[Day: Tuesday, February 25th. Time: 2:50 p.m.] [Weather: Sunny, a bit chilly, but not too bad.] [Yesterday you talked with Saki, then ran into Matthias and his goons again, and met Kaoru's crazy sister. What will today hold? You all gather at the lockers, as normal.] [Session Start] * Katie looks down at her sketchbook, tapping the pencil against her chin thoughtfully. * Satoshi closes the door to his locker and then leans against it. * Kaede looks down at his notebook, walking carefully as he jots down some notes. He reaches down every once and a while to steady his kaban as he walks, and tries to adjust his glasses. It looks really awkward. * Katie blinks, nods to herself, and goes back to work. * Taki comes walking down the hall, idly hoping that her last class is closer to the lockers next year. * Haruko walks down the hallway, she's grinning and wraps her arms on each side of hockey stick that's resting on her back. * Satoshi waves to Taki, then notices Haruko. His eyes light up. "Oooh, is that mine?" * Kaede drops his kaban with a light thump against the lockers, not really noticing it as he pushes up his glasses and scratches away in the pad. Afternoon everyone. * Katie keeps working on it. * Kaede looks in his locker and does a routine, as if his brain's working on autopilot. * Taki waves back at Satoshi and then looks over at Haruko, "Nice." [Inside Kaede's locker is...! Nothing unusual.] * Haurko nods. "Yup Satoshim not quite done yet. Thanks Taki." She then shoots Kaede a concerned look. * Satoshi looks a little disappointed. "Oh, well. I can wait. I'm sure it'll be fantastic when it's done. * Kaede nudges the locker closed with his knee and sighs a little, looking at his pad and circling something. * Haurko distractedly hands it to Satoshi, "Just a minute." She then walks over to Kaede. * Kaede doesn't look up from his notepad, but speaks absently to the group at large. "What is it with the tower?" * Haurko comments softly to Kaede. "I didn't mean to blow off your concerns yesterday, if you want to talk, or if I can help, let me know." * Katie looks up now. Hmm? Tower? It's Tokyo Tower, isn't it? * Satoshi accepts the hockey stick and gazes at it adoringly. It's big and powerfull and represtents destruction and preservation...Right? * Kaede flips his pad closed and pushes up his glasses slowly. * Katie nods. Yeah, Tokyo Tower. About what you'd expect. * Haruko waits a moment, although she doesn't look like she expects a response. And thanks for that list again Katie. Do we really know WHAT to expect, at this juncture? I've stopped expecting anything. It's easier that way. * Katie nods at Taki. "It wasn't any trouble." She blinks, turning her attention to Kaede. "No, but I said that in the..." She frowns, trying to think up the right word. * Haruko gives a very slight nod and moves to stand by Satoshi. "Oh, coould we take a trip to the tower at some point? I'd really like to see it reversed once." Given sense? No. Rhetoric? * Satoshi tears his attention away from his new toy and looks at Haruko. "Oh. Guess you want this back now, don't you?" Maybe? Since when do we "expect" it to drive a poor girl mad though? That's not what I meant. Never mind. * Haruko nods and retrieves it, grinning. "Sure, let them talk for a minute first though." Then you'll get a demo, and we'll customize it. * Kaede leans back hard against the lockers, banging them slightly as he does so. * Satoshi grins. * Katie frowns slightly. "Are you okay?" It bothers me... That girl... * Satoshi notices Kaede and blinks. "Uh... is something wrong?" If there's something with the tower you haven't told me... I think we've told you everything we know. All I know about the Tower is that it's Tokyo Tower. If you take the elevator down, you reach the Tower Reversed. I've only been there once. Didn't notice anything *bad* about it, except that Sho showed up. * Kaede looks up slowly. "What does Kyon know? * Haruko seems less cheery. "Which is an upside down world, right?" * Kaede blinks. "I never heard all this." * Taki nods at Haruko, "The snow falls