[Day: Wednsday, March 12th. Time: 11:50 p.m.] [Weather: Chilly, and snowing.] [After finding Reiji, injured and insane, the group was reunited with Jiro, who tried to kill them. They got Reiji and Haruko to safety, then fought him off, though he ran away. Taki has just teleported everyone to Satoshi's apartment, where Haruko and Reiji are. Jin, apparently, is still out there somewhere searching for chicken.] [Session Start] * Haruko is kneeling over Reiji's legs, with her knees on each side of him so her weight rests on the floor. She's still healing him with both hands, but her eyes are looking glazed over and there's a not so fashionable dark red spot around the cut on her jacket's shoulder. * Satoshi quickly kicks off his shoes and dashes off to the bathroom. He emerges in a minute with a large stack of towels and a first aid kit. [Did I mention you're all hurt? 'Cept for Taki, that is.] * Taki speaks in a tired voice, "Thank you for choosing Air Arcana, it was a pleasure serving all of you, have a nice night." * Kaede teleports in and immediately collapses to the floor, clutching his side and dripping, a mixture of blood and water. One hand is still holding the wrench, which is rather cold now. (I am, too?) That...wasn't fun. * Taki shakes her head to clear it, (And I brought everybody..execpt Jiro, 'cause he ran off) * Katie appears, arms still wrapped around herself. She looks... dazed. And drenched. * Satoshi walks over to Kaede and lays a towel next to him. He then walks around, passing out towels to the rest. If anybody needs something dry to change into, I've got some spare things. They'll be a bit big, but they'll do, I think. * Satoshi seems to be ignoring his arm wound at the moment. [Katie is not hurt so much as was strangled.] * Taki hurries over to Haruko, "Help Kaede, he's...Again!" * Satoshi gets to Haruko last, and finally notices her injured shoulder. "Haruko? He got you, too? Oh, geez... can you heal yourself?" He didn't mean for it to happen. And that would be good. * Kaede looks at the towel, then blinks over at Taki. "..what do you mean "again"?" * Haruko looks up, just now acknowledging everyone's presence. "Oh, you're alright, thank the Kami." She then sees Kaede and runs over to him. * Katie picks up a towel and starts wiping her face off in slow, deliberate motions. She glances around, but decides to stand. * Kaede turns slowly to Katie and gives her a steady gaze. "You've got some questions to answer, Katie Andrews...you're telling me you...KNOW that freak..?" Hurt badly? Bleeding? That sort of thing? * Satoshi starts heading back to his room, but stops and looks at Kaede. "He wasn't always like that, Kaede. He was one of us, once." * Haruko puts a hand lightly on Kaede's stomach and another on his side. Which one? * Taki nods, "He seemed like a nice guy...not all that smart, but still a nice guy." * Kaede loses the harshness of his stare instantly and turns over to Satoshi. "Wait...he was what?" * Haruko still seems to be rather dazed, she isn't really saying anything. Oh, you mean Jiro. * Katie gives up and has a seat on the floor, likely making the carpet nice and wet. She pulls off her shoes, then feels at her throat. Jiro used to hang out with us. He's the Knight of Wands. He used to be a nice guy. And then he disappeared. * Kaede puts his hand to his forehead. "This is ridiculous...I'm a high school student. The worst thing I should need to worry about are getting bad grades on my exams and the shop. I shouldn't need to worry about people slashing through me at the speed of light or trying to look casual while damned electricity flies out of my fingertips." *Tell* me about it. I shouldn't be lifting exercise machines or reading... yeah. * Satoshi disappears into his room. * Taki slowly makes her way to Katie, not noticing that she's getting the carpet wet and dirty from her shoes, "Are you allright? ...I didn't hurt you did I?" * Katie shakes her head. "No. No, it was just that... thing with Jiro's face." * Kaede takes a deep breath. "I've never felt so...tired." How's...the other one? * Taki nods, "I'm sorry I didn't do anything sooner...I just didn't...I couldn't think of anything execpt how to get away...with everybody I mean...not just myself." * Satoshi emerges, having shed his soaked jacket, and bearing a clean LA Kings jersey in his hands. Katie? Is this okay? * Satoshi holds up the jersey. * Katie looks up and nods. "Thanks." She manages to get to her feet, takes the jersey, and looks