[Day: Friday, February 28th. Time: 2:50 p.m.] [Weather: Cloudy and cool.] [Yesterday you found out about Kyon! And then with Taki's help, Satoshi won the hockey game! Then he had an egg and chicken sandwich when he got home 'cause that's what Jin was eating. Today, you gather at the lockers!] [Session Start] * Haruko wanders down the hallway, reading a recent issue of 'Elitist Mechanics' and not really watching where she's going. * Satoshi walks up to his locker and exchanges books. He's got the biggest, brightest smile ever. ^_^ * Katie doesn't watch where she's going, either! But since she isn't going anywhere, it's not really an issue. She sits at her locker, sketching something. * Kaede flicks through his notebook and makes a note before sitting across from Katie. * Katie glances up. "What're you working on?" * Taki walks down the hall from her usual direction, she's allso wearing a smile, but it looks a little forced. * Kaede flicks closed his notebook and adjusts his glasses. "Hmm?" * Haruko arrives without incident, thanks to Kami probably, she looks up and around and then smiles. "I take it you won Satoshi?" The notebook. I was just wondering. I always do this..you've never asked before.. It's my life I guess you could say. * Katie laughs a little and nods. "Yeah, I know. I just figured I'd ask now." * Kaede shrugs and slips it into his kaban. * Satoshi closes his locker and grins back at Haruko. "Yeah! We were awesome! Between me, Taki and Keisuke, we had everything covered! It was great!" Feels so good to actually play again. * Taki arrives, "Nearly everything, that last one just..." * Haruko grins back. "Great! I ended up with too much homework to make it, but let me know when your next game comes, I'd like to see one." You won? Good. * Satoshi grins over at Taki. "Hey, even the best goalies in the NHL let a few in. You were fantastic! Don't worry so much about it." * Satoshi nods to Haruko. "Will do." He looks over at Kaede. "Thanks, Kaede." He still hasn't stopped smiling. * Taki blushes a bit, looks at Katie for a second and then up at Satoshi, "I won't then." * Haruko leans against the wall and goes back to her magazine for a moment. * Katie looks over at the newcomers. "You really did catch on fast, Taki." * Kaede closes his eyes a bit and leans back. "Such a hectic week..." * Haruko nods absentmindedly to Kaede's comment and flips through a few pages in her mag. ..and it's still not over yet. * Taki nods at Katie, "When I put my mind to something it usualy comes pretty fast, I usualy don't though, it's more fun to take your time and enjoy things." * Satoshi nods to Kaede. "Yeah... seems like this week has lasted a really long time. So much has happened..." * Katie blinks at what Taki says, then nods and goes back to her sketch. She taps her pencil against her chin a couple times before applying it to paper. * Haruko nods again. More sharply, she puts her magazine away. Before I forget, how's the sign coming? * Katie doesn't look up. "I'll be done with it tonight, if you want to see it before the festival." * Satoshi blinks. "Sign? What... the festival. I totally forgot about the festival. Oh, man." Yup. Did you make sure you have swimming trunks, Satoshi? I can't wait to see it..Nanami's so excited really. * Haruko looks over to Kaede. "Yeah, I forgot too. Did you want any help manning your booth?" * Kaede blinks and looks up oddly at Haruko. "...help?" * Taki blinks at Haruko, "...You did finish the heater right?" * Satoshi turns to Katie. "You think people will be easy on me and not dunk me too much? 'Cause I did score four goals in that game and make an assist. And I helped find our great new goalie." * Haruko nods at Taki and smiles. She then looks back to Kaede. "Yeah, I offered to help a while ago. Want any?" You did..? * Kaede blinks and looks oddly at Haruko. Ahh good, even if they arn't you'll warm up quick. * Katie looks up at Satoshi with an evil glint in her eye. "I won't go easy on you." * Haruko shrugs and looks back at her magazine. "If you don't need another booth attendent..." I think Nanami's pretty selective in who she wants advertising our shop. But I can ask her if you want. * Satoshi raises his hands in mock-surrender. "Okay, I'm not surprised there. And I'd absolutely *fear* Kyon, if he decides he wants to try." He probably will. I'll put up money for it. * Kaede doesn't turn to Satoshi with an offhand comment. "And you don't fear the champion snowballer?" * Haruko rolls her eyes. "Don't let me inconvience you, I'm happy to work at the mechanics club booth." She goes back to her mag. * Kaede adjusts his glasses, with just a wicked glint across the frames. * Satoshi hangs his head. "Yep, I'm doomed." He then looks back up and grins. (Been waiting for a chance to do that ^_^_v) Don't worry, if he dunks you too many times...I give him a turn on the seat. * Satoshi laughs. "Nah, it's okay. I mean, what are friends and allies for, if not to give you a hard time? All in good fun, of course." * Haruko pauses to read an article. She reads her mechanics mags for the articles.. really. * Taki blinks and then laughs a bit herself, "Of course." * Satoshi blinks. "Aww, no. Not *now.