up." * Katie nods. It's a giant Arcana Field. And all I know about what Kyon knows is... well, what he's told me. Doesn't that bother you, Katie?" I made the mistake of looking out the window once. *shudders* Not doing that again. [A boy approaches as you're talking! He's tall, and well muscled. He's not unattractive, but not particularly handsome, either. His eyes are brown, his hair is black and very short (nearly shaved). Taki and Satoshi both recognize him as Junichiro Fujishima.] A lot of things bother me. Kyon used to bother me, but by now, he's pretty low on the list. * Haruko nods. "So, could we go there some time? I'm, a little afraid to go alone." * Satoshi waves. "Oh, hey, Jun. What's up?" * Haruko has returned the hockey stick to behind her back, giving her a cross- like shape. (starting defenseman for the hockey team) * Kaede smiles slightly. "There's different types of bothers..." Ready for the game Thursday? * Taki looks up and waves, "Hi, how is eveything?" * Kaede quiets down as someone new approaches. * Junichiro waves back. "Yeah. Can't wait." * Satoshi grins. "Awesome." * Junichiro pulls a letter from his pocket and hands it out to Taki. "Here, Taki. I wanted to give this to you before I forgot." * Taki takes the letter, "Oh, what's this?" ( There's Kyon-type bother, Sho-type bother, pie-hit-you-in-face- whenever-you-open-a-door-type bother... ) (*laughs*) (Yeah, that last one's a doozy.) * Taki starts to open it. You'll see. Go ahead and read it. * Satoshi looks puzzled. [It doesn't explode. So far, so good.] If you say so. ::finish opening and then reads the letter:: The letter reads "To Taki Shimiru: I've been watching you for a while. You don't know me very well, but I'd like you to. I think I'm in love with you." Signed: Secret admirer. * Kaede pulls out his notepad again and writes and scribbles a note quickly on it, folding it and slipping it to Katie so Jun doesn't see. It reads "I want to go to the Tower first chance we get." * Katie glances into the note and gives a slight nod, stuffing it into her satchel. * Haruko sways a bit, letting the stick rock back and forth. * Junichiro puts his hands in his pockets and whistles a bit. * Taki blinks at her note and then turns a bit pink, "Just out of curiosity...where did you get this?" * Satoshi blinks a few times, confused. * Katie notices Taki's blush and grins slightly. I'm just helping out a friend. So what do you think? * Kaede looks through his notepad, not really paying much attention. * Haruko narrows her eyes a bit. ( Wow. Couldn't have more mixed reactions :P ) (Don'tcha love us. ^^) (But we're missing Kyon's reaction!) (*smirk*) (That's the best one of all! ^^;) (There we go!) (Thanks!) (No no...) ( The Oscar goes to.... ::reaction shots:: ) (Or, possibly, *rolls eyes*) * Taki smiles, "I think if he'd tried before I met Satoshi he'd have had better luck. Sorry." [And some where, Kyon smirks] (It'd be *smirks bemusedly* if anything) * Satoshi blinks again, and blushes slightly. He grins kind of sheepishly at Junichiro. * Junichiro frowns, but just for a sec. "Well, he'll be heartbroken, but that's okay." Well, take care. * Junichiro heads off down the hall. See you at practice, Jun. * Junichiro calls over his shoulder. "Yeah." You too, and tell him I wish better luck next time. * Satoshi says to himself, "Hoo, boy, this is gonna be awkward..." (ouch..probably the worst thing you could say to a crush ^^;) (From the horses mouth. I'd probably come up with something snarky) (If Taki was still the person I'd envisioned at the start of this she'd have said yes ^^;;) * Haruko blinks a few times. "Right, so while we're waiting for Kyon, shall we get to equiping you Satoshi?" * Satoshi shakes his head to clear it. "Yeah, sure!" (If Taki was still the person you'd envisioned at the start, she probably wouldn't know someone on the hockey team to pass on notes ^^;) * Taki folds up the letter and stuffs it into her backpack. * Haruko flips the stick around her back, spinning it in her hand, nearly losing it, tryies to sauvely cover up her mistake