[Day: Still Saturday, January 26th. Time: 10:30 A.M.] [Weather: Snowy, cold, not windy. Should get better later.] [Last session MC fought a monster. But we don't care about them. More importantly, most of the people went to Seiryuu to find information. Satoshi stayed at Sakuragaoka with Chikako, and Shingo had a bad dream before waking up and going to the school. Later, everyone had planned to go shopping. Woohoo!] [The scene opens outside of Sakuragaoka, by the way.] [Satoshi, Shingo and Chikako are the only ones present.] [Session Start] * Shingo takes off in a run as he spots Chikako and Satoshi. His run ends in a flying tackle to Chikako, carrying them both to the ground from where she was sitting, and he ends up with his arms locked around her waist in a tight hug. Waah! Ohmygodyou'realivepleasesayyou'renotgonnasproutsuperpowersandtrytokill usall! Shingo?! Er... huh? Shingo, what's wrong? * Chikako looks towards the sky in thought, ignoring the fact that Shingo hasn't let go. * Shingo hasn't let go of Chikako, and doesn't seem to be particularly coherent anyway. * Satoshi puts a hand on Shingo's shoulder. Hey, Shingo, what happened? Super powers? That'd be so cool! [The others come back.] * Chikako waves to the others from the ground. "Katie! Kyon! Shingo's here! Isn't that cool?" * Katie waves. "Hey, Shingo! I thought you were going to stay in bed today." * Satoshi looks up. "Oh, hey, guys. Shingo just showed up. He seems rather... excited about something." Yeah? Hi Satoshi. What's with Shingo? * Shingo finally looks up from Chikako and winces badly. * Chikako nodnods on the ground. "Sure looks that way. Isn't it cool?" * Jiro follows Katie and Kyon, looking around idly. Yeah. I have no idea what's up. * Shingo lets go of Chikako's waist and rolls over onto his back, holding his ribs. * Kyon walks slowly up, stands off to the side of the others, looks at Shingo and Chikako and smirks to himself. ...I shouldn't've done that. Probably not. Do you want me to look at it? * Satoshi shakes his head and chuckles a little. ...no. * Shingo slowly stands up. * Katie shakes her head. "Well, you're stubborn as ever." You're supposed to stay in bed Shingo. You won't get better if you keep running around. * Shingo offers a hand up to Chikako, regardless of the fact that it looks ridiculous, as he's shorter than she is, and smaller, too. * Chikako gets up with Shingo's assistance and grins. "He was happy to see me. It's so cool!" * Jiro shrugs. "Hey, lettim be stubborn." But if he stays hurt, he won't be able to do anything. * Shingo looks sideways at Chikako. "You _sure_ you don't have any superpowers?" I'll let him be stubborn if it doesn't get him hurt. * Katie nods at Taki. Glowing balls of light that shoot needles of doom? Glowing needles of doom. Right. Shingo, are you sure you're okay? * Chikako looks between Taki and Katie. "He's hurt?" She peers at Shingo and pokes him in the ribs. "Does it hurt here?" AUGH! * Satoshi winces. * Chikako grins. "No, but that'd sure be cool!" * Jiro blinks. "Who has glowing balls of doom that shoot needles of light?" * Shingo flinches away. ...I think that's a yes. * Jiro winces. "Ouch." * Kyon rolls his eyes at Shingo. "Very true. Good job recuperating. Hit your head on the way out this morning?" * Shingo keeps staring sideways at Chikako, suspicious. You're not dating someone named Sho, right? * Satoshi blinks. "Sho? * Katie blinks at Shingo. *That* Sho? * Chikako responds to Shingo's stare with a grin. "Sho? Never heard of him. That's a cool name, though!" Sho? Chikako and Sho? Shingo, are you okay? * Katie walks over to Shingo and puts her hand to his head. * Jiro blinks. "What show?" * Shingo glomps Katie! ... * Kyon cocks his head at Shingo and blinks a couple times. "Kid, go back home and sleep. You need it." thatmeansyou'renotjudgementandyou'renotgonnagocrazyandkillusall! * Chikako grins. "Shingo's a pervert! ^^" * Katie sweatdrops, then hugs back tentatively. "... What?" * Satoshi *looks* at Chikako. * Chikako marks it down. "That's so cool." ^_^ * Jiro blinks. Hey, Chikako, keep that out of the paper, all right? * Taki just blinks at Shingo "He didn't hit his head yesterday did he?" * Shingo slowly lets go of Katie. * Katie blinks again, then shakes her head. "I have no idea." She looks down at Shingo. "What's this about me being Judgement and killing everyone?" * Chikako nods. "Right. I wouldn't do that to a friend. Even if he is a pervert. It's cool!" Aheheheheh... ^_^; * Shingo does the hand-behind-the-neck-thing. So, Shingo, you mind explaining what's wrong? * Chikako happily takes notes. Er... it musta been a... dream. Yeah. Just a dream. Oh! A dream! Cool! * Shingo glares up at Katie suspiciously. * Kyon continues to eye Shingo and Katie as he sidles over to Chikako, reaching into his pockets as he does so. You're SURE you're not Judgement? * Chikako grins. "And I had powers! Also cool! Could I fly? You dreamed that Chikako could shoot glowing needles of doom and Katie was Judgement. Okay. Shingo, your subconscious officially scares me now. Flying woulda been cool! * Katie tilts her head at Shingo. "Er... if I were Judgement and out to kill you all, I'm pretty sure you or I'd be dead by now, right?" Er... no. You didn't... Katie flew. Which was pretty cool. * Katie grins at Chikako. "Flying would be beyond cool." * Chikako scratches her head. "I thought the courts were judgement." But... you just beat the heck out of us until Katie went crazy and we accidentally killed you. Was Katie a judge? A FLYING