[Day: Friday, April 22nd. Time: 2:50 p.m.] [Weather: Warm, kinda nice. Clear skies.] * Rowyn is now known as Kaede [You gather together at the lockers! Lotta stuff happened yesterday. More stuff today, maybe? Kyon will fill you in.] [Session Start] (What happened to me?) (I ate you.) (Oooh. Okay.) ( You went home? >.> ) (Well, I didn't know if you had Katie go home or not. :P) ( Now you do! ) ( She dropped Taki off first. ) * Haruko walks down the hallway. She's wearing her duster and is humming 'The Sun Will Come Out Tomorrow.' * Katie is at her locker and getting her stuff. Mmm, stuff. * Kaede walks to the locker, looking fairly tired. He goes to get his own stuff. * Satoshi approaches the meeting spot! He looks like he didn't sleep at all. He also appears to be looking for someone, and relaxes slightly when he doesn't see that person. * Katie finishes, then looks over and catches people in the eye. She smiles a little. "Hi." Hey. * Haruko stops humming and looks to Satoshi. She walks up and hugs him. * Katie blinks. Did I miss something? * Satoshi awkwardly hugs her back, then looks over at Katie. "I broke up with Taki yesterday." ( So now I'm free to pursue my true love! Kyon's bike! Wait, I wasn't supposed to say that last bit out loud.) * Katie makes a little oh, both in face and sound. "" * Haruko holds for a moment, and assuming Satoshi seems ready disengages. (No, that's *Haruko's* true love.) ( Skank!) (You're just using her to get to it.) * Kaede just looks over at Satoshi. He looks somewhat surprised, but not entirely. Thanks. It was hard, but... yeah. I don't really have anything insightful to say. * Katie reaches over and takes Satoshi's hand, squeezing it. It's good for you. How was she? * Satoshi very gently squeezes back. "She didn't want to believe it at first. She took it hard. I feel like scum." You're not. * Satoshi almost-smiles. "I know. Doesn't mean I can't feel like it, though." There wasn't an easy way. But there was an honorable way, and you took it. * Katie nods. "And I think it's good for both of you." * Haruko glances around for any signs of Taki. She tries to be subtle in doing so. * Kaede lets out a breath. "Scum aside, do you feel it was right?" Yes, I do. * Taki is far up the hall, dragging her feet like she really doesn't want to arrive where she's going. Her visible eye is red and puffy, and in general she doesn't look she's having a great day. Then... I think that's all there is to it. (And Gryph: Official count is... 95 people. On one sheet of paper.) * Haruko looks at Satoshi and nods in agreement with his comment. She then strides in Taki's direction.. * Katie lets go of Satoshi's hand and turns to watch Taki approach. * Taki gets closer, it's like watching a zombie, only she probably doesn't want to eat your tasty brains. (Probably. Maybe she does.) * Haruko reaches to take Taki's hand. In a quiet voice she says, "Hey, you weren't taking calls last night." ( Katie Andrews! I am now free! I would date with thee!) (* Stabs Rowyn with an icesword) * Taki looks at Haruko. "I... don't want to talk about it." * Satoshi watches Taki out of the corner of his eye. He seems concerned, even if he can't look at her straight. * Haruko nods. "That's okay. I'm here when you're ready." She squeezes Taki's hand. * Taki looks away. "Thanks, Haruko." * Kyon turns the corner at the far end of the hall, and stalks down towards the lockers. He's got a larger bag than his usual sports bag with him, slung across his back, and a couple of maps in one hand. * Haruko nods and lets go unless Taki is griping back at all. * Kaede looks over at Taki and then folds his arms, closing his eyes and leaning against the locker. "Have any of you seen Yorihisa today?" * Katie catches Kyon in the eye. "Hi Kyon. And no, I didn't." (... catches him with what?) (With a sharpened pencil.) (Yes!) Nope, sorry. * Haruko shakes her head. * Taki doesn't grip Haruko back, she just keeps waking forward. * Kaede looks up at Katie. "That girl last night pulled the Empress." * Kyon nods curtly to Katie as he comes up to them, and drops the bag at his feet as he leans up against a free locker. He surveys the scene coolly, and then listens to Kaede. "Which girl?" * Katie blinks. "Wait, what? The girl who showed up at your door?" * Kaede nods to Katie, then