[Day: Thursday, January 30th. Time: 2:50 P.M] [Weather: Flurries. Not too annoying to walk through. Cold.] [Yesterday, after all that other stuff which I don't feel like repeating a fourth time, the group found itself at a restaurant, where they discussed their plans for the day. Namely, meet at the lockers and decide how to follow Saki.] [So, everyone's headed for Kyon's locker.] [Session Start] * Satoshi walks towards Kyon's locker, making last-minute adjustments to his cell phone. * Kyon waits in front of his closed locker, his sports bag on the floor next to him. He looks down the hallway one way, then the other. * Jiro quickly takes care of locker things at his locker, then heads for Kyon's locker. * Kyon nods terse greetings to the others, and looks around for Meimi. Kyon, Jiro, what're your cell numbers? I'm going to program them in here so Meimi can use the speed dial. [Chikako dashes around the corner and skids to a stop near the group. "You're all together! That's so cool!"] * Kyon nods to Chikako. "Hey." Heya, Chikako. Huh? Oh, hey, Chikako. * Chikako grins at Kyon and hands him a copy of the school newspaper. "Here! Sorry I can't stay and chat, but I'm in a hurry! Bye!" * Chikako dashes out the building! * Kyon waves at Chikako's back curtly, and turns his gaze to the newspaper, scanning the front page. Uh, cell phone number... gimme a sec. * Jiro looks around for the spot where he has his cell phone number written down, finds it, and reads it off to Satoshi. * Kyon reaches into his pocket as he reads, and offhandedly holds out a name card to Satoshi. * Satoshi adds it to the speed dial directory. * Satoshi takes the card from Kyon and adds his number to the speed dial, then puts the card in his pocket. 'kay. All we need is for Meimi to show up, and I'll give this to her. * Kyon nods, and finishes the paper, sticking it in his backpack, and scans the area again. "Figures. She's going to screw up the plan if she doesn't get here within a minute." * Meimi runs up from the direction of the paper office, pretty well out of breath, and nearly crashes into Jiro. "WAAAAAH! Sorry!" Huh? Oh, it's okay, Meimi. You alright? * Meimi leans against the lockers. Just a little tired... ^_^; * Kyon eyes her annoyedly. "Where were you?" * Meimi glares at Kyon. I _do_ have two daily columns, O Mighty VP. [The old man speaks! "It takes time to write even gibberish."] * Satoshi holds out his cell phone to Meimi. "Here. I programmed Kyon's and Jiro's numbers and... what was that?" [You catch him in the corner of your eyes, and he's gone!] * Meimi slams her fist into a locker. "OW! SHIT!" * Meimi holds her sore hand. ;_; * Kyon shrugs disinterestedly. "And I've got a lot of work for the student council. But I'm here." He ignores the old man this time, and just looks bemusedly at Meimi. Eh, it's just that old jerk. Don't worry abou-- hey! You okay, Meimi? * Satoshi looks at Meimi, startled, and still holding the phone. * Meimi scowls at Kyon. "I'll be fine." * Kyon shakes his head. "Yeah. Right. He'll probably show up again. What'll you do next time?" None of your business. * Kyon shrugs again, and jams his hands in his pockets. "Yeah. Unless he's going to attack us all 'cause we're around you. Think he'd do that?" He smirks. * Jiro frowns at Kyon. ( Nah, he wouldn't do that. O:) ) Great, now we have hallucinations after us... How should I know what he would and wouldn't do? I don't know him. * Jiro rubs his head. Well, he definitely seems to know you. And here, take this. * Meimi blinks and recieves a phone. Er... what's this for? So you can keep in contact with Kyon, and me and Jiro. I programmed their numbers in there. I didn't get my days mixed up, did I? This is the day we decided that we're following Saki, right? Oh, that. ^_^; * Kyon looks down the hallway towards the door. "Yeah. Which should start soon." * Meimi leans back against the lockers. * Satoshi sighs. "I still don't have the best feeling about this, but I don't have any other