[Day: Friday March 7th. Time: 2:50 p.m.] [Weather: Mild and drizzling.] [Yesterday, there was a lot of yelling and screaming and depression and later on some truth or dare. Hopefully today will be better? The weather doesn't seem to think so.] [You're all at the lockers. As usual.] [Session Start!] * Katie sits on the floor, working on her trigonometry homework. She's looking better rested than she did yesterday, but still a little frazzled. (I hated trig. I'm so sorry I'm putting you through it, Katie.) * Satoshi does the usual exchanging of items, then looks around for the others. He spots Katie, walks over to her, and sits down next to her. "Hey. How are you feeling?" (And Taki gets to look forward to it, "Katie if we survive this, can I have your notes?") * Katie doesn't look up from the numbers she's punching into her calculator. "Better. I found some earplugs so I could sleep." * Haruko walks down the hall with a conscious confident in her step. Over her usual uniform she's wearing a leather duster at least a size too large for her that nearly drags behind her. It has a Japanese Air Self Defense Force Patch on it. Her hair is entirely in a ponytail leaving the marks on her face quite noticable. (*snicker* Yeah. I imagine Taki'd be trying to yoink Katie and Kaede's notes.) * Kaede walks up slowly. He still seems a little dazed but he's noticeably better than the day before. He does look rather tired though. ( Haruko went joyriding in a jet last night. ) That's good. I'm glad you got some rest. Anything happen after I left? * Taki walks in from her usual direction, she looks fairly happy and unfrazzled. Nope. * Haruko waves as she reaches the group and gives Taki a particularly warm smile. * Satoshi nods. "Didn't think so." He then looks up at Haruko and waves. * Taki looks over the group and smiles back at Haruko for a second, "Am I the only one getting any sleep this week?" * Katie finishes a problem and looks up at Satoshi. "I'm thinking about going to the Pao Pao Cafe soon." What's at the Cafe? * Kaede closes the locker and immediately goes to his phone, his fingers dialing quickly. * Haruko gives Satoshi a friendly nod and then looks over at Taki and yawns. "Probably. I managed to reverse my dreams, but killing !Kyon in them got old really quickly." Kyoko works there. Used to work there. Well... her and Taro. They said she'd be back, oh, a while ago, but I didn't follow up. * Katie goes back to her trig problems. * Taki makes a face, "Wouldn't once be enough?" * Kaede takes a deep breath and his expression lightens a little when he speaks into the phone. "Yeah, I might be a bit after today as usual. I'll try to get back as soon as possible though. You take care, alright?" He hangs up the phone and puts it back in his kaban. * Satoshi frowns at the mention of Taro, then nods. "Yeah, it'd be good to check back and see if anyone's heard from her." * Haruko nods. "Once was. I could imagine a few other ways but I just didn't want to. Guess my heart still is an open book." She grins at the last bit." * Taki blinks, "I ...see." [At close range it's also obvious that Haruko has a few Shinto charms hanging from her bag and one on a necklace.] * Kaede leans his back against the lockers and sits down, folding his arms and closing his eyes, letting out a long slow breath. * Taki looks over at Kaede as he moves, "Are yo...is your sister allright?" * Haruko turns over to Katie. "Get more sleep last night?" Hey, Kaede. Is Nanami doing all right? (Damn. Need to be faster on the keyboard. ;p) She's fine. She's at home right now. She's starting to lecture me about not coming home sooner though... * Haruko smiles at Kaede's comment. * Katie jots down an equation. "Earplugs have been found." Ahh, that's good to hear. * Haruko nods. I suppose so yes...it still doesn't change things but...it's at least a bit of a relief... There has to be some clue as to who did that. My offer still stands, if she ever wants to accept it. [Makoto and Makoto randomly walk by.] * Kaede doesn't open his eyes. "No...nothing. I rather doubt there will be either....unless she gets attacked again..." * Haruko waits for the Makoto's to pass and then comments to the group. "From when I talked to Eriko the other day, I think it'd be a good idea for me to recruit Hirokazu and hopefully teach him some manners. She seems to think he's worth the effort and I don't know of anything more productive I can be doing." * Katie comments, "Do you want to talk to Ken while you're at it?" * Kaede opens one eye and peeks at Satoshi, hmming before closing the eye again. "I think she's still too stubborn for that." * Satoshi nods, even if Kaede can't see it. "Yeah, I suppose that's true." [Yushiro comes walking down the hall with his hands in his pockets, eyes hidden behind his hair.] * Taki nearly says something when she sees Yushiro and closes her mouth. * Katie doesn't look up, but she tenses, almost visibly. A few more key punches and she has another line scribbled out. * Haruko turns to Katie and gives an evalutive look before she starts to quietly speak. "I'd be willing to, if you'd want me too. He's a bully and a fool, but perhaps not evil." * Haruko glances at Yushiro for comparison. * Satoshi eyes Yushiro, but says nothing. * Yushiro looks less in the bully or fool categories, and more in the evil one. * Kaede slightly opens an eye at the sudden silence but closes it without much of a reaction. * Haruko turns to Yushiro and watches as he passes. * Yushiro walks... very... slowly... He pauses when he gets near