[Day: Sunday, April 17th. Time: 12:20 a.m.] [We last left you guys in the middle of combat. Ooo. The Lovers are kicking the crap out of most of the assembled Arcana. Akito is dead, Hinako is suffering from a breakdown, and Shika and Yusuke are refusing to fight. Hmmm.] [Not calling init. Just do one action a round.] [Start] * Haruko keeps her shield wall up as she sits in a puddle on the floor. She's been encouraging people to use its protection for a round or two, so for the moment she's silent. * Katie stands where she is, hands closed into fists, and continues to be ready to knock the Lovers aside the moment they try something. She also waits for word from Satoshi. * Kaede opens his hand and closes it slowly, keeping half an eye on the Lovers and half an eye on Hinako. He seems at a temporary loss. 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Katie (2d6) and gets a natural 3 for a result of 3. [The Lovers toss another white blast at Saki, but they miss when a sudden wind pshes them aside. Saki smirks as she takes this as an opportunity to charge at them, bounding off the railing to get up to their height. She grabs the male one around the neck and starts punching him. Both Lovers cry out, but it's hard to tell if it's from pain or anger.] [This does leave Saki in mid air, mind. :o] ( Takeo, Takeo... what the hell did you do? >.< ) (He didn't do anything. You said that last time. You had to come up with something.) (He makes fields!) (He stood around and looked cool. Very damaging stuff.) (He has absolute control over moths) (His words become physical weapons in kanji.) ( I still have to come up with something. I'd just rather it be more clever than "Generic energy blast." ) ( What's his card?) [Well, regardless, Sumire does nothing, because now Saki's in the way, and she can't get a clear shot.] ( Six of wands. ) (Dood, the I win button!) * Haruko's got nothing. She glances around to see if there's any lose wires (of the structural support kind, not the electrical support) or the like given the destruction that's already occurred. [Takeo grins. "Alright, this has gone on long enough." He pulls out a big red button from his jacket and pushes it. CONGRATULATIONS, YOU JUST WON ARCANA!] [Or... maybe that doesn't happen.] (XD) (And the Interweb?) (Yes.) ( There we go. His power can be to dual-wield internets. ) (Several intarwebs, even.) [Takeo evidently does nothing.] ( Who else is there? ) (Senshiro right?) (Yusuke, unless he's still not giving a damn.) ( Ah, Toshiki... ) (And Toshiki, Shika, Yusuke.) [Toshiki whistles. "That's my woman."] [But he doesn't do anything either.] [Senshiro picks up a table, and prepares to throw it!] [And Yusuke does nothing, but for different reasons from the rest.] ( Finally, that's everyone. ) ( And ND complains about NPCs in BH >.> ) [Next round!] (Moons, give me strength!) (He's a victory card. Could give him a good chunk of DR or bonuses he can use a certain number of times a day.) * Haruko keeps looking for any available rope, wire, or net like objects. But she's a puddle, so to everyone else she's just rippling in place. [Saki gets a punch or two in before she's lifted off the Lovers by the white light. It's wrapped around her neck, and she looks like she's struggling not be strangled.] ( I wouldn't think there would be any. ) (Well, the tower may have some wire supports that could have been cut in the fighting. Oh, or a fire hose. They sometimes have those in big buildings instead of fire extinguishers. [Hinako sits up suddenly, like an inspiration hit her.] ( Ahh, good point. Ok, there's a fire hose. Woo! ) * Satoshi sends to Katie. ~Shika's still not giving a damn. Don't think we'll be able to get any help from her unless she or Yusuke get directly attacked.~ Satoshi, fire hose on the wall. Saki might suddenly fall. That and Katie might stop her. [Senshiro tosses the table at the Lovers, and Sumire fires an energy wave from her sword, but both attacks fail to get through their shield.] * Katie blinks and looks at Satoshi. ~Then what are they *doing* here?~ (Let's see, if you don't want Takeo to do buffs, you could have him have an irritant attack. Cause enemies to fail thus him to succeed.) (All I can think of now is the part in UHF where Kramer has the kids' show and his "prize" is a drink from the fire hose.) ~Hell if I know.