Kaede for a moment, and then rushes to the kitchen to quickly grab and fill a glass of water. * Taki acks and follows Katie off the couch, before scurrying over to her and putting a hand on her shoulder, "Katie." * Kyon looks up from his seat uneasily, shifts a bit, but stays with the cards. * Haruko then hurries back over to Katie, leaving a few spilled particles of water floating in the air behind her as she rushes. She then gently offers the glass to Katie, holding it a half a foot away with both hands. * Katie keeps coughing, pulling away from Taki and not looking at anything. "" she rasps. * Kaede tries to reach further out the door, starting to edge his foot out if nothing happens. * Taki leans twords Katie for a moment, "Haruko has some water for you." * Taki then lets go and walks backwards on her knees. * Haruko winces and backs away a bit, stretching her arms to continue offering the glass from a greater distance. * Katie curls, hugging her legs. She's stopped coughing but doesn't respond. * Haruko closes her eyes for a moment, and the floating water droplets fly over to the sink and then drop. She keeps holding out the glass from a distance. * Kaede sucks in a deep breath, holds it, sticking one leg out the door horizontally and taking a step outside. * Taki looks at Katie for a moment and then begins to speak, "I...I...know that we wern't there for you when you need us, but we are here for you now. Please..." * Taki closes her eyes as she tries to remember the words she wants. * Kyon shifts the cards in his hands, and doesn't look up. "Say something?" * Haruko winces slightly and her arms tremble a little. However, she seems to have some experience from that holding buckets of water as punishment not so long ago, so it seems she can keep the cup up longer. * Taki opens her eyes again, * Haruko then furtively glances at Kyoko for a moment, checking that she's still, to all appearances, breathing. * Katie whimpers and curls more tightly, if that were possible. Still not crying; still not looking at anyone. * Haruko waits, her arms aren't quite parallel to the floor any more, but the offer is still there. * Taki switches back to Japanese, "I will still be here for you. I will be here for you when Satoshi comes back for us." * Kaede takes a step out and blinks, then pushes up his glasses and smirks to himself, but with his back turned so no one else can see it. He then turns around and looks at them with his neutral expression. "Well, I'm out at least." * Haruko scowls for a moment and then resumes a neutral expression. * Kyon looks at the first card with a bit of a smirk, then lays down a second one on top of it, so that the ends of the previous card are visible. * Taki ignores Kaede, he's not Katie. * Kaede turns back around. "I'm going to see how far this thing goes." He starts walking away from the apartment. * Katie looks up and around with slightly glazed eyes. She lets out a giggle. * Taki blinks. * Haruko 's arms drop a bit more, about a thirty degree angle now. "If you don't want it now, that's okay, you don't have to drink." * Haruko glances at Taki for any direction. * Kyon nods impatiently, and lays the third card diagonally downwards from the first one, his look calm. ...What did you dream? * Katie deflates, going back to looking at nobody. "I'm sorry." * Taki shakes her head, "Don't be. You haven't done anything wrong." * Haruko looks slightly illuminated, she nods in agreement. (Haruko has picked up the ability to glow now? Man, Taki's falling so far behind in the nifty powers department ;_;) * Katie opens her mouth, then closes it and shakes her head. (Heh, illuminated as to what Katie said in English. ) (Nah. What she really meant was Haruko's Illuminati." (/me rolls to make a decision) 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Haruko (2d6) and gets 7. * Haruko winces again and gently lowers the glass to the floor by Katie. * Katie looks at the glass for a long moment, then picks it up. "Thanks, Haruko," she rasps before having a sip. * Kyon flicks his glance up towards Katie briefly, then back to the cards. * Haruko nods and smiles, she speaks in a quiet tone with some signs of relief. "You're welcome." * Taki lets out small sigh and waits for Katie to finish her sip before moving a tiney ammount forward and sitting down on the floor. * Kyon smirks fiercely at the latest one, and flips the next, putting it diagonally above the first card. (Crossroads pattern?) * Haruko doesn't