[Day: Wednsday, March 5th. Time: 2:50 p.m.] [Weather: Drizzling, warm, and very humid.] [Yesterday you went to the graveyard with Eriko and Ryuji, then to the jail to question Yurika Miataka. On the way, you met Akemi Shiraishi, one of the latest pop-idols. Today, after a boring day of class so far, you gather at the lockers.] [Session Start] * Satoshi does his usual taking stuff out and putting stuff in at his locker. He then stretches and looks around to see who else is there. * Haruko walks up, staring at a cell phone in her hand, she's actively poking at her new toy. Heya, Haruko. That new? * Haruko grins, "Yup." She doesn't look up though and keeps poking. * Satoshi chuckles, knowing that it's going to take quite a bit to get her attention away from it. * Taki walks in from her usual direction, she's got an umbrella in her hand, and anybody who cares to look can see that she's wearing a shiney silver necklace with a charm shaped like a pair of skates hanging from it. "Hi Satoshi, Haruko." * Satoshi notices Taki's necklace and smiles brightly. "Heya, Taki." * Haruko nods in acknowledgment of Taki, but she still doesn't look up. * Satoshi manages not to blush this time. Go him. * Taki looks to see what has taken Haruko's attention, "You got one too?" * Haruko holds the phone up at Satoshi and Taki and clicks a button. Yeah. I thought I needed one on two days ago, and talked to my parents. * Haruko looks at the screen, she still hasn't actually looked up. "Nice necklace Taki." * Satoshi blinks. "What, it takes digital images, too?" Thanks, I love it. * Haruko nods and frowns for a moment. "I got the the best I could afford. It runs down my motorcycle fund, but the present is more important right now." * Taki nods. "You never know what'll happen tomarrow." * Satoshi smiles even more brightly at Taki's comment, then nods to Haruko. "It definitely beats mine." * Haruko flips around the phone to show a small image of Satoshi and Taki. "So did you just get the necklace for your birthday Taki? I don't think I've seen it before." * Taki nods again and gets an even bigger smile, "Yep, I finaly managed to open that box that Satoshi gave me." * Haruko actually looks up, she seems thoughtful for just a second and then smiles. "Aww.. that was thoughtful of you Satoshi." * Satoshi looks at the image on the phone. "Neat!" He then rubs the back of his head and blushes slightly. "Well, I, uh, wanted to get something special. And appropriate. I'm so happy you like it, Taki." * Taki takes a few steps twords Satoshi and gives him a bigger grin. * Haruko seems to really want to stare down at her cell phone, but instead she keeps looking forward with a thoughtful look. * Satoshi smiles back. So... uh... where's everybody else? Were we supposed to meet them somewhere? * Taki shakes her head, "Nobody told me anything since last night." * Haruko gives a confused smile and then looks back at her cell phone. "Dunno. Oh and give me your nunmbers please." Hmm. Oh, well. I'm sure they'll show up sooner or later. And, sure thing. * Satoshi recites his number for Haruko. * Taki kneels down and digs her phone out of her bag, "After that, I get to find out if I remember how to put yours into mine." Oh, yeah, I should get both of yours, too. * Satoshi pulls out his cell and navigates the menus to the directory. * Haruko pokes at her cell phone and she recites her number as she does it. * Taki pushes the button to turn it on, and then a few more, "Ah, that was it." * Taki reads her number from the phone. * Satoshi enters in Haruko's number, then Taki's. Arcana cell phone numbers! Collect them all! * Haruko looks happily at Taki. "Oh figured out how to use it? Good." Shen then types in Taki's number. (We're already our own trading card game, what more do you want? ^_^;) Most of the time, I still sometimes get to places I'm not sure what do. * Haruko nods and keeps poking. "Lemme know if you need any help with advanced stuff." * Kyon strolls around the corner, carrying his bag over one shoulder jauntily. He sees the group, waves at them, and walks easily down towards them. Well, reading the manual helps sometimes. Or just play around with it. That's what I did. * Taki