[Day: Tuesday, January 28th. Time: 4:45 P.M.] [Weather: Same as it was a few hours ago: It rained in the morning, there's snow on the ground, and it's cold.] [Yesterday, the group met Meimi, the printing press explode, some old guy showed up but didn't really, and Ken said something to a bunch of Jiro's fangirls that upset them. Everyone migrated to the lounge, where the scene opens.] [Session start] * Katie sketches. "So, that's the story." * Meimi smiles. * Jiro nods. So, you guys up for a little travel? Where to? Sure, I guess. Where we goin'? Tokyo Tower, of course. Oh. Sure. * Katie glances up at Meimi, then shrugs. "Sure." She closes her book and tucks it away. Say, Meimi. How's that Lemon Goop stuff? I haven't tried it yet. Pretty good, actually. It's like lemon syrup. * Satoshi makes a face. * Jiro looks confused for a bit, but then decides not to think about it too hard. A good policy for him to stick to. * Katie stands and smooths her skirt. "Well, let's get going." * Jiro nods, stands, and stretches a bit. Yeah. * Meimi stands up. * Satoshi stands up. * Katie shoulders her satchel and heads for the exit. To Tokyo Tower! * Meimi falls into step beside Jiro, paying attention to him. * Jiro shrugs on his backpack and follows. To Tokyo Tower! * Satoshi follows the others. To Tokyo Tower. 'n stuff. [Time: 5:15 P.M.] [The group arrives at Tokyo Tower. As before, there's a few people working in the lobby; elevators and offices are at the back.] Lead the way! ^_^ Yeah, Katie, you're the only one who's been here before. * Katie shrugs and enters the tower through the south enterance, then heads for the elevators. * Jiro follows. * Satoshi follows as well. * Katie presses the mystical down button. * Meimi follows along beside Jiro. [The elevator moves. You think it's down, but you're not quite sure.] * Jiro then notes Meimi paying attention to him. "So, you do magic tricks a lot?" * Katie stays by the doors. She's doing her best not to look too nervous. Absolutely. ^_^ Cool. ^_^ * Katie rubs the back of her neck and glances around the elevator. "Come on, come on." You'll have to show me some more of those tricks sometime. Please? ^_^ No problem. ^_^ [After a few minutes, the door opens again on the first floor of the tower. There's no longer anyone working at the front, though. And the entire world outside the tower is upside down.] * Satoshi blinks. "Wow..." * Katie steps out of the elevator and sighs with relief. * Meimi steps out. * Jiro blinks once, twice, and three time. "...whoa." ...Okay, this is impressive. I wish there were just stairs to here. * Jiro steps out of the elevator. * Satoshi gets out of the elevator as well. But... yeah. * Katie moves forward and spins once. "This is the Tower Reversed." Only Arcana can come here. Which could be good or bad, I guess. ...cool. I'm impressed. * Meimi runs to a window. * Meimi taptaptaps on the window. [The window does not respond.] * Satoshi slowly walks over to a window and looks down, then pales and backs away, immediately wishing that he hadn't. I've got to figure out how to do this on a larger scale. I'd be famous! Yeah, I bet you would be. Yeah, that'd be cool. * Satoshi walks to the nearest comfy-looking chair and sits down, letting out a deep sigh of relief. * Jiro looks 'up'. I have to wonder, if you stepped outside, would the world be reversed? Huh. [As the lobby of the tower is almost like the lobby of a hotel, most of the chairs are comfortable.] * Jiro blinks, then shakes his head. "Don't wanna think about that." Well, the gravity seems relatively normal, at least. * Meimi flicks her wrists and starts juggling, a three ball shower. * Satoshi grins, thankful for the distraction. "Cool." * Jiro watches, grinning. So what do you guys do here? * Jiro blinks. "Uh, dunno. First time I've been here." * Meimi flicks her wrist and a fourth ball appears, the shower changing appropriately. I don't know. Like I said, I've never personally been here until now. * Katie shrugs. "I've only been here once. Kyon was showing me, Shingo, and Taki what was going on at the time." We argued. * Katie walks over to one of the windows and peers out of it. You argued with Kyon. What a surprise. * Jiro blinks, then chuckles. * Katie smiles slightly. "He didn't really want to help us out. Well, I think he did, but he didn't at the same time. Kyon's... an odd person." So who's this Shingo guy? Shingo's the Knight of Swords. He's younger than the rest of us, but he goes to our school. Yeah, I wonder where he is today. _THAT_ Shingo? Yup, that Shingo. I take it you know him? * Katie looks over at Satoshi and shrugs. "I don't know. Maybe he stayed at home and