go back to sewing. "Is there anything you want to talk about? Like movies or clothes or something?" (It's not that difficult a read, so.) * Katie swallows more water before speaking again; she's less raspy now. "I don't know." * Kyon nods quickly again, and lays one diagonally above the second card. * Haruko furtively glances at Kyoko, in a quick breathing check. "We could also do something, we don't have to just sit around. Like a pillow fight or something." * Katie shrugs. * Kyon looks up at Haruko incredulously. "You want to have a pillow fight. Now. With my pillows." * Taki sprawls, "I wonder what it's like in America." * Katie giggles at Kyon's statement. She can't help it. She does, and water splutters a little. * Haruko looks back at Kyon somewhat helplessly, then smiles as she hears Katie giggle. "Well, your apartment's a little small for a go-kart race." * Katie gasps. "Can't." She looks for a place to put the glass down and settles for a end table. * Kyon smirks. "Do that, you'd inevitably run over his tail." He gestures offhand to Kumaguro, who's asleep in the corner. * Kyon blinks at that card, looks around the room quickly, then taps the end of the deck, concentrates, and lays the last card diagonally down from the second. * Haruko grins back. "I'm sure I could design something to get around the problem, maybe a cat-tail catcher or something." She looks over to Katie. "Any suggestions?" * Katie shakes her head. She's gone back to sitting against the couch and looking down. * Haruko glances at Kyon and then Taki. "Can I get you anything? Art supplies?" * Katie shrugs and speaks dully. "Okay." * Haruko stands up and looks around a bit until she finds Katie's pad and pencils or pens and brings them over to her. * Taki rolls onto her back, "It's too bad none of my teachers would accept this as a valid excuse for not having my homework done...I wonder how much I'll be able to cram into homeroom tomarrow." * Katie takes them and flips through to a blank sheet, staring at it. * Haruko then walks over to the sink and pours another glass of water. She then walks back over to Katie, sits down and sets it on the ground. * Haruko then glares at the water for a moment and lets it float up and form itself into a small shape. 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Haruko (2d6) and gets 5. * Taki rolls over again and watches Haruko show off. * Kyon eyes the last card for a few seconds, and squeezes his eyes shut. * Haruko makes a rather passable imitation of a dove. "I've been trying shapes to practice concentrating, what do you think Katie?" * Katie snaps her attention up to Haruko, looks her in the eye, and then asks, "A bird?" * Haruko 's dove is actually fairly pretty, but the anatomy shows little to no understanding, mostly just aestetics. * Haruko nods. "That was the hope." She closes her eyes and it's wings slowly flap. For the record it's pretty small, even for a dove. 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Haruko (2d6) and gets 4. * Kyon taps the cards, then scoops them up. "The bike salesman's got an interesting life ahead." * Taki sits up and looks impressed. * Haruko 's dove flaps his wings quite well. * Katie blinks, glancing at Kyon. "How?" And then she looks back, reaching out to touch the dove. * Taki blinks and turns to Kyon for the first time since she passed out the first time, "Speaking of which...Where'd he go?" * Haruko smiles and then furrows her brow and glares at the dove again. It first ripples at Katie's touch, and then flaps its wings and lands on her finger. 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Haruko (2d6) and gets 9. * Kyon shrugs quickly. "Out." He looks towards Katie. "His various romantic chances. Might make for an interesting story." * Katie laughs, looking at the dove. "It's..." She blinks, then blinks again, and her eyes dart. "Kaede?" [The landing isn't all that impressive, and Katie's finger gets a little wet, also the flying is not really believable. It's still a landing and doesn't hurt or anything.] Out? * Haruko bites her lip and the dove ripples. "Taki, could you check on him, he was exploring the limits of our little field in the hallway." * Haruko then closes her eyes and the dove stops rippling. * Taki stands up and starts to nod...and then rubs her face, "...One of these days I'm going to learn how to make a promise I can keep." * Kyon nods quickly. "His options. Nothing better to do with the time." Katie? I'm going to go