nods and presses buttons untill she gets Haruko's number in. * Haruko waves at Kyon and shows her phone. "Got a cell. What's your number?" * Satoshi blinks. Kyon has waved at them. And he seems happy. What is not right with this picture? * Satoshi waves back, though. "Afternoon, Kyon." * Taki looks up and blinks, "Oh, hi Kyon." * Kyon nods to Satoshi, and smiles. "Hey Satoshi. Taki. How's it going?" He reaches into his pocket, pulls out a cell phone, and tosses it at Haruko lightly. * Haruko catches it gently, and then pokes his nuumber into her phone and vice versa. * Satoshi blinks again. "Oh... I'm doing okay. What's going on?" * Haruko hands Kyon's phone back. * Taki nods, "Things seem to be going well." * Kyon takes the phone back and replaces it in his pocket in one smooth movement. Then he puts the bag down on the floor. "Oh, you know. It's going well enough. Just taking a break from business, you know how it is." * Haruko goes back to her cell phone, she then glances back up at Kyon, with a confused look, only slightly different from the one she was showing Satoshi and Taki. Things must be going well. You seem very... relaxed. * Taki blinks at Kyon, "Uhm...Arcana business, book business, school buisness....All of the above?" * Satoshi puts his phone back into his pocket and folds his arms, looking expectantly at Kyon. * Kyon blinks, and regards Satoshi oddly. "I don't know. This is different from usual?" He turns to Taki with a grin. "All those, and more. Things are looking up." I'd think you'd know how you usually act, Kyon. * Haruko smiles. "Wow, nice to hear it. So if we do any driving around today can I get a ride on your bike?" (Okay. Kyon is happy and cheerful. Satoshi is suspicious and snarky. We have entered Bizarro Arcana World.) (Does this mean Taki has to go join a convent?) (Haruko's gonna take advantage of it if she can. ^_^) (Next thing you know Kaede'll show up and smile and be super-confident) (Oh and be a lady's man) (*snerk* Him and Satoshi both.) * Kyon winks at Haruko. "Well, wouldn't want you to have to walk." He turns back to Satoshi, and nods. "I know how I usually act around you guys. How should today be any different?" (No, Taki's going to stand on a street corner and preach on how the world is going to end. Oh, and that she's a lesbian.) (Men are no good! She should kill Satoshi!) * Satoshi raises an eyebrow. "You tell me, Kyon." (Katie-chan! ::tele-pounce-glomp::) * Haruko nods happily, she seems suspious but she can deal. (Sorry. Katie's going out with Tenjirou) (*Taki kills him and takes Katie for herself!) * Kyon shakes his head, moves over to Satoshi, and rests an arm around his shoulder. "C'mon, man... can you blame me for wanting to treat my friends well?" (No, you can't do that. That's too close to what we REALLY want to do ^_~) (You can't have her! She's all mine! Mine do you hear me!) We're friends, now? Not just allies? * Taki blinks at Kyon, "So are you going to stand there acting all happy and mysterious or are you going to tell us what happened?" * Kyon leans down and looks at the side of Satoshi's face. "Wouldn't you say so?" * Haruko giggles. * Satoshi slips out of "Kyon's" grasp. "Right. Look, you're not fooling anyone. What do you really want?" * Haruko makes a cut throat gesture to Satoshi. "Let me ride first, c'mon." * Kyon looks away from Satoshi to Taki, a confused look on his face. "Mysterious? This isn't mysterious. What do you want to know?" What the good news is! You said something aout it, and then changed the subject. * Haruko holds up her camera to Kyon and grins. "Yeah, and give me one of your nice broad smiles for the record." * Satoshi looks at Haruko. "Haruko, I don't think that's such a great idea. In fact, I'm willing to bet that the bike's not even here. For a very good reason." He eyes Kyon. * Haruko looks at Satoshi and sighs. "Crush a girl's dreams will you." She doesn't actually seem to mean it though. * Taki shrugs, "I dunno, I think it'd be nice to have Kyon like this around." * Satoshi shakes his head. "Sorry, Haruko. But I'd like to find out what's going on. Right now." He stares straight at "Kyon." * Kyon looks down at Satoshi with a hurt look on his face for