[Day: Saturday, February 15th. Time: 9:00 p.m.] [Weather: Starting to snow. Nice and cold!] [Earlier, Kaede did a web search and unexpectedly came up with the roster of the band "Arcana" (known simply as the Band to avoid confusion). They're holding a concert tonight at 10:00 p.m., so of course our heroes decided to crash it, calling in help. Right now, everyone heads for the station outside of school to meet.] [Session Start!] * Haruko paces on the street. She's wearing silk-like black pants and a nice blue top. Her hair is a bit nicer than usual and she's wearing earrings and a necklace. However, most of this is currently covered by the plain overcoat protecting her from the cold. * Katie walks up, wearing gloves and an overcoat, but from what can be seen, there's a dark blue dress underneath. She sneezes, then grins at Haruko. "Nice night for a concert, isn't it?" * Kaede blows on his hands to warm them, walking in a heavy coat, looking around from side to side. He seems to be kept up pretty well though it's hard to see what he's wearing under it. His glasses seem to have a tinted frame to them now. * Haruko grins at Katie. "Nice night for an indoor concert." Just what I was thinking. My toes are freezing off. * Katie gestures to her sandals. "I want to get in already." * Kyon comes down the street to the station on his motorcycle. He parks it and hops off, stowing his helmet and grabbing his bag. He's wearing his leather jacket, but done up, and his pants are deep blue and shimmery, with dark, dark orange boots. He looks over the others quickly. * Haruko looks down at her boring functional shoes. "Well, at least they're stylish." * Satoshi walks up to the others, dressed in his blue shirt and gray slacks from the dance, and nice black shoes. He's wearing a black jacket, unzipped. There is a notable lack of Jin. I feel so naked without my computer... * Taki walks twords the group- hands stuffed into the pockets of her coat, and muttering to herself, "I turn my back for one second...just one...and he decides he can go back into the kitchen.." * Katie looks over at Satoshi. "You're not freezing to death. No fair. Where's Jin?" Hi Kyon and Keade. Hey Taki, no permanent damage to the kitchen I'd hope. I'm used to ice and other cold stuff. And Jin's asleep, actually. I couldn't wake him up. And yes, I tried shaking him, yelling in his ear, and everything else I could think of short of dumping water on him. Didn't want to get the couch soaked. Try tickling him? * Kaede waves then puts his hands in his pockets to warm them. And how can you set fire to pasta anyway? You're supposed to BOIL it... ::notices everybody:: "No, we got it out in time, but it was pretty hectic for a while." * Kyon shakes his head irritably. "Great. Could have used him, too." No, actually, I didn't think of that. * Katie grins. "Well. Next time." * Satoshi looks over at Taki. "Set... fire?" He's not coming? That could be double edged. He might have drawn attention to us but at the same time if things go sour... * Haruko grins. "Hey Satoshi, No Jin. Huh, I even figured out a way to keep him on a leash. Oh well." Things will *not* go sour. * Katie sounds like she's trying to convince herself of that, though. * Taki nods at Satoshi, "I'm hopeing things go better here, I need a break." * Kaede starts to respond, then notices the tone of voice and stops himself. Um. Yeah. * Haruko looks sympathetically at Taki. * Kyon shrugs. "Doesn't matter. Better to be prepared and have him than not. Still have the advantage without him, but it's slimmer." * Satoshi turns back to Kaede. "And, yeah, it would've been good to have an extra person along. I'm half-tempted to say he did it on purpose, except he wouldn't have a reason, would he?" * Kaede reaches into his pocket. "Anyhow, I wrote down the address. Were you able to get in touch with them, Kyon?" About this time, two more people come along: Ryuji and Eriko. * Katie waves at them. * Kaede stares at Satoshi for a second while he's thinking. "Maybe...we don't really KNOW his reasons for anything though when you think about it..." Except that mysterious message thing. * Haruko waves as they arrive, taking a moment to actually look at Ryuji for once. Ryuji's wearing a grey trenchcoat, and carrying his katana as usual. Eriko's wearing a black fur coat. And Ryuji is quite handsome, Haruko :P * Taki smiles over at the newcomers, "So who else is showing up for this?" * Kyon nods tersely to Ryuji, and looks at Eriko very briefly with a raised eyebrow before nodding to her as well. * Satoshi murmurs. "The cavalry cometh." Ryuji bows politely. "Saki will meet us down there." * Kaede pulls out the paper with the address and starts to wave it..then freezes. "...she's coming?" I...ahm...Okaay. Eriko shoots Kaede a glance. "Yeah. That a problem?" * Kyon cocks his head slightly, then nods again. "Right. She shouldn't have trouble getting there." * Satoshi figures that Saki's probably not going to start eating people in Eriko's presence. Or, at least, he really hopes so. * Kaede doesn't answer but shoots a slight glance towards Katie. * Katie doesn't look back at Kaede. She's looking at the ground, in fact. * Haruko takes the news in stride, although she had briefly nodded as if agreeing with someone after checking out Ryuji. [Another figure makes his way through the snow towards you!] * Kaede frowns slightly. "I..guess if she's already there.." * Katie glances at the figure. [It's Jin! He's wearing jeans and a roomy jacket.] * Katie smiles a little. "You made it." * Haruko grins at Jin's arrival. "Does anyone know what kind of club this is?" * Kyon looks out at the new figure, squinting at him before nodding with a smirk. "Yeah. Sleepy?" * Taki looks over at the Jin, "Hi Jin." * Satoshi blinks. "How did you get out?" Jin replies to Satoshi, "I'm not sure." Eriko says, "Ryuji said it was a night club, right?" Ryuji nods in response. * Satoshi puts a hand to his head. "Did you remember to lock the door behind you?" * Kyon shrugs. "More of a live house. Live bands, loud music, usually crowded." Jin: "I'm not sure." Hang on a sec, guys. * Haruko glances over at Eriko and Ryuji. "Wonder what kind of crowd frequents it. Guess I'll find out shortly." * Katie shivers. "Can we talk