[Day: Saturday, March 8th. Time: 2:50 p.m.] [Weather: Cold and cloudy. It had been raining earlier, but stopped by now.] [Yesterday, you went to Kaede's home and met his sister and Akemi again, then you went to the Pao Pao cafe, only to meet Kyon's imposter again. Taki also had the misfortune of having to show her powers to Hirokazu, who thinks this is all elaborate special effects intended to convince the computer club to program a game.] [It's the weekend! Finally, a day off! You all gather at the lockers, as usual. Well, some of you.] [Session Start] * Satoshi does his usual book-exchanging thing, then looks over to where Katie normally sits. She's not there, though. He blinks, then looks around for the others. [Satoshi is aloooooone.... Except for Makoto and Makoto, who walk down the hall, arms locked.] Okay, I *know* I'm not in a field... so where is everybody? * Taki walks down the hall looking a bit exasperated untill she spots Satoshi, "Satoshi!" * Kaede walks down to the lockers carrying his kaban and pushing back his glasses. He looks rather calm today. ( A clocktower tries to eat Satoshi. Ok, not really. Just the clock. ) * Taki runs the rest of the way to him and manages to not run down the Makotos this time. * Satoshi waves. "Hey, Taki. I was wondering where you all were." ( it fails; it doesn't have a mouth ) Where all who were? (Phew! I am saved from the clock!) Afternoon, Kaede. You and Katie and everyone else. I'm surprised she's not here. Huh? Katie's not here? She was here earlier. * Taki stops running and turns to Kaede and bows quickly, "I'm sorry for all the times I teased you, please forgive me." * Satoshi looks relieved. "Oh, well, maybe she had to go home early or something." You...wait.... * Kaede blinks at Taki, confused. "...what?" * Taki just shakes her head, "Hirokazu..." You've...lost me. What's this about? Let's just say he'd be very very happy to be in the postion that we've been teasing you about...He's just...I'm sorry for even pretending to think you were like that. ....I'm still lost...what? * Satoshi shakes his head. "Hirokazu wants a harem, I take it?" * Kaede blushes profusely. "EHHHH? Since when did anyone ever think I had a harem??" * Taki nods at Satoshi, "I think his brain would melt before he tried anything though." I believe that's what Taki was referring to as the bad joke. I'm...not...what...who...where....gah! * Taki turns back to Kaede, "I just said you wern't." I told you, dating's a waste of time so why would you even...? * Kaede blinks and looks at Taki again. "You've...still lost me..." * Satoshi frowns and then looks at Taki. "He didn't... try anything... did he?" You said I wasn't but you think I do but you don't really think that....it makes no sense... * Taki rubs the visable side of her face, "Just accept that I'm apogising for teasing you and that the four of cups is a spineless pervert." * Kaede rubs his head. "It's easier just to ignore it, yes..." ( You guys call him a pervert, yet you're the ones who can't keep your hands off him ^^ ) (Taki just wanted to get that overwith .)) ) (Computer guys are hawt! o/~) * Satoshi frowns again. "But... he didn't do anything, Taki, did he?" So...Hirokazu did something...why am I not surprised? Ignore the fact that he's barely elementary with his coding..I mean really. No he didn't try anything, but when I asked Eriko if there was anybody up on the roof...the grin he got when he thought we were going to be alone.. * Taki grimaces and shakes her head. ...I don't follow. ...yeah, I don't like that guy. * Kaede shakes his head and just decides not to think about it. I mean, I don't mind people being a little... yeah... but he needs to lean to hide his intentions a bit more...or get a realy understanding girlfriend. ...you really think he'd get a girlfriend? I'd kinda hope not. No, I'd really hope not. No, but I can hope, otherwise he's probibly going to be following me and Haruko around. ...wait, why? What'd you do? * Kaede blinks and eyes Taki, pushing his glasses up again. * Satoshi frowns. "If he starts bothering you, let me know. I'll... well, I'm sure I can discourage him somehow." Talked to him, and Haruko somehow got him thinking this was some sort of promotion for a game we want him to write. * Satoshi blinks. "How'd she manage that?" ( She's good :P ) ...To quote Jin, "I'm...not sure." * Kaede stares. "A..promotion." WHY did she do that? I think she was trying for an analogy and failed. A what? What...sort of analogy? Something like our lives being like a fantasy game? I couldn't figure it out either. * Satoshi sighs. "Our lives are *not* a game. Hard to believe at times, yes, but not a game." If she was around here, I'd try to get her to explaine it again. * Kaede rubs his forehead. "Does Hirokazu know he's..special or not? * Taki points at a random bit of the ceiling, "I'd like to remind you that there's at least one person who thinks otherwise." Well, yeah. But I try to avoid thinking that way. I don't think he quite gets the fact that I was teleporting across the room and not playing tricks with mirrors. ...well obviously. Isn't that what I said at first? You teleported in front of him? Yeah, that's why Haruko called me in. And then I teleported with him and... ::shakes her head:: She wanted to demonstrate, so that this guy would believe he's Arcana. And he still doesn't? * Kaede rubs his chin slowly. ...you know what? Unless he's a very very good actor he was still trying to figure out how I tricked him when I left. * Kaede gets up and dusts himself off. what? Hmm? Come with me...I think I want to try something... * Kaede heads towards the computer club room. * Taki follows Kaede. * Satoshi shrugs and follows Kaede. [You arrive at the computer club. It is empty!] ( Sun Jian appears at the locker room. "Very impressive, coming here so quickly." ) * Taki looks around, "Well, so much for that idea...then again maybe they went outside." (I need to get that game. And then get my brother to come over and do two-player. ^_^) * Kaede looks around the computer club and looks around. "He doesn't need to be here...I just wonder if I can remember which one's his...." * Satoshi folds his arms and watches. * Kaede looks around at the computers, trying to find Hirokazu's computer. * Taki stands near Satoshi, "Do you think Haruko might have dragged Katie into her efforts to prove that we arn't part of a