you, smirking. "And suddenly you don't talk so much." * Taki gives Yushiro a small bow, "Is there something we can do for you?" * Haruko looks him dead on. "You still owe me an introduction." (Wah! Kyon and Yushiro merged! We're going to die!) * Satoshi stares past Yushiro, giving no sign that he actually heard anything. * Katie keeps working on her homework. I'm usually quiet. For the better. * Haruko rolls her eyes at that quip. Perhaps. Though I'm sure there are others who could benefit. * Katie snorts. "Figures you'd end up here, Yushiro." * Taki tilts her head and says nothing. * Haruko suddenly grimaces for a moment, she quickly covers it though. * Yushiro turns his head to face Katie, an eye barely visable through his hair. (Aieee! The eye!) (No! Don't hurt me, Sadako!) * Katie solves the problem and looks up at him. Things have a way of working out. * Haruko bites her lip while Yushiro isn't watching her, she seems to be trying to figure something out. * Katie tilts her head. "Really? How's your sister?" * Taki leans on somebodies locker as she waits for Yushiro to either go away of have a point. Perfectly fine. * Yushiro turns his head to Kaede. "How's yours?" * Kaede doesn't react to that. It looks like it takes a lot of effort though. "She's doing rather well." * Taki blinks at Yushiro. * Satoshi frowns, but keeps quiet. Oh? That's not what I heard. * Haruko looks up at Yushiro with something close to utter contempt, she also moves a bit to make sure Kaede doesn't see that look. * Yushiro maybe notices, maybe doesn't. It's hard to tell without being able to see his eyes. At any rate, he heads towards the entrence. "You should take care of your sister, Takeuchi." And where did you hear otherwise? * Yushiro doesn't answer that. * Taki eyes the departing student and waits untill he's out of earshot, "Please tell me he's not as stupid and arrogent as I think he is..." * Kaede keeps his eyes closed. His shoulders are completely tensed. And it looks like he's half-crushed his notepad in one hand. * Katie watches him go. Once he's well out of sight (and earshot), she stabs her pencil into her notebook. Yes, into. ( The notebook screams in pain! ;_; ) (I show no mercy and stab it again! Experience will be mine!) ...I want so, so badly to do something to that guy. * Kaede breathes. In and out, in and out, that is what it's all about. * Haruko looks up at Kaede with a great deal of respect. (The best way of getting the group back together: give them a common enemy!) ...he's dead. ( Katie gains 2 GP and 3 xp from killing the notebook. Unfortunately, she did it in a town, so now the town guards come to kill her. ) He is isn't he...I was asking for a clue and it walked up and handed itself to us... (Curses! *runs*) * Haruko nods. * Taki rubs the side of her face under her hair, "So now what do we do with him? We don't have anything concreate..." * Kaede 's still breathing. Hard. It looks like he's close to hyperventilating without actually doing it. Each breath is careful and controlled. * Kaede stands up quickly. "I'm going home." * Katie pulls her pencil from where she embedded it in her notebook. "" She looks up at Kaede. "Do you want me to come with you?" * Satoshi nods. "You want any... yeah, what Katie said." If you'd like. * Katie closes her textbook and gathers her things. "I'd like." * Kaede heads quickly for the door. So would I. * Satoshi follows. I'm coming too, If that idiot tries anything again I want to be able to get there in a hurry. * Katie gets to her feet, makes sure her umbrella is in hand, and walks after him. * Haruko nods. "Hirokazu can wait." She quickly moves to catch up. * Satoshi makes sure he's got his sports bag with him, just in case. * Taki pushes herself off the wall, gathers her things and digs her umbrella out of her pack. [Time: 3:10. Chikako arrives with a pile of newspapers! But you're not there! ;_;] (How uncool!) () [Time: 3:30. You arrive at Kaede's bike repair shop.] * Kaede goes around to the shop and looks up at it. From the outside it looks pretty decently kept, though it's obvious it has some age to it. There's also stairs leading up off to the side. That's where Kaede's heading straight for. * Satoshi keeps on following Kaede, although he does take a moment to look at the shop, since it's his first time there. * Haruko does the same. * Katie follows him, also glacning a bit. * Taki tries to figure out how many hops it'd take her to get here from the school as she follows Kaede. [The sign reads "Takeuchi Bike repair" and there's some bikes in the window, some older models, but a couple of new ones. And a couple that are hard to recognize. They look custom built.] (Yes, she's swearing fluently :P) * Haruko instictually takes an extra moment to check out the customs. * Kaede heads up the stairs to what looks like a small balcony on the second floor leading to an apartment-like complex. He knocks on the door. "Nanami? You there?" * Haruko hustles to catch up one's she's examined the special models to her satisfaction. * Kaede frowns as there's no answer and calls out. "Nanami??" * Taki looks around for any signs of Kaede's sister, or that something had happend to her. * Kaede frowns and stomps away from the door, back down the stairs. * Taki gets out of his way. * Satoshi keeps an eye on the apartment door, just in case she was slow to answer for some reason. * Kaede looks around carefully, then walks into the shop proper. A bell rings when he comes in, jingling merrily. The shop has rows and rows of parts, and some other well-built