around. "Um... bathroom?" * Satoshi points to it. Anybody else need anything dry to change into? * Katie goes to change in the bahtroom. Might as well...though I think we've already ruined your carpet. * Haruko is quiet and keeps healing Kaede, staring at his wounds though she doesn't really seems to be focusing her eyes much. The carpet can be cleaned. You're all more important. * Taki sits down, "I'd like something dry...one of thoes towls would be good to start with I think." I...can't believe we won that though... * Satoshi goes back to his bedroom and comes out with a another jersey and a few spare shirts. He waits for Haruko to finish working on Kaede. * Kaede relaxes and closes his eyes, letting Haruko do her work. * Katie returns, now dryer and wearing an oversized jersey. She goes to check on Reiji, helping him into a more comfortable position. * Haruko wavers a bit for a moment but manages to keep at it. Spot on her shoulder is getting a bit bigger though. * Katie glances up. "Haruko, why don't you heal yourself." * Taki reaches down and pulls off her shoes, and stares at her waterlogged feet for a moment or two. * Haruko glances over at Katie with a fairly blank look. "Huh?" She blinks and then a few seconds later continues. "Oh, can't.. never learned the trick." * Kaede opens one eye. "It only works on other people?" * Satoshi sets the stack of clean clothes next to Kaede and Haruko, snagging the other jersey for himself. He doesn't put it on yet, since he's still bleeding slightly. Yeah, I was wondering that, too. I think that's enough though...save some for Satoshi..he's pretty bad too. * Taki looks up, "That's no good...Katie, you patched Shingo up a few times right?" * Haruko slowly looks back over at Kaede. "Yeah, not, non-arcana, or, well.. sorta.. but not so well." * Katie nods. "Yeah. I know basic aid. Why?" * Kaede raises an eyebrow. "Are you alright?" I mean..besides the wound in your shoulder. Well, since Haruko can't do anything for herself, I thought you might be able to help her a little. I don't know anything at all about it...And it might go faster with both of you working Satoshi and Kaede. * Haruko sorta looks at Kaede. "Huh?" She then glances down at her shoulder. "Oh.. I'm bleeding. Ow." You...didn't even notice? * Katie sighs and starts helping Haruko out of her jacket. I did, but.. I sorta forgot, * Satoshi carries the first aid kit over to them. * Haruko is helped. She's kinda passive. Thanks, Satoshi. * Taki just shakes her head. * Kaede shakes his head. "Stupid. But I guess it can't be helped." You're welcome. * Satoshi finally sits. Thanks, Haruko. * Katie tries pulling Haruko's sleeve up. "How much do you like this shirt?" * Kaede walks to the bathroom to get changed. Oh, wait I know what I can do. Chicken soup is suppoesed to help people get better, and assuming Jin hasn't eatin all the chicken around here... * Taki trailes off as she stands and walks twords the kitchen. * Haruko holds out a hand as Kaede leaves. She then shakes her head for a moment and seems a bit more with it. "Huh, well. I liked it, but it's probably a lost cause now. Don't worry about it." Well, that makes things easier. * Katie grabs a pair of scissors from the aid kit and just cuts the thing open. She gets to work on patching the wound. * Haruko shakes her head again and then looks at Katie. "Do you mind if I sit down, I'm feeling a little dizzy." Go ahead. * Haruko careful sits, her eyes are starting to look a more focused and alive. "Alright, Satoshi, scoot over here. I think I can heal you without interrupting Katie." * Satoshi scoots. * Taki pokes around for a big pot, some chicken, soup stock if he's got it, and anything resemblings spices. * Katie waits for them to move, then moves shop and keeps working on her. 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Katie (2d6-2) and gets 10, a CRITICAL FAILURE!!! "Maybe you should consider sacrificing some barnyard animals?" (Pfft. DR1) 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Katie (2d6-2) and gets 9. (... DR2?) 