[Day: Tuesday, March 4th. Time: 4:00 p.m.] [Weather: Cloudy, but surprisingly warm.] [Kaede and Katie have just gotten off the train at the closest station to the jail where one Yurika Miataka drug dealer is incarcer-... incarca.... being held. They've already called Satoshi and Taki, as well as Ryuji (Haruko doesn't have a cell phone). Now all they have to do is walk to the jail.] [Session Start] * Kaede steps out of the station and adjusts his glasses, looking around to get a feel for the area. He feels rather out of his element. * Katie looks around, then turns her gaze to Kaede. She takes a deep breath and lets it out. "Well, here we go." * Kaede takes a deep breath too. "...yeah. I've...never been to a jail before." Neither have I. * Katie starts walking to the jail anyhow. * Kaede starts walking too, slipping his hands in his jacket pockets. * Katie rubs at the back of her neck, then stretches as she walks, working the kinks from the ride out of her system. So, who are we going to see? Yurika Miataka. * Katie nods. "I've never heard of her." * Kaede doesn't look directly at Katie, looking at the entrance to the jail, speaking distractedly. "She's a dealer." He makes his way inside. * Katie pauses and blinks, then follows Kaede in. 2d6+1 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Satoshi (2d6+1) and gets 6. 2d6+1 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Taki (2d6+1) and gets 11. [You get to the jail. It's surrounded by a thick stone wall with barbed wire across the top. The entrence has two guards in front of it. They're probably friendly but otherwise won't have much of a personality.] ( And gimme awareness checks. ) 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Kaede (2d6) and gets 8. 2d6-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Katie (2d6-4) and gets 4. [You both notice, parked near the jail, a small number of white vans, and a few (maybe 10) people with cameras.] * Katie blinks. "A news story?" * Kaede looks at the scene briefly and frowns slightly, adjusting his glasses and going up to the guards. "Excuse me..." * Katie walks after him. What's going on? Why are there reporters here? [One of the guards turns around and looks down at Kaede. Why are policemen so tall, anyhow?] * Kaede adjusts his glasses and looks up at the guard neutrally. Guard: "Geez, another one? Look, kid, it's a private commercial. You can't see Ms. Shiraishi. Go home." Shi...raishi? ( Gimme cultural arts rolls ) * Kaede blinks. (Spec?) ( Um... TV / movies / stuff like that ) 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Kaede (2d6) and gets 6. 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Katie (2d6-2) and gets 6. (Aww yeah. We rule.) (Must be Nanami watching all that TV.) [Ms. Shiraishi must be Akemi Shiraishi, a recently scouted actress - type. She hasn't actually made any movies or TV shows yet, but she's shown up in ads. They're marketing her for all she's worth.] ( Same roll, +4 ) 2d6+2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Katie (2d6+2) and gets 9. 2d6+4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Kaede (2d6+4) and gets 8. * Kaede blinks again, then shakes his head and hands. "Oh no...we're not here for that." "Sure you're not." * Kaede mutters under his breath. "I'll never get these teen pop idol sensations..." We aren't. We're just here to visit somebody. * Kaede looks back up at the guard, adjusting his glasses. "Actually, we're here to visit so..." He blinks as he thinks of something. "Wait, why would a idol be HERE of all places?" The guard looks down at Kaede. "Because some stupid agency thought this would be a great place for a commercial. Yeah, the jail. Brilliant." He rolls his eyes and shakes his head. Well...actually, we were wondering if it was still visiting hours. * Kaede looks up at the guard steadily awaiting a response. * Katie blinks a couple times, then shakes her head. "Technically, yes. But the jail's been 'booked' for the commercial." He grumbles. "Like a production studio. Unbelievable." So... we can't go in anyway? We won't get in the way of anything. The guard sighs. "You know what? I'm going to let you in. Go ahead an muck with the commercial. Maybe that'll teach them not to hold them here anymore." [He opens the gate. The other guard looks at him questioningly, but he doesn't try to stop him.] * Kaede bows deeply. "Thank you. But we're not going to muck things up...not intentionally anyways." * Katie looks