[Day: Wednsday, April 6th. Time: 2:50 p.m.] [Weather: Sunny and cool.] [You gather at the lockers! Satoshi is not there!] [Session Start] * Haruko hobbles up. She's only uses one crutch today and so moves closer to normal walking speed. She's got a fairly cheerful expression. * Katie doesn't hobble up. She walks! She walks, and she's not looking particularly happy. * Haruko looks up at Katie as she gets closer. "Hi Katie." * Kaede walks up. He's not looking particularly happy either. But it's mostly covered up by him typing away at his computer as he walks. * Taki walks down the hall, yawning as she goes, at the moment she doesn't look happy or sad, just tired. * Katie looks back at Haruko. Eye color caught! "Hi." She heads to her locker and opens it. "So, how did it go?" * Kaede doesn't look up from his computer. "Like some sort of love-sim Hirokazu would have been proud of." ( Nah. Haruko didn't get nekkid. ) (True.) * Haruko sighs. "Better than it did for anyone else by the look of you three." She then smiles slightly. "Went pretty well for me. I can give the short version on the group buisness." * Haruko then looks at Kaede and chuckles. "Nothing so risque, I assure you." I meant for me. * Taki blinks at Kaede in confusion and then shakes her head slightly. She couldn't have heard that right. * Kaede opens up his locker. Half without looking. * Katie blinks. "O-kay. That I want to hear." There were....tentacles. * Katie swaps the books, shuts her locker, and leans back against it, looking to Kaede. "Tentacles." * Haruko tilts her head. "Huh... ewww." * Kaede responds dryly. "Yes. Tentacles." He keeps typing away as he nudges open his locker with his knee. Y... y...you're kidding right? * Kaede gives Taki a "when do I ever kid" glance. * Haruko looks sympathetic. "I hope the resemblence ended with the tentacles. So, do you want to go first?" * Taki just looks blearily back at Kaede. (sympathetic look) ( If you take the sym off... ) Either way I'm sorry, but, if you're going to talk here, I'm gonna sit down. * Haruko nods. "Ryuji suggests holding off on talking to Sumire or Takeo on Shingo's death. On the Saki matter..." He's probably right. * Taki nods to herself and sits down with her back against the lockers. They aren't sure, but they think she might look forward to the fights. So, we can put off working the Jackals, unless one of their gang asks for help. If she gets off on that sort of thing I won't interfere. * Haruko speaks with a fairly bemused voice. * Kaede nods behind his computer screen * Katie nods. "Fine." * Haruko then grins. "So on the whole, think the ties between our gangs are stable again. And he'll be coming to see me dance at my shrine this weekend. And that's all." Dance at your shrine? (Holiday we should know about?) (Yeah!) ( Goes to check if there is one... ) * Haruko then makes to settle against a locker, keeping herself slight propped up with her crutch. "Just one of my Miko duties, rather minor holiday. But we mikos have been doing dance training with an instructor for a while know so it's a good chance to demonstrate." ( Nope ) ( Not a national one ) So, it's a group dance thing? Or something? * Kaede sits down by the lockers and types away Part of it. ::she grins a little broader:: I've been training rather hard for the solo second half. * Taki looks up at Haruko and yawns again before she speaks, "Would you mind of the rest of us came to watch?" I.. well. There's actually fairly regular small ceremonies on any given week that have ritual dance involved. You don't need to take time out of your weekends for me. * Katie rolls her eyes. "It's a private party, Taki." Oh!...I ... Good luck with your dancing then. * Taki turns slightly pink and looks down the hall away from Haruko. [Taki sees Makoto. And Makoto.] * Haruko looks fairly sheepish at that. "Thank you, and I do mean it, I would be happy to have you come to see me dance. We have flyers with upcoming events. I'll give you one. I'd show you something now, but ::she gestures to the crutch with a smile:: * Taki looks back at Haruko, "Thanks." * Haruko smiles back and gives a very weak bow. "I'm honored that you'd like to watch me dance." * Haruko then settles back against the locker. * Katie shakes her head. She looks to Kaede. "How about you guys?" And, um. Does anyone know where Satoshi is? Did he have to stay home or something? * Haruko shakes her head. * Taki looks down the hall