but it isn't plausable, then rests the stick on her two hands holding it extend. * Kaede lets out a long breath. "Do we have to wait for him?" * Satoshi takes the stick from Haruko. "So, what exactly do you want me to do?" Not necessarily. It would be nice to tell him where we're going, though. [The stick has the dimensions of a common hockey stick, but is obviously made from sort of metal alloy, Haruko seems to have a bit of trouble holding it though. The grip is a bit thicker then usual and has two thin bits where hand holds normally would be. (Continued)] * Kaede folds his arms and looks out the window. "It's like a babysitter...honestly." Maybe he has a right to call us fledglings. We could drop a note into his locker...or leave a message on his phone...His can do that right? ( Everyone give me a hearing check. ) 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Kaede (2d6) and gets 2, a CRITICAL SUCCESS!!! "I'm a child of extremes. Have a crit, and a nice day to go with it." 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Satoshi (2d6-2) and gets 4. 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Taki (2d6) and gets 4. [At the top, there's a small switch, within thumbs reach of the lower handhold. At the bottom, there is what appears to be a sort of leather sheath, just above the hitting part.] 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Haruko (2d6) and gets 8. 2d6-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Katie (2d6-4) and gets 2. ( Kaede hears angels singing in the distance :P ) (Pretty angels @_@) ( Oh man. This is so ironic. ) [Everyone but (oddly enough) Haruko hears loud motorcycles driving suddenly, not far away.] (;_;) * Katie turns her head to the enterance of the building. "That's odd." * Satoshi pauses in his examination of the stick. "What's that noise?" * Kaede looks out the doors slightly and raises an eyebrow. "What was that?" * Taki looks in the direction of the noise, "What was that?" * Kaede 's eyes widen a bit. "Well, they're coming this way, that's for sure" * Kaede picks up his kaban and rushes towards the door. Haruko hands two rubber hand holds to Satoshi, "Slip these on top of the stick. Uh, what was what?" * Katie gets to her feet and picks up her satchel. She goes to take a look. Sounds like motorcycles. [Three motorcycles ride around the gate. A student screams as he dives out of the way, nearly getting hit.] * Satoshi takes the handholds from Haruko and watches Katie and Kaede go off. ( roll init ^^ ) d6+6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Kaede (d6+6) and gets 9. d6+6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Haruko (d6+6) and gets 12. d6+5 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Satoshi (d6+5) and gets 11. d6+6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Katie (d6+6) and gets 10. d6+7 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Taki (d6+7) and gets 9. (Now that's appropriate ^^) (First to run out there, last to react...how ironic) ( Amusing... ) [Haruko, cycle1, Satoshi, cycle2, Katie, cycle3, Kaede, Taki, cycle4] [Haruko's turn!] * Haruko 's eyes light up and she runs outside to see what's happening, she doesn't exactly push Kaede or Katie out of the way, but she doesn't really slow down as she passes them. [Just moving] (You have unfortunatly been clubed by Satoshi's hockey stick in the mad rush to get out there :P) ( Doh! ) [The first cyclist rides right for the front doors.] [Satoshi's turn!] * Satoshi runs after the others, slipping the handholds on the stick as he goes. "What's going on, guys?" (moving into range) [The second cyclist veers to the left after a girl who was standing there in shock. She screams as he swings a crowbar at her as he drives by. It looks like he missed, but she fell to the ground and he's swerving around for another pass.] [Katie's turn] [For the record, with the hand holds the stick is functional, but the weight may be a little off, and the hand holds aren't perfectly fitted. So workable, but not customized.] * Katie stares. "Shit!" She's torn for a moment, then