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Katie (2d6-2) and gets 6. (Better. :P) (Whee, for a second there I thought I was going to regret asking you to help ^^;) * Kaede comes back fairly dry. He still has rings under his eyes but at least there's not a big slash through the middle of it or blood pooling on the fabric. (Thanks for caring. ^_~ ) (It's not *my* fault! * Haruko puts her free hand on Satoshi's shoulder and starts healing him. "How are you Katie? What happened?" (Not sarcastic, you didn't have to use the drs. :P ) Jiro was going to strangle me. How could he get UP after that? That's horrible. I guess we were right about that time we saw him on the subway. I don't know. But next time we knock someone out... I'm grabbing them until we're *sure* they're out. * Taki finds most of what she's looking for, and starts the long task of waiting for the water she put in the pot to heat. 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Haruko (2d6-2) and gets 4. * Kaede frowns to himself and gets a rather sour look to him. * Katie pauses for a moment, then says, "I think he was pretending." She finishes with Haruko and lets her hands fall to the floor. ...If he was pretending...then he would have heard me talking about coming here... * Kaede doesn't respond. He walks forward with his fingers around his chin. * Haruko nods. "But we won, I'm sorry I didn't come back, I was afraid of what would happen to Reiji if I left him. Was I wrong?" The question sounds genuine. No. Actually... * Katie looks at Reiji and gets a thoughtful look on her face. She gets to her feet and helps him lie down on the couch. * Haruko smiles slightly for a moment and then grimaces. "Oh shit!" What? What's wrong? I forgot about the car... It's still running and in the middle of the street." Oh. * Taki looks up from her soup, "Erk... I forgot about it!" I...think we had more pressing matters than a running automobile. * Katie nods. "If you want, you can get it now." She bites her lip. "I'm going to see something, though." * Haruko nods. "It's OK Taki, Kaede's right, it wasn't the most important thing. I should... but you guys need healing..." * Kaede turns to Katie, snapping out of it and looks curious as he goes up with her. "We'll be fine." * Taki nods, "We can go back and get it later." * Haruko thinks for a moment. "DO you feel up to teleporting me there for just a minute Taki? I could lock it and move it out of the street." Hmm? Oh, sure, give me a sec to find my shoes again, and you'll probibly want an umbrella. * Katie hesitates, then slowly, gently opens Reiji's jacket. She watches him for any sign of movement. Umbrella should be near the door. * Kaede kneels next to Katie, tilting his head to the side but staying silent. * Taki turns the heat down on the stove and then walks back into the main room. * Haruko looks at Satoshi for a moment. "You'll be alright for a minuute?" She then stands up and walks over to Taki. [Reiji does not appear capable of movement right now, so he doesn't.] * Satoshi looks down at his arm. It's stopped bleeding. "Yeah, should be fine. Go take care of the car." * Haruko bites her lip for a moment. "You have a rag I could take Satoshi? I don't want to leave bloodstains." * Kaede flinches as he looks at Reiji. "I don't know which is worse...the thought that by doing this, we may end up like him..." He points to Reiji. Sure. Hang on a sec. * Taki looks around untill she finds her shoes and puts her bare feet back into them, "Okay, whenever you're ready." * Kaede bites his lip. "Or the thought that we might end up like the guy we fought." * Satoshi gets up, heads to the bathroom, then emerges with a rag. He hands it to Haruko. * Katie feels at the inside jacket pockets. "Judgement is change, remember." * Haruko takes it and stands next to Taki. "Rea.. oh, remember, if this was me saving Reiji, Judgement was the foretold consequence. Umm.. let's make this fast. Ready." Was it...? * Haruko nods. We got a phone call...or Katie did. That's the Wheel. Then stagnation. Who knows, I don't get these card. * Taki takes Harukos hand, and waits. * Katie reaches into one of the pockets and pulls what she finds out. * Haruko holds Taki's hand and nods. 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Taki (2d6-3) and gets 1. * Taki makes with the vanishing. * Kaede rubs his forehead. "...and why am I buying cards at a time like this? It doesn't matter." * Satoshi settles for yanking his shirt off and putting on the clean jersey. [Katie grabs something about the size of a CD, but it feels about an inch thick, and the edges are all round. She pulls it out, revealing a round golden object with a black star in the center. In other words, a pentacle.] * Satoshi blinks. "What's *that*?" * Katie blinks. "This... is what he's been so protective of." She turns it over. [It's a pentacle.] [On the back is the same star design.] But what is it? (Yes, *I* know it's a pentacle.) * Kaede looks at it, and stares. "It's...a pentacle. Does that have anything to do with my suit?" It looks like a pentacle. Like on the cards. But... * Katie shrugs. She holds it out to Kaede. Oh. So *that's* what a pentacle is. [The pentacle does not dry-clean Kaede's suit.] (What good is it? >.