mildly amused and bows, too. "Thank you, sir." * Kaede walks through the gate, his expression almost purposefully neutral. * Katie heads on in after him. * Kaede sighs as they get out of earshot, over his shoulder speaking quietly to Katie. "Well this is either a curse or a blessing...I haven't decided yet. * Katie chuckles. "We'll just have to see," she responds. ( Inside the jail is a plot device to stall you until everyone else gets there. ) (Curses, foiled by the plot device. Again!) [So into the jail they go, finding first, a receptionist's desk. With a receptionist. She's filing her nails, and doesn't look up when they enter. "Down the hall, to the right."] * Kaede blinks. "Down the..." He adjusts his glasses and sighs, shaking his head. "We're NOT here to see Akemi." * Katie shakes her head. [The secretary keeps filing her nails. "Down the hall, to the right."] [Haruko enters the jail, meanwhile.] * Katie leans forward on the desk, trying to get her attention. "We're not here to see her." * Kaede takes a step back and folds his arms. * Haruko walks up, she doesn't seem happy nor sad, perhaps bemused would be the best description. "Hi you two." * Katie looks over at Haruko and waves. [The secretary looks up long enough to give Katie a look that practically says, "Oh yes you are"] * Haruko gives a slight smile to Katie. So, if you want me here, how can I be helpful? We're going to see someone, remember? But not the idol. * Kaede puts his hands on the desk, and looks straight at the secretary. "Are visiting hours available or not?" * Haruko tilts her head. "Idol... oh... that's why the trucks are there." "Down the hall and to your right." * Kaede speaks slowly and carefully. "So you're saying we can see someone named Yurika Miataka if we go down the hall to our right?" She's a prisoner here, I understand. "Down the hall, to the right." Do you even listen to people when they're talking to you? * Haruko narrows her eyes. "I take it those aren't the direction we're looking for?" "Down the hall, to the right." * Kaede reaches over the desk and grabs the secretary's nail file. No, they're not. * Haruko walks up to the desk. The secretary looks up. "What the...?!" * Kaede smiles at the secretary. "Sorry to bother your intelligent contemplation, but we were wondering where we could talk to Yurika Miataka." * Haruko smiles very politely. "We'd appreciate your help." [A few seconds later, a guard comes out of the security office.] * Kaede puts the file back on the desk. [And Satoshi and Taki walk in through the door.] * Haruko waves at Satoshi and Taki. * Satoshi waves back. "Hey, guys. Sorry we're a bit late." Secretary: "Well, you have some nerve! Are you trying to get yourselves arrested?" No, we're trying to get someone to pay attention to us. * Taki waves to Haruko, "Sorry." * Katie sighs. So now that you're listening, could you please answer our question and not give us a pat answer we know is wrong? * Haruko shakes her head. "We don't mean to cause any trouble, if you could tell us how to visit a prisoner, we'll let you get back to your important work." We're not *here* to see the idol. We don't want to see her. "Why should I answer someone as rude as you?" * Kaede takes a step back and pushes his glasses up his nose. * Satoshi sighs. "What now?" Yes. I know I'm very rude compared to someone who completely ignores a question asked multiple times by multiple people when it's their job to answer them. * Haruko bows politlely. "Forgive us please. My name is Haruko Kinsha, and I'd greatly appreciate if you could provide us guidance." "I told you, down the hall to the right. Are you deaf?" And praytell WHAT is down the hall to the right? Uhm...what's down the ha... [The guard walks up. "Why don't you come with me?"] * Haruko accompanies the guard, she bows politely at the secretary. * Katie looks over at the guard, then up at the guard, and blinks. "Ah... sure." * Kaede sighs and throws up his hands. "Fine. I don't want to cause trouble." The secretary huffs. "Too late!" [The guard starts walking down the hall.] For what? Oh, never mind. Sorry to cause any trouble. * Katie walks after the guardman. * Haruko walks along. * Kaede walks down the hall, rubbing his forehead. * Satoshi follows along. * Taki follows the guard, looking a little confused. What was what? * Haruko walks next to Taki. "Apparently there's an idol here for some reason, and the secretary may have been giving directions to see