decides to duck back against the lockers. "They're attacking a girl out there!" What? (Unless I do something stupid and teleport out to the girl before the last one acts) ( Go Katie, full of bravery. ) I- I can't do anything! (Yeah, well. I can call upon the powers of a gentle spring breeze.) [The third cyclist turns around from his collision course with the front doors. It looks like he's going to go after the first boy from the way in.] [Kaede's turn] They're doing WHAT? * Kaede runs towards the doors, slipping his notepad in his kaban and hefting it up with him as he runs. Attacking students! Awww, shit! Who are they? (::sighs:: Taki is about to do something brave and foolish) [Taki's turn!] * Haruko looks furious, completely furious, totally consume with rage. "Defiling scum!" ( There are people around, you know :P ) What? ::runs for the doors:: [Cyclist 4 follows the first one.] [So... Katie's inside, Everyone else is outside?] (No, I just reached where Katie and Kaede were on my first turn.) (Kaede's probably outside by now.) d6+6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Kyon (d6+6) and gets 8. [Luckily, Kyon comes down the stairs just then. He sees Katie cowering behind the lockers, Satoshi near her, and everyone else running out the door. Outside are the mean nasty bikers.] * Katie notices Kyon and waves him over. [New order: Haruko, cycle1, Satoshi, cycle2, Katie, cycle3, Kaede, Taki, Kyon, cycle4] [Haruko's turn!] * Haruko draws her wrench as she keeps moving. She does her best to judge the bikes. [Mechanic check for definate weak points, or driving problems] 2d6-6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Haruko (2d6-6) and gets -3. * Haruko calls out the disadvantages of the bikes, "Also try clotheslining them Satoshi, bring these bastards downm they don't deserve what they ride." [The first cyclist looks like he was going to break right through the doors, but as Haruko emerges, he decides to take a swipe at her with a chain, instead.] 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Haruko (2d6-3) and gets 3. [Haruko ducks as the chain sweeps over her head.] [Satoshi's turn!] * Haruko sneers at the biker as she ducks. "Pathetic, next time try walking." * Satoshi snarls. "Bastards." He finally reaches the doors, pushes them open and joins the others outside. [Cyclist2 strikes at the girl he missed the first time. She screams as he hits her arm.] [Katie's turn] * Katie winces at that scream, then gives up and, against all common sense, runs outside and towards her as she pulls a red tube out of her pocket. [Katie runs to the doors rather quickly. Faster than she expected, for sure.] [Cyclist 3 goes after the first boy who dove out of the way. He's up and running towards the gate. Will he make it? Find out next turn!] [And as a side note, there are other people behind you, looking at the scene. They're too scared to do anything, though.] [Kaede's turn!] * Kaede growls out slightly. "Stop it right NOW!" He swings his kaban hard towards the biker who was after Haruko, trying to knock him off the bike. 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Kaede (2d6-2) and gets 1. [Kaede knocks the guy right off, all right. He lands on the ground with a thud while his bike continues a bit before losing balance.] [Taki's turn] * Taki runs around the melee at the door and twords the poor girl. * Kaede lets out a tssh sound under his breath. [Kyon's turn!] * Kyon blows out a breath, looks around for a minute, then stalks outside and regards the scene. [Cyclist 4 sees Kaede knock #1 off his bike and drives by him, swinging an iron pipe as he goes.] 2d6-1 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Kaede (2d6-1) and gets 8. [Kaede gets clubbed in the side as the cyclist drives by.] Dammit! [Haruko's turn] * Kaede oofs and grits his teeth, collapsing to a knee holding his side. Kaede! * Haruko picks two students, the least scared looking ones, she points as she gives loud but confident orders. "You! Go tell the principal! You! Go to the mechanics club, get help!" She then turns to run to the downed bike, but is out of time. [The first cyclist just gets to his feet. Meanwhile, it starts to rain.] [And the students do as Haruko say. They don't need init. Although the one guy is wondering why on earth he's getting help from the mechanic's club.] (* changes to their cursed formes) [Satoshi's turn] * Satoshi raises his stick, and, in a move that would earn him time in the penalty box were this an actual game, swings it at the cyclist who attacked Kaede. 