[Meanwhile, Katie is in the club Dark Knight Concerto, with Miho, Sumire, Takeo and Shun Mijunkuro, who has just been revealed to be Zein Toru! OMG!] [But no sooner did the session start than the lights went out. Session Start!] [The lights go out!] * Katie looks at Shin and Sumire. She's lost her smile. "You're Zei-" And then the lights go out, and she tenses, looking around. (Any emergency lighting?) [Suddenly it comes on. Woo.] * Katie sighs. [Sumire puts her hands on her hips and looks up. "Heh. Well at least it waited until we'd finished."] Yeah. * Katie keeps eyeing Shun/Zein. Someone has some explaining to do. [Zein isn't watching Katie, though. He's most immediately concerned with Sumire.] * Katie lets him be concerned with her, waiting to see what happens. [Zein: "It was quite a performance."] [Sumire: "You should come back. We need you."] [Zein: "Nah. I think my music days are done."] [Takeo: "Damn, man. That sucks. You sure about it?"] ( While Brett forgets what instrument he played. ) (Guitar.) [Zein: "Hmmmmmm.... I'll think about it." Hard to tell if he's serious or not. "Anyhow, I've got to go. Just came by to wish you luck."] [Takeo waves as fans cluster around impatiently. "Alright, man. Take care."] [Sumire: "Do think about it. We'd love to have you back."] [Zein nods and waves and leaves!] * Katie shakes her head. She glances back at Miho and gives a small smile. "I'll try to be back. You were really good." She hurries after Zein. [Miho angsts about it anyway.] (Miho must have a crush on me! Maybe not.) [Katie catches up with Zein at the dance floor, where nobody is dancing. 'Cause it's dark.] (I thought the lights were back on?) ( The emergency lights are. They're not very bright. ) (Gotcha.) * Katie catches up and keeps up, walking with him. She pulls on her jacket. "" [Shun turns around. "Hmm?"] ( Or Shun, rather. ) * Katie looks up at him. "" she repeats. "" "" * Katie nods. "" [Zein starts to respond when the lights go out.] * Katie winces. She reaches into her satchel and pulls out a flashlight, turning it on. [It don't go on.] (I assume she could hear him if he left or moved.) [Shun's voice comes from in front of Katie. "Let's get outside."] * Katie nods. She looks around, then hesitates and tries to keep the panic out of her voice. "" [<"Not like I can, either. Hang on.>"] * Katie bites her lip. [Takeo's voice calls, "Hey, what's going on?"] [Sumire calls, too. "Anyone there? Zein?"] [Zein responds, "Over here."] * Katie hugs herself and raises her voice a little. "We're here. It's a field." [Takeo: "Yeah, I guessed that."] [Katie hears footsteps approaching her.] * Katie reaches into her pocket and presses her fingers against a knife handle. She turns to look in direction of whoever's approaching, but sadly, she can't see in the dark. [Shun's voice comes from in a corner, "Damn, don't they keep the flares here anymore?" Sumire responds, "There should be some."] Who's coming closer? ["It's me," says Takeo's voice. "Didn't realize you were here."] * Katie takes a breath. "Okay." She lets it out. "Miho's with you?" ["I've got her," Sumire says. Katie feels something brush against her chest and quickly pull away, followed by Takeo, "Uh.... Yeah, I think we've found each other. Let's get out of here."] * Katie twitches. "Yeah." ["Finally," Shun says, and the room illuminates from a flare in his hand: Really bright in his corner, dim everywhere else. But it does produce something unexpected: the other patrons are still there. But the're not moving.] * Katie blinks, her eyes adjusting to the sudden light, and then she stares. [Takeo walks over to one, eyes wide. "What the hell?"] This... this is not an ordinary field. * Katie walks over to one of the patrons and waves her hand in front of his eyes. ["Yeah," Sumire agrees. Shun makes for the entrance. "Come on. These flares don't last forever."] [He doesn't respond.] Yeah. * Katie puts her hand on the patron's shoulder. She stares for a moment longer, then turns and hurries after him. [The rest of them leave, too.] [It's dark outside, too. The power is out as far as the eye can see, but at least there's some light from the moon here.] (Raining still?) [Curiously, the rain has stopped.] * Katie looks up at the moon. "I had a feeling that would happen," she says. She sounds calmer now that she's outside. [Shun looks up and down the street. "Power seems to be out over the whole city."] Everyone's probably frozen. * Katie looks at Shun. "Do you know why?" [Shun blinks. "Why would I?"] [Sumire: "Well, something weird's going on."] ( Sight check +4 ) Some rumor about you remembering the past. If something like this happened before, then you might know. [Katie sees a faint glow on the horizon! Very faint, and it's blocked by buildings, so she can't make out the source.] (What kind of glow is it? Electric or natural, small or stretched like a sunrise, or what?) ( You can't tell. Buildings in the way :P ) * Katie turns and looks in that direction, then points. "Light." [They all look that way.] [Sumire: "Where? I don't see-" Shun: "Hmm.... No, it's there. Faint, but..." Takeo: "Well, let's go there. Beats standing around here."] * Katie takes a few steps that way before looking back at them. "Yeah." And then she smiles weakly. "It's our best bet, I think." [Takeo heads that way, followed by Shun and Sumire-leading-Miho.] ( Gimme a navigation (urban) roll. ) [No sooner do you round the corner than you see it:: A big glowing dome almost too bright to look at, lighting up the city. And judging by it's position, Katie arrives to the same conclusion as Shun as he points it out. "There... That's Tokyo Tower."] [End!]