game?" [The computer Hirokazu typically uses is the last one on the second row] * Kaede heads down to that one and boots it up. [The computer starts up.] ( It's not happy about being booted, though. ) I don't know. I kinda doubt it, though. * Taki nods, "I wonder where they went then." * Kaede taps his fingers waiting for it to boot, leaning his elbow on the computer table. * Satoshi shrugs. "I'm not sure. I hope nothing happened, but since Kaede said he saw Katie earlier, I'm going to try not to worry too much." * Kaede hmms a little as he looks at it. "I was kind of expecting a password...huh..." * Taki nods again, "If anything goes wrong Haruko'd call me anyway..." * Kaede looks around in some of the folders for anything interesting. [Kaede finds a few projects of the computer club, such as a 3D map of the school. No hentai, though.] * Kaede checks out some of the projects, hmming. "Interesting...I wonder if he's just not looking at it at school or maybe misjudged..." Searching for evidence? * Kaede blinks slightly and stares at the screen, or past it. "Wait...." You find something? No...but... Hmm? * Kaede looks at his fingers. "I wonder..." * Kaede puts his hand on the computer case and closes his eyes, concentrating. You going to zap his computer like Haru...yep. * Satoshi keeps quiet and lets Kaede do his thing. 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Kaede (2d6) and gets 11. [The computer shuts down!] * Kaede frowns and sits back in the chair. "I guess it doesn't work that." (At least the magic smoke didn't come out.) * Satoshi blinks. "I'm guessing that wasn't supposed to happen." * Kaede tries to boot it back up. Probibly not. [The computer boots back up.] Guess I just do things the old fashion way...don't know why I even tried it... * Satoshi shrugs. "It was probably worth trying." * Kaede checks out the map of the school and any other projects. * Taki walks over to the nearst table and grabs two chairs and drags them back to where Satoshi is standing. * Satoshi blinks. "Oh, thanks." He sits down. Don't mention it. ::takes a seat of her own.:: [The map is a 3D map of the school. It's all wireframe right now, except the computer room, which is textured. It looks like something right out of an FPS] 2d6-7 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Kaede (2d6-7) and gets 3. [Kaede finds that the map is about Half-Life quality.] I wonder what he's working on it for though. Some sort of game? Why would you do a game of the school? What sort of game would need a map of the...yeah. * Satoshi shrugs. "I don't know." * Kaede shuts down the computer, frowning slightly. So, aside from that, there wasn't anything? ...not that I could find. I was thinking...maybe if I could access anything that was deleted I could...but that didn't work... So, he's either better at hiding than you are at looking, or he doesn't have anything? * Kaede narrows his eyes at Taki at that but doesn't say anything... * Kaede shakes his head slightly and heads out of the room. [Kaede bumps into Jin. Literally.] * Satoshi sighs and follows, making sure to put away the chair first. * Taki stands up and starts to put her chair back. * Kaede oofs and blinks, grabbing his glasses before the bump off his face and adjusting them. * Taki hears the oof through the open door and hurries over to see what happened. * Satoshi looks over. "Jin." * Jin looks at Satoshi. "Me." Any reason why you're here? I remembered. * Kaede looks down at Jin. He keeps his eyes on Jin. All on Jin. What did you remember? Oh? He's probably not sure... * Kaede still looks a bit intrigued though. Um... There's some people who are out to get you, and they're not connected to the drugs, and... um... * Satoshi blinks. "Wait, really? Who?" * Kaede frowns briefly. "...and?" The band? And... um, oh yeah, and there's five people from the last generation still alive. That's supposed to be important to one of you, but I forget who. * Taki blinks. Oh, and you should stop by for a visit sometime. Visit? Wow. This is... stop by where? Visit where? * Jin nods. With who? The one who gave you the message. * Kaede blinks. You? What message? Wait, what message? Umm... I'm not sure. Is there anything else? * Kaede slaps his forehead. "...How did I know that was going to come up..?" * Jin nods to Satoshi. "You're out of eggs. They all flew away." Hey, at least we got part of the message. Thankyou for telling... ... us? * Satoshi blinks. "What?" Need more eggs. Did you eat them all? Most of them flew away. Flew...away? Flew? How? They...hatched first right? * Jin tilts his head at Taki. "Hatched?" Please tell me you didn't throw them out of the window or something... Um... I'm not sure. Yeah...you know when whatever's inside breaks through the egg shell? ... Yellow stuff? * Satoshi says, mostly to himself, "I've never told Jin not to throw things out the window, but I didn't think I *had* to..." ...Some of them have birds, or lizards inside...but I don't think the ones Satoshi gets at the store would... ...I think I'd better get home and see what he did to the kitchen. * Kaede shakes his head slightly. "Just...don't ask. Thanks Jin. You've helped a lot..." I did? * Kaede adds lower to himself. "..though what exactly you helped with I don't know yet.." ...Yeah...I'll help you clean...I've got a lot of experance at it. ( I'd better throw eggs out the window more often ) * Satoshi nods. "Yeah, you did. C'mon, I'll make you some chicken." Okay. And thanks, Taki. No problem, it's probibly not worse than some of the things my father's done. * Jin follows Satoshi * Kaede turns to Satoshi. "I'll need to check home first but do you want me to meet you there?" Sure. You know how to get there, right? Hrrm...I think so... Well, just to be sure... * Satoshi gives Kaede a quick set of directions. * Kaede takes out his notepad and jots them down on a fresh page. "Alright." We'll see you there, then. * Taki waves to Kaede. * Kaede waves and heads out the way. [Time: 3:45 p.m. Satoshi, Taki and Jin arrive outside Satoshi's apartment building, where the manager is washing away broken eggshells with a hose.] * Taki stares at the eggshells. "Oh dear." * Satoshi looks at Jin, then he looks at the manager, then he pulls out his keys and runs for the door of the aparment building. * Taki chases after Satoshi, "Come on Jin!" * Jin blinks twice and follows. * Satoshi continues running up the