models. Also some maintenance kits along the aisle. * Satoshi takes one last look at the door, then heads down and into the shop. * Haruko goes back down the stairs and follows Kaede in, actively taking in the surrounds. * Katie pulls her ear helpers from her pockets, stares at them for a moment, then puts them on. She follows. * Taki waits for the crowd to sort itself out and then heads into the shop. [Someone says, "Welcome to Takeuchi Bike Repair, I'll be with you in a moment." It sounds like Nanami, but can you trust that?] (Of course not! It's an illusion, just like half of the other people we meet :P) * Katie flinches when she hears that, and she hurriedly removes the helpers from her ears. * Haruko smiles as she hears the voice. She also looks a bit oddly at Katie. "They malfunctioning?" * Kaede frowns and makes his way down the aisles quickly, trying to see the counter as quickly as possible. * Katie shakes her head. "No. It was an... a test." * Katie walks after Kaede. * Taki follows Kaede deeper into the shop. * Haruko looks confused but doesn't reply, she tries to catch up. * Satoshi follows along. [Inside is Nanami. How 'bout that? Oh yeah, there's also Akemi, who's outfit today features a tiger-striped tight tank top and loose blue jeans.] ( You can't escape me! :P ) * Haruko smiles broadly when she see's both of them, she waves. "Hey Nanami, Akemi!" * Satoshi starts to bow politely, then stops short. "Err... hello." He blushes slightly. * Katie waves at them with a smile once they come into view. * Taki waves to Nanami and Akemi, "Hello." * Akemi waves. "Hi! You're here kind of early, aren't you?" * Kaede lets out a sigh of relief. "I'm so glad I found you...I was worried and..." He blinks at Akemi and double-takes. It's all a crazy's fault. You wouldn't have a phone here, would you? * Haruko offers her phone to Katie. * Katie blinks at Haruko, then takes it. "Thanks." She walks a bit of distance away and dials Chikako's cell number. * Akemi waves to Kaede and smiles. "Nice to see you too." ...I think she's asking if we could have called and avoided thi...or not. * Nanami tilts her head to the side. She has her hair short-cropped today and without the beret. She's in cute overall and white shirt combination, but that's probably not noticed due to Akemi's presence. "I thought you said you'd be late, brother." Uh...what are you doing here? * Katie speaks into the phone, thankful Haruko doesn't have the volume turned up, "Hi, Chikako. It's Katie." * Nanami eyes Kaede carefully. "Well, SOMEONE has to run the shop while you're not here, brother dear." * Akemi smiles mischevously. "We've just been talking." * Haruko watches Akemi with some amusement. * Katie walks further away from the group, still speaking into the phone. * Nanami grins and leans over the counter, folding her arms and staring at the group. "That's right. Private talk. No brothers allowed." Ahh, fortunatly for me, I'm not a brother. Neither am I but, uh, I'll just leave you girls alone to talk about... stuff. Yeah. * Nanami grins at Taki. "Brother friends included." * Kaede just stares at Akemi. At her face, I'll have you know. * Akemi pouts at Satoshi. "Aw, you don't have to go." * Kaede looks like he's in a bit of state of shock. * Taki grins back, "That's too bad then, I'll have to talk to you later." Suuuure you will. * Nanami looks back at Akemi. "So you'll consider it?" * Haruko nods at the two and heads back into the shop. Before she leave she smiles and comments to Akemi. "I'd like to talk to you for a minute when you're taking a break from boy teasing." I, uh, um... you guys need some privacy, right? * Akemi says sarcastically (maybe), "Break?" * Akemi nods to Nanami, and winks. * Haruko giggles as she walks. * Nanami grins conspiratorily. "That's great. I'm sure my brother'll be pleased." * Akemi grins back. "Oh, I know he will." She eyes Kaede. * Kaede blinks. He looks like he's trying hard to sort this out. "..pleased? Consider it? Wait, what is she considering?" * Taki takes Satoshi's arm, "c'mon, let's leave them to toture Kaede in peace." * Nanami rolls her eyes. "You're totally hopeless, brother." Uh, yeah. * Satoshi is led away, still blushing slightly. * Kaede doesn't notice being eyed. He's still got this confused look about him. * Katie glances back to watch the commotion, tapping her fingers against her leg. * Haruko goes to look again at the more interesting bikes and equipment around the story, occassionally tilting her head and going in for a better look. She seems impressed. * Taki pulls Satoshi away untill his mind starts working again. (That would imply that my mind worked in the first place. ;p) (I see we're in for a long trip ;P) * Haruko pauses looking at stuff to glance up at Taki and Satoshi, give more of a curious than confused look, giggle a bit, and go back to examining the merchandise. (All the blood's gone from it. ^^;) * Nanami looks over at Haruko and goes into business-pitch mode. "Anything I can help you with?" * Taki looks up at Satoshi and tries to get his attention, "So, did you find Jin?" * Satoshi blinks. "Huh? Oh, yeah. He was at my apartment, but he was sleeping and I couldn't wake him up. He does that sometimes." * Haruko gives a friendly wave off. "I more go for motorized stuff, but I'm glad to see that the people I tried to send your way will find such high quality equipment." Oh, that's good to hear, sometimes he's annoying to have around, but I'd miss him if he vanished. Eh...Kaede made most of 'em. * Satoshi looks briefly in Kaede's direction. "I'm