gestures to Kyon. "Girl ended up on my doorstep last night. Unconscious, half-naked, and with a dozen or so arcana tattoos all over her body that "just appeared" one day. She showed up in a field." * Kyon turns his head to look at Kaede sidewise. "She in the field already? Was it hers?" Not sure. She had no idea she was Arcana. * Haruko keeps pace with Taki. "Although she knew about powers. Yorihisa in particular." Which is why I'm looking for him. He's never around when you want him and always around when you don't. Did you check the lab? Not yet. I wanted to check in first. * Kaede rubs the back of his neck. "I feel like a lap dog." You walk too much to be a lapdog. Should I be running? * Katie shrugs and glances at Taki. * Kaede looks at Taki strangely. "I could go check on Yorihisa now though while you work things out..." * Kyon turns his gaze back towards Kaede. "Right. But quickly. Got something big here." * Satoshi looks at Kyon. "What's that?" The date panned out? * Kyon nods curtly. "Got the location of the main drug facility." * Kaede starts to go but hesitates for a second. "Where?" * Katie looks interested. * Taki blinks and shakes her head, catches sight of Satoshi, and then looks away. * Kyon smirks. "Osaka. Never could trust Kansai." * Haruko 's tone gets somber. "We should say our goodbyes and get going then. I'm not sure Yorihisa is worth the time." ( It's the Toyotomi's fault! Err, somehow. ) * Katie frowns a little. I need to figure out what to tell my family. ... And change. But yeah, there isn't a lot of time. It can wait, certainly. * Taki wraps her arms around herself. * Kaede rubs his head slightly. "I'm going to have to remember to do something when I get back though." * Kyon looks back and forth between Taki and Satoshi, and shrugs disinterestedly. "Got her to show me where it was on the map, got the address. I'm packed. Can go whenever you can settle it." * Haruko 's tone is rather fatalistic. "Tell them you love them." She looks to Kyon. "Should I call Eriko now?" Good for you, but let me pack. How long do you think? Session Time: Fri Nov 03 00:00:00 2006 * Kyon shrugs quickly. "Osaka means there are bullet trains every fifteen minutes. Can catch it whenever you're ready. Sooner the better." * Haruko nods and waits for a response. I can get ready pretty fast. * Kyon looks over at Haruko sidewise. "She coming along? What about the kendo captain?" They're both there already. Guess the lead they had was better than they thought. * Taki swallows. "I... I want... about an hour, andsomebodytocomewithme." * Satoshi does not volunteer. I will. * Katie nods. * Kyon scowls. "They're in Osaka already? Right. Call them to let them know we know where to go, and that you'll call from the train with an ETA." Right. * Taki looks at Haruko. "Thanks, I mean that." * Katie shoulders her satchel and heads for the door. "I'll let you know when I'm ready. Should be fast." * Haruko smiles. "You don't have to thank me." She then calls Eriko. I'll need to place some calls. Nanami won't be pleased, but...eh. Just remember to say your goodbyes. It's important. * Kyon nods quickly. "Can meet up at Tokyo station by the south side bullet train ticket counter." * Haruko nods at Kyon's comment. Okay. * Katie opens the door and leaves! * Kaede looks at Haruko strangely, then goes to get his bike. I've got news. Call me back ASAP. ::She hangs up:: I didn't want to say too much until I know I have her. * Taki nods. * Haruko doesn't seem surprised by Kaede's look. She glances to Taki. "Let's go." * Taki nods again and walks towards the doors. [One spinning Arcana logo later, you arrive at the station! A familiar- looking blue-haired girl and her cronies are already there waiting. Hiromi looks irritated at first, but puts on a smile when she spots Kyon.] * Kyon reshoulders his bag, and makes his way towards her. "Hey. Got my message. Good." * Katie is there! She has her satchel. She's also wearing normalish clothes: jeans, a dark shirt, and her gray overcoat. * Kaede 's changed into normal clothes as well. He doesn't look too pleased but... [She nods. "I wouldn't miss this for the world. And these must be your followers!" She waves at the rest of you.] * Haruko looks bemused and waves back. "That I am." * Kyon is now wearing his dark orange leather