about this inside?" * Kaede walks over to Eriko and hands her the address. "It's right there. I wouldn't really know that much about it though.." * Satoshi quikcly calls one of his neighbors and asks them to make sure the apartment is closed and locked. Hmm? What's the matter Satoshi? Eriko nods. "Gotcha." * Kaede looks over at Kyon. "And Kyoko?" * Satoshi hangs up. "Okay, taken care of." * Haruko nods. "We can talk more on the way. In the subway, where it's warm. Once Kyoko gets here." * Satoshi looks over at Taki. "Oh, Jin doesn't have a key to the apartment, so there's no way he could've locked it behind him. So I just asked one of my neighbors to do it." * Satoshi does not say, "And Jin probably wouldn't even think to do it anyway." Jin: "Guess not." * Kyon looks around for her, and blows out a breath. "She's late. Called her, said she'd come, but she's late." Ahh, good idea. * Katie nods at Kyon. Let's get going then. Does she know where it is to get to though? Could she meet us there? Wait, does she have a cellphone? Eriko shivers a bit. "Fine with me." * Kyon nods quickly, and pulls out his cell phone to call Kyoko. * Kyon shakes his head irritatedly, and puts it away. "Not there. She knows the club. It's not hard to find. She can show there." Jin: "If the club's so easy to find, it must be easy to dodge, too." * Kaede nods. "Why don't we get on the train then?" * Haruko walks towards the subway. "Different meaning of club Jin. This kind of club is a building where people throw parties." Ryuji nods. "Agreed." * Katie shivers again. "Yes." She does that, the rest of the group be damned. Yes, getting someplace warm sounds good. Jin follows them. "What do they throw them at?" * Kyon looks oddly at Jin. "It's easy to find if you know where clubs are in Tokyo." He nods quickly to Kaede and sets off down with the rest of them. Ryuji and Eriko follow at the end, Eriko muttering. "What's wrong with this guy?" * Satoshi starts heading for the station along with everybody else. Meanwhile, Jin says. "How about a dojo?" * Kaede just shakes his head at Jin and follows behind * Haruko grins. "Sorry, modern term. It is a building in where people go to have a good time. Often involving music and drinks." [The station is quite a bit warmer. Besides, you're not getting snow in your faces down here.] * Taki is part of everybody else...and what a crowd it is. Jin: "Oh. Good time with music and drinks? Sounds fun." That's why people go, Jin. * Taki rubs her hands together, "That's why people go." * Katie brushes snow from her hair and heads to the correct train. * Kaede shakes off his loafers and rubs the bridge of his nose. "Yeah." * Kyon shrugs exasperatedly, and waits for the train. He adjusts his bag across his shoulder. * Haruko catches up with Katie for a moment and whispers quite quietly to her. "I found out this afternoon what my part of the reading meant. It's complicated and it can wait until after tonight." * Katie glances at Haruko, then murmurs back, "Are you sure?" [The train comes before long.] * Katie gets in the train. * Haruko shakes her head and continues to whisper. "No, but if it can't wait then the reading doesn't make much sense." Okay. * Taki follows Katie into the train. Ryuji, Eriko and Jin all get in the train! * Satoshi gets into the train. * Kaede gets into the train too. * Kyon stalks into the train, walks to the far window, and looks out of it. * Haruko heads in the train. [And the train goes off!] * Haruko actually follows Kyon for once, and when no one seems to be watching, she whispers her first message again. * Katie finds a nice, empty seat in a nice, empty section and sinks down. ( You guys are privledged. If this were MC, you'd be attacked by a giant hat about now. ) (Hat?) ( Hat ) (Not a Kirby?) (With Meimi, anything's possible though :P) * Kyon turns slightly from the window and looks down at Haruko, and says quietly, "Yeah? Not going to bite me tonight if I wait to find out?" ( eyes the hat, "I see Meimi decided to come along too.") (*takes note for next MC2 session*) * Kaede hangs onto a rail, pushing up his glasses and letting out a deep breath. * Satoshi stands next to Taki. Or sits next to her. Whichever. ^_^ [Taki suddenly finds she's wearing a tophat.] * Taki blinks up at the hat. * Satoshi looks at Taki. "Um... nice hat." Wha? ::tries to take it off and see what it is:: * Katie takes off her gloves, comments, "Nice hat," to Taki, and folds her hands in an effort to keep from fidgeting. [When Taki touches the hat, it turns into a bird and flies through the window, and is lost from sight.] * Haruko keeps a quiet tone "I highly doubt it. If this bit you tonight, without my taking any action, then I don't think I'd appear in the reading." * Satoshi blinks. "Meimi?" Looks like. She probably doesn't want to miss the fun. Jin: "Nah. It was a hat." * Kaede goes to blow his hands again and sneezes instead, sniffling. The Band, or at least Takeo, is tied to her somehow, remember? * Taki watches the bird fly away, "Who else? ....This is going to be an interesting night." * Kyon smirks. "Right. Wait, then." He turns back to the window. * Kaede mutters under his breath. "As if it weren't interesting enough already.." * Haruko smiles and then moves to sit down next to everyone else. Great. More stuff to worry about. [Time: 9:40. The train arrives at the stop!] * Katie shrugs. "Don't worry so much about it." She frowns when the train gets there. * Haruko heads off the train. Ryuji heads out of the train. "Shall we?" * Kyon turns quickly from the window and walks off the train into the station. He starts heading for the appropriate exit. * Katie gets off the blasted train. Eriko does too, lighting a cigarette as she goes. * Kaede gets off the train. "I..hope I'm properly dressed.." * Taki walks off of the train. Jin follows, looking Kaede up and down. "Are you wearing your hockey jersey?" * Satoshi follows Taki off the train. * Haruko frowns briefly, but keeps walking. * Kaede looks at Jin for a moment before replying. "I..don't have a hockey jersey." Jin blinks a few times. "You don't?" He looks up at Satoshi and says, "Kaede doesn't have a hockey jersey. You need to give him one when we get home." * Kaede looks up at Satoshi and gives a faint smile