[Day: Sunday, April 10th. Time: 3:00 p.m.] * Rowyn has quit IRC (Ping timeout ) [Weather: Warm, Clear] [You arrive at the bike shop in a lack of big special effects. Arcana's low budget or something. Anyhow, that's where you are!] [Session Start!] * Katie lets go of Taki's hand, orienting herself. * Taki is low budget transport even if she isn't always low mantainence. She lets go of Kaede hand. "Uhm... you can use the computer to look this time, right?" (Actually Taki seems pretty low maintenance all told.) (...SAB-Taki) * Kaede sighs and pushes up his glasses. "You don't have to be so insistant." It's that... well if you were going to spend another two hours looking... I thought I'd go make a snack for you. * Kaede glances at Taki. "Since when have you been so accomodating?" * Taki looks down. "I... Can't think of a polite way to say this, but... I looked at everything in your shop last time?" (I misread "insistent" as "insolent" for some reason.) * Katie keeps herself from laughing. (^^;) * Kaede looks steadily at Taki. He does not seem amused. * Taki glances up at Kaede and then takes another step back. "Sorry... I'm having a lot of trouble finding the right things to say." You are requesting help of someone who doesn't approve of your methods. If you can't do it yourself, you can at least ask in a manner that shows respect. * Katie sighs, looking away from a wheel she was idly inspecting. "Would you mind looking up the source of the telephone number?" * Taki blinks at Kaede, but before she can say anything Katie speaks. I was going to anyways. Thanks. * Kaede sets down the computer and starts it up, not looking at Katie in the slightest. * Katie wanders through the shop, then takes a seat by a window and pulls out her sketchpad. She gets to it. * Taki rubs her face, blinks, and then pulls Haruko's gloves off. 2d6-7 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Kaede (2d6-7) and gets 2. (You people and your insane mods) (If it weren't for crit fails, I'd wonder why Brett even has Kaede bother rolling computer stuff :P) ( To prove we roll dice in this game. ) * Kaede finds it! Whatever "it' is Do you need me to print it out? * Katie looks up and over. "Yeah, thanks." * Taki nods and walks over. "Thank you Kaede." * Kaede goes into the backroom to get the printer to hookup. * Katie goes back to sketching. * Taki waits at the counter and spreads her map. * Kaede comes back with the printer and hooks it up in record time before printing out his sheet. * Taki watches Kaede print. 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Haruko (2d6) and gets 10. * Kaede finishes off his HOT! PRINTING! ACTION! and hands it over to Taki. (Yay for HOT! PRINTING! ACTION!) (*burns fingers*;_;) * Taki takes the printout. "Thanks again Kaede." Then she looks at it. * Kaede sighs. "Yeah. Just be sure to pull out if it gets to be too much trouble.." * Taki nods. "I... I'm ... I don't want to get anybody else hurt." * Katie stands and walks over, tucking her pencil and pad away. She takes a look at the address, too. And you think I do? She didn't say that. * Taki shakes her head. "...I know you don't." * Kaede shakes his head as well. "Yeah. Just quit making me out to be the bad guy. You do whatever you feel is right." * Kaede heads into the back room. * Taki mutters something. Bye Kaede. (Your muttering is insufficient. Katie's in the room :P) (I know, I told her what I said too. ;P) * Taki sighs and tries to match up the address to the map. ( Uh.... Navigation roll? ^^; ) (must buy skills in future if CP ever come) 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Taki (2d6) and gets 7. [Taki can't tell.] * Taki searches for a bit and then holds out the sheet of paper to Katie. "Uhm... could you give me a hand looking for this?" Sure. * Katie helps! ( You too! ) 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Katie (2d6) and gets 5. [Katie figures out where it is! Which is not particularly close to anything you recognize. Natsuko's place is the closest.] * Katie pokes out a spot on the map. "Here it is. Do you know anywhere nearby?" * Taki shakes her head. "... Only where we just were." * Katie frowns a little. "Okay, we'll have to start from there, then." * Taki nods. * Katie checks the spot on the map again, then nods, too. "Want to take us there?" * Taki nods again. "...I wish that... that there were more people coming, but... I guess it's just going to be us." * Taki looks to the back room and speaks a bit louder. "Uhm... Kaede? Do you want us to unlock the door?" [Whether or not he does, there's no response.] ... Is that a no? * Taki folds up her map. "... I guess so." [Still no answer.] * Katie eyes where Kaede went. "Me too." * Taki pockets. "Good bye Kaede. Thank you for your help." (with another space in it) * Taki holds out her hand to Katie. * Katie takes it. * Taki goes to the alleyway! (or she tries anyway) 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Taki (2d6-3) and gets 9, a CRITICAL FAILURE!!! "I hope you invested in some good armor." (Ha... ha... ha... DR?) 