[Day: Saturday, April 9th. Time: 7:45 p.m.] [Weather: Cool and dark. 'Cause it's night!] [You're nearby a park, that's nearby a cafe, that's nearby Natsuko's apartment. She wasn't there, but is on her way somewhere, according to a message left on her answering machine. Shun opted to tell you where if you played his game, but you didn't.] [So now you're standing under a streetlight.] [Session Start!] * Haruko loses her somewhat cheery expression once she walks away from Shun. She quiets up. * Taki starts to follow Katie, but looks back at Kaede. "Uhm..." * Katie looks to Kaede and Haruko once they're out of earshot. "Does Natsuko have a cell phone, and if so, do either of you have her number?" * Haruko shakes her head. "That was the only contact they gave." * Kaede takes a deep breath as he walks away from Shun. He turns to Haruko. "I was just about to ask...does her contact form have a cell number on it?" How about Tenjirou? * Satoshi has been silent throughout the whole Shun thing. He looks very, very uneasy. * Haruko shakes her head. "File didn't have anything Kaede didn't already find." Well... * Katie rubs at her eyes. "I was hoping." She gave two choices. * Haruko nods. She doesn't offer any suggestions. So that either means a 50/50 shot or we'd have to wait in front of each, splitting up. That never seems to go well for us. * Taki nods slightly. "Uhm... where are they?" Senshirou or this Shika's place. Either going to Senshirou's or Shika's place...that is if she's following her advice at all in the first place And...she's got a brother. Whoever that is. Or he. Whichever (Sadly, I don't think that'd translate in Japanese. @_@) * Taki nods. "I...if I knew where both places were then I could check both of them every few minues..." She shakes her head. (I wouldn't worry about it. ;p) Senshirou's is probably more dangerous and where a field would be less useful. And wear yourself out doing it? Smart move. * Satoshi finally speaks. "And when you find where Natsuko is, then what are you going to do?" * Taki nods at Kaede and doesn't say any more. * Kaede sighs and rubs his forehead. "Besides, knowing us, the teleport would fail at a critical moment." * Katie looks at Satoshi. "Plan from there, or if the chance is there, just get rid of him." * Haruko frowns at plan from there but doesn't comment. (Planning from there worries her more than just getting rid of him? :P) I... don't think I can go through with the second part. I've been giving it a lot of thought. I just don't think I can do it. Or stand there and watch you do it. * Kaede looks over at Satoshi calmly but doesn't comment. Fine. Nobody's making you. * Satoshi lets out a sigh of... relief? Disappointment that she's letting him go so calmly? * Taki nods. "It's... it's alright Satoshi... I told you before... that's a better decision than I'm making." * Haruko looks up at Satoshi with surprise and then smiles a little. "What made you decide?" Following my gut, Haruko. It's screaming that this is wrong, and I've been trying to ignore it, but I can't any more. Not watching her isn't going to stop her from doing it, though. No, it's not. * Satoshi looks at Katie. * Katie just looks back. "Where does Senshirou live?" she asks nobody in particular. * Haruko nods. "You're wise to listen to it." Haruko? (BTW, how common of a name is Shika?) ( Very ) * Haruko looks to Kaede. I meant, didn't you have his as well? I didn't ask for it, but it was good to have. Oh! Yes. * Haruko sighs and brings up the information in her cell. She hands it to Kaede. * Kaede takes the cell and checks it over. Does he have a cell? * Taki walks over to Satoshi, and, after standing in front of him for a moment, hugs him tightly. * Satoshi leans down and hugs Taki back. [Senshiro does have a cell.] * Katie folds her arms and waits. * Kaede memorizes the number and then hands the cell over to Katie without looking at her. * Katie takes it and looks for his address. I'm sorry Satoshi... I don't think I'll be coming over tonight. ::She swallows and then continues:: I... maybe tomorrow, I ... can't even plan a day in advance anymore. It's... we can work something out later. * Taki 's head rubs against Satoshi's side as she nods. "Thank you." * Haruko looks back to Satoshi and resumes her slight smile. It's a half hour away. * Katie hands it to Taki. "Can you take us somewhere around there?" * Taki reluctantly lets go of Satoshi and takes the phone so she can see the address. I wish I knew where this Shika lives. Natsuko's probably going for the closest house. * Taki shakes her head. "I should have brought my map." * Katie sighs, dropping her hand. "I need to think. I don't have time to think." I'll print one out next opportunity. Now how close could you go? Regardless, if he gets to Senshirou, we had a hard enough time with Tenjirou and Senshirou together by themselves. I do not want a repeat of that. * Taki looks at Kaede. "Uhm... Kaede? If I knew where that was... I'd be able to tell you." * Kaede checks the address again and sees if he knows. Go get it? * Taki nods. "I'll be right back." 