[Day: Tuesday, March 30th. Time: 3:30 p.m.] [Weather: Chilly, cloudy, chance of rain later.] [You're on the hunt for Arisu, wherever she may be! But first, Haruko has agreed to confiscate a car for you all.] [And Kaede and Kyon aren't there.] [Start!] * Katie exits the school, following Kaede and Kyon and glancing at Haruko. She's fingering her satchel strap nervously. * Satoshi looks at the group. "Okay, remind me again why we've decided to use this specific method?" * Haruko walks towards the cars, looking for options that aren't likely to be missed and are non-flashy four doors. Her first instinct is the mechanic club sponsor's. * Taki is following Katie and glances at Satoshi, "Because we don't know where she is!" * Haruko also is digging through her bag, and eventually pulls out two insulated gloves. "We need to be fast, Taki might not have been there before, and we're in a hurry." * Haruko puts the box she was carrying under one hand and holds out the gloves. "Alright, Taki and Katie, take one each and keep your other hand in your pocket. Satoshi, you got hockey gloves with you?" * Katie follows along, frowning. "And Haruko's looking for an excuse to steal a car. We can worry about it later." I have them, but I'm not going to be able to grab things too well. * Taki blinks at Haruko, and then grabs the nearist glove...which turns out to be the left one, "...I'll try not to touch anything." * Katie takes one of the gloves and puts it on. She nods. That's alright, just wear them for the journey. ::She then glances to Katie:: That isn't fair, if you have a better idea, I'll follow it. (Right glove! Good thing Katie's right handed.) * Katie shakes her head. "Just do it, Haruko." [Oh, and there's a light dusting of rain, not really all that noticable except that a fine mist is starting to rise from the ground.] * Taki puts on her glove, "We don't have enough time." * Satoshi reaches into his sports bag and pulls out his black hockey gloves. He puts them on. "Okay. I'm as ready as I'm going to be." (Yay for listing my hockey equipment as a minor item of personal gear. ^_~) (Taki doesn't even own her own skates! ;_;) [You get to the parking lot, where there are several faculty cars parked.] * Haruko grabs a metal ruler with a notch in the end from her bag. As the mist rises and obscures the lot, she quickly glances around to make sure there aren't any obvious witnesses. 2d6+1 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Kaede (2d6+1) and gets 8. * Haruko also takes a moment to put on her leather riding gloves. * Satoshi keeps watch, or as much as he can. He doesn't look terribly happy about this. * Katie is worried and constantly fidgeting. * Taki seconds Katie with much braide tugging and glancing about. ( Awareness check, Haruko! ) 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Haruko (2d6) and gets 8. [There doesn't seem to be any obvious witnesses...] * Satoshi keeps looking around. (Ahh, that's how Taki gets written out, she's the only one recognizeable from a mile away right now) * Haruko goes for the sponsor's car, glances in for anything of note or out of the ordinary, and assuming it specifically is there and there aren't any witnesses, by now the mist should be fairly thick and obscuring vision beyond a few meters. She pats the top of the car with her left hand and murmurs "Don't worry, I promise I'll take good care of you and bring you back to Ebina-sensei in good shape." As she lowers the ruler down into the car door along the window and tries to unlock the driver's door. 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Haruko (2d6-2) and gets 3. [Haruko fiddles with it, until... *click*] * Katie glances around, listening more than looking, and waits. 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Kaede (2d6) and gets 7. * Haruko slips in the car door and quickly unlocks the other three doors. She then slips down a bit below the steering wheel, keeping a nice low profile as she removes her two hair pins. * Taki stands with her right hand clutching her skirt and her left clenched in a fist, and yes she's still looking around and doing a lousy job of not looking guilty. * Satoshi sighs quietly and tries not to touch anything. * Haruko shakes her head briefly, making sure her hair falls back as it drops out of the bun, she first puts in the pin with a flat long edge and then uses the one that ends in a point in combination to try to turn the ignition. If this doesn't work she can go for the wires, but easier to repair if she doesn't have to. * Haruko has a rather serious expression while she does all this, and the mist stays up. * Haruko speaks quietly as she does this. "C'mon boy, I can clip the wires and fix them later, but I'd rather not hurt you at all." 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Haruko (2d6-3) and gets 3. [Haruko starts up the car.] * Katie lets out a breath. "Now?" * Haruko gestures for the others to get in as she fixes her hair back with a berrett into a fairly conservative older looking style, with some hair in front partially covering her burn marks. 