her rather than to visit the prisoner." Ahh, so that's who the guard at the gate was talking about. * Satoshi blinks. "What?" * Haruko repeats what she said to Satoshi. * Kaede blinks and turns towards Satoshi. "Didn't you say something?" [Down the hall you go. It first passes offices, then there's a gate in the wall. The security guard talks to another guard there, who opens the thing. Then he walks through.] * Katie walks in, too. * Haruko walks along. * Kaede rubs his head again and walks through too. * Taki walks through the thing. No, I didn't say anything until a second ago. * Satoshi follows the others. I could have sworn I...oh nevermind.. * Satoshi shrugs. [From this point on, empty jail cells line the walls until a branch about 4 blocks down.] * Haruko runs her hands through her hair. "I found out a few things before you called me, I'll tell them later I guess." ( Hearing checks. ) 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Haruko (2d6) and gets 2, a CRITICAL SUCCESS!!! "Hey, a crit! Remember this next Christmas." 2d6 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Kaede (2d6) and gets 7. * Dicesuke throws the bones for Taki (2d6) and gets 6. 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Satoshi (2d6) and gets 12, a CRITICAL FAILURE!!! "I hope you invested in some good armor." 2d6-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Katie (2d6-4) and gets 6. [Everyone who made it hears voices down the hall.] * Satoshi blinks. "Fish? What fish?" Fish? * Katie looks at Satoshi strangely, then pulls her ear helpers from her pocket and puts them on. * Taki looks at Satoshi, "What about them?" * Haruko looks at Satoshi. "No, someone said 'that's a wrap' and then 'finally.' No fish." [The guard walks on, wordlessly.] * Satoshi nods. "I could've sworn I heard somebody say, 'wrap the fish.' I'm guessing that wasn't what they really said... ah." Must be the filming. * Katie keeps walking. * Haruko chuckles. * Satoshi looks at Kaede. "Maybe hearing things is catching." * Kaede walks after the guard, not responding. I didn't hear anything. * Satoshi shakes his head. "Um, forget it." 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Katie (2d6) and gets 7. * Haruko turns to Satoshi and Taki and asks in a curious and chatty manner. "So where were you two?" Oh, team meeting. Discussing what to do with all the money we raised at the festival. [As they near the corner, Katie bumps heads with a girl as she turns around it. *bump*] Hocky meeting and then we ran into Chikako...We've got something to show you after this. * Haruko nods. "I think we'll all have something to share." * Katie stumbles backwards as she rubs at her head. "Ow. I'm sorry." * Satoshi blinks. "What the?" * Haruko glances up at the girl that Katie ran into. Guys... * Kaede looks at the bumpee, adjusting his glasses. 'Are you alright?" It's a... you know... * Kaede looks around for the guard. * Taki hurries up to the front, "Are you two allright?" * Girl stumbles back, too, rubbing her head. "Owie." * Haruko gulps and nods at Satoshi. I'm okay, probably just a little bruised. [Kaede sees no guard.] * Kaede rubs his head slightly. "Just what we need..." * Katie uses her free hand to shake a finger at Kaede. "Hey, I'm doing the forehead rubbing around here." * Haruko smiles at the girl and walks up to her. "Are you feeling alright?" You don't have a market on it * Satoshi looks at the girl, curiously. [The girl is particularly attractive. Her hair is neck-length (the tips dyed blond) and her eyes are brown. Her body is what might be called well-endowedHer clothes consist of a one-piece swimsuit (white with vertical black stripes), sandals and handcuffs with a chain so long it nearly touches the floor. She looks up at Haruko. "Yeah. Yeah, I'm fine."] (If this is the idol, can I do a CA to recognize her?) * Girl looks Haruko up and down. "I thought they were keeping people out of the jail." ( Sure ) 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Haruko (2d6) and gets 9. * Katie blinks, then says before anyone else can comment, "Why are you wearing a bathing suit in a jail?" * Kaede looks over the girl and coughs slightly, dropping his head. "Why are.." He stops and looks at Katie. * Haruko shakes her head. "No. We're actually here on regular jail business." * Katie gives Kaede a slight grin along with the impression that she'd *love* to stick her tongue out at him right about now. * Taki nods at Haruko. * Satoshi stares. Cute girl in bathing suit. He then blushes slightly and shakes his head. "Um, yeah." * Girl looks at Katie quizzically. "You didn't know about the commercial?" * Girl looks Katie up and down, too. ( And go ahead and roll CA if you want. Since Kaede and Katie already made theirs, they recognize her. :P ) 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Satoshi (2d6) and gets 11. 