[Meanwhile, Kaede gets to Shunyo! It's 3:20 p.m., and raining hard.] * Kaede mutters something about the weather and then locks up his bike, popping up his umbrella. He then glances around for Soliel. [Kaede doesn't see her! Must be still inside.] * Kaede shakes the dampness off his coat as much as he can and walks towards the building [As Kaede walks, his coat gets damp all over again. But he makes it! There's a bunch of people in there.] * Kaede shakes it off again before stepping inside and checks out the people there. Is one of them Soliel? (Or even just someone he recognizes?) ( Kaede sees someone he recognizes. ) [Takako Matsumura is walking down the path towards him, chatting with her two flunkies. "... So naturally I just had to point out how DREADFUL her clothes were."] (I figured :P) * Kaede asks one of the people he DOESN'T recognize (because the ones he does he doesn't want to deal with now), "Excuse me. Have you seen someone named Soliel Cardinaux around here?" [There's two guys, talking to each other. "Yeah, so anyhow, Gan Ning kicks ass. You get the musou for ten seconds item and you can run around the whole-- Hm?" He looks at Kaede. "Soliel?"] [He shrugs and looks at his friend. "Hmm... Haven't seen her. Guess she's still upstairs somewhere."] * Kaede nods. "Soliel Cardinaux." [His friend nods. "Try the classrooms. Maybe she got stuck on cleaning duty."] * Kaede bows his head in thanks. "Thank you." He heads off to check. [Meanwhile, Kaede checks classroom after classroom and finally finds Soliel in the science lab, with Izumi Motobuchi. "... Zo he iz still missink?" ] * Kaede checks in and then starts to walk in, then stops, knocking his knuckles on the open door. [They look up. Izumi seems surprised. Soliel less so. "Bonjour, Takeuchi-san."] * Kaede steps inside. "Afternoon, Cardinaux-san." He nods to Izumi then looks back and forth. "Who is missing if it's not too personal?" [Izumi approaches a few steps, which coincidently puts her next to Soleil. Good grief, the French woman is way the heck taller than her. "It's Masami Anjou. A senior on the baseball team. My brother knows him."] (French women are amazons!) * Kaede frowns for a second and then settles back. "Do you know how he disappeared?" [They shake their heads in unison.] ( Soleil is still hawt in spite of her tallitude, though. ) ( I invent wordz. XD ) (She's female and she's in Arcana.) (She's hawt by default.) (She's just not super hawt like Akemi.) ( Actually... She's not, but she comes really dang close. ) * Kaede sighs and tips his head down, cupping his chin in his hands. "I was afraid of that..." So...is there a specific cause for concern? Or just the disappearance thing? ["Nobody knows. He's just... missing."] [Soleil nods. "Like Fuyuko."] * Kaede looks at Soleil. "You think there's a connection?" [She shrugs. "As much as I'd like to believe zere iz zome connection... zere is no proof."] [Izumi nods. "I'd like to find Fuyuko, but...."] * Kaede looks at Izumi and waits for her to continue. [She doesn't. Japanese people often end sentences in such a manner.] (Yes, they do, but usually that's when the ending is presupposed. :P) ( One would suppose the remaining words were "I can't." :P ) * Kaede shakes his head and reaches into his kaban. "Actually, we were wondering if you recognized someone who might have been hanging around Fuyuko." [They blink.] * Kaede shakes his head. "No no...we don't know for sure...but he's interested in her." He glances at Soleil. "You were there..." [She nods before she even sees the pic. "Ze boy from ze hozpital, you mean."] Yes. * Kaede turns to Izumi. "Have you ever heard of someone named Yorihisa Murimora?" [Izumi thinks. "Doesn't sound familiar. Why? What does he have to do with Fuyuko?"] That's what we're trying to figure out... * Kaede hands Izumi a class photo of Yorihisa he printed out. "He was at the hospital looking for Fuyuko too. We followed him as far as the bridge..." Recognize the face at least? If not the name. [Izumi takes the pic and blinks at it. "Hey, I know him!"] ["He was involved with one of the other students that went missing."] * Kaede blinks. "There's other students who are missing too?" [They nod. Soleil says, "It haz been 'appenink since before I came to Japan, but I've 'eard zey started missink around January."] * Kaede breathes out. "Same time as around Sakuragoaka..." [Izumi nods. "This boy started coming around the school and hanging out with two of the students, and they vanished too."] So you say he's been around? When does he come? Oh. And what were their names if you don't mind? * Kaede starts to take out his laptop and open it. [She thinks. "He stopped coming. In February, I think? After Reiji Ozora from class 2-C vanished."] * Kaede starts to type, then stops. Staring blankly over the screen. "He was there when Reiji disappeared?" [She nods. "Yeah. You know Reiji?"] * Kaede stays silent for a moment. Then suddenly stands up. "Excuse me for a moment." He heads out quickly into the hallway, leaving all his stuff in the classroom. [Soleil goes after him. "Wait! Where are you goink?"] * Kaede doesn't stop. "To make a quick phone call. I'll be back." [Soleil waits in the door. But she's watching.] * Kaede takes out the phone and starts dialing Katie's number, still pacing away so he can't be much heard. [Also end]