not sure if everyone would agree with you. But, yeah, I think I'd miss him, too. It's kind of nice having someone around." * Akemi pulls out her pager as it starts beeping. She looks at it and hops to her feet, bouncing in the process. "Oops! Looks like I gotta run." * Haruko nods. "It shows, normally you don't get this sort of quality from mass produced stuff." * Kaede 's still trying to work things out, blinking at Akemi's distraction and looking at her. "Huh?" * Taki tries not to follow the bouncing Akemi, "Bye, see you soon!" * Kaede puts his hand to his face and quickly turns slightly away. * Akemi turns to Nanami. "So, I'll be in touch with you about that." * Satoshi waves confusedly. "Uh... bye!" * Katie looks up from her talk over the phone and waves bye to Akemi. (Okay, I think I've been spending *too* much time around Jin.) * Nanami smiles brightly. "Great! Call me when you get a chance. Or just stop by. You're welcome any time." * Haruko frowns as Akemi starts to head out. "Well, perhaps I'll talk to you at some time while you're simultaneously teasing boys." She then gives a freindly wave. * Akemi smiles at Haruko. "Sure. Good bye!" She skips out the door, bouncing all the way. * Haruko shakes her head and grins as Akemi heads out. She's a very... interesting person. Isn't she? * Kaede heads behind the counter quickly and disappears down below. * Nanami eeps at that and jumps out of the way of the barreling Kaede. "Hey! Watch it!" * Nanami looks down behind the counter. "Hey brother, why are you holding your nose like that?" * Taki watches Akemi leave, shakes her head and then looks up at Satoshi and then down at her feet "It's nice to be around people, pity I can't be with everybody at the same time..." * Haruko glances over at Taki and Satoshi's conversation, decides to leave them alone, and goes back to examining the store. ( It's a very shop-ish shop. It's full of shoply goodness. ) Well, um... who *can* be with everybody at once? It's kind of physically impossible. Or did you mean something else entirely? (Yes it is!) ( * Haruko is pleased to continue to see that the shop is a shop, and not, for example, a pineapple. ) * Taki looks up, "I... think I ment what I said...Take yesterday for example...I wanted to go with you to look for Jin, but I also needed to stay with Haruko and Katie..." * Kaede rises slowly from behind the counter. He's still covering his face with his hand. "Nanami, do you happen to remember anyone looking like..." He describes Yushiro to her. * Taki looks out the front of the store for a few seconds to see if there's anybody out there. * Haruko meanders manages to find something interesting in a corner of the store that just happens, conveniently enough, to be out of earshot of Taki's conversation, she goes there with some haste. Oh, well... as it turns out, I didn't have any problems finding Jin, and I think Haruko needed somebody to stay with her. * Nanami looks contemplatively for a moment, then furrows her brow. "I can't say I do. Why? Is he important? Seems like you'd have to be a freak to have your hair hanging in front of your face." [There are people on the street.] [Not many, but a few pedestrians and the occasional car. Or bus.] (Foo, so much for doing this with the real effects) Huh? Oh no, not too important...I was just wondering... * Nanami grins over at Kaede. "So you ready to start your shift today, brother? You've been slacking a whole lot lately. I feel I've been letting you off easy." * Kaede looks hurt. "You know I try and get home as soon as I can...I can't always help it." * Taki shakes her head, and takes a step back from Satoshi, "See, I wanted to be here with them," steps back up, "and here with you at the same time. I feel like I need to be in both places...but I don't know how.." (Rapid fire teleport! "Hold on, I have to go to the bathroom to freshen up!" "Sorry to keep you waiting.") Taki... it's okay. Haruko really needed you yesterday. I understand. I'm not upset or anything. Sure, any time you want to spend with me, I'm happy, but don't go worrying yourself over something that's not your fault. * Nanami looks more calmly up at Kaede. "Yeah..I know...but if you're not gonna help, you're cramping my workspace." She goes behind him and pushes him out. * Katie hangs up and lowers the phone from her ear, walking back. * Kaede gets shoved back to the customer end of the counter. @_@ * Haruko seems to have run out of interesting things to look at in that section of the store, and does her best to fake it. I...Thankyou Satoshi. * Katie taps Haruko on the shoulder. * Haruko turns around. "Oh, hey Katie." She seems grateful to have something to concentrate on. * Katie hands the phone back to Haruko. * Satoshi smiles, a bit uncertainly. "You're welcome." * Haruko recieves it. She then bites her lip for a moment and looks up to Katie. "Did you mean it about Ken? There are a fair number of other Arcana I could recruit first, maybe give him more time to grow up." * Nanami leans her elbow on the counter and gives Kaede a solid look, resting her cheek in the palm of her hands. "Look, if you're not going to be able to come home, at least try and sell us or something. Or do some recruitment yourself. You used to be so responsible..." She frowns at that. It was a joke. But I'm thinking about doing it myself. * Katie looks at the others and coughs into her hand for attention. "I just called Chikako." * Haruko gives a somewaht uncomfortable chuckle. * Satoshi looks over at Katie. "Hmm? Any news?" * Kaede looks over at