pretended to be sick so he could rest up? But that doesn't sound like something he'd do." Who hasn't heard of the kid who made Ken back down at the beginning of the school year? I haven't. He fought Hibiki? When was this? * Jiro blinks. "He fought Ken?" And, you're right, Katie. Pretending to be sick doesn't sound like him at all. * Katie blinks, then laughs. "Oh, that! Yeah, I was the reason he did that. Kind of." ( Who hasn't heard of the kid who got beat up by Saki on multiple occasions? :P ) * Meimi continues juggling while Katie tells the story. ( Hey, nobody but them know about that! ) * Jiro turns to Katie. "How'd that happen?" Yeah, what happened? Ken was giving me a hard time. I was new. Well, newer. And along comes Shingo, and he said... well, I don't remember what he said exactly, but he told Ken that he was being stupid and stuff. * Jiro nods. Pretty much stared him down, and then walked off before I could thank him. I was stunned at the time. Yeah. That would be pretty surprising. * Jiro frowns. * Jiro shrugs, apparently dismissing whatever he was thinking (if it can be called that) about. It was a heck of a way to start off the school year. * Jiro nods. I got to thank him for it later, and he sorta waved it off. * Katie frowns slightly. * Meimi nods. He was a quiet kid. Was? Yeah. That sounds like Shingo. Well, is a quiet kid, I suppose. Wait a sec... did something happen to him, Meimi? Err... sorry. Never mind. I do that sometimes, talking about people like they're gone. * Meimi shrugs and the balls she's juggling ignite. Ah. * Jiro frowns confusedly, then goes wide-eyed as the balls catch fire. "Whoa." * Satoshi concentrates on the glowing balls, trying to figure out how she did it. * Katie watches Meimi juggle, worry crossing her face. "I hope he's all right." * Meimi blows a short puff of breath at each ball as it passes her mouth, putting it out, and then catches them. Me too. * Jiro nods mutely. * Meimi tucks the balls away. If he's not around tomorrow, maybe we should check up on him. He'll probably be annoyed, but I, for one, will feel a whole lot better. * Jiro nods. "Sounds good." * Meimi nods. 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Satoshi (2d6) and gets 8. * Katie nods and walks over to one of the couches, having a seat. She pulls out her sketchbook, pauses, and switches it for a small, towel-wrapped block of wood. * Katie hums quietly to herself as she unwraps the block, placing the towel across her lap. She digs around in her satchel a bit more and pulls out a box, which she extracts a small knife from, then starts making marks. * Jiro walks over to take a look at what Katie's doing. * Katie doesn't seem to be carving anything just yet. Just looking over the block and leaving nitches every once in a while. * Satoshi drums his fingers along the arms of his chair. So. So? * Katie frowns at the block and turns it in her hands, then makes another mark. [The elevator suddenly pings, and the doors open.] I guess the question is... * Satoshi turns to look at the elevator. * Jiro looks and turns over at the elevator. [Sho walks out.] * Katie glances up, then goes back to her work. "Hello, Sho." * Satoshi murmurs. "Oh, crap." Good day to you, as well. I see you've returned here, as was expected. I'm the only one who did any returning, really. * Sho looks over at Meimi. "And with a new ally. Powerful one, at that." * Meimi quirks an eyebrow. * Sho looks puzzled at Katie, but just for an instant. "Of course, that's right." * Katie decides that's enough and starts gently and slowly shaving a part of the block. * Jiro shakes one of the large cardboard tubes fastened to the side of his backpack, and seems satisfied with the noise it makes when he does so. * Satoshi watches Sho. * Sho glances around. "But Kyon doesn't seem to be here. A pity. I'm sure he would have done something about your ally." I haven't seen him around today. * Satoshi 's eyes narrow, as he's uncertain whether Sho is referring to Taki or Shingo. * Katie gently blows some shavings off her block, then starts on another section. That's too bad. * Sho shrugs and turns around. "Oh well. Tell him another problem has arisen next time you see him. If you live that long." * Katie still doesn't look up from her work. "Living that long would be nice," she says evenly. "What is this about another problem?" * Sho heads towards the elevator. "Funny thing, you know? At this rate, by the time Judgement is defeated there won't be anyone left to stand against me." * Meimi scowls. What do you mean by that? * Jiro decides to take that as an insult, and sneers accordingly. * Sho hits the up button and walks into the elevator "Haven't you realized yet? The Knight sure found out easily enough, though I doubt she's realized... Oh, what does it matter?" She... Taki? Did something else happen to Taki? * Satoshi stands up and runs over to the elevator, hoping to catch Sho before it arrives. 