>) * Kaede takes the pentacle and observes it curiously and carefully from all sides. (And Kaede's wearing one of my shirts anyway.) ( Maybe that's why it failed. ) (Probably. We'd need one of those lint-removing wands to clean my shirt. ^_~) * Kaede feels his finger along the edge carefully. * Katie looks back down at Reiji. "Maybe there's one for each suit." I didn't think there were physical manifestations of the card suits. Does this mean there are wands and cups and... yeah. What you just said. But Reiji's the Eight of Cups. Was the Eight of Cups? But...what does it mean? What's he doing with a pentacle? I don't know. He said he saved it. * Katie frowns. The deck. He said he saved the deck. The deck? Wait.... * Kaede looks at the disk again. "There's just one in here...maybe it's not the whole suit, but represents just the Ace of Pentacles." So, what, does that mean there's a stick out there with my name on it? ( I knew you guys would never expect this :P ) What else did he say? 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Taki (2d6) and gets 4. * Katie snickers. "A hockey stick, Satoshi." You were there. He said... But of course. Provided that the one I've got now isn't it. I mean what did you hear on the phone? Was there anything else? * Katie shakes her head. "No. It was..." She frowns. "Save something. Vi... I don't know. Come now, Re- I think it was Reiji. And future depends on... something." * Kaede turns the thing in his hands, looking at it from all angle. "Well, I would think if it had something to do with all pentacles, it would react to me or something by now..." * Katie nods. * Kaede holds it back for Katie. Do you think Reiji was trying to change his card somehow? * Katie takes the pentacle and slips it back into Reiji's pocket, closing his jacket again. "I don't know. We can ask him when he wakes up." I mean, I'm not even sure how that would be possible, but... Why would you change your card? Maybe something was destined to happen to a certain card, and if you could avoid the misfortune by passing it to someone else? I don't know. (get rid of the "if") I mean would it be any different if I was the...oh...6 of Wands as opposed to the 2 of pentac... ( Sure it's possible. Eat the pentacle :P ) * Kaede blinks and looks at Satoshi. "That's...not possible...is it?" I have no idea. ( Hey, Satoshi, that's a good idea. ^^ ) You can't just avoid the fut... I wouldn't think so, though, if we're really supposed to be the reincarnations of whatever. * Kaede turns to Katie. "Wait.."the future depends on it"? * Katie lets out a heavy sigh. "What am I going to tell my parents." She glances in Satoshi's direction, though not quite at him. "Yeah." Reincarnations of WHAT though? What the hell does being an Arcana mean? Maybe Reiji found out. Maybe he did... Great, so all we have to do is wait for him to wake up and regain his sanity. No problem. * Kaede looks over at Reiji. "If that's the price...do we really want to find out?" * Katie shrugs. She looks back at Reiji. 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Taki (2d6-3) and gets 3. [Taki and Haruko arrive.] * Taki reapears, looking supreamly annoyied. I haven't really given much thought as to what being Arcana means. Other than that we're all caught up in something way over our heads. In fact, I've been trying to avoid thinking about it... * Haruko tugs at her hair some. She then rushes back to Satoshi, looking relieved to be dealing with injuries again. * Taki pulls her shoes back off and stomps into the kitchen where she gets back to work on her soup. * Kaede turns around. "What happened?" That kind of thought might keep you alive, Satoshi, but I think in the end, you won't be living. (o/~ I'm alive, I think it's time to live like I am...) I don't want to talk about it now, we've got more important things to do. * Haruko closes her eyes for a moment and then shaks her head, she keeps healing. Probably. I think something that makes you act like THAT deserves at least a casual mention. * Satoshi lets Haruko work on him. Act like what? Oh it does, just not right now. * Haruko comments very quietly. "I'm not being fair to her." She then says louder. "I... I'll