[Day: Thursday, April 7th. Time: 4:45 p.m.] [Weather: Drizzling and cool.] [Kaede and Katie and Satoshi arrive there! Where? At the Dark Knight Concerto club. It's a large black building, relatively plain on the outside. The entrence is through two double doors. The inside is rather nice, with a checkered dance floor, tables and a bar. There's an upper level and a stage, too.] [There's not too many people there right now. It doesn't pick up until the night life floods in. It appears Sumire hasn't arrived yet.] [Session Start!] (What's the noise level?) ( Not loud right now, and you had time to change. ) * Katie is there. She's near the entrance, looking around and at the upper level, too. She's wearing a v-neck, dark purple shirt with sleeves that go half past the elbow, black jeans, and her gray overcoat. Her satchel isn't with her, but she has pockets. Watch out! (Oooh. Pockets.) (Yeah. Dun dun dun.) * Satoshi arrives. He's wearing his blue button-down shirt, as seen at the dance and previous club visits, black pants, and a black jacket. When he spots Katie, he waves to her. (Katie, having invested in a level of Katana space can keep all of her art supplies including her easel in there.) (Ha.) (Heh.) * Katie looks over to Satoshi and waves back. * Satoshi walks over to her. "Evening, Katie. Seen Kaede yet?" * Kaede shows up too. He's wearing bluejeans and a green checked open overshirt over plain white. He looks around as he approaches the entrance. * Katie smiles a little at Satoshi. "Just now," she says, pointing behind him. * Satoshi waves to Kaede. * Kaede puts his hands in his pockets and looks evenly at the both of them. He's not cracking an expression just yet. "Shall we go?" Sure. * Katie nods. "Hi, Kaede. So. Which one of you are my date to this thing?" ( Neither. They're going with each other. ) (That'd explain a lot!) What, we can't come single? (... Damnit, Why'd I have to pick the one straight one? ;_;) You're no fun, Satoshi. I get told that on occasion. (Usually by Haruko) * Kaede just shakes his head. "We're here to talk to Sumire. Don't forget that." What can I say? My memory's slipping more every day. * Katie heads on into the club. * Kaede heads on in too. I thought my memory was going. * Satoshi follows her in. Yours is already gone. [You are in the club! It's like I described, so I don't have to do it again!] (Yay!) Well, yeah... * Katie looks around the lower level, then scans the upper one. [There's some people! But none are Sumire.] * Satoshi looks around for Sumire as well. * Kaede does too, but casually. I mean if Katie can't spot her, what's really the point? * Katie heads over to a table, then. One kindasorta near the enterance, so she can watch it. "I don't see her." Neither do I. Want anything to drink? Um... yeah, sure. Coke? * Satoshi nods. "How about you, Kaede?" 2d6-6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Katie (2d6-6) and gets -4, a CRITICAL SUCCESS!!! "I hate these guys. Give 'em one for me." * Katie puts her chin on her hand, watching the enterance. She drums her fingers. "Sumire's almost here." Almost here at the table here or almost at the club here? Almost at the club, which makes her almost at the table. Your discrimination's getting too good, Katie. It's always been good. * Katie taps her fingers on the table some more. Twice with each finger. * Kaede just eyes her carefully. * Satoshi finally gives up and goes off to get the drinks. "I'll be quick." Thanks. [Satoshi gets some drinks.] * Satoshi returns with two Cokes and a glass of water. He sets the water down in front of Kaede, a Coke in front of Katie, and keeps the last for himself. "Where is she now?" And we don't need it in paces. Fine. Not in the club yet, but heading this way. * Katie picks up the Coke, looks into it, then has a drink. * Satoshi has a sip of his and waits. [Shortly, Sumire arrives. She's wearing her usual getup.] * Katie perks when she sees her. She waves. * Satoshi waves to her as well. * Kaede drums his fingers on the table and leans his cheek in his hand. He sits up a little as he sees her arrive. [Sumire walks up to you lot. "Hey." She looks around. "Where's Kinsha?"] She couldn't make it. She couldn't make it, but she said to give you this. * Satoshi hands Sumire the note from Haruko. Why? Did you want to talk to her specifically? [Sumire reads it. "Hm? Oh, I guess not. But she was the one who said she wanted