ideas. And at least this is *something* to do..." [Yet ten minutes go by, and Saki has not shown.] Why are we waiting up here? * Kyon pushes himself off the lockers, and straightens up. "She's our best lead. We need to find out what she's doing. I think she's beatable. And we can see when she leaves from here." You sure about that? I'm hoping it doesn't come to that. [The hall is mostly deserted by now. Students have either gone home or gone to clubs. But no sign of Saki, yet.] * Kyon flicks his eyes up and down the hallway, and shakes his head. "She should've been gone by now." * Meimi amuses herself by idly juggling two balls in one hand. Think she's up on the roof? [Time: 3:20 P.M.] * Kyon shrugs. "I have no idea. Maybe. Worth checking out, though." * Jiro watches Meimi juggle, since he has nothing better to do while waiting. [At 3:30, Saki comes down the stairs, flanked by Ryuji and Eriko.] * Satoshi speaks quietly. "Ah, here we go." * Kyon leans back against the locker, and watches them coolly. [They pass by without looking your way.] * Satoshi mutters. "Oh crap." [As soon as they're outside, Eriko lights up a cigarette, and the three head towards the teacher's parking lot.] * Meimi walks after them. * Kyon nods to the others tersely, and hefts his bag as he quickly stalks off down the hallway. * Meimi mutters as she passes Kyon, "aaaaaaaaaand... action!" Be careful, Meimi. Yeah. Be careful. Call if you need us. And watch out for Saki. I think she suspects something's up. * Kyon nods, and narrows his eyes as he heads outside into the light, going off towards his bike. * Jiro frowns to himself. Hey, Jiro, wanna get something to eat while we're waiting? Sounds like a plan! ^_^ Cool. There's a ramen place pretty close by, I think. That'll work, I think. * Satoshi nods. "Off we go, then." * Jiro nods, and follows Satoshi there. [The ramen stand is still there, complete with counter and stools. A bit of the stand hangs over the stools so you don't have to worry about getting snowed on.] * Satoshi sits down at the counter. * Jiro sits too. * Chef smiles as the duo sit down. "Hi every-bo-dy!" What can I get you to-day? Uhm. Whddaya' got? * Chef points Jiro to a menu behind him. There's many kinda of ramen, from chicken ramen to pizza ramen. Hmmm... an extra large bowl of chicken ramen, I think. And a hot chocolate too, please. * Chef nods and waits for Jiro. Extra large bowl of beef ramen. And a Dr Pibb. * Chef nods again and prepares the food. It doesn't take long. * Satoshi carefully takes a sip of his hot chocolate and looks at Jiro. "So, Jiro, you ever consider trying out for the hockey team?" * Satoshi grins. Me? Nah, not really. I guess it could be fun, but I'm really more into soccer. * Satoshi nods. "I'll bet you're pretty good." [Just in case you forgot, the captain of the soccer team is Ken.] Kinda', yeah. I was captain back at my old school. I'd join the team here, but Ken's the captain. * Satoshi frowns. "Right, Hibiki. The one who said that soccer was the only *real* sport around here. Jackass." [Jiro's cell phone rings.] * Jiro blinks and answers. "Huh?" "Jiro, where are you and Satoshi?" "Uh, some ramen truck thingy." * Meimi rolls her eyes, even though Jiro can't see it. How far from school, Jiro? "Uh, pretty close. Why?" "I'll be there in a minute." * Meimi hangs up. * Meimi heads for the ramen stand. * Jiro blinks. That was Meimi? Yeah. She's coming here. Here? * Jiro puts his phone away and looking slightly more confused than usual. "Yeah, here. Dunno why." She must've lost Saki. I guess. Oh. That's no good. No. But, honestly, I feel a little relieved. I guess. If she's coming here then she's not in danger or anything. * Jiro eats some ramen, looking almost contemplative. About as close as he can get, anyway. Yeah. Which is a good thing. * Jiro nods. * Satoshi eats some more ramen. I wonder if Kyon's trailing her now? * Meimi sits down next to Jiro. Why the heck are you guys over here eating ramen? * Satoshi blinks. "That was fast." And there was nothing better for us to do. We were just supposed to wait. Hey, Meimi. * Chef looks at Meimi. "Hi! What can I get you to-day?" Er... nothing, thanks. So, uh, what happened? Okie dokie! They split up and Saki took off on her bike, so Kyon's trying to chase her down. Yeah. You lose her? * Jiro nods. * Satoshi nods as well. * Jiro goes back to eating. n_n Sure you don't want anything? Yeah, I'm good. * Meimi shuffles a deck of cards. 