*" * Haruko rolls up her magazine and pockets it. "Field?" Yep. * Kaede takes a deep breath and stands up, not even asking the obvious question but picking up his kaban. Wonderfull.. * Haruko puts a hand in her bag and looks around. * Taki looks around for the person generating it. * Satoshi makes sure his sports bag is there, then starts searching for the source. * Taki stops looking for a bit to offer Katie a hand up. [You see a girl hunched over so that her long hair covers her face. It's that person from the Ring! No, it's Saki! ... much scarrier.] * Kaede shifts his gaze to Saki, then looks at her worried. "She looks..different somehow, doesn't she..?" ...shit. * Saki staggers forwards a bit. Katie? * Haruko calls out to Saki. "Hey, you wouldn't happen to know what kind of motorcycle you drive?" This... isn't our Saki, Kaede. Least, I don't think she is. ...I wasn't aware we had a Saki. * Kaede 's backing slowly away. You know what I mean. * Saki raises her head ever so slightly towards Haruko. Her eyes gleam beneath her hair. * Taki touches Katie's shoulder, "Katie?" ( Roll init ) d6+6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Haruko (d6+6) and gets 10. d6+5 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Satoshi (d6+5) and gets 10. d6+6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Kaede (d6+6) and gets 12. 26+7 d6+7 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Taki (d6+7) and gets 11. d6+6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Katie (d6+6) and gets 8. [Order: Kaede, Saki, Taki, Haruko, Satoshi, Katie! Wheee!] [Kaede's turn!] * Kaede looks carefully at Saki, getting a sinking feeling in his stomach and holding up his kaban in a defensive posture. d5 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Brett (d5) and gets 4. [Saki's turn!] * Saki leans forwards and looks about to topple over, but she catches herself, and suddenly sprints at Satoshi, throwing a haymaker at him. Defend, Satoshi! 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Satoshi (2d6-2) and gets 8. * Kaede curses under his breath. "Damnit, why now?" * Saki grins insanely as her fist clubs Satoshi's shoulder. There's a flash of blue light and he staggers backwards. [Taki's turn!] * Satoshi oofs as he's hit. (Such a fun verb, oofs. ;p) * Katie snaps out of it and starts cursing rather vividly in English. * Taki calls out Satoshi's name and then "All thoes in favor of doing what we usualy do...please come over here." [Haruko's turn] * Haruko grabs her wrench from her bag and stands over next to Taki. [Satoshi's turn!] * Satoshi decides that discretion is the better part of valor, and moves over to Taki, making sure to stay between her and Saki. [Katie's turn] * Katie gets to her feet, picking up her satchel and sketchbook as she does so. She keeps a careful eye on Saki, though she's a bit paler than normal. [Kaede's turn!] * Kaede backs up towards the group, kaban still up guarding. "I hope you know what you're doing." d5 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Brett (d5) and gets 3. * Saki runs at Katie, and punches at her, too! 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Katie (2d6) and gets 6. * Saki slugs Katie in the gut. As usual, there's a blue flash before she's lifted off the ground and flies back a bit. Katie! Dammit... * Katie flies back into the lockers. She crumples to the ground, but lifts a shaky hand towards Saki. 2d6+2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Katie (2d6+2) and gets 13. * Kaede 's eyes widen as he looks the hit connect. "Katie!" (DR1) 2d6+2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Katie (2d6+2) and gets 12. Katie! (DR2. I hate you dicey. :P) 2d6+2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Katie (2d6+2) and gets 8. [Whatever Katie was trying to do, it didn't work at all.] * Kaede growls at Saki. "Why you..." [Taki's turn!] * Haruko glares at Saki and screams. "Leave them alone!" ( /me looks at Haruko. "Oh. Okay." She walks off. ) * Taki waives goodbye to Saki, and concentraits on taking everybody else to the roof. 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Taki (2d6) and gets 8. (DR1) 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Taki (2d6) and gets 7. 