[Day: Saturday, April 17th. Time: 8:30 p.m.] [Weather: Tunderstorm continues. But all else is encased in darkness.] [You're all at Haruko's! Though you wouldn't know if it she hadn't told you; it's dark after the thunderstorm knocked out the power. With you is one broken and bloody Soleil. No ideas how that happened. Your only light is Haruko's small electric lantern.] [Session Start] (Who's holding it? Haruko?) (Say it's on the table in the living room.) * Haruko keeps focusing on her primary concern, healing Soleil. * Satoshi finishes propping Soleil's feet up on the pillows. * Kaede looks over Soleil carefully, but silently. He seems to be sobering up a little from the assault. [There's a small thump from upstairs.] * Haruko heals and calls out. "You need help finding your way down Taki?" * Taki is a bit muffled as she calls back down. "Only ... if you have more chairs." Just the one. ::She glances to Satoshi and points out the flashlight she got from the kitchen. "She may want assistance with the stairs." * Satoshi grabs the flashlight, turns it on, and heads for the stairs. * Haruko glances to Kaede. "Do you need anything? I could tell you where to get it." * Kaede shakes his head, still looking over Soliel. "I'm fine." He watches for a brief moment, then starts digging through his pockets. * Haruko frowns. "I'm nearing the end of what I can do for her today." * Satoshi comes back downstairs with Taki, flashlight leading the way. * Kaede keeps ruffling through his jacket. "Will she be conscious?" * Taki has one of her arms around one of Satoshi's and with her other she's holding her shoes. "...Sorry." 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Haruko (2d6-2) and gets a natural 8 for a result of 6. * Haruko carefully examines Soliel's condition. * Taki lets go of Satoshi and goes to put her shoes by the door. * Kaede finally takes out his notepad, flips it to a certain page, and tosses it over on the dining room table next to her. "This is the guy we were tracking." * Haruko frowns. "She might, but I doubt. We're going to need to get her to doctor." She then glances at the page. * Satoshi walks over to take a look at the notebook. * Taki walks over as well, sans shoes, and looks at Soleil before trying to get a glance at the note book. "Wh... who is he?" (Or...since everyone's looking at it, I'll just C&P it here :P) [There's a bunch of notes on the page: "Older man, 30s (?), No hair on head but bearded, glasses, gaijin. A bit around the writing are various notes: Five of Pentacles, reversed dead. Why High Priestess? Bridge -- living space? At the top: "King of... (?)"] What do the notes mean? * Kaede sighs. "I don't know. But we have an assassin on the loose." Assassin? You mean, the person who attacked you? Or thing, or... whatever. * Taki blinks at Kaede. "... And... these are... the others he's killed?" I don't know. Don't...think so. The five of pentacles reversed he said he got. Actually, it was the five he said first but someone else corrected him. His next target is the High Priestess. Whoever that is. The worst part is I'm not even certain which of the two we were following. The employer or the hiree. * Haruko sighs. "Alright, she seems stable but I can't guarantee she'll stay that way. I think we can afford to drive. I'll go get us a car. I need someone to watch her status so we can teleport her if there's trouble." * Kaede looks up and eyes Haruko for a moment. "Wait a minute..." * Taki looks at Haruko. "I... If I have to teleport again... I..." She looks down. 2d6-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Satoshi (2d6-4) and gets a natural 7 for a result of 3. * Haruko sighs. "This was stupid of me. I overestimated my abilities. I should have gone with the car, not as good of a place to heal but we were right there." (also lagging agian) Oh my god. Something... something just went *really* wrong. And there's a field... or not quite. * Taki looks up at Satoshi. "Wh..what?" * Kaede looks at Satoshi. "What?" [The lights go out! Again. Including the electric lantern and flashlight.] I don't *know*... it's the feeling I got earlier, only *worse*... * Haruko takes two glowsticks out her pocket and cracks them on. * Taki blinks. "I... it's not me." Earlier? What do you mean? (Does the glowstick work?) He had a premonition that something was wrong right before you called. (They should. All chemical) * Kaede looks at about where the lantern was and reaches out his hand to pick it up. (No magnetism or electronics.) [Kaede turns the lamp back on.] * Satoshi fumbles around in his pocket, pulls out the glowstick Haruko gave him earlier, and snaps it to activate it. * Kaede takes a deep breath and looks up. "Sometimes it's useful being a walking battery." * Taki nods at Haruko. "He... he did, but... who's field?" Kaede, I think we're about to be attacked. You may want to save your power. If we are, I'd rather see who's going to attack us, personally. Then get your wrench out too. ::She glances over to Satoshi:: You need a weapon? * Satoshi nods. Break off the shower rod. It'll be fixed when the fields down and you could probably bend it like a hockeystick. * Kaede reaches in his coat and pulls out his wrench too. * Taki tries to listen for whoever's behind this. * Haruko walks over to her bag and grabs her tire iron. * Satoshi goes off to do just that. * Haruko calls after Satoshi. "Turn on the shower while you're at it." ~Okay.