stairs to the door of his apartment, which he frantically unlocks. * Taki chases Satoshi up the stairs. [Inside Satoshi finds!... his normal apartment.] * Satoshi lets out a very big sigh of relief, then turns and looks for Jin. * Taki follows Satoshi into his apartment, "Well, so far so good." * Jin is here! * Taki starts to take her shoes off. Okay, Jin? In the future, please don't throw things out of the window. In fact, please don't throw things at all. It makes a mess that other people have to clean up, and it's rude. I didn't. They flew. How did they fly? * Jin gestures with his arm, like an upside down J. Were you involved in any way, shape, or form? I'm not sure. * Taki takes her shoes off and watches Jin. Did anything else fly? Birds. Okay. Well, even if you weren't, and they just flew under their own power, still keep in mind that it's not good to throw things out the window anyway. * Satoshi slips off his shoes, almost as an afterthought. * Satoshi turns to Taki. "Well, ah, welcome to my place. Sorry about running ahead like that. I was kinda afraid of what I'd find." Well, lead on to the kitchen and let's find out how bad this really is. Just let me stash my stuff in my room first. * Taki bows, "It's an honor to be here, I just wish it was under better circumstances." I'll wait here. * Satoshi heads back to his bedroom, opens the door, drops his book bag and sports bag in, then shuts it. * Satoshi comes back to the living room and smiles at Taki. "It's my pleasure to have you here, really. Can I get you anything to drink? And yes, Jin, I know. Chicken for you." * Taki sheds her backpack by the door. After we see if there's anything left. * Jin looks around. "Where?" * Satoshi walks over to the refrigerator and opens it. Anything odd in there? [Satoshi finds he's missing a carton of eggs.] (Other than the flock of glowing green chickens, not much) Well, I suppose there are worse things that could have happened aside from me just needing to buy more eggs. * Satoshi turns to Taki. "We have water, juices, cold tea... I could make something hot if you'd like, too." * Jin nods. "A comet could hit the couch." * Taki thinks for a bit and then says, "I'll have the tea. Jin, could you show me where the eggs flew to?" * Jin points at a window. * Taki looks at the window in the hopes that it was opened before the eggs passed through it. [The window is wide open] * Satoshi eyes Jin. "Yes, that would be bad." He then nods to Taki and gets the container of tea out of the refrigerator, along with a precooked chicken filet. [There's no trace of eggs anywhere. Except down below.] * Taki walks back into the kitchen, "Well, the good news is that nothing else seems to have been broken." * Satoshi busies himself with pouring drinks and microwaving the chicken. He also pulls some bread out of the pantry. Chicken sandwiches are a fairly Western invention, but Jin seems to like them, so Satoshi makes them for him. * Jin stands around doing nothing. * Satoshi looks over at Taki and sighs in relief. "That's good. I stil wonder exactly what happened, but... it's kind of hard to ask Jin." Nah, it's easy to ask Jin, it's getting an answer that you can use that's hard. Yeah, that's what I meant. * Satoshi hands Taki a glass of tea. "Here you go." * Taki thanks Satoshi and then takes a sip of the tea. * Taki looks around Satoshi's kitchen as she drinks. * Satoshi finishes Jin's chicken sandwich and hands it to him. "And this is for you. Hey, did you remember anything else?" * Taki adds, "About the eggs or the message." * Jin takes the food. "... I'm not sure." * Satoshi goes back to the kitchen and gets a glass of water for himself. "Okay. If anything else tries to 'fly' again, let me know, all right?" I really hope it doesn't. * Taki nods. Ok * Satoshi motions to the armchair in the corner. "Please, make yourself comfortable, Taki." * Taki holds her tea carefully as she crosses the room and sits down, "Thankyou again." * Taki takes a sip of tea and thinks for a bit. * Satoshi grabs one of the chairs from the kitchen easily and carries it to the living room, placing it between the couch and the armchair. * Satoshi sits down and looks at Taki. "So, uh..." 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Kaede (2d6) and gets 9. * Taki looks up from her teacup, 'Hmm?" Well, um... our last game of the season's coming up soon. If we win, we make the playoffs. Unless I've completely misremembered something... Anyway... I'd just like to thank you again for helping out. Don't think anything of it, I never knew that hockey was so much fun. * Satoshi smiles. "Yeah, it's lots of fun. It's one of my favorite things in the world." * Satoshi runs a hand through his hair. "I'm sorry, I'm not boring you, am I? I'm sure you get enough about hockey from me when we practice..." No, no. You arn't boring, and it's nice to listen to you talk about something you care about. I like chicken. * Satoshi smiles. "Thanks. And, yes, Jin, I somehow thought you might." I like eggs, too. But they're all gone. I'll tell you what Jin, after Kaede gets here and we go shopping for more eggs, I'll make you some chicken for dinner. I'll get more. Don't worry. Okay. * Satoshi looks back over at Taki. "So, anyhow... um... are there any movies or anything like that... that you'd want to see sometime? Or are you too busy?" [Satoshi's phone rings!] Oh, hold on a sec. * Satoshi pulls out his cell phone. "Satoshi here." "Right. Got it." * Satoshi hangs up. * Satoshi looks over at Taki. * Taki looks up at Satoshi, "I'd..." That was Kaede. He wanted us to come to as soon as we could. And he was talking pretty quietly. Could be trouble. [Satoshi's phone rings!] More eggs? * Taki opens her mouth and gets intrupted by the phone again * Satoshi blinks. "Okay..." * Satoshi answers his phone. "Satoshi here." "Uhh, sorry. What is it?" "What? What's he doing?" * Taki looks worriedly at Satoshi. Hello? * Satoshi puts his phone away. "Okay... this can't be good. Kaede found Tenjirou and... someone... and then it sounds like the phone got dropped. We need to get over there, *fast.*" What about the eggs? That's the middle of shopping district! Eggs later, Jin. This is more important. Maybe you'd better stay here. Okay. * Satoshi runs a hand through his hair. "Is there anyplace close that you *can* take us to, Taki?" * Taki thinks quickly. 