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Satoshi (2d6) and gets 9. * Sho grins. "Good luck in not getting killed. Although if you do, it's no big loss." He laughs as the doors close, a second before Satoshi can get there. * Satoshi skids to a halt and frantically pounds on the up button. "You fucking *bastard*! Come back here, damn you! Explain!" We're not insignificant! We're not unimportant! * Meimi blinkblinks at Satoshi. * Katie sighs and puts her knife away, then wraps her unfinished carving up. So what the heck was he talking about? * Katie tucks that away, too, and stands with her satchel. "He's gone, Satoshi. Give it a rest." * Jiro frowns, sighs, and relaxes some. * Satoshi whacks the up button a few more times, then hangs his head. Dammit. I'm not sure, which is why we're going to visit Taki. Seems like he was talking about her... but it could have been Shingo. * Jiro nods. If anything else has happened to her... Well let's go check. While we're at it, we can probably swing by both, hmm? * Jiro walks over to the elevator. ( 'Cept none of you knows where Shingo lives :P ) ( True, dat. ) ( That does make it a bit trickier. ) * Katie walks over to the elevator as well. "I don't know where he lives. Taki's easier and more likely." Good enough. * Meimi shoulders her bag and walks over to the elevator. [Eventually, the elevator comes.] * Satoshi gets onto the elevator as soon as the door opens. * Jiro gets into the elevator, frowning. * Meimi hops on. * Katie waits for everyone to get in, then steps in herself. ( Gonna hit the button? :P ) * Satoshi hits the button. [The elevator goes... well, logic would say up, but you're not exactly sure. It eventually arrives on the first floor, with people around. And the world's facing the right direction, too.] I'm going to figure out how that works, I swear. Heh. I'm not even gonna try. * Katie nods and steps out, heading for the hospital. That's *way* beyond me, I just know it. * Meimi follows Katie, even though she knows the way. * Satoshi rushes out, walking next to Katie. * Jiro follows Katie to the hospital. [Everyone make a hearing check.] 2d6-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Meimi (2d6-4) and gets 4. 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Jiro (2d6) and gets 9. 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Satoshi (2d6) and gets 4. 2d6-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Katie (2d6-4) and gets 3. [Between Tokyo Tower and the subway, you hear footsteps behind you.] * Satoshi speaks quietly to Katie. "Someone's behind us." * Meimi keeps walking. [And the street you've taken is currently uncrowded. So.] * Katie looks to the right as she walks, glancing back with the corner of her eye. * Jiro keeps walking, too. But not because he's playing it cool. No, sir. He is *oblivious*. * Katie faces forward again and hums quietly as she continues walking to the hospital. She tucks her hands into her coat pockets. [Footsteps only grow louder as you walk on.] * Meimi keeps walking. * Satoshi frowns, but ignores them and continues to walk. * Meimi flexes her fingers as she walks. [They start running.] [Roll init ^^] d6+7 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Meimi (d6+7) and gets 13. d6+8 d6+5 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Jiro (d6+8) and gets 13. * Dicesuke throws the bones for Katie (d6+5) and gets 11. d6+5 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Satoshi (d6+5) and gets 11. [Jiro's turn] * Jiro turns around and looks at the people behind them, blinking in confusion. [Jiro sees three guys in semi-shoddy clothing, one of which is a darked skinned foreigner, one a man with dyed blond hair, and one a tough looking-guy. No, wait, that last one's a woman.] ( They armed? ) (Was that a typo, or does she really look like a guy?) [The first has a crowbar, the second has a switchblade, the third has a big length of wood with a few nails in it, and they don't look friendly.] [23:53] ( She looks like a guy. REALLY like a guy. Big muscles and everything :P ) [23:54] ( Of course, only Jiro sees this right now. The rest of you still have to turn around :P ) * BlondDude is deffinately Asian, by the way. * Jiro faces the three, not looking terribly worried. "Leave us alone or I'll hurt you." (Holding action.) [Meimi's turn] * Meimi turns the hell around. * Meimi blinkblinks. * Meimi reaches under her jacket. "Oi, back off. We don't want any trouble." ( Also holding. ) [BlackGuy's turn] * BlackGuy rushes up to Jiro (make a mind roll, Jiro. Then a melee defense) 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Jiro (2d6) and gets 9. 