[Day: Saturday, April 17th. Time: 5:45 p.m.] [Weather: Thunderstorm. Complete with heavy rain, bright flashes of lightning and really loud thunder.] [It's a dark and stormy n... evening, as Katie arrives at the Dark Knight Concerto, a club in a large black building, that's relatively plain on the outside. The entrance is through two double doors. Seems a fair bit of people are going in, though the club probably won't hit full swing until later that night.] [Session Start!] * Katie is holding a black umbrella in one hand, and she's wearing her coat. She was avoiding puddles, but some rain got into her sneakers just the same. * Katie hurries to the club once she spots it, pushing her way through the doors and closing her umbrella. She shakes some water off while she looks around. [Inside is a nice interiororz.] [Inside is a nice interior with tables surrounding a checkered dance floor. There's a bar, but is clearly says ID must be presented for alcohol. Above the bar is another level. And opposite it is a stage. Right now a black man is on it, playing a saxophone.] * Katie lets out a breath and walks on in, carefully removing her soaking jacket as she does so. She's changed into a pair of black jeans and a short sleeved, satiny, dark red shirt with a collar wide enough that her collarbone shows. And the scar, but that's normal. (Also, she's not a recently turned vampire. Good to know.) * Katie has a seat at an empty table, draping her jacket over a different chair and setting her umbrella aside. Handy! She listens to the saxaphone guy. (Yes!) (Good thing that neck is showing. Because that does sound like vampire wear. ^_~) * Katie blinks as she notices the level up, then grabs her things and heads up there. Sitting higher is more fun! 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Katie (2d6-2) and gets a natural 4 for a result of 2. [Katie has seen that guy before! He's some big name blues player from America. Too bad most of the Japanese patrons don't seem to appreciate his music; he's quite good.] * Katie blinks. She sits on a chair right by the railing, setting her things aside, and leans against said railing as she watches him play. He *is* good. (So she's upstairs, right at the edge of the balcony.) 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Katie (2d6) and gets a natural 11 for a result of 11. (DR1) 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Katie (2d6) and gets a natural 9 for a result of 9. [With all the noise in the club, Katie doesn't notice the guy walking towards her until he sits down right behind her. ""] * Katie starts. She looks over at the man; presumably, he's not sitting on the chair she put her stuff on. [He's not! Sitting in the other chair is one Shun Mijunkuro. "Hey," he says when she looks at him.] * Katie settles down and smiles a little. "" she responds in English before looking back at the musician. "" [He nods. ""] * Katie nods. "" (The Who? The Band! Oh, I was told the Who would be here.) (That'd rock!) "" [He chuckles in response.] * Katie picks up that small smile again. "" She leans back, turning her chair to look at him. "" "" [He shrugs. ""] [He smiles. ""] * Katie grins. "" "" * Katie slips off her chair and walks over to the upstairs bar for a water and a Coke. [Katie achieves wateria and cokage.] * Katie returns to the table, setting the water in front of Shun before she hops back onto her seat and has a sip of her drink. [Shun sips his drink as well. It's almost like a date! Though Shun's looking more at the black guy than Katie. But he does at least offer a "Thanks."] * Katie goes back to watching the guy, too. Look at him play! [The black guy finishes his performance. The audience (by now there's a number of people) applauds graciously: whether they enjoyed the performance or not, at least they're making him feel good. He bows awkwardly. "" Doesn't look like he speaks any Japanese.] [Shun applauds too.] * Katie sets her glass down and also claps. [He bows and ""s a few more times before walking off stage.] * Katie claps until he's off and the rest of the applause mostly dies down. She's got that small smile again. [Shortly after, the lights go low, with spotlights focussing on the main stage. And out comes Sumire! She's wearing her typical getup: Halter top, leather pants, raspberry hair... There's quite a bit of cheering as she waves to the crowd.] [Takeo comes out next. He doesn't wave, carrying his bass guitar and all. His attention is more on setting up.] [Big surprise, he's wearing his normal clothes too. Sumire calls. "Hey, everybody! Arcana is back in business!" There's some cheering, but Katie hears more than a few women whisper "What? Where's Tenjirou?"] * Katie rolls her eyes. [And then Miho comes out. She's all dressed in black and doesn't quite look like she belongs, clutching her violin. There's much confused murmuring at her appearance. Sumire quickly explains: "You only thought we broke up. But we're better than ever, ready to try some new things with our newest member! Welcome, Miho Ryokama!"] [There's some applause and more murmuring. "Miho Ryokama? Who the hell is Miho Ryokama?" "Is that a violin? That doesn't belong here." "Everyone knows it was Tenjirou who carried that group."] * Katie picks up that smile again upon seeing her, and despite the whispering, she applauds. 