look for him in the hall, I'll be right outside. What if... he's... okay. (Yeah, what'll we do if he's okay?) * Taki nods and walks twords the door, she doesn't bother to pick up her shoes before pulling the door open and poking her head into the hall. * Katie watches Taki go, then looks at the bird and bites her lip. "Um... Haruko. Your bird's a little off." But it's pretty. * Haruko nods and smiles slightly, and her dove opens his peak and says "Quack." Well, Haruko says that, she can't really project sound. * Katie giggles. * Haruko then opens her eyes. "They go quack, right? Wait, no..." She then blushes a little and the dove ripples. She then quickly closes her eyes again. No, they kind of coo. Like pigeons. * Kyon watches as he orders the cards and tucks them away. * Taki turns her body so she can look the other way down the hall. * Haruko opens her eyes once the dove settles again, it opens it beak and goes "Coo!" via Haruko. "Oh.. okay, well, thank you, and how can I make him better?" * Taki closes the door and steps back into the main room, where she shakes her head at Kyon. * Katie shifts a little, not moving her finger from where it is. "Well, the legs need to go back, kind of like... hang on." She pulls her sketchpad over and picks up her pencil with her right hand, using her knee to keep the pad steady. * Kyon shakes his head irritatedly, and presses himself up the wall again to look out the window. * Katie draws an oval, then another, and starts sketching what might be bone and leg structure. "See, here's about what the skeleton should look like." ( Uh huh. ::adjust:: I see. ::adjust a little more:: By the way, Kaede's lost to the void forever. ::leg adjust:: Is that better?) * Haruko looks at the sketch, and first adjusts the easy superficial things, like the position of the legs. 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Haruko (2d6-2) and gets 7. * Taki looks at Kyon for a bit and then walks over to him and quitly asks, "Which way are the stairs?" * Haruko gets the dove a bit better, although the parts that aren't right next to the bones are still pretty off. "So, is the beak a bone?" Kind of like teeth are, yeah. * Katie starts another sketch, this one of a dove's face. Oh, that makes sense. (SHARKS ARE THE WIN!) (Yay!) * Haruko 's bird steps up and down, rotating itself on Katie's finger so both of them can easily look at the dove's face. * Kyon scans the street for signs of Kaede. "Down the hall past the elevator. * Katie looks up at Taki and Kyon. "Where are you going?" 2d6+1 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Kaede (2d6+1) and gets 10. * Kyon looks back towards Katie over his shoulder. "Not going anywhere. Trying to see where the bike salesman ended up." * Haruko bites her lip again, then calms and glares at the bird, which keeps his form with none but a minor ripple. * Taki nods. Oh. * Haruko nods. "After this I may work on a falcon or a thunderbird. Is that a real bird? Like, prehistorical or one that likes flying in storms or something?" * Taki thinks for a bit, "He's the sort that would go down isn't he?" * Kyon nods tersely. "Also the sort to come back eventually." * Katie sighs. * Taki nods, checks her dead watch, and then shakes her head, "As long as he gets back before Satoshi does." * Kyon nods quickly. "If he just wanted to explore a bit, then it shouldn't take that long." * Haruko frowns and the dove starts to melt. She then closes her eyes and frowns. 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Haruko (2d6) and gets 3. * Haruko 's dove not only solidifies, but reforms itself in the image of what Katie's drawn, while still keeping Haruko's sense of cuteness and anthropomorphism. * Haruko 's dove then slowly waddles up Katie's arm and gently 'pecks' her on the cheek. "Coo, coo." * Taki nods again and walks back to the couch so she can watch the art lesson. * Katie eeps as she gets wet. * Haruko pulls the dove's beak and the moisture back. "Don't worry, he's friendly." * Taki grins. 2d6+1 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Kaede (2d6+1) and gets 7. * Katie smiles a little. "Okay." She moves the pad so it's more in front of her and starts another drawing, this one of a detailed wing, using her other hand to steady it this time. * Haruko nods and the dove waddles back down Katie's arm and stretches its wings out, at first they don't resemble the sketch so much. 