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Haruko (2d6-2) and gets 7. * Katie does, using the gloved hand to open a back door and getting in. * Taki starts to reach out with her right hand to open the other door on the drivers side and then swallows and does it left handed. [The radio plays some bad music. Sounds like country music with Russian lyrics.] * Satoshi grabs the door handle with his gloved hand and manages to get the car open. He squishes into the back seat (being the tallest one here by far) and tries to settle himself as comfortably as he can. * Haruko kills the radio while patting the dashboard with one hand as everyone gets in. "That's a good boy, thank you, I appreciate this." * Satoshi grabs the door handle with his gloved hand and manages to get the car open. He settles himself relatively comfortably into the front passenger seat, although he still looks none too pleased about this whole thing. * Haruko grins and the mist level drops, improving visibility, she makes sure that it's at a safe level and then pulls out of the parking lot, nothing fancy, no fast moves, looking back when going in reverse, all that stuff. ( Taki and Katie! Acrobatics - flexibility! ) 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Katie (2d6-3) and gets 3. 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Taki (2d6) and gets 12, a CRITICAL FAILURE!!! "Death is temporary, only failure is forever. You may have just done both." (::falls over snickering and keeps it::) ( <.< ) (Taki gets into a yoga position much like a pretzel trying to fit into the back seat.) [Ebina-sensei's car is not meant to be a family machine, and while there is technically a backseat, it's awfully cramped. Not to mention, he's got a lot of mechanical junk back there too. Katie steps in and manages to find a spot that's not too uncomfortable.] [Taki, on the other hand, can't seem to find anywhere to sit, and winds up in an uncomfortable position that's half-sitting, half-lying across Katie.] (Shouldn't that be a crit success for Taki?) (*snerk*) (haha!) (*cackles*) * Katie looks at Taki blankly for a moment before shifting to make herself more comfortable. ( No, because Taki isn't quite sure how she could possibly get herself back out of the car if necessary :P ) ( Well, short of teleporting. ) ( Don't think Taki cares about that right now. :P) [Katie's phone rings! Acro - flexibility, Katie!] * Taki looks up at Katie, blushing, "Sorry, there isn't any where else back here for me to sit." 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Katie (2d6-3) and gets -1, a CRITICAL SUCCESS!!! "Hey, a crit! Remember this next Christmas." * Haruko after navigating the parking lot, drives to meet up with Kyon. "Alright, buckle up and stay low if you can. If anything happens, I'll pull over and Taki will port us all out of here." She continues in a quieter voice. "I'll make sure you get back to Ebina-sensei in that case." [Katie answers her phone.] * Katie shifts, somehow getting the phone into her hand without dislocating something or moving Taki too much. She checks caller ID. "It's okay, Taki." She turns it on and puts it to her ear. "" * Katie frowns a little. "Haruko had to get a car. We were supposed to follow you, but I guess that's not going to happen now." She's in Shunyo? * Haruko having settled into driving, is starting to grin, she's trying to surpress it so it's fairly faint, but it's obviously there. All right. We'll meet you there. Um... if Kyon's with you, okay. I don't want you getting hurt, too, Kaede. And we can't track you like that. 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Kaede (2d6) and gets 6. * Katie frowns. "Okay," she says snappishly, "If you *don't* want me to worry about you guys, just say so. I'll try to do that for you. We're on our way now." * Haruko drives to Shunyo, abiding by all traffic laws. * Taki sighs at Katie's outburst. * Satoshi blinks but doesn't turn around. He seems intent on watching the road, and is probably paranoid enough that he thinks every other car is a police vehicle. ;p * Katie removes the phone from her ear and hangs onto it until they get there and Taki's off her lap. * Haruko 's grin gets a bit less faint over time, but her driving stays quite conservative. * Taki sits nerviously and tries to keep still, but bits of mechanical things keep poking her. ( Drive natural. Man this is fun, I wanna- no! Drive natural! OMG TEH POLICE WILL FIND US AND TAKE US AWAY I hope Arisu's okay, and Kaede doesn't do anything stupid. *^_^* Oh wait, we might get caught.) (Basically, yes.) ( BEST CRITFAIL EVER!!) * Haruko 's plan for finding a parking space when she gets there is definately legal parking and ideally something in a lower visibility area. Considering schools now out, some spaces can likely be found. [You drive! Gimme hearing checks] 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Haruko (2d6) and gets 5. 