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Taki (2d6) and gets 9. (No clue. But then again, I probably only watch the Japanese equivalent of ESPN. ;p) (Ker-wiff!) * Katie lets her free hand drop, probably showing the lovely bruise/bump developing on her forehead. "We heard, but we aren't here because of it." * Haruko shows no sign of actually recognizing the girl but tries to fake it. "We just found out about it when we got here. Its just a lucky coincidence for us." * Taki shakes her head, "Sorry, school and hocky have eatin all ofmy TV time lately." * Kaede shakes his head slightly. "It figures...you're from Seriwaza right?" Aw. And here I thought I made more fans. Oh, you're the person the guard was talking about. Um. I'm sorry, I don't remember what he said your name was. * Akemi nods to Kaede. "Sure am. You heard of it?" It's Akemi Shiraishi. I've had...some experience from people from there, yes... * Satoshi bows politely to her. "Then it's a pleasure to meet you, Shiraishi- san." * Kaede nods and bows. "Pleased to meet you, Shiraishi-san. Looks like Takako has some competition." * Haruko echoes the polite bow. * Taki bows as well, "It's an honor." And quite frankly, I'd love to see her beaten. Takako? You mean Matsumura? * Kaede nods and adjusts his glasses. * Katie watches everyone bow, then nods at Akemi. "Red hair in curls?" Yeah. She's... well, really full of herself. * Akemi looks Taki up and down, and says to Katie. "Her. Yeah." Who's representing our school in that thing? I forget... They tried to get Saki, but you know Saki. * Taki thinks "...Wasn't she the one who couldn't throw at our booth?" Yep, that was her. Ahh, I feel sorry for you having to go to school with her. * Kaede clears his throat. "What's this commercial about anyways?" Saki? Hm. Oh, that? It's for a new shampoo. I can get you some if you want it. * Haruko smiles at Akemi. "Well if no one is representing Sakuragaoka we'll root for you. And that's very nice of you." Um...Takako doesn't go to school with her. I thought you just said...Oh nevermind. * Haruko looks at Kaede. "Its a competition between schools, isn't it?" Right...Akemi's representing Serizawa. * Haruko nods. "Well she's much nicer than Takako, so I'll root for Akemi-san." Takako's...Shunyo I believe. Not sure who's representing Seiryuu and Sakuragoaka. Well thanks. * Katie thinks. "Seiryuu... a girl named Ayako." * Haruko grins at Akemi and then looks thoughtful. "Hmm.. who was it that was representing Tokugawa, one of those Arcana people, right?" * Haruko watches Akemi for any reaction. Actually, I don't think they've picked anyone from Tokugawa. * Haruko nods and glances at Katie for a second. * Katie doesn't seem to notice. "So... why did they think it was a good idea to film a shampoo commercial in a jail?" Probably something like..."You'll look so good, it's criminal." * Katie makes a face. * Satoshi shakes his head. "That's kinda sad." * Taki looks at Akemi "...Please tell me that's not it." * Akemi grins at Kaede. "How'd you guess?" * Katie groans. "I just lost all faith in television." * Haruko runs her hand through her fairly long hair and smiles at Akemi. "Well if you're using the shampoo, marketing slogans aside, judging by your hair it seems to work." * Kaede looks at a spot someplace behind Akemi. "I have a knack for these things I guess..." * Taki shakes her head. "I guess if it sells shampoo..." * Satoshi looks at Katie. "You had faith in television?" He smiles. * Katie holds up a finger to Satoshi. "I'll get back to you on that." I've found out from what Nanami watches that what they say on TV doesn't matter, it's the spokesperson. * Akemi grins wider. She moves in front of Kaede and leans forward, as though trying to make sure he gets a good look. "Oh, you do, eh?" * Haruko giggles. Maybe you can be my new agent. The one I have now is always bugging me. * Kaede blinks and shrinks away, getting fairly quiet. "...what?" * Satoshi laughs. * Taki giggles quitly. * Akemi smirks. * Katie grins. "Come on, Kaede. You'd make a great