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Haruko (2d6-2) and gets 6. * Haruko 's dove's wings slowly shift, coming to resemble the drawing more, although not really conveying any deeper understanding of the principles behind the sketch. * Katie eyes that, then starts another one next to it. This one without feathers. * Taki moves again to get a better view of the sketchpad. 2d6+1 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Kaede (2d6+1) and gets 10. * Haruko 's dove shifts its position slightly to make sure Taki can see both. She then glances over at the sketch pad. "Oooh." 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Haruko (2d6-2) and gets 7. * Haruko gets the bones and musculature right, but the overall shape and feathers lose a little. She pouts in the direction of her creation. 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Kaede (2d6-2) and gets 2. * Taki tilts her head, and then looks back at the first sketch Katie did. * Katie looks and smiles. "It's okay. You're doing a good job. Here, they sort of go on like this." She starts putting some light feathers on top of the second wing. * Kyon glances back towards the water dove once in a while, but is mostly just looking out the window still. * Haruko also glances between the two wing sketches a few times, before settling on looking at Katie's adjustments to the second one. 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Haruko (2d6-3) and gets 5. * Haruko peals some of the water away from the 'bone and muscle' of her dove, she then slowly fills him in as Katie draws the feathers. He actually comes out looking about right. 2d6+2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Kaede (2d6+2) and gets 8. * Katie looks, nods, and sketches a tail. * Taki looks at the new wings and then grins at Haruko. * Haruko watches as Katie works, she grins back at Taki briefly. "So are dove tails like plane tails? Controlling..." ::she thinks for a moment:: "Yaw?" * Taki shrugs helplessly. * Katie looks confused. "Yaw?" 2d6+1 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Kaede (2d6+1) and gets 11. * Haruko looks at the drawing and has her dove move its tail a little. "Oh, Hiroji told me." She has her dove float up a little. 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Haruko (2d6-3) and gets 3. 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Kaede (2d6) and gets 9. * Haruko 's dove then leans forward and spreads his wings parallel to the floor. The tail is still wrong but the other bits are still right. * Haruko 's dove then turns left, and then straightens and turns right. "That's yaw. Rotating around the, uh, Z axis I think." Oh. * Katie giggles a little. "Um, let's make sure the tail looks like it's supposed to." * Katie goes back to the first sketch and starts drawing a tail onto that one. * Taki nods, "And then you can tell us what the others are called." 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Kaede (2d6) and gets 3. * Haruko nods and the dove lands on Katie's arm, spreading it's wings so the tail can clearly be seen alone. She then has him wiggle it a little. * Katie smiles. "It's really nice. You should be proud." * Taki nods, "You made him well, all that practice pays off." * Kyon smirks, and mutters something in Chinese. He looks back over his shoulder one more time, then back to the window. Not that there's much change, likely. * Haruko smiles back. "So should you Katie, I can't be all that easy of a student to guide." No. You were great. * Katie blinks, then looks at Kyon. "What?" 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Kaede (2d6) and gets 3. 2d6+1 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Kaede (2d6+1) and gets 8. * Haruko watches the sketch and tunes the tail feathers as she does. She blushes slightly at the compliment. "Thank you." * Kyon looks back at Katie. "Nothing. Didn't say anything important." * Taki shrugs and watches the bird change. Are you sure? Isn't- * Katie blinks. "Hasn't Kaede been gone a long time? You're sure he's coming back?" ( Go back there? Heck no, he got out of the field. ) ( Didn't I tell you all you had to do was walk out? Oops :P ) (Without his body? Ooops) 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Kaede (2d6) and gets 7. * Kyon shrugs quickly. "How far can he get without a body?" He's... been... * Katie looks at Haruko. "How long were we doing this?" 