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Taki (2d6) and gets 6. [Suddenly, everyone is on the roof! Along with Eriko and Ryuji.] * Haruko looks at Ryuji. "Evil Saki, in the hallway. Go look." She then runs over to Katie. * Taki falls to her knees, "Grahh." * Katie was crumpled before, and she's crumpled now. "Ow, ow, ow. Shit." * Kaede drops to his knees, panting, clutching his kaban harder than normal. * Eriko stares. "Geezus. Stop doin' that!" * Satoshi runs over to Katie as soon as he realizes they're safe. "Katie! Are you all right?" Dammit! * Katie looks at Satoshi with what might be amusement. "No, but you got hit, too." * Taki looks up at Eriko, "Tell Saki to stop attacking us then." * Kaede punches the floor of the roof, and immediately regrets it. "Ow!" Ehh. I've been hit worse. * Haruko puts her hand on Katie's shoulder, starting to heal her. You want me to go... oh, never mind. Haruko's got it. * Kaede takes a deep breath and looks over at Katie, his eyes full of a bit of fright. * Satoshi walks back over to Taki and extends a hand to help her up. "Thanks, Taki." * Katie gasps for breath and doesn't move, letting Haruko heal her. * Haruko looks again at Ryuji. "Please... Go check it out. Maybe you can figure out what's going on before she leaves. Just be careful." * Taki takes the hand, "For a second there I didn't think I was going to make it." * Haruko keeps healing Katie while she's at it. Okay..so now someone's tried to kill me...shame it didn't happen earlier. But you did. Saved us all again. * Ryuji frowns. "I find it doubtful, but..." Nevertheless, he leaves. That would be why- don't let him go off alone! * Satoshi looks over at Kaede. "Oh, so now you finally believe us? Can't blame you, though. If the same thing hadn't happened to me right away, I probably wouldn't have believed us, either." * Taki nods at Satoshi, "Are you and Katie allright?" * Kaede crawls over to Katie, looking at her, then snapping back towards Ryuji. "He can't go down there.." * Satoshi watches Ryuji go. "Aww, dammit. Should I go after him?" You got hit..I'll go. * Haruko offers a hand to Katie. "Can you walk? I can heal on the way, we can all go." It's not that bad. Really. We should both go. * Kaede bites his lip. "Look after Katie, you guys." He picks up his kaban and runs after Ryuji. * Katie accepts the help. "Yeah." * Taki looks around for a bit and then chases after Ryuji. "Let's go then!" * Eriko sighs. * Haruko leaves her bag on the roof and supports Katie as best she can, she follows Ryuji. Argh... not gonna let him go down there by himself... * Katie watches them all run off and sighs. * Satoshi runs after Ryuji and Kaede. [Down the stairs they go! Until they get to the bottom floor, where they find... nothing.] * Kaede stops and looks around for Ryuji. * Kaede turns around and his eyes widen with everyone following him. "What are you guys DOING here?" * Haruko sighs. "Shit. I'll go back to help Katie." I TOLD you to look after her! * Satoshi looks at Kaede. "I wasn't gonna let you go down here by yourself." But she's gone, and so's the field. * Taki runs past Kaede, "Making sure Ryuji doesn't do something we'd all regret." You're hurt. I'm not...I can take care of myself! And I'm not letting her get away with that! * Kaede scowls and runs after Taki. * Taki looks wildly around for Ryuji. * Ryuji comes in from outside. * Kaede slows down as he approaches Ryuji. "Did you find her?" * Taki stops running when she spots Ryuji, "Did you...::pant:: what he said." * Satoshi follows the others, at a slightly slower pace. * Ryuji leans on his ever-present katana and says calmly. "I've looked, but I haven't seen her." * Kaede turns towards Satoshi, blinking. "Did you say something?" * Satoshi blinks back. "Uh... no." He then looks at Ryuji. "Well, the field's gone, so I'm guessing she is, too." * Kaede rubs his head. "I could have sworn..." Then I guess we can go back up the the roof again...and we're walking this time. Hmm... Saki doesn't have the ability to create fields, though. * Taki blinks, "She doesn't?" Apparently this one might..or someone else did it for her. We don't think this is really Saki, though. * Kaede walks up the stairs, keeping one eye on Satoshi. The other times she's shown up, there's been a field... though one of those times, it was someone else's field... and she turned out to be an illusion, so... All I know is I have a headache.. * Ryuji considers this. "But illusions shouldn't be able to cause harm, should they?" * Kaede heads up to the roof. Have you heard of the Moon? Meimi? Her illusions are very real. * Taki shakes her head, "Meimi probibly knows, but I don't think we'll ever get an answere out of Mimi that we can use." As weird as that sounds. I think hers probably *could* cause harm. You mentioned it before, I believe. [You return to the roof, where the others are!] * Haruko thinks and looks at Eriko. "Does she always take the same route to her bike?" When the illiusionary Shingo got hurt, we all thought it was