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Taki (2d6) and gets 6. 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Satoshi (2d6-2) and gets 9. [Anyhow, you hear sirens! There's a police car behind you!] 2d6-8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Katie (2d6-8) and gets -1. * Taki twists around, "Oh no...." * Haruko gulps but pulls to the side, respecting normal traffic laws. "Be ready Taki, Satoshi, look at the side of the street, not the police car." Police car?! What police car? * Katie glances back, checking if the police car is pulling them over. "Behind us." * Satoshi clenches his teeth and does not look behind them. "I knew something like this was going to happen..." * Taki reaches forward and puts a hand on Haruko and Satoshi's shoulders. Not yet Taki. * Haruko waits once pulled over to see if the police car also pulls over. Relax. Probably chasing someone else. Haruko was obeying traffic laws. [It does not! It chases after the guy in front of you!] * Taki lets go, "Good thing too...I can't think of anywhere good there to go..." * Satoshi lets out a huge breath. "Thank goodness." * Katie nods. "Okay, let's keep going." Good driving, Haruko. * Haruko breathes a sigh of relief and pats the dashboard. "Thank the Kami." She waits an appropriate amount of time and then gets driving again. * Haruko grins but keeps her eyes on the road. "Thank you Satoshi." * Taki nods rapidly, "yes, very very good." * Haruko keeps driving to Shunyo and looking for a spot. [You reach Shunyo!] ( Haruko, driving roll! ) (Boost) 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Haruko (2d6-2) and gets 2. (Good investment of 10 ep, if you hadn't done that he'd have you miss by one. :P) (To be honest, mostly did it because Haruko really is focusing that much on it. :P) * Haruko tries for that fairly discrete and legal parking spot. (Haruko parks on top of a dumpster.) (In a cream pie!) [Haruko finds a parallel parking spot. It's hard to imagine anyone could fit in such a small space, though... But Haruko manages to do it without hitting anything.] (Mhm...pie) (We bow to your superior parallel parking skills.) ( You're a better driver than I have heard! ) * Haruko stops trying to hide the grin. "Alright, nobody mess it up now, keep ungloved hands in your pockets and exit the car. It has been my pleasure to be your driver." (Yes, Haruko is a better driver than I am.) ( The entire Sakuragaoka mechanic club's morale is rising! ) * Katie lets out a sigh. "Thanks, Haruko." She waits for Taki to get off of her so she can get out of the car. (I've pulled that off once or twice, but I'm not great at it.) (I don't even try. ;p) * Satoshi gets out of the car and tries to look nonchalant about it. (In other words, Satoshi looks as guilty as guilty can be.) * Taki looks around at all the junk, "Uh, Katie...Could you get the door? I can't quite reach." (I judge myself, and find myself to be very guilty.) * Katie blinks, then gets the door with her gloved hand. "There." ( Satoshi goes to the happy land with the other judged souls. ) ( Taki! Acrobatics (flexibility)! ) 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Taki (2d6) and gets 10. (It's like being on drugs, isn't it? Hmm... that means I'll get crit successes now!) * Haruko pats the dashboard one last time and murmurs. "Thank you, that was a lot of fun. I'll look forward to taking you home." She then lets herself out, taking her box, assortted gear, and bag with her. "Everybody lock your doors, don't want anyone stealing the car." If that's a joke, her tone doesn't show it. (Ha...ha...ha!) [Taki can't get out!] * Satoshi reaches back and locks the door. * Taki squirms for a moment, and then shoves a something that's been poking her in the side for the entire trip, "ack...I'm stuck. Sorry Katie...I..." * Haruko locks her own door. She then grins again. "Just teleport Taki." * Haruko glances around and makes sure nobody's watching. * Katie winces as Taki manages to get her poked with machinery. "Yeah, vanish out." * Taki slaps her forehead with her right hand and then appears outside the car...still in a sitting postion and falls to the ground. * Satoshi helps Taki up. "Are you all right?" * Haruko keeps lookout. * Katie gets out of the car now. * Taki gets helped up by Satoshi, and is still fairly pink, "Everything but my pride." * Haruko makes sure Katie locks her door, and then gets moving. (Taki could get out just fine, she just wanted an excuse to stay in Katie's lap. :P) ( It's amazing how much fun can be had with the simple act of going from one place to the other :P ) Your pride'll heal. You're more important. (It is! ^_~) 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Taki (2d6) and gets 7. * Katie goes, hurrying towards Shunyo. If they find Kaede on the way, so much the better. * Haruko hustles along. * Satoshi heads for Shunyo! "So, what did Kaede say was going