explain. After we deal with Reiji." * Taki gives her queen a quick glare, which she quickly transfers to the soup. * Kaede rolls his eyes a bit at Satoshi and turns back to Katie. "I think you're right...besides, it's better to know what people are trying to kill us for rather than gripe about all these attempts on our life." * Haruko looks extremely displeased with herself. * Katie nods. She smooths Reiji's hair, then looks up at Haruko and Taki. "Running away isn't living." * Haruko looks up at Katie, her voice is extremely tenative. "It'll take a while. It can wait..." But.. * Taki glares at the soup and deciedes to cheat and cook the chicken in the microwave before adding it. * Haruko keeps speaking in a rather unsure voicec. "I can explain now. If there isn't something pressing..." She seems like she'd prefer there be something more pressing. It can wait until we actually figure out what it IS. * Katie snickers. * Haruko shoots Kaede a rather confused look. Why don't you explain? Because this isn't really the time to be keeping secrets. There's enough going on we don't know as is so it'd be better if we know about the stuff we do know about. * Taki drums her fingers on the countertop as she devides her attention between the pot, the microwave, and the livingroom. * Haruko nods and gulps for a moment, she then looks at Katie. "So, are you willing to be my friend, even though you don't really like me?" * Kaede blinks and stares at Haruko. * Haruko waits for a response, looking rather vulnerable. * Satoshi just looks confused. * Katie blinks. "What?" * Taki is loosing anger in favor of exsaperation, but nobody can realy see that. ([The chicken notices. But no one ever notices the poor chicken. ;_;]) ( I can! ) ( And Jin does :P ) (The chicken is dead...very very dead) (Jin would notice the chicken... out of my head, Brett. ;p) * Haruko bites her lip. "I know we're allies, and I trust you, and even with our clashes I like to think we're still friends. Is that one of my silly assumptions?" * Katie actually seems a bit confused now. "I never thought we weren't friends. I guess it depends on what you mean by 'friend', but." * Kaede watches Haruko and Katie carefully. * Haruko nods. "That's all I needed." * Taki listens from the kitchen. What's this about, Haruko? * Satoshi watches. Still confused, although a little relieved now as well. * Haruko then plays with her hair for a moment. "I.. uh.. take joyrides in cars that, aren't really mine." * Katie stares at her for a moment, then shakes her head. "You steal cars?" ( Only temporarily! ) * Satoshi blinks. "Wait, what?" * Haruko replies in a very insistent tone. "I put them back! In better condition normally. People don't look after them properly..." * Kaede shakes his head. "You, uh, do know...the fact that you're driving at ALL is already illegal." * Haruko huhgs herself a bit. "I'll be eighteen April twenty third." You do know that if you're arrested, you could be put into jail for a very long time. That's not a small crime. * Haruko tilts her head and says somewhat softly. "I don't hurt anyone, it's only for a few hours and I fix it up before putting it back. And I'm careful. I don't even speed." * Haruko is still healing Satoshi while she's saying this. She's also blushing quite a lot. * Taki goes back to her soup. Well..I suppose it's no worse than the fact of what I could do if I ever browsed through the national bank reserves.... * Kaede coughs out to the side. * Haruko squeezes herself for a moment and then lets her non healing arm drop. * Taki tests soup. 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Taki (2d6-3) and gets 3. [The soup is tasty!] (...And it's pretty good soup too) * Satoshi has kept quiet throughout most of these revelations, although he's frowning slightly. * Haruko just sits there quietly for a bit. * Kaede sighs slightly. "Does it...really matter what anyone else thinks?" * Taki quitly facepalms as she realizes she forgot to set out bowls and does so. * Katie frowns for a moment, then says, "I think it's wrong." * Haruko looks over at Katie. "Oh?" The thing is...there's a difference between being able to do something and actually doing it. * Katie nods. "Yeah. What Kaede said, actually." She shifts a bit. "What you're borrowing is theirs. It's their choice to use it like they want." They decide who drives it. If I took your toolset without asking, wouldn't you be upset? * Haruko glances back at Kaede and comments softly. "You get to have your own