real. I dunno the name. The... Huh? I guess so. * Kaede heads over to Katie and kneels down, closing his eyes and taking a deep breath. "Sorry about that..." * Satoshi looks over at the others. "No sign of her." * Katie watches the others come in, then says, "It's all right. I have an idea on what's going on." You do? * Katie turns to Taki. "Do you remember the first time we followed Saki?" * Taki thinks for a bit and then nods, "To the harbor." * Eriko blinks. "You FOLLOWED her?!" Yeah, to the harbor. She was- * Haruko waits a few moment. "I'm sorry... I think that's all I can do." She then looks over Katie to see if she could do anything with a first aid kit. * Katie blinks and looks to Eriko. "Yes, we followed her. We wanted to find out about the death of Hiro Kasuga and we wanted some answers as to what we were." * Haruko walks over to Satoshi. "Sit down for a moment please." If I remember right, Ryuji is the one who told us where she was going. * Taki takes a seat near Katie. * Satoshi sits. "It's not that bad, Haruko... but thanks." * Eriko shrugs and leans against the wall, finishing her cigarette. * Kaede sits down next to Katie, looking at Eriko and listening. We followed her and we got the Saki that was interested in having us for an afternoon snack. It's happening again. * Haruko works on Satoshi. But what triggered it? I don't know. But something tells me that when there's one Saki, she replaces the other. * Satoshi keeps still and lets Haruko work on him. "So they can't both be present at the same time?" * Kaede tilts his head towards Katie, curious. "What makes you think that?" That sounds silly. * Haruko nods. "Regular Saki should have passed us going to her bike based on what Eriko said." * Kaede mmms. "So..it's not one Saki, two bodies..it's two Sakis, one body?" ...So Saki the Death is getting replaced by Saki the Devil? * Katie runs her fingers through her bangs. "Because Ryuji told us where Saki was going. We get there, we get hungry Saki. Again, Saki just left. In order to get out of the school, she goes through the exits, right by us... and attacks us." Saki is no longer Death, however... Which still leaves the question...what triggers the change? I don't know. I wasn't asking you, Katie. * Katie shrugs. "I still don't know." * Taki blinks, "I got that backwards?" ::pulls out a well used scrap of paper and pencil to fix her list. * Haruko keeps her hand on Satoshi. "I had seen other Saki once. When I first found out I was an Arcana. How many other times have there been?" * Kaede sighs and closes his eyes, taking off his glasses and wiping them. "For once, you've got to stop taking all the burden on yourself.." I found out I was an Arcana when she got me, Katie, Taki and Shingo in a field and attacked. A lot like today, actually. And then there was the illusionary one that showed up when we met the real Shingo. I can't think of any other times. * Taki fixes her list and stuffs it back into her backpack. I wonder..is there a way you can seperate fused cards? Short of another nuke? * Kaede puts his glasses back on. * Katie says dryly, "A razor blade and well-applied glue remover." * Kaede eyes Eriko and deadpans. "Yes, short of that." * Kaede turns towards Katie too. "I'm trying to be serious." * Haruko closes her eyes and speaks in a fairly emotionless voice. "So, once this evil Saki show'd up and somebody died. Is that happening now?" * Katie sticks her tongue out at Kaede, but her heart doesn't quite seem in it. * Satoshi shakes his head carefully. "I can't think of any." ( The deadpan becomes an undeadpan through necromancy and cooks Kaede an evil scrambled egg. ) (Bwahaha!) ( weird... ) (::adds salt and seves to Saki::) Any ways to separate fused cards, I mean. * Kaede shakes his head slightly at Katie and keeps an eye on her. "Katie..don't worry about finishing the sign. Just go home and relax tonight." You don't get it. Working on the sign is relaxing. Well then, I won't keep you from it...but...my point is.. Has anyone else been attacked? * Kaede rubs his temples and his voice falters. "I don't know what my point is...no one listens to me anyways." Hiro Kasuga was eaten. Does that count? No. Then not as far as I've heard. Maybe we're just lucky. * Taki blinks, "Has...anybody else disapeared after we ran away from Saki any of thoes other times?" * Satoshi looks over at Kaede. "I listen to you. You... just don't have all that much to say to me, I guess. But I try." * Kaede looks off distantly over the barrier of the roof. * Haruko keeps speaking in a bit of a monotone. "Yeah, listen to Taki. Are people going to get hurt if we don't act now to find this doppleganger and stop her?" Maybe you're being targeted. Probably. Oh, that'd be just great. I have certainly never seen this other Saki you speak of. * Haruko looks at