[Day: Monday: April 4th. Time: 6:00 p.m.] [Weather: Warm, but less sunny.] [You're on your way to the store to buy a needle to poke Katie in the brain with. Or something.] [How's that for minimalism?] [Session Start!] * Haruko walks towards the store, clipboard in hand, making notes. * Haruko concentrates on her clipboard. * Taki trials along behind Haruko, and yawns, "It's a good thing dad's getting used to late dinners." * Haruko nods. "Mom usually keeps one warm for me, not quite as good as fresh though." * Haruko frowns and mutters "Riko" under her breadth as she makes another entry on her clipboard. * Taki snorts and then shakes her head, "I wish he could be trusted that far." * Haruko laughs and then smiles. "Well, if you want to come over to our house sometime for a good meal you don't have to prepare I'm sure my parents would be happy to see both of you again." (Again cause of the exorcism. Which did happen off screen if memory serves) (I don't remember if that ever happened or not, Taki's had much bigger things to worry about than her apartment burning down :P) [You reach the store!] (Then it has now. :P) * Taki nods, "I'd hate to impose, but thank you." * Haruko opens the door, holding it for an extra sec so Taki can also easily enter, she then hunts down a diabetese kit (one with a needle) and the rest of the items Katie asked for. 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Kaede (2d6-2) and gets 7. No imposition, we'd be happy to have you. ::Haruko smiles:: * Taki also looks for the things, "Now we just have to find a way to get everything to stop happining for an evening." * Haruko compares prices and quality on two choices for bandages and ends up going with the mid-priced one that has little cartoons on some of them. She also picks up heavier duty ones. Maybe on a Sunday, not as much happens on Sundays. (Haruko has way too much fun with this sort of thing.) 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Kaede (2d6) and gets 7. * Taki picks small bottle of rubbing alcahol, "Someday I want to find out why that is.... it's not like ... things stop working on Sundays." (picks up) * Haruko shrugs and grabs the kit. "Well, even crazy people need days off too." I suppose so, this everything? * Haruko nods and takes everything to the cashier. * Taki follows her. [The cashier is a non-descript employee.] * Haruko puts everything on the counter, smiles nicely to the employee, and pays her money. * Taki quitly adds her bottle to Haruko's pile of stuff. * Haruko looks over her list one last time and nods. [Haruko buys stuff! XD] * Haruko heads back to the school. * Taki follows Haruko there too. [As they exit, they nearly run into Takeo Kirishima, of all people.] * Haruko looks up at Takeo. She steels herself for a minute. "Hello Takeo." * Taki stops and stares at Takeo for a bit, and then recovers, "Uh, hi." * Takeo looks down. "Hmph. You people again." ( Down because he's taller, not because he's depressed :P ) * Haruko looks up. "May I speak with you a moment? It's important." Make it quick. * Haruko nods and checks that there's no one else around. [There's a cashier and people on the street.] * Haruko looks back. "Tenjirou is working with Ryo and Chariot. There's more but this isn't the place. I'd like a chance to talk to Sumire and anyone else you want to bring about what we're going to do to avoid any unfortunate misunderstandings." * Taki nods slightly. * Takeo shrugs. "So what? Who cares about that guy anymore?" Natsuko? * Takeo shrugs again. * Taki blinks, "She's not with you anymore?" * Haruko waits on that answer. She thinks we should've helped him. Feh, like I'd ever help that guy. Screw her, Sumire and I are going solo. (Takeo's a smart guy.) Not like we have much of a band anymore, anyhow. Goddamn, can't believe somebody knifed Shingo. * Takeo clenches a fist. "If I ever find out who it was..." * Taki starts to speak and then trails off... she somewhat recovers by saying, "... Meimi's illusion was a freind of mine..." * Haruko 's eyes widen and she nods. "This isn't the place. Look, we'd like to talk, you have our number. We do still want the best for Natsuko, if you do at all try to keep her busy. Thanks for your time." * Takeo shrugs. "Whatever." * Haruko nods and clutches the bag of supplies close to her chest. "Good bye." She then turns to walk back to the school. * Taki bows slightly and then hurries after Haruko, "Good bye." [They head back toward school! Not many people are there; they all went home by now.] * Haruko makes a slight check mark on her keyboard. She then writes two more notes. * Taki sighs, "...I guess we know why that bastard was there now." * Haruko nods and looks to Taki and trips at the threshhold when entering the school, she flails her hands in an attempt to stay up but ultimately ends up on the ground with the clipboard a few feet away. * Taki runs up to her and offers a hand, "Ack! You okay Haruko?" * Haruko puts a hand down and slowly helps herself up. "Ah, yeah, I wasn't quite paying attention." She rubs at her head. * Haruko then collcts the package and her clipboard, taking a bandage out of the collection and cover a minor scratch on her hand. (/me goes to get Haruko's clipboad instead, "Have to watch out for them imobile obje) * Taki stands ignored for a moment to long and then helps Haruko pick her things up. * Haruko smiles at Taki as she gets some of the scattered equipment. "Thanks. * Taki hands it over, "Don't worry about it." 