on?" ( Unfortunately, Taki's exploits in the car were turned into a flash movie that would amuse stupid people for as long as AYB did. ) Or did he say anything at all? He said the signal's coming from Shunyo, which would be why we're here. * Haruko comments quietly as she moves. "Everybody remember where we parked." ( AYB? ) I don't think I can forget. (All Your Base.) (All Your Base.) * Taki follows Satoshi, and rubs varios sore spots, "I'm gonna walk home." [You could ask Kaede yourself, because he's there!] (Ah. Right.) * Katie sighs, maybe with relief, and runs up to Kaede. "Kaede!" She blinks. "Where's Kyon?" * Kaede is there. And pacing. He looks disturbed or something, but hasn't quite spotted you yet. * Kaede turns towards Katie quickly. "He went to park the bike. Listen, Arisu's in the nurse's office." What happened to her? * Haruko keeps walking up, waving. "Oh and Taki, even if we don't do that scouting Tokyo thing I suggest once, we should at least make sure you know a few entry points for all the schools Arcana go to." The nurse's? * Taki hurries after Katie, "Will she be allright?" * Katie stops, blinking. * Kaede frowns. "Someone's with her too." Who? * Haruko looks to Kaede and listens. * Kaede tries to pronounce the obscure name. "" He wrinkles his brow trying to figure if that sounds right or not. What? Sole wha? She says she found her beaten badly near the locker room. ...not remembering a thing. Sound familiar? It sounds French. Yes, but... all the other times, it was at Sakuragaoka. * Haruko grits her teeth for a moment and looks down. "I did this. I shouldn't have sent her. Alright. Let's go." * Taki finaly looses her blush, "...Too familiar..." * Kaede frowns. "Shunyo....Shunyo...Fuyuko goes here...doesn't she?" Yes. Kyon and I came here once to look for her. I asked Arisu to look into Yushiro. It's time to call him out. * Kaede curses and swivels towards the school. "Let's go." Right. * Katie frowns. "Yeah. Um..." She looks back. "Kyon? Someone should let Kyon know. Make sure he's okay." She reaches for her phone and dials his number really quick. * Taki takes a few steps to follow Kaede, but then stops and waits for Katie. * Kaede starts to walk. "And don't blame yourself, Haruko." [Kyon does not answer his phone.] * Haruko nods, she speaks in a quiet, angry, determined tone. "We get Kyon, talk to Arisu, then go to his house. I'll handle the questioning, Kaede tapes, Satoshi scans. I'll provoke him, let him attack first, maybe incriminate himself, then... teach him we protect our own." * Katie removes her phone and tries dialing him again. [Kyon does not answer his phone.x2] * Kaede then stops at the calling, looking over his shoulder. I guess that works...Is something wrong Katie? Haruko... I don't want you to put yourself in danger like that. * Katie sounds like she's trying not to panic and failing miserably. "He's not there. Kyon's not answering the phone." Great. Half of us check on Kyon. The rest of us check on Arisu. ( There's a reason he's not answering his phone >.> ) (Yes, and Katie is psychic and not paranoid at all!) ( Kaede, you know where she is, Haruko needs to heal, Satoshi has been here before, Katie and I will look for his bike. It'll be faster this way.) (You're ditching Satoshi? >.>) ( Wait a minute, this twisted Taki logic no longer means that I spend less time with Kaede.) ( I have to send somebody so Haruko and Kaede don't have to talk to eachother.) ( Oh, okay then.) * Haruko glances at Kaede with a small amount of surprise. She hides it quickly though. "Alright, I'll go with you, heal her as much as we can. Rest of you look for Kyon, in case he's in trouble. * Taki nods, "We'll call if we find anything." * Kaede nods and starts walking. Okay. Call if you need us. * Katie tries *again*. "But he can't be- He just went to park the bike." She almost doesn't seem to notice Haruko and Kaede leaving. * Haruko walks with Kaede. "Know anything about this guy other than his weird name? Oh, and can I have my phone back." * Kaede hands the phone back and speaks simply as he walks. "Her." * Haruko takes it back. "Thanks. Huh, okay, anything else?" I'm sure he can take care of himself, he probibly set it to vibrate and left it in his bag or something. I don't think she had anything to do with Arisu getting beaten up. But she did say it was her and a friend.. * Satoshi is with Haruko and Kaede. Because, God knows, leaving *those* two alone is a recipe for disaster. Although he did have to struggle a bit with leaving Katie, especially as she was starting to get worried. [Katie suddenly gets a text message: "I'm busy. Go away." - Kyon.] (Whoo!) (Very Kyon. Well done. ^_^) (Ker-SNARK!) * Katie blinks. "What-" She looks slightly relieved, though, and starts typing in her own text message. "Okay. I think- I think he's okay." * Taki blinks at Katie, "That's good....did he say where he was?" No. I'm asking. But... but it's okay. I hope? * Katie sounds like she's trying to