[Day: Wednsday, February 5th. Time: 5:15 p.m.] [Weather: It's starting to snow! I told you there was a chance later in the day. It's also cold.] [Yesterday, the group sought out Yuji, this guy the supposed murderess Eiko Amano knows. And they found him! But he wasn't much help. So they did the only logical thing they could think of: They had Kyon follow him as he left the arcade. Of course, everyone else decided to follow him themselves, but at a distance.] [Session Start] * Katie follows at a distance. She shivers and sneezes. * Haruko takes in the scenary in the secondary group, looking somewhat casual, not because of skill, but from lack of effort. * Remi follows the group. Her hands won't stop shaking. * Kyon stalks Yuji from a fair distance back. He looks around at the scenery around him to be less suspicious, but he keeps Yuji in sight. * Yuji leads! Without even knowing he's doing it! * Satoshi follows along with the others. * Taki follows Katie following Kyon following Yuji. * Katie blinks at Remi. "You all right?" she asks quietly. * Remi gives Katie a look that says it all. (Does it? I don't know if that's a yes or no. =P) * Katie blinks, then sneezes again. * Yuji glances over his shoulder casually, then turns a corner. * Taki rubs her arms together to try and make some heat. * Kyon discreetly looks around him, admires a store awning, scans the plate of a building, and turns the corner about 30 seconds after Yuji. [Kyon spies Yuji ahead; he hasn't tried to run off.] * Kyon looks up and down the street casually, as if trying to spot a building he needs, and keeps following. * Yuji heads for a McDonalds. * Kyon heads along behind, but stops before the McDonalds, glancing in at it from the side. * Haruko tries to catch a snowflake on her tongue, notices Remi's unhappiness, and then tries to be a bit more discrete. * Katie smiles a little at Haruko. * Satoshi looks at the others, but keeps quiet. * Yuji heads *into* the McDonalds. ( through the door. He doesn't walk through the walls, or anything. ) * Haruko smiles back when she notices Katie's expression. ( Just so you know ^^ ) (Darn, that's boring. ;p) (Yep, but makes him much easier to follow ^_^) * Kyon walks up to the McDonalds door, hesitates, looks around for other restaurants on the street, then heads inside with a sigh. [The McDonalds is not terribly crowded. Yuji is just going up to order as Kyon goes in.] * Taki looks down the way at the McDonalds and then sits against the wall, "If he's just going in there to get something hot to eat, I'm gonna be annoyed, cause while he's in there all warm, we're freezing out here." ( If this were Mystery Club, he probably would ^^. ) You know, I just can't picture Kyon eating McDonalds. * Kyon walks in towards the counter, and gets in line somewhere behind Yuji. ( Unfortunately, I can't be as silly in Arcana, so... ) (Why not? Japanese McDonald's is good. =P) (Arcana is less silly than Mystery Club? ^_~) ( Most certainly :P ) * Katie rubs at her nose. "I think he followed Yuji in, and we probably shouldn't enter, too. ( Do you see any Kirbies? DO YOU? :P ) * Yuji gets his order before long: bagged and ready to go. He pays the cashier and starts to leave. Then the clerk turns to Kyon. [She gives Kyon a BIIIIIIG plastic smile and schreeches "WELCOME TO MCDONALD'S!"] I hope so. (That is true.) * Katie tries to stay out of sight while watching the restaurant. * Kyon blinks, and smirks. "Can I get a Teriyaki McBurger? Really quickly." [BIIIIIIIIG smile. "WOULD YOU LIKE FRIES WITH THAT?"] * Yuji comes out of the restaurant, meanwhile, and continues down the road. * Kyon shakes his head quickly. "No, just the burger. And I'll give you an extra 500 yen if you get it done within the next minute. * Satoshi watches Yuji leave. "Think one of us should go after him?" [That seems to please her. She motions to the meat-people behind the stove, then turns back and smiles some more.] [The burger is delivered quickly.] * Kyon takes out the money from his wallet, and lays it down on the counter. He glances back over his shoulder irritatedly. * Katie runs a hand through her hair and nods once. [The clerk takes the money. "THANK YOU, COME AGAIN!" She SMILES.] * Katie adjusts her satchel and walks after Yuji. * Remi taps her foot. * Kyon takes the food and stalks to the door quickly, going out and looking up and down the street more casually. * Satoshi holds back. * Taki looks back'n-forth between Yuji and the McDonalds. "Yeah, that would be a good idea...but somebody