judge? That's so cool!" I flew? We- wait, I accidentally killed Chikako? You even tried to kill Kyon for cheating on you, even though you were cheating on him with Sho! Uh... * Chikako frowns. "That part's not so cool." ...huh? * Taki looks between Chikako and Shingo, "I'm not sure which of them has the stranger ideas right now." * Satoshi puts his hands to his head. "Wait, wait a second." * Kyon listens quietly, a calm look on his face as he looks back and forth from Katie to Chikako. So... Chikako was seeing Sho, and Kyon, and tried to kill Kyon, but you killed her instead, and then Katie tried to kill us all? * Shingo sticks his finger in Kyon's face! "and YOU! It's no wonder Chikako tried to kill you, the way you dated her just to pump her for information!" * Chikako writes it all down. "Can I put this in the paper? It's so cool!" * Satoshi facepalms. "I give up." * Katie grabs some paper and starts taking notes on this dream, too. * Chikako blinks and looks from Shingo to Kyon and back. * Katie glances up at Shingo and jots that part about Kyon down, too. * Chikako grins. "Kyon wouldn't do that. He's so cool!" * Taki decideds to take a seat, it only happens to near Satoshi, while she tries to figure this out. He'd better not. * Jiro seems terribly confused by all this. Go figure. * Kyon ignores Shingo and turns to Chikako. "The kid has problems. I'm glad you know better." He gives her a quick smile, and pulls out his deck of tarot cards. "Hey, Chikako. Mind shuffling these for me?" * Chikako blinks. "Hmm? Cards? Cool!" She takes them and shuffles, grinning all along. Man, can she ever grin a long time. * Shingo glares at Kyon. * Kyon ignores Shingo again. "Great. Give them to me?" * Chikako nods and hands them over. * Taki sits and watches. * Katie mutters to herself in English as she finishes the notes, "" * Kyon takes them and fans them. "Take one?" * Satoshi pays very careful attention to this. * Chikako grins "Katie's good with English. It's so cool!" She takes a card. * Katie looks up at what's going on. * Kyon nods quickly. "Show me the card?" * Jiro blinks at Katie. * Chikako shows the card: The Fool. Is it a good one? Huh? It's so cool!" (I believe Kyon's deck has just insulted her.) * Katie blinks at the card, then smiles. Do I win? It'd be so cool if I did! * Kyon nods slowly, and looks Chikako over. "It's a great card, Chikako." He takes the card and sticks it back in the deck, and hands it back to her. "Mind shuffling again? Then we'll know if you win for sure." * Chikako blinks. "Okay." She shuffles the cards. "This game is wierd. But cool!" * Katie giggles. * Kyon nods to himself. "Glad you like it. Give them to me?" * Chikako hands the cards to Kyon. * Kyon fans out the cards again, and holds them out the Chikako. "Same thing as last time." 'Kay. * Chikako takes a card. Show it to me? * Chikako shows the card: Judgement. "How's that? Better? Do I win? This card's cool, too!" * Satoshi sees the card and involuntarily shudders. * Chikako looks at Satoshi and slumps. "I lost after all?" * Kyon nods again. "No, I think that shows exactly what it should. You're good." Um... I don't know. That's just an unlucky card for me. * Chikako grins. "Really? Cool!" It's a very cool game! I don't get it, but it's still cool! * Kyon nods. "Right. Cool." He smirks. "I'll explain it later." He takes the deck, packs it together, and walks over to Katie. "Don't suppose you'd do the honors." Hmm? Want me to play cards, too? * Shingo rights Chikako's chair and sits down stiffly. * Kyon nods tersely. "Yeah. You know the game." He hands her the cards. * Chikako blinks. "It seems like a popular game. If you tell me the rules, I'll write a cool article about it for Monday's paper!" * Katie nods and takes the cards. She goes to the table and shuffles them, then hands the deck back. * Kyon fans them out, and nods to Katie. * Katie selects one of the cards and flips it over. [It's, surprise, the Page of Swords.] * Kyon nods to himself. "Good. What I thought." He turns back and surveys the others as he brushes snow out of his hair. "Any more reasons to stay?" Stay? School's closed, so we've got the day off. * Katie stretches and glances around. * Kyon waves dismissively at the school without looking at Shingo. "Anything more to do here?" We were going shopping! Isn't that cool? ...oh. No wonder they let me sleep in. Yeah, so let's go celibrate Chikako's 'win' with that shopping trip. And how come she only drew one card? Er... shopping? ...shopping? * Satoshi suddenly remembers the shopping plans, and gets a "help me" expression on his face. * Shingo looks over to Chikako. It's because she's done this before and lost. Oh. She drew again, and that draw lost again. * Katie sticks her tongue out at Shingo. "I'm not very good at that game." I don't get it. It's a very strange game. Oh well. Let's go shopping! It'll be cool! Er... About that... * Satoshi grins evilly. * Katie giggles and nods at Chikako. Oh, no, Shingo, I think it'd be cool if we all went together! Don't you all agree? * Chikako nodnods. "Very cool!" (Satoshi, you are such a mean, mean boy.) (If I suffer, you all suffer with me!) I don't need to go shopping. I don't even have any money. You don't need to buy things when you shop. Neither do I, but that's not going to stop me! Er.... uhm... Er... um... ...that doesn't make any sense. * Satoshi bends over and whispers to Shingo. "It's a girl thing. I think we just have to play along." ...why? * Katie grins as Satoshi whispers. I don't know. I think it's a