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Kaede (2d6-2) and gets 5. * Haruko takes them back. "Yeah, I was just hoping they'd broken off ties with Shingo as well. Hopefully I can work something out with Sumire." * Haruko keeps heading to the chem lab. * Taki nods and follows, "I wonder if any of them are still listening to what's his name... starts with a zzZein, that's it, right?" * Haruko nods. "Apparently not. Which seems odd." And yeah, it's Zein. I wonder if something happened to him. 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Kaede (2d6-2) and gets 7. (...) * Haruko shrugs and grins. "Maybe Sho lost his mask. I doubt anything bad, more likely he just stopped talking to them." [You reach the chem lab! Katie and Satoshi are there, and Saki is awake!] Ahh, I hope so. * Katie looks over to the incoming people and waves. * Taki smiles and waves to Satoshi and Katie, "We're back." Welcome back. * Katie is sitting on a desk! Oh no. And she has a sketchpad and a pencil. She might draw at you. * Haruko takes out the diabetes test kit and hands it over to Katie. "Hi guys! Here you go. If you give me your first aid kit I'll get to stocking that. * Saki is ignored by Taki. * Taki blinks at Saki and then remembers to bow, "Good to see you awake again." * Katie trades needle and stuff for a first aid kit. All right. 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Kaede (2d6-2) and gets 9. (Geez, Dicey, why not just kill me already? -_-) (He believes in drawing it out.) * Haruko starts going through the first aid kit taking out one supply at a time and restocking. "We ran into Takeo. Apparently Sumire and him are going out on their own. Natsuko's still tied to Tenjirou but he's not under their protection anymore." (Because he wants to give you the hope of a chance to call for help. :P) So the Band broke up. I'm sure their fans are disappointed. ... Yeah... * Katie shakes her head. "They'd be stupid to protect him." * Haruko nods. "Taki noticed there was no mention of Zein. But more important, they don't know who 'knifed' Shingo, Takeo's loooking for revenge. The ignorance won't last, hopefully we can talk sense to Sumire first." * Haruko looks to Saki to see if she acknowledges that. * Saki does not! She actually looks like she's currently struggling to stay awake. * Taki blinks, "He didn't react when I mentioned Meimi did he?" * Haruko shakes her head. She then looks to Saki. "Saki, could you tell Ryuji that Takeo's looking for revenge but doesn't know who did it? I can talk to him about it myself but you might see him first." * Saki waves it off. "Ryuji can take care of himself." * Haruko 's eyes narrow for a moment. "He can, that doesn't mean he should have to." She then looks back to the first aid kit and puts in the cartoon bandaids. * Taki walks into the room and sits down next to Satoshi, grabbing a chair along the way if she needs it. * Haruko puts in the rubbing alchol. She takes out the old one and looks to Katie. "Mind if I keep this in my bag? Don't have room for both." * Katie looks over the kit a little longer, then stashes it away in her stachel. "Yeah. And go ahead, Haruko. Thanks." * Satoshi looks over at Taki. "So, anything else happen on your trip?" * Taki shakes her head, "Haruko took a bit of a side trip, but it's been quite.... has Kaede called back yet?" * Haruko nods. "Welcome." She finishes refreshing it. "Not really. I tripped, it was embarrassing." No, we haven't heard anything from him. * Katie snickers. * Haruko nods. "You wanna call again Taki?" She then grabs the vial and stopper. * Taki shakes her head, "He said he was following somebody remember? So if he does pick up he'll be annoyied that I called again, and if he doesn't I won't be able to tell if it's because he's still trying to stay hidden or if something's gone wrong... and without him here on this end to find out where his phone is on that end, there's not much I can do." 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Kaede (2d6) and gets 10. (...haha. HAHAHAHA.) (Are you dead yet?) (No.) (Damn.) (But all I have to say is, thank god on Taki's end.) (*snickers) (*snerk*) (It's called silent mode. :P) (Anyway, why are you asking Ard, you should be in there logging :P) * Haruko sighs. "I was hoping he'd be done with that silliness by now, but you're right." She then takes out a swab and the rubbing alchol, pouring a little on it and offering it to Katie. "You ready? Probably best to clean the site first." * Taki drums her fingers, "We should have gotten some snacks while we were there." * Katie eyes Haruko for a moment, then sighs. "Yeah, okay." She slips down onto her chair and rolls up the sleeve to her left arm a bit, then works on prepping the needle and all. "Have a container?" I'm... not all that hungry, to be honest. * Haruko