who's a little harder to recognize than me." * Taki tugs on her red and blue braid. * Katie idly pulls out her ear helpers as she walks, putting them on. * Haruko remains with the laggers, as she has only been moving when the entire group moves. * Remi is moving in no time. * Taki hopes that Yuji is far enough away now and stands up, "Shall we go?" * Yuji turns another corner ahead. * Satoshi nods. * Taki walks after Remi and the others. * Haruko follows along. * Kyon heads down the street, unwrapping the Teriyaki McBurger as he goes. He takes a bite as he turns around the corner. * Satoshi watches Kyon walk past. [Around the corner, Kyon sees a short road, with a mansion at the end. It's not a LARGE mansion, mind. But it does seem to be a larger-than-average house, even in Japan.] * Yuji is heading there, of course! * Kyon looks up at the house as he eats, and glances back at Yuji as he goes. [The house has a gate, and a small courtyard.] * Yuji looks over his shoulder. * Yuji heads off down a side street. * Kyon walks down the street inconspicuously, looking for a trash can to dispose of his burger wrapper. [More of an alley than a side street. At least, as much of an alley as a small place like this can have.] * Remi growls. "How much longer until he does something?!" *** Demota is now known as Sylvanas * Kyon glances curiously down the alley, looking for a convenient open trash can. * Katie glances back at Remi. "What can he do?" [Kyon finds a trash can! Unfortunately, he's lost sight of Yuji.] * Taki is slowly catching up to Remi and Katie. I don't know.... Why are we following him? Because he might know where your friend is? * Haruko trails shortly behind Taki. * Katie blinks and looks over to Kyon. She glances around. "" Then he can lead us there. * Kyon goes into the alley and tosses it, looking up and down the alley as he does so. [Kyon sees a few people wandering in either direction, but no Yuji.] 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Kyon (2d6) and gets 9. 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Kyon (2d6) and gets 6. * Kyon gives the alley one more once over, and spies a girl walking down the alley. He looks her over casually, his eyes narrowing at the bag she's carrying, but moving off quickly to the rest of the alley. [The girl in question comes out of the alley, passing Kyon. She heads for... the mansion!] * Kyon cocks his head, waits for a few seconds, and moves out of the alley, following her from a fair distance. [As a matter of fact, she looks nothing like Yuji.] [She's short with (probably dyed) blond hair, a yellow sweater, a red skirt, and an umbrella.] [She hits a button on the call box, and the mansion gate opens. She goes inside!] * Kyon follows along behind, and looks over the mansion coolly. He glances over the gate and the callbox. * Kyon stops before he goes into the mansion, though. [The gate isn't TOO high. And the call box is an ordinary call box.] * Taki does unimportant offscreen stuff somewhere. * Kyon blows out a breath, and turns to look back down the street. [In the distance, Kyon sees his friends.] [Or whatever he calls them.] (*snerk*) * Kyon turns back to the gate, and glowers at the callbox. ("Them.") [The callbox doesn't flee in terror! Brave little thing.] * Haruko catches up to the group. "So, where'd he go?" I don't know. We'll probably have to ask Kyon. Is the chase still on? * Katie shrugs and keeps her eye on Kyon. I'm getting impatient. He seems to be standing still...maybe he lost him? Until he gets back to us, I'm going to assume it is. * Kyon shrugs, and stands as much out of view from inside as he can get before he hits the callbox button with a knuckle. * Haruko nods and waits. * Satoshi watches silently. * Taki watches and waits. *BEEEP* "Yes?" * Kyon grimaces, and answers in Chinese and Japanese, ">Yeah, I got an order for< Chinese food >for this address.<" * Callbox pauses. "I'm sorry, we haven't ordered any... whatever that was." (Are you sure? Perhaps you should check with any murderers in hiding. Right, Eiko did you, DOH!) * Kyon nods sadly and answers in Japanese, "You sure?" "I'm quite sure." * Kyon nods again, and answers in Chinese, ">Damn prank callers ordering food. I hate going out of my way for this.