talk herself into it more than anything. Maybe he's trying to do some student councile things or something. * Haruko glances back. "Good, let's all go then. Don't even need an excuse cause we are Arisu's friends. After this I'll take the car back and you guys can track down the address, then Taki can grab me and we'll finish this." I- I guess so. * Taki tugs on her braide again...and then notices she's still wearing the one glove, so she pulls it off, "...That might work." * Katie lets herself be led into the building, if Taki's doing the leading. She keeps at putting a message in the phone for a bit. * Taki leads Katie in, "You might want to take that glove off...or put this one on." * Kaede waits and looks over his shoulder while they follow then goes back. [You head into Shunyo. About now, a lot of people are heading home from after school activities. None of them are insane.] (That's good!) * Katie blinks, just now realizing she's still wearing that glove. She shifts the phone to pull it off and hands it to Taki absently. (That's highly suspious.) * Haruko glances back and notes Katie's typing. "Kyon can take care of himself Katie, and if he needs help he has the sense to ask for it. You know that." * Taki gains 1 glove(s)! * Satoshi looks around for Ichiro, or anybody else he might recognize. Which, really, amounts to Ichiro and possibly any of the other Shunyo players. * Haruko then looks to Kaede again. "She say anything about this friend?" * Kaede shakes his head. "She did have a strong accent though...even said Japanese wasn't her first language." I understand that. 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Satoshi (2d6-2) and gets 4. * Taki doesn't look for the Shunyo players, after only one game she probilby won't recognize them out of uniform, so she holds onto the gloves with one hand and leads Katie with the other. [Satoshi sees someone he knows!] * Katie finishes and tucks her phone away. * Kaede doesn't look because he doesn't know people from Shunyo! Come to think of it, he doesn't really know where the nurse's office is either. Gak. * Satoshi sees someone he knows! Cool! [It's Takako Matsumura. She walks right by him, saying to her friends. "So, of course she wanted to be my friend, because you KNOW how everybody adores me. But, modest though I am, I knew she just wanted to use me to boost her own popularity. As if." She walks by.] * Katie rolls her eyes. * Satoshi ignores her right on back. * Haruko nods. "Good." She then sighs and then smiles weakly and hands Katie the box she's been carrying for some time. "I'd rather wait until a relaxed time to give you this, but that may be awhile." She glances briefly at Takako with a fairly condescending expression but doesn't say anything. * Taki shakes her head and follows Kaede, because she assumes he knows where he's going. * Taki retcons that and pays attention to Haruko and her box instead! * Katie blinks, taking the box. She tilts her head as she looks it over. * Kaede frowns. "Anyone know where exactly we're headed? I know the nurses office but... ( It explodes. ) * Satoshi looks curiously at the box. * Kaede glances at the box. [The nurses office is not in the box.] * Taki ignores Kaede's comment. [Furthermore, Satoshi does not recognize the box.] I don't know. We could ask someone. (Dang! I was hoping it would be!) * Katie removes the lid. (And it is an unfamiliar box, too!) (Good. Then we won't try to conduct surgery in it.) [The box is not the King of Swords.] (In all seriousness, though, would I remember where the nurse's office is from before, or did I not even look there?) [There is a remote-controlled glider in the box.] [It, also, is not the King of Swords.] (But the box is also cursed.) (Well, what was holding the box shut? Maybe that's the King of Swords.) ( No, but it's not hard to find. ) [Specifically one that has extended wings, which can be (and are at the moment) folded. And it's lighter than you'd expect cause of no engine.] * Taki ...blinks at the toy glider. * Katie studies for a moment, unerringly avoiding running into people. "A plane? It's not my birthday or anything." That's cute. * Kaede loses interest in the box and looks around for any signs of the nurse's office. (and RDM informs Greg that model airplane radios compleat with engine servos and battery now weigh less than a box of paperclips. o_o) 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Kaede (2d6) and gets 11. (Well, now half a box. ) (What kind of paperclips, though?) * Haruko smiles slightly. "I know, I just thought you might like something else to play with, and practice with. Have to learn the basics before you can fly for real." (the bitty metal ones that wigh half a gram each) ( "It's tough being a box." ) * Satoshi divides his attention between the new toy and the search for the nurse's office. (Rei's computer speaks!) But I can't- (Although, really, that's BOX. This is Box.) * Kaede frowns and asks a random student where the