to talk."] Yeah. * Katie pauses a moment, then she smiles. "Well, I'm sure you guys can arrange another time. But we'd like to talk, if that's okay." [Sumire shrugs and tosses the note on the table. "I guess so, sure."] * Kaede takes a glance at the note while he has a chance. * Katie nods. She taps a fingernail against her glass; it makes a faint 'tink' sound. "Well, we kinda wanted to make sure you were doing okay after... what happened. With Tenjirou." She pauses a moment again, then says, "I mean, I wasn't there. I was in the hospital at the time. But I heard." * Katie glances at the note, too, but not for very long. [Sumire takes a seat. "Oh, that. Well, I'm fine. No injuries, haven't heard from him since. Our group broke up, you know. It's just Takeo and me now."] * Katie tilts her head. "It is? What happened to everyone else?" * Kaede sits up a little. "Yes, I'm curious too.." * Satoshi nods. "Glad you're all right." [She shrugs. "I haven't spoken to Senshiro or Natsuko in a while. As for Zein... We keep in contact."] * Katie nods. * Katie offers a wry smile. "Well, I'm glad you're not trying to kill me anymore, at least." Whose idea was it to break? [Sumire says, "Anyhow, what about your side? What's with Tenjirou? And how about Saki?"] And what about Saki? * Satoshi takes another sip of Coke. He doesn't quite know what's with Saki himself. She shrugs. "You asked about my group. Now I want to know about yours." * Katie blinks, then says, "Oh. You heard about that from Takeo?" * Katie tinks her fingernail against the glass again and has a sip. Morikawa's part of our group now? "One would assume." And who exactly would assume that? Because we're not at each other's throats and go to the same school, I'd guess. * Kaede shrugs. "Morikawa's her own person. She can come and go as she pleases. I'd hardly call that "our side." [She shrugs. "Well, whatever."] * Katie shakes her head. But here's the deal with Tenjirou. He kidnapped me. * Katie looks at Sumire. "He does that, you know." * Satoshi looks very displeased. Far too often for his own good. * WeightofTaki is now known as Taki "He did?" Yes. Yeah. I lost twenty hours of my life. Don't remember a thing. From what I could get, he and Ryo Shinjo were going to sell me to the Chariot. Or something like that. They had some chemical that stopped my powers. * Kaede sits back quietly, pushing up his glasses. He doesn't look pleased. Sumire frowns. "So he's connected with the drugs..." * Satoshi nods. Yeah, and he won't stop at killing people, Sumire. He had a gun. He wasn't afraid of shooting people. "Who did he kill?" Nobody, but he tried. Sumire shakes her head. "Well, I'm glad he didn't succeed." * Kaede raises his head up, tapping his fingers, but looking away from Sumire. "I'm curious of something..." * Katie opens her mouth, then she stops and looks over to Kaede. How exactly did your band get together in the first place? [She shrugs. "We go to the same school and are musically inclined."] Zein too? [She shakes her head. "Senshiro brought him in. And Shingo was a friend of Takeo's girlfriend."] (Info gathering props to Kaede) Shingo and Meimi. Okay, that makes a lot of sense. * Katie nods. "Yeah." (^_^) * Kaede taps his fingers a bit. "Mmm...well, I'll think on that. But I believe I was interrupting my friend..." * Kaede sits back and turns away from the table slightly as he sips his water. * Katie blinks again at Kaede. Her fingers go tink against the glass, and she looks back to Sumire. "Anyway, I'm not very happy about this. Do you know anything about the drugs?" "Only a little." * Katie sighs and runs a hand through her bangs. "How about where Tenjirou could be hiding?" [She shrugs. "Your guess is as good as mine. I don't know him well enough to tell."] I was afraid of that. * Katie looks down into her glass. She swirls the ice a little. "How about the drugs? Want to share?" ["Only that if you use them once they fuck you up pretty bad."] "Word is there's no cure." * Katie nods. "And the dealers?" * Satoshi downs the last of his Coke in one large swallow, then sets the glass down on the table a little harder than he normally would. Doesn't break, of course, but it's easy to tell he's pretty upset by the news. She shakes her head. "Not a clue." * Kaede takes another sip. "Did Tenjirou have a..reputation for his womanizing before he became popular with the band?" She laughs. "Oh, did he