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Taki (2d6-3) and gets 4. * Taki vanishes. 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Taki (2d6-3) and gets 6. * Taki reappears a few moments later, still straightening up, but she's got the map that Haruko gave her in her hands. She checks her watch and then nods to herself before starting to unfold the map. "Where is...?" * Katie steps over, taking the phone and pointing out the address on the map. * Taki follows Katie's finger to the spot. * Taki 's own finger spirals out from that spot until she reaches the park they're standing in and then she shakes her head. "I... haven't spent any time around here so... I ... I could try and guess, but we might land in a car or a tree or a house or something and... I'm sorry." * Katie frowns. "Great." No ideas then I assume.. I need time to think. I need time. * Katie looks around, not gazing at particularly anything, then just starts walking off for the nearest subway. While we walk?... If you decide not we can just leave then and we'll be closer.... * Satoshi looks at Haruko. There won't be any. We won't have the person power to go there once he gets to them. To either place really. Especially... * Taki realizes that she's talking to empty air and hurries after her. * Kaede thinks then follows Katie. * Haruko looks to the group and then looks to Satoshi. "You going to be alright?" Depends on what they end up doing. If there's a way I can actually help before... you know... then I'll go. But if not... * Haruko shakes her head. "It isn't going to break up cleanly like that, I'm afraid." [You start walking!] * Katie walks, still not looking at anything in particular. * Taki attempts to follow Katie and refold her map at the same time. * Kaede walks vaguely with them. "If no ideas come up, I'm going home. Nanami's probably worried. And even if she isn't, I'd like to get there." * Katie nods. "Okay. You can go." * Taki swallows and then also nods. But if she makes it to either house before we get there, you know that complicates things. [You get to the subway.] * Taki nods again. "Th...at least three people... but we'll know where he is." Yup. * Katie checks for the stop closest to Senshirou's residence, then waits for that train. * Taki sits down and studies her map. [Haruko and Satoshi catch up.] This is where we're going to part ways, guys. We already know that. I didn't want to leave without saying goodbye. * Taki sets her map next to herself, stands up, rubs the sleeve of her jacket across her eyes and then faces Satoshi. "G...G'night Satoshi." * Haruko rejoins the group and looks to Satoshi with a small but proud smile. "See you Monday?" * Katie looks over to them and nods. "Monday? Okay." * Satoshi smiles sadly. "Night, Taki." Then he looks over at Haruko. "Yeah." * Kaede glances at Katie. "And Katie?" Hmm? Take care of yourself. I know I seem like a callous bastard and all, but I mean that. * Katie smiles a little. "I try." * Kaede turns around and walks to catch his own train. * Satoshi waves to the girls and heads off to get a train back to his place. * Taki bows slightly to Kaede. "Good night." [By a bizarre coincidence, Satoshi and Kaede have to take the same train!] * Haruko looks over to Kaede seeming with a reassured expression. She bows to him, a bit deeper than usual. "Goodbye Kaede." [Everyone else... the train to wherever Katie's going comes.] * Katie takes that train, yes. They're girls. Three of them. Oh no. * Katie makes sure she takes the emptiest car she can find, too. (Tenjirou's planning an orgy with the other three girls already there.) * Taki picks up her map and follows Katie onto the train. * Haruko follows Katie. (Well one and probably one other.) * Katie settles into one of the seats, looking out the window. [The train goes!] * Taki takes a seat, not next to or across from Katie, but nearby. She also takes out her map again and studies. * Haruko finds another seat. She gets out a book she was assigned to read for homework and reads it. * Katie removes one of her gloves and starts toying with the fingers. * Taki unfolds the map a bit to see where a road goes, and glances over at Katie before she folds it back up, but she doesn't say anything. (Speaking