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Jiro (2d6-3) and gets 4. * BlackGuy brings his swings his crowbar down at Jiro, but he moves to the side just in time to avoid. [BlondGuy's turn] * Jiro sighs. * Meimi growls. ( I think Jiro wants to take his action, and so would I. ^_^; ) * BlondDude goes after Meimi (Mind roll, then melee defense (knives) ( Yes. Yes he does. ) ( After this one ) 2d6-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Meimi (2d6-4) and gets -1. 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Meimi (2d6) and gets 3. * BlondDude swipes at Meimi, only to come short as she hops back, out of the way. [Jiro's delayed action] * Jiro pulls a daito out of somewhere with a rattling, jangling sound, and swings the blunted edge towards the black guy. 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Jiro (2d6-2) and gets 6. [Jiro clocks the guy on the shoulder he winces, but tries to ignore it.] [Meimi's delayed thingamajig] * Meimi takes her hand out from her jacket and flicks her wrist, snapping a card through the air at the guy Jiro just whacked. 2d6-1 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Meimi (2d6-1) and gets 9. They're drugged! [Meimi's card does not hit, nope.] ['Tis Katie's turn, now] Huh? * Katie spins, pulling a small, red tube from her pocket. Her eyes flick from one attacker to the next. (Holding action) [Satoshi's turn] * Satoshi whirls around. "Oh, we *so* do not need this now..." (holds action) [MuscleWoman's turn] * Musclewoman charges at Katie, a maddening grin on her face. (make a melee defense roll (improvised, natch) * Katie pulls the tube up towards the woman's face and presses a button on the top. 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Katie (2d6-2) and gets 10, a CRITICAL FAILURE!!! "Sorry, I don't take bribes. No, not even chocolate. No, not kinky sex acts, either." (Oh, that so sucks. Can I use DR, Brett?) ( Sure :P ) 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Katie (2d6-2) and gets 2. ( Defense roll, Katie? ) 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Katie (2d6) and gets 3. (... I made it. @_@) [Katie sprays the woman in the eyes, then quickly moves out of the way as she brings her club down. Then she shrieks and drops the weapon, bringing her hands up to rub her eyes.] [Jiro's turn] * Jiro swings his daito at the black guy again, this time without having to fumble with his supply tube. 2d6-5 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Jiro (2d6-5) and gets 7, a CRITICAL FAILURE!!! "Death is temporary, only failure is forever. You may have just done both." [The man catches Jiro's weapon in the hook of his crowbar and tugs, causing the sword to fly out of Jiro's hands and land with a clang behind the man.] * Jiro curses for all the world to hear. [Satoshi's turn] [Someone in France tells Jiro to shaddap] (Is that someone named... Jacqueline?) ( Yeah. Jiro caused her to lose :P ) ( Shaddap! I'm on the final level of... oh, NOW look what you made me do! ) * Satoshi reaches for the club that the woman dropped. 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Satoshi (2d6-2) and gets 9. [The woman swipes with one hand at Satoshi while rubbing her eyes with the other, and catches him on the head. Fortunately there wasn't much strength behind the attack.] [Satoshi gets the club, though.] Ow! Why have I never got my helmet when I need it? [Meimi's turn] * Meimi flicks her wrist, pulling another card from somewhere, and flings it at the guy who just stripped Jiro of his weapon. Stupid drugs! 2d6-1 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Meimi (2d6-1) and gets 8. [Meimi ain't doing such a great job, and her card flies past harmlessly.] * Meimi shakes her hand uncertainly. [Blackguy's turn] * BlackGuy swings at an unarmed Jiro, but underestimates the range of his crowbar, and misses. [BlondDude's turn] * Jiro blinks at Blackguy's attempt. "...what the hell was that?" * BlondDude takes offense to being ignored, and tries to stab Meimi. (melee defense (knives), Meimi) 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Meimi (2d6) and gets 8. * BlondDude catches Meimi when her attention is diverted, stabbing her in the gut. UNHG! [Katie's turn] * Jiro notices this and curses again. * Katie runs over to Meimi and tries to catch the blond guy in the face with her pepper spray. 