[Day: Saturday, April 16th. Time: 3:45 p.m.] [Weather: Thunderstorm. Hoo ray!] (Haruko must be pissed.) ( Grr...) (I don't know why, but she must be.) [You were at the lockers, where you saw Toshiki and more formally met Akari Toshibara. Toshiki left since Saki's not here. Akari stuck around in order to find Yuki Ijima.] [She went off and now you're stuck.] [Session Start!] Well, I guess we can still hit the lab. But if none of us recognize her, we can go look at the watchers. Kaede okayed it. * Satoshi nods. * Haruko walks towards the lab. * Taki nods slightly and pulls her backpack around so she can put her umbrella back into it. * Katie sighs and walks after them. * Haruko thinks. "Probably not worth raiding the school records at this point. We should be able to find her Monday without help." She seems slightly disappointed at that, but tries to hide it. * Taki tosses the line where Taki was checking to see if Katie was still carving and follows people to the computers. [You head to the lab! How labby.] * Katie does, sure. She has nothing better to do with her time. Er, really. Wonder if Yorihisa is there. I'm probably being optimistic, but I still like to think having your gut sliced open counts for something. Not where we come from. * Taki sighs. It varies. Most Arcana put great store in their relationships to a few choice others and don't care about the rest. * Katie nods. "You're the expert." [Katie's phone rings.] (Tone reading on Katie? :P) (She sounds serious. For what that's worth. :P) (Check) (Katie reads at 14DB.) * Katie blinks as she hears the toned down ring, then pulls it out and checks caller ID. * Haruko keeps walking. She has faith in Katie's ability to walk and talk at the phone at the same time. [It explodes!] [Wait, it doesn't do that.] (Ow.) (Nooooooooooooooo~oooo~ooo ... oh... Nevermind.) (That's what you get for downloading "I prepared explosive rings today" for your phone.) (*snerk*) * Katie hits the button and puts the phone to her ear. "" [And you arrive at the lab.] * Haruko looks around in case Yorihisa, Hirokazu, or Eriko are there. [Yorihisa and Hirokazu are, Eriko is not.] (What are they up to?) [Yorihisa's typing. Hirokazu is with a bunch of other people.] * Katie peeks into the computer lab, but she decides to walk back down the hall a bit. It's not like she can't hear what happens in that lab anyway. "Yeah." * Haruko waves to Hirokazu and looks for a moment at what the gaggle of people are doing. She takes caution when looking at their screens, in case it isn't something she wants to see. * Taki glances into the lab and then down the hall to where Katie is going and then decided to wait indecisively in the doorway. * Haruko also says quietly. "Taki, do you remember enough to do the search?" * Taki shakes her head slightly and responds just as quitly. "P... probably not... I only remembered because... I confused her name with somebody else's... Everything from then's ... kinda blurry." Do you remember the site Satoshi? [Hirokazu and the nerds are staring at complicated programming language that goes way over Haruko's head. But whatever it is, it must be fairly exciting.] Not really. Sorry. * Katie speaks quietly. "Yeah, he's in the computer lab working on something." * Haruko shrugs and seems vaguely put out that Hirokazu didn't wave back. "Alright, well, I'll help you right after I have a quick chat." She repeats the url of the hot or not site and the name of the poster (arcanoid7?). She then walks over to Yorihisa. "Hey, got a minute?" Yeah. What's going on? [Yorihisa doesn't look up. "No."] Haruko's talking to him. When will you? * Katie blinks. "How do you know?" [He keeps typing and not looking up. "Don't know."] * Taki tries to stiffle a yawn and fails. * Haruko snorts. "Right. Another time then." She walks over to the doorway. Not being helpful? Checking in how? * Taki waits for Haruko to come closer. "Uhm... what are they doing?" * Haruko shakes her head. "Just computer stuff, as we should be." She sits down at a computer with a screen not facing the lab entrance or any of the boys and pulls up the site. * Katie bites her lip slightly, then says, "Okay, I'll ask him about it." * Taki nods, but doesn't follow Haruko to the computer. [The site comes up.] * Haruko checks if it is searchable by name and/or poster. * Satoshi walks over to the computer and watches Haruko work. Maybe seeing stuff will jog his memory. I'll do what I can, Kaede, but almost nothing's free. He hasn't tried to hurt me. That's a plus. I'll call back. [By poster, not name.] * Haruko searches for entries by that Arcanico07 guy. [No matches!] Hmm, they've been pulled down. We'll have to get the ones Kaede saved then. * Katie hangs up and tucks her phone away again. She takes a deep breath, then walks down the hall and into the computer lab, her umbrella swinging at her side. * Haruko sighs and quickly checks if there's been any other arcan* posters if the site allows for wildcards. She looks up to Katie. "Entries are down." * Taki holds the door open for Katie and finaly walks in, and to Haruko's computer. Thanks, Taki. * Katie looks at Haruko, then past her. "Looks like the site's still up. I wonder if someone can find out who took them down." * Haruko hmms for a moment. "With our luck it * Taki shakes her head. "I... I think Kaede's ... the only one who'd know." [The site does not allow for wildcards.] 