Katie, looking remarkably relieved for the distraction. "What'd she have to say?" * Taki looks up at Satoshi (You need to get shorter or all of your girlfriends are going to get stiff necks) "Thankyou again." and then turns to Katie. (Actually, I'm getting taller. ^^;) Yushiro's last name is Kageri. She doesn't have anything else on him yet, but I figure you might want to know if you want to do anything, Kaede. * Katie hmms. "Oh, and Fuyuko isn't going to Sakuragaoka." I...um...thank you, Katie. She isn't? She's not? Where is she? * Nanami looks over the counter at Katie with the same expression. "What do you mean if he wants to do anything? Who's this Yushiro?" Chikako doesn't know, but she said she'll find out. * Haruko smiles slightly. "I guess that's why she was looking forward to the future, she could get away from him." * Katie looks at Nanami. "Someone we met a few days ago. He's... off." Off as in...? Probably insane. I'm pretty sure he hurts his sister. Huh.. * Nanami grins up at Kaede. "You'd never do that, would you brother dear? You know I'd beat you up if you tried." Fancy powers or no. * Haruko nods. "That was the feeling I got too. And she had bruises from before that fight." * Kaede coughs slightly into his hand. "Of course I wouldn't. And keep it down about the powers thing...it's not like we want the world to know..." ( The paparazzi takes a photo, then runs :P ) Yeah yeah yeah...you worry too much, brother. * Kaede tenses at that but says nothing. * Nanami sighs and looks out the window. "It's dead today." * Taki looks out the window again, "How many people do you usualy get in here?" * Katie grins. "We chase away customers." She takes a look around the store. * Satoshi smiles. "That's not very nice of us." If I had a bike or any money I'd buy something, Sorry. * Satoshi starts looking around, too, even though he really doesn't have need of a bike. ^^; * Nanami looks over at Taki, swishing her hair to the side. "On a good day or on a normal day? Not much. Not as much as we should. We get by though." And then there's those that do come in and are just browsers. That's good...I guess...Sorry again. * Katie hmms. "Well, if everything's okay here, I'm going to go by the Pao Pao Cafe." * Haruko walks with Katie for a moment. "I'm also considering checking out whether Arisu is an Arcana. I'm starting to think that meeting other Arcana is part of the point of those teleports. And if she is one, we could use her reporting skills." Do you want someone to go with you, Katie? * Katie blinks and looks at Haruko. "It wouldn't hurt to check. Just don't jump to thinking she is one." * Katie turns her attention to Kaede. * Satoshi looks over at Katie. "I'll come with you, if you want." If someone wants to come, that's fine. Yeah. * Haruko nods. "It seems likely, but I won't make the assumption." * Nanami pays attention to the both of them. * Katie nods at Haruko. "Okay." If you wouldn't mind my tagging along... Go with her? I thought you liked that cute girl with brown hair? * Katie laughs. * Satoshi can't help but grin a little. * Kaede stiffens and turns around to look at Nanami. "W-wait, what gave you that idea?" Or is it that one who was just in here with the blond tips? I mean really brother, you're going to bring a harem home one of these days. Didn't you notice? He gets all the girls, after all he was the what #5 on St Valintines? * Kaede glares at Nanami as best as he can muster from his embarrassment. "Nanami! You know better than anyone my opinion on dating! I'm not interested!" #3, actually. * Haruko grins slightly, and turns away from poor Kaede. Oh sure. They ALL say that. Ahh, sorry, my mistake. * Nanami grins slightly and gives a mock pout. "I'm jealous. If I weren't blood related, I think I'd go after you myself..." * Katie smiles. "And look, isn't he cute when he's embarrassed?" * Kaede goes into a wild coughing fit at that. * Haruko giggles and then coughs and restrains herself. * Satoshi chuckles. * Taki just gives Kaede a grin. * Kaede puts his hand to his forehead and groans, giving a "Why me?" look And now we let poor Kaede recover untill we get to the cafe, ne? * Katie just grins. "Sure. It was nice seeing you again, Nanami." * Nanami keeps her gaze on Kaede with a piercing look, giving Katie an absent wave. * Haruko nods and heads out herself. "I'll go try to recruit Hirokazu I suppose. Could I borrow your deck Katie?" * Katie waves back. She reaches into her satchel and pulls out a tarot deck, tossing it to Haruko. * Haruko catches it, barely, she doesn't look all that dignified in her attempt. * Satoshi waves politely to Nanami, then turns to Haruko. "Watch yourself with that guy." * Taki looks between Katie and Haruko and brifly flickers as she vainly tries to be in two plaecs at once. "Argh." * Katie glances at Taki. "Why don't you go with Haruko." Because I don't know anything about computers? * Haruko shrugs. "I can handle him alone, I learned to handle his type a long time ago." She grins after that. Who said you needed to know anything about them? * Katie tilts her head. "Sure, Haruko." And she walks out. Uhm no one, but he's... (This is Hirokazu we're talking about. Just look human and mobile and he'll have an interest. Female helps but not necessary.) * Haruko nods. "If you want to come I can use your help, but I'll be fine without you Taki. Go with what you feel." (Taki does NOT want him interested in her, she'd wind up in some h-game) ...I can't go with what I feel! * Haruko tilts her head and smiles. "Then go with Satoshi, I monopolized