universal rule. ... ...If I'm not going to buy anything, it's not really shopping, is it? * Jiro looks worried. ^_^; That's where the term comes from. Is there something like that for Japanese? You've never heard of window shopping? * Katie grins. "Yeah, that's what it is." Er... * Chikako nodnods. "It's cool!" ...why? * Kyon rolls his shoulders and jams his hands in his pockets, looking up and down the street at the snow. Now then, are we going to spend all day out here in the street getting snowed on, or are we going inside a nice big and warm building to look at all the things we'd like to buy if we ever had any money? ...snow is nice. The second. Besides, I bet we *are* going to buy something. Er... maybe I should just go home and rest some more, since there's no school. * Katie lightly thwaps Jiro on the arm. * Satoshi looks hopeful. "I don't suppose there's a sporting goods store in there? One with hockey equipment?" They've got *everything*. * Katie eyes Shingo. "Yet you're better enough so you didn't need my help earlier," she says dryly. Er... more rest can't hurt... ^_^; * Jiro is thwapped. "Er. But we should get out of the cold. I guess." Sure it can! You could fall asleep and never wake up. But shopping is cool! So let's go ^^ * Satoshi eyes Chikako, and wonders exactly how her mind works. * Katie laughs, not bothering to worry about how Chikako's mind works. * Chikako takes Kyon's and Katie's arms and starts pulling them. Er... To the shoping! * Kyon looks down at Chikako, and pulls his arm free as he walks beside her. * Satoshi looks pained. "Yay." * Taki grabs Satoshi and chases after Chikako. "They'll have something you'll like." * Shingo watches as people start walking away. * Satoshi is taken by surprise and is dragged along by Taki. * Taki feels like she's forgotten something. * Katie is pulled! ... And grabs Shingo's hand right before she's out of reach. eep! * Shingo is pulled, too! * Jiro watches the people walking off too. "Hm." * Shingo grabs Jiro. "If I'm going, you're going!" Yeah. [Time: 11:30. A.M.] * Jiro sighs and follows. "Yeah, guess we all gotta suf... enjoy ourselves together." [The group makes it to the shopping mall. Though the snow has calmed down a bit, it's still cold outside, which makes it all the better that it's nice and warm in here.] * Katie brushes the last of the snow from her hair. "Warm. Nice." She grins. * Chikako managed to grin all the way down. Ahh heat. One of our better inventions. * Jiro brushes off his jacket. No joke. * Kyon knocks the rest of his the snow out of his hair and brushes off his shoulders. He looks back outside for a moment. * Shingo brushes off his shoulders softly, keeping his hands well away from his ribs. * Satoshi lets the snow melt on him. * Katie turns to Chikako. "So, where do you want to look first? We've got to get you a dress, after all." * Taki shakes the snow off her head and grins. * Chikako nods. Er... dress? ...dress? Mmm. For the school dance that hasn't been called off. * Chikako nods. "Cool, huh?" Dance coming up...you don't want her to show up in her uniform do you? ...dance? Next week! It'll be cool! Oh, yeah. Guess I should make sure I have something decent to wear. * Chikako grins at Satoshi. "We'll make sure of that! It'll be cool!" * Katie snickers. Yes...yes we will. ::grins evily for a second:: * Jiro turns and looks longling at the mall entance that they came in through. * Satoshi wonders what on earth he has managed to get himself into. * Shingo prays to God that they forget about him. ( sees a sign reading "Abandon all hope all ye who enter here) ( God does not listen to Shingo's prayers. Muahaha! ) * Kyon rolls his eyes and steps out in front of the group. He looks over his shoulder back at them. "I'm going to the store here I like. They've got my kind of clothes." * Shingo prays to Kirby, then. ( Kirby doesn't listen to Shingo's prayers either. Hah! ) ( ;_; ) ( ::abondons all hope:: ;_; ) * Chikako blinks. "Which one? Is it cool?" (We are doomed.) * Taki looks over at Kyon and tries do decide if his clothes would look good on Satoshi. * Kyon gestures down to the left. "Windowpane. Know it?" * Satoshi is not familiar with it. Of course, he has probably not been inside a shopping mall in quite some time. * Katie shrugs as she runs one hand through her hair Never heard of it. But it sounds cool! Nope, but I've never gone looking for guys clothes either. * Kyon nods curtly. "Right then. Trust my taste." He starts to head off, then turns halfway and looks over Shingo. "Bet you could find something good there." * Chikako follows Kyon. * Shingo blinks. What good would it do me? * Kyon turns and smirks. "You'll need something to wear. What you have won't work." Right, so let's go see what they have. * Jiro blinks. Um... What do I need new clothes for? * Kyon gives Shingo a hard, sarcastic smile. "The dance. You're coming, right, kid?" No? * Kyon rolls his eyes. "Go on. I can't let allies stay home. You'd miss the fun." He nods to his clothes. "Can't let an ally go in that, either." * Chikako waits... ...fun? * Jiro tugs at his collar. Watching other people make fools out of themselves on the dance floor, that's something you'd have fun with right? * Katie hums and glances around again. She starts twirling a lock of her hair between her fingers. * Chikako nods. "It's so cool!" ...no? * Katie blinks as she realizes something, opens her mouth, then decides not to mention it. No? Drat. Hey, I am not going to make a fool out of myself. At least I can actually