Ryuji. "Alright, so was anyone present for every appearance of evil Saki?" * Kaede looks at Haruko. "I wonder....it's risky but..." Do you think..we could make a tracking device or something for her bike? * Taki raises her hand, "I think I was there for all the real ones..." * Katie rubs at her forehead, then raises her hand. "Here." * Taki then stares at her hand, "...and I was an illusion when...." You weren't an illusion, Taki. There was an illusion of you. Different. Yeah. You were always you. I just wish I'd realized when the illusion was around... * Haruko glances at Taki and Katie, then Kaede. She sits down next to Satoshi and rubs her forehead with her other hand. But in the end, it didn't really matter, I guess. * Taki shakes her head, "Sorry, I'm just thinking out loud." * Satoshi smiles at her. * Kaede mumbles a bit. "Just a thought..." * Eriko lights up another cigarette. * Haruko looks up to Ryuji and then Eriko. "Kaede may have a good idea. But you need to decide if you two believe us. I don't believe that Saki wants this to happen, so we should work together." There's no way in hell Saki would be like that. What do you intend to do? That's why I said it'd be risky...I don't like the thought personally either but... * Taki lets her hand fall into her lap. * Haruko looks at Ryuji. "I don't know, Kaede may be right. We could put a tracker on the bike and give the tracer to you." * Kaede looks over at Katie. "And the same time, I don't want people hurt..." It's not our place to know all of her movements. But you are her friends. * Katie leans back against the wall and looks up into the cloudy sky as she plays with her sleeve. * Satoshi looks up at Eriko. "The Saki you know probably wouldn't. But this Sounds like invasion of privacy. I'm willing to bet that neither Saki knows about the other one. Hey, I wonder... * Haruko nods. "It is. But if we tell Saki about it, her doppleganger may know. You're her friends, would she be willing to have this done to fight this evil copy?" Has Saki ever complained about losing track of time? Or forgetting things? Or being someplace she doesn't remember going? It is difficult to say for certain. * Haruko runs her fingers down the side of her face. She's clearly very uncomfortable. Only when she's drunk. * Katie snerks at that. * Kaede folds his arms behind his head and leans his head back. "I don't like the thought of being eaten.." * Taki snorts and then looks up at the sky. These things aren't easy. I'd like there to be an easy way to do this and maybe there is. * Satoshi sighs. "None of us like it, Kaede." I'll do my best to keep that from happening Kaede. I tend to try and avoid thinking about it... but then things like today happen and I start to worry all over again. You don't have to decide now, and we could leave the information in your hands so nothing would happen with it that she wouldn't want. That may be for the best. Well, I'm not standing by after Katie's hurt...I can't believe there's nothing I can do... * Kaede closes his eyes and enjoys the chilly weather. He's weird, yup. * Satoshi looks over at Kaede. "You can research stuff, right? I mean, you can look things up on your computer. Maybe there's some sort of connections?" * Taki leans back and puts her hands on the ground, "Then go get this tracker of yours, or if you don't have one, make one...that'll give you something to do." * Haruko nods and looks at Ryuji, and then Eriko. "I'm sorry to put you in this position. But... It's better to know." Maybe... I don't know what to look for though..my head feels like it's about to explode. No way. I don't think Saki would like that, good intentions or not. Is that literal or figurative? Your head, I mean. * Kaede eyes Satoshi. "What do YOU think?" Take it one thing at a time, and relax like you tried to tell Katie to. * Satoshi blinks. "I don't know. What, do you think I read minds or something?" * Kaede looks at Katie and keeps his eye on her. "We can't relax. We both know it." * Kaede closes his eyes. "I don't know, Satoshi. You tell me." Whenever we panic we don't get anywhere. * Haruko looks at Eriko. "Do you have any other ideas? I mean it..." * Satoshi just shrugs. * Katie stops playing with her sleeve and becomes a flurry of quick motion as she pulls the unfinished carving from her satchel, unwraps it, and extracts a knife. She gets to work. * Haruko pats Satoshi lightly on the shoulder, "You can get up now, I've done all I can." * Eriko shrugs. "Not really. Ask her, maybe." * Satoshi blinks. "Ah, okay. Thanks, Haruko." * Taki ponders the wisdom of moving away from the knife vs the effort of getting up. * Haruko nods. "That's fair. We should.: Ask her if she wants to be tracked...yes, that will go over splendidly. Not that, ask her if she has other ideas. She has a right to be consulted