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Satoshi (2d6-3) and gets 3. ('Takes bikers to fight bikers.' Haruko logic (tm) ) (Bah. Kyon's cursed form shows up from getting hugged by members of the opposite sex. =P) (Wantanabe, 5 min, highsticking) (There goes my chance at the Lady Byng.) [Satoshi hits the guy in the gut as he drives by, knocking him right off his bike. He grimaces as he lands on the grouns. He looks like he's trying to get up, but his limbs don't wanna let him.] [#2 debates for an instant whether to attack Taki or the girl, and decides on Taki.] [He drives by and, uh, misses.] [Katie's turn!] * Taki just keeps running. * Katie runs to the girl. [Cyclist #3 clubs the guy who was running in the back. Ouch.] [Kaede's turn] * Kaede reaches in his kaban, eyes fixed on the cyclist near the girl. "Leave them alone!" He pulls out his notebook and throws it towards the cyclist's face. 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Kaede (2d6) and gets 7. (Just barely a miss ;_;) [Kaede's notebook flies past the guy, a foot off.] [Taki's turn] * Taki kneels next to the girl and asks her if she can run while trying to lift her to her feet." [The girl's only response is to cry loudly while holding her arm] [She does let Taki lift her up, though.] [Kyon's turn] * Kyon looks around again quickly, then stalks down towards the cyclist by the gate. [Meanwhile, the principal arrives! "Don't worry! The police are on their way!" Fittingly enough, you hear sirens rapidly getting louder, too.] [Quentin goes after cyclist3] (Yay! They're going to arrest us on supposed circumstantial evidence!) * Junichiro is now known as Quentin (Ohh, the biker's so dead. ^_~) ( Nah. Just you :P ) (What...again?) [Haruko's turn!] * Haruko runs to the nearest bike and mounts up. "Can't afford to wait, people getting hurt." [Cyclist one attacks Satoshi with his chain. (and maybe hits)] * Satoshi instinctively raises his stick in an attempt to block. 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Satoshi (2d6-3) and gets -1, a CRITICAL SUCCESS!!! "A WINNER IS YOU!" [The chain wraps around the hocky stick, and with a tug, Satoshi pulls the chain right out of the man's hands.] [Cyclist 2 drives back at Taki and the girl, aiming to hit one of them. (Taki can defend for herself and the girl with a +1 penalty.] 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Taki (2d6-2) and gets 5. [Taki pushes the girl out of the way of the attack.] [Katie's turn] Look out! * Katie changes course for the boy who was hit. [Satoshi's turn] * Satoshi swings his stick at biker #1, in an attempt to trip him. Two more penalty minutes! 2d6-1 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Satoshi (2d6-1) and gets 9. [The cyclist jumps over the hocky stick.] (Is his name Jack by chance? Is he nimble?) * Quentin runs at cyclist #3, spins, and kicks him in the head. The blow makes the cyclist stagger, but he doesn't fall. [Cyclist #3 turns from the gate and heads back towards you.] (Hey, he's the principal. He can attack whoever he wants. ;p) [Kaede's turn] ( If this were MC, he woulda defeated all of them with that first attack :P ) (Of course. ;P) (But then he'd probably go after us. ^^;) ( Of course ^_^ ) * Kaede gets up off his knee, wincing slightly and picking up his kaban in both hands, coming up behind the cyclist attacking Satoshi and swinging overhead to knock him out for the count. 