just a moment, then straightens and rolls his shoulders. He smirks. "Guess you don't like me that way." * Haruko frowns, "See, it was for real. And now I've missed my chance." Well, not actually real, but his bikes probably here. * Satoshi sighs. "It's not a matter of 'like.'" * Kaede walks down the hallway towards the lockers, his kaban slung over his shoulders. He's scratching his chin. Seems to be thinking hard. * Kyon leans against the lockers, and smirks down at Satoshi. "Prefer a stronger word?" With everything that's been going on around here, wouldn't someone suddenly acting completely the opposite of their normal behavior make you suspicious too? * Taki walks over to Kaede and whispers to him a bit too loudly, "Bets on that being an iliusionary or a drugged out Kyon?" A...wait, what? * Kaede pushes his glasses up his face, snapped out of it for a second as he looks at Kyon. * Haruko keeps the cell up. "Well, could I at least get a smiling picture while you're in the mood? It may be my last chance." * Kyon shrugs quickly. "Yeah. Can't blame you. Suspicion is healthy." He regards Satoshi sidewise. "Have to get some fun in with you some time, though." * Satoshi is not entirely reassured. "Uh-huh." * Taki looks at Kyon, "Aww, he stopped." What's so unusual? * Kaede turns and looks at Taki blankly. * Taki turns to Kaede, "Kyon was acting all nice, and was hitting on Satoshi and was about to let Haruko ride his bike." * Kyon rolls his eyes. "How far you want to stretch it?" He smirks. "Just been working on some new skills, is all." * Kaede just stares at Taki for a while, pushing up his glasses. "...are you sure it's Kyon who's the one drugged out?" * Haruko nods sadly, "But I almost got a picture of him smiling." All three of us saw it. * Haruko nods again. * Kaede looks over at Kyon and sighs a little. "Well if he wants to play act then, he can try. He's not fooling anyone..." * Satoshi shrugs. "Well, whatever. Hey, Kaede? I've got something I want you to look at, if you don't mind." * Kaede glances over at Satoshi, setting down his kaban near the lockers and opening his. "What is it?" * Taki walks back to Satoshi. * Haruko looks over at Kyon but takes her phone down. "Oh, and could you give me some quick proof that you're actually you, I should ask you a thing or two." * Satoshi reaches into his bag and withdraws yesterday's paper. He points to Arisu's article about Saki. "Can you run a search on this journalist guy? I want to know exactly how credible he is. Seems he's taken an unusual interest in Saki." * Kyon looks down at Satoshi, and shakes his head tersely. He closes his eyes, and flexes his hands in the pockets of his jacket as he gets a look of concentration for a few moments. * Haruko's eyes widen as she realizes the probable form of proof, she backs up. * Satoshi blinks. "Oh no. Not now." * Kaede takes the paper, and looks at it for a while, then looks up at Satoshi with just a hint of disbelief. "...vampires? Come on now..." Uhh, guys? And it looks like another one... * Taki blinks at Satoshi, "Oh...joy..." * Kaede takes a deep sigh and folds the newspaper under his arm, closing his locker. * Satoshi looks at Kyon. This is new. * Taki looks around for an extra person. * Haruko tilts her head and looks releaved. "Not fire?" [Taki sees none!] * Kyon opens his eyes again, and looks at Haruko sidewise. "Proof?" He raises a hand out of his pocket quickly, and holds it to her. "Need to see?" * Kaede turns his head towards Satoshi again. "What's new?" It's a field. Well, I figured..but what's new about it? * Haruko blinks. "Wait, so that wasn't a new.. what's going on?" * Kyon presses himself further up the lockers, and nods tersely at Satoshi. "Good for you. Knew you could figure it out." He smirks. I don't see anybody else though. I've never felt Kyon make a field before. So this is new. * Kaede looks over at Kyon. "Well well..." * Taki blinks at Kyon, "This is the good news?" Or, this is something else entirely. * Kyon shrugs quickly. "Like I said. New powers. I keep working." * Haruko narrows her eyes for a moment. "He could be reversed, like Saki, the other one could generate fields." * Haruko shrugs. "Or maybe she's