~ (YOU GET TO DRINK FROM THE FIRE HOSE!) (They're standing around looking cool.) ~That makes no sense!~ ~I give up, really. Okay, fire hose...~ (Hmm, looks like I was wrong about the wires anyways.) (Interestingly, there's two observatory decks. Did not know that.) (For the curious: http://www.maniza.com/Asia/images/Tokyo/post_card/tokyo_tower_data1.jpg ) * Kaede is fully watching Hinako now, waiting for her. (... I've pointed that out ICly twice. o_O) (Ah, I think I thought you meant a two story deck.) (Which is also the case.) (Also, the one observatory's actually pretty low.) ( You're on the upper one, then. Woo! ) (/me nods. "We've climbed down from it before, and that only makes much sense if it's the upper one.") (Even so, quite a drop.) [Shika steadfastly refuses to do anything, until Yusuke starts forward. She blinks at him. "Yusuke, what are you doing?" He replies, "Sis, I can't just sit here and do nothing."] ( /cheer Yusuke ) [Next round? Sure! And Taki can come back now.] (Oh, you could make Takeo a bit of a power sink. Others' powers need harder rolls to affect him. That's fitting with victory.) [Shika stares confusedly at Yusuke. "But they said she's a murderer!" Yusuke looks her in the eye. "But if we do nothing, are we any better?" And he leaves Shika, stunned, running towards the Lovers. He tosses twin pentacles, though they miss.] * Kaede looks up at the Lovers at Yusuke's statement. "I would too if I had any hopes of reaching them. Satoshi?" * Satoshi looks at Kaede. "Yes?" He figures that if Kaede wants to speak mentally, he'll indicate it. [The other Arcana try their attacks again, but they fail, for the most part, neutralized by the shield.] Would you be able to hit them? The more we have bombarding that shield, the better, I think. [Matthias scowls. "That force field... how can we get past it?"] * Katie smiles, just the smallest touch, at Yusuke's comment. Then she focuses on The Lovers, trying to figure out how they're controlling that shield. "I'm working on that." Unless there's a way around it. * Taki reappears near where she vanished with Mamiya and looks around to try and figure out what's going on and if anybody else has been hurt. [Saki looks like she's making headway in breaking the makeshift noose. The Lovers scowl, noticing this, and toss her down hard to the deck.] (How high up are they again?) * Haruko ripples in the direction of the sometimes questionable information lady. "Any suggestions Hinako?" (Brett, how far from The Lovers is the shield?) I can try throwing something at it, yeah. ( The Lovers? They're about ten feet up. And their shield is about a meter radius. ) (So it's three feet away from them?) ( I guess? >.> ) (All the way around or just between us and them?) (That's about a meter.) ( all the way around. ) ( It's a bit more than arm's length. ) * Haruko then thinks of an idea of her own. "Kaede... should we work together? Their shield matters more than mine." [Hinako looks down. "I'm not sure... if my power is still... but..." She shakes her head to clear it, then looks Haruko in the eye. "Separate them. They draw strength from each other. Separate them!"] * Kaede looks at Haruko. "Haruko, I can't reach them up there. Even if I do..." He stops for a second and looks at Taki. I could make a line to you. And if I hit that shield instead of the wrench? (Wait, what kind of line?) We might take the shield down. (Water line.) (I thought there was no wire.) * Taki catches Kaede's eyes. "Wh...what's going on??" (Okay..) (Fire hose.) (Right.) ( I wish I knew, Taki. I wish I knew. ) (Fire hose might actually work for that, didn't think of it.) * Kaede shakes his head. "That's crazy. It'll never work." (It's insulated.) * Haruko ripples a shrug and tries Hinako's suggestion instead. "Female lover! Your male counterpart said you look fat!" (So wouldn't conduct.) * Katie nods at Hinako's statement and reaches one hand out towards The Lovers. "" [That SO doesn't work.] * Taki blinks. ( Nice try though :P ) (But fire hose isn't necessary anyways. She could just make a straight line of water.) (Thanks. :P) * Satoshi pulls the fire hose from the wall. "Need this?" (I don't think that'd work either.) 