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Katie (2d6-2) and gets 5. * BlondDude was apparently ready, however and shields his eyes with his sleeve. [Satoshi's turn] * Satoshi looks consideringly at the club for a second, then quickly turns and hurls it out of range. [The woman spends her turn throwing a sluggish swipe at Satoshi while still rubbing her eyes. She doesn't even come near him.] [Jiro's turn] * Jiro dashes around the black guy in an effort to get his sword back. Or tries to, anyway. 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Jiro (2d6) and gets 3. [The man swings at Jiro as he goes past, but Jiro slips by and grabs his sword.] [Meimi's turn] * Meimi backs away from the guy who stuck a sharp bit of metal in her gut, spinning to one side while a duplicate of herself spins to the other. "Dammit, that hurts." [Blackguy's turn] ( She's beside herself! ) (...no comment.) (Bad joke. BAD.) * BlackGuy tries to hit Jiro. (Unless Jiro makes a melee defense roll, he succeeds) ( ^_^_v ) 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Jiro (2d6-3) and gets 5. [Jiro parries the man's crowbar.] [BlondGuy's turn] * BlondDude seems surprised at the sudden appearance of another Meimi, but doesn't seem too fazed. He stabs at one, and apparently guesses right. (melee defense, Meimi) 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Meimi (2d6) and gets 4. ( Woo! No sticky for me! ) [Meimi avoids the attack] [Katie's turn] * Katie moves to one side and attempts to spray the blond guy in the eyes again. 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Katie (2d6-2) and gets 7. [Poor Katie fails ;_;] [Satoshi's turn] * Satoshi attempts to knock the woman off balance while she's still mostly blinded. 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Satoshi (2d6-2) and gets 4. * MuscleWoman staggers back when Satoshi hits her. [Woman's turn] * MuscleWoman manages to recover her balance. She also stops rubbing her eyes, and seems fit to go again. [Jiro's turn] Dammit. * Jiro swings at the black guy with the blunt end of his daito again. 2d6-5 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Jiro (2d6-5) and gets 5. [Jiro smacks the guy in the ribs, but he keeps going and going and going...] [Meimi's turn. Hit this time, dangit] * Meimi steps next to her clone and the both flick their wrist, producing identical cards, flinging them at the guy who keeps trying to stick her with pointy bits of metal. 2d6-1 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Meimi (2d6-1) and gets 6. ( About time. ) [Meimi finally hits something, and it's the guy nobody's touched since the fight began. He nearly (but doesn't quite!) fall over from the impact.] Just go down! [Thug1's turn] * BlackGuy swings at Jiro, but misses [Thug2's turn] * BlondDude slashes out at Meimi. (make a defense roll) 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Meimi (2d6) and gets 4. [Meimi dodges the attack.] [Katie's turn] * Katie notices what's happening and backs away from the fight (holding action). [Satoshi's turn] * Satoshi tries to punch the muscular woman in the face. 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Satoshi (2d6-2) and gets 4. [Satoshi succeeds, the force of his blow causing her to spin around. But she's somehow still up.] [Woman's turn] Arrrrgh... * MuscleWoman finally stops rubbing her eyes, and tries to ruturn the favor to Satoshi (unarmed defense) 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Satoshi (2d6-2) and gets 2. [Satoshi blocks her attack with little effort.] [Jiro's turn] * Jiro tries to smack the black guy with the blunt edge of his sword again. 2d6-5 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Jiro (2d6-5) and gets 4. * BlackGuy never saw it coming. He slumps to the ground, unconscious. [Meimi's turn] * Meimi steps toward her clone, overlapping with it for a minute, and then they step away from each other again, drawing yet _another_ card from somewhere and flinging it at this guy who had better go down soon. 2d6-1 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Meimi (2d6-1) and gets 5. [The card certainly strikes him, but he doesn't go down yet.] [BlondGuy's turn] * BlondDude looks like he's about to go after Meimi again, but suddenly stops. He emits a sound that sounds like coughing and choking at the same time. Just once at first, but soon followed by more. He reaches a hand to his throat and falls over. [Katie's turn] * Katie blinks once, then runs over to the blond guy and kneels next to him, frantically trying to figure out what's wrong. [Meanwhile, Satoshi's turn] * Satoshi tries to punch the woman in the face again. 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Satoshi (2d6-2) and gets 4. [She falls flat on her back] Finally. 