agent." ...that's not the point. You could get Nanami to help. * Haruko restrains her giggling. * Taki nods, "I'm sure the two of you could come up with some great comercials." * Kaede clears his throat. Loudly. "We're HERE to see Yurika Miataka in case you forgot." * Akemi arches back and stretches. "I'm just kiddin'. Unless you really want to, in which case I'll think about it." * Kaede blinks at Akemi. "Well...um..." I'll..think about it. * Haruko coughs and plays with her hair. "Seems like your current agent does a good job... I'll bet your even in that upcoming Tarot card campaign." * Kaede turns towards Haruko for a moment, gives a loud sigh and draws his index finger across his throat in the universal "kill it" sign. What campaign? * Katie sighs. It's nothing...nothing really. It's just something popular at our school is all. * Haruko ignores Kaede and glances over at Katie. "Have a deck? Latest collectable thing, I haven't heard too much about it, but I hear they're getting all sorts of models, one for each card." * Satoshi blinks, then sighs. What school do you go to, anyhow? Those uniforms look familiar. * Kaede rubs his temples with one hand, looking down slightly at the floor. Sakuragaoka. Saku...What Katie said. * Akemi grins. "Ah! I get it. It's that hentai game that they need models for, right? My friend told me about that." * Satoshi shudders. "No. Not that." * Haruko blushes slightly. "I don't think so. But I may have heard a different rumor." * Taki facepalms, "No...despite the rumors...there are people at our school who arn't raging perverts." That creepy computer guy's stopped, hasn't he? * Haruko tugs at her hair. "Don't suppose anyone has a deck." * Kaede blushes deeply and looks away. "That's...not what the computer club is supposed to be about..." And I brought one... * Katie gives up and reaches into her satchel. "You mean one of these, Haruko?" She tosses the tarot deck to her. Sorry, I haven't gotten around to buying one yet. * Akemi grins at Kaede. "It's not?" * Haruko fails to catch it and then scrambles to grab it off the floor. * Kaede looks Akemi straight in the eyes, adjusting his glasses. "No. It's not." Oh. * Satoshi looks at Akemi strangely. * Akemi shrugs. "Oh well." She notices Satoshi's look and smiles back at him. "And what about you?" * Haruko blushes a bit more as she stands up again with the deck in hand. * Kaede blinks and looks at Akemi. "...what's that supposed to mean?" * Satoshi blinks. "Um... what about me?" * Haruko shuffles the deck a bit and then grabs a card off the top. Are you one of these raging perverts, too? * Katie comments lightly, "You say that like it's a good thing." * Satoshi turns deep, *deep* red. "What? Uh... no! No way! That's just wrong!" * Kaede rubs the bridge of his nose. "...I wouldn't be surprised..." * Akemi snickers at Katie. "What do you think?" * Kaede gives Satoshi a sympathetic look and sighs. * Katie grins. "The way you're asking? Sure. But 'raging pervert' is a bad way to put it... unless you're trying to get a reaction out of poor Satoshi." * Haruko walks up to Akemi and offers the deck. "If you're done torturing the boys. Perhaps you could pick your card. Save a little trouble when whatever project interests you recruits you." * Satoshi continues to blush. * Taki just shakes her head again, and then speaks quitly up to Satoshi, "Don't worry about her." * Akemi snickers at Haruko. "Okay, I'll stop." * Haruko grins. * Akemi tugs a card out of the deck. "Here you go, one Three of Pentacles." * Haruko holds up the card she drew. "Supposedly I correlate to this one, but I'm no model." * Satoshi just nods, his blush fading a bit. * Kaede holds out his deck, not looking directly at Akemi. "Try this one too, just to humor us." * Haruko takes the deck back. "Well, if we here more about this rumour, would you like to know?" * Akemi moves in rrrreally close to Kaede and flicks a card out of the deck. She holds it up, smiling. Three of Pentacles. * Kaede takes a step back before snatching it up, looking at it. "Same one...like I thought." * Haruko hands the deck back to Katie. She keeps grinning "Thought you were done torturing the boys Akemi." * Akemi pouts at Haruko. "But it's so much fun!" * Katie snickers and straightens the cards, then puts it away. * Kaede rubs the bridge of his nose again and groans. "Why am I paired with all these types of people...?' * Taki grins at Kaede, "They're attracted to your wonderfully, shining