dance. That's good to hear. Really? Cool! ... You're one of a very few, Satoshi. * Kyon shakes his head. "Kid. You wouldn't let your friend go alone." He nods to Katie. * Katie blinks, then blushes. "Hey, wait!" I'm not going to the dance, so I don't need new clothes, and I don't have any money to buy clothes anyway. * Shingo realizes what Kyon just said and turns red. * Satoshi grins. Hee. * Katie continues, still red. "I wasn't going to the dance, anyway. Where'd you get that idea?" You aren't? * Chikako blinks at Katie. "Huh? But you gotta! It'll be so cool!" Yeah, it'll be all of us. I thought that since me and Taki and Kyon and Chikako all were, you'd be coming as well. No, I'm not. They don't interest me. Not usually, anyway. I'm not going, and if I WAS, it wouldn't be with Katie! * Katie looks down at the floor, still blushing and, well, probably trying to hide in plain sight. Why not? They're cool! * Satoshi looks mock hurt. "You mean you don't want to see my..." See? He doesn't want to go with me, anyway. * Satoshi pauses while he thinks of the right phrase. * Kyon smirks, and looks over to Katie. "Oh? Same deal. Can't let an ally miss it." He looks back to Shingo. "I'm not saying you date. Just accompany." * Shingo cracks up. I know someone who'd go with you, though! * Taki mutters to herself "must learn engish is it kills me." No date, no accompanying, nothing! I'm not going! * Katie blinks at Satoshi, then starts laughing. Did I get it right? * Chikako frowns. "Everyone should go. It'd be so cool!" Er. Everyone? * Satoshi turns to Jiro and blinks, rather embarrassed that he'd forgotten him. * Chikako nodnods. "Everyone!" Yeah. You should come too. It could be fun. I don't see how. Have you ever been to a dance before Shingo? Because it would! No? Uhm. Uhm. It could? * Kyon nods to Shingo. "Yeah. It will be fun. If you haven't gone before, then you don't know why." ... There is the possibility, yes. Besides, you seem like a cool guy, and we can all hang out together. Do you think that people would keep putting them on if they wern't any fun? * Shingo stands absolutely still while he ponders this. * Jiro rubs the back of his neck. "Heh. Uh, I guess." ...I'll have to get permission. * Katie blinks again, shaking her head. "Wait. I'm going now?" * Kyon turns his smirk on Katie. "Yeah. You are." * Taki gets a big grin, "One down, two to go." ... What if I don't want to? Don't be silly! Of course you want to! ^_^ ...I don't have any clothes, or money to get them, so I'll have to wear my uniform. * Katie eeps. ...what else is required? * Katie idly wonders if it's too late to run and hide. The desire to relax a little and have fun. That's all? Yep. * Shingo relaxes a little, because nobody said the 'd' word. I doubt it'll kill you, Shingo. And what doesn't kill you makes you stronger, or something like that. * Taki thinks out loud "Since you and katie arn't going together you don't need flowers and uhm...I think Satoshi's got it covered." * Satoshi thinks to himself, "Flowers? Uh oh. Better find a florist before next week." * Katie shakes her head, then grabs Chikako lightly by the arm and pulls her over to her. She whispers something in her ear. * Chikako grins and whispers back. * Katie blushes furiously. "Wait, you me-" She quiets down and goes back to whispering. * Shingo starts to get worried. ( The females are plotting. Time to run. ) * Jiro frowns and squirms. (You can run, but you can't hide. We know where you live.) ( Not surprising. ) ( You do? I didn't know that. ) ( I do! :P ) * Satoshi fidgets. * Kyon rolls his eyes and looks Katie and Chikako over. "I'm going to the store. Enough waiting." He turns and starts to walk off. ( Damn, foiled by an NPC. ) * Chikako whispers back to Katie. * Jiro eyes that entrance again. C'mon Satoshi let's see what there is to see. Umm, okay. [The entrence seems miles away... :P] * Katie nods. "I- well, we can talk about it more while shopping." You'd better not be joking about this, Chikako. * Chikako nods. "Yup! It's so cool!" Nope ^_^ Er...' * Satoshi follows Taki, secretly hoping that he doesn't run into any of his teammates. Then again, considering how he feels about shopping malls, why would they be here? * Katie smiles faintly. "Yeah, cool. Wow." * Shingo follows along, horribly... confused? * Jiro follows along, looking worried. So! Let's get you a dress, yeah? * Chikako blinks. "Aren't we going with Kyon? Or do you wanna split up? Either way is cool." * Katie shrugs and starts walking after the others. "Either way's fine with me, too." She pauses. "How did you find out about that, anyway?" I have a really cool information network! * Shingo snickers. Well, yeah, but still. [The group gets to Windowpane. Since it was Kyon's idea to come here, I'll leave him to describe it.] * Kyon walks into Windowpane. The store is full of glass panelling, with lights painting them dark blue and grey. The glass partitions off the aisles, and at the back there are six dressing rooms, shut now, with frosted glass doors. The clothes crowd the aisles on racks and displays, are rather trendy and lean towards the latest Osaka styles. (And that's so what you get for leaving it to me. =P) * Katie hums as she peers through the store. "Looks expensive." * Kyon shrugs, and waves offhand to the clerk as he heads into an aisle. "It can be." * Shingo blinks. * Clerk sits at a counter near the front of the store. She wears a fancy gown, and has a fancy hairstyle. This is the type of fancy that also looks ugly, though :P * Shingo