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Kaede (2d6-2) and gets 1. (::suddenly sees Quentin as Zerodyme from PA complete with cloak and bad tie::) [In a bizzare twist of fate, the cyclist spins and slugs Kaede in the gut, as if he sensed the attack coming.] [Taki's turn] * Kaede winces and drops his kaban, staggering back from the added pain from the pipewound. Son of a bitch! * Taki takes the girl and heads twords the principal and everybody else. "C'mon, only a little farther." [Kyon's turn] * Kaede clutches his sides, his head drooping. "Damn it..damn it..." * Kyon stalks the rest of the way to the gate, measuring up the cyclist there as he does so, then turns to the side and twists forward with a punch as he reaches him. 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Kyon (2d6-2) and gets 2. [Kyon's punch knocks the guy right off his bike. He lands on his back and starts to pull himself up.] [The sirens get louder, and it begins to rain harder. Fitting, eh?] [Haruko's turn] * Haruko revs the engine and drives full steam at the cyclist attacking Taki, swinging her wrench as she passes. 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Haruko (2d6) and gets 11. (dr) 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Haruko (2d6) and gets 5. [Haruko clubs him in the shoulder as she goes by. He falls with his bike and skids along the ground. Ouch.] [Cyclist #1 ponders hitting Kaede while he's down, but decides instead to punch Satoshi. He misses.] Thanks Haruko! [Satoshi's turn] * Haruko yells as she passes. "Pathetic punk! Leave my friends alone!" * Satoshi swings his stick at cyclist #1, though he holds back a bit so he doesn't hurt the guy *too* much. 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Satoshi (2d6-3) and gets 3. [Ouch. The guy moves his face in front of the hocky stick. There's a really loud crack.] [And yeah, he's down.] * Satoshi shakes his head. "Idiot." [#2 pulls himself out from under his bike. He's limps a bit, but still has his crowbar and still looks like he wants to fight.] [Katie's turn] Deserved it, though. * Katie tries to help the boy to his feet. "Come on, let's get you out of here." [The boy tries (and fails) to not cry and nods.] [#3 gets to his feet. Meanwhile, Quentin heads after #2] [Kaede's turn] * Kaede falls to his knees, his arms going under his uniform jacket as he coughs, clutching his side ribs and coughing down towards the ground. ( Good plan. ) [Taki's turn!] * Taki contines her trip twords the school doors, and if she makes it this turn she gently puts the girl down on the inside. [She does make it. A bunch of people come over to help.] [Kyon's turn] * Kyon takes the gesture of his foe getting up as a sign to aim a punch at his head again, this time with his left hand. 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Kyon (2d6-2) and gets 6. [And punch him, he does. The guy staggers back and wipes blood from his mouth.] [Riko and Ryuji both come out the door! And the cop cars stop outside. But it'll take sometime for them to get to the fight, and the bikers don't seem like they want to stop.] [Ryuji goes before Haruko, Riko goes after cyclist2] [Ryuji goes for cyclist #2!] [Haruko's turn!] ( Long fight @_@ ) (Only on the 5th round..what are you talking about? ^_~) (That's because we didn't critfail three times in the first round and decide to run away like usual) (That's because this is our turf! Grrr!) * Haruko turns and after scanning the scenes drives next to Kaede and ditches the bike. She looks pained as her bike collapses next to her. [Satoshi's turn!] (Must defend turf!) (On this sod you will die.) * Satoshi watches with relief as Haruko reaches Kaede, then starts running towards Biker #3 at the gate. [Motorist #2 swings his crowbar at Quentin! But Quentin catches the man's arm as he brings the weapon down.] [Riko runs for cyclist #3!] [Katie's turn!] * Katie helps the boy to safety. [Motorist 3 swings his iron pipe at Kyon, but misses.] [Quentin elbows Motorist #2 in the stomach, dropping him.] [Kaede's turn!] * Kaede looks out at the scene, seeming to take a little effort to raise his head. [Taki's turn.] * Taki runs back of the doors and looks around for something that needs her help, seeing most everthing undercontroll sher hurries over to Haruko and Kaede. [Kyon's turn!] * Kyon eyes his opponent, smirks, and swings back in with a right to follow up his left. 