first. I don't even know if she believes us. If someone came up and said that I have an evil double that's eating people, would you believe them? * Eriko nods. * Kaede shakes his head. "The right to be consulted goes when you start acting insane." * Ryuji sighs. "Who can tell?" With all that's been going on lately... I might just believe them. I feel more insane by the minute. * Eriko scowls at Kaede. "Y'know, I'm starting to see why Saki would want to hurt you." * Kaede looks up at Eriko. "Maybe. But I just noticed one of my best friends get slammed into a locker, and another get bashed by a haymaker..forgive me if I'm a little less than civil right now." * Haruko sighs and stands up. "Look. How about this. We ask her. If she doesn't have anything ideas then maybe next time we find evil Saki we plant something on her. That way we might not be invading real Saki's privacy." * Taki decides to stay where she is and watch Katie carve. Fine. Especially after hearing what she did at the other schools. * Satoshi blinks as he realized exactly what Kaede said. * Haruko looks at Katie. "Can you move something small through the air?" * Kaede folds his arms across his chest. * Katie doesn't look up; she's intently carving. "I can try. What?" * Ryuji watches silently. There are a lot of small transmitters out there these days. Little radios, cell phones that sort of thing. Okay. What about them? Kaede and I together, if we had the right parts, could probably make a bug. If we put an adhesive on it... When we see this doppleganger, you could plant it on her before we teleport away. Minimal risk to everyone. * Ryuji nods. "A wise idea." That..could work. Makes sense to me. * Katie considers. "Okay, I'll give it a try." * Taki looks for any interesting clouds, "How do you get it to stick to Saki and not Katie?" * Haruko looks as if her confidence is returning. [Taki sees a cloud that looks like Kirby!] The hard part would be doing it without her noticing. I guess the rest of us could... distract her or something. * Haruko paces. "Alright, the not sticking to Katie is relatively easy..." * Taki stares at the cloud and tries to remember the name of the videogame it reminds her of. [It reminds Taki of Kirby!] * Katie finishes some rather detailed featherwork and starts whittling down the upper section of the no-longer-block. * Taki suddenly blurts out "Kirby!" What? * Haruko turns and walks the other way, hurredly. "The finer Katie's control, the easier it would be of course..." * Kaede just stares at Taki. * Haruko looks at Taki and blinks, and then keeps pacing. * Taki points at the sky "That's what that cloud looks like!" * Kaede still stares at Taki, then looks at Katie's work. * Satoshi looks up briefly. "Um... okay. Guess it does." * Satoshi looks back down. Sorry, It was bugging me that I couldn't remember what it was. We could conceal it in a cloud of other debris, but that would make it harder for Katie to control the real bug... Tell me Katie, are we crazy..? Hell yeah. Or is it just the situation? * Katie shifts a little. "Crazy's a funny word like that. Do you think you're crazy?" * Haruko grins over at Kaede. "Why does it have to be one or the other?" I think that if you have to worry about whether or not you're crazy... you're probably not. 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Kaede (2d6-2) and gets 5. If you were crazy, you'd either not realize it, or you'd accept it and... maybe even enjoy it. I don't know. * Haruko stops pacing suddenly. "Shit." * Satoshi looks over at Haruko. "What's wrong?" * Haruko looks at Satoshi and Taki. "Uh, could I talk to you two for a moment." If it wern't for the insane situation I wouldn...What's wrong Haruko? Uh, sure. * Satoshi gets up and walks over to Haruko. Can't think of a reason why not. ::gets to her feet:: * Kaede blinks slightly and looks closer at the bird. "African? Those are rare..." * Haruko gestures over to a far corner of the roof. * Taki follows Haruko to the corner. * Katie puts a hand to her pocket, hesitates, and pulls it away. She looks up at Kaede. Yeah, they are. * Ryuji checks his watch. "Hmm. I suppose I'll take my leave." * Ryuji heads for the stairs. "Good luck." It looks hard to get the plumes right... * Katie looks over at Ryuji. "You too." * Kaede seems to be calming down by the minute. * Katie turns back to Kaede. "It's a tricky thing, really. The head's hard to do; I've tried a few times, and it's never worked out right." * Katie looks down at the one she's working on. "This one might, though. I've got a good start." You plan on painting it afterwards? I don't usually paint them, really. I think it loses something when I do. * Eriko peers. Natural look... * Kaede takes a deep breath. "Something normal..." * Katie pushes out a stubborn knick of wood with her fingernail