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Taki (2d6-3) and gets 3. [You wind up in the alley!] * Taki checks her watch and grits her teath. "Okay... no more teleporting for today unless we really need to run away." * Katie nods. "Gotcha." * Taki carefully pulls her hand away from Katie and... 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Taki (2d6) and gets 9. * Taki flickers, checks her watch again. "No." * Katie watches. "Have you figured out why it happens yet?" 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Taki (2d6) and gets 7. * Taki shakes her head. "No! ... No I haven't... I was supposed to spend last night with Satoshi trying but... well the juice bar was fun and this is more important... and whatever it was that was it." Sorry. It is kind of important, though. * Taki nods. "I... I can do it next week. This is more important for now." * Katie sighs. "Yeah, it is. Keep trying. You'll get tired if it's up, won't you?" * Taki holds up her watch. "It's down." * Katie smiles with a bit of relief, nods, and starts walking in the direction of Shika's place. * Taki follows Katie silently for a bit. "Uhm... If you don't mind... what were you drawing?" Oh, just a blackbird. ( Not a bad gang name. Although we aren't that good at stealth) * Taki nods. "I'd... like to see it when it's done." [You walk! You pass Natsuko's apartment building as you do, as well as a certain Chinese restaurant.] 2d6-5 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Kaede (2d6-5) and gets 7, a CRITICAL FAILURE!!! "I hope you invested in some good armor." (...beautiful) ( <.< ) (... DR is your friend) (That is still, technically, a make too :P) [You pass the park where you saw Shun.] * Taki walks and looks a bit nervous. (And we're not going to get anywhere until Ard stops babbling about popes.) ( In 2021, Haruko gets elected the next pope! ) (... Great, now I'm imagining Haruko running Mitternacht in MC3) [After some good distance of walking.... (the GM maybe pings out again)] ( * Haruko, as part of the Vatican III reforms, switches mass from being in the venacular to being in Japanese) * Katie walks, too, and she doesn't say anything! What, you expected her to? (You're alive! *teleglomps, gets knifed, dies.*) (Woo hoo!) [You get to the address. It's a rather well-to-do apartment building. Well-to-do meaning there's probably at least five rooms per apartment, if not more.] * Taki digs out the paper to see what the aparment number is. * Katie eyes. "Does everyone live in apartments?" Houses... are kinda expensive in Tokyo. [Shika's is on the eleventh floor. The building has about twenty.] Well, yeah. * Katie folds her arms. "I wish one of us could fly. Looking through windows would be easier." * Taki nods and looks up. "... The eleventh floor." * Katie looks speculative. "It's probably best to go when people are in school." But... haven't they all been skipping school? I don't know about Shika. * Taki nods. "...I'm just afraid they're going to keep moving him untill he isn't hurt anymore and then... the two of us won't be enough." I know. * Katie tilts her head, thinking for a moment, then goes to enter the building. "Up to walking up ten flights?" * Taki nods. "If I can take a break around seven... I want to be able to walk when we get there." * Taki follows Katie in. [It's a nice apartment complex, remniscient of Kyon's.] * Katie goes up... the stairs! * Taki gives the elevators a long and wistful look and then follows Katie up. * Katie doesn't even give the elevators that look. SCREW YOU, ELEVATORS. ( Gimme body rolls. ) 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Taki (2d6) and gets 6. 