2d6-1 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Katie (2d6-1) and gets 10. (Grr, Dicey. DR.) [Katie can't figure it out.] 2d6-1 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Katie (2d6-1) and gets 8. * Jiro fumbles with his sword to put it up. "Uh. You guys okay?" [Nope, still can't.] * BlondDude coughs on the ground. Yeah. I'm fine. Meimi? * Meimi leans against the wall, letting her other self dissipate. Just a little wounded, you know, from having a sharp bit of metal stuck in my gut. Well, we were going to the hospital anyway... We need to get him to a hospital. * Katie gets to her feet and walks over to Meimi. "I can try to treat that, if you want me too. I'm no doctor, but..." * BlondDude vomits. Anyone with biology, make a mind roll * Jiro blinks and curses as he suddenly remembers that little detail. "We'd better get you to... uh, right. How far is it? Think you can walk there, Meimi? I can carry you if you can't." Like I said. 2d6-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Katie (2d6-4) and gets 7. I'll be fine, I think. I just need some bandages. D... Damn... So close... * BlondDude goes limp, he does. * Katie stares at the blond guy and drops her satchel. "Um... a kit's in there, Meimi." * Katie runs over to the man and takes a closer look at the (eew) vomit. * Meimi rummages around in Katie's bag for the first aid kit. [Uh... She finds it?] * Meimi looks around a bit and starts unbuttoning her shirt. [Meimi succeeds] ( ... ) ( What? Would you rather she fail? ) * Meimi pulls her shirt out of her skirt, opens it up a way and starts bandaging the wound. * Katie makes a disgusted face and turns to the others. "I think it's because of overdose." Or something. Coughing up your insides isn't normal. * Jiro turns to Katie and blinks. "Huh?" Drugs, Jiro. Oh. Right. I don't like this. Not at all. * Meimi finishes bandaging up her wound and rebuttons her shirt, not bothering to tuck it back in. * Katie looks at the fallen thugs with concern. * Jiro rubs his head. "So... now what?" I guess... Now... we get far, far away. * Katie picks up the kit and closes it, placing it back in her satchel. "Yes." Works for me. I don't think there's anything else we can do here. So, yeah. (How far is the hospital from here, Brett?) * Jiro looks around. "Which way's the hospital, again?" ( Fairly, but you can sliptime there :P ) (Yay!) This way. * Katie starts walking to the hospital, pulling out her ear helpers and wearing them on the way. * Satoshi heads off to the hospital again. [Time: 6:00 P.M.] [They reach the hospital! Yay!] * Katie heads for Taki's room. She takes the stairs, though. * Satoshi follows Katie up the stairs, as he doesn't want to wait for an elevator. [They get there. Woot.] [The scene looks just like it did yesterday. Flowers, Taki, her dad, and all.] Mr. Shimeru? * Satoshi bows to Taki's father. How's Taki doing, Mr. Shimiru? * Jiro gets to the room behind the others and looks around. * MrShimiru is actually asleep in his chair. Oh... * Satoshi quietly kneels next to the bed. [And Taki is out cold, too.] * Katie smiles slightly at that and walks over to Taki. She looks over her carefully. * Satoshi looks up at Katie. "Do you think anything's wrong?" I don't know... nothing seems different. Sho was probably talking about when Taki got shot. But... hm. Taki gets shot by an addict. Then, we all get attacked by a trio of them. I don't think this is a coincidence. No, I don't either. * Katie nods and continues looking down at Taki, eyes thoughtful. I really, really want to say that Sho's behind this. But that's probably because I'd love to see the bastard in hell right now. * Jiro nods. No, I don't think so. Saki's looking into the drugs, right? That's what she said. Saki? Looking into it? * Katie blinks at Meimi. "Oh, yes. Always more." Yeah. When Shingo and I ran into her yesterday, she said she was investigating. Hmmm. She didn't seem happy about the drugs when she grabbed the paper from me back when, too. So... And she's had contact with Sho. So I think he's having her look into it. * Katie idly scratches at her cheek as she thinks. "And if Sho is looking into it, then whoever's causing all this isn't just after our little group." I hate to say it, but I agree with you on that. * Jiro scratches his head. In any case, it wasn't random. I wish I knew what they meant by "So close". So close, so close... well, he was the one that hurt you. But that doesn't fit. Yeah, you did a lot more damage to him than he did to you. Maybe he was upset about the fact that the drugs were about to stop working? [Session End]