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Taki (2d6) and gets 7. (dr?) (I'll try...need more of them) 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Taki (2d6) and gets 8. I can't think of any sorry. * Satoshi sighs. "Dammit. Looks like we're just going to have to go the normal route, then. Let's hurry." * Taki nods and runs for the door and her shoes, "I'm sorry." It's okay. * Satoshi quickly puts his shoes on and locks the door behind him after he and Taki are outside. * Taki tries to talk and run at the same time, "I was worried that something like this was going to happen...but not to Kaede." I hope he's all right... god, I hope he's all right... * Taki runs and runs and begins to wonder if teleporting in would be worth all the trouble it would stir up. * Satoshi runs and runs and runs. "Let's slow down when we're about a block away and check the place out first before we go in." [Shortly, you get to the shopping district, and spot the store.] * Taki nods, but can't reply for fear of running out of breath. * Satoshi looks around. Does he see anything suspicious? * Taki slows down an pants. [You can't see into the store's window from your angle.] Taki... can you get close enough to see in through the window? * Taki nods twice and then walks quickly forward. [Taki makes it :P] You see anything? (Wai!) * Taki looks in the window. [Taki sees a clothes shop. Inside are Kaede, the store's manager, Remi Okui, and Tenjirou. And Tenjirou's lookin' reeeal fine.] ( Taki, soul roll, -3 bonus ) 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Taki (2d6-3) and gets 7. (But I'm going to spend my last DR here) 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Taki (2d6-3) and gets 6. (*_)) ) * Taki mumbles something incohearant and teleports through the window. * Satoshi blinks. "Taki?" * Satoshi follows her in. Through the door, like a normal person. * Kaede lets go of Remi's wrist and gets right in Tenjirou's face. "You don't think that I believe you're not just using her, do you?" [Inside, Satoshi finds the same thing Taki did. The store manager luckily ducked to find a phone or something, since it looks like a fight's about to start, so he didn't notice Taki's 'port] * Taki runs up and glomps onto Tenjirou, "Hi, I missed you." * Satoshi blinks. "What's going... hey!" Tenjirou looks down at Taki, then smiles at Kaede. "What can I say? Girls just seem to like me." He turns back to Taki and smiles. * Kaede looks at Taki then back at Tenjirou. If his expression could get any darker, it would. * Satoshi GLARES at Tenjirou. "You. Turn that off right now." * Taki blushes and smiles back up at him. Tenjirou holds up his hands innocently. As much as he can. "Turn what off?" * Kaede goes back to grab Remi's wrist and tugs her outward. "Come on, we're going." Your power. Don't play stupid with me. Remi, meanwhile, looks a cross between heartbroken and jealous. Until Kaede grabs her wrist at least. "Turn off my magnetic charm? That would be quite a feat." * Kaede looks out of the side of his eyes at Satoshi and tries to calm himself, breathing hard. "Satoshi...ix-nay..." * Kaede gestures his head towards the shop owner. (No, he's off finding a phone, isn't he?) 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Kaede (2d6) and gets 11. [The manager is still there. He's watching you all very carefully. "If you want to fight, do it outside my shop. Otherwise, I'll call the police!"] Remi pulls her wrist free of Kaede's hand. "What's wrong with you? You're acting crazy!" * Kaede eyes Remi. "I'm not crazy. I just know he's bad news. That's all." Taki... You don't even *like* that guy. You've told me so. He's no good. Remi: "He is not! And besides, he asked me out on a real date!" * Taki maintains her glomp and stary eyes on her new boyfriend, "Mhmmm." Tenjirou looks from Taki to Satoshi and grins innocently. "Looks like she changed her mind." * Kaede manages to hide his flinch to look Remi straight in the eyes. "He is. Does he seem like he's ignoring the current attention from THIS one on his "supposed" date with you?" He gestures to Taki. * Satoshi GLARES at Tenjirou again. "And we know why, don't we?" Tenjirou runs his hand up and down Remi's arm. "Aw, I haven't forgotten her. They can both come with me tonight." * Taki ignores the other people, they're not her Tenjirou. * Kaede slaps Tenjirou's hand away. "Don't TOUCH her!" Remi gives Kaede a GLARE and wraps her arm around Tenjirou's. "Don't make my decisions for me." Taki, please... * Taki looks a bit saddend at having to share, but she doesn't let go. * Satoshi walks over and tugs lightly on her arm. * Kaede glares at Tenjirou for a long while and grits his teeth, fists fully clenched. "Tenjirou, I'm WARNING you..." [The manager comes up behind Kaede. "Sir, please. I'm asking you to leave."] * Kaede glares at Tenjirou and turns to the manager. "Fine." He storms out. Tenjirou shakes his head. "I'm sorry about that, sir." * Satoshi tugs at Taki's arm again. "Taki, come on. Please?" Tenjirou smirks at Satoshi. "She doesn't want to. Can't you see that?" Okay, I was hoping it wouldn't have to come to this, but... * Satoshi grabs Taki's arm and starts to drag her off. If that means Tenjirou and Remi come along, so be it. * Kaede stops at the door and glares over his shoulder. His eyes seem to flash thinly yellow for a second before subsiding. "Tenjirou...this isn't over..." * Taki tries to drag Tenjirou with her. ( Oh dear. Satoshi, body - super strength. Taki, the same +2 ) 2d6+2 (Satoshi succeeds. Satoshi tears Taki's arm off.) * Dicesuke throws the bones for Taki (2d6+2) and gets 6. 