<" He lets go of the button, and walks back down the street. * Remi taps her foot. * Taki waits for Kyon to reach them. * Katie tilts her head as Kyon wanders their way. * Kyon walks towards them, then past them as he rounds the corner, gesturing slightly behind him for them to follow as he goes. * Satoshi follows. * Remi follows Kyon quickly. * Taki follows Kyon around the corner. * Haruko comes along. * Katie glances back, then follows. * Kyon stands just around the corner. "That kid went in the alley and disappeared. That girl came out carrying his McDonald's bag and went inside. And a guy answered the callbox." * Katie hums. "That's interesting." What's it mean? If Yuji's talking to Eiko, it might not be directly. And if Eiko's in the house, she isn't there alone. * Katie considers. "What it really means is that something is going on." * Kyon shrugs. "Either he hides very well and gave it to her, or he turns into a girl and changes clothes very quickly. But something probably is in the house." That there's three people, or that Yuji's good at making himself look like other people, or he knows somebody who is...I think. * Satoshi laughs at Kyon's comment. So... stuff's happening. Now what? We could figure out who lives at the house, then Remi might be able to determine their connection to Eiko. I've never seen it before. Eiko have any rich friends or family that you know of? * Kyon looks coolly at Satoshi. "If he's Arcana, it's possible. Don't be closed-minded." He jams his hands in his pockets. "Or we find a way in." * Satoshi rolls his eyes. "Yeah, I'd really like to see that happen." * Haruko responds to Kyon absentmindly "I could probably work around the callbox, just a machine after all." Then she catches herself, "though breaking and entering isn't something I'm looking to do." * Kyon shrugs indifferently at Satoshi. "Then wait till it does." He glances sidewise at Haruko. We probably shouldn't risk something like that until our options are out. * Haruko nods in agreement. Yeah. * Remi taps her foot. "What options?" * Taki counts on her fingers "Find out who lives there. Watch the house to see if anything strange happens...Uhm..." If there are other Arcana involved, then this might be about more than hiding Eiko, something complicated is going on here. Great, more complications. * Katie smiles at Satoshi. "There's always more." I really shouldn't be surprised by now. * Kyon rocks back on his heels. "I have the address. We can find out who's there. I can check my connections. And we can see where that kid shows up." He shrugs. "Problems are part of the world." * Taki holds up another finger "Wait for Yuji to get back to us." * Remi scowls. "I don't have time to wait for your connections." * Kyon shrugs disinterestedly. "Then storm the walls and ruin your chances." Does this sort of hide-away seem like Eiko's style to you Remi? Not really. But if I were hiding, I wouldn't look a gift-horse in the mouth. OK, so probably Eiko is being hid by someone with resources and a flair for spy games or Eiko is being held by someone like that. We're not going to get any answers by standing in the snow. Would Eiko trust someone she didn't really know if they offered her this sort of protection? Probably... well, maybe... * Kyon shrugs. "Better than being jailed." * Remi shrugs. "I don't know. How could I know what she'd do? She's never been in a situation like this before." * Haruko shrugs in response. "She probably went entirely on instinct when going into hiding, so if she is paranoid or trusting, than those traits would be reinforced." But, if she doesn't have any relevent traits, then you can't really know anything. * Haruko ponders for a bit. * Kyon smirks. "It doesn't matter. Whether she's trusting or not, if that's where she is, then that's where she is. We find out why." We just don't know enough...We don't even know if she's in that big house or if Yuji went someplace else and a girl who lives there just likes American food. * Haruko grins back at Kyon. "Why is what I was trying to figure out, knowing her nature would limit the alternatives." * Katie nods at Taki. And like I said, we're not finding out by just standing here. So what do you suggest doing? * Kyon shrugs, and smirks as he runs a hand through his hair, dislodging some snowflakes. "Why not stand here? We can see the house from here. It's a good vantage point." * Remi scowls. "It'll take too long. And it might not help at all." Uhm...Because some of us have piles of homework we're supposed to be doing? * Satoshi turns to Remi. "Then what do *you* suggest doing?" Go in there and find out what's happening, obviously. * Kyon scowls. "You want to go in half cocked without knowing what you're up against?" It's better than waiting for something to