of sympathy. * Satoshi looks at Jin, then at Kaede, then shrugs. "If he really wants one, sure." * Haruko giggles. * Taki gives Satoshi a grin, "I need one too." * Satoshi smiles back at Taki. "I'll check on it tomorrow. It should be almost ready." * Katie shakes her head and digs her fingernails into her other hand. * Kyon waits at the fringe of the group when he notices no one's following, and shakes his head. "It's time. Don't want to miss the first number." He turns and heads for the stairs. * Satoshi takes a deep breath. "Well, here we go..." Ryuji and Eriko follow Kyon. * Haruko catches up, opening her medium sized handbag as she goes to check that something's there. * Kaede walks ahead quickly, blowing on his hands again. Jin does too, after considering. "Our first number? My jersey says 22." * Taki makes for the stairs. * Katie walks after them. "" * Satoshi walks with Taki. * Kaede turns around towards Katie and keeps his voice low. "What's that..? * Katie grins at Taki, though the nervousness doesn't quite leave her. "Good job." * Satoshi grins at her answer. "" * Haruko for once is fortunate in her ignorance of English. ^^ * Katie looks over at Kaede. "Oh, a saying." * Kyon walks on through the gate out of the station, and looks around the area quickly. * Kaede rubs his head. "I'm afraid I don't know the language really..but there's more important things at hand right now." * Katie nods and walks out of the station. * Kaede steps up to Kyon's side and peers out down the street. * Haruko glances over at Jin. "If no one has a better idea, Jin please stick with me. Best to control all sources of sparks when entering a combustable situation." [Kyon spots the club. There's a big circular overhang with the name "Shibuya Nest" printed across the front. A number of people are heading inside. Saki's leaning against the wall underneath the overhang. She's wearing her typical leather get-up, but it's oddly appropriate anyhow.] And Jin looks at Haruko and says, "Are you sticky? And how does that prevent fires?" * Katie notices Saki and pales a little. * Taki edges a bit behind Satoshi when Saki comes into view. * Haruko grins. "I mean stay near me, and don't attack anyone unless I or another one of us says so. This could prevent a large fight in which several people could be hurt or killed. Which would be bad." Jin: "Okay." * Kaede looks up at the club and pushes his glasses. "I guess this is it then...now or never..." * Kyon does his best to ignore Jin, and looks down at Katie quickly before starting to head down the street towards the club. He nods tersely to Saki when he gets within nodding distance. * Satoshi frowns a bit upon seeing Saki, but says nothing. * Katie wraps her arms around herself and forces herself to walk to the club. Saki simply says, when you get close enough. "What's this all about?" * Kaede comes up near Saki but glances at the line instead, seeing how long it is and letting Kyon do the speaking. * Kyon rocks back on his heels, and gestures to Ryuji. "He didn't tell you?" Saki says, "He told me what you're planning to do. But not why." * Haruko searches through her bag for something, with a bit of an embarrassed look on her face. * Taki listens from behind Satoshi. Ryuji says calmly, "I didn't really give it much thought." * Kyon shrugs. "They're the Band. Not my kind of people. And they have some information that I want." * Katie grits her teeth at Kyon's explanation, but just watches Haruko. * Haruko takes out a black coller with a long hanging leash. It doesn't look high fashion, in fact it's probably from a pet store, but it's black and passable. [Through the door, you can see what a buncha people are wearing. It's punk / goth/ lotsa leather, but it's not terribly extreme, either.] * Haruko looks up at Jin. "This is silly, but could you put this on Jin? It's somewhat fashionable and if a field goes up I could grab it to protect you and the rest of us. Only if you are willing though." * Satoshi looks at Jin and Haruko, and edges slooooowly away from Haruko. This is a side of her he was *not* expecting. Jin peers at it. "Doesn't look very protective..." * Katie fights the urge to break into nervous laughter. * Kaede looks at the crowd and takes off his coat, folding it in his arms. He's wearing a dark black silk long-sleeve shirt and slacks looking down at his black loafers. "Well, it somewhat works.." [The line moves rather quickly.] * Taki looks at the leash and then takes a long look at the other people "...I didn't know this was that sort of place..." * Haruko shakes her head. "It isn't armor, it is meant to protect you from acting on instinct. Without you're memory you may act in a way that could get you hurt." * Haruko blushes and looks over to Satoshi. "This.. really, really, isn't my thing, but... Well, I though we needed him on a leash, and.. you know." Jin stares at Haruko confusedly, saying at last... "Doesn't sound protective." I didn't think you meant it literally, Haruko. Ryuji says, "Might I suggest we enter?" * Kyon smirks at Haruko. "If you want to lead someone around on a leash, I can think of several people who wouldn't mind that we know." He nods to Ryuji, and moves in. * Haruko looks to Jin. "Do you trust me? I think this could help prevent a fight. It's hard to explain, but if you do..." * Katie spares Saki a glance, then hurries into line. Jin shrugs. "If you say so." * Haruko is a fairly deep shade of red at this point. "It just takes one spark." [I should add that the music is loud enough that you can hear it from here.] * Taki shakes her head a few times and makes her way into the line. * Haruko hands over the collar. She then desperately pretends that she isn't hear and no one saw what she just did. * Kaede heads for the line, fiddling with his jacket hooked over his arms. Jin says: "I wasn't going to start a fire, though. Do you want me to?" * Satoshi follows Taki into the line. * Haruko manages a unique feat of looking red and pale simultaneously. "No Jin, that's the exact opposite of what I want. It is hard to explain, so that's why I'm using this." Jin stares at her stupidly. "But I don't need a collar to not light a fire." * Kaede glances over his shoulder. "Remember what we said about figures of speech, Jin?" * Kyon