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Kaede (2d6) and gets 8. * Haruko looks back. "I dunno... maybe ten minutes, bit more. But it's Kaede, he won't take stupid risks unless we're there to complain about them." * Katie looks at Haruko for a long moment, then jumps to her feet and bolts for the door. * Taki blinks at the suddenly active Katie and then chases after her a few seconds late, "Wait up!" * Katie turns the corner and runs for the stairs! And down them, because stairs. * Haruko is still wearing her miko jacket, she grabs the dress and runs after, leaving a splash and a small pool on the floor behind her. * Taki chases Katie to the top of the stairs and then stops to concentrait for a moment. * Taki tries to teleport to the bottom. [Taki finds herself in the bedroom!] * Kyon swears in Chinese, and looks in at Kyoko before stalking along after them. * Taki blinks at the bodies around her, "Argh, Kyon are you still here? I can see your body..and everybody else's too." * Haruko keeps after Katie, as she's the closest one now. * Kyon stops by the door. "We look OK?" [Katie and Haruko bump into Kaede as he's coming into the apartment.] * Taki looks at the bodies. * Katie nearly runs into him. "Kaede! Are you okay?" * Haruko falls down, as she was focusing on speed, she looks up and looks relieved, and then annoyed, and then relieved. "Whew." * Kaede stops and blinks, looking at Katie, still rubbing his head. "Huh? Yeah, I'm fine.." * Haruko then blinks and looks worried, and scrambles to her feet as she runs over to check on Kyoko. * Kyon walks back towards the room. "Can you still see us, too?" * Katie looks Kaede in the eyes, then reaches up and pulls his hand away from the back of his head, taking a look. "What happened?" * Kaede looks back at Katie with still the same hazel eyes. "I just walked out here. That's all." It looks like it still goes out pretty far too. Oh. * Katie pauses, then says, lamely, "You were gone a long time." She drops his hand and turns, going back into the building and up the stairs. Uhm...anyway I'm going to stand in the corner in here...Uhm...if they find Kaede...have him call me or something. * Kaede blinks and looks at Katie, tilting his head. "Sorry. I didn't mean to wor--hey!" He jogs back after her. * Kyon gets no response to his questions, and blows out a breath. "So. Crossed over. Missed the bus, then." (Does Taki see her own body, by the way?) (Taki's IN it) ( Yeah. She's wearing it. ) (Sorta what I figured, yeah.) * Katie gets back, looks around, and: "Where's Taki?" * Haruko keeps rushing up the stairs, holding on to the handrails as she moves, she gets in and checks on Kyoko before returning to the main room. * Taki pulls out her phone and looks at, "Maybe I should call Satoshi first." * Kyon gestures towards the bedroom. "Broke on through to the other side." * Taki drums her fingers for a moment, and then starts to dial Satoshi's number. I didn't know you were a Doors fan. (*snerk) (I didn't know Katie was either.) * Haruko looks around. "Oh? Taki's out? That's good. Although she'll probably be lonely til Satoshi gets back." [Taki gets no answer!] (If she is or isn't, it's hard to avoid some of their music. ;P) * Kaede heads back into the apartment, walking in as if nothing happened. * Taki hangs up, "Great, I get out of the field and he winds up in one." * Haruko shrugs and goes back to the coach, she stares at the puddle at the floor and slowly pulls up the water again. (Or he turned his cell phone off. ;P Geez, we're paranoid aren't we?) (He wouldn't turn his cell off. ;P) (Let's see, we told him to keep his phone off, in case we call, cause we're in an emergency situation... :P) (It's still possible!) * Kyon looks at Katie quizzically for a second, then shrugs quickly. "However it works." (That and she's had a long day, hurts, and is unhappy at The World.) * Haruko frowns and glares at the puddle, and the rest of the water comes off the ground, reforming into a floating ball. She then sits down and closes her eyes. * Taki sits down in her corner and looks over at Kyoko, "Of course with any luck Kyon went chaising after the rest of us and you and I are the only ones still in here." Well you, me, and the cat. (He'd say something, but he's asleep. =P) [The cat seems to be unconscious.] 