you enough yesterday." * Satoshi looks at Taki. "Um... if you're going to go, I think we need to leave now." And I don't mind if you stay with Haruko. If that's what you think you need to do. * Haruko heads out at a fairly quick pace. I...I... Argh!... Haruko, call me if you need anything okay? ::runs out after Katie:: * Haruko grins and gives a backwards wave to Taki. * Satoshi follows Taki out, shaking his head ever so slightly. [Time: 4:40. Katie, Satoshi, and Taki arrive at the Pao Pao cafe, where they do not see Kyoko or Taro. There's some new waitress working there instead: brown hair done in a ponytail, glasses, freckles.... cute, but nothing special. And wouldja believe it, Kyon's there too!] (Oh, we've got him) * Satoshi walks in, holding the door open for Taki and Katie... then spots not- Kyon and stops short, blinking. * Kyon sits at one of the counter seats, nursing a mug of what looks to be somewhat dark coffee. He's talking with the waitress in low tones. Thankyou Satoshi. ::walks in and then stops short when she spots !Kyon:: * Taki shakes her head and moves out of the doorway so Satoshi can come in. * Katie steps in, looking around. [The cafe is much like it was when you saw it last.] * Satoshi enters once Katie and Taki have gone in. 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Haruko (2d6) and gets 8. (dr) 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Haruko (2d6) and gets 9. (...I'd offer to let you borrow one of mine, but I can't ^^;) (Aww, thanks. :P ) 2d6-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Katie (2d6-4) and gets 7. * Kyon looks up for a moment, sees the others, nods curtly to them, and goes back to talking with the waitress quietly. * Satoshi eyes probably-not-Kyon carefully. * Taki looks past the Kyon figure at the menue. * Katie smiles faintly and waves back at Kyon, going to sit next to him. * Satoshi sighs nearly inaudibly and follows Katie. * Taki follows a few steps behind Satoshi, still trying to work out if there's anyting there she'd like to drink and can afford. (Bah, just politely hint at Satoshi. He'll buy you something. ^_~) (She doesn't want to trouble him *^_^*) * Kyon sips the coffee quietly. He looks sidewise at Katie, then continues what he was saying to the waitress. "He's been writing for a long time, but he still has room to improve." [The waitress nods like she knows what he's talking about. Maybe she actually even does.] * Katie waits for them to finish their conversation. * Taki puts her bag down on a seat a few down from !Kyon and begins to dig through it, eventualy coming up with a small purse and extracting enough money for a cup of lemon tea. * Kyon shakes his head quickly, and looks sidewise at the others. "Care to state an opinion?" I'm sorry. What are you discussing? * Katie blinks. "Who are you talking about?" I'll give you one as soon as you answere their questions. * Kyon shakes his head quickly. "Never mind. Doesn't really matter. Relative worth of various current authors." He looks back at the waitress. "She reads a lot, so there's a lot to cover." Oh. I don't really read all that much, so I'm not exactly the best person to ask, I guess. [The waitress nods. Nod.] Ahh, I'm not realy current on books. I haven't had much time to spend in a library recently. Well, maybe she's got some recommendations. * Kyon shrugs quickly, swishes the coffee in the cup, drains the remainder, and sets the cup down. "Like I said. Doesn't really matter. Didn't really come for a group discussion." You never were much of a group person, Kyon. But it's nice that I ran into you, anyway. * Katie looks to the waitress. "Can you get me some hot chocolate, please?" (I have lemon tea! ^_^) (Hee. ^_^) And if it wouldn't be too much trouble, I would like a cup of lemon tea as well. "Sure." The waitress brings Katie hot chocolate! It's like chocolate, but hot. * Kyon regards Katie sidewise, then smirks. "Not something you usually say." He turns back to the waitress. "You still give refills?" The waitress nods. * Katie blinks. "That's right. Um, would you know if Kyoko Ozora still works here? I heard she was coming back after a break." "I heard she asked to take some time off." Again? She nods. "A family problem, or something." * Kyon presses himself up in his seat, and looks off down towards the other end of the restaurant with a cool look on his face. * Katie winces. "I'm sorry to hear that." I hope it passes soon, I would like to get to know her better. ::she looks down at the empty space in front of here where a cup of tea has failed to appear:: (I stole your tea, Taki. ;p) (did I just type that? Man I'm out of it today) (It's good tea, too.) (;_)) ) * Katie sips her cocoa, taking care not to burn her tongue. I didn't see you at school, Kyon. [The waitress gets Taki a cuppa tea] * Kyon turns part of the way back, but doesn't look at Katie. "Been a busy day. Lots of business to take care of. Council's trying to set up a multi-school event." Really? What? ( Dunk Satoshi ) Yeah, what's this about? (Again? ;_;) ( It was so popular they're moving it to a multi-school level ) * Taki greatfully thanks the waitress and takes a slow sip of tea. (Yay, maybe I'll get a turn!) * Kaede opens the door to the cafe, walking inside. He looks somewhat frustrated as he comes in, looking around. (There are going to be entire dunk tank teams) (I am doomed. Again. ;_;) * Taki is fairly hard to miss, even from the back where most of her visable hair is the same color. * Kyon turns to face Katie a bit more, and smirks. "An art fair. Showcasing the talents of various high school students in the area. Going to get gallery space in Ginza for it." * Katie blinks. "Wow. Neat. If it works out, maybe I can enter." * Kaede heads over to the rest of them Wow, that sounds really interesting. And you should enter, Katie. * Taki nods, "You'd do well." ( I can see the judges. "Hmmm... Next up is Akemi Shiraishi, who's talent is... bouncing? What the hell kinda talent is-" Akemi walks on stage. "... Oh." ) (Akemi's an art project!) * Kyon nods quickly. "Takes a lot of organizing though. I'm the Sakuragaoka liaison. Need to make the rounds." (Just draw a picture of Akemi) I bet. (Won't work. The paper will be all smudged from the rows of artists getting nosebleeds) (*snerk*) (Male artists. >.