2d6+2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Katie (2d6+2) and gets a natural 6 for a result of 8. (Eh, DR1) 2d6+2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Katie (2d6+2) and gets a natural 4 for a result of 6. (Not out of the wall. Just off wherever it was being stored. ;p) (It would conduct electricity just fine.) (Just a question of telekinesis skill.) [The Lovers are separated by a sudden gust of wind between them. Woo! Only... once they separate, they emit a bright wave of light that speeds in all directions.] [Haruko's wall absorbs a portion of the blast, protecting you guys from the attack, as well as Shika and Hinako, and most of the blast misses Saki, since she's lying on the ground. The others aren't so fortunate. They all stagger under the impact, then drop straight down.] [Next round!] * Katie winces. "Haruko, put water between them!" ( Less NPCs! Yay! ) (Rules question. Can Haruko's wall separate people both ways if she wants it to? Two-way is a defect, not an attribute, so that's an argument for it happening.) (But don't want to drop our defenses if it can't. :P) [The Lovers scream. The male one charges forward, colliding with Saki just as she gets to her feet. The female one goes for you guys. A blast of light strikes Haruko's shield. It's mostly absorbed, but a small amount makes it through. Haruko, gimme a def roll.] * Taki gasps and runs twords the nearest of the collapsed people! (how many can I get in reach of and teleport this round?) (She gets hit.) ( I think it would have to be between Haruko and her target. ) (If Haruko moved to stand beside one of them, would that do it?) ( Yeah, but then she'd probably get wolloped. ) (Kaede: Looks complicated on the water as a conductor: http://www.physlink.com/Education/AskExperts/ae61.cfm Although this is sewer water, so it could be rich in random materials.) (/me nods. That's fair.) (Actually, from what I read up on, it's the salt in the water that's conductive. Water just insulates it so the electricity traveling through the salt ions can't get out as easy. (Salt makes it highly conductive, but you can still get zapped by lightning in fresh water.) (Well, lightning actually travels through the ground first.) [Haruko's shield suddenly bites back, absorbing the light.] (If I want to attack the Lover, can I do it through the shield if it's ranged, or do I have to move?) (You can go through the shield as is.) (Brett: how many people can I grab?) (New plan, they got Katie, they DIE!!) (/me steps *out* of Taki's way.) [And suddenly the world's moving sluggishly, and your vision gets blurry. Kinda like before. And sure enough, the only person still moving at normal speed is Shika. She walks right up to the female Lover and grabs her arm, screaming, "How dare you do that to my brother!" Welts and boils begin to build on the Lover's arm.] ( Two, Taki. ) * Taki grabs two random, unmoving, NPCs and goes poof if Dicy lets her. 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Taki (2d6-3) and gets a natural 10 for a result of 7. (DR!) 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Taki (2d6-3) and gets a natural 5 for a result of 2. (Although now that time has slowed and Shika's attacking, I"m not sure if I can attack without some sort of penalty to avoid her/take the time shift into account.) (There we go, poof.) (teleporting and starting actions before time got funky ftw.) ( It'd be a +2 to avoid her. ) (I will take that risk.) (For the record, can he attack the other one without penalty?) ( No, the other one collided with Saki. ) * Satoshi attempts to smack the female Lover with the fire hose, since he's got that handy. Gogo improvised weaponry! (How close is she and is there a penalty to hit with the time slow now?) 2d6-1 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Satoshi (2d6-1) and gets 1, a CRITICAL SUCCESS!!! "o/~I love you... you love me... o/~" (XD) (Wahoo!) (Holy fire hose.) (It's even better than tables. ;p) (The Lovers get to drink from the FIRE HOSE!) (*cackles* Yes.) ( My idea! Kinda sorta not really.) (Senshirou has much to learn from you, Satoshi-san.) [Satoshi hits her so hard she spins around in mid air, several of her teeth flying from her mouth.] * Kaede breaks from his concentration and shakes his head. "Figures." He charges the Lover, breaking free into a stream of lightning bolts as he heads towards her. 