'Kay. * Satoshi munches a bit more. [A good thirty minutes pass.] [Meimi's phone rings] * Meimi answers. "Meimi." "She stopped. Went into an apartment building." He rattles off an address. * Meimi notes it down. ( How far away is it? ) "Bout time." [By foot? Thirty minutes. Fifteen through transportation] "We'll hop a train and be there in a quarter-hour. "Right. I'll be at the front door. Try to be on time this time." *hangs up* * Meimi hangs up. Kyon? C'mon, guys. Okay. Right. * Meimi stands up, slips her deck of cards away somewhere, and takes off for the nearest train station. * Jiro scarfs the last of his ramen and stands up. * Satoshi leaves some money for the ramen and follows Meimi. * Jiro leaves enough money to cover his ramen and follows Meimi. * Chef calls after the group. "Have a nice daaaay!" [After a few minutes of walking, the group gets to the train station.] * Meimi hops the next train for

* Jiro follows! * Satoshi follows as well. [The train leaves shortly. Then Meimi's phone rings.] [Anyhow, Meimi's phone rings.] * Meimi answers. "Meimi." * Kyon speaks loudly through the wind. "She's moving again. I'm following her on the bike." "Well damn. Okay, we'll just wait in the station this time." "Right." *hangs up* * Meimi hangs up. She's on the move again. What's up? Dammit. Hm. We'll just wait in the next station. [The train stops, and you get a nice view of... well, not the best place in Tokyo, but at least it's not the slums, either.] * Meimi steps off and waits against a wall. * Satoshi idly hums a random tune. [Time passes... slowly.] * Meimi starts juggling to pass the time. * Jiro watches Meimi juggle. [A good amount of time passes. Time: 5:30] * Satoshi looks at his watch. "Geez, it's been a while." * Meimi shrugs and almost loses her four ball shower. Huh? Oh. Yeah, it has. [Time: 6:15. Meimi's phone rings.] * Meimi catches her balls out of the air and answers. "Kyon?" [Outside, the sun is low over the western sky.] "Yeah. She's at the port. Looks like she's finally done driving around." "Good. We're on our way." "What part of the port, anyway?" * Meimi hops the next train for the port area. * Jiro follows! * Satoshi follows as well. [Time: 6:30.] "The part that's under construction. Meet you by the entrance." *hangs up* [The group gets to the bay area, where they spot Kyon near his bike. Saki's own bike is parked farther away.] * Meimi runs that way! * Satoshi follows. What a surprise! * Jiro follows, too! * Kyon steps away from his bike, and waits for the group to get to him, scanning the building as he does so. [The building is surrounded by a fence, but the gate is oddly open. The building itself looks only partially complete.] * Satoshi looks around and frowns. "I don't like this." It's a construction site. Dangerous by any measure, really. * Jiro shrugs. * Kyon looks thoughtfully at the gate, and shrugs. "That's where she went. That's where we go." Well let's get this over with, then. * Jiro nods. * Meimi slips inside the gate. [Saki is standing in front of what will probably be the main doors of the building in the future. Her back is to you.] * Satoshi looks around one last time before following the others. * Jiro follows the others, not seeming worried. Prolly 'cause he's stupid. * Kyon goes through the gate, and looks at Saki. He rocks back on his heels. * Satoshi sees Saki and very quickly stops short. * Saki is apparently staring at the not-doors. If she noticed you, she hasn't given any indication yet. [Several silent minutes pass, then Saki