personality." It's the glasses. They're cute. That too. * Kaede takes off his glasses and puts them in his pocket. "There." And, see, when you get all flustered you do that nose rubbing thing... * Haruko nods. "Yes, well, but that's probably enough for today. Pleasure meeting you, but I'm afraid I won't be able to take up your generous shampoo offer just now." She glances tenatively at Kaede. "I'm sure we can get anyone in contact with your agent if we hear things that would interest you." But now how's Kaede supposed to see? * Akemi smiles and turns towards Satoshi. "I don't mind. Both of you can look all you want." She poses. * Kaede can't see Akemi as anything but a blob anymore. Thankfully. * Haruko giggles and then covers her mouth. * Akemi is a very attractive blob. * Taki looks up at Satoshi. * Satoshi blushes and looks away. Very much away. * Akemi pouts. "See, that's why. He keeps looking away." * Kaede leans against the wall, folds his arms and sighs, closing his eyes. But... uh... it would be rude to stare. Really. * Haruko laughs outright. "You don't play fair at all Akemi, but I'm really afraid we must be going before the boys start looking like Tomatos." It's not nice to ignore girls, either, you know. But they're cute like this. ::takes Satoshi's hand:: * Katie nods. "Yeah, we did come here to visit somebody. It was nice meeting you." But okay, I'll let you go. Someone take that field down? * Katie blinks. You didn't put it up? * Haruko blinks. No. I thought you did. * Kaede puts on his glasses and blinks. "..you knew?" * Haruko rubs her forehead. "Thought I was so clever..." When did? Well... yeah. * Satoshi blinks. "It's not yours?" Then you can sense them like I can. * Satoshi looks at her in surprise. * Katie puts a hand to one of her ears and looks around, all pretense of cheerfulness gone. * Akemi shrugs. "You didn't vanish like everyone else, so I figured." So you must know that we're all.... * Haruko tugs more at her hair. "A model and an actress it would seem, you're multitalented." Well, as long as we're on that note... * Akemi looks at Satoshi. "Not really." Then she realizes he's watching at her and bounces once. * Kaede takes a deep breath and bows. "Kaede Takeuchi. Two of Pentacles." * Satoshi blushes again and looks away. Hey, that's right below me! That means you have to do what I say! * Kaede looks up slowly. "...no?" I... I don't really think we operate like that. * Haruko laughs. "By that logic you have a lot of people to obey. Haruko Kincha, Queen of Cups." She gives another polite bow. * Akemi pouts. "Awww." * Taki bows to Akemi without letting go of Satoshi, "The Knight of Cups, at your service, but I don't do everything that Haruko asks me to either." * Haruko nods and grins at Taki. * Kaede adjusts his glasses. "Besides. If I become your agent, doesn't that mean it works the other way around?" No, I'm getting rid of my current agent because of that. Wise. * Satoshi looks at Akemi's face. Yeah, that's it, her face. "Err... Satoshi Watanabe, Ace of Wands." You just get to make appointments and stuff. I'm...amazingly good at that. * Akemi snickers. "Although if you want, you can help me pick out clothes for photoshoots, too." ...wait, I still haven't agreed to it... * Haruko keeps a slight grin. "You do realize you'd have to pay him, right?" * Taki facepalms with her free hand, "I can't belive I forgot my name...I've been at this too long ...Taki Shimiru." * Katie frowns, folding her arms thoughtfully. * Akemi smiles mischeveously. "Oh, I have plenty of ways of... paying... him." * Kaede strongly ...'s * Akemi giggles. Poor Kaede. * Katie looks up at Akemi. "I'm Katie Andrews. Page of Swords." * Haruko shakes her head. "I'm sure you do, but I think Kaede would prefer to be paid in Yen." Wow...the agent has an agent...He must be good. * Kaede nods and sighs, looking offhand at Akemi. "Family trouble..." Oh. * Satoshi laughs at Taki's comment. Wait... * Katie turns her attention to Satoshi. "When did the field start?" * Haruko nods. "Yeah, I'm sure you can both think about it, but perhaps we should find the source of that field." * Kaede flips through the deck a little, looking for a specific card then frowning, taking it out. "Do you know anything about this character?" He turns around the card he pulled, which has a happy little Judgement on it. Um... wait, it's gone. * Katie blinks, then nods. Um. Just a bit. Why? * Akemi turns before Kaede can answer. "It