smirks at Haruko. "Also, if you want clubs for that sort of thing, you should look in different areas. This one's not known for that." Jin nods to Kaede. "Oh yeah, naming pens." * Haruko resumes mostly being red. "Thanks Kyon, I appreciate the supportive suggestions." [Saki, Eriko and Ryuji head in; they waited long enough :P] * Kaede sighs. "I'll take that as a no." * Satoshi stands with Taki, trying his best to pretend that he doesn't know the vast majority of these people. * Taki fidgets with her hair and wonders when the line will start to move again. Jin, if you had your memories, they would restrain you. You don't, so as this is a dangerous situation I'm filling that role. [What line? :P] * Kaede adjusts his glasses and looks back towards the head of the line, seeing how long they have to wait. * Haruko begins to hope that there's a fight immediately and everyone dies, and thus no one speaks of this again. They would? * Katie goes in already. * Kyon shakes his head bemusedly, and stalks inside. * Haruko shrugs. "Probably, I think you're a good person, let's go in." Jin blinks a few times. "Uhhh... Okay." Jin please put on the collar. * Kaede heads inside, looking for a place to put his coat. Jin: "Uh, okay." He puts the collar on. Jin: "Doesn't feel very protective, though." * Haruko takes Jin's hand. "Trust me." She then leads him in. Shall we? [Right in side is a coat storage area, with a coat storage person. So that nobody can steal your coat. Fitting, eh?"] * Katie stores her coat! Jin follows Haruko. "Okay." * Satoshi nods at Taki. "Let's." * Kaede leaves his coat with the coat storage person. How convenient! * Kaede tries to peek if he can see the stage. * Katie glances around. For the band, people she recognizes... mostly Taro. * Haruko let's go of her Jin's hand to take off her coat, and hands it to the coat storage person, with appropriate thanks. She then takes Jin's hand again. * Kyon unbuttons his jacket, revealing a dark grey shirt that sparkles dimly. He pauses, then takes off the coat completely, handing it over. [Ryuji and Eriko hand theirs over. Ryuji's wearing black slacks and a grey shirt (simple yet stylish). Eriko's got on blue jeans with a hole over one knee, and a black, low-cut shirt. Saki doesn't bother to give up her jacket.] * Taki makes her way in with Satoshi and then takes off her coat and hands it to the coat storage person, conveniently letting her show off her dark blue bodystocking and even darker blue dress, the effect is ruined by her wearing her regular sneakers though. * Satoshi stares at Taki, then shakes his head and gives his coat to the coat storage person. Yes, he's wearing a blue shirt. The one from the dance. So it's already been established. Nyah. ;p * Haruko helps Jin take his coat off, checks it for him, then leads him in. * Kaede pushes up his glasses again. You can see the slight orange tinting better in this light * Katie blinks, then takes a closer look at the crowd, trying to find Kyoko this time. Jin takes off his coat. He's wearing Satoshi's hockey jersey (#22!) underneath. 2d6-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Katie (2d6-4) and gets 3. [There's a main dance floor in the center; the stage is beyond that. To the right is a bar, and to the left is a set of stairs that leads to a balcony above, where there are tables.] [The club is pretty well packed.] * Kyon straightens, and looks over the crowd for anyone looking familiar. * Katie keeps scanning the crowd, then frowns slightly. "Kyon. Didn't you say Kyoko would be here?" * Kaede glances up at the balcony, then starts heading to the stairs so he can get a better view from it. * Haruko prays that no one she knows his here. Saki folds her arms. Eriko says, "Hey, how 'bout a drink? Anyone?" * Taki looks around and takes in the sights. "Maybe later." 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Kyon (2d6) and gets 6. [There are two guys playing guitar on the stage. They don't look like the Band, but it's still 10 minutes early.] * Katie glances at Eriko and lets out a long breath, trying not to be too terribly nervous. "I'd take you up on it. But..." She looks back up at the stage. * Haruko nods in response to Eriko's comment. "For once, a drink sounds like a very good idea." [Eriko grins. "Cool. Let's go." She heads towards the bar."] * Kyon looks at the people on stage, and shrugs. "She said she'd be at the station, but she does know where this is." * Kaede leans over the edge of the balcony and scans the crowd himself from up above. Okay. * Haruko follows Eriko, she doesn't pull Jin along as there is still time to spare. [Jin follows Haruko anyhow, 'cause she told him to.] * Katie glances around, then sighs. "" She heads after Eriko and Haruko. This is hell on her nerves. * Kyon keeps looking around, and tries to move forward through the crowd a bit. * Satoshi sticks with Taki. Hey, it's *almost* like a date, except for the possibly-crazed people that might try to kill them in a little while. [Saki and Ryuji nod to each other, and make their own way towards the stairs. Not a single person in the club points out that Ryuji's carrying a katana.] (In this game, that qualifies as a date. =P) (Sadly, yes.) ( It's a date! It really is! Go dance! :P ) (Absolutely.) * Kaede takes a deep breath and turns around, looking for a table with 9 chairs or at least 2 tables close together so he can reserve it. * Taki stays with Satoshi, she's had a long day and for now just wants to relax a bit without worrying. (In this game, it's an abnormal day if there aren't any possibly-crazed people) * Satoshi turns to Taki. "You wanna dance for a bit?" [Kaede finds that the tables could fit 6 people at most. Most of them are bare, however; everyone's dancing.] (What do you mean? All the PCs are possibly-crazed people as is) * Kyon notes where Saki and Ryuji move off to, and then around the room one more time. Sure, I'll probibly step on your feet a few times though. Heh. It's okay. My feet are pretty tough. * Satoshi takes Taki's hand and leads her towards the dance floor. * Kaede heads over to the table and sits down. He's not the kind for dancing really. * Haruko mutters something to herself which includes a creative suggestions for Kami to keep her from