>) (;_; Hey, I'm a male artist.) (Male artists and Katie. *nods firmly*) (Damn Thespians! :P) ( The females would have to settle for seething jealousy :P ) (That's me. I'm seethingly jealous!) (Yep, I can just stand here and watch her seethe.) * Kaede flicks his gaze briefly to Kyon as he sits down before gesturing to get the waitress's attention. (Taki would be drooling jealousy, and I can't keep her personality from wandering tonight x.x) * Kyon turns his cup halfway around with one hand as he jams the other one in his pocket. "Date's not settled yet, but the council will post announcements once it is." * Katie nods. "Okay. I'd like to hear more about it." Sorry I'm late. * Satoshi waves to Kaede. * Katie looks at Kaede and grins. "It's okay." [Kaede manages to get the waitress' attention.] * Kaede tilts his head casually to Katie. "Don't...just don't." * Kaede turns back to the waitress. "Could I get a green tea?" * Kyon cocks his head and regards Katie sidewise with a bemused look. "You want the details now?" * Katie manages to look innocent. "Don't what?" She turns back to Kyon. If you want to give them, sure. Or I can wait. It doesn't matter to me all that much. * Taki takes another sip of lemony goodness. (I drank all my tea. ;_;) [The waitress leaves, and shortly returns with green tea for Kaede. Then more people come in and she goes to serve them.] (Arcana: the only place where game time is slower that realtime!) (It's 'cause Brett's realbusy in the other window.) (Unless people are getting served food! o/~) (No,no. Arc's allways like this) * Kyon shrugs quickly. "Not all that much to say now. Trying to enlist other schools at this point. The more we have, the better the talent." (Sorry, I keep getting interrupted by people I know stopping and saying hi. ^^;) * Satoshi nods. "Makes sense. You'd want a large group of talented artists to draw from." * Katie nods and has another sip of chocolate. Sounds like it's going to be a big show. * Kaede stirs his tea idly. "An art show?" ( 'Cause Brett's busy looking in logs and pages and making sure he doesn't break continuity so that you people can have a more fun experience. Unless you'd rather there be two knights of swords. ) * Katie blinks. "Oh, speaking of that. I've been working on a picture of Kumaguro." (No. I demand there be THREE Knights of Swords) * Kyon leans forward on the bar a bit and smirks down at Kaede. "Yeah. Have something to contribute?" (We could just clone Shingo) (five, sir) * Kaede smirks right back at Kyon. "Does computer art count?" * Kyon shrugs quickly. "Depends if you can beat out the others. Or influence the judges enough to make it its own section." Maybe...who are the judges? * Kaede goes back to stirring the tea. * Kyon shakes his head quickly, and leans back. "Haven't been picked yet. It'll be decided after the participating schools are settled." It couldn't hurt for you enter some...Now my stickfigures, that could get painfull. ( Takako, Ayako, and Taro ) (Takako, Ryo, Sho) You can do stick figures? Wow, that's better than I can manage. * Satoshi grins. (Reiji, Kyoko, Meimi.) * Katie lets out a small sigh and goes back to sipping her chocolate as she waits for them to quiet down. So the schools haven't even been picked yet? ( It'll coincidently, be between the same schools always mentioned in this game :P ) (Akemi, Chikako, and Yushiro) * Kyon shakes his head quickly. "Some have. Others are still undecided." (We're in the same district! Or something.) (Chikako: "Everything's so cool, you all win!") * Taki raises her eyebrows, "Anybody can do stick figure, me, you, Kyon, I bet even Kyons cat could do them." (Kumaguro is full of artistic talent. Selling his works is how Kyon keeps up his affluent lifestyle.) * Kaede looks over at Katie, hmming. "Kyon's cat...didn't you say you were working on a picture?" (Hee.) * Katie nods. "Yeah. I've done some sketches to get used to the... um, proportions for cats and kittens, and I think I might be used to it enough to actually try a painting." * Satoshi blinks. "Wow... I bet that would turn out really nicely." I'd like to see it.. * Katie smiles a little sheepishly. "It's not my best area. I don't paint much." You say that a lot. It's probibly better than what the rest of us could turn out. Well, if you keep practicing, you can't help but improve, right? [Taki's phone rings.] I guess...working with bikes I could do some of that strange modern art stuff I've heard about...but I just don't...get it. * Katie looks at Kyon. "Anyway, I was wondering if you could give me some background on our favorite cat. I was thinking of doing an origin of Kumaguro thing." She grins. (Lag jump!) * Kyon shrugs quickly. "You doing the painting from memory?" He smirks. "Haven't seen Kumaguro for a while, unless you've been breaking