a special case." * Kaede rolls his eyes and looks at Haruko strangely. "It may sound odd coming from me, but do you HAVE to suspect everyone? It makes it a little hard to pinpoint things when you're so overreaching." * Haruko shrugs. "Here, Kaede, try to take a picture with my cell phone camera. Kyon, could you keep the field up for a second?" * Haruko offers the camera to Kaede. * Kaede blinks. "You think that'll work?" * Kaede takes the camera and looks at it for a second, then looks up at Kyon and concentrates. * Kyon nods tersely, and smirks. "Hate to agree with the bike salesman here, but he's right." He shrugs quickly. "Not planning on dropping it now. Need to get used to holding it." I don't think there's anybody elsee who could. You could use a regular cell phone in the tower albiet without reception, I want to test the limits of your power." Alright... If this works we can take a picture of evil Saki. * Kaede concentrates harder and closes his eyes, pointing the camera at Kyon. 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Kaede (2d6) and gets 9. * Haruko turns to Kyon while Kaede experiments. "Tried your bike yet?" [A photo appears! It's... completely black.] * Kaede frowns and looks at the picture. "Apparently not well enough." * Kyon looks sidewise down at Haruko. "Worked this morning. Haven't left yet." I mean with the field up. * Satoshi looks at the phone. "Huh." So I guess not... Though...I think I felt something... Really? Like what? * Kyon shrugs quickly. "Need to get used to just having it before I do something that requires that much of my attention." I don't know like...I couldn't concentrate enough...it was kind of a tingle.. Think a second time? Yeah. Try it again. * Taki hmms. * Kaede goes for another shot. 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Kaede (2d6) and gets 2, a CRITICAL SUCCESS!!! "My momma always said, you gotta take the good with the bad. Here's some good." * Haruko nods in response to Kyon. "That's wise, we can work on your bike later once you've mastered it." * Taki waits to see if Kaede managed to do anything this time. * Haruko also waits and watches Kaede. "As we figure out your powers, we should also try to research the exact effect of fields...." * Kaede concentrates hard and a photo comes out. It looks like a pretty expert likeness of Kyon. As he opens his eyes he looks at his hand, and his eyes go wide as he drops the phone on the floor. "Gwah!" * Haruko dives for the phone. Kaede!? What's wrong? * Kaede's hand is looking a little glowy...a white current is running along the veins rapidly and slowly fading. * Kyon cocks a hand through his hair, and scowls. "Maybe you should get someone else to take the pictures. Think he might be influencing the test." Okay, that's new too. Can we stop the experiments for today? * Haruko catches the shelters the phone and shelters it in her hands, she glances up at Kaede somewhat amazed. ...are you allright Kaede? ...yeah...it just...surprised me is all. * Kaede looks at his hand as if he's seen a ghost. * Haruko tries to take a picture up at Kyon while Kaede gets himself together, if she can turn the phone on at all. * Satoshi looks at Kyon. "Maybe you'd better drop the field." * Kyon steps forward off the lockers, and rocks back on his heels. He points at Haruko without looking. "Isn't she still trying?" * Haruko shakes her head. "Doesn't work for me, that's why I handed it to Kaede." But I'm done for now, drop it if you want. * Kaede turns his hand over and over. The dancing current seems to be gone now. * Kyon nods tersely, and closes his eyes again. He draws his hands slowly out of his pockets, and rests them at his side. Then he blows out a breath, as if extinguishing a candle. * Haruko stands and walks to Kaede. "Did that hurt you?" Thanks. * Satoshi keeps a cautious eye on Kyon. ...no. It just really surprised me...I'm not used to seeing my hand light up like christmas lights... * Kyon rolls his shoulders before opening his eyes slowly. "Harder than the other things I can do. Still. For now." * Haruko nods. "We can experiment more later, with Kyon or at the Tower. Although you may be able to do something even outside of fields, we'll