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Kyon (2d6-2) and gets 6. [Kyon hits the guy in the chest. He takes two steps then falls on his back.] [And that's it! None of them are moving much anymore!] [The police hurry into the scene. Paramedics follow.] (We had a fight, and I was useful. Woo!) * Kaede coughs again. "Damn it...get...my notebook somewhere dry before it gets..soaked.." * Katie gets the boy to some of the other kids, then heads over to Kaede and Haruko. * Kaede collapses over his kaban. Kaede? Kaede! * Satoshi runs over to Kaede and the others. "Haruko, is it safe to move him?" * Katie wipes her plastered bangs out of her face and kneels by him, pulling the first aid kit out of her satchel. "Haruko!" * Quentin hurriedly begins to check on the students. Including Kaede. * Haruko actively tries to figure just that out. Her hands touch Kaede, but that's just a coincidence, no obvious miraculous healing here. [The paramedics come over with a stretcher. "Stand back!"] * Kyon looks down at his fallen foe, smirks, and waves a finger at him dismissively before looking around the rest of the scene. * Satoshi gets out of the way of the paramedics. * Taki takes a few steps back. [A familiar voice speaks from behind Kyon. "Well, that was impressive, Mr. Sorata."] * Haruko stands back. "Please, can I ride with him? He could use someone to hold his hand, he's pretty bad!" [The paramedics nod to Haruko as they lift Kaede and rush him back towards the ambulance.] * Katie nods to Haruko, then picks up Kaede's things. She stuffs his notebook into her satchel. Where will you be taking him? * Kyon turns to look back over his shoulder at the speaker. "Filling my role. The vice president can't just let people come in and assault the students." * Haruko runs along, grabbing his hand when she gets the chance. [The paramedics don't hear Taki, but she sees the usual hospital's logo on the ambulance's side.] [Kyon sees Kenjii Sagara, the policeman.] (General Arcana Hospital.) [He gives a slight smile. "That was very brave of you."] * Taki tries to flag down a diffrent paremdic, "There's another person who's been hurt, she's inside the school!" [Someone cries. "Kaaaaatiiiiiieeee!"] * Katie turns to the voice. * Kyon nods curtly. "I see it more as my duty than a feat of bravery." [Katie turns just in time to see Chikako dive and tackle her to the ground, sobbing. "Waaaah! I heard there was a problem out front and you were here and maybe in danger or something and it was so uncool!"] * Katie is tackled. "Oof!" She fights to sit up and hugs Chikako. "It's okay, Chikako. It's over now." Some people got hurt, but they should be okay. [Kenjii nods. "Modest, but that's okay. I'll have to get a statement from you later." He goes to talk with the principal.] * Satoshi walks over to Katie and Chikako. * Taki continues her bid to get one of paramedics to the girl, even is she has to drag one of them over to her. [The paramedics go around collecting the injured, starting with the students.] * Kyon hears Chikako's entrance, looks back around, then heads over there, hands jammed in his pockets. But what if something bad happened! It was sooo uncool! And I was all the way in my office so I couldn't get here! [Ryuji looks like he was going to come over too, but gets stopped to be questioned by the police.] I know. It's okay. * Satoshi nods. "We... we did all right. Took care of things." [Taro comes over, looking panicked. "Katie! Are you all right? Katie?"] * Taki finaly gets the girl sorted out and walks over next Katie and Chiakako before floping out on the ground, "Yep, all over now." ( yay! Meet all the NPCs! :P ) * Katie looks up at Taro and smiles faintly. "Yeah, I'm okay." (It's NPC-tastic!) [He wipes his forehead. "Whew. If anything happened to you, I don't know what I'd do."] (Kill someone!) ( After that ) (He'd have to get in line) (*snicker*) I'm okay. [Ken comes out of the school! He