's probably automated. But it's worth having him check in case someone actively did it. (They need a better search engine.) Right, so let's find the watchers. Should I print maps or can your find your site by memory Taki? * Katie nods to Haruko, then goes about walking up behind Yorihisa. * Taki shakes her head. "I told you... I'm not even sure which intersection it is anymore... Sorry." * Haruko glances at Katie with a curious look and then back to Taki. "Would you recognize it if you saw it?" * Taki nods twice. "Yeah." [Yorihisa is apparently plotting dots on a map and giving them a labelling scheme Katie can't figure out for the life of her. He's also creating a database which, again, makes no sense to anyone but him.] (Or Kaede who isn't there) (Map of what?) (And why does Haruko get no description like that? ^_~) (Because Haruko's not the main character.) (Ah, fair enough) (That or they were just on a different step when Haruko was talking to them.) * Haruko pulls up a map of the area around the school in question. "Okay, I guess I'll take Taki on the bike, you guys can meet us here." She points to a subway station. "Or I could give you directions to the one I saw if you want to spot it on your own." * Haruko then prints out the are maps. I'd rather stick with you. ( Haruko wasn't looking at what he was doing. ) (Area maps?) (Yeah) (to get you from the subway to the intersection) (And to mark the intersections we've visited. Two copies in this case.) * Katie doesn't seem to mind. "Yorihisa?" [He doesn't respond!] * Haruko glances over to Katie again but then goes to retrieve her print outs. She marks the subway on both maps and then hands one to Satoshi. "With any luck we'll find the intersection before you get to the station. I'll then text you the cross streets and we'll meet there." * Katie puts a hand on his shoulder. "Yorihisa, I want to talk to you." [He keeps typing. "Later."] * Satoshi takes it. "Okay, thanks." He looks over at Katie and Yorihisa. * Haruko watches too and comments quietly. "I was going to try again in a few days and ask why he was snubbing us, but maybe Katie's got an idea." He might not be, intentionally. He looks deep in some project. * Taki nods. (I'm a jock. He's a geek. We're natural enemies.) * Haruko shakes his head. "He's like that consistently. But I figured I'd give him a day or two just in case." No, I really need to talk to you now. It's about Reiji. [He pauses! ... except it's clear he's puzzling over some question about what he's doing. But he figures it out and continues typing.] * Haruko looks up to Katie and then over to Satoshi. "Could you sask her what's up?" Should I just tell her we're going ahead and she can meet us there? She could be there for a while. * Taki blinks at Satoshi. "Uhm... I think... only two people fit on the bike." * Satoshi gives Taki a slightly confused look. "Yeah. I'm taking the subway." * Haruko frowns and nods sounding a bit resigned. "Yeah, if she wanted our help she'd ask." She then smiles slightly. "Well, we all have our own methods. Alright, let her know." She looks to Taki. "Let's go." * Haruko heads out with her copy of the map in one hand. * Taki nods. "So... waiting for Katie... probably wouldn't add much time." * Taki blinks again and shakes her head. I... guess so. ... I'll... see you there then. Yep. * Taki gives Satoshi a small wave and then hurries after Haruko. * Satoshi smiles at her and waves back. (We can probably just have Taki and Haruko offscreen unless Taki has something to talk about. She'll systematically check intersections and have Taki check them off after verifying that they aren't the one in question.) * Satoshi walks over to Katie and Yorihisa. Haruko and Taki headed out. Want me to go ahead, too, or are you almost done here? * Katie looks up. "Do what you want, Satoshi. I'll call if you go." (Also, is there a copier or a scanner and printer nearby?) ( No, yes and yes. ) Lemme make a copy of the map for you. * Katie smiles. "Thanks." She sits down next to Yorihisa. * Satoshi goes over to the scanner and, hopefully with a minimum of mishaps, scans and prints a copy of the map. (This likely takes him several minutes.) * Katie folds her hands and watches Yorihisa. Wow, it's a Katie that's sitting still. * Satoshi hands a copy to Katie. "Here you go. Good luck." * Katie takes it. "Thanks." She glances at the map, then folds it and tucks it into her satchel before going back to watching