find out through experiments I guess." I just feel a little worn out, but it'll pass. * Taki nods. Well, I'm glad you're okay, at least. * Satoshi keeps eyeing Kyon. * Kaede looks up at Haruko. "So have it ready next time we see the Devil?" * Haruko smiles over at Kaede. "Will do. Oh, and your laptop can recieve instant messages right? I want to try out those features." ...well, I suppose I could set it up that way. * Kyon ignores Satoshi roundly. He looks around the others, then leans down quickly, scoops up his bag, and slings it back over his shoulder. He looks past them down the hall, and starts stalking off down the hallway, towards the newspaper office. * Haruko nods. "You don't have to do it now, but it'd be fun." It only receives them if you download the program for it...I've never found a reason to... * Kaede shakes his head. "Try as he might to act, he's still the same Kyon." * Haruko nods. "Could be worth it for silent communication, now that I have this, I just got a screen name earlier, hadn't bothered." Are you sure that was really Kyon? Are you sure that was really Kyon? * Kaede looks at Satoshi and sighs a little. "...is everyone paranoid today?" I'm not. * Haruko shakes her head. "I do still have my reversed theory, but he could certainly act like Kyon when he wanted to." Who else would it be? * Satoshi sighs. "I don't know. Meimi? Or maybe it *was* Kyon, and I'm just being paranoid." Miemi. [As Kyon leads you up the stairs, someone familiar is coming down them: Yushiro, the obsessive brother of Fuyuko, whom you met not long ago. He's wearing a Sakuragaoka uniform, but his hair is still long, covering his eyes.] * Haruko shrugs. "Probably paranoia, but... shit, nevermind." * Kaede rubs his forehead. "If it was Meimi, then she'd have gotten bored long ago..." * Satoshi looks at the stairs. "Oh, great..." * Kaede doesn't look at Yushiro. Thus he must not notice him. * Taki blinks at Yushiro. * Haruko slips her phone in her pocket and takes as subtle of a defensive stance as possible. "Kaede, look up." * Yushiro looks down at you all, his expression dark. * Kaede looks up. His expression doesn't change as he pushes his glasses up his nose. * Satoshi frowns back. Presumably, all we can see of Yushiro's expression is his mouth, and possibly his nose, although it's probably hard to make your nose look dark. Can we help you? You will. With what, exactly? * Kyon stops, rocks back on his heels, and regards this guy coolly. "Yeah? Haven't seen you here before." I haven't forgotten you. * Haruko turns over to Kyon. "We met him. I'll give you details in a bit." Well, yeah. Because it's been, what, two days? Good. Then you'll remember how helpful we can be. * Taki nods. * Kaede leans back against the stairwell wall. Has it? I don't keep track of time very well. Get a calendar? * Kyon nods tersely. "They have them on phones and everything these days." He smirks. Must make it hard to get to school. * Haruko looks up at Yushiro. "So we got off to a bad start before, I'm afraid that's unlikely to change, but we can be polite about it I suppose." * Yushiro half-smiles at Haruko. "Your're very right. I always repay my debts." * Haruko bows. "My name is Haruko Kinsha, student by profession and inexperienced and ineffectually protector of the innocent. Which originally brought us into conflict." * Haruko keeps her eyes on Yushiro as she bows. There's no debt to be repaid. * Kaede starts to walk past. Yeah, I don't think you owe us, or we owe you. Anything at all. * Satoshi follows Kaede. * Yushiro doesn't look towards you as he speaks. "Oh, but I owe you. I owe you very much." * Kaede keeps walking. * Kyon nods quickly at the guy, who doesn't really seem to be all that threatening, keeps his eyes on him, and follows the other two on towards the newspaper office. "Don't owe me anything. Don't even know you." * Yushiro doesn't stop you. * Haruko coughs. "And I'm the Queen of Cups. I believe now you owe me an introduction." * Satoshi turns back and looks at Yushiro. "Whatever it is you think you owe... you don't. Really." * Kyon looks back over his shoulder with a smirk. "Oh, and if you're new here? File with the student government. We