[Day: Wednesday, April 19th. Time: 2:50 p.m.] [Weather: Warm and sunny! Almost not a cloud to be seen.] [After some breaking-and-entering at the police station (or all places) yesterday, you wind up at the lockers.] [Session Start] * Haruko walks down the hall with a spring in her step. * Katie is sitting in the hall. By her locker. Heeey, locker. Lockers are cool. She's doodling. It's old school. * Haruko smiles as she arrives. "Hi Katie. Have a good night?" * Katie looks up at Haruko, checking her eyes, then goes back to her doodling. "Looks like you did." * Haruko grins. "Very much. There was a hitch or two, which was to be expected, but I accomplished my goals." There's an obvious note of pride in her voice. * Taki walks up the hall, because her locker is rather inconveniently next to the rest of the first years. She looks worried, but not dead tired on her feet, which has been the standard for days after field troubles. ( All day, people have been coming up to Satoshi and telling him to break up with me. I don't see how it's even the principal's business!) * Katie flicks her eyes to take in Taki briefly. "Maybe we can talk about it somewhere that isn't here." (By the by, we do have something to do for plot soon, and that's check out Hiromi Nekotami.) ( Oh jeez, I forgot all about that. ) (That's what I'm here for.) * Haruko nods. "Right. We can talk while we go looking for Hiromi Nekotami." (Refresh my memory. Who's that again?) (Which school is she at?) (http://besm.sandwich.net/ARC/logs/arcana186a.txt) (The person Eriko told us to check out.) ( She's at Seiryuu, the... yeah. ) * Satoshi is slightly late getting out of class, and thus only arrives at his locker now. He waves to the group. I remember now. * Taki nods and then notices Katie's sketchpad. She does a poor job of discreetly looking at it. * Satoshi is slightly late getting out of class, and thus only arrives at his locker now. He waves to the group. * Haruko waves back. * Taki unintentionally snubs her boyfriend. He should have a bell or something to keep him from sneaking up on her when she's looking at other people. (By other people, we of course mean Katie. :P) (Of course.) (But she could be talking to Kaede and not notice.) Hi Satoshi. Heya, Katie. * Taki shakes her head after a moment of over the shoulder gazing and finds Satoshi. "Ah... hi." And with that she walks over to him. * Katie doodles. Doodling is fun. * Haruko happily bounces lightly on her feet. "After we find Saki, I wonder if Kyon would provide drinks for the party. In case I can't convince Eriko to." ... Party? * Taki stares at Haruko. "Wha... what party?" What they said. * Haruko nods and glances both ways. When she satisfies herself that people aren't walking up to her she looks back to the group. "If we're still alive after finding Saki, I think it merits a celebration. With inebriation." This is an excuse for you to get drunk? Oh my yes. * Kyon comes down the hall, carrying his sports bag over one shoulder, and looking down at a list he's holding in his hand, then up as he makes his way towards the lockers. It's okay. Getting Haruko drunk doesn't cost a lot of money. * Katie spots Kyon (what a surprise) and waves. * Taki says in a small voice. "I...don't think I want to know." What? She's a happy drunk. * Kaede rubs his head as he walks down the hall, carrying his kaban in tow. He's walking fairly slowly down the hall. * Kyon uses his off hand to wave back tersely to Katie as he gets to the group, then nods quickly to Haruko. What is the list for? * Haruko smiles and nods at Katie's statement. She then acknowledges Kyon's arrival with a nod and slight bow of her own. * Taki waves at people coming down the hall and ignores Katie. * Kyon shrugs quickly. "The list of young officers on the police force from yesterday. With the other information, might not be necessary, but should be thorough." 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Kaede (2d6) and gets a natural 10 for a result of 10. ( You can speak to Hiromi today if you want. Or at least head down there. I remembered what I was going to do with that. ) ( Or just wait till next week since it's kinda late. Just sayin' ) * Haruko then looks over Kaede as he walks up. "Is there anything you want to talk about here, or should we get headed to Seiryuu?" (Well, we could talk while we head there. If we need to cut before arrival, so be it.) * Katie sets her pencil and notepad on the floor, then she digs through her backpack a little and comes up with an envelope. She checks the contents and hands it up to Kyon. * Haruko glances over at the exchange then looks back to Kaede. * Kyon looks up from the list at Haruko coolly, then over to Katie. He takes the envelope with his free hand, and smirks at her. "A present? Should I open it now?" * Katie smiles faintly. "Sure." * Taki watches Kyon. * Haruko notes the cool look and winces slightly. She then continues to await Kaede's answer. * Kaede rubs his head and, as he gets closer, looks fairly tired. His eyes are bloodshot. "Stupid encrypted files..." * Kyon opens the envelope, and looks inside appraisingly at the contents before tugging on it more so he can examine the contents better. * Haruko grimaces. "Ouch. So nothing just yet?" She then looks to Kyon but lets him handle the envelop before saying anything more. * Kyon looks halfway up from the pictures at Katie. "She the girl in question?" * Haruko glances over at Katie with an impressed look. "You've already got research? Great!" Haruko is sensible enough to keep her voice down despite her enthusiasm. Little. Saki's mentioned a lot in them. Also, Matthias and Takashi were mentioned..." * Kaede shakes his head. "They're on the lookout for Tenjirou too. But they're all