nurse's office is instead. Complete with "excuse me, I'm sorry to bother you" and all. * Taki grins, "as Chikako would say if she were here to see this, ." * Katie stops for a moment, then, "Thanks, Haruko." She smiles. "Really." And she puts the lid on the box and starts looking for the office, too. 2d6+1 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Satoshi (2d6+1) and gets 6. * Satoshi points down a hallway. "I think it's that way." [The student points down a corridor without stopping.] * Satoshi points down the same corridor the student did! How convenient! * Kaede bows in thanks and follows the pointing fingers. * Haruko keeps the faint smile. "I know. But you can glide, any human can, we've got inventions to let us do it." She then grins, "And you should be able to do it substantially better than most. It's a place to start." * Katie does, too. Definitely. * Satoshi goes that way! * Taki follows the fingers! * Haruko follows. [You arrive at the nurse's office, where there's a non-descript nurse, Fuyuko, Arisu, Izumi, annnnd... A tall foreign girl, with waist-length silvery- white hair and blue eyes. She's rather pretty, too.] (It's the Queen of England!) (I think the Queen of England is a little older than a girl. :P) (Not after The World got through with her ;P) (So...she's average Arcana fare) (She's Claire and Jackie all in one!) ( At least she's not Princess Diana, the mutant >.< ) (But not as pretty.) (Because Claire has mutant hawtness powers.) * Kaede looks at the non-descript nurse and demands that she get a description. But soon gets bored and looks over everyone else who actually have names instead. * Katie takes in all the people, then offers a tentative, "Hello?" [The nurse is a slightly pudgy 40-ish woman with thick glasses and big cheeks who looks like she's fairly competent at her job, but probably leads a normal life.] * Haruko glances over the ensemble before bowing briefly in greeting and then takes a few more steps towards Arisu, trying to get a read on her condition. [They all look at you!] * Taki looks at Arisu first, and then the other people, "Pardon our intruding." * Kaede finishes with the nurse and looks at Arisu. "Um..." [Except the nurse. She's doing stuff in the back.] Izumi: "Oh. It's you guys." * Kaede glances at the new girl, trying the name. "-san?" Yeah, it's us. * Katie shifts her attention to the reporter. "Arisu, are you okay? We were worried." The girl nods at Kaede. "Oui? You are ze man on ze phone, non?" [Arisu looks beaten and bandaged.] [But she nods.] * Haruko nods. "We're friends of Arisu." She quickly gestures around the room, giving first names, mostly in introduction to the new girl. She then walks the rest of the way to Arisu. (And conscious? Okay.) * Kaede nods curtly. (Correction...'tis the Queen af France...how'd Ins get in this game anyway?) Um...thanks for looking after her. Izumi: "The nurse said she should be okay. It's bad, but at least she doesn't need to go to the hospital." * Katie sighs. "Thank God. I was on the phone with her when she- It-" She bites her lip. * Taki lets out a sigh of relief, "That's very good to hear." * Haruko quickly looks over Arisu trying to get a feel for whether there's any noticable similarities to the beating she took and that given to Maki. Yeah. We were really worried about what might have happened to her. * Kaede casts a brief glance over at Fuyuko. * Taki puts a hand on Katie's shoulder and speaks quitly, "You should let Chikako know that she's going to be allright." 2d6+2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Haruko (2d6+2) and gets 10. (dr) 2d6+2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Haruko (2d6+2) and gets 5. Oh? Oh! * Katie reaches for her phone, fumbling with it a little before she manages to dial Chikako's number. * Haruko nods slightly and grits her teeth a little. She then gently puts a hand on Arisu's shoulder, assuming it's not a bandaged area. "So you don't remember anything?" * Katie puts her phone to her ear and waits a bit, then, "Hi, Chikako? Yeah. Arisu's okay." * Kaede casts Katie a glance too and sighs, deflating. "Arisu, what's the last thing you remember? I mean at all." Izumi: "Well, we don't know how long she was lying there. We just found her when we got done with volleyball practice." * Taki nods slightly. She went to Shunyo. She's hurt, but I don't know- yeah, it's uncool. She's in the nurse's office right now. Arisu: "Unfortunately not; usually my memory is top notch, but this time it appears that I can't remember a thing. Once I remebered a fact about a certain story I did after four weeks, when everyone else had forgotten it. That let me get the scoop..." She drones on. She says she doesn't remember anything. * Haruko smiles and nods slightly and looks over to Izumi. "Where exactly?" Not a thing? Not even how you got to the lockers? Or why you were going there? * Katie nods. "It's weird. She doesn't need to go to the hospital or