jacket, dark blue jeans and a grey shirt with dark blue Thai writing on it. He smirks. "You want an introduction?" * Satoshi does do a lot of following, true. * Taki shows up in normal clothing, with her battered jacket, a stiff upper lip, and Haruko, but without two feet of hair. Followers is a relative term. ( http://gryphon.sandwich.net/new.gif ) [She shrugs. "If you think we need to, okay."] * Katie chuckles a little. * Haruko has switched clothes. She's now got on the studded jeans. She actually had them in her backpack, so she didn't have to go home for them. * Kyon shrugs quickly. "Your call. They can introduce themselves." * Satoshi glances over at Taki, boggles briefly, then tries to compose himself. [Hiromi nods to her goons. "Same here." None of the goons seem very forthcoming, however.] Yes. We can feed ourselves too. We are wonders of evolution. * Taki doesn't look at Satoshi, in fact she's putting a lot of effort into avoiding looking at him. Haruko Kinsha. ::she smirks, she's been practicing like a good henchwoman:: Mechanic extraordinaire. * Katie rolls her eyes, then looks at Hiromi. "I'm Katie." [Taki spots an ad for ZOOCH! Cola.] * Kyon smirks back over his shoulder at Kaede. "Then you already got your food?" * Taki speaks up. "Taki." * Haruko smirks a bit more when Katie rolls her eyes. [Hiromi nods. "I'll remember your names. You'll probably be seeing me a lot, by the way."] * Kaede adjusts his glasses and tilts his head to the side, ignoring Kyon and putting his hands in his jeans. "Takeuchi." I'm sure. Satoshi Watanabe. Kyon likes you, right? Then we probably will. [Hiromi beams. "Uh huh!"] I know we've been seeing more of Kyon than we'd like. * Kyon looks back at Katie with a smirk. "That's always been true." He turns to regard the ticket counter. "Get tickets yet?" * Katie glances at Kyon and resists the urge to stick her tongue out at him. * Haruko snickers. "Speak for yourself. And no, we were busy." She glances to Taki. She then gives Kyon enough for two tickets and takes Taki's hand. "C'mon, lets get dinners to carry on. Anyone else need me to pick something up?" * Taki shakes her head, and then looks uncomfortable as it just doesn't feel like it should. [Hiromi nods and holds up two tickets. Awwww.] (Her henchmen ride in the baggage car) I'm okay, thanks. Sure. Just get... anything, really. I'll pay you back. * Haruko nods. One special American Bonus Extra Dinner for Katie. A little taste of what some demented person thinks her home is. * Kyon nods quickly, takes the money, and goes over to the ticket counter to procure the appropriate tickets. (It contains a 1/16th bound burger without lettuce and frys) (Wow. They actually called something "American Bonus Extra Dinner for Katie"?) ( OMG this is CRAP.) * Haruko then drags off Taki. She and Haruko will be getting dinners with ice cream, thank you. [Haruko gets a watermelon filled with vanilla] * Taki gets dragged off to pick food. [Or should, at least.] (End when we get on the train, then?) (Next session doesn't even have to be on said train.) (Nope. Although will likely have a Taki-Haruko mini) (Where they eat ice cream and train pocky.) (Actually no, where Taki gets her hair cut off) (So flashback it is) (We could do both!) * Kyon comes back with a full complement of tickets for his group, minus the one Hiromi already bought. He smiles crookedly down at her. "Thanks for the ticket." (True enough) [She smiles. "Happy to."] * Katie takes her ticket. "Thank you, Kyon." * Kaede nods his head in thanks as he gets his ticket too. "It should be soon then." * Satoshi takes his ticket from Kyon. "Thanks." * Kyon nods quickly. "They get back with their food, we'll head up to the platform." * Haruko comes back comes back with food, including a watermelon full of vanilla ice cream. * Taki returns carrying two plastic boxes and a bag with a familiar golden arches logo on it. She's also carrying three drinks. They're back. Let's go. * Katie waves for the girls to come with and heads for the platform. Onward to Osaka! * Haruko walks with the other half of the food. She comments to Katie, "Taki thought you'd prefer McDonalds over the Bonus Extra American Dinner. I don't see why, but..." [And off you go! Session End!] [You'll never get to find out, 'cause the session ended!]