remains outside the store. * Satoshi looks around, and is quite impressed. * Chikako looks around. "Cool!" * Taki looks around the store "I see where they got the name from." * Jiro remains outside the store as well, and stares idly at the cieling. * Kyon starts looking through the clothes with a practiced eye. * Satoshi hasn't the faintest idea where to start looking. * Katie idly walks through the store, poking at this bit of clothing or that. * Chikako wanders about eyeing everything. * Taki starts wandering around the displays looking for something that'd go well on Satoshi. * Satoshi looks over his shoulder at Jiro and Shingo and wishes he were with them. * Katie wanders out of the store and stretches. She looks over at Shingo and Jiro. "Not even going in?" Nah. That place gives me the creeps No point to going in. * Katie blinks at Jiro. "The creeps?" Well, yeah. Y'know how, when... y'just... never mind. When what? No, never mind. * Katie blinks at Jiro, then shrugs. She has a seat on a nearby bench and pulls out her sketchpad. * Kyon picks out a dark red shirt with buttons and buckles and a pair of black pants with hooks and pockets down the legs, tucks them over his arm and heads back to a dressing room. * Satoshi sees Taki coming towards him with a large pile of clothing in her arms. * Satoshi thinks, "Help?" * Katie glances up to the store as she pulls out her pencil, notices Satoshi and Taki, and starts giggling. * Katie gets to work. ^^ * Chikako follows Katie out. "Gonna draw something? Cool!" Hey Satoshi, Found anything you like yet? ...I think you might have. Yup. Any suggestions? * Jiro walks over to the bench. "Y'draw, huh?" Mmm. * Katie nods. * Chikako thinks. Yes, but you've been dressing you longer than I have. Cool. Mind if I watch? * Chikako takes off her glasses and hands them to Katie. "Cool, draw these!" Um. Right. Well, let's see what we've got here. * Katie takes the glasses and hmms at them. "Sure." She sets them on her lap and starts sketching. * Satoshi notices a dark blue button-down shirt that's made of an interesting material - it seems almost iridescent. Okay, this looks promising. * Jiro watches over Katie's shoulder. * Satoshi takes it from Taki. * Katie does her best to ignore Jiro. * Kyon walks out of the dressing room in his newly picked clothes. The shirt matches his eyes, and he strides out to the edge of the store to the clerk. "Well?" You think so? ::lossens her grip on it as he takes it:: ( "All of our clothes turn invisible after one hour of wear. It's all the rage." ) * Satoshi takes a pair of dark grey slacks from her as well. "Yeah. These, too." * Katie gets a rough sketch and hands the glasses back to Chikako so she can see. * Clerk gasps at Kyon in appreciation. "It suits you perfectly! Will that be cash or credit?" Lemme go try these on. Um. You want me to take the rest so you don't have to hold them all? * Chikako puts them on and grins at the sketch. "Cool!" * Katie grins. "Want anything to go with it?" * Kyon rolls his eyes and looks out to the others outside the store. "Give me an opinion." * Chikako looks over at Kyon. "Cool!" * Katie looks up from her sketchpad. "Looks nice, Kyon. I like the shirt." * Satoshi looks over at Kyon. "Yeah, looks good on you." * Taki shifts her load of clothes around a bit and thinks "hmm he likes bright color." * Shingo looks at Kyon and shrugs. * Katie goes about cleaning up the sketch. She starts lightly humming to herself as she does so. Okay, I'm gonna go try these on, then. Be right back. * Satoshi heads to the dressing room. * Jiro looks over at Kyon. "Slick." Ok. I'll go look around some more. * Satoshi emerges a few minutes later, wearing the shirt and pants. Um. What do you all think? * Clerk gapes in awe at Satoshi. "You look simply majestic! Will that be cash or credit?" * Jiro goes back to watching Katie draw. * Chikako grins at Satoshi. "Cool!" It goes with most of my hair. I like it. * Katie glances up at Satoshi, and stops humming long enough to say, "'S nice." You do? Great! * Satoshi lets out a relieved sigh. Okay, I'll take it. * Kyon shakes his head, walks into the store, and looks at the clerk again. "Yeah. I'll take it." He looks over to Satoshi, gives him a quick once over, and smirks. "Decent." * Clerk nods. "Very well, sir." * Satoshi goes back into the dressing room, changes into his uniform, and emerges, bearing the shirt and pants. * Satoshi waits in line behind Kyon, unless there's more than one counter. * Taki goes about putting her pile of clothes back. * Kyon looks outside the store at Shingo as he gives the clerk his credit card, and a fierce smile crosses his face. * Clerk is the only clerk there, but she goes about her work quickly. * Satoshi does some quick mental calculations to make sure that this will fit in his budget, and is pleased that it does. Dad'll be happy that he actually bought some new clothes. * Kyon waits for the clerk to give him something to sign. * Clerk gives Kyon something to sign :P * Clerk has already folded the clothes nicely into a box, and has it waiting for Kyon. * Kyon puts down his name kanji, and walks out of the store. He leans against a wall and nods to Shingo. "Go in." * Katie is lightly humming again, and drawing a small bird perched on the end of the glasses. * Satoshi reaches into his wallet, pulls out a credit card that looks like it's never been used, gives it to the clerk, signs when he's supposed to, and happily accepts the box with his clothing in it. * Shingo looks up at Kyon, confused. "Why?" * Satoshi