of which is there anybody else in the car?) ( Nah. ) * Taki folds the map back up. "Uhm... Katie... I don't think it's a good idea to go after him if it's just the three of us... If he gets one of us she'll hold back another so only one person can fight him... and he's going to have more people than we do." * Katie sighs. I'm not looking for a fight, Taki. * Taki nods. "I... I know that, but I can't see a way to get to him anymore without one." * Katie shrugs. She keeps looking out the window. ( "I don't want a fight. I just want him stabbitied.") (Stabbages!) (*RDM eyes muses. "Stabbagepatch kids.") He'll have Natsuko at least and Senshirou too if we find him too close to the house. I don't see how we'd avoid a fight. Then don't be seen. Do you want to go back? [Now the train gets there.] * Katie gets up and leaves. * Taki shakes her head. "...I ... I just don't want y... us to get in a fight we can't win." She follows Katie out of the train. I made my choice. ::Haruko follows:: Are you just planning to evesdrop then? Probably. * Katie removes her other glove, too, tucking it away. She pulls out her ear helpers and puts them in as she exits the station. [The area is a fair location: a few sparse buildings including an apartment building are located down a short road, squashed between a grassy field and a river.] * Taki mangles the map slightly as she tucks it into a back pocket and then pulls her shirt up over it. [On the downside, it means a fair amount of travel to get from the apartment to anywhere.] * Haruko frowns. "Look, we're not Kaede. We aren't going to throw nonsense arguments or insults at you. So what's with the 'need to know basis?'" What need to know basis? You know everything I do. * Katie looks towards the apartment, then back. * Taki shakes her head and then speaks in her usual tone for remembering Katie's earhelpers are in. "...I don't know everything you think." Yeah, I remember. But you found stuff out after forgetting everything. * Katie walks. * Haruko nods at Taki's comment. "I don't think that's what she meant. And I'm not talking about knowledge; I'm talking about your plans. We practically have to drag answers out of you." [You get to the apartment. It's a nice building, but pretty normal by American standards. But since you're not in America but Japan, that makes it a lot nicer.] * Katie turns and looks at Haruko. "I *told* them to you." * Katie looks back at the building. What floor is Senshirou on? [Katie doesn't know!] (What's the apartment number then?) (What? There's no apartment number?) ( Uhh... We'll say 503 ) * Taki nods at Katies back. "Yes... but not everything, and... I should let you listen." * Haruko thinks for a moment. "Find, hide, listen, engage if he's vulnerable and alone?" * Katie nods once. She glances around for any decent hiding places outside. [Unless you go under the river, there's not really.] * Katie enters the building. * Haruko follows. She stays quiet. * Taki nods to herself mostly and follows Katie and Haruko out of sight. * Katie walks through the lobby, glancing around for any traces of blood. She takes the stairs. [There doesn't seem to be any blood.] * Taki glances at the elevators as she follows Katie up the stairs. * Katie goes up to the fourth floor and exits the stairwell. [There's six rooms per floor.] (How wide are the hallways?) [Wide enough for 2.5 people to walk comfortably.] * Haruko follows, hanging back a bit. * Katie walks on in, picking out the location of number 403. * Taki passes Haruko and follows a bit closer to Katie. [It's the third one!] * Katie picks a spot nearby and a bit out of the way in the hall, sits down, and settles there. She pulls out her sketchbook, too, flipping it open. 2d6-6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Katie (2d6-6) and gets 2. (back) * Haruko sits down near Katie. She goes back to reading her book. * Taki reaches back for her map and then stop and looks at Haruko. She not quite whispers. "Uhm... do you have another book?" * Katie makes a short quiet gesture. * Haruko looks ready to speak but then quiets up. She nods and digs through her bag for a minute. * Katie listens for about ten more minutes, then gets to her feet and walks for the stairwell again without a word. She heads down. * Katie tucks her pencil and pad away as she goes. * Haruko handed Taki volume one of the Mars manga about nine and a half minutes before that. ( Poor Taki ;_; ) * Taki hands Haruko back her manga and then stands to follow Katie. * Haruko puts both books away and follows. * Katie makes it down to the lobby, then walks out. * Taki waits untill after Katie pulls out her earhelpers before