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Kaede (2d6-2) and gets a natural 5 for a result of 3. [Then she gets electrocuted.] * Katie grits her teeth and turns her attention to the male lover, trying to blow him off of Saki. (Mod?) (And why do I picture the Power Stone twirly headplant in this?) ( +2 ) 2d6+2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Katie (2d6+2) and gets a natural 8 for a result of 10. [Next round!] * Haruko replies to Katie once she recovers from her slight daze. "I'd need to be behind one of them and couldn't protect anyone. Worth it?" [The male Lover finally reaches the far wall, colliding with Saki between him and it.] Don't think they're worried about us, anyway. * Katie focuses on the Lover and Saki. "This is bad." [The female lover looks at Satoshi with rage, throwing a light blast at him! Gimme a def roll.] * Taki teleports back in! 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Satoshi (2d6) and gets 12, a CRITICAL FAILURE!!! "Looks like your thread just got cut. Sorry." (Ouch. Though I am still behind the shield, for what it's worth.) (It should be worth a lot. :P) (New plan, they got Satoshi, MAIM!) * Kaede lands and reforms, drawing his wrench almost immediately as he draws in a deep breath. "It always leads to this." (Violence is inevitable, Kaede.) (Yes.) (Especially when dealing with Arcana.) (Was Kaede holding out hope for the peaceful solution prior to this round?) [Satoshi probably thought he was safe behind the shield, but that blast made it through and hit him in the stomach like a heavy-weight boxer.] (No.) (But this is Kaede. He always assumes the worst of everything.) (What sort of condition does Saki look like she's in? Can she put up a fight?) (Well, we were already fighting. :P) (It's not a big assumption. ) (I second Katie's question and is time back to normal?) * Satoshi oofs and staggers backwards, winded. He gasps a few times, then manages to recover somewhat and takes another swing at her with the hose. 2d6-1 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Satoshi (2d6-1) and gets a natural 5 for a result of 4. [Satoshi returns the favor.] ( And no. ) ( And Saki's looking pretty darn hurt, but she's not unconscious yet. Or dead, either. ) [Shika grabs at the woman's arm again, more welts appearing. "You're going to regret messing with me, bitch! I've got power you... can't.. im... whu?" She lets go of the woman, swaying. "Why'm I... so...?" Shika collapses onto her side.] * Katie hesitates for a moment, then says, "I'm going to buy time." She runs for Saki and the male lover, unsheathing a carving knife. (Okay!) (Something tells me Shika hasn't pushed her power that far before. Or, you know, we're about to die.) (Either way!) (We can take a nice nap) ("It's the end of the world as we know it..." o/~) [Next round. And roll init now, 'cause this is getting too out of hand.] * Haruko eeps at Satoshi's damage and refocuses on her shield. "She's focused." She keeps the shield up and defending Satoshi and Kaede, should they continue to chose to fight from behind it. d6+6 d6+6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Satoshi (d6+6) and gets a natural 4 for a result of 10. * Dicesuke throws the bones for Katie (d6+6) and gets a natural 4 for a result of 10. d6+6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Haruko (d6+6) and gets a natural 2 for a result of 8. d6+6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Kaede (d6+6) and gets a natural 1 for a result of 7. d6+7 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Taki (d6+7) and gets a natural 2 for a result of 9. (We likes our init low) [Order: Female, Male, Saki, Satoshi, Katie, Taki, Haruko, Kaede] (We need to trick dicey into thinking our init rolls are normal rolls and vice versa.) [The female grins (and with her bloody mouth and missing teeth, it ain't pretty) tossing a wave of light at the field. "You're finished now."] [The shield holds! But it looks like Haruko's straining to keep it up.] * Haruko eeps again and heavily ripples but then stills slightly. "Are you really the best love has to offer? That was more like a teenage crush." [Meanwhile the male wraps his arms around Saki's throat and slams her head against the wall. Ouch.] [Saki's still conscious! Erm, but barely. She looks dazed from that last attack.] [Satoshi!] * Satoshi isn't terribly good at witty banter. Threats he can manage pretty well if he puts his mind to it. But what he's really good at is hitting things, and that's what he goes with again, taking another swing at the female Lover with the fire hose. 