trying to be helpful in the future. * Katie just glances around some more. * Taki is lead to the dance floor with a smile on her face. [Satoshi and Taki have time for one dance before the people on the stage bow and leave.] * Haruko walks to the bar itself and waits for service. * Kyon looks back up at the stage as they stop, then looks around to check where everyone is. * Taki aplauds the departing group and waits for the main show to begin. [An announcement is heard: "That was Charlie and Darwin, folks. Now, let the real music for the night begin, starting with our first band of the night. Give it up for Arcana!" There's lotsa cheering, and the room goes darker, then lit with lights of multiple colors as the Arcana members come on stage.] * Kaede leans his arm over the back of the chair, casually glancing towards the stage over the edge of the balcony. * Haruko glances up to the stage as she waits at the bar. * Katie coughs at the mention of Charlie and Darwin. [Four people head on stage! One is Takeo, so I'm not gonna describe him. A shorter boy follows him; he's wearing a leather jacker and black jeans, but no shirt. He's also wearing a silver mask, but carrying a saxophone, so he must be Shingo. ] [There's two women. The first one wears leather pants with a studded belt, and a green halter, and long, striped blue gloves. She's got short, kinda messey red hair.] [The second one has purple hair done in twin pigtails, and is wearing a leather skirt and a black, sleeveless top. She's got a spiked collar around her neck, and knee-high black boots.] [They begin playing their opening song immediately. It actually sounds like Jazz, but the people seem to be enjoying it.] * Kyon looks them over, and listens to the music. He taps his foot slightly. Not bad. * Katie drums her fingers as she listens. "They're good." * Kaede takes off his glasses and closes his eyes, listening to the music. Eriko drinks. She has a fake ID. How 'bout that? (What's the drinking age in Japan?) * Satoshi taps his foot. He's impressed. (20) (How old does one- yeah, that's what I was about to ask. Ah.) (They actually checking?) (Oh, yes. Definitely.) (Huh. Chie actually is legal drinking age. How 'bout that?) ( /me puts on Iori music. And yes, they are. ) They're good. [The bass, saxophone, and drums go quite well together. More surprising, though, is how they can have a singer and still be playing jazz.] ( Where is everyone at this time? ) * Haruko walks over to Eriko? "Think you could get me something light? Maybe wait a bit so it isn't suspious, I'll happily pay." (Me and Satoshi are still on the dancefloor...I think) (Haruko and Jin are standing near the bar with Eriko.) (Towards the back of the dance floor, with Katie.) (I think so, too. Which means that we are. ;p) * Katie folds her hands behind her back and continues watching. (Good! ::starts dancing::) Eriko nods. "Yeah, sure." And she does! * Haruko smiles and reimburses her. "Thanks Eriko, don't normally need one, but tonight..." * Satoshi dances along. It's good music, so why not? * Haruko nurses her drink. "Know how to dance Jin?" * Kyon looks down at Katie, and smirks. "Want to dance?" Jin: "... I'm not sure." * Katie nearly jumps. She glares at Kyon. "Don't do-" She blinks and looks down at her shaking hands. "" * Haruko glances at into the crowd to find a nearby dancer doing a good but simple move and points to him. "Could you try to imitate him. Make sure you don't bump into anyone standing nearby." Jin: "Um... I'll try." * Haruko smiles. "You don't have to do it perfectly, just move to the music. If you're doing it right it should feel natural." * Kaede looks down slightly at everyone, keeping an eye out on the Band, leaning back in the chair slightly. * Kyon smirks more widely and nods quickly. "" * Katie looks up and says, dryly, "" * Satoshi dances. He's good. ^_^ (His player, however, is lousy at descriptions, so that's all you'll get. ;p) * Kyon shakes his head bemusedly. "Just be on your guard. You don't have to be so edgy. It's detrimental." 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Kyon (2d6) and gets 5. * Taki is also dancing, poorly, but dancing. * Katie smirks. Yes, she smirks. "" * Haruko continues to sip at her drink and watches Jin, throwing a pointer or two when he gets confused by obvious things. Jin dances. He's even worse than Chikako. * Haruko takes a gulp of her drink. Someone next to Haruko says. "My, looks like your date could use some pointers. But then again, you shouldn't leave him to dance on his own." * Kyon looks out over Katie towards the bar, and narrows his eyes. Then he looks back down at Katie, and smirks. "Yeah. I assume the question was obvious." He shakes his head. "Band member at the bar near Haruko, though. Rain check." * Demota is now known as DemoGaming * Katie glances. "They always ruin our fun. Move now?" * Haruko nods, she's feeling the embarrassment flow away and she puts her drink down. She then joins Jin on the floor. * Haruko dances, nothing special really, but she knows her limits. * Taki dances with Satoshi, gleefully unaware of what's going on near the back of the dancefloor. Haruko dances better than Jin does! Jin, follow my lead for a bit. Remember, the important part is to have a good time. * Kyon watches the bar to see if he follows Haruko. "Doesn't look like he's going to follow her now. And it's easier to see from here." * Katie digs her fingers into her leg. "Easier for him to see me, too." * Kaede taps his fingers against the railing, looking slightly bored now. 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Katie (2d6-2) and gets 9. (DR) 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Katie (2d6-2) and gets 10, a CRITICAL FAILURE!!! "You always hurt the ones you love. I love you very much." (DR2) 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Katie (2d6-2) and gets 4. * Kyon squints at the bar. "He asked some other girl to dance." He scowls slightly, and moves a bit closer to try to see who the girl is. * Katie moves a bit after Kyon. "What, you jealous?" she asks teasingly. 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Kyon (2d6) and gets 7. * Kyon shakes his head quickly, and his scowl deepens. "She looks familiar, but I can't remember who she is." Hm? * Katie stands on her toes, trying to see. 