looks panicked, too! Until he sees you lot. Then he gets his typical I'm-better-than-you look and heads back in.] * Satoshi looks out at the mess. "Seriously, though, I think I speak for all of us when I say... what the *hell* was that about, anyway?" * Katie looks over at Kyon and nudges Chikako. "I think Kyon wants to talk to you." (Next up, Arisu!) * Kyon stops at the groups, and looks them over. He nods to Satoshi. "My question. Thought you'd all know." * Chikako blinks and looks over at Kyon. "Kyon! Are you okay! That was sooo cool, how you beat up the bad guys and saved Katie." Maybe they heard our idea for starting our own motorcycle gang? ( They were just delivering bikes for you :P ) * Katie grins and gets to her feet, wringing water out of her hair. Which is kind of pointless, but hey. ( Yay!! ) It's cool. I'm sure I'll know by tomorrow. I don't know. They just showed up and started attacking people. Maybe Saki really pissed them off at some point. And, yeah, I'll trust Chikako on this one. * Taki nods at Satoshi, "Whatever it was, I'm sure Chikako will be able to tell us." * Kyon blinks at Chikako, then takes a hand out and runs it down his chest quickly. "Fine. Just taking care of the job. Wouldn't be a good vice president if I let people get knocked around." [Riko comes over, too. She keeps her distance and doesn't say anything, though.] * Katie notices Riko and walks over to her. "Are you okay?" [The guys from the mechanics club arrive, armed with various tools! ... They seem disappointed, though. There's no fight. And no Haruko.] (We fight to defend our school! Yosh!) "Yeah. It's not like I got here in time to do anything." * Katie sighs and nods. She looks around again. I just wish I knew what all of this was about. * Taki decides that laying in the snow on a rainy day wasn't her brightest idea ever and stands back up. * Satoshi looks at the mechanics. "Haruko went off with a friend of ours who was really hurt. Thanks for coming, though." [They nod to Satoshi, but still seem disappointed. Meanwhile, the paramedics start gathering the bikers.] * Satoshi looks at his stick and comments, mostly to himself, "I have to thank Haruko for this again. Her timing turned out to be impeccable." He looks over at Taki. "You okay?" I'm cold and wet and more than a little angry, but other than that I'm just fine, You? * Kyon looks over to Riko, and smirks. "But coming to reinforce me was still your idea." * Satoshi realizes that the biker's chain is still wrapped around it, and he begins untangling the chain from the stick. "Same here. Confused as hell, too, and I really hope Kaede'll be okay. But with Haruko there, I think he will be." Riko scowls at Kyon. "Who says I was coming to reinforce you? I just did what I thought was right." * Kyon waves a hand dismissively. "Same end result." [The paramedics come right near you and pick up cyclist #4.] ( Didn't you know? The earth doesn't revolve around the sun either, it revolves around me.") * Taki nods, "The hospital here seems to be pretty good too, I hope they let him out before the festival." Riko just humphs and walkes towards the school. * Katie rolls her eyes. * Satoshi finishes untangling the chain, and drops it to the ground in disgust. "Somehow I don't think Kaede will be staying in the hospital a minute longer than he absolutely has to." [As Riko heads back to the school, you also notice Arisu inside, questioning the crowd. Until she spaces out, at least. And Hirokazu's there, too, looking shocked. (just so I get them all in :P)] (Yay! Go Brett!) (You forgot Eriko!) (Woo!) (Let's hear it for the NPCs. @_@) [Saki and Eriko come out, too, and head over to where Ryuji is.] [Makoto and Makoto are two of the people Arisu is questioning!] [The paremedics get near you again and start loading #1 on the stretcher, but stop.] * Katie blinks. [One of them shakes his head and motions to the other. He runs to the ambulance and comes back with a body bag instead.] Oh, shit. * Satoshi stares. * Satoshi starts to shake. [They haul him away.] Oh my god... I... [Session End]