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Satoshi (2d6-3) and gets a natural 8 for a result of 5. [Unfortunately, this time the woman ducks underneath the hose as it passes.] [Katie!] * Katie tosses the sheath aside as she runs, quickly reaching the Lover and Saki. She wastes no words, too, as she attempts to slam her knife into his back - to the hilt, if at all possible. (I'm going to full attack like a crazy crazy person.) 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Katie (2d6-2) and gets a natural 6 for a result of 4. (Got it!) (That makes no sense. Katie isn't a crazy crazy person. Oh... wait.) (Oh yay! Taki gets to be frightened of Katie again.) (Hey, being strangled sucks! I know this! It happens to me a lot!) (Frightened but still inexplicably chasing after her?) (She loves the danger. And rejection.) [Katie slams her knife into his back, all right. He shudders, then lets Saki slump to the ground, facing Katie with murderous rage in his eyes.] (Crush first, then terror, then getting over terror by assigning all bad traits to !Katie.) [There's a "ding!" from the elevator.] * Katie takes a step back, leaving the knife there and reaching into her pocket. (Bets that it's Sho?) (Next floor: Deus ex Machina) (I'm betting on Marlon Brando. I also observe that betting without real money throws off the point. :P) ( You're all wrong. It's the entire military band stationed at Hiroshima. ) ( tubaguy's turn! ) (Fire at Love!) (Okay. I will have to leave soon, but if you guys wanna keep going, Satoshi will basically keep attacking the closest target with the fire hose.) (So if the female Lover goes down, he'll switch to the male.) (Next target: Kaede!) (Sweet!) (Satoshi gains +1 Level, Berserker.) * Kyon steps out of the elevators, wearing two swords, his normal one across one hip, and another larger one attached with belts to his side in a leather scabbard. He scans the scene, and shakes his head. "Definitely missed me." He then turns, draws his normal sword quickly, and stalks quickly over to the male with a quick thrust. (HI KYON. NICE TO SEE YOU, TOO.) (Yeah. Hey, you're the one I'm going to help. Where's the love?) (You're skewering it.) (*snerks*) (Damn, beat me to it. ;_;) (She's got a point.) 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Kyon (2d6-3) and gets -1, a CRITICAL SUCCESS!!! "Hey, a crit! Remember this next Christmas." (!) (... Good entrance.) (Well, no doubts there.) (...and a nice return it is.) (Kyon gains many badass points.) * Haruko squeals in glee. "Kyon!" (Wow, Haruko is, like, the Kyon fanclub.) * Taki blinks. "K. Kyon?! When'd?" * Kaede winces at Haruko's squeal. Haruko should never, ever, squeal again. (squeals) [Kyon stabs the male through the chest!... eww. It's like staking a vampire, but... not.] * Satoshi blinks. "Whoa. Wasn't expecting *that*." [Taki!] * Katie blinks at the skewering, then looks up at Kyon. "" * Taki stares at Kyon in shock for a moment and then runs over to see if Saki needs healing from the other magic artifact in the room. (In fairness to my bet, I think a young Marlon Brando could probably pull of a Kyon. His Japaneseness aside. ) [Saki is pretty durn hurt. But since neither opponent is actually dead... Haruko!] * Haruko keeps her wall up and continues mocking female Love. "Looks like you put your faith in the wrong man. Common mistake." [Kaede!] * Kaede does peer at Kyon though and deadpans "Nice to see you too" as he runs electricity through his wrench. [The atmosphere on the deck suddenly seems to change. Which is probably not good, as the female Lover fires a light blast at Haruko, who needs to defend.] (Change how?) (Wall. :P) (What she asked) (Aha.) (It's all moist!) [The blast penetrates Haruko's shield with an intensity it didn't have before, striking Haruko.] [The male Lover raises a hand and fires a similar blast at... Katie!] [Katie is blasted! Ouch!] * Katie tries to shield her face. It works, for whatever that's worth, but the rest of her is hit hard and she crumples over. HaruKATIE!! * Satoshi scowls at the attacks and attacks the female with renewed fury. [Satoshi!] 