and shows the unfinished carving to Eriko. I'm not good at..anything like that... * Eriko appraises it critically: "... It's a bird." * Katie laughs a little. "Well, I... I've been working at this for years. If you want to try, you should probably start on soap. It's what I did." She nods at Eriko. I...don't think I have time... Well, if you find the time, I could try teaching you. * Katie goes back to carving. Tricky plumage. * Kaede blinks. "You'd do that..?" Sure. ...why? * Katie quirks a little smile. "Why not?" You don't answer a question with a question, Katie Andrews. Says who? You? Well..yes. * Katie snickers. * Eriko chuckles and smokes some more. * Kaede blinks. * Kaede looks back and forth between Eriko and Katie. "...what'd I say?" Something that makes you you. * Kaede blinks again. I'll never get you. It's okay. Understanding me takes more work than it's worth. Then why do you try with me? * Katie bites her tongue as she pokes- ah, got it. Next one. Hrm? Yeah, why bother? ...nevermind. * Eriko snickers. * Katie grins. * Kaede goes back to silent semi-sulk, though his heart doesn't seem in it. Which is a good thing. * Katie lets out a breath as she gets to the smaller, more detailed section of the crest. "" * Kaede quirks his head to the side, then takes out his laptop, looking carefully at Katie's bird. * Eriko smokes! She's good at it! :P * Kaede starts typing away as quietly as he can, glancing at the bird every so often * Katie idly comments as she works, "I wonder if I should give this to Chikako to raffle off." Why would you give your hard work away so readily? What else ya gonna do with it? * Katie blinks and stops, looking up at Kaede. "Is that a trick question?" ...no? * Kaede stops typing, looking over his laptop at her. These... I can carve things whenever I want. As long as I have the materials and the tools, I can. They're never the same, but that's what makes them special. Why not share them? But you don't like noticing what your accomplishment is yourself? ...I guess. * Eriko shrugs. "So take a picture before you sell it, or something." * Kaede keeps typing. "I've never thought of it that way..." * Eriko finishes her cigarette. * Katie laughs. "I'll know what I did. This'll be the first time I've managed to get this bird right, if it turns out okay. First out of five tries. Pretty good, really." * Katie goes back to working on it. I guess so...this is my first try at doing this... I...don't know why I'm doing it really.. * Kaede looks at the screen oddly and frowns. For what it's worth, I have my first soap carving sitting on my desk. Nobody's going to use *that* to wash their hands. * Eriko blinks and looks over Kaede's shoulder. * Kaede yelps and tries to close his laptop quickly. "What are you doing??" * Eriko blinks in surprise. "Oh! Right! I almost forgot! Sorry." * Eriko lights up another cigarette and starts smoking. "Whew! There we go." Forgot what..? * Kaede slowly opens up the laptop, keeping an eye on Eriko. ...if you want to look, you can always ask... I thought you wouldn't mind. I..um.. * Katie laughs and keeps carving. * Kaede sets down his laptop and walks out. "..I need a drink of water.." * Eriko puffs on the cigarette and grins at Kaede's back. * Katie grins, too. She can't help it. * Haruko rejoins the group, blushing slightly and playing with her hair. So... how are you guys doing? Anything new and exciting? Not really. Want a cig? * Haruko eyes widen, and she shakes her head furiously. "No! I mean, uh, no thank you. I prefer not to pollute... Uh, I stick to alchohol as a vice." * Eriko shrugs. "Didn't think so, but figured I'd offer." * Haruko nods eyes still wide, blushing a bit more. "Yeah.. thanks." * Katie doesn't look up, but she must have, because she says, "You weren't talking about Ryuji, were you?" * Haruko plays with her hairly slightly manicly. "So, how about that hockey team. Isn't it neat that they won?" * Haruko is straight out red now. * Eriko blinks. "Ryuji?" * Katie giggles. * Haruko calms a bit and holds her hands behind her back, she does still shift nervously from one foot to another. "I, went out with him once." * Eriko puffs on the cigarette and says simply. "Oh." * Haruko looks at Eriko, still blushing, tone nervous. "Chikako said he wasn't seeing anyone..." * Katie smiles as she finishes the delicate crestwork. She looks it over, then blows some of the excess shavings off. * Eriko shrugs. "Probably." * Haruko shoots Katie a slightly dirty look. * Taki comes running back, "So, solved all the worlds problems yet?" * Katie looks up at Haruko. "What'd I do?" she asks with not-quite-innocence. * Satoshi slowly walks back to the group. He looks a bit sad, but attempts to smile a bit when he reaches them. * Katie blinks at Satoshi. "" * Kaede walks back towards the group and