like to keep track of transfers." * Yushiro continues down the stairs, not looking back. ... I wonder if his sister is here too. * Haruko coughs again and catches up. "Some samauri." * Haruko nods at Taki. "I don't doubt it." * Kyon looks back over his shoulder at Haruko as he stalks off to the newspaper office. "Who was that?" * Taki shakes her head, gathers her belongings, and follows everybody else. * Haruko keeps a low tone. "We met him on Monday. We got teleported to a town an hour south of Tokyo." We encountered a girl who was getting beat up by a bunch of other kids. * Taki nods, "A bunch of kids were beating up his sister and he showed up after we drove them off." We stopped them, but she was afraid to report the truth. [Through the newspaper office's door, you see Chikako talking with Katie.] We chased them off, sort of, and tried to help her out. And yeah, she was his sister, and no, he didn't seem to care. * Kaede stalks off along with Kyon. He's not saying anything and not looking at anyone. Worse than that, he was offended that we protected her. She'd been beaten before, maybe by them, maybe by him. * Kyon nods tersely, and scowls. "Right. Can deal with him later, then. People like that need to know where they stand in my school." He knocks perfunctorily on the door to the office, and opens the door. * Taki nods, "It was like he thought it was more important that HE protect her sister than she should be protected at all..." I don't think he'll care honestly. * Kaede's speaking distractedly to the corridor. * Haruko smiles over at Satoshi and she comments quietly. "I really think he's our Kyon." Maybe. * Katie is talking to Chikako as they enter. "So then, Mom starts screaming about this mouse in the kitchen. I had to chase it around for almost an hour." * Chikako giggles. "That's so cool!" * Katie grins. "Not if you're the one trying to catch it." * Kyon comes just into the room, and waves tersely to catch Chikako's eye. * Haruko nods and keeps quiet. "I'll keep on guard then. Its a shame cause I have important stuff to ask." * Kaede listens in to the newspaper office. He sighs, a little relieved. * Chikako blinks as Kyon does catch her eye. "Kyon! Cool!" * Katie looks away from Chikako, to the others. She blinks. "Kyon? I thought you left yesterday." * Haruko walks in. "Hi Chikako! Hi Katie." * Taki listens to Katie as she walks in, "Sounds like it wasn't fun, I hope it wasn't as bad as that mouse Mimi gave us." * Kyon nods to Chikako and steps in a bit further. He waves a hand dismissively. "Nah. Got someone else to take care of it. Things here are too important just now." I think of the one Meimi handed over was a warm up. * Satoshi notes Katie's reaction and walks over to her. * Katie tilts her head at Kyon's statement. "Really? Huh." * Satoshi whispers to Katie. Ouch. * Kaede closes his eyes and leans against the doorframe, taking in a deep breath. "Maybe.." * Haruko smiles at Chikako. "Could I talk to you for a minute?" * Chikako nods to Haruko. "Yeah, it's cool." She stands up from her desk. * Katie looks at Satoshi and raises an eyebrow. She holds up a finger, signaling for him to wait. * Satoshi nods. * Kyon looks over at Chikako. "OK. Got something to ask you when you're done, though." [Everyone gimme awareness checks at +4] * Haruko walks over to a corner near Chikako. 2d6+4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Haruko (2d6+4) and gets 12. 2d6+4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Kaede (2d6+4) and gets 7. 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Katie (2d6) and gets 9. * Chikako follows! (DR1) 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Katie (2d6) and gets 12, a CRITICAL FAILURE!!! "Sorry, I don't take bribes. No, not even chocolate. No, not kinky sex acts, either." 2d6+2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Satoshi (2d6+2) and gets 8. (Pfft. DR2) 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Katie (2d6) and gets 11. 