in the other direction, "I was hopeing he'd show up... he's usualy the first one here...." * Kaede shakes his head. "I don't know. But after last night..." * Haruko goes for her phone. "Right, well, I'll start making calls in case we've got a kidnapping. Go ahead and start describing Kaede." Well...we got to the place. And went to check to see if we could find out whose residence it was. Didn't find a thing really... * Kaede types away. "Except the way to the cellar was blocked by tentacles. Apparently some girl hides them under her shirt." * Taki glances at Katie for a second and then looks at and listens to Kaede. * Haruko calls checks if she has any messages and then calls Satoshi. * Katie frowns. "Okay." There was a guy with her as well. They didn't seem to amiable. Said we're in way over our heads before he left. And of course the girl doesn't like me but what else is new? * Haruko chuckles. "Akemi likes you." She holds the phone to her ear. (It could be worse, she could like you like Remi does.) Lots of girls like you. So, do they live there? Did you get names? * Haruko hangs up. "No answer, potential kidnapping. Taki, you know any hockey players or places he could be? Let's get walking to the subway so we can check his place while Kaede speaks." * Haruko gets hobbling at that. * Taki struggles to her feet, "Wish I hadn't slept through practice this morning... try the rink..." Never did no.l..they were relatively uncooperative * Kaede then blinks and looks at Haruko. "What?" * Katie sighs. "That figures." And then she looks to Haruko. He's not here. He has his enemies, we all do. * Katie frowns, but she picks up her things and heads after Haruko. * Taki walks after Katie and Haruko. Rink first I suppose. * Taki nods and digs out her cell phone to call them. (yay for speed dial!) * Taki dials and yawns again before puting the phone to her ear. So while we're walking, was she one of the girls on the site? * Katie blinks. "Site?" There was a "hot or not" site with multiple entries by... I don't remember exactly. Arcana something. You were one of them Katie; Remi I believe was another. There were several other girls we didn't recognize. * Katie frowns. "Great. Beginner porn pictures." * Taki perks slightly and then nods her head, "Hello, I was wondering of the Sakuragaoka team was there to practice this morning." ( His porn site isn't public :P ) I've been meaning to check that...hold on. * Kaede pulls up the site. ( I bet you have, Kaede o.O ) * Taki speaks into the phone, "They were? Okay, wa... They are?" * Haruko pauses. "We may need to check with Remi on this one. She may know something." She frowns. "But you shouldn't have to do that Kaede; I'm willing to try." * Haruko then turns to watch Taki with interest. * Katie looks at Taki. "Aren't you *on* the team?" * Taki blinks twice, "No, that's alright. Thankyou." * Taki hangs up her phone and pockets it, "I am... and I'm missing an extra practice session." Do you need to get to that? [The site comes up. It pops up a random pic. Nobody you know.] * Kaede looks to see if he can enter "preferences" Like eye color, hair color, etc. * Haruko looks relieved. [Kaede cannot! It's not that kind of site!] * Taki shakes her head, "I'll try to make it up this weekend, right now I'm not sure I could stand up again if I went down to block a shot." * Katie nods at Taki. ( Basically, you can pick between male or female or do a search :P ) (And I'm sure Katie'd have suggestions on things to do, but I'm headachey!) (There's males on the site? o.O) * Haruko then hobbles back to a nearby locker. "If you can't find that poster again, you'd said you'd saved them back when you were first looking them up." ( Yeah, it's got both. ) ( And a random button. ) * Kaede hmms as he looks at the site. "Didn't notice that last time..." * Katie blinks, but she doesn't look over Kaede's shoulder. "What?" * Taki yawns again, "You found her?" * Kaede points to the page as he looks at Katie. "It's not just a site for guys. I mean look, it's got a link for males too. Could it really be Tenjirou then?" Maybe not just him? Well, presumably he only looks at the girls or he has broader taste than we realized. Anyways, it could be the site is really being used for a more sinister purpose. He's just posting on it, not hosting it, right? Is it all from one poster? But why is she on the site in the first place? * Kaede looks at Katie. "You *didn't* put