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Kaede (2d6-2) and gets a natural 7 for a result of 5. [Shun leans back and puts his feet up.] * Katie doesn't care. It's not her table! She grabs her Coke and has another drink before leaning against the rail, watching. [The New Band starts playing! It's very weird music, mixing the guitar with the violin, but it's not bad. And Sumire has a good voice for a rocker.] [Some of the crowd seems impressed, but others (mostly women) are starting to leave.] * Katie listens for a while, then she comments, "" (Come on Eileen!) [Shun nods. "" He pauses, then adds, ""] * Katie shrugs. "" She watches. "" [""] 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Kaede (2d6-2) and gets a natural 9 for a result of 7. * Katie sighs, laying her cheek against the cold rail. "" [He nods. "I think the same."] (Although I'm not sure Come on Eileen had a guitar) [They play on!] * Katie listens for a while longer, then says, "" "" [He nods.] * Katie catches that out of the corner of her eye. "" "" * Katie shrugs. "" [He shrugs. <"I think it lead to an opportunity to find a few more players for my games. That's all.">] * Katie clucks her tongue and turns back to the table, picking up her Coke and having another sip. [He nods.] [He laughs. ""] * Katie snerks. "" * Katie idly spins her glass on the table. [He grins. "" He takes a gulp and adds, ""] ( Yes. And that's why I poisoned your drink.) * Katie snickers. "" (*snickers*) (The thought did occur to me when he asked for water.) [He laughs. ""] * Katie smiles. "" [""] [He grins. ""] * Katie runs her finger on the rim once around before picking up her glass and having another drink. She hits ice and takes a cube in her mouth. * Katie idly sucks on the cube. "" (You know those dead Arcana kids?) (Whoops!) [""] * Katie crunches the ice between her teeth, then says, "" [""] * Katie tilts her head. "" [<"But occasionally I->" he stops as the music does. The crowd applauds.] * Katie stops, too, and turns to look at the performers, though she keeps Shun in the corner of her eye. She claps! [They bow. "Thank you, everyone!" Sumire calls. "It was an honor to play for you! If you'd like autographs, we'll be around for signing!" she and the others bow once more, and they head off stage.] [Shun gets up. ""] * Katie chuckles. "" She gets to her feet and snags another ice cube before picking up her things. 2 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Kaede (2 2d6-2) and gets a natural 8 for a result of 6 6. [Shun heads downstairs! Meanwhile, another band sets up on stage.] * Katie tags along. "" [<"Not everyone is interested in a game. Even if they have something to gain from it. But that's okay.">] * Katie nods. "" [Since it's raining, autographs are set up a down a hallway to the side of the stage. Shun heads down that way. ""] (Shun needs to learn the joy of penny ante. :P) (Beats the heck out of playing for nothing.) [There's only a small crowd around the Band. Mostly, people seem interested in Sumire. Takeo has quite a few fans as well, but poor Miho just has three or four.] * Katie stops by Miho first. She smiles and waves to get her attention, as Sumire and Takeo are no doubt relatively swamped. [As Katie approaches, she hears parts of a conversation between her and one of them. "Well? You ought to at least say something to your fans!"] ( Part of a conversation. Get it? Hah! ) (Heh.) * Katie reaches Miho's crowd. Tiny crowd. Yes. She glances over at Shun to see where he's going. [Miho tries to respond. The fan replies, "What the hell? Can't you talk? Say something. How are you going to be a performer if you can't even talk?"] * Katie breaks in and says, "She can't. Give her a second to write something." [Shun is just making his way over.] [The fan looks at Katie like she's intruding. "Fine," He says. No sooner does Miho finish writing his autograph than he snatches it from her hands, mutters a completely insincere "Thanks," and hurries off.] * Katie shakes her head, then turns to Miho and smiles sheepishly. "Hi." [Miho watches after the fan, then turns to Katie. She smiles, but her eyes look teary.] It's okay. He was being an ass, anyway. [Shun appears beside Katie. "Yeah. You'll have to learn to deal with those people in this industry, though." He looks at Miho. "By the way, I'm-"] [And then he's cut off by a shriek, and tackled by Sumire. "Zein! You came to see us play!"] [Session End!]