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Katie (2d6) and gets 9. [Around the fifth floor, Katie finds herself exhausted, and Taki's not doing much better either.] Katie? ... I changed my mind... I'll take the break now. (Damn. *I* could climb five stories without pooping out.) ( Not five luxury stories :D ) * Katie sighs and rests against the rail. "Okay." (... What's the difference?) ( Well, I can't climb five without getting tired :P ) ( FEEL MY PAIN! ) (Awww.) (It's a super spiral staircase. It loops around 20 times per story.) (My poor knees) [Time passes! Six more flights to go!] * Taki sits down on the steps and rubs her knees. "I'm not going skipping any more practice." * Katie has her breath again! She checks her watch. "Ready?" * Taki nods. "As I'll ever be." * Taki stands up again. * Katie goes up! Again! * Taki walks up more stairs. ( More body rolls! ) 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Taki (2d6) and gets 8. 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Katie (2d6) and gets 8. [This time, both girls feel exhausted by the ninth floor.] * Katie keeps... climbing. "One more." ...Katie?... this is nine. I wasn't going to the eleventh. ... Oh... listen from below... good idea... * Taki follows slowly. [They get to the tenth floor and are panting and barely able to stand.] * Taki hunches over with her hands on her knees. "...I changed my mind about teleporting out... I am NOT... going to walk back down that." * Katie leans against the rail again. She looks tired. "Okay. But I'm not taking the elevator." [Make a note: Rich people aren't claustrophobic :P] ... I'm... not going to leave ... you behind. * Taki ,by the by, is panting between words and not her usual pausing. (Brett: Well, that or they might just pay enough for a room easily accessible from a quick trip up the stairwell. ;P) (I figure Katie's used to taking a lot of flights. Katherine certainly is.) (If that were true, the term "Penthouse Apartment" would have never been invented. :P) * Katie nods and swallows before she says, slowly, "Then I guess you're walking with me." * Taki blinks and then shakes her head. "That... I ... " She shakes her head again. "We're taking a long break while you listen.... very long." * Katie swallows again, still catching her breath. "Okay." She pulls out her ear helpers and puts them in, then opens the door and exits the stairwell, looking around. * Taki attempts to pant quitely and fails, but she does just manage to avoid coughing. * Katie heads toward the apartment under Shika's. * Taki follows and gets her breath back bit by bit. [Katie gets there! It's a nice apartment, but the guy inside isn't going to let her in.] * Katie doesn't expect to be let in! She adjusts her ear helpers and stands in the hall, leaning against the wall and gazing up to the ceiling. * Taki slumps onto the wall. 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Katie (2d6-2) and gets 5. * Katie closes her eyes. * Taki swallows and attempts to hold her breath. 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Katie (2d6) and gets 9. (DR1) 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Katie (2d6) and gets 12, a CRITICAL FAILURE!!! "Don't blame me. Blame yourself, or God." (HAHA 2) 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Katie (2d6) and gets 9. Tenjirou and... a girl. I don't know about anyone else. * Taki 's eyes widen. "They're not.... are they?" Hmm? * Katie looks to Taki. * Taki blushes. "I ... that is... if they are ... well you wanted him distracted right?" Oh. I don't know if they're having sex, no. * Taki blinks at Katie and then looks up. "I... uhm...always figured it wouldn't be hard to tell." (/me snerks) * Katie snickers. Okay, they're probably not having sex, then. * Katie walks off. "I hear some people can be really talkative, though." * Taki stands up, still blushing and follows Katie to the stairwell. "... You're sure you want to walk all the way back to your house?" * Katie looks back at Taki. "I thought you weren't going to vanish anymore today." Uhm...I'm going to be tired if I do it, but I'm going to be tired if I climb back down all the stairs. It's just that... one is a lot faster than the other, and I can go home and sleep sooner. * Katie considers that for a moment, then she nods and walks to the stairwell. "Come on." * Taki droops slightly and then takes a deep breath. "...At least I'm getting exorcise." She follows Katie all the way to the stairs. * Katie gets into the stairwell and closes the door after Taki enters, then holds her hand out to her. * Taki blinks at the hand for a moment and then grins and takes it. "There isn't anything you need at Kaede's right?" * Katie smiles a little. "I got the little colored spoke things, so no." * Taki nods. "Okay we'll go... no, wait, that's no good... Your parents are home right?" Yeah. [In an effort to speed this along, Taki figures out somewhere to teleport. So you do.] [Session End!]