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Haruko (2d6-3) and gets 4. * Haruko slowly reforms her dove, building his skeletal structure first then adding muscles, skin, and feather. She manages to reform him in about a minute. * Taki looks at her phone again, and resets the time on her watch, "Guess I'll try again in a bit...nothing else to do without running over people." * Kaede settles down on the couch and lets out a slight sigh, squinting his eyes a little. * Katie sighs, wraps her arms around herself, and starts walking aimlessly. Katie, sit down before you hurt yourself. * Kyon blows out a breath, and looks at Taki irritatedly, but then goes back and sits next to the cat. * Taki starts to drum her fingers and watches the seconds pass by on her watch. * Katie keeps pacing. "I'm not going to hurt myself." * Haruko grits her teeth for a moment, and then slowly loosens up, she then just looks sads and concentrates on the dove and he flaps his wings and flies over to land on Kaede's head. Not physically but you'll wear you--hey! * AlsoTaki is now known as Taki * Haruko 's dove opens his beak as she goes. "Coo." * Kaede swivels his head to look at Haruko. "...you're a nutcase." * Katie keeps pacing. "It's really good, don't you think?" * Haruko 's dove swivels on top of Kaede's head, looking in the direction he's looking. * Kyon looks over at the scene, and smirks. "Suits you." * Satoshi walks into the apartment, pushing Remi in a wheelchair in front of him, with Saki following. "We did it!" * Katie yelps and gets out of their way. Satoshi! * Satoshi blinks. "Taki?" Yes! * Saki shakes the cup. "Ha. Yeah, we got it." (Where are you, Taki?) * Haruko grins and makes sure she's out of the way. Then she goes 'Coo' again as the dove takes off, but not before leaving a small coin sized drop of water on Kaede's head. (I'm sitting in a corner of the bedroom.) (*snerk* Dove poop.) * Remi looks wide eyed at Satoshi. She's in a wheelchair and wearing one of those stupid hospital robs. You know, without the back. Her arm's in a cast. "Okay... Okay, we're here." She reaches towards Saki. "Give it to me! Quick!" * Satoshi looks at Saki. "Give it to her." * Satoshi heads for the bedroom. * Katie takes in the scene. "Remi... oh." She takes a breath. "I hope that's not a mistake." * Saki follows Satoshi, whispering. "Hang on. Are you sure about this?" I'm not sure if anybody else is still here, Kaede went to explore, and then Katie ran off after him a bit later and Haruko and I went chasing after her. I tried to teleport to cut her off and wound up in here. Hey! Wait, come back! Give me the cup! She's clearly out of her mind. * Haruko grins. "They thought ahead and are healing her too..." She then looks at Katie. "It should work... my stomach was cut open and it fixed me." And Saki's talking to Satoshi about how Remi's crazy. * Katie rubs at her forehead. It should. You don't think it can only heal a certain number of times, do you? * Kaede is strangely, or not so strangely, silent. * Satoshi looks at Saki. "No, let her have it. She's earned it. But be ready for her reaction." * Haruko thinks. "I doubt it can be just used up, or it wouldn't be around still probably. But there may be limits on how much it can be used in a day or a year or something." * Satoshi looks at Taki. "I'm so glad to see you up again..." * Haruko has her dove land on the original cup, poke his beak in, and dive in, becoming normal water again. The levels just a little lower, cause there's still some on Kaede's head. * Taki stands up but doesn't leave her corner, "So am I." * Satoshi walks over to Taki and hugs her. Gently, of course. * Saki shrugs. "Suit yourself man." She goes over to Remi and holds out the cup. Remi snatches it, grinning madly. How... How do I use it? Tell me, quick! How? * Satoshi lets go of Taki and looks back. "I don't know. Concentrate or something? It's a Cup thing, I thought." * Taki hugs Satoshi back, "When Isao used it he just had Haruko drink from it." * Remi looks down at the Cup. "Please let this work... please let this work..." Drink from it! * Haruko stands up and watches. "She scares me sometimes, but I really hope it works." * Remi looks up at Taki, then drinks from the Cup, all in one gulp. * Taki hugs Satoshi....and can't exactly see around him to what Remi's doing with the cup. * Satoshi hugs Taki again, then lets her go and steps aside so she can see. * Remi pulls off her banadages and smiles, holding up her hand. "It's working! Oh thankyouthankyouthankyou...." * Katie watches skeptically. [And yes, her hand is healed.] * Satoshi smiles, too. "It worked?" * Taki grins at Remi, "That's what she said. Now we just have to use it on Kyoko and get everybody back in their bodies." * Kaede isn't looking at Remi, he's looking