2d6-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Satoshi (2d6-4) and gets 6. [Satoshi drags Taki away, and breaks her grip on Tenjirou's arm in the process.] Tenjirou: "What a cruel thing to do to a lady." It's less cruel than what you do. * Kaede is outside the store now, and thus doesn't reply. At least I don't toy with their hearts and minds. * Taki calls out Tenjiro's name and struggles against Satoshi's grip. "Hey, they come onto me. I'm just being a nice guy." * Satoshi exits the store, keeping a grip on Taki, until he's back with Kaede. "Hold on to her, Kaede. I'm gonna go back for Remi." * Tenjirou smiles at Taki and waves. "Don't worry, we'll meet again, love." (Sure. Ask the guy with average, non-arcana modified strength to hold a love crazed teleporter ;P) [Taki, soul roll -5] 2d6-5 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Taki (2d6-5) and gets -1. * Kaede grabs Taki and looks at Satoshi, nodding with a stern expression. * Satoshi walks back in and stares at Tenjirou. "Now, am I gonna have to do that again, or will you come with me?" * Taki blinks a few times and then shakes her head. Tenjirou looks down at Remi and smiles. "Well, how about we get out of here?" Remi nods. "Okay." * Kaede looks back at the store, holding Taki's shoulders. "You okay?" * Satoshi stands in front of Tenjirou, blocking his path. "I dont' think so." What was I...? He's not going to live through this, I swear it... Tenjirou: "Hey, I'm trying to leave peacefully." He looks over at the manager. * Taki blinks several times and rubs at her head. [The manager has the phone in hand, but isn't dialing just yet.] ...I'm .... he's...what was it about him? * Satoshi looks at Remi. "I don't know what happened between you and Kaede, but I don't think you really want to end up with this guy. Please, just come with me." Don't worry about it, Taki-san. Remi grips Tenjirou's arm. "No. He's right, it isn't any of your buisness. Least of all Kaede's." It's not... right... He's not... But he's all...wrong! Doesn't it bother you that he went after another girl right in front of you? "Well... I didn't like the idea, but... Maybe it wouldn't be so bad." I said don't worry about it. Tenjirou: "You heard her. She wants to be with me, so back off." * Kaede 's still looking at the store. * Satoshi shakes his head. "Okay. Remi, I'm very, very sorry for this. You can hate me for it later, if you want. I would't blame you if you did." * Satoshi walks over and tries to dislodge Remi's grip on Tenjirou's arm, as gently as possible. Remi glares at Satoshi. 2d6-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Satoshi (2d6-4) and gets 5. 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Satoshi (2d6-2) and gets 6. * Taki is still trying to figure out what she's doing. [Satoshi succeeds in breaking Remi's hold, but feels his arm getting very cold, very fast.] Ah! * Satoshi reflexively lets go. * Taki blinks "...Satoshi?" (Combat Reflexes!) Remi snatches her arm away, still glaring at Satoshi. * Satoshi tries to slide between her and Tenjirou. * Kaede 's watching the whole thing with a calm eye. [That doesn't work so well as she retreats back to Tenjirou, grabbing his arm again. Tenjirou looks at Satoshi. "Why don't you leave us alone now?"] Fine. * Satoshi turns to the store clerk. "Sorry about this, sir." * Satoshi walks out the door and waits for Tenjirou to exit. The clerk doesn't respond to Satoshi, but he's not looking very happy. [Tenjirou walks out with Remi, immediately turning down the sidewalk.] * Kaede walks slowly towards Tenjirou, and calmly. Oh so calmly. "Wait." * Satoshi starts to head after Tenjirou, then stops at Kaede's voice. * Taki staggers along with Kaede, still with a look of near terminal confusion on her face. [Tenjirou looks back over his shoulder at Kaede and smiles, saying simply, "No."] That wasn't a request. * Kaede keeps walking. Taki, maybe you'd better wait here. I don't want you falling under his spell again. [They stop, and Remi turns towards Kaede. "Kaede, please, just go away."] Oh...right. * Taki stops walking. It'll only take a minute Remi. He looks at Tenjirou a few feet away from him...and smiles. * Satoshi takes a few more steps towards Tenjirou, but stays a short distance away. * Kaede swings a straight punch at Tenjirou's face. ( Gimme a roll, then better roll init ) (Dammit, Kaede, that's my job. ;p) 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Kaede (2d6) and gets 3. (Very nice, though.) (^_^_v) (Whoo!) (Why couldn't I get a roll like that?) d6+6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Kaede (d6+6) and gets 11. (Ah.. the sucker punch ) d6+6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Satoshi (d6+6) and gets 11. [Order is: Tenjirou, Kaede, Satoshi, Remi.] * Taki watches the fight and tries to remember which of the people she should be chearing for. Tenjirou takes the punch to the face. Remi screams as he steps back and runs a hand across his mouth. "You're dead." He moves forward and throws his own punch at Kaede. 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Kaede (2d6) and gets 4. (Woo! Dicey likes drama!) [Kaede moves quickly and avoids Tenjirou's punch.] [Kaede's turn] * Kaede smirks at Tenjirou as he gets out of the way of the punch. "That's supposed to be my line...I was just going to do that one thing, but since you seem so insistant on fighting..." He reaches into his school jacket pocket and somehow pulls out a decent-sized monkey wrench, holding it in front of him like a sword with both hands. [Satoshi's turn!] * Satoshi doesn't pull out any weapons, nor does he say anything. He just rushes up to Tenjirou and swings at him. 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Satoshi (2d6-2) and gets 0, a CRITICAL SUCCESS!!! "I'm a child of extremes. Have a crit, and a nice day to go with it." [Satoshi hits Tenjirou so hard that he goes through the air and collides with a street-light. He falls to the ground on hands an knees and spits out some blood.] (We so need a better gang name than "Arcana from Sakuragaoka.") Aww, hell. A field now? (The streetlight is dented yes?) * Satoshi rubs his knuckles. "I just wanted to get that guy away from her and go... dammit!" [Remi screams and throws a shard of ice at Satoshi. "I can't believe you! What's wrong with you people?!"] * Taki stares. 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Satoshi (2d6) and gets 5. * Kaede blinks and lowers his stance, snapping out of it. "Remi, calm down!" [The ice shard pierces Satoshi's shoulder.] * Satoshi clutches at his shoulder. "Ow..." "Me?!" [Tenjirou meanwhile gets to his feet and throws another punch at Kaede.] satoshi....Satoshi?....Satoshi! 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Kaede (2d6) and gets 8. [Kaede gets slugged in the gut.] * Kaede oofs and staggers back a little, looking at Tenjirou and back to Remi. [Kaede's turn] * Taki starts to shake with anger, "You..." DIE! d6+7 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Taki (d6+7) and gets 13. * Kaede then looks down at the wrench in his hand and blinks, letting out a tsh sound and tossing it aside, running over to try and hold Remi. 