anything, though... Okay, we'll let you know if we find anything else out. I'll call you later today." Foreigner: "She was just outzide ze locker room." * Katie laughs a little. "Okay. Bye." She removes the phone from her ear. "Chikako says get better soon, Arisu." * Kaede looks at the foreigner. "Who was the first one to find her?" Foreigner: "I was ze first to find her; I do not play volleyball, so I was waiting for ze othars." * Kaede frowns. "And you didn't hear anything...?" * Taki grins a bit and gives Katie's shoulder a small squeeze before she lets go. * Katie offers Taki a faint smile before tucking her phone away again. She goes back to playing with her satchel strap. * Haruko turns back to Arisu and away from the girls. She whispers, "I looked her over, a lot like when Maki was beaten. Particularly that her uniform is torn and that there's a some small cuts. I think he had a blade or something else sharp. Want to look her over and see if I missed anything?" * Haruko keeps her hand on Arisu's shoulder and listens to her current story, nodding occassionally when appropriate. * Katie blinks at Haruko, having heard that loud and clear, then steps over to her and Arisu and has a look herself. Arisu nods to Katie. "I will. I always have been a quick healer. There was a time I pulled a muscle once in gym class, and they were convinced I wouldn't be able to run for several days, but I was up again in a little under an hour..." She drones. That's good. Healing fast is good. The foreigner shakes her head at Kaede. "I 'eard nozing." * Taki doesn't follow Katie across the room. * Kaede sighs. "Thanks for your time, anyways. It's appreciated." * Kaede leans, or rather slumps, against the wall. "But of course." Izumi: "I don't get it. Who would do such a thing?" * Haruko nods to the girl, "You're all very kind to show this concern." I don't know. I wish we really did know for certain. * Katie brings one hand up to her scar before forcing it back down, uncomfortably. "Some people really do hate others, though." * Kaede looks at his watch and checks the time casually. 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Katie (2d6-2) and gets 8. * Taki shake her head, "Who ever it is... I hope they get what they deserve." (DR) 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Katie (2d6-2) and gets 3. * Haruko looks down at the question, she's got a rather angry expression is tugging at her hair with her free hand. The foreign girl thinks for a minute, then gives a look of surprise. "Oh! How rude of me. I should 'ave introduced myself. My name ees Soleil Cardinaux. It's a pleasure to meet you." It's nice to meet you too, although I wish it had been under better circumstances. (Just as a reminder, Haruko did give everybodies name, I just did it as a /me to save words. :P) Thanks for your help. "Yes. It ees a pity." * Katie turns her attention from Arisu to offer Soleil a hesitant smile. "Hi. Katie Andrews." She holds her hand out to the girl; a handshake instead of a bow. "You're not from around here either, huh?" * Taki bowed as her name was called. * Haruko bows to Soleil. "I hope our next meeting not be so sad." She doesn't take her hand off Arisu's shoulder though. She shakes her head. "Non. I come from France." But she does not have a cone head. (Heh) (Does she shake my hand, too? Hehe.) * Kaede looks up for a second. "Huh? Oh...um. Right. Kaede Takeuchi. The guy on the phone." He blushes a little. "I apologize for not saying on the phone but...I didn't know what to think..." [She does! Because every country but Japan and China shake hands! :P] (Not really, but it sure is a European thing, and hence American. ;P) (Go us crazed Orental types!) She smiles at Katie. "You are not from around 'ere eizer, oui? But you speak much bezzer zan me." * Katie laughs a little. "Yeah. Mom's Japanese, and she threw some of the language at me when I was younger. I'm from the States, though." "Ah. My fazzer, 'e ees Japanese too. But I do not speak so well myself." * Katie smiles. "You'll get better. Sort of have to, after staying here for a while." She also nods to Kaede. "I underztand. Eet ees not my phone, as I 'ave told you." * Haruko looks to Arisu while this is being discussed and asks quietly. [Using AoD] "Do you take notes about on-going investigations?" "Naturally. I never miss a detail, either. There was one time where I found a crucial piece of evidence in a police case that helped them solve the crime; apparently, they missed it themselves..." She drones. Well, I'm glad you're so understanding... * Kaede seems a little distant as he says it though * Haruko nods and asks again quietly. "Wow, they were lucky to have your help. Do you carry those notes on you?" * Taki quitly takes a few steps back and over untill she's standing next to Satoshi, and lets the other three do most of the talking. [Fuyuko bows. "I think I'm going to go home now. I hope you get better soon, miss." She heads out the door.] * Kaede casually follows Fuyuko with his eyes as she heads out. * Katie frowns a little as Fuyuko starts to leave, hesitates, and then says, "Take care, Fuyuko." "Only when I'm doing something. And I guess I wasn't, because I don't have any with me..." she drones. (He's not moving. ^^;) * Haruko returns the bow to Fuyuko and then returns her attention to Arisu. All the while keeping the healing connection. Good bye. * Haruko nods and sighs. ( Mmm... Mind roll at +2. ) 2d6+2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Haruko (2d6+2) and gets 8. 