at the table, rubbing his head. * Haruko smiles. "Alright, now Kyoko. And where are we going to keep this thing? And can it heal normal people?..." * Katie watches, then turns to Kaede. "Are you okay?" * Remi clenches and unclenches her fist, testing all her fingers. "Ohhh. thank goodness." Then she looks at Taki. "But... there's none left!" Give it to Taki, then. Err... * Kaede looks over at Katie. He looks irritated for a second but then focuses and sighs. "I told you, I'm fine." * Remi holds up the empty Cup. "See? I .... wait, no! What if it's not completed yet? I might need it again." We need to wake the others up. I think... I think I better hang onto it. I'll do it. Kaede will die otherwise. We have to do it *now*. I know! But how? There's nothing left! Give it to Taki and see if it refills. Hey, what about me? I'll die too! (Yes, but Remi isn't interested in you. I think. ;p) Why would it? That doesn't make any sense! Why not? What's it hurt to try? * Taki nods, "Kaede and everybody else, and there wouldn't have been anything left in it if there's only been filled once." * Katie grimaces, then she grits her teeth. "" Maybe we just have to wait. Yes... Let's just wait a bit and see what happens. Okay. Saki? Yeah? * Kaede mutters under his breath. "She's an idiot..." Remi, it was getting dark in there, I don't know how much longer it or Kyoko will last. Please let me use it on her. Just fucking take it from her! We may need to use your solution in a minute. * Haruko walks over and glares at Remi. "I saved your life, doesn't that mean anything to you?" I know, I'm worried too! I want to help! But you can see it's empty! Just wait a few minutes. * Katie realizes they can't hear her and lets out a sound of frustration. She walks over to Remi and shoves her hand through her back. * Kaede winces and rubs his head. "Haruko, be quiet. Please." We may not *have* a few minutes, Remi. * Haruko nods and quiets down. * Saki sighs. "I warned you." She cracks her knuckles. Remi... [Meanwhile, it grows even darker!] There's no reason your idea would work any better. It'll be testing two ideas at the same time. There's no harm in it! Maybe there is! Maybe one person has to hold onto it for a while. Yes, that's probably how it works! * Taki takes a few steps twords the door to the other room, "Sorry if any of you are still here...try to keep out of my way." * Satoshi nods to Saki. * Haruko backs up. Remi, you just picked it up for the first time a few moments ago. * Remi jumps suddenly and wraps herself around the Cup. "Aagh! There's something in here!" It must be after the Cup! We've got to protect it! What? * Saki moves over to Remi. "Alright, kid. We're gonna do this the hard way now." * Katie grimaces, then pulls her hand away and reaches over to her wrists. "Get over yourself." She grabs Remi's wrists. Katie...it's probably the Cup's influence. Maybe. * Kaede says that deadpanned, matter of fact and makes no motion to get up. 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Katie (2d6) and gets 7. Remi, the only ones after the cup are us, and we just want to use it to help our friends. Your friends too. [Ouch. Katie puts herself in an extreme amount of pain as Saki walks right on top of her.] Come on, Remi. Just give it up for a second. They are my friends! Stop acting like I don't care about them! You're *healed*. * Katie lets out a shriek that ends in a rasp and gets the hell out of the way, as she tumbles to the ground. * Saki reaches for it. Remi screams. "No! Let go of me! Let go!" And if they die while you're being all paranoid, then what are you going to do? I know you care, that's why we need to use The Cup on them. I'm sorry it has to be this way, but you're bringing this on yourself. * Saki suddenly draws back, clutching at her stomach, where a particularly large icicle has gone through. She falls to the ground, grimacing. I said let go! Remi! Remi, stop! Think about what you're doing! * Katie pushes herself up to her knees. Why can't you listen to me?! Because you're not listening to us! * Haruko walks over and helps Katie up. "C'mon, they're going to take it by force, lets get out of the way." * Kaede just sighs and stands up. He picks up his phone and reaches out to touch someone. Maybe Satoshi! Now we need to use it on Saki too. You need to calm down. * Kyon holds out a hand slightly in front of him. The room starts to lighten again. He moves off to the side, as well. * Saki drags herself to her feet and suddenly leaps at Remi. "Little bitch!" She knocks the wheelchair over. * Satoshi sends to Taki: ~Think you can teleport over there and take it, then go to the bedroom before she realizes it's gone- err. Never mind?