~ * Satoshi turns on the shower and returns a minute later with the shower rod. I'm thinking the target is Soliel. That make sense Kaede? It could be. * Satoshi kneels protectively next to Taki, makeshift weapon in his right hand. * Taki stands in the living room. "M...maybe they're waiting for... to come out?" (I thought Taki was next to Soleil still?) * Haruko moves to stand over Soliel. "I'm going to focus on covering her. I'll use my wall if anyone comes in. The rest of you can probably look around for the moment." (She walked over to the table to see the notebook) [Some time passes.] * Taki nods at Haruko and walks over to her. "C... may I ... have one of them? ... I... don't think my field... if there's another one...maybe?" ~Still up.~ * Satoshi moves over near Soleil. * Haruko hands Taki a glowstick without comment. "Satoshi, can you use your telepathy to reach out and try to find minds? Or does it only work if you know the target? I have to know what I'm looking for. ( Gimme hearing checks ) * Haruko nods and frowns. 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Haruko (2d6) and gets a natural 8 for a result of 8. 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Satoshi (2d6-2) and gets a natural 4 for a result of 2. 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Griff_Khalil (2d6-2) and gets a natural 4 for a result of 2. 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Taki (2d6) and gets a natural 6 for a result of 6. * Griff_Khalil is now known as Kaede [Satoshi and Kaede realize it's not raining anymore.] It stopped raining. * Haruko frowns and digs her nails into her skin. "We might be in reversed world." * Taki takes the glowstick and pockets it. "I... I'm going to look outside... And.. he's right." 2d6-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Katie (2d6-4) and gets a natural 8 for a result of 4. * Taki blinks. "N...not just a field?" What? Yes. I noticed that too... * Taki looks at Satoshi. How would we have gotten there? How would we get there... * Kaede glances at Taki. But when Akemi did it, she didn't come with us. * Kaede looks at Soliel next. And I haven't felt anything besides the almost-field. * Haruko lets up on her finger nails. "I'm betting this is related to what brought Soliel down. Shall we take her and find out what's happening? * Taki blinks agian. "... Like... what happened with Kyoko?" Reiji had another way to bring us to reversed world. But fields vary. I just know the last time I couldn't make it rain, we were in reversed world. 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Katie (2d6) and gets a natural 10 for a result of 10. (DR1) 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Katie (2d6) and gets a natural 3 for a result of 3. The only way to find out is to check. * Satoshi walks over to the window. Right. Let's take her and get going. If we aren't the one's in immediate danger, someone else might be. * Taki nods. "S...Satoshi?" Yes? [Suddenly, light pours in through the windows.] Could you... carry her? Agh! * Satoshi stumbles back from the window. * Taki holds her hands up to block the light. "Auh!" [It's not really bright light. It's like if light from the headlights of a car was lighting the room.] (It's still pretty startling.) [But the source is crazybright. Gimme navigation (urban) rolls.] * Haruko stands her ground over Soliel. 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Taki (2d6) and gets a natural 11 for a result of 11. 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Haruko (2d6) and gets a natural 8 for a result of 8. (DR) 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Satoshi (2d6) and gets a natural 8 for a result of 8. 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Taki (2d6) and gets a natural 4 for a result of 4. * Kaede covers his eyes a bit and tries to peer out the window. * Haruko starts pulling water into the room from the shower, assuming that it is still running. [The source of the light is a big, glowing white dome in the center of the city. The dome, Taki realizes, is right where Tokyo Tower ought to be.] 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Kaede (2d6) and gets a natural 10 for a result of 10. Tha... That's the Tower! [Session End]