happen. * Kyon shakes his head. "No. You wait and find out, then you strike. And you get what you want." * Remi growls. Rushing in just gets you beat up, that's one of the first things I learned about being Arcana. * Kyon smirks at Remi. "Go in now if you want. I won't back you up. It's your life. You can waste it as you want." * Haruko shrugs "Trespassing can also get you arrested, even if there aren't a bunch of druggies or cannibals guarding Eiko." * Remi raises her eyebrow for just a second, then turns and stalks towards the mansion. "Fine. I've waited long enough. And at this point, I don't care if I am arrested." * Satoshi waves at her retreating back. "Bye. Nice knowin' ya." * Katie watches Remi leave and sighs. Ack! NononononoWAIT! * Remi does not wait. But she's taking slow, angry steps. * Kyon turns and watches Remi go down towards the mansion coolly. * Katie frowns for a moment, then runs ahead of Remi, turns, and blocks her path. "I can't stop you, but I really don't think you should do this." * Remi scowls at Katie. "Why not? What else am I going to do?" * Taki runs up in front of Remi "Look, if Yuji went someplace else then going in there won't do anything except get you in trouble. And if he did go in there, then there's something going on that we don't understand. And last time you tried running in you got hurt, and the last time we ran in my friend Shingo got hurt. This won't help!" Taki's right. And you can try being a little more... My best friend is dead! My other friend is being accused of murder! How the hell am I supposed to 'just wait and see what happens'?! * Satoshi calls out. "Look, if she really is in there, whoever owns that place probably has the resources to keep her safely hidden for quite some time. And if she *isn't* in there, whoever owns the place probably has the resources to make your life miserable." * Katie glares at Remi. "The same way the rest of us do. Getting in trouble will only hurt your chances of fixing things in the future." * Remi clenches her hands into fists. "Dammit! This isn't fair! I don't want to wait! Why should I have to wait?!" Because if you don't, then you can't do anything later! I know it hurts, but you have to see what I'm saying! Jumping in without thinking will only make things worse! It isn't fair, but waiting is probably what is best for Eiko, that's why you should wait. * Remi stares at the ground, her fists still clenched. "... Fine. Fine, I'll wait." But I won't wait forever. Wait til we run down the leads, if we find nothing, go ahead and be brash, but unlike two hours ago we now have clues to work with. Nobody is asking....what Haruko said. * Kyon walks in behind Remi. "I won't, either. Knowing what happened is important. Rushing blindly in is stupid. Find out some other way." * Katie breathes out a sigh. "Yes. In fact, I'll help you if it comes down to that." * Taki nods at Katie "I'll even get you in and out, but for now, we don't need to resort to that." * Remi finally releases her fists. "What do we do?" Run down leads, meet up with Yuji in two days, probably bring along what's her name, the field generator, to test if he's an Arcana. * Katie closes her eyes. "Her name's Kyoko." * Haruko nods, "Right, Kyoko, thanks." ( "Like I said, what's her name." ) ( Heh, that'd work too. ) * Kyon nods tersely at Katie and smirks. "She's useful." He rocks back on his heels and scowls. And for now, we go home, eat dinner, and do our mounds of homework. ::sympathetic look towards Taki:: * Satoshi doesn't feel terribly useful at the minute and thus keeps quiet. * Taki nods at Haruko, "That sounds like a good plan. Uhm...does anybody remember how to get back to the school from here?" Head back the way we came, then take the train. * Katie brushes snow off her hair with her sleeve and starts to do just that. * Taki blinks "I knew that much!" ::dusts herself off and chases after Katie:: * Katie giggles. * Satoshi chuckles a little. Right, then. * Remi shrugs. "Guess we part here, for now." * Haruko returns to a comfortable obliviousness, making her way home and enjoying the snow. * Satoshi watches the girls leave, then turns back to Remi and Kyon and nods. * Katie looks back at Remi. "Okay. Take care." * Kyon nods tersely, and rolls his shoulder. "Got a cell phone?" * Remi nods. Give me your number. * Remi shrugs and does. * Kyon puts it into his cell phone's memory, and tells her his. Call if you find anything. You too. * Kyon nods tersely, and walks off away from Remi, after the others. [Session End]