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Katie (2d6) and gets 8. * Katie frowns a little. "You're right. Maybe I need a better look, but I can't place her." Meanwhile, Eriko's drinking, Ryuji and Saki are talking, and Jin's dancing. * Haruko is having a good time now and is unconcerned about Jin's lack of skill. She occassionally takes his hand and leads him into simple moves and is amused by his failure. Jin fails amusedly. * Kyon ducks down a bit and moves a bit closer again. He tries to keep out of our Band member's line of sight while doing so. * Kaede looks over at Ryuji and Saki and decides to get up. He moves over to them and whispers. "See anything yet?" * Katie shakes her head and follows Kyon. Saki shrugs, and Ryuji says. "Maybe... I can't be certain yet." * Kaede looks over at Ryuji. "What do you mean?" [It's not hard; he's not paying attention.] Ryuji: "Nothing. I'll tell you once I'm certain." * Kyon pokes his head up to look at the girl again. * Kaede sighs and folds his arms, looking out at the floor. "Well, I guess it's good in a way that we haven't been noticed yet. Nothing's worse than having a huge public commotion.." Ryuji: "Agreed. Tonight has the potential to turn ugly. Let's pray that it does not." * Kaede looks down the stairs at Kyon, adjusting his glasses. "What is he doing..?" * Katie glances around, wishing she could just use her ear helpers. But in a place like this, it'd do her more harm than good. * Kyon looks back at Katie and shakes his head. "I still don't know. And I don't want him to see me. Fought him before, so if he spots me, might start a fight." Who is it? * Kaede tries to look to where Kyon's trying to looking over the crowd. [The guy Kyon and Katie are looking at is a particularly handsome yong mand with white hair that's dyed black at the tips. He wears white pants and a sleeveless fish-net shirt, as well as a necklace with a key.] * Haruko concentrates for a several minutes on making sure that Jin is enjoying himself. Jin doesn't seem to mind, although he doesn't seem like he's having fun, either. Mostly, he just seems very confused. * Kyon looks back down at Katie. "Tenjirou Torajima. Their other singer." * Katie nods at that. "Any idea what he is?" * Kyon smirks. "He didn't announce his name and rank when we fought." * Katie shrugs. I didn't expect you to know. 2d6+3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Kaede (2d6+3) and gets 9. * Taki dances like she wants to Win! ...Well, no, but she's having fun, and the girl she just bumped into may forgive her for it someday. * Kyon blows out a breath. "No one's all-knowing. Not even me." (Little does Taki know that that girl is planning her imminent demise even as we speak.) ( For all you know... :P ) * Katie snorts. "Get off it. I was just wondering if you knew." * Kaede squints but doesn't pick up much from the crowd, sighing and leaning against the bannister at the top of the stairs. ( The bannister breaks! No, not really, but keep in mind that if I were a mean GM, it could have :P ) * Haruko frowns slightly. "Any idea how you could enjoy yourself more Jin? Vague feelings or ideas are fine. We could sit down if you like." (;_; Kaede's not THAT heavy :P) Jin: "Uhhh... I'm not sure." * Satoshi keeps on dancing. He's amazingly graceful for a guy in a nightclub dancing to jazz/rock music. * Haruko gives a wane smile. "Though as much, if you think of anything just say so." She then resumes concentrating on having a good time herself. ( Poor Haruko. Now he won't shut up. ) ( ;_; ) (Now you know how I feel! ;p) Jin: "We could drink. You said they drink for fun, right?" * Kyon shakes his head quickly. "Right. Fall back, and keep an eye on him. No point in trying to stop him without a good reason." * Haruko nods. "We'd have to find Eriko though, and you can't drink enough to get drunk, that'd be dangerous." She then glances back to see if her drink is still there. [It is! And Eriko has stopped drinking and started smoking by now.] Jin: "How can it be dangerous if I can't do it?" * Haruko leads Jin to the bar and hands him the drink. "You could teach grammer Jin. I misspoke, you shouldn't drink enough to get drunk." Jin: "Oh." * Kyon pulls back towards where he was standing to begin with, and scans the crowd again. * Katie tries to relax. She really does. Jin sips the drink. "I'll ask that man at the school Satoshi always listens to if I could teach grammer instead, then." [Kyon doesn't see anyone else familiar.] * Kaede taps his fingers on the bannister, as if waiting for something, trying to scan the Band's faces while passing the time. * Haruko checks where everyone else is and she smiles at Jin's statement. [Time: 12:30. The Band finally stops playing! The next group up is "Obobobo"] What kind of a name is that? * Kaede walks down the stairs slowly and looks around for a bit before coming up next to Kyon. "What were you looking for earlier anyways?" * Kyon shrugs. "These kinds of bands will name themselves anything." I couldn't see. * Satoshi stops dancing as the Band stops playing. * Katie snerks. "My question still stands." She looks over at Kaede. "Band member, and the girl he was talking to looked familiar." * Haruko leads Jin to rejoin the group. * Taki also stops, "I think my legs are going to be sore tomarrow." I didn't see him.. He was a little hard to miss. White hair, black tips. Fishnet clothes. * Katie shrugs and looks around. * Kaede gestures to the crowd. "In a place like this?" True. But he *was* really cute. * Satoshi sighs. "But it was fun. Want to get something to drink? Err... non- alcoholic, I mean." * Kyon takes another look around, especially up at the stage. "Where were the other two Band members? Anyone see them?" * Kaede rolls his eyes a bit. "Fine fine..but I doubt we'll be able to just walk backstage.." * Haruko tries to remember seeing any really cute guys while she was dancing. Yes, please. * Katie blinks and looks around again, more carefully this time. * Satoshi walks towards the bar with Taki. Okay. Kyon, call Kyoko. 