takes the vial out and holds it out. "You want me to handle the cleaning?" * Haruko nods at Taki's comment. Yeah, sure. * Taki nods at Satoshi as she is trying not to watch Haruko and Katie. * Katie moves her arm. "On the inside of the elbow, Haruko. And I need pressure above it." * Haruko cleans off the inside of the elbobw. She glances at Katie's handling of the needle once just to be safe. She smiles slightly. "If you want me to hold your hand, or kick me when you do it, or something. * Haruko then goes to get a bandage or more appropriate material for the pressure. * Satoshi watches Haruko and Katie out of perverse curiosity. Or maybe he thinks knowing this might come in handy. Who knows. Something to clench, yeah. Um... ( Who knows, maybe someday I'll want to try heroin.) * Katie sets the needle down and looks around, then grabs her jacket (which she took off), bundles it, and holds it with her left hand. You could grab my arm. It's not going to hurt me. Or you could do that. * Katie blinks at Satoshi. * Taki can not watch, but not hearing in a room like this is hard, "Satoshi's han... yeah." Yeah, that works. * Haruko uses a bandage roll, she wraps it quite tightly and then clips it into place. "The offer about the kick still holds." * Haruko does that for the pressure. (Does that offer extend to everyone? ;p) * Katie drops her jacket. Stupid jacket. And then she grins at Haruko. "I'll kick you when you're *really* stupid." * Satoshi is still fairly close to Katie, so he extends an arm towards her. * Haruko grins back at that. "Well, I don't intend to give you that chance, so don't blame me if you never get to kick." * Taki looks at the beaten up Saki for a bit, and then at everybody else in the room. * Haruko keeps the vial at the ready. * Katie snickers. "Sure." She grabs Satoshi's arm and checks the needle in her right hand. "Okay..." * Katie squeezes Satoshi's arm *tight* as she looks over her inner elbow. She finds the vein she's looking for, then, and with pre-emptive wince puts the needle in. * Satoshi braces himself. * Haruko watches the proceeding, keeping the vial ready. She doesn't flinche. * Taki winces right along with Katie, but keeps watching. * Saki glances over. She looks rather confused, but doesn't say anything. * Katie pulls blood quickly, and when the syringe is full, removes it. There's a small hole in her elbow now! She relaxes her grip from Satoshi and hands the needle to Haruko. 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Kaede (2d6) and gets 8. Someone get a bandaid? * Katie pauses a sec. "And ow." Uhm... I think you put them all in your kit. * Taki looks around for it. * Satoshi gets a bandaid and hands it to her. "You did really well." * Haruko takes the needle and puts the blood in the vial carefully, then putting in the stopper, checking to make sure it's secure. She then offers it back to Katie holding it in both haands. "Take this then I'll fix it. I'm better than a bandaid." Yeah, good job having your blood drained. * Katie laughs a little. "That's true. And thanks, Saki. I've been practicing for this moment all my life." * Katie takes the vial. * Taki nods, "I don't think I could have done that." * Haruko then gently rests her hand on Katie's inner elbow, removing it not long after when the wound, and hopefully the pain, vanishes. * Katie sighs. She looks at the vial. So what kinds of tests do we need to run? Okay, we can put any extra needles and a few vials and stoppers in the kit. If we encounter someone right after they've been surpressed than we could get a sample right there. * Katie looks to Satoshi. "That's the hard part." We need equipment from a hospital. Uhm... how long do you think the tests will take? * Haruko goes to gather a few more vials and stoppers and puts them in. "Fortunately the blood should hold now that it's not being filtered through Katie's liver or anything. Although we should refrigerate it. Yeah, that's a problem... * Katie sighs. "Not too long, Taki, but we've got to test for... everything, really." * Taki nods, "Maybe... Kaede and I... just a few things at a time?" 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Kaede (2d6) and gets 7. * Haruko looks to Taki. "I could probably handle it too, particularly considering how tired you get lately. We can find one that isn't at full capacity all night." I honestly don't know that much about getting into a hospital to use their equipment. ... I was thinking of doing it in a field... and then Kaede runs the machines... but Haruko's right. * Haruko then frowns and snickers. "Shame blood is thicker than water, or I would have an easier time of it." Well it's mostly water... and what you want isn't right? * Katie rubs at her arm even though it's healed. * Haruko nods. "That's true, but it'll take some extra concentration. If it was bouyant I could try something else." She goes through her bag for a moment and then gets out a cork and her bottle of water. She pours the water on an empty counter and puts the cork in it. * Taki watches Haruko, "Try what?" [Will Haruko's mind-boggling experiment work? Stay tuned to find out next week! Session End!]