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Haruko (2d6-3) and gets a natural 7 for a result of 4. (Sweet, we know how to play him.) (He's a lump!) (Exactly!) [Satoshi smacks the woman with a fire hose. She's not looking too hot now.] [Katie!] (Have fun. Try not to get him killed, please. ;p) * Katie coughs and climbs back to her feet, slowly, as she reaches into her satchel and loosens the wrap around another knife. * Haruko cries out. "I can't block those." She keeps the shield up though. Aside from the fact its not her turn, presumably these aren't lover girl's best attacks. [Kyon!] (Katie needs a bandolier.) (... Yeah, that's inconspicuous.) (She's the only sword and we've just picked up The....) * Kyon pulls out the sword, takes a step back, and goes to stab him again, his eyes flashing red. 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Kyon (2d6-3) and gets a natural 6 for a result of 3. (We need an Arcana that packs a halberd.) [Kyon stabs him again, through the shoulder this time.] (S/he could claim he's in the halberd club if anyone asks.) [Taki!] * Kyon glances at Katie very briefly. "Overpriced souvenirs. Got you one anyway." He looks back, keeping on guard. (An Arcana with a sack of human teeth.) * Taki gestures at The Cup with her hand. "Katie! Are you alright? Doyouneedthis?" (Holding action until she responds.) [Haruko!] * Katie laughs slightly. "'m okay." * Taki nods and drops to her knees to bring The Cup to Saki's lips. * Haruko keeps her shield up, she's rippling more than a little, quite possibly in fear, but she keeps it up. However, she drops the clever comments. [Kaede!] * Kaede lets his eyes rest on the male lover for a second. "I think what she needs more is the person attacking her to stop." He dashes towards him and takes a swing. "Which is what I intend to do." * Haruko ripples a heck of a lot more when Kaede focuses his attention on guy lover. 2d6-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Kaede (2d6-4) and gets a natural 11 for a result of 7. 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Taki (2d6) and gets a natural 4 for a result of 4. [Kaede whiffs.] (Shoulda full attacked.) [Taki doesn't! Which is good. Saki's wounds heal pretty quickly. Also good.] [And the atmosphere changes again, and the wounds on both Lovers start to close as well.] [The female throws another blast at Satoshi!] (That a penetrating blast?) [And the male goes for Kyon, this time.] ( Yep ) 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Kyon (2d6) and gets a natural 4 for a result of 4. 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Haruko (2d6) and gets a natural 5 for a result of 5. [Kyon ripostes and parries and all that other fancy fencing terminology's out of the way.] (Riposte is when you counter. :P) [Satoshi does not. Ouch.] (That wouldn't bring him down, right? He's still got a DR.) (Satoshi takes it like a lump!) ( No, but he's hurting. ) (/me nods.) * Satoshi grimaces in pain but looks ready to resume the fire hose beating. [Saki screams suddenly, her eyes burning with a blue energy like they were on fire. Similar bluish demon wings sprout from her back as she gets up, wraps her arms around the male's throat, and skyrockets upward, slamming his head into the ceiling.] [She then plunges back to the ground with him, landing on top of him and throwing punch after punch at his face, screaming and rage, and possibly pain, the entire time.] [Satoshi!] * Satoshi tries to get some payback for that last blast. * Taki doesn't even finish jumping to her feet before she reflexively teleports across the room. 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Haruko (2d6-3) and gets a natural 4 for a result of 1. [Satoshi smacks her across the head, and she goes down.] (She still healing now that she's down?) [And that actually pretty much ends combat. The female Lover suddenly changes into a much younger girl. About your ages. In fact, she's wearing a Seiryuu Girl's School uniform.] [And the male isn't regenerating fast enough to keep up with Saki's sudden fury.] * Satoshi smiles. "Goal..." He frowns to see its someone else and then puts his hand to his wounded side. * Katie backs away from Saki and lover boy, covering her ears and obviously in pain herself. [Her body is hiding his upper half, but there's a lot of snapping sounds and blood flying that can't be good.] Saki! They'rrre possessing people! Don't kill him! (Sweet, nobody got thrown out the window!) (Also, he hasn't changed back yet, has he?) * Taki starts to turn fairly green at the noises. [Saki doesn't look like she can hear.] * Kaede flicks his wrench to the side, electricity winking out. "You always had a knack for timing, Kyon." [Or comprehend, rather.] (Does lover boy look like a threat at all at the moment?) ( And you know what, Hinako was conscious the whole time, too. I forgot. >.