computer. There aren't age limits, your parents don't forbid you from." She then winces. "I'm sorry, nevermind." She then looks over to Katie. * Kaede just GLARES at Haruko for that comment. * Katie puts her chin on her knee. "So you're upset about age limits." Her voice becomes terribly calm. "Maybe we shouldn't have age limits on cars. Maybe we should let children use deadly weapons. That's what they are, aren't they?" I.. I'd understand.. if you needed it. If you couldn't carve without it or something... but, they aren't me. ( This is entertaining, and I don't even have to do anything :P ) (Yeah, so much for hitting us over the head with the plot :P) Oh, Haruko. You wouldn't even know. I'd take them and put them back without you ever knowing what I used them for. (I think she'd figure it out when she started to find bits of Taki x.x) (Bits? What, Taki's been minced?) * Haruko looks up. "I've got more skill than half the people they let on the streets." She doesn't really seem phased by Katie's second comment. "I mean, it's a reasonable rule, but there are exceptions." If an exception is made for you, why not me? I'm old enough to drive in the States. (What else would Katie need to steal her knives back for?) * Katie points. "How about Kaede." She grins. "How about Kaede's sister." * Kaede calms a bit, but he's gotten deadly quiet as people talk over him. * Haruko shrugs. "Well.. if they can drive than sure." So what you're saying is you should take other people's things and use them, because you can. ( How about Akemi? ) (I just thought of something truly evil I could have Taki say here...but I won't) * Haruko thinks a bit more about that one. "It's not that I can, it's that I need to, I..." She looks away. (Aww, go on. Be Evil Taki. ;p) (Yeah, do it!) (It'll be fun, all the other Taki's are doing it. :P ) * Kaede curls his knees up to his chin and whispers softly to himself, wrapping his arms around his legs. "...stop...just stop." You need to. If- * Katie flicks her eyes to Kaede. "We'll stop." She turns her gaze back to Reiji. * Haruko actually obeys Kaede for once. * Kaede raises his eyes slowly to Haruko, still in that position. "You have no idea...what it's like...to need to do something younger than you should." * Taki walks in with tray full of steaming bowls of soup, "See, I wanted to have this happen when we wern't quit so streesed out." * Kaede turns slowly to Satoshi, eyes weary. What? * Haruko looks down for a moment and the by force of will makes eye contact with Kaede. She doesn't interrupt him. ...sorry. ...you can talk outloud too, you know. * Taki holds the tray up to Haruko, and speaks quitly, "Just wait untill you get a licence, that's all I ask...and your own car would be good." I know. I just didn't want to interrupt them. I'm sure she gets the picture. * Kaede goes back to look down at his knees silently. * Katie continues, almost casually, "If she wants, I can always make it a little more clear." * Kaede blinks and looks up at Satoshi again, curiously. Yeah? * Haruko starts to turn towards Taki, and then looks at Katie with a confused look. "What? What's going on?" I thought you wanted to talk. * Haruko looks more confused. * Taki balances the tray on one hand and carfully lifts one bowl out and sets it in front of Haruko, and there's saucers and spoons there too. * Taki takes a step over and offers the try to Satoshi. * Satoshi shakes his head. "You... I just wanted... never mind." (tray) * Kaede scowls a bit and raises his head. "Damnit Satoshi, quit doing that." * Katie giggles. * Satoshi takes some soup. "Quit doing what?" * Haruko looks gratefully at Taki for a moment that looks at Satoshi. "What are you doing?" Dropping the subject. If you think it's important, say it. I won't talk in your head anymore, if that's what you mean. Admittedly, that time it was intentional, but... * Taki moves on to Katie. Next time he does that, slap him. You have my permission. Thanks, Taki. You can do telepathy? Wow. Okay, fine. I was worried about you, and I wanted to ask what was wrong, but you answered that already, and I figured it was- hey! * Katie has herself some soup. * Katie grins. * Kaede chuckles. "I think he'd slap me back a lot harder." * Taki makes her way around to Kaede at last. * Satoshi looks at Katie. "Do I really piss you guys off that much?" Nope. It's for your own good. * Haruko looks confused but contents herself with soup. We wouldn't mention it if you pissed us off. We'd just ignore you. * Kaede