is? Good!" * Taki blinks at Satoshi, "It is?" * Kaede blinks at that and looks around quickly for anyone who could be listening now. Yeah. * Satoshi looks oddly at Akemi. "You didn't feel it go down?" * Akemi waves with both handcuffed hands. "Well, I better get back to them. Nice to meet you!" She runs off! She said she knew it was up because we didn't disappear. Doesn't mean she could detect it. [The guard is down the hall, tapping his foot.] Ahh. Hmm... I wonder if it means something that I'm the only one who can... never mind. * Haruko waves. "Well... I feel stupid." Haruko then moves to catch up with the guard. * Kaede blinks as Akemi goes and looks at the guard. * Katie stares. "Ah." She starts moving. * Satoshi lets out a breath. He seems rather glad that she's gone, for some odd reason. We'll talk about it all later. * Kaede heads up to catch up with the guard, glancing briefly at the direction Akemi went. [Kaede sees Akemi talking to the producer, who must've said something good, because she jumps up and down and, uh, bounces a lot.] * Kaede shakes his head and rubs the bridge of his nose again, going after the guard. * Satoshi follows Kaede. * Haruko glances back at Satoshi and Taki for a moment and then shrugs and looks forward at the guard and keeps walking. * Katie walks along. [The guard (who hasn't said a thing the whole time) suddenly stops next to a cell with a in an orange jumpsuit, lying on her cot with her arms folded behind her head. She's got short brown hair and brown eyes, and is decently pretty, but you probably don't care after Akemi.] * Haruko hangs back as she has no idea who this person is or why they are here. * Kaede looks at the girl and cares because she's probably actually the reason they actually CAME here. "Excuse me...are you Yurika Miataka?" * Satoshi hangs back as well, figuring that Kaede's going to handle the questioning. [The girl lifts her head long enough to see who it is, then lays back down.] [And the guard stands by and watches, not doing anything.] * Taki watches Kaede. * Kaede looks over at the guard. "We'd like to do some private interviewing actually. It's for a paper actually..." Guard: "No can do." * Katie blinks. Why not? Guard: "Visitors must be accompanied at all times. It's the rule." * Kaede frowns. "You're sure? There's usually a room for visitation isn't there..?" * Haruko seems utterly unsurprised. I mean...I wouldn't mind if the room was guarded from outside, but... * Taki nods. [The guard doesn't budge.] * Katie briefly wishes for a weaker Arcana field. She looks to Kaede. "Well?" * Kaede sighs slightly and turns back to the bars. "I guess we ask what we can...." * Haruko watches Kaede. * Kaede looks at the guard. "Is there somewhere to sit?" Guard: "I can let you in if you want. But if she tries to kill you, I might not be able to stop her in time. Take it at your own risk." [There's nowhere to sit outside of the cell.] * Katie doesn't react much beyond blinking. "She's tried to kill people?" * Haruko suddenly grins slightly to herself. * Kaede looks in the cell, looking Yurika over for a moment, sizing her up. ...alright, let me in. ... Uh, Kaede? You sure that's a good idea? * Haruko waits til Kaede's in the cell. [Yurika doesn't look particularly strong, but Kaede is Kaede.] [The guard unlocks the cell and opens the door.] Do you want to go in by yourself, Kaede? Guard: "She hasn't tried, but that's no guarentee she won't." * Kaede nods slightly. "If all else fails, maybe I can hope for a little helpful breeze." He looks at Katie before going into the cell. * Taki looks up at Satoshi, "Maybe you should go in too." * Yurika doesn't react much when the door is opened. * Katie smiles faintly and resumes watching. * Satoshi looks at Kaede. "Only if he wants me to." * Kaede walks in the cell and bows after he gets in. "Hello, Miataka-san. I'm investigating for my school..I hope you don't mind if I ask you a few questions..." * Haruko walks up to the guard, and smiles ever so sweetly and does her best Akemi impression, "We're covering several aspects of prison life, could you answer a few questions for me?" * Yurika rolls her head to look at Kaede, then returns her gaze to the ceiling. She idly crosses her legs. You went to Seiryuu, right? Guard: "I suppose so. What do you want to know?" * Satoshi watches Kaede and Yurika. Is it as dangerous as the movies make it appear? It seems like a profession you'd have to be very brave to get