ever. But hell, he made us popular." I want to know how well you knew him before you all got together. Who did you know the best? Mmm...even to the point of now, looking back on it, you'd suspect his powers? "Probably about as well as you know Saki." Right...was there any incident he was particularly famous for? Say for losing his temper or something.. "Not really. It was usually Takeo who lost his temper." Now that doesn't surprise me. But really, who's idea was it to take him on board specifically? Given his reputation, I'd hardly think it was a universal decision. * Kaede takes another sip of water. * Katie has some more Coke, then sets the glass down. She reaches into a pocket, pulling out a small notebook and a pencil, then taps the eraser against her chin. "Well, we didn't know about his reputation at the time." * Kaede raises his eyebrow. "But you made it sound like it was pretty infamous just a moment ago..." "After we had him around for a while, yes." * Katie opens her notebook and says, quietly, "I still can't believe you kept him. At least he's not with you anymore." * Kaede comments idly. "Not much of a band anymore though either.." "Like I said, he drew crowds. And we're doing okay as a duet. Maybe Zein and Natsuko will join up again, too." What's Natsuko doing now? "I told you, I haven't seen her much." Are you sure? If I remember correct, she was the one most supportive of Tenjirou. [She shrugs. "Like I said, maybe."] Do you think Natsuko would have kept in touch with Tenjirou? Someone should warn her. So why Zein too? "Why not?" * Kaede looks down into the water, swirling it slightly before taking a sip. "No. You misunderstand my question." Why'd he break off too? [She shrugs. "Off doing his own thing for the time being."] Just like that? The rest of you have a reason for splitting apart away from each other. Why him? "Why not?" "It's not my business what he's doing now that the group fell apart." 2d6+4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Haruko (2d6+4) and gets 10. * Kaede rubs his forehead. "Again you bring that up. Was he so aloof that seperating apart from everyone after the whole thing doesn't phase you? I mean, surely he would chose one side or the other to communicate with.." "Why don't you ask him yourself?" We've never talked to Zein. ("He's standing right behind you." "...") (We have yet to confirm whether or not Zein is actually Sho in a hat.) [Satoshi's phone rings.] * Satoshi pulls it out and starts to answer, then realizes it's a text message. He reads it. * Katie tilts her head. "Can you put us in contact, then? So we can ask him ourselves?" "Not... really." But... I thought you still talk to him. "He doesn't like to have his number spread around without permission." * Satoshi types something back into his phone. And yet...barely anyone sees him...so they can't get to know him for permission.. She nods. "You can try to find him if you like." How? "He goes to college. Good place to start." Which university? ["He goes to Takeda University."] * Satoshi nods. Takeda University. Okay. Can you tell us what he looks like? (He looks like Sho. In a hat.) (Bwaha.) [She shakes her head. "I better not."] So... what? Do we walk in and ask for Zein, which people probably don't even know him as? [She nods. "Pretty much." She looks at her watch and gets up. "I gotta run. Nice to chat with you. And if you want to find Zein... well, you'll find that it's quite hard unless he wants to be found."] [She waves as she leaves. "Catch ya later."] * Katie nods. "Okay. Good to know you're okay, Sumire." * Katie waves back. Thanks, Sumire. * Satoshi waves. * Kaede taps his fingers on the table, thinking as he half-watches Sumire go. * Katie looks to Kaede. "What?" * Kaede shakes his head without even looking at Katie. "Nothing. Just thinking." * Katie chuckles. "You thinking is hardly nothing." She finishes her Coke. "Anyone want to stick around?" * Satoshi shakes his head. "I'm done here." Are you so sure of that, Katie? * Kaede chuckles and shakes his head, slowly standing. "It doesn't add up." A lot of things don't. But I don't want to talk about it here. I don't either. Let's head out. * Satoshi gets up and heads for the exit. * Katie nods, sliding off her chair and grabbing her notebook. She glances over the place one more time before walking after Satoshi. * Kaede walks after Katie once she's done glancing! [Session End]