takes the soup and sets the tray in his lap. Well, I guess that's comforting, in a way. * Katie nods at Kaede. "You have a point. I should make use of the fact that I'm a girl and slap him myself." She slaps one hand into the other and shakes the first. "Ow." * Satoshi laughs. And now...I finaly get to dry off compleatly, don't kill Satoshi while I'm in the bathroom. * Haruko suddenly brightens her expression slightly. * Satoshi looks over at Haruko. "Yeah. I'm telepathic now, apparently." * Kaede sighs and shakes his head. "It's just...hard not having parents. Having to take care of everything on your own..." * Kaede blinks slightly to himself. "I think that's the first time I've ever admitted it." * Katie smiles faintly at Kaede. "You don't need to say it to know it's true. But it probably helps." She sips her soup. It's tasty! Oh? That's so cool! You will make a great combat leader then. ::she then glances over at Kaede and looks like she's going to say something but holds herself back:: * Taki grabs the towl and jersey that Satoshi brought out before this whole car thing and heads twords the bathroom. * Haruko gets up abruptly. "Taki, could I speak with you for just a moment." * Kaede glances at Haruko and sips some of the soup. * Satoshi looks at Kaede. "There's no shame in admitting that things are hard. It's only a problem when you start hiding behind it, like-" He stops suddenly and *stares* at Haruko. * Haruko glances down at Satoshi. "What?" You really still want me to do that? Wait, combat leader? We're assigning rank now? * Satoshi looks back at Kaede. "Haruko thinks I should try and coordinate us all when we fight. Since I'm hockey team captain and all. I'm not sure about that, though. This is *very* different from hockey practice. * Kaede grins. "I don't know...I think we did pretty well this time without that." * Haruko nods. "You're still the best we got at this. And if you can transmit messages and listen to our ideas." * Satoshi actually grins back at Kaede. "You, Kaede, severely kicked butt." * Kaede blinks slightly. "Me? Oh no." You did. And I suppose I can work as communications central. Need practice, though. * Taki comes back wearing a hockey jersey and sits down with the last bowl of soup, "He's right you know." * Kaede rubs his forehead. "All I wanted to do was keep him from closing in on Reiji..I don't know WHERE that came from..." * Kaede pulls his hand away and stares at his fingers. * Haruko looks back over to Kaede. "I just saw the electric wrench, but that was pretty impressive. May I keep healing you?" Same place my mind-reading comes from? I...uh...sure. * Kaede 's still staring at his fingers. * Taki shrugs, "Having Satoshi talking to all of us would probibly be a good thing, but it's hard to plan things out in advance...In a hockey game you have a good idea of what you're up against, but out here..." * Haruko walks up to Kaede and starts healing him again. And I'm not even sure how many people I could talk to at once. It takes concentration just to get one of you. Yeah, I don't claim we'll suddenly be perfect and unbeatable, I just think we'd do a better job than we had in the past. * Kaede suddenly turns to everyone else. "Can any of you do readings?" * Haruko smiles slightly at Satoshi. "Well, that's why we'll practice. We'll see how good you can get." * Haruko shakes her head. * Satoshi is suddenly very, very afraid. * Taki also shakes her head, "I haven't learned how." I can't. I barely know what the cards are. I... can try, but I haven't been spending time learning spreads. I can call Kyon and have him do one, though. * Kaede nods. "Since we don't know which reading takes precidence, we probably should get another. I'm not saying I believe in it but..." * Haruko sighs. "We still need to find out about Yushiro. I've been thinking, and it seems like whoever transported us to meet him set up this whole conflict." And...uh...I want one for myself too... Okay. * Katie suddenly looks much more tired. She reaches to her ears and pulls the ear helpers from them, turning them over in her hands. * Taki sips at her soup. * Haruko goes back to her soup, she glances up at Katie while she does that. "Have you tried lowering the maximum volume on those things? I figure it's hard wired from the normal range of human hearing, but it's likely fixable." * Satoshi eats soup! It is hot and yummy! * Katie nods. She stifles a yawn, then says, "If I want to use it to hear something, though, I want to hear