2d6+4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Taki (2d6+4) and gets 13. * Haruko looks up at Chikako and keeps her voice rather quiet but doesn't really whisper. Everyone else can probably hear her if they really try. "I have a small favor to ask." * Kaede narrows his eyes at Kyon, looking like he's staring through him. ...they're right. Something IS different about you... * Katie notices Kaede's look and follows it to Kyon. She glances at Satoshi, then hops off her chair. * Kyon rolls his eyes. "Please. And here I thought you were the rational one." I am. I'm trusting my own eyes... * Satoshi stares at "Kyon," trying to pick up what Kaede's noticed. [Satoshi has no clue.] And since when did you ever give me a compliment? * Kyon shrugs, and smirks. "The rational one isn't a compliment. Everyone needs some fantasy in their life. Part of why I write." * Katie looks at Kyon, then Kaede. "What is it?" You're a poor liar, Meimi. * Taki leans against a handy wall, or Satoshi if there isn't anything else and watches the afternoon theater. * Kyon barks out a laugh. "You think I'm an illusion? Kid, I'm no illusion. Trust me." Or maybe you're someone new...I don't know how you could fool Satoshi's powers but... I just know you're not the same Kyon. * Kyon holds out a hand, palm front, towards Kaede. "It's not fooling. I've got new powers. Things change. Something you should know." Then why don't you try this...? * Kaede pulls out a deck from his pocket. It's not necessarily fooling, Kaede. Whoever this is might be perfectly capable of making a field. * Katie speaks up, quietly, "If he's one of Meimi's illusions, she can make it looks like he draws whatever card she wants." She looks to Satoshi. "And she can create fields, too." Uhm? Kaede? If he is an illusion, or somebody else who's pretending to be Kyon, he can probibly pull the card he wants to. I realize that...but I want to check. * Katie glances over at Chikako to see how she's handling this. * Chikako isn't paying attention, talking to Haruko. * Kyon shrugs. "Fine." He pulls his deck from his pocket, shuffles it a few times against his chest, fans it backs towards Kaede, and draws a card. [After Kyon does that, Kaede doesn't look at the card, but instead flips quickly through all the cards he has in his deck, to see if it might still be in there.] * Taki watches. [Kaede! Mind roll!] 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Kaede (2d6) and gets 6. * Kaede frowns and looks up at Kyon. "Huh..." * Kyon holds the card out towards Katie. Queen of Wands. "Right. See?" You sure you're not holding that upside-down? * Taki leans over and looks at the card. * Kyon nods tersely. "It is what it is. Can do it as many times as you like." * Katie looks and nods. * Kaede puts them away. "Okay...but it doesn't seem like just new powers would make you seem this different.." * Kaede regards Kyon coolly. * Kyon blows out a breath irritatedly. "Look. Only so many ways I can prove I am who I am. You want a blood test, or something?" Does it matter? I'm not sure...it's just..what made you change your mind and come back? * Kyon smirks at Katie. "No. It doesn't. Really, you can all believe what you want." He regards Kaede coolly. "The Sorata family has always had competent staff. Just needed to get them in the right order." Yes, but Katie was obviously surprised to see you. So why change your mind so quickly? * Chikako turns from Haruko and begins paying attention again! * Haruko also tunes in. * Satoshi blinks. "I didn't even know you were supposed to be gone, but obviously you were, and it looks like it was supposed to be for a while." * Kyon shakes his head. "Don't get it, do you? I'm already back. Can accomplish a lot in a day or two, if you have the will for it." * Katie studies Kyon for a moment. * Kaede narrows his eyes at Kyon. "I know that better than anyone. That's the whole reason we went down to the jail." * Haruko surmises what's gone on so far. She turns her back and starts fiddling with something in her bag. But it's not like you to leave something important in the hands of someone else. And you seemed, at least to Katie, to think your family was important. So why change your mind so quickly? * Kyon sets his bag down, and unzips it, rummaging inside for a moment before pulling something out and holding it, palming it so it's half up his sleeve, unseen. "Have to take care of things here, too. And