~ [The Cup rolls out of the way as they struggle.] ~Taki, grab it!~ No! * Remi goes for it, but Saki pulls her back and starts throwing fists. * Taki thinks back at Satoshi ~hit me if I get like that~ * Taki teleports for the cup. ~You won't.~ * Haruko pulls Katie out of the way if necessary, making sure she doesn't get phased through in the scrimage. 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Taki (2d6-3) and gets 8. (DR) 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Taki (2d6-3) and gets 4. [Taki arrives by the cup!] * Satoshi runs over to try and help Saki. * Katie watches helplessly. * Taki picks it up and runs for the other room. [Satoshi sees that Saki probably isn't the one who needs help.] * Satoshi is not letting Remi past until he sees everyone walk out of that bedroom. Taki's got it, we're going to be alright. Dammit, Remi, calm down! * Saki stands up after a second. A bruised, unconscious Remi is left lying on the floor. ...okay. * Saki looks down and grunts as she pulls out the icicle. That worked. Sorry about that. * Kaede stops for a second and looks over the situation, holding up his phone. He sighs and puts it down. "Too late." Do you really think she would have listened anyway? More so than either of them. Haruko can heal you once she's awake. * Satoshi looks at Remi and sighs. "Why won't you ever *listen* to anyone? Poor Kaede." He walks to the bedroom. * Taki doesn't stop running untill she gets to the bedside, jumping over a few people to get there. * Saki staggers a bit and props herself up against the wall. "Fuckin' bitch... Got me unprepared. I hate that." * Taki holds up the cup and looks into expectantly. Go Knight! Yay Taki! [The Cup appears to be out of order.] Uhm... * Taki concentrates on the cup, "I hope I wasn't wrong." * Satoshi puts a hand on Taki's shoulder. "You can do it. I have faith in you." [Taki blows it up with her psychic powers! Er... I mean nothing happens.] * Haruko gulps. "That doesn't sound good." She then puts on her skirt and goes watery, navigating past the crowd before reforming and touching the cup. Try putting some water in it or something. * Taki nods, "I'm glad somebody does." Yeah. Maybe any water will do. Might just be the person who's using it that's special. Right. * Haruko sighs, holds her dress in place, and backs up against a wall. * Taki nods and turns around to walk to the kitching, "Coming through again...and if this doesn't work...maybe I can just teleport everybody out like I got myself." * Taki walks to the kitchen and fills The Cup up with tapwater. * Taki carefully walks back to the bedroom, trying not to spill any. [Taki succeeds!] (Go me!) (Yay, Taki! ^_^_v) * Taki uses one hand to open Kyoko's mouth, "If you can hear me, I'm going to give you something to drink." * Taki mutters under her breath, "if you're not awake I'm about to attempt to drown you..." * Haruko nods. "Don't worry about that Knight, I wasn't awake, I'm not even sure I was alive." 2d6-1 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Taki (2d6-1) and gets 5. [Kyoko shuts her eyes, and suddenly everyone is back to normal.] Kyoko? Did it work? * Katie looks around. * Haruko leaps up and hugs Taki. Then she rushes over to Saki. * Kaede checks himself as he blinks up, groaning a bit. Guys? * Satoshi watches them all get up. "You're back!" * Katie watches Haruko do that, then smiles, slowly, which grows and turns into a laugh. "It worked!" * Taki spins to try and see Katie, and then acks as she's hugged and tries not to spill any of the water. * Satoshi grins and hugs Katie, gently. It did! * Haruko holds out a hand tenatively to Saki's wounds. "May I?" Yeah, go on. You're back! We're all together again! * Saki shuts her eyes. "I'm too old for this crap." * Katie hugs back. "I didn't doubt you, Satoshi." She looks around him. "Or you, Saki." * Kyon is still glowing for a second before he stops and presses himself up. He goes over to the cat and scoops him up. Remi... uh, let's be honest. But not you guys. * Haruko puts her hand on Saki's wound and starts healing. "Alright, someone check over Remi while I'm at it. And thank you Saki." * Satoshi lets go. "I'm glad. I'm really glad." And then he sits. Yeah. Sure. And... really... tired. [End!]