it. Just don't yell when they're in." * Taki nods. * Satoshi looks at Haruko, concentration evident on his face. Yeah, but I think it's a function that maps exterior sounds to a rebroadcast range that's meant to be standard safe hearing. Lowering the upper limit of that range wouldn't make a difference as the bottom end is probably independent. * Kaede sighs slightly and closes his eyes. "I don't think I can move from this spot..." * Katie rubs at her forehead. "What?" * Haruko thinks for a moment. * Taki stands, streaches and yawns, "I can get you to your shop if you want." * Satoshi looks over at Kaede. "You can stay here if you want. I don't mind." With Jin not around, you can even have the couch. I think I'll just..stay right here. Uh.. I don't think lowering the maximum volume would cause you to miss anything. That would only happen if I fiddled with the input or the minimum volume. That make sense? Need a pillow or blankets or anything? * Katie nods. "Yeah, more." * Kaede rolls his head to look at Taki. "And it's my home as much as anything..." I just hope Nanami doesn't notice I'm not there when she leaves for school.. I do door to door, but I've never been inside soo... * Haruko nods "loan them to me sometime and I'll try. I certainly won't break them, and I can probably make it less painful." * Katie nods. She looks down at Reiji, then sighs. I... don't feel like I should leave him here without at least someone he sort of trusts. But I don't know what to tell my parents if I stay here. * Haruko picks up her soups and walks over to Kaede, starting to heal him again. * Satoshi sighs. "Sorry, I really can't help you there." That one of your friends was having an emergency and needed your help? You're welcome to stay, of course, but I haven't really got much experience in dealing with worried parents. * Katie looks at Taki for a moment. "And the emergency?" You've got a few to pick from, Kaede's hurt himself and needs help, Reiji had a mental break down...I might go craizy trying to figure out what actualy happened tonight. Okay. Have you ever been to my home, Taki? * Taki shakes her head, "Nope, and I think you're the only one." * Taki eyes Satoshi for a moment, "Nah, that'd be too convienent." * Katie thinks for a moment. "No, you haven't." She sighs. Any landmarks near it? * Katie shakes her head. "Not really. I'll call them, I guess." She goes to pick up the phone. * Haruko looks lost in thought. Are all of you gonna stay, then? I... need to put that car back. * Katie dials home and hopes the answering machine picks up. Looks tha... * Taki freezes for a second and then lets her breath out slowly. "Right." 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Brett (2d6) and gets 5. * Kaede doesn't answer. It looks like he's already passed out. * Haruko is kneeling by Kaede healing the still injured sleeper. * Taki is wishing she could think of a plan that didn't involve riding around in Haruko's stolen car. * Katie takes a deep breath. "" * Satoshi gets up, walks to the other bedroom, and emerges with a blanket. He kneels next to Kaede and Haruko. "When you're done, put this on him." * Haruko nods to Satoshi and takes the blanket. * Katie smiles faintly, despite herself. "" * Taki blinks twice and then hurries into the kitchen. * Haruko heals away and looks lost in thought again. * Katie nods. "" She quiets down a little. "" * Taki tries to search quitly for something sealable to put the leftover soup into. * Haruko sips more over her soup as she heals and thinks. She's very careful to keep the bowl well away from Kaede, in case of spills. Taki? Haruko? Are you guys coming back and staying here, or going home? * Haruko looks up at Satoshi and comments quietly. "I'll just go home, that's simplest. Hope my parents don't notice this." Haruko nods to her shoulder. * Taki stops her search and walks back to Satoshi, "I'm not sure, either way works for me, I was thinking about going home and leaving the soup and a note for my dad, picking up some clothes for tomarrow and coming back, it'd probibly be simpler if just staied there though." * Katie grins. "" * Satoshi nods. You have room for all of us if I come back? Yeah, I do. Slumber party it is...::yawns again:: * Katie hangs up. She looks down at the phone. "" Do you want to stay out here near Reiji, Katie? * Haruko finishes her soup and puts it down. * Katie blinks, then nods. "Yeah, if I could." Sure thing. I'll bring out the spare futon. * Satoshi goes to do so. [Session end.]