you know, you probably understand. No fun watching a family member lay around in the hospital." * Kaede quiets down. Severely. His lips forming a thin line. * Katie just keeps watching Kyon with a neutral expression. * Taki blinks at Kyon * Satoshi blinks a few times, then frowns. * Kyon shakes his head quickly, and smiles awkwardly at Kaede. "Sorry, went too far, didn't I? No, really. We share a bond, you and I." * Chikako nodnods. "Yeah, that's not cool." * Satoshi eyes Kyon. * Haruko holds out a ball of paper to Kyon, she's shaking. "Please take this from me and burn it using your powers." * Kaede doesn't respond. He's looking either at Kyon or at a point past him. * Katie looks at Haruko. What's wrong? * Kyon regards Haruko oddly. "Really? You want me to do that?" * Haruko nods, but she's still shaking. * Kyon nods to Haruko, and takes the hand that's not holding something out of his pocket. He steps over to Haruko, takes the ball of paper in his hand. Then he turns it over in his fist, and the paper catches on fire. He holds it back out to Haruko. "See?" * Haruko watches transfixed. * Kyon cocks the head as the ball starts to hiss a bit, and closes his hand tight on the ball, putting out the flames. Water drips out between his fingers, and he tosses at back to her. * Katie raises an eyebrow at that. Water? * Kaede's still looking neutral as always. ...That's new too. * Haruko smiles and catches it, she's far less nervous now. "Yeah. Had to test that the fire was real." * Kyon scowls a bit. "Gave me a wet ball? There's just no trust." * Taki bllinks, "You did that Haruko?" * Haruko runs a hand through her hair. "Had to do it myself for other reasons." It looked real. It probably felt real. Meimi's very good. * Haruko shakes her head. "Nothing special, just a water bottle and a few sheets of paper." * Katie smiles at Kyon. "So, what do you want?" * Kaede looks over at Katie then back to Kyon, not altering his expression but pushing up his glasses. * Haruko looks at Katie her eyes go very wide and she backs up to the wallt. "Felt real..." * Kyon nods tersely, and shrugs. "Right. Can forgive that." He turns to Katie, and jams his free hand back in his pocket. "Well, I was going to offer to take Chikako out to dinner. Nice place in Ebisu. But if you want to come, too, hey, she probably wouldn't mind." * Chikako grins. "Dinner? That'd be so cool!" * Satoshi looks at all of the K-people in turn, then folds his arms. * Katie looks at Chikako and laughs a little, though it sounds almost forced. "Just you and Kyon, or do you want other people to tag along?" * Haruko closes her eyes and seems to be concentrating real hard on some interesting not here thing, probably involving automobiles if you had to guess. I don't mind. It'd be cool if other people came. * Kyon steps over to Chikako, and gives her a bit of an awkward smile downwards. "Right. Oh, and hey... this is for you." He takes out what's been in his sleeve: it's a little UFO catcher plush doll, wearing a black uniform trimmed with grey, and grey boots. It's got black hair cut in spikes along the forehead, and warm grey eyes. It's smirking, too. * Chikako grins. "Cool!" ...So I suppose it's a group trip. Guess so. * Kyon dangles it from its string, waiting for her to take it. He leans down a bit, and kisses her on the forehead before looking back at the others. "If you want it to be." * Haruko doesn't reply. * Kaede looks back at Kyon. * Satoshi blinks at that. "Um." * Chikako smiles. It's up to the two of you, really. * Chikako takes the plushie! * Katie smiles, but her right hand, hidden mostly behind her satchel, grips the hem of her jacket tightly. "Spend time with two of my friends? I don't mind. As long as it's okay with both of you." It's cool! * Kyon nods quickly, and smiles thinly. "Probably better off with a chaperone, anyway." He looks back down at Chikako with almost a tender look. "Should go home first and change, though." * Chikako nods. "Ok, cool. I'll do that." * Kyon nods, and goes back to pick up his bag. Then he walks to the door, turns on his heel, and looks over the group. He smirks viciously. "Right, then. Be seeing you." Then he heads out the door. [Session End]