yourself on one of these sites, did you Katie?" * Katie starts, then looks at Kaede. "What? No." Wha...why would she do a thing like that?! I'm just asking. I mean, if it's not willing, then someone's stealing pictures of Arcana and posting them up for reasons we don't know... Well, if he isn't doing it for fun, could be it's being used for secret communication. Perhaps posting the identities of Arcana, picking targets, or putting us up for bid. And either that person, or someone who looked at the site had or has sinister plans for her. I want to find out what... Either way, whoever made this site... * Katie rubs at the back of her head. "Is there any other Arcana up there that we'd recognize? Besides me and Remi?" * Kaede frowns and clicks on the males button to see if there's anyone he recognizes. Not because of rumors to the contrary, despite what anyone says. * Taki nods. Well, show the pictures Kaede, Katie may recognize one we didn't. And Kaede, just because they're using the site doesn't mean that they created the site. If they're being secretive they might just use an existing one with a public interface. (Does it show a bunch of thumbnails and captions first or just one at a time at all times?) ( It's like google. Shows 20 thumbnails, then lists page numbers ) * Kaede eyes Haruko. "Doesn't it bother you that there's random pictures of Arcana up there that we know we didn't submit? That means either someone's searching through photos of us or taking photos of us...matter of fact..." He hmms as he types away, changing his mind temporarily and searching for Katie's pic. [Kaede finds it.] * Kaede shows it to Katie. "Do you recognize when this pic was taken?" [Katie is rated as 5 out of 10.] * Katie peers at the pic. (* Taki logs in from the school computers to up Katie's score.) * Katie shakes her head. "No." She pauses. "Five out of ten? Yeesh." * Haruko looks oddly at Kaede. "Yes it bothers me a lot. We need to find out the reason, but that doesn't mean that the site was set up some conspirator. Maybe it was, but maybe it was just one or more posters." Mhm? * Taki hurries forward a bit so she can see the screen, "Oh." Does it really matter why? Somehow someone's taking pictures of us without our knowledge. That means someone's watching us... * Kaede does a search for Haruko. [No match!] * Kaede tries for Taki too, just in case. [No match! x2] Mmm...neither of you two are here... * Kaede thinks then goes to the male side. Trying first for himself, then Kyon. I guess that's a good thing... You arn't in there are you? Checking....I have a theory though...hold on... * Haruko looks at Kaede as if he's lost his frigging mind. "Of course it matters! The rest of these people could be in danger now, or a key step to understanding why Katie was kidnapped." [Kaede doesn't find either.] * Kaede hesitates then tries Satoshi Watanabe last. * Katie folds her arms. [A really handsome guy pops up. But it's some college football jock from Osaka.] [8 of 10!] * Haruko then sighs. "Alright, we don't have too many leads now. We'll talk to Saori. If that doesn't work then we can take printouts of these girls and go through high school yearbooks at the schools with known Arcana." She sighs. "And talk to Remi." * Katie winces. "Kaede shouldn't talk to her." * Taki nods again, "And... I don't think I should got to Saori." * Kaede hmms at that. "Okay..." He tries not to wince at mention of Remi's name. His eyebrow twitches slightly though. "Guess not...one more try..." * Kaede searches Hideo Watanabe just in case. [No match!] ....huh... What about Saki or Ryuji? So I guess this is no relation to the false Judgement thing... * Kaede raps his fingers against the lockers. "Was going to try them next...but still...why Katie?" * Haruko nods. "He shouldn't." SHe then frowns. "I didn't get a good look at the picture of you Katie, did you look like you were unconscious, wearing a headband, or drugged in that one? * Kaede checks on Ryuji first since he's still in the male section [Nope!] No Ryuji... * Kaede checks Saki Morikawa. And for that matter, can you do some hacking and tell when it was posted or taken Kaede? I know some computer files have dates associated with them. I can try. No telling how accessable it is though... * Haruko smiles. "I have faith in your abilities." * Taki blinks at Kaede, "You can do that?" (And Brett, did it look like she was drugged/unconscious/wearing a headband in