in." * Taki blinks and then scrambles to find it and answerthe call "Hello, Taki here." * Kaede looks at Katie curiously. "Origin of Kumaguro thing?" Sure. Like in comics. That sounds...odd. * Satoshi blinks. "The cat has superpowers?" He lives with Kyon, right? * Kaede looks over at Satoshi. "It might be a shoujo manga. Then he meets up with all sorts of female cats and doesn't know what to do with them." * Satoshi stares at Kaede, then starts laughing. * Taki speaks into the phone "Haruko? Is evey..oh sure I'll be right over...what room are you in?" * Kyon shakes his head bemusedly. "Living with me doesn't give him special powers. Not that I've seen, anyway." He looks vaguely thoughtful. "Never know, though. There's a cat on the card." * Kaede blinks then blushes slightly. "...kind of sounds like me lately..." Really? I figure living with you takes a power all by itself. (Kaede = popular tomcat. Hmmm...) * Taki contines speaking into the phone, "Allright, I'll be right over." and hangs up. * Kaede eyes Satoshi oddly, blinking twice. Satoshi...can I..talk to you for a moment? Excuse me everybody, I hate to leave you all like this but I have to go. * Kyon smirks at Katie. "It's not that hard. I'm usually quiet." * Katie looks over at Taki. "Okay." She waves. * Satoshi blinks and looks at Kaede. "Um, sure. And, uh, okay, Taki. Take care, and I'll see you later, right?" * Taki takes a last sip of her tea, leaves the money under the cup and head twrowds the ladies room. "Seeya." * Kaede nods and waves Satoshi over to a table a bit of the ways down, not sitting but standing next to it. * Satoshi follows Kaede. "What is it?" (Um..why would you head to the bathroom after saying you have to go?) (Think about that, Kaede. =P) (Because If I teleport out on the street people might notice) * Katie turns back to Kyon. "But yeah." She pauses. "I guess I wasn't being clear enough. I want to paint Kumaguro as about what he would have looked like when you got him." (Not only that, but it was a terrible, terrible pun. =P) (Well, she said she hated to leave us like that...do you often say that if you mean THAT sort of "have to go?" ^^;) * Kaede looks over at the table and then whispers. * Kyon blinks, and cocks his head. "Didn't really look all that different. His coloring was largely the same. Just smaller." * Satoshi whispers back. A kitten? 2d6-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Katie (2d6-4) and gets 1. * Kaede frowns slightly, and turns back to him. 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Taki (2d6) and gets 10. (DR1) 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Taki (2d6) and gets 9. (DR2?) 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Taki (2d6) and gets 5. (Yay! Haruko didn't just kill Taki. ^^;) (There we go) * Kyon shrugs quickly. "Yeah. Had him since he was a kitten." He regards Katie oddly. "You never had a pet?" * Kaede narrows his brow a little and speaks back to him. * Katie laughs. "Not unless you count the birds that stop by every day." * Satoshi shakes his head and whispers back. * Kaede throws up his hand and scowls a bit at Satoshi. * Kyon shakes his head bemusedly. "Should get one. Although cats and birds don't mix." My parents don't like pets very much. No puppy for me. * Katie muses. "Was he a present?" * Kaede folds his arms and looks out of the corner of his eye at Satoshi as he talks. * Kyon shrugs. "Why would you want a puppy? More trouble than they're worth." He looks at his cup. "Yeah, he was a present. Don't know what that has to do with drawing him." * Katie blinks. I was just curious. I mean, if you don't want to talk about it... * Kaede looks at Satoshi, dropping a bit of his demeanor and frowning. * Satoshi shakes his head and looks very confused. * Kaede blinks and stares at Satoshi. * Kyon shrugs quickly. "Just don't see why it's all that important." It's not. I was just wondering. * Kaede shakes his head and responds. In any case, where were you when you got him? I need to know that, at least. * Katie blinks. "Oh, and how old were you?" * Kaede STARES at Satoshi. * Katie glances at the boys. * Satoshi blinks. Several times. * Kyon looks at Katie sidewise, and scowls. "It was... a park. A big park. Lots of trees. Right after middle school." ( Satoshi's sending him mental pictures of Akemi. ) (Nah, then he'd faint) You know, maybe this painting is a bad idea. You don't seem to like the idea very much. (Satoshi or Kaede?) * Kaede blinks and nods. (Or both?) (Both. Simultaneously. Into each other.) * Satoshi closes his eyes and looks like he's concentrating. (Hee. ^_^) * Kyon blinks hard, and his face resolves to a cooler expression. "Do what you want. He's a good cat. Worse things to draw." Are you sure? * Katie actually looks a bit worried. * Kaede blinks a few times. * Satoshi looks startled. * Kaede shakes his head. * Kyon shrugs quickly. "Don't need my permission." He's your cat. * Kyon smirks. "But it's your pencil." * Katie snickers. "Brush, this time. Fine." She pauses. "But... Do you want to talk about it?" * Kaede rubs his chin thoughtfully. * Kyon leans back in the chair, and taps his foot against the counter bottom. "About how I got the cat? Don't really care either way." I was asking, if you wanted to. * Kyon turns and looks at her sidewise coolly. "If you want to ask, ask. Like I said, I don't really care." Fine. How did you get Kumaguro? * Kyon blows out a breath, and speaks curtly. "He was a present. That I got in a park near where I grew up. After I graduated from middle school." [Session End]