then turns to Taki and smiles. "Okay, that wasn't so bad after all. Shall we head out?" * Kyon rolls his eyes. "Why do you think?" I'd say 'told ya so' but I didn't, so I can't. ...I don't have any money, Kyon. * Satoshi leaves the store and joins the others. * Katie holds her left hand out and studies it for a moment, then goes back to drawing. * Chikako grins at Satoshi. "All done? Cool!" * Kyon rocks his weight back against the wall, and smirks at Shingo. "Right. I'll cover you for now. They know me here. I'm not going to the dance with a kid in a uniform. Get something better." ... ...no. Kyon's helping Shingo out. That's so cool! He is, isn't he? * Katie moves to a different part of the sketch. "Trying, anyway." No, he's not. * Kyon cocks his head. "Take it. It's a good offer. You won't look right in the uniform. Looks bad for me." * Taki eventualy finishes putting the last shirt back and walks out of the store. "If he's not trying to help, what is he doing Shingo?" ...charity is a virtue, but save it for people who need it. * Satoshi decides to stay out of this, and peeks at Katie's drawing. * Kyon raises an eyebrow. "It's not charity. It's a favor. There's a difference. And it helps me, too. Win-win game." I can't do that. [ I knew coming along was a bad idea. * Jiro continues looking at the drawing. "Mmm. Like the bird." Thanks. I draw those the most. * Chikako scratches her head. "Why? Yeah. It's really well-done. You're really talented, Katie. * Chikako nodnods. "Katie's so cool!" What can't you do, Knight? Go in. Get something. Leave. * Shingo glares at Kyon. * Katie grins briefly at Satoshi and Chikako, then looks up to Shingo. "What's the problem?" I won't accept your charity. Now leave off. * Shingo glares up at Kyon, just daring him to keep insisting. * Chikako scratches her head. "I don't get it." * Katie goes back to sketching. "Neither do I." * Kyon rocks forward on his heels, and looks into the store before looking back to Shingo. "Like I said. It's not charity. You can pay me back. Do something for me later. Is your uniform so important to you?" I don't borrow. Probibly something to do with being male, do you have any ideas Satoshi? I also can't bring new clothes home. Why not? Um. Uh. I'm not sure. * Katie blinks, but doesn't look up. "Why not?" * Jiro keeps his mouth shut and goes back to looking at Katie's drawing, even if she isn't working on it at the moment. *Taki sits and waits for another answer. "Then I'm wrong again." * Katie is working on it, actually. * Kyon straightens against the wall. "Yeah. Why not?" Let's go. You guys need to finish your shopping. * Katie starts erasing bits of picture. "That's not really an answer, Shingo." * Kyon smirks at Shingo. "Don't want to answer? Why not?" * Satoshi starts fidgeting again. ... Fine, if you're done, I'm leaving. * Shingo turns around and starts walking away. Hey, guys. Leave 'im alo... nevermind. * Chikako tilts her head. "I still don't get it." * Katie sighs and looks up at Shingo. "I don't, either." * Shingo turns a corner and is gone. * Kyon pushes off the wall and waves at Shingo's back sarcastically before going and grabbing his box off the counter. So, do we go after him or leave him to himself? I can't figure it out either, and I don't think Shingo is going to tell us any time soon. Next question, how many go after him? * Jiro shakes his head. I'm going to let him go. I've chased him enough this week, and I'm a little tired of it. He keeps acting like he doesn't wanna be friends. He's not very cool. I can sympathize with him on some things, but that doesn't mean I understand him. Yeah, but life is no fun with no friends. You just sit around and do nothing. I've had enough of that, and I just want to show him there's a better way. Let's get him a plushie! That'll be cool! * Katie laughs. "He might not want it. But it's worth a try, I guess." * Satoshi chuckles. Sure, why not? What kind? It might work. * Kyon looks down the hall in the opposite direction from the way he walked, and listens. * Chikako thinks. "... Um... I dunno ^^. A cool one." We could just go find an acade and see what they've got in the UFO catcher machines. * Katie considers, then shrugs. "Let's think about it while we shop some more, okay?" * Katie gets to her feet. She glances at the pad in her hand, then hands it to Chikako. "Want that picture?" Yeah. Onward. Nah. You can keep it as a reminder of what cool friends we are! * Taki takes one last look back the way Shingo went and hopes he doesn't do anything stupid before they get a chance to apologize. * Katie laughs. "All right. I'll do that." She shuts the pad and stuffs it in her satchel. * Chikako starts down the mall. "Cool. Where are we going next?" * Katie walks after Chikako. "More clothes shopping? We've got to get you something." She pauses, then sighs. "And probably me too, I guess." * Chikako nods. "We can get matching dresses! It'll be cool!" Uh... more shopping? Right. * Katie smiles, then blushes slightly. "You really sure about this? I mean... do you think I should ask him?" * Satoshi sighs. * Kyon follows down the hall, checking back over his shoulder as he strides slowly behind the group. * Chikako thinks. "He might ask you, but... He might not. He's very shy. It's cool!" ...more shopping... Y'know, on second thought, I think I will go check up on Shingo. * Taki walks after Katie and Chikako and thinks about making a withdrawl from the national bank of Kyon. * Satoshi follows Taki, because trying to escape would probably