that picture?) [Kaede doesn't find Saki!] Alright...let me check.... [It was hard to tell from the angle :P] * Kaede cracks his knuckles and gets to work. Trying to find the exact date of posting. [Friday, April 2nd.] April 2nd. * Kaede tries to think. "What happened then...?" * Katie frowns. She keeps quiet. April 2nd, so you were already kidnapped when it was posted. Alright, so this isn't for picking who to kidnap next then. * Kaede frowns. "But why would they post it right then..." * Taki looks down, "...When was Remi posted?" * Kaede checks for Remi. [Last month.] I would have to be. The scar's there. Maybe they're trying to sell Arcana. Perhaps the victims are caught and sometimes released after being drugged, with their pictures posted for tracking. Or it could be just gloating or to amuse Tenjirou. We need to talk to the girls to find if there's a pattern. Mmmm...last month...there isn't an exact date. What? Why not? * Haruko frowns and closes her eyes. "So, was that before the fight with Tenjirou when she and then Taki were under his control?" Don't ask me...hold on, let me do some more searching. * Kaede tinkers to try and find out an exact date. * Taki shivers. [It's not listed!] [Kaede does find that pictures are deleted after a certain amount of time, however.] * Taki suddenly looks up, "Wait, can you see her arms?" * Kaede peers at the picture. Can he? * Haruko frowns. "I think it was a bit less than a month ago. It could go either way. But that might mean that he was doing this while the band was still together. So it predates his alliance with Chariot, or he was doing double duty for a while." [Kaede can see her arms to the elbow.] * Kaede shakes his head. "Not enough to see her hands..." [Remi is also rated 5 out of 10] But then, my picture isn't on the site. I'll bet Eriko's isn't either. Maybe he didn't have time to take the picture, but seems like he'd have had a chance. So maybe it's not just every girl he's victimized. * Taki yawns again, "I guess not." * Haruko slowly gets out her clipboard. We can't assume he's the one doing it either... * Haruko shakes her head. "No. There could be multiple people using that name, or other posters. But unless we want to start going through all known Arcana, particularly the missing ones, we'll have a hard time finding any others. So... time to chose. We talk to Saori, we go through yearbooks to find those girls, and we talk to Remi. Order doesn't matter to me." * Kaede nods. "What about the guys? If we're talking, we have people that can't go to certain people. So, I think we should do all the talking at once and splitting the group that way. * Haruko looks to Kaede. "Which guys?" * Taki nods, "I go to Remi and Kaede to Saori?" * Haruko nods. "I'll go wherever I'm of most use." And what am I asking her? Whose reading do we need exactly>? Uhm... One of the missing Arcana? We don't really know who's still missing though do we? Unless you mean like...Jiro or Reiji-san... Our first goal is to find Tenjirou, focusing on him may be best. ::she looks to Katie:: Perhaps you should got with Kaede to Saori. Your presence may lend some natural or supernatural insight. * Katie shrugs. "Just ask where Tenjirou is." She looks to Haruko. "Fine. I don't really want to talk to Remi, anyway." * Haruko nods, she then looks to Kaede. "Is there anything you can tell us that might help us? I know things went badly between you, but you know the most of her." * Taki looks down, "Right." * Kaede nods and stands up. "Tenjirou. Right." He looks at Katie as he starts closing his computer. "Whenever you're read--" He winces. * Haruko reaches out her non-crutch hand to Kaede's shoulder. "If it's too painful, we'll manage without." There's not....really anything I can tell you.... * Kaede turns to the side and mutters something under his breath softly.... * Katie frowns at Kaede's wince. * Haruko puts her hand on Kaede's shoulder if he lets her. "If you're sure, that's okay." She smiles slightly. "We'll do our best." * Kaede doesn't do anything other than glance at Katie. "Let's go." * Taki looks up again, "Good luck to both of you." Yeah. * Haruko nods and lets her hand drop. She then eases herself off the locker. * Katie looks to Taki and Haruko. "Good luck." She heads off with Kaede. * Haruko nods. "You too." She then gets hobbling to the subway. * Kaede heads off. * Taki follows Haruko, "Uhm...do you know where Remi is?" [Session End!]