scoops up his laptop, slipping it back into his kaban. * Haruko rolls her eyes a bit at Katie then looks over at Satoshi and Taki. What? All I did was mention how you were probably talking about Ryuji. I guess not... ::takes a seat and tries to find the Kirby cloud again:: * Satoshi answers quietly. * Katie nods. [The Kirby cloud has floated by already.] * Haruko looks back over to Eriko and quietly asks. "We may be doing more stuff together in the future because of this whole arcana thing. So I should ask, do you have a problem if I ask Ryuji out again?" [Instead, Taki finds Waddle Dee!] * Taki watches the cloud float across the sky. * Katie looks down at the bird in her hand, then goes back to work on it. Time to put the touches on the beak. * Eriko stares at Haruko a minute, then tosses her cigarette over the fence surround the roof. "Why would I care?" (Below, a student's hair catches on fire.) ( Makoto: "Augh! My hair!" ) (Fortunately it's Hirokazu's so no one cares.) (Or him...or is it her?) (Either way, still no one cares.) * Haruko shrugs. "I don't know, I hang out with a fair number of guys so i don't want to make assumptions about you. I just thought I should ask." * Eriko shrugs. * Haruko is still blushing slightly, but is mostly back to normal skin tone by now. So what are we going to do? Make the tracker. Get ready for the festival tomorrow. I intend to go to the shrine. Work there for a while. Then look up new car designs on the internet for a while, take a nice long bath, and hope tomorrow will be better. Sounds like a good idea.. Works for me. * Katie glances up from her work. "Are you going to be there, Eriko?" The festival..I've no idea how I'm going to do that..as for the tracker.. * Taki nods, "I'm going to go home, do some homework, make dinner, probibly go to the baths..." * Haruko glance at Kaede. "you can modify I laptop, you handle the computer side of whatever we do, I'll work on the mechanical side, we both do the electronics." * Satoshi tries to avoid thinking about Taki and baths. * Kaede rubs his head. "And she's going to stop by too..with Nanami...ugh..." We just need to get the base equipment somehow. ...guess I make the best of it. * Eriko shrugs. "I dunno." * Taki goes back to watching her new cloud. Ryuji will, so maybe I'll stop by. * Haruko keeps talking to Kaede. "Maybe a cell phone. We could repair it afterwards. Or some sort of minitransmitter that has at least a hundred yards of range." * Katie nods. "I'll look forward to it." A cell might work...I don't know if I want to sacrifice mine though... * Haruko grins. "We could fix it afterwards, no question. Have a little faith." ...I'm in way over my head, aren't I? * Kaede sighs deeply. Aren't you always? * Haruko puts her hand on his shoulder. "Not so long as I'm here, grasshopper." * Satoshi looks over at Kaede and grins. "Just be thankful nobody's going to be repeatedly dumping you in water." * Katie snickers. No, Nanami's much worse. * Kaede gives Satoshi a faint grin. And Eriko? Hm? It was nice having you stick around. * Haruko lets her hand drop and smiles. "But I mean it about the cars on the internet and the bath. We can do transmitter stuff after the festival." * Eriko blinks, then shrugs. "Didn't have anything better to do." Yeah...still.. * Kaede picks up his kaban and shrugs. "I think I'll head off." * Taki doesn't look down, "See you tomarrow Kaede." Yeah, me too. Gotta get groceries on the way home... and then I have to figure out exactly where I stuck my swim trunks after last summer. * Taki blushes a bit, "I'm sure you'll find them." Well, there aren't too many places to look, so... * Katie eyes her carving, turns it over in her hand, then stands. She rewraps it and sheathes her knife. * Haruko nods. "I should get going myself." She then mutters to herself. "If I hurry I might not screw anything else up today." * Eriko stands and stretches. * Katie looks up at the sky. Tomorrow's going to be a busy day. * Taki nods. * Haruko sighs for a moment rubs her forehead briefly and closes her eyes. A few second later she opens them, straightens up and walks off, waving as she goes. "See everyone tomorrow." Bye, Haruko. Only for the fools running things at the festival. Good luck! * Katie waves. "Bye Haruko." She turns to Eriko and grins. That would be us. Well, I'm one of those fools, so... off I go. See you tomorrow, guys. * Satoshi waves and walks off. See you. I'd better get going, too. I need to finish a couple signs, this bird, and make sure my paints are ready. * Taki pushes herself to her feet, "I guess that's everything for today... I'll see everybody tomarrow...Stop by the booth and dunk Satoshi!" * Eriko walks to the exit. "I'm outta here." * Katie snickers. "That's got to be the best ad I've heard for the festival all month." [Session End]