into. * Taki listens to Haruko. The guard smiles and straightens. "Well, it's not quite that dangerous, but we do have our fair share of excitement." * Yurika doesn't react much to Kaede. * Haruko nods, "Oh.. Hmm. Mind if I take notes?" * Kaede looks over at Haruko for a second and his mouth twitches, almost smiling...he turns back to Yurika. "Does the name Saki Morikawa ring a bell?" I'm sure you have some amazing stories. The guard grins proudly. "Sure." * Katie grins and talks to Haruko without taking her eyes off Kaede and Yurika. "Need a notepad and pen, Haruko?" * Yurika looks at Kaede, wide-eyed, but just for a second. * Haruko takes her bag off and puts it on the grand, continuing her Akemi impression she kneels and then bends down to grab a notebook and pen from the backpack. * Kaede smiles faintly and lowers his voice, folding his hands. "...THAT got a reaction..." * Kaede almost whispers. "And how about Chariot?" [The guard continues to try to sound impressive, and I'm not gonna do anything more with him.] * Satoshi can really only concentrate on one conversation at once, so he's paying attention to Kaede and Yurika rather than Haruko and the guard. If he were paying attention to Haruko and the guard, he'd probably be blushing a little. What's it to ya? (I suddenly like the guard much more.) * Haruko asks regular questions and widens her eyes and acts impressed on a regular basis while taking excited notes. * Taki stays with Haruko and occasionaly asks questions of her own, but they arn't important anymore. * Kaede keeps his voice low, trying to keep the guard from fully hearing. "What it is to me is a bunch of drug crazed lunatics attacked my school and I found out you were a supplier..." * Yurika frowns. "You're wasting your time. Already told the cops, I don't know anything." * Kaede pulls out the deck again and starts idly shuffling it. "Do you know about tarot? It's an interesting hobby." * Katie puts a finger to her ear, then reaches into her satchel and pulls off a small recorder. She presses a button and tucks it into her pocket. * Kaede eyes Yurika fully as he shuffles. I'm not interested. No? No. * Kaede flips over a card. Judgement. "Not even with this? It's an interesting picture I've always thought. What with the trumpet herald and all." * Yurika looks at the card and shrugs. "So?" Doesn't look familiar? But you know this one, don't you...? * Kaede shuffles through the deck to find Chariot and pulls it out to show her. * Yurika sits up. "Look, I know this might sound odd coming from someone who does nothing but sit in the same room all day, but... quit wasting my time, okay? I don't care about your stupid cards. Now leave me alone." She falls back down on the cot. * Kaede frowns. "I'm not trying to waste your time. I'm just trying to make sense out of all of this..." So find a hobby shop. * Kaede raises an eyebrow. "Or is it just that you don't want to rat on other people?" * Yurika doesn't say anything. * Kaede sighs and shakes his head, searching through the deck again. "Let's try a different approach..maybe you actually don't know..." * Kaede takes out the Devil and Death, then flips Death upside down, holding them both in his hand. "Does this look familiar to you?" No. Didn't think so...this is the girl who beat you up. And...I'm assuming the one who turned you in as well. Saki Morikawa. Sorry. I just got caught in the wrong place at the wrong time. (Should have brought Saki, then we could play good card, bad card.) (Grok) * Kaede puts the cards away and adjusts his glasses. "She also goes to our school. The one that got attacked. I doubt she's very happy that drugs were brought there..." (Ha!) So? I'm in here; she can't touch me. She might start pumping people she caught earlier for information..and I think I'm more pleasant to talk to than she is. * Kaede smirks slightly. "It won't stop someone like Saki." * Kaede loses the smirk. "You saw her in action didn't you? You really this situation will keep her out?" Guard's right outside. He'd stop her. I've never even seen her. * Kaede raises an eyebrow. "No? Then how did you hear about her?" And don't say you haven't because I saw how you reacted when I mentioned her name. From people. Fellow "associates"? * Yurika eyes Kaede. "What's it to ya?" It's enough. I'm smart enough to know that it'd be stupid to ask questions like "Where'd the drugs come from?" and things like that, right?" I don't know. Are you? [Session End]