2d6+2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Katie (2d6+2) and gets 7. 2d6+2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Kaede (2d6+2) and gets 10. 2d6+2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Taki (2d6+2) and gets 10. 2d6+2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Satoshi (2d6+2) and gets 14, a CRITICAL FAILURE!!! "Hey, a failure. Oh, by the way... I heard what you've been saying about me." (Ow, my head.) 2d6+2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Taki (2d6+2) and gets 13. (It's just a bad night to have a 't' in your name.) [Arisu drones on, and Satoshi staggers, having almost fallen over when he dozed off momentarily.] (You are far more accurate than you may have realized there.) * Haruko tries one more followup to Arisu, her voice doesn't sound to hopeful. "My, that's fascinating. Don't suppose you keep physical or computer copies of your notes, or split them across a few note books?" * Katie turns suddenly, looking to Arisu. "Wait, stop. Rewind." "Naturally I do. I also make backup copies, just in case. One time, there was a thunderstorm, and I lost all the data on my computer..." She drones. * Kaede looks at Katie for a second, then at Arisu. He wasn't paying much attention anyhow but now it looks like he is. * Katie steps over and pokes Arisu in the arm to get her attention. "You had a camera? Were you taking pictures?" Oh! Yeah, of course. Why didn't I think of that? (Because he and his player are half-alseep. ;p) * Taki blinks, "Don't be too hard on yourself Satoshi, I didn't think of that either." Arisu looks at Katie. "Yes. I keep a camera with me at all times, too; you never know when a good photo opportunity will present itself, and it would be horrible to miss..." She drones. * Kaede eyes Arisu. "Where is it now?" * Haruko grins widely at hearing about the copies, she nods at the mention of the camera. Soleil points to a table. "Zis camera?" The table has a number of belongings on it, probably Arisu's. * Katie perks, going over to the table. "Probably. Thanks. Do you mind if I look at it, Arisu?" * Kaede looks over at the table, then over at the rest of them. "...someone's got to get that film developed..." * Taki looks at the camera, and the rest of Arisu's stuff. Yeah. * Katie thinks. * Haruko glances over to check that there aren't in fact any notebooks while Katie concentrates on the camera. Arisu: "I suppose not." I know a little bit about photography, if we want to hurry... I wonder if there's a photo club at school. Probably. * Katie picks up the camera and takes a look. It's the kind that needs to be developed before you see the picture, isn't it? "But don't lose it. I have some important shots in there..." She drones. We won't. We promise. ( Yep! Arisu wouldn't use cheap-quality insta-photos :P ) (Polaroids aren't necessarily cheap-quality ^^;) These could be what'll tell us what took your memory, Arisu. * Taki nods. * Katie pauses for a moment, then, "And who beat you up." * Kaede sighs and looks at the time again. He curses. "Shoot! I need to go." "I'm not so sure. I can't imagine why they would have left the camera behind if I had it out to take the shot." * Katie blinks, turning to Kaede. "What? Where?" * Taki blinks, "What's the matter Kaede?" * Kaede waves his hands. "Oh no, it's nothing...I've just got to get back and..." * Haruko nods and then whispers. "She keeps backup notes. We should also find out if she has anything in that about the investigation. I'll return something and meet up with you after you develop them." * Katie looks to Arisu. "I'll develop them, if you want? I know it might not turn out anything we need, but no details left out, remember?" Are these color or black and white? * Haruko then looks to Kaede. "Thank you for your time, energy, and all your help today Takeuchi-san. I appreciate it." * Kaede rubs the back of his neck a little and mumbles. "You don't really need to thank me for it...I mean...oh, nevermind." Arisu looks a bit hesitant. "I guess it's alright, if you're Chikako's friend. Chikako's a good editor, by the way. Some day she'll make a really good journalist..." She drones on! * Kaede looks about. "Call me if anything goes on, okay?" * Katie smiles. "Yeah. She'll be the coolest ever." We will. * Kaede heads out! * Katie glances at Kaede as he leaves. She looks torn for moment, but in the end, she doesn't say anything. [Declaration of Endependance!]