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Kaede (2d6) and gets 7. ( So Taki goes after Remi. ) [Remi moves, and Kaede grasps air.] [Satoshi's turn!] * Satoshi tries to ignore the shard of ice in his shoulder and attempts to slug Tenjirou again. 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Satoshi (2d6-2) and gets 3. * Kaede tsshes again as he grasps nothingness and turns to Remi. "Remi, listen to me! He's messing with your mind!" [Tenjirou blocks Satoshi's arm, grimacing a bit.] * Kaede turns to Satoshi and narrows his eyes. "Stop it. It's over!" Remi: "You're the one who's wrong! You hit him! He didn't do anything! I thought you were better than this! I thought I could trust you!" [Taki's turn] * Taki runs up and aims a kick between Tenjirou's legs 2d6-1 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Taki (2d6-1) and gets 9. [Taki comes up short.] * Kaede turns to Remi. "And you think I hit him for no reason? It wasn't meant to be hard..it wasn't supposed...it wasn't supposed to turn out like this..." [Tenjirou, meanwhile, throws a backhand at Satoshi.] 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Satoshi (2d6-2) and gets 5. [Satoshi's head spins as the blow strikes him.] [Kaede's turn!] * Satoshi puts a hand to his head. "Oww..." * Kaede glares at Tenjirou, risking a step near Remi and gesturing over to him. "I think I'm doing quite well containing myself from the man who tried to rape a 14 year old girl..." Remi: "Like what?! Like someone actually wanted to go out with me? Is that the problem?! You sure didn't!" [Satoshi's turn!] * Satoshi shakes his head to clear it. "Go the hell *away*!" He swings at Tenjirou again. 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Satoshi (2d6-2) and gets 0, a CRITICAL SUCCESS!!! "I'm a child of extremes. Have a crit, and a nice day to go with it." [Tenjirou goes the hell away. Far, FAR away, landing on the other side of the street in a crumpled heap.] ...hell. * Kaede looks quickly to Satoshi. "Is the field down yet?" * Satoshi looks at Kaede and shakes his head. "No. I think... it's Remi's." * Kaede looks at Remi and glares. "Take it down. NOW! I need to call an ambulance." * Satoshi looks over at the heap of Tenjirou. "Oh, man... I didn't mean to go that far..." He's...He's... I WANTED TO DO THAT! * Remi looks shocked, for her part. She looks at Kaede blankly. (Taki speaks for us all.) The field! Down! Unless you want him to bleed to death! It's down now. ( The field... is down. ) (Thank you, StrongBrett.) * Taki screams at the heavens. * Kaede lets out a deep breath and dials the Japanese equivalent of 911 quickly. (Yeah, although Haruko will be disappointed that the beating was administered without her hockey stick.) * Kaede speaks into the phone. "There's an emergency. Some guy...looks awfully beat up on the street....the address? Sure..." * Satoshi kneels down, clutching at his shoulder again. "Ow." Taki... call Haruko... * Kaede rattles off the address. "Hurry." He turns off the phone and takes a deep breath. [It's about now that Satoshi notices the ice melted. Which is good, since it means there's nothing sticking in his shoulder anymore.] * Taki stops yelling when she sees Satoshi fall and runs over to him. Remi...are you alright? I...I... * Taki starts to dig out her phone and cry at the same time. * Kaede glares at Satoshi. "Did you HAVE to hit him so hard?" * Remi looks at Kaede, her eyes starting to tear up. "Why?" * Taki punches buttons to auto-dial Haruko. * Kaede blinks at that and frowns, heading over to Remi. "Why what...?" * Satoshi looks up at Kaede. "Yes." [It looks like it'll start to rain again soon.] * Remi doesn't answer, slipping back into her state of shock. * Kaede stares at Remi, also in a state of shock. "...Remi, talk to me..." * Taki has just speeddialed Haruko's cell and is sobbing quitly into the phone as she waits for her to pick up. * Satoshi sits on the ground. He looks briefly at the crumpled form of Tenjirou and then frowns. "Yeah... not that he didn't deserve it, but I've got to work on that..." he mutters. Man, my head hurts... * Remi just looks at Kaede. * Taki speaks into the phone, "Haruko? ...Satoshi's...Satoshi's hurt and Tenjirou's...Where are you? * Kaede reaches cautiously for Remi's shoulders, his hands a bit shaking. "Remi, come on...." * Remi tenses a bit, but otherwise doesn't react. Remi, come on..snap out of it... * Taki stands up and starts back twords the store as she keeps talking, "Here...doesn't matter...is there anybody in front of your temple?" * Remi looks at Kaede. "You just... hit him." I... * Kaede bites his lip. * Satoshi sits and alternates between watching Kaede and Remi and keeping an eye on Taki. He rubs his right temple. He...I don't know...he just.... * Taki walks into the store, between a pair of clothes racks, and vanishes. He shouldn't...do what he does.. 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Taki (2d6-3) and gets 5. But you hit him! And... * Remi looks across the street at Tenjirou's crumpled form. He deserved... * Kaede gulps slightly. "He deserved to be hit....but not as much as he did...." 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Taki (2d6-3) and gets 2. * Kaede turns and looks at Satoshi. "...did you really have to?" * Taki and Haruko arrive in the store. * Satoshi sighs. "I didn't mean to hit him that hard. I just... I guess I don't have as much control as I thought I did..." I'm sorry. Not sorry that I hit him... just sorry that I went overboard. * Haruko looks around disoriented for moment. Even if it felt *good* to a part of me. * Kaede looks straight at Satoshi for a while without comment. I guess I'm not as non-violent as I claim to be. * Remi stares at Satoshi. * Taki takes her hand and drags her outside where Satoshi is sitting and the others are standing...and Tenjirou had better not be getting up for a long time. ( /me mallets Satoshi with a big mallet that has "GUILT!" written on the face. ) I've tried for a very, very long time to keep a rein on my temper. Maybe I've held it in *too* well. (Yay, guilt!) * Kaede stands up, letting go of Remi, and takes a deep breath. "Tenjirou is MY problem, alright?" * Haruko looks at the situation and gasps and blinks for a few seconds before taking control. "OK, who needs immediate attention. And is he dead?" * Satoshi goes white. "Oh god... I hope not..." [It starts to drizzle a bit. In the distance, you can hear sirens.] We should get out of here...let the hospital take care of it... Unless you WANT to explain how he seems to have a lamppost- shaped dent in his ribs. * Satoshi puts his head in his hands, lacing his fingers through his hair. * Taki nods and goes to kneel next to Satoshi. * Haruko bites her lip and then runs to check on Tenjirou's status. 