make her mad, and he really doesn't want to make her mad. * Jiro turns and fastwalks off in the direction Shingo went. * Katie blushes some more. "Well, yeah. He is. It's part of what makes him so cute. So, I guess..." She sighs. I could ask for you if you like. He might be cool with it. Yeah, but... it's not really... I can ask him. * Katie chews on her lower lip. "If I work up the guts to." [The others conveniently pass Hiro's Hockey Emporium.] * Satoshi stops dead in his tracks. "Ooooooohhhhhh..." I had no idea this was here... Guys? You all go ahead, and I'll catch up to you in a little while, okay? * Satoshi grins madly. Cool! * Katie eyes Satoshi, then snickers. "That's fine with me." * Taki stops and blinks. "What'd ...oh. Have fun!" Great! * Satoshi practically runs into the store. * Chikako waves. * Katie laughs. "Hockey nut." * Kyon stops and rolls his eyes at Satoshi before continuing on past the store, muttering something under his breath in Chinese. I think it's cool! * Taki leaves Satoshi to his easton built heaven. * Katie continues walking towards the store as she tries to figure out how to ask somebody out in her head. * Taki looks over at Kyon every so often as they walk. [The group gets to a store that looks fairly fancy, like Kyon's, but with clothes for women instead.] * Katie looks over at Chikako. "Here?" * Kyon strides behind them silently. He gets to the store, looks at it, and moves to the middle of the walkway opposite the door. [It's got a French name... Let's call it... "La Fillet Revolutionairre"] (I like that name! ^^) ( Yeah yeah. I can't think of anything better, so gimme a break :P ) (hee, let me guess, the cleck is a shadow puppet?) Why not? It looks cool. * Katie walks on in and starts looking some of the dresses over. * Clerk is actually a blond haired man with a short, thin mustache. He wears a nametag: "Bonjour! My name is Jean"] [Katie spots a girl in a Sakuragaoka uniform, looking at dresses in the back.] * Chikako peers at the dresses. "They're all so cool!" * Katie blinks and looks over at the girl. * Taki takes a deep breath and walks up to Kyon. "Can I ask a favor of you?" * Kyon blinks and looks down at her. "What?" [The girl has her back to Katie, so she can't recognize her.] * Katie shrugs and goes back to looking dresses over, looking at the girl out of the corner of her eye. I'm sort of in the same boat as Shingo, I don't have enough money for this. I could ask my father, and he'd probibly agree to give me the money, but he's got enough things to worry about. And since you offered Shingo... * Katie works her way to the back of the store. Partially because that's where the discount rack is (and you *never* ignore the discount rack) and partially because she really is curious as to who the girl is. * Kyon looks down at her and smirks. "You planning to go in your uniform?" * Chikako keeps inspecting the dresses. "This one's cool, but this one's pretty cool too. Hmmm..." [Katie finally gets a good look, and possibly wishes she hadn't. The girl is none other than Saki's cohort, Eriko.] No, I've got a couple of old dresses, but they're a bit small, and I've stopped wearing black all the time, so they realy don't suit me any more. * Katie blinks in surprise. * Eriko looks through the dresses. She doesn't seem to have noticed the group yet. * Katie hurries over to Chikako. "What're you looking at?" Hm? * Chikako shows Katie two different dresses. "This one looks cool, but so does this... I can't decide! ;.; * Kyon looks down at Taki, with a look of thoughtfulness mixed with irritation. "Right. And you need to look good for your first date." * Katie hrms. "Well... let's see." She takes the first one and holds it up to Chikako, then switches that for the second. * Katie considers. It's allright if you refuse, but, yes I'd like to look nice in something other than dim light. * Katie holds the first one up to her and nods. "This one, definitely. The red's kinda nice, but it doesn't look as good on you." You think? Hmm... * Chikako nods. "Cool!" * Katie grins. "I bet it'd look good on Taki, though." * Kyon looks down the corridor, swears to himself in Chinese, and nods curtly. "Fine. Same deal as the kid. Pay me back, or owe me a favor. Fair?" * Eriko finally looks up and notices the group. Fair. How long do I get to pay you back? * Chikako hurries to the back of the store to change. * Kyon shrugs. "I'm not hard up for money. It can be a few months. If it's a favor, I'll ask." * Katie is sorta left there with a red dress in hand. She blinks at Eriko. Thankyouthankyouthankyou! ::runs into the store:: * Eriko grins and walks over to Katie, giving a short wave. "Hi." * Katie smiles a bit nervously. "Hello." She hangs the dress back up. Shopping for the dance? Yeah. I've been talked into it. You? * Eriko half-smiles. "Just browsing, I guess." * Chikako comes back out, wearing the dress. "How do I look? Is it cool? I- Eri-chan!" * Katie looks at Chikako, then Eriko, then back. "Eri-chan?" * Eriko waves. "Hey, Chikako." I didn't know you'd be here. Cool! * Chikako turns to Katie. "Well? Is it cool? Do you think Kyon will think so? Huh? Huh?" * Katie grins at the dress. "I like it. You can always ask Kyon, y'know, he's standing outside." * Taki starts looking through the store -flitting from one rack to another as she searches for something that'd go well with her hair and a bright blue shirt. * Chikako nodnods and does just that. "Kyon! How do I look? Is it cool?" Chikako and... Kyon? That's surprising. * Katie shakes