yells, "I know you're here, you might as well come out now."] * Kyon looks from Saki to the doors, then back, tensing himself. [A wirey-looking teen emerges from the front of the building. His hair's long, and he wears a green jacket and cap.] * Jiro blinks. * Satoshi stands very still and watches. * Man looks all of you over. "So many... are they all customers?" * Meimi scowls. * Satoshi clenches his fist. * Jiro blinks. * Kyon rolls his eyes and shakes his head irritatedly. * Saki cranes her neck, looking at you over her shoulder. Then turns back to the man. "Don't know. Don't care, either." * Man scowls. "If they tell anyone... It'll be on your head, not mine." Whatever. You have the stuff, then? * Kyon watches intently, pulling his hands out of his pockets and tugging on his armwarmers. * Man reaches into his pocket and holds up a Gladlock bag. inside are about twelve spherical pills, each colored half yellow, half red. "I do. Now, about the price..." * Saki chuckles a bit. The man blinks in surprise. * Satoshi grits his teeth. * Jiro blinks. Moron. I never said I was going to buy them. * Man blinks. "Wha- AGH!" He flies backwards as Saki punches him in the gut, a small blue flash eminating when she strikes. * Saki cracks her knuckles. "Scum like you really pisses me off." * Man holds his gut and stands up. "D...damn it! Get her! Get all of them." [As he says that, people emerge. Lots of them. They all look like thugs, and are armed with an array of weapons from switchblades to bats to boards with nails in them.] [And now we roll init ^^] Oh yay. d6+6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Kyon (d6+6) and gets 10. d6+70 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Meimi (d6+70) and gets 71. Great. We've stumbled into the local headquarters for Thugs R Us. d6+7 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Meimi (d6+7) and gets 10. d6+5 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Satoshi (d6+5) and gets 8. d6+7 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Jiro (d6+7) and gets 12. [Jiro, Kyon, Miemi, Saki, Satoshi, buncha goons] [Jiro's turn] * Jiro blinks, his puny mind working in an attempt to grasp the situation. (Holding action. ) [Kyon's turn] [By lots, I mean 8, by the way.] * Kyon smirks fiercely, and bends down to draw his sword out of his bag, settling into his normal fencing stance. [Meimi's turn] * Meimi grins fiendishly, reaches into her bag, and pulls out an Uzi. "I'm so glad I came prepared. ^_^" 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Meimi (2d6) and gets 10. [Saki's turn] * Saki dives for a goon with a length of steel pipe for a weapon. As she does so, a pair of bluish leathery wings appear on her back for just a second. Then she strikes him in the head, and the impact carries him through the air and intoa wall. * Saki shouts over her shoulder at the lot of you. "They're just scum! Don't hold back at all!" [Satoshi's turn] * Satoshi growls. "I won't!" * Satoshi dashes at the nearest goon and attempts to slug him. 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Satoshi (2d6-2) and gets 8. [Satoshi punches, but his fist goes wild, narrowly missing the person he was aiming at.] [Jiro's not-forgotten held action] * Jiro draws his sword, looking worried. (And that's all, folks.) [Goons!] [Two of the goons look scared to death of Meimi's automatic weapon. Three more ignore it, possibly because they're attention is divided.] * Man gasps and draws a pistol, pointing it at Meimi. "Shit! They're really serious!" [Jiro's turn] * Jiro runs after the guy pointing a gun at Meimi and attacks him with his sword. 2d6-5 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Jiro (2d6-5) and gets -1. ( My hero... *_* ) * Man gurgles as Jiro impales him. He goes limp. [Kyon's turn] * Kyon stalks up to one of the remaining goons, crouches a bit, and comes up with a left-handed punch that catches fire as it flies. 