> ) (Lover boy is getting turned inside out) (Well, she was... uh, cowering.) ( He's not much of a threat. ) [Hinako stares widely. "No... Did she revert back to what she was?"] * Haruko throws her whole wall of water at Saki. It won't hurt her, but might snap her out of it. Should I try to restrain her? * Kaede looks at Hinako and rubs his head. "Yes? You're making that sound like it's bad." Pause. "It IS bad, isn't it?" * Satoshi moves closer to Saki, but not in collateral damage range just yet. [It does! Sorta. She stops hitting the boy (he's a boy now) and rises, turning to face you with those burning eyes that make Hinako scream.] * Taki starts to shake. "S...Saki?" * Haruko puts her wall up in front of Satoshi. * Kaede glances at Saki. "Oh. You mean her." * Katie removes her hands, slowly, and then looks up to stare back at Saki. ["That's exactly what happened," SOMEONE says. And Saki is suddenly tossed hard against a wall. Her body goes limp, losing its light, and then flies out over the balcony.] Taki... keep evacuating people.... Oh... No! Saki! * Kyon flicks his sword to the side, holds it with the point out and low, and rocks back on his heels, scanning for whoever said that. * Kaede sighs. "Figures." he tries to look for the source of the voice. [It hovers there, seemingly suspended by nothing, until a familiar figure appears out of thin air, his arm around her waist.] * Haruko hurriedly follows her mentor and turns to find the new potential threat. * Katie runs for the balcony, covering ground very quickly, and reaches a hand out to- she stops when that happens. (Ah, now Marlon Brando. Nobody else hovers like that.) * Taki doesn't move from where she's standing. ["It wasn't easy, but I finally managed to unleash the demon within," Sho says, running a hand through his hair. "No thanks to you. You almost screwed it up."] (Obviously, you never saw Island of Dr. Moreau, Greg.) * Katie blinks. "Don't you usually take the elevator?" ( Raul Julia did ) ( He was M. Bison XD ) (He was in with Kyon.) * Satoshi hurriedly looks over. If he was relieved to not have to fight her the appearance of Sho more than balances it out. (I have not yet seen it.) * Kaede then looks on at Sho and sighs, running his fingers through his hair. "Yep. Still figures." Tha...that wasn't supposed to... (Kaede mirrors Sho. Hm.) * Haruko drops her shield, moving it between them and Sho as soon as she can. ["You can keep the corpses, if you want. I've got what I need." He vanishes again, taking Saki with him, this time.] (You haven't figured out Kaede's secret yet?) * Katie opens her mouth, then closes it. (Nah, we already know he's gay. ;p) She... she wasn't supposed to... it's not... * Kyon blows out a breath. "Right. Your plans nearly asunder, and we get the cleanup." You weren't to know, Taki. Don't worry about it. * Haruko takes human form and then quickly tries to do a triage on the situation. "We can't worry about her now. We've got people to tend to." [Hinako stares. "I... I..."] * Katie turns so she can see the others. "It is." She walks over to the boy (is he wearing a uniform, too?) and kneels, rolling him onto his stomach. (Any signs that we're out of judged world?) But... but... she's... she's not supposed to be that Saki. * Kaede looks around at the carnage. "We're dealing with Arcana here. Nothing's "supposed" to be at *all*" [The boy is! In fact, it's a Sakuragaoka uniform! He's Kenji Imano, a boy who went missing sometime waaaaay back in early January.] Winston said once that there were three. Or maybe they just combined. [He isn't breathing, and is awfully bloody.] (Mystery solved we win!) [The girl isn't breathing either. But strangely, she's not bloody at all.] * Katie asks, vaguely annoyed, "*Which* Saki?" She reaches to the boy's neck to check his pulse and pauses a moment, then says, "Great." That... that was supposed to be the sane one... nottheonethatburntmyeyeout! ( Gimme awareness checks, +2 ) * Kyon wipes off his sword, and puts it away, looking from the boy to the girl with a scowl. * Haruko staggers over to Taki. She's in pretty bad shape herself. "I'll take the cup, you've risked yourself enough." 