Yorihisa. * Satoshi waves and heads out. [Meanwhile, Yorihisa plots and types. Whee!] [He also periodically saves and makes backups on a jump drive.] * Katie watches him and his program, idly trying to figure out what he's doing. [He's plotting something on a map of Tokyo and cross referencing it! But what he's *doing* is anyone's guess. All his labels are something like W464B12 or C385J4] * Katie decides to ask: "What are you doing?" ["Nothing."] You're working very hard on nothing. (These labels anywhere she recognizes?) [It's a map of Tokyo, so.... yeah.] (Anything striking about them, or in common, that she can figure?) ( Mind roll +4 ) 2d6+4 * Diceroshi throws the bones for Katie (2d6+4) and gets a natural 3 for a result of 7. [Katie recognizes Tokyo Tower, the Construction Site at the Pier, and all five of the schools. There's more than that, however. But gimme a navigation check.] 2d6 * Diceroshi throws the bones for Katie (2d6) and gets a natural 6 for a result of 6. [Katie notices something strange... The five schools all seem to be about the same distance from Tokyo Tower.] [And! ... from each other.] (Gasp! It's a pentacle!) (... Whudathunk!) (Figured, yes.) ( Whoo! Called it! My crazy anime inspired theory was right!) * Katie tilts her head, tracing the paths with her eyes. She looks to the construction site, seeing where it fits in this. (For the first time ever, yes. ;p) (* Haruko does the dance of rejoicing) (For what's possibly the *only* time ever, yes.) [The construction site doesn't seem to form any pattern with the rest.] (Any other points marked?) ( Several. ) (Like say the hotel and the church?) (Any she recognizes? Is the hotel or the chu- yeah.) ( Nope! ) ( Not that she's recognize the church anyhow. ) ( Mind roll +8 ) 2d6+8 * Diceroshi throws the bones for Katie (2d6+8) and gets a natural 5 for a result of 13. 2d6 * Diceroshi throws the bones for Taki (2d6) and gets a natural 6 for a result of 6. 2d6 * Diceroshi throws the bones for Haruko (2d6) and gets a natural 10 for a result of 10. 2d6 * Diceroshi throws the bones for Satoshi (2d6) and gets a natural 6 for a result of 6. [Katie can't really place any more of these things.] (Are Hirokazu and company still here?) ( Yes, they're still there. ) * Katie looks at the map a little longer, then says, "So it's a giant pentacle." (I didn't quite hear you Katie. Did you say "So, like Haruko predicted, it's a giant pentacle."? ^_~) [Yorihisa glances out of the corner of his eyes at Katie. He then hits a key and red lines appear over the map. Though they're drawn sloppily, Katie can indeed make out a pentacle.] What about the others? I can see why you have this one. * Katie points out the construction site. 2d6 * Diceroshi throws the bones for Taki (2d6) and gets a natural 6 for a result of 6. [Yorihisa keeps typing. "Other incidents," he says simply.] What kind? I could help. 2d6-2 * Diceroshi throws the bones for Kaede (2d6-2) and gets a natural 9 for a result of 7. [He keeps typing. "Better that you don't."] Why? [He doesn't answer that!] * Katie frowns a little, then says, "I really would like to talk to you, Yorihisa." ["Later," he says again.] When? (She won't leave until you say when, you know.) (I'm a stubborn bitch.) (And slowly we train the other nerds to just be a jerk and girls will want to talk to you) (Well, Katie can always threaten mysterious things happening to his computer) (True!) "When I have time." And when's that? A time and a place, I can try to keep to. * Katie leans back in the chair and watches Yorihisa. "Or I can wait here every day for you to stop typing." * Katie feels the slight vibration that comes with a text message, pulls out her phone, and looks at what it says. She peers at it and starts pressing buttons as she tries to figure out how the reply works. "I don't know. But it isn't right now." * Katie looks up. "I can wait." She goes back to typing. There! Got it to work. * Katie receives a message again, then takes her sweet time, trying to poke out a response. [Hirokazu and the others get up. "Hey Yori, we're leaving you alone with your girlfriend." He grins, as though expecting a reaction.] * Katie doesn't react, still poking away. ( We may need Kyon back to see if Yori will crumble before his wiles. ) [Yorihisa doesn't either, and Hirokazu seems rather disappointed. He and the others leave.] [Time drags on. And on. And Katie realizes she's going to have to make a choice: go to the concert or stay here with this guy?] * Katie smirks a little, types something really quick, and goes back to watching Yorihisa. (Swap that and Brett's last statement.) * Katie finishes a doodle and glances at her watch with a frown. "Great." She stands, picking up her satchel and making sure it's over her shoulder. "I have to go," she says, getting one last glance at the map and the guy working on it. "I'll see you later, Yorihisa." [Yorihisa nods slightly.] [Session End!]