unsent. So the dear sergeant might not be planning to DO anything about them." * Haruko glances back at Kaede. "The mentions of Saki, Matthias, and Takashi are in the covered up records? Huh. It sounds like they aren't just covering for druggies. * Taki quickly looks at Kaede when Tenjirou's name is mentioned. "Uhm... wern't... wern't we going to go someplace else?" Well. Saki's in the covered up ones mostly. Mostly case files. He "misfiled" them so people wouldn't find them. Like I said, sloppy. Very. The rest he might be planning to send, just hasn't gotten around to it yet. * Kyon nods quickly, and looks up from the envelope at Katie. "Ride with me. Can talk on the way there." (Agh, my line should go before Kaede's second one.) (Oooh, Haruko will be very sad. ;p) * Haruko nods. "Ah. Were the Saki ones all drug related?" Haruko flits her eyes over to Kyon and stops bouncing on her feet. She makes no comment though. (Poor Haruko and Taki, Kyon is running off with both of their true loves. ;p) (Haruko can find a new true love though. ;P) (Damn ;p) (She's fickle^H^H^H^H^H^H resilient.) Yes. Oh, they also don't have any names. But the descriptions are clear enough. * Katie picks up her stuff and rises to her feet. She nods to Kyon as she adjusts her satchel strap. * Kaede glances over at Kyon and Katie. "Did I miss something?" I... don't know. * Kyon smirks down at Kaede. "Always." He turns on his heel and starts stalking off down the hall towards his bike. Don't worry about it, Kaede. I'll show you later. * Katie heads after Kyon. * Haruko nods. "Ah, then it could still be primarily a drug cover up. Hiding information about the rest of the Arcana might be secondary." * Kaede frowns slightly as he watches them go but says nothing. * Haruko then comments under her breath. "I lay no claim to the boy, but please do leave me the bike most of the time." She turns over to Katie and sweetly waves goodbye. * Taki shakes her head again and looks up at Satoshi. "I guess we're taking the subway." As usual. (Which school are we going to again?) (Seiryuu) ( Seiryuu ) (Seiry- yes.) (Thanks.) ( I'll pick easier names in the sequel. "Westminster Abbey High" ) (Yay easier names!) (That'll sound weird in Japan, though.) ( Pfft. www.engrish.com yo ) (No, not in Japanese. Just a name like that in Japan.) ( Don't worry, it has a sister school. "Eastminster Abbey High" ) ( Then for the Suikoden fans there's Gregminster Abbey High. ) (*Slaps Brett with Greater Upper Lower Middleton) * Haruko gets walking to the subway. "Well, there's nothing wrong with the subway. I guess." * Haruko doesn't sound confident in that assertion. Public transportation is a very important service. * RowynAway has quit IRC (Read error: Connection reset by peer ) * Haruko nods vigorously on that. "It's true. It keeps the roads from being way more crowded." * Taki takes Satoshi's hand and walks. "And... is faster than walking." * Satoshi lets Taki take his hand, but he doesn't really squeeze back or anything. * Haruko glances back to Kaede. "So, would you want to come to an 'after finding Saki' party? There'd be drinks." Her mood brightens again as she asks. * Kaede stares. "That's...rather sudden, isn't it?" * Haruko shrugs. "That's why I'm asking in advance." 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Katie (2d6) and gets a natural 3 for a result of 3. Why would we want to have a party? To celebrate surviving finding Saki. * Haruko heads down into the subway tunnels. She pays her fare and such. * Kaede looks from Taki to Satoshi and back, shrugs and then glances at Haruko, saying to them. "Where are we headed anyways?" Seiryuu, I think. Seiryuu... I think. (Ha) (I am not reading your mind. Honest. ^_~) For? Correct. Eriko had suggested that we find out more about Hiromi Nekotami. She goes there. * Taki looks up at Satoshi and smiles before letting go of his hand to dig out some money. Hiromi Nekotami... * Kaede tries to think for a moment. Rings a bell? * Kaede shakes his head. "I was trying to think...although..." He frowns suddenly and looks off to the side. Although? You said Seiryuu, right? Yep. * Taki looks at Kaede. "Was... there something in the files you found?" * Haruko waits down at the platform. Not that I remember. It was mostly...*shakes his head slightly and looks up* It has been a while since we've last heard from Remi, hasn't it? Not that long. She was at the Tower remember? I even gave her Lord of the Flies to read. * Kaede looks up. "She was taking the drugs too, you remember..." * Taki nods slowly. * Haruko nods. "Although she didn't mention them at all when I talked to her. It was more like she was going through withdrawal at that point. That's part of why I wanted her in therapy." * Haruko gets on the train when it arrives. * Taki silently follows Haruko on and tries to find two empty seats next to eachother. * Kaede looks up for a second. "She..." He can't seem to finish and just goes to find himself a seat. * Haruko looks over to Kaede. She gently asks, "What is it?" * Kaede shakes his head. "Nothing." * Taki looks down and seems to be studying her feet, and possibly how much larger Satoshi's are than hers. Are you sure? I won't press further. But I do intend to keep trying to help her. She's made a lot of bad choices, but she's also had a lot of bad luck. * Kaede replies quietly. "A lot of it was just blatantly stupid." But his heart doesn't seem fully in it. He looks down. That's true. At times both stupid and cruel. * Kaede doesn't respond to that. * Haruko waits a few more moments to see if Kaede will say anything more. She eventually decides he won't. "I'm not wise enough to help her, but I think I can get her to someone that can. I'll let you know what happens." [Gonna end!]