2d6-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Katie (2d6-4) and gets 5. * Kyon nods quickly, and fishes his cell phone out of his pocket. He flips it open, and dials her number quickly. * Katie points out where the guy is heading. "And there he goes. Anyone recognize the girl? It's nagging." * Haruko looks over to see if the girl looks familar. * Kaede peers at the guy, adjusting his glasses. "Him?" Yes, him. The one going backstage. * Kyon stabs the button to hang up, and pockets the phone again. "No answer." * Katie frowns. "Not good." * Kaede tries to follow Katie's pointing. [Haruko: Soul roll at -2 bonus!] * Kyon turns to watch him go. "If she doesn't contact me before I go home, I'll stop by her house." 2d6 -2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Haruko (2d6 -2) and gets 6. Please do. ( That'd be a yes ) ( Now a mind roll :P ) ( No bonus? ) ( Nope. ) 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Haruko (2d6) and gets 8. (dr) 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Haruko (2d6) and gets 8. [Haruko doesn't know her :P] * Kaede blinks slightly...then blinks again. Oh dear god, hide me! What? * Kaede scowls. "What the hell is she doing here??" * Katie blinks. "Who?" * Kaede turns around and looks for a table out of the way. Kaede, they're going backstage. * Kaede shakes his head and looks over his shoulder, letting out a deep breath. "Thank god." * Kyon nods tersely, and smirks. "So who was it?" Okay. Now what's this about? Eriko comes up. "Okay, now what?" * Kaede slaps his forehead and rubs his head. "This night keeps getting worse. DIdn't you recognize her? Didn't I just say no? It's...my sister... * Haruko widens her eyes. * Kyon jams his hands in his pockets, and talks in a deadpan tone. "So. Your sister just walked off with a member of the Band." * Katie blinks again. "Nanami? ... Oh, wonderful." * Kaede glances at Kyon evenly. "That's about right." Does she often go to clubs? [Meanwhile, Taki gets a non-acoholic drink :P] * Kaede looks at Haruko with a strained look. "She's a junior high student. She can't GET into most clubs." * Kyon blows out a breath. "Doesn't have to stop you. Looked like she knew what she was doing here." * Haruko shrugs. "She has a forceful personality." But why's she with the Band? Even if... * Katie shrugs easily. "He's cute." That doesn't sound right...Nanami's never really been...into guys. Do the math, Kaede. She's probably never been into clubs, either. She makes it a point to turn them off if she can actually.. * Taki drinks the drink, "Ahh, I feel better now, I suppose we should go find everybody else." * Kaede groans. "I don't need this..." * Satoshi nods. "Looks like they're all over there." He picks up his drink and heads in that direction. [Eriko makes her way over to Saki and Ryuji, who are coming down the stairs. Meanwhile, Tenjirou and Nanami go backstage.] Did you ever find out if she is an Arcana? * Taki follows Satoshi back to the group. She failed...although Jin's kind of shown now that that doesn't always mean much. Jin blinks. "Huh?" * Haruko bites her lip. "Jin, you saw the people up on the stage, the group before this one?" She points up towards the stage. * Satoshi walks up to the others. "Hey. What'd we miss?" Jin nods. "Yeah." Nothing much. Just saw the male singer, Tenjirou? Yeah. Saw him walk backstage with Kaede's sister. Could you tell us their cards? * Kyon shrugs, and smirked. "Seemed to be enjoying herself, too." * Satoshi blinks. "He... what?" Jin: "Um... I'm not sure." Walked backstage. With Kaede's sister. With Nanami? * Kaede looks down at the ground and away from everyone. Yup. * Satoshi blinks. "Wow. That's... unexpected." Very much so. My question is this: now what? This just...complicates things. * Kyon shrugs. "If she's not Arcana, she might not be in much danger." He looks sidewise at Kaede. She could be a hostage. Ryo's tried to recruit Kaede before, maybe this is another attempt. By a different group. * Kaede looks off to the side, sounding distant. "But...how would they know about her in the first place? How close would they have to watch?" She's your sister, she works in the store. It wouldn't be hard at all. It might be nothing like that. Maybe she's just cute and he picked her up. But before, we were going on the assumption that the Band didn't know Kaede. * Kyon nods at Katie. "Didn't look like he knew her ahead of time. Just that he wanted someone to dance with." * Haruko shrugs. "I don't like it.' I...hope so. * Katie looks over at Haruko. "I don't like it, either." * Kaede just gazes blankly at the stage. And if we're going to do something, we should do it now. So do we have a plan, or are we going to ask them for autographs? We could check around back, catch them as we leave. Or if one of our allies can generate a field.... [Saki's crew seems to have decided to go through the backstage entrance.] ...or, we could just follow them. * Kyon adjusts his bag, and looks towards the stage door from inside the club to see if anyone's guarding it. [There is a bouncer standing there, but he's so caught up in the music that, pathetically, he doesn't notice the trio sneak behind him.] I'll go in front of the bouncer, get his attention if he starts to look behind him. Someone else take Jin and go back, I'll catch up right after. * Kyon shrugs. "Right. Let's do it. Need to get the information somehow. Just be ready." He looks at Katie, and smirks. "Except for you. Calm down." * Katie grumbles, but does her best to do so. "I'm trying. Just walking into a hornet's nest here." She gives him a small shove. "Go." * Taki nods at Satoshi, "That seems to be the way to go." * Satoshi takes a deep breath. "Right. Well, here goes..." Jin, follow Kyon for a bit, do what he says, I'll catch up later. * Kaede looks up suddenly. He has kind of a haunted look himself but looks back up at the group. Then letting out a deep breath. "...Right." * Kyon glares down at Katie for a second, and smirks. "We're as prepared as we're going to be. Gotta do it some time." He stalks forward towards the door, giving Haruko time to get ahead. * Haruko moves to stand in front of the bouncer and dances to the music. Jin nods. "Okay." * Katie looks over at Kaede and smiles, trying not to let the nervousness show. "It'll be all right." She turns and heads to the door. Jin follows Kyon! 