her head with a grin. "It's new. They decided to go to the dance together... this morning, really." Hm. * Taki finds a very nice blue Chinese silk dress, takes one look at the price tag and puts it back on the rack. "I don't want to how long it'd take me to pay that back off." * Taki decides to head to the bargain racks at the back of the store. * Kyon turns to look at Chikako, and gives her a small smile. "Real cool." * Chikako grins. "I knew it!" She runs back to the store to get changed again. * Katie giggles. * Taki spots a familar shape and an unfamilar one, "Hi Katie, find anything yet?" Not really, nope. Just helped Chikako pick out her dress. * Katie rubs at the back of her head. "I'm not really used to going to these dances anyway, so." I hear the Chinese dresses are popular. Yeah? * Taki nods "Well, that's one down. I found a real pretty one, but there's no way on earth I'm going to be able to afford silver and platinum embroidery...or at least that's what the tag said it was." * Kyon ignores the store again and looks down the corridor through whatever people are there. * Katie snickers. "It'd look kind of wrong on me, though." She nods at Taki. Ermm.... Well, that's what I hear... Well, hum. We can always hit the discount racks. This is going to cost me a few months of allowance, anyway. [Kyon sees two random MC cameos.] * Chikako comes back out of the dressing rooms. "'Kay! I got mine. Cool!" That's what I thought too. Hmm ::pulls out the red dress:: What about this one? * Chikako goes to pay for it, then quickly joins the others. "That one? Katie said it'd look cool on you." Realy? * Katie nods. "Yeah, I did. Not those exact words, though." She grins. Sure, give it a shot. With an vote like that how can I refuse? ::takes it back to the dressing rooms:: * Katie sighs. "Okay, that just leaves me." * Katie starts poking around in the racks again. * Eriko looks around. She lays eyes on a Chinese dress. "Well, this one's kinda cheap." she pulls it out and frowns. "That'd be why. There's barely any skirt, and what's there is slit up the sides, too." * Katie looks up from where she is. "And it's cheap? That's unusual. Usually you pay more for less." * Eriko shrugs. "Go figure. Maybe nobody'll buy it." Probably why it's marked down, yeah. * Chikako pulls out a yellow one. "How about this? It's kinda cool." * Katie takes the dress and looks at it, then shakes her head. "Nah. Hrm." * Taki returns holding the dress, "I think this was designed for somebody about six inches taller and bit more developed than me. Do you see it a size or two lower than this anywhere?" * Katie finds a long-sleeved black dress with a skirt that stops a little above the knee. "Think this would work?" She pulls it out and fingers the silver embroidery, then looks at the price and sighs. * Kyon stalks irritatedly over to the front of the store. "How long does this take?" It's not the same for us! We have to make sure we look cool! ;_; * Katie goes about calculating just how much money she can splurge on this. "Figuring out my budget, Kyon. Don't mess with a girl and her money." * Taki puts it back on the rack and looks for a smaller dress, but a bit bigger than the other Chinese one. * Chikako nods. "It looks very cool!" * Taki sweatdrops and moves a bit farther down. Yeah, it does, but it costs more than I wanted. * Kyon shakes his head impatiently. "You already got yours, Chikako." Because I'm so efficient! Isn't that cool? * Katie looks back down at the dress. "" She flips through the rack and grabs another two dresses (one larger, one smaller) and rushes off to the changing room. * Kyon nods quickly, and turns away from the door, putting his back to the wall right next to it. * Katie emerges from the room in the black and silver dress. She does a quick spin. "What do you think?" * Chikako grins. "That's so cool!" * Katie smiles shyly. "Yeah?" She looks down at the dress. "I hope this is worth it." * Eriko nods "Not bad." I wish I could find something that fit me as well. But it's not like I can just reach into here and pull out a dress that matches me at random, see? ::pulls out a knee length Chinese dress with a dark blue skirt and jacket and purple top.:: .... ... Ok...maybe I can... * Eriko chuckles. * Katie goes back to change and such, then walks out with dress in hand. She heads on over to purchase it. Cool! * Katie glances over at Taki's find. "That's pretty." Yep. ::goes to the changing rooms to try it on:: * Eriko looks at her watch. "Hmm... almost 1:00... You guys hungry?" * Katie goes about buying her dress. "Yeah." She winces slightly. Me too. How about we grab a bite to eat? * Taki walks back out a short time later holding the dress. "It fits, it's the right colors, I've been told it's pretty. Sold! ...now for the embaressing bit." * Katie hrms as she walks back, bought dress in hand. "We'd have to pick up Satoshi before then." * Kyon pushes himself off the wall, and walks into the store. "Got it?" No problem. I do. Taki's buying her dress now. * Taki takes the dress to Kyon and shows him the price tag. * Kyon looks at it, nods, and heads over to the counter. * Chikako mentally hums to herself. * Taki follows him. [The clerk waits.] * Taki hands the clerk the dress. * Kyon rolls his eyes and pulls out his wallet, then gives the clerk a card. [The clerk goes through his clerkly rituals, and in the end Taki obtains a dress whilst Kyon loses money.] * Kyon looks down at Taki, and smirks. "Remember the deal. Hope you enjoy it." I will and I will. [Session ended.]