2d6-3 * Satoshi mutters. "What am I turning into? I thought... I thought I had things under control. How many times am I going to hurt somebody before I figure out how *not* to?" * Kaede turns around back towards Remi. "I'll tell you about it but we need to get away from here first." He reaches out for her hand. * Haruko looks up. "He's alive but pretty bad. I think I could definately save him. Doctors probably could." * Dicesuke throws the bones for Haruko (2d6-3) and gets 2. * Taki puts her hands over Satoshi's, "You don't have to worry about that now, you got me away from him. Thank you." * Haruko looks up at the group. "I have no love for this bastard and no trouble believe he deserved it, but if we want to be certain he lives, we should all teleport the hell out of here." * Satoshi looks up at Taki, still looking rather disturbed. "I didn't hurt you, did I? I was thinking that I had to get you out of there as soon as I could, so I just grabbed... you're okay, right?" "You didn't hurt me...you're the one who got hurt...can you stand?" [The sirens get louder, closer.] Yeah. * Satoshi pushes himself upright. * Remi looks unsure, but takes Kaede's hand. * Haruko looks at Kaede. "I need a decision. Do we run, or do we take him and run?" Let the paramedics take care of him. If there's a fake call, they'd be awfully suspicious. * Taki tries to help Satoshi up. Someone get my bike and cellphone and lets go. * Kaede takes Remi away quickly. * Remi is taken away! * Haruko moves towards the group. "More suspious than his body in this state? OK, I don't know the situation, I trust your judgment Kaede." (Wrong K, Haruko, Katie's Judgment :P) ( Katie's judgement, because she's usually the one who makes these decisions :P ) ( * Grysar snicker. ) (Hey, Kaede makes plenty of decisions..he just doesn't usually care if everyone else is following him or not ^_^;) * Haruko grabs Kaede's bike and cell and stands by the group. * Satoshi stands up and looks at the others. "So... we're going?" * Haruko nods and looks at Taki. "We can use my house if you, just pick somewhere safe. If we run we may be seen." * Kaede looks over his shoulder. "I don't know..is there a park or something nearby?" * Taki nods again and puts a hand on Satoshi's uninjured arm. * Kaede doesn't stop walking, Remi in tow, though not forcefully. (I vote we walk untill we find an ally or something and then arive at Satoshi's) ( There's alley's a-plenty. ) * Haruko catchs up with the group, not quite realizing Taki's plan. * Remi follows, still confused. * Satoshi walks after Kaede and Remi. * Kaede heads down an alley! * Taki sticks with Satoshi. * Haruko gets a look of cognition and hurries into the alley. * Satoshi goes on into the alley. [Down the alley you go! It's dark and smelly, and Haruko thinks she spots a familiar hobo. But he's asleep.] * Taki goes with him and looks up at Kaede when they arrive and speaks one word, "Where?" Like I said, if there's a park nearby where we can sit down... I don't really know this area...I'm hoping you do. * Satoshi tries to think if he's even slightly familiar with the area. * Taki shakes her head, "Satoshi is the one who lives nearest." * Haruko double takes at the hobbo, but doesn't otherwise react. "I say we go somewhere where we can be indoors, and as quickly as possible." ( Mind - navigation ) 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Satoshi (2d6) and gets 10. (Nope.) [Satoshi is utterly lost.] * Satoshi shakes his head. "I don't come this way often at all. I really don't know where we are." [As if to fuel Haruko's comment, it starts raining harder.] (C'mon people we've got 10 KM to work with, pick a house/apartment/whathaveyou) We can use my place. It's not like anyone's going to bother us. Just give Jin chicken, and he'll be happy. * Kaede sighs at the rain. "Alright...Satoshi's then." * Taki nods. 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Taki (2d6-3) and gets 7. * Kaede shivers at that. "Does Jin...have to be there..?" (and I still miss...DR >.>) 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Taki (2d6-3) and gets 1. * Satoshi raises an eyebrow. "You want me to kick him out for a while?" I'd just worry about what he'd get up to. Well...not with the rain...but... * Taki arrives in Satoshi's livingroom, coincidently, so does everybody else. (and with their shoes on, how rude!) [Time: 4:45. Suddenly, you're at Satoshi's place!] * Haruko instinctually kicks off her shoes and then rushes to Satoshi's side to start healing him. * Satoshi sits in the middle of the living room floor. Right now, he really doesn't care that he's still got his shoes on. * Taki doesn't take her shoes off, she just holds Satoshi's arm and sniffles. * Kaede drips on Satoshi's carpet a bit, then adjusts his glasses. "...thanks." * Haruko kneels by Satoshi and keeps healing. * Satoshi looks at Taki. "Hey, Taki, it's going to be okay. Haruko'll fix me up. We got you and Remi away safely, and that's what really matters..." * Kaede slowly lets go of Remi's hand taking a deep breath. I...I just don't want to let go...In case I forget again. * Remi suddenly bursts with, "Why did you do that to him?!" * Haruko looks at Remi. "Do you know Tenjirou's power? It's mind control over girls." * Kaede blinks at Remi. "But...he deserved it!" * Satoshi sighs. "I know you didn't mean it." * Taki doesn't say anything. * Remi shakes her head. "That doesn't make any sense!" Does it? Do you remember what you saw in him? No, but... That doesn't mean anything. * Haruko looks dead on at Remi. "I don't know what happened but I've got a pretty good guess. You're probably confused about your feelings, so look at what happened to Taki. I'll bet she was suddenly in love with him for a bit." * Kaede looks slightly away. "No. What means something is the fact that the first time we met h im, he had his hand planted on my sister's chest. She hates male attention." * Haruko nods. "It was like she was drugged." * Satoshi relaxes a little and lets Haruko continue to work on him. * Taki looks up