[Day: Thursday, April 21th. Time: 4:00 p.m.] [Weather: Rainy and Chilly] [You're still at the lockers! This is the longest 'at the lockers' sequence since the start of the game. Kaede's already gone for the day. Haruko just left, too. The rest of you haven't moved since. Pretty exciting, huh?] [Session Start] * WeightofTaki is so totally still sleeping, and proving conclusively that no matter what position she falls asleep in, she doesn't snore. * Kyon tugs out his cell phone, blows out a breath irritatedly, and flips it open. He stabs a couple of buttons, and looks at a number. [There's several numbers in Kyon's cell phone.] * Rowyn is now known as Kaede * Kyon looks out the window, and hits the button that calls Hiromi. 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Kyon (2d6) and gets a natural 7 for a result of 7. * Kyon closes his eyes. "Hey. What are you up to?" * Satoshi sits down next to Taki but doesn't try to wake her up. * Kyon nods tersely. "What do you tutor them in, again?" * WeightofTaki has her ~!boyfriend next to her, but doesn't open her eyes. (My mind translates that as "approximately not-boyfriend.") (That would be about right given how their relationship is going right now and Taki's probable lack of action before it's far, far too late.) (They need to talk. However, they can't talk if Taki's not awake!) (See!) * Katie walks down the hall towards the lot of them. She's subdued and clearly thinking, but she's not crying. A good sign? (Infinite postponement of breaking up.) (Taki wins by inaction.) (Also infinite postponment of going out) * Kyon cocks his head to see her, and raises an eyebrow, still waiting for a response. "Hello? Still there?" Must be quite the scholar, then. * Katie stops with the others and looks around, then down at Satoshi. "Fun, huh?" * Satoshi looks up at her. "Yep." It go okay? * Katie sighs a little. "More or less. We're friends again." That's good, right? * Katie nods. Yeah, it's good. * Kyon nods tersely to Katie, and continues, "Wondering if you have time to meet up later today. Could meet up after you're done tutoring, and practice is through." * Kyon nods quickly. "Can't just now. Maybe in a few hours? 7:30 or so?" Right. I'll drop you a message with the place to meet in a bit. Can confirm that way. * Satoshi looks over at Taki again. "I'm worried about her. She always seems to be sleeping nowadays. Is she really draining herself that much?" * Katie looks down at Taki. "I think so. It's not normal to be that tired." * Katie kneels and checks her temperature and pulse. * Kyon nods quickly. "Right. Later." * Taki is a bit cold and has a slow pulse, about normal for somebody in a deep sleep really. * Kyon flips the phone closed, and shoves it back in his pocket. "Can't do much that way." She's out. * Katie looks up at Kyon. "" * Kyon gestures with his chin at Taki. "" * Katie makes a little clucking sound. "Any other ideas, then?" * Satoshi sighs. * Katie frowns a little after she says that, then frowns even more deeply. * Kyon cocks his head. "What?" * Kyon looks down the hall again. "Got the name of the police detective's girl?" Oh, her? Yeah. I came up with an idea. I don't like it. ...what? 2d8-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Kaede (2d8-2) and gets a natural 15 for a result of 13. * Katie looks down, closes her eyes, and takes a breath. She lets it out slowly. "Tenjirou." * Kyon cocks his head. "Thought you didn't know where he was." We know who does. * Kyon nods tersely. "People who don't like you. From what you said." Why can't he just go *away*? Because he won't die. * Katie says that very simply. "And they do hate me." But it's a chance. Maybe we can't talk to him, but we can talk to them. * Katie fiddles with her strap a bit, then says, "It's Akari Toshibara, by the way." * Kyon rolls his shoulders against the lockers, and looks down at Katie. "Think I could negotiate with them? Or we beyond that?" Them? Maybe you can. * Kyon shrugs quickly. "Can we get the information from them without going through to him? He's not a reliable source." * Katie shakes her head. "I don't know. I don't know anybody else we could get in touch with... the girl who was caught that Kaede talked to probably doesn't know anything." * Kyon closes his eyes, and pushes himself against the lockers. "Got the drug dealer and Chikako lined up to talk with this evening. Can avoid the drug dealer girl if these people have the info we need." That's luck. I can call Kaede and ask him. * Kyon shakes his head quickly. "Got time constraints. So we should open as many lines as we can handle." * Kyon cocks his head. "Ask him for what? He have their contact info?" 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Kaede (2d6-2) and gets 10, a CRITICAL FAILURE!!! "Looks like your thread just got cut. Sorry." (...) (THANKS KATE.) (Welcome! ^_^) (...) (Oh lord.) (Note to self: Aaron will probably suffer horrible fate next KS session.) The girl in the cell. (Does anybody know where that session *is*?) ( Hahahahahahahaha no ) (Isn't it in her peopleguide entry?) (My browser crashed. >_<) (But it's Yurika Miataka I believe.) (62?) * Kyon considers that for a few moments, and then nods. "Might be an easier in than the connection I'm making now." It could be. I don't think it'll work. * Katie pulls out her phone, just the same, and dials Kaede. [No answer!] * Kyon rocks himself off the lockers, and stretches. "Got the contact info for the Nine of Cups group?" * Katie frowns a little and hangs up. "Akemi does." * Katie looks down at her phone and turns it in her hands. * Kyon smirks down at her. "And your phone scares you when it wants to connect with her?" No, I just... couldn't talk to Kaede. Something can be wrong. Like what? What brings down phones normally? Oh, I thought you meant he wasn't answering, not that his phone wasn't working. * Kyon shrugs quickly. "Couldn't talk, or he didn't pick up?" Is it totally off? * Katie shrugs and tries dialing Kaede again. [Katie gets a busy signal.] * Katie sighs to herself, hangs up, and dials again. * Kyon shakes his head quickly, and smirks. "Think you can force it through?" I can keep calling all day. It should work eventually, right? * Kyon rolls his eyes. "Your cell phone has a setting that tells you when the number's free. Use your technology." 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Kaede (2d6) and gets a natural 7 for a result of 7. What? I can barely call people with this thing. * Katie puts it to her ear. "Kaede, is everything okay?" 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Kaede (2d6) and gets a natural 9 for a result of 9. * Katie blinks. "... Okay. I'll wait." * Katie hangs up. There's a 'situation'. That involves someone half naked. And Akemi. * Kyon smirks. "And they're not the same person?" * Katie laughs a little. "I don't think so." [End!]