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Kyon (2d6-2) and gets 2. [The goon burns! He drops to the ground, rolling frantically.] [Meimi's turn] * Meimi smiles at the poor guys on the wrong end of her gun. "Please, stick around. I haven't shot anybody yet today. ^_^" [Saki's turn] * Saki slugs one of the petrified goons in the stomach, and he falls. "That's how to handle them!" [Satoshi's turn] Hey, no fair! * Satoshi tries to slug the nearest goon. 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Satoshi (2d6-2) and gets 8. [Fate doesn't seem to like Satoshi much, and his punch comes short of actually hitting the man.] [Goons turn] [One of the goons rolls on the ground. While another is too scared to move. One of the remaining goons tries to stab Satoshi with a switchblade, but underestimates the length of the thing and falls short. The last one tries to crack a baseball bat over Jiro's back (who needs to make a melee defense roll)] 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Jiro (2d6-2) and gets 6. ( ;_; ) [Jiro tries to get out of the way, but the bat still wings him on the arm.] [Jiro's turn] * Jiro grunts and swings his sword at the guy. 2d6-5 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Jiro (2d6-5) and gets 0. [Jiro cuts a nice hole through his stomach, and he goes down too.] [Kyon's turn] ( We got one on the ground, one near Satoshi, and one too scared to do anything. ) * Kyon turns, advances towards Satoshi, and does a simple thrust of his sword at the shoulder of that goon. 2d6-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Kyon (2d6-4) and gets 3. [The goon takes the attack in his shoulder. He looks at it in shock, then faints.] [Meimi's turn] * Meimi lets the other do their work. [Saki's turn] * Saki takes down the other scared goon. [And the last guy managed to put out the fire, but used so much energy that he went unconscious, so... end of combat.] * Meimi smiles happily and puts her gun back in her backpack. ^_^ * Meimi runs over to see if Jiro is okay. Are you okay, Jiro? * Saki goes over to the first guy and takes his pistol and the bag of pills. Are you crazy or something, rushing a guy with a gun? * Satoshi curses. "Well, I was certainly helpful here." Huh? Oh, I'm fine. ^_^ * Jiro blinks. "Huh? Well... I mean, he was gonna shoot ya' if I didn't." * Kyon surveys the area, and smirks at Satoshi. "Yeah. Don't always need your help, though. I'm good." * Saki heads for the gate. * Kyon turns to regard Saki, and rocks back on his heels. "Wait up. What was this about?" * Meimi glomps Jiro's arm. *_* * Satoshi glares at Kyon's back and grumbles. You're crazy. Brave, but crazy. * Saki looks over her shoulder at Kyon. "Isn't it obvious? He was a dealer." * Jiro is armglomped. "Uh... you're welcome?" ^_^ * Kyon nods impatiently. "Yeah, I know. Who's behind it? And what did you get from those girls lately?" * Saki shrugs. "I don't know. Someone who knows about people like us, at least." * Satoshi looks startled at the "like us" remark. * Kyon nods slowly. "Look... we could work together to find out who it is. I'd make a good ally." * Saki frowns a bit. Maybe. If you're as good as you claim. If not, it'd be best if you didn't get involved. * Kyon gestures at the bodies, and smirks. "I've been doing this for years. I'm that good." * Meimi eyes Kyon. C'mon, Jiro... let's get out of here and let the Mighty VP talk. * Jiro blinks in confusion. Uh, sure. Okay. * Saki turns around, almost fully. "To the point of killing people? This isn't a cake walk." * Meimi walks toward the gate. * Kyon shrugs noncommitally. "I won't speak for them. But if something is endangering me to that point, yes, I'd be willing." * Jiro goes along with Meimi. Good. You might have to. * Satoshi watches everyone else. * Kyon nods tersely. "So. We allies?" We'll see. Come to the roof of Sakuragaoka High tomorrow, and someone will fill you in on what little there is. * Saki heads out the gate. * Kyon nods to himself, and looks back to Satoshi. "Right. Ready to go?" Yeah. [Session End]