2d6+2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Kyon (2d6+2) and gets a natural 6 for a result of 8. 2d6+2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Haruko (2d6+2) and gets a natural 4 for a result of 6. 2d6+2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Taki (2d6+2) and gets a natural 7 for a result of 9. 2d6+2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Haruko (2d6+2) and gets a natural 6 for a result of 8. 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Kaede (2d6) and gets a natural 10 for a result of 10. I know. She pulled my girlfriend's heart out in front of me. (Senses apply?) ( If you make it, gimme a medical (diagnosis) roll. ) ( Nah, not really. Oh, but visual arts would. ) ( She pulled out my heart? Oh wait, that's fantasy world, not past world.) * Taki makes no effort to resist Haruko getting the cup, she doesn't move to give it to her either, in fact she shudders after Katie's statement and drops it. 2d6-6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Katie (2d6-6) and gets a natural 6 for a result of 0. 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Katie (2d6-2) and gets a natural 4 for a result of 2. 2d6-1 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Haruko (2d6-1) and gets a natural 4 for a result of 3. * Haruko picks up the cup. Am I the only one that hasn't had a past self yet? (Kyon?) [Hinako rises. "I've been decieved."] * Katie frowns and pulls her knife from the boy's back, getting blood everywhere. She holds it out to Kyon. "" (Kyon's the old lady, but I don't know if it's been revealed yet.) (Hasn't been; the only one who knows that is Satoshi.) (Still, y'know, it's Kyon. They just ASSUME he knows.) * Haruko bites her lips. "They're yellow. Okay... I guess I'll try the cup." Some water from the ground flies up into it. She bends down next to lover girl and tries the grail. She has to know. (Boost) 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Haruko (2d6) and gets a natural 3 for a result of 3. Yellow? [It don't work.] * Kyon shakes his head at Kaede. "Not me." He takes the knife from Katie, pulls a cloth from inside his jacket, and cleans off the knife with it. "" Look at their skin and their veins. Curses.... * Haruko then focuses on the other wounded and tries to find if any of them are at immediate risk of dying. * Taki wraps her arms around herself. * Kaede does so and looks them over. * Satoshi glances outside to see if we're still in judged world. (When are we starting from next week? I'll see if we can write out Haruko and Satoshi.) ( Monday ) [You are not!] * Katie turns the boy back over, checking his eyes, hands, and throat. "" She switches languages. "They were drugged. I think over a long time." (So afternoon, the next day.) What? ( Yep ) * Haruko looks over at the sound of her name. * Haruko then nods at Katie's Japanese explanation. We're back in the real world. So they were controlled. * Kyon nods quickly. "" Alright, I'll do what I can for the wounded and we'll get an ambulance. Think I know what I'll be doing tomorrow. * Katie gets to her feet. "" She looks up at Kyon and smiles bitterly. "" * Haruko staggers over to check out Takeo's condition. * Satoshi looks at Haruko in concern. "You going to be up for going to the hospital in your condition?" * Kaede lets out a breath. "This has all gone to hell pretty quickly." * Taki shakes her head slightly, and then snaps it around. "We... we have to get out of here." Well, I could use a bit of help. * Katie holds her hand out for her knife back. I'll go with you. ::He looks over his wounds:: Assuming you heal me first. * Kyon nods quickly again, and scowls. "" He offers Katie the knife back hilt first. (And this is why Taki and Satoshi are going to break up BEFORE things reach SAB.) * Katie takes it. "" She picks up her sheath and puts the knife away. * Haruko nods. "Rest of you can figure out what we do next." She then gives Kyon a weak smile and a bow. "I'm so glad you're back." * Haruko then grins slightly. "Except for the fact that everyone's talking in english." [Session End]