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Haruko (2d6-2) and gets 3. * Kyon quietly moves behind the bouncer, and heads cautiously through the door. He scans beyond it quickly as he opens it. [The bouncer seems quite distracted by Haruko.] * Kaede lets out a faint smile, quickly fading as he sneaks around the bouncer taking position behind Kyon. [Behind the door is a corridor that turns left after a few feet. At the turn is a door to the right, which likely leads onto the stage. Don't go that way :P] [Saki's crew is at the end of the hallway.] (Kyon suddenly decides to act out his musical dreams!) (... Do it!) [And Saki's crew rounds the corner :P] * Kyon heads up behind Saki and company, and checks around the corner as they go forward. * Katie slips in. * Haruko waits until the crew is safely behind the door and smiles widely at the bouncer. "One of the band asked me earlier to come back stage. That alright?" * Satoshi follows along, trying to look as nonchalant as possible. Yep, nothin' to see here, no sirree. [There's a waiting room just around the corner. Judging from the voices, that's where the Band is] * Taki tries to sneak by while Haruko is talking. [And the bouncer lets Haruko by. :P] * Kyon holds up and tries to determine how many people are in there from the voices. 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Kyon (2d6) and gets 9. * Haruko gives quick bow and thanks the bouncer and heads back. (Eh... DR) 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Kyon (2d6) and gets 9. * Katie listens. * Haruko catches up with the group. 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Katie (2d6) and gets 6. * Katie glances at the rest of the group and holds up five fingers. Saki yawns. "What a waste of time." * Katie looks over to Kyon. "Your call." * Kaede frowns slightly but doesn't say a word, nodding a bit. * Kyon rolls his shoulders, and adjusts his bag again. He shrugs, and speaks quietly. "If we don't try, then coming here was a waste of time. Still the best shot we've got." * Kyon cocks his head. "Still... where are the other two?" he says lowly. * Katie shrugs. Kyoko? * Kyon looks further down the hall for any other rooms around. Maybe some of us should stay out here just in case.. Eriko nods. "I'll do that." Ryuji does too. "It wouldn't be wise for me to show myself just yet." Saki shrugs. "Whatever." * Katie nods and makes a mental note to ask Ryuji about Shingo sometime. Jin looks around confusedly. "Um... me too?" he points at himself. I think I should go, just in case... * Satoshi shrugs. "I'll go wherever you think I'll be most useful." Same here. Three or four out here is plenty. * Kaede nods slightly. "Well, I want to find out what the hell she's doing here..even if.." He shakes his head. Jin blinks a few times. "What about me?" * Kaede frowns a bit. "I think you would probably be better coming with us, Jin." "Okay." * Kyon looks over the group, then points to Satoshi, Kaede, Haruko, Taki, and Jin in succession. "You're the best start. Have they met any of you?" * Haruko shakes her head. "None of them looked familar to me." Yeah, I ran into one of them when we were visiting Meimi. Jin: "Umm.... I'm not sure." * Kaede shakes his head. "No..." Takeo and Shingo have, yeah. ...though I don't know if Nanami will cause problems. * Kyon cocks his head, and turns to Katie. "Can you tell if she's in there?" Nanami would recognize most of us any ways. Better to have someone she can trust with us. * Kaede nods slightly. "Alright. I HAVE to go, then." * Katie nods. "She's there." * Katie sighs. "And that makes it six people. She just spoke up. Well?" So..it's just me, Haruko and Jin... If it's just me, Kaede, and Jin perhaps we should take Saki as well. Does the band know you Saki? * Kaede adjusts his glasses. "Hope you can hold on to that leash well.." Saki shrugs. "Beats me. A lot of people seem to." Maybe, we could go in by ourselves...and Saki could come in a bit later...if they notice her, we could act as two seperate groups. Saki muses. "Suppose I'll go in, though. It'd make coming here worthwhile." Is there any chance Ryo is in there? We only need to worry if they can some how seperate our groups. * Kyon nods again quickly. "If we can't match number with people they don't know, it'll be better to go ones least likely to make them start fighting." He turns to Saki. "Good." * Katie shakes her head. "Six people. The Band and Nanami, I think. I can't tell you more than that." I don't know who Ryo's with, if anyone. If he's there, then he's there. * Kyon cocks his head and looks at Haruko oddly. "Don't even know that Ryo's in the band." Then I'll be waiting out here. * Haruko smiles. "Don't think he is, I just don't want to be stuck in there. Let's go in, a plan would probably break down instantly, we just enter and find out why Nanami is here." * Kyon shakes his head. "Look, enough planning. We're just going to have to deal. The people I picked should go in. We'll stay in reserve for now." I don't remember his name..of course he could have a stage name.. Eriko pipes up. "Wait long enough and they'll come to you." Eriko's right. Are you going? But he wasn't on the list.. * Kaede nods and bows slightly to Haruko. "After you?" * Kyon shakes his head. "I go in, might as well just yell a battle cry going into the room. Same with you." * Haruko grins, "Sure, I have permission to be back here after all." She walks up to the door and makes sure the reserve is out of sight. Jin points at himself. "I go in, right?" Yes Jin. Jin: "Okay." * Kyon draws back a bit, and nods to Jin. "Yeah." He gestures for Ryuji and Eriko to join him. * Katie leans against a wall. "No kidding on the battle cry thing." She rubs at her forehead and grumbles something mildly unflattering in English. * Haruko nods. "Come in after me, don't fight unless one of us says so." * Taki sighs and makes sure she's out of everybodies way. [Ryuji and Eriko make sure they're out of sight.] * Satoshi gets out of sight. * Katie shakes her head and gets out of sight. Being seen would be bad. * Haruko glances back. "Knock or just go in? I think just go in." * Kyon rolls his eyes and waves for them to just do something. * Haruko opens the door and walks in. * Kaede follows in behind Jin. [And so they split up and enter. Session End]