she speaks. * Katie removes her ear helpers once she's about fifty feet from the building. "Shika's." I think, anyway. Not there. * Haruko nods. * Taki nods. "...Do...do we have Kaede find it now... or try again in the morning?" As soon as we can. (...) (Gah...who do you guys think Kaede is? He's good, but he's got nothing but a voice and a first name. ^^;) (Kaede is the computer god. He knows all!) (You've got HER PHONE NUMBER!) (We do?) (Haruko mentioned that the machine had call ID.) I have plans for tomorrow. Ryuji. (He might, by chance through his powers. Depends.) * Taki nods. (Yup. Had caller id) Well ceremony and dance. Hopefully Ryuji afterwards. * Katie laughs a little. "Yeah. Well, that's okay." She pulls out her phone and dials Kaede. * Taki lets her hand fall away from the pocket with her phone in it. * Katie does, of course, put said phone to her ear. * Haruko smiles a little at that. 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Kaede (2d6) and gets 7. * Taki waits. 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Satoshi (2d6) and gets 8. Hi, Kaede? It's Katie. Just left? Like a half hour ago? Is everything okay? * Katie pulls the phone away a bit at that last, then brings it back towards her ear. * Taki watches Katie worriedly. * Haruko gives Katie a worried look as well and listens. I wanted to know if you got her phone number when you felt that message. * Haruko looks relieved and stares off into the distance. * Taki continues to watch and listen to Katie on the phone. Because you're the only one who did. What's Akemi doing there? * Taki blinks. * Haruko snickers. * Katie adds, gently, "Are you going, Kaede?" 2d6-1 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Kaede (2d6-1) and gets 4. Okay. Can you use that to help find out where she lives? If you're going dancing, that's okay. Find out tomorrow, please? * Taki blinks again and then shakes her head. I think you're a good enough dancer for a juice bar. * Haruko snickers more. * Katie smirks. "Go dancing. Nanami's there, remember. And you've got a cute date. Can you find out tomorrow, though?" * Katie chuckles. "Of course. Just friends. Say hi to Akemi for me." * Katie looks over to Taki. "Do you mind if Satoshi goes on a date with Akemi so Kaede isn't all alone?" She sounds serious. * Haruko rolls her eyes. * Taki rubs her eyes. "I... I do mind, ... but I've already stood him up on our plans for tonight... unless there's nothing else to try tonight, he... I won't stop him... Tell him I said have fun." Do you want to go? It's just a juice bar. Nanami and Akemi will be there. (Tenjirou will be there too. He likes JUICE! XD) (JUICE! XD) * Taki looks at Katie. "... Right now, Tenjirou... and you are more important... I said I wasn't going to let you go alone and I ment that." * Katie laughs into the phone. "Hi Akemi. Hey, is it a problem if Taki meets up with you guys? She and Satoshi are kind of going out now, and they haven't had a chance to do much fun stuff together." Well, this way, Satoshi will go. Probably, anyway. * Haruko stops snickering for now and grins at Katie's comment. She looks to Taki. "We don't have an address, so we might be done for the night." * Katie grins. "Thanks. Where are you heading to?" * Taki blinks at Katie and then looks quite relived. She also nods absently at Haruko. Directions? * Katie nods. "Okay, thanks. I'll let her know. Make sure Satoshi doesn't run off." She smiles. "It shouldn't be too hard." * Haruko snickers again. * Taki grins. * Katie looks up at Taki once she has the directions and rattles them off, then adds, "Satoshi will be there. It's called the White Knight Concerto." You should go. * Haruko nods. "You two deserve some time out." * Taki nods at Katie. "Thank you... Uhm, what time should we meet tomorrow?" * Katie thinks. "Depends on Kaede. Find out from him." * Taki nods. "Then... I'll take the two of you back to ... wherever Haruko put Kyon's bike and see you again then. We'll find him tomarrow." Okay. Lemme finish the call. * Katie waits. For whatever's going on the other end. * Taki nods. Hello. Taki's going. Thanks. And I guess I'll keep my phone on tomorrow. I won't have it when involved with the festivities, but I'll check it in case you *really* need me. * Katie laughs. "Okay. Anything else?" I'll tell her that, too. * Taki looks at Haruko, nods, glances back at Katie, and finally looks at Haruko again. "I... thank you my queen... Hopefully we won't and you'll be able to enjoy your day." * Katie chuckles. " Give the phone back to Kaede?" * Haruko gets a bemused grin at that. Hi Kaede. Off the floor yet? Not really. Have fun. You too. Bye. [Session End]