Remi long enough to say, "He made me like him, I hate him....I hated him for what he did to Kaede's sister...I hate him for making me forget what it is I love, I hate him." she then stars crying again. * Kaede gets very quiet then plods over to take his shoes off. * Satoshi gently wraps his uninjured arm around Taki. * Remi looks down. She doesn't say anything. ...Remi...how did you feel the whole time you were with him...? He's just... wrong. Using his power like that... it's *wrong*. * Haruko grimaces for a moment and looks up at Remi. "I don't think we warned you.. That was inexcusable, I'm so sorry." * Remi looks at Kaede. "Happy." * Taki leans on Satoshi and contines to cry. He's violating people's *minds*. That's just beyond wrong. Even when he took control of Taki and started glomming onto her? You get jealous every time you hear me even mention Katie's name... (You've got that backwords) (No, it was a mutual glom) * Remi looks down again. * Kaede takes a deep breath and looks at the door. "But if you think you're happy with him, fine. Go back to him. I'm sorry I interfered." * Satoshi pulls Taki over a bit closer to him. * Kaede forgets about taking his shoes off and instead heads out the apartment door, shutting it a little hard. Kaede... dammit. * Haruko runs after Kaede. * Taki puts an arm around Satoshi. * Satoshi looks up at Remi and sighs. "I'm sorry things went that way. I wanted to get you and Taki out of there as fast as possible. It didn't work." I din't want either of you getting... touched by him. * Taki shivers and holds Satoshi tightly. And I don't know what the deal is with you and Kaede, but he obviously was worried about you. I... need time to think. * Satoshi nods. "Again, I'm sorry." * Remi looks up at Satoshi. "I need to think. I'm going to leave." Yeah. Take care of yourself, okay? * Remi nods almost absently as she turns and walks out the door. * Taki looks up to see Remi leave, "Good bye." [Jin meets Remi at the door and hands her something. "Have some chicken."] (Chicken cures everything!) [Remi leaves without a word. But with a chicken sandwich.] (Nah, just half a lifebar:P) * Jin walks into the room, stepping around Kaede's bike. * Satoshi keeps his arm around Taki. "Hey, Jin." * Jin hands Satoshi a carton of 6 brown eggs. * Satoshi blinks at them. "You bought eggs?" * Jin blinks at them. "I bought eggs?" (He stole eggs) * Satoshi shakes his head. "Okay. I'm not going to even bother trying to figure this out. How about putting them in the refrigerator for me, okay?" Okay. * Jin goes to do that. * Jin takes a roll of duct tape and taps the top shut before putting them in the 'fridge. * Satoshi gives Taki's arm a very gentle squeeze. "C'mon. Let's go sit somewhere a bit more comfortable." * Taki nods and sniffles. * Taki also makes no effort to get up. * Satoshi helps Taki up, then glances over at the couch. "Oh. Forgot about that. Well, let's just go to my room, then." * Taki doesn't reply to Satoshi, she just holds onto him. Jin? Just stay here, all right? Watch TV - quietly - or eat chicken or something. Okay. * Satoshi leads Taki back to his room. He opens the door. "Erk. I apologize in advance for the mess." * Taki shakes her head, "It's...I don't mind ::sniffle::" * Satoshi 's bedroom is fairly simple - bed and desk and closet - but there's stuff everywhere. Mostly hockey stuff piled in the corners, but huge stacks of books on the desk as well. The walls are covered in hockey posters and related paraphenalia. * Satoshi clears a spot on the bed for them both to sit, then gently helps Taki down. "Hold on a second." * Taki nods and reluctantly lets go of him. * Satoshi pulls a jersey out of the closet, then heads off to the bathroom to quickchange. When he returns, he's holding his uniform jacket and shirt (now with icicle-instigated damage!) in one hand and a box of tissues in the other. He tosses the clothes onto a pile in one of the corners, then sits down and offers Taki the tissues. * Taki takes the tissues and loudly blows her nose. * Satoshi slips an arm back around her. * Taki leans onto Satoshi and wipes her eyes...with a different tissue. (...yes, we certainly hope so. ^^;) I'm sorry. * Taki turns her head to look him, there is still a tear trail down from her visable eye, "It's not your fault...You didn't know that would happen." Yeah, but... and then I couldn't get Remi out, either. So we fought him, and... well, I'm thinking diplomatic relations between us and the Band are going to be rather strained now. And part of me doesn't care. Part of me *liked* hitting him. Part of me wants to do it again. * Taki snorts, makes a face, and blows her nose again before answereing, "I think if you hadn't hit him...I would have...and I wouldn't have stopped..." But you wouldn't do damage like I do. So? I'd just have to keep hitting him...You don't know what it was like to wake up and see you getting hurt. He's...He's...I can't even think about him without getting angry. * Satoshi hugs her tighter. "I'm okay now, though. And I'd say that you shouldn't get too angry, but I think there's something to be said for letting it all out." It's better than keeping it in and losing control. Maybe you're right...but there's a big part of me that wants to go back there and start jumping up and down on him, but they've probibly allready taken him...and they'd ask questions...but... * Satoshi gets a mental image of Taki jumping up and down on Tenjirou's chest and starts laughing. "I'm sorry... I'm not laughing at you... it's just the thought..." * Taki stopped crying at somepoint in this. * Haruko walks back in the front door, soaking wet, she looks frustrated but not quite angry. * Jin hands Haruko a chicken wing. (Man, I oughtta just hire Jin as my doorman. ;p) * Taki give Satoshi a broken smile, "Good, you can help." * Haruko takes the chicken wing and eats starts eating. "Thanks Jin." * Satoshi shakes his head. "No, I think I've done enough damage." * Haruko turns to Jin. "Taki and Satoshi still here?" * Jin nods. "Eat chicken and watch TV and don't make noise." * Haruko nods and keeps biting at her chicken wing. "Probably the best advice I've heard all day." Then you can hold him down and I can damage him...I'm never going to forgive him * Satoshi gets an odd look. "That, I can do." * Haruko finds a place to sit and waits, distractedly rubbing the side of her face. [Session End!]