[Day: Saturday, March 15th. Time: 2:50 p.m.] [Weather: Sunny and warm. See? It got warmer.] [Yesterday, a lot more happened than I care to relate. Today half the group got grounded. Haruko went into school late and spent much of the rest of the day standing out in the hall with buckets. But the final bell just rang, so she can finally go home!] [Session Start] * Haruko rubs her arms for a moment as she walks out of school, and then sighs and calls Satoshi's apartment on her cell. [Satoshi's phone rings!] * Taki rolls over on her futon and does her best to sleep through it. * Satoshi is in his room, sprawled out on the bed, attempting to get some rest. It's not working terribly well. He gets up, stumbles to the phone, and answers groggily, "Hello?" * Haruko keeps rubbing her right arm with her left hand as she walks to the station. "Hey Satoshi... we forgot about that accursed party tonight." Hey, Haruko. The what? ( The acursed party. Muahahahaaa! ) * Haruko yawns and shakes her head for a moment. "Y'know, the one Remi's gonna raid if we don't come. That whasher name is throwing. The rich modelling contest candidate." 2d6+2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Haruko (2d6+2) and gets 8. (Haruko was cursed by the party) Oh, *that*? Are we still even worrying about that? * Haruko switches hands and starts rubbing her left. "I promised Remi. And if we don't do this, she'll do something we'll all end up regretting." * Satoshi sighs. "Damn it. She will, won't she? How are we even going to work this, though? I'm betting Katie's parents and Kaede's sister aren't letting them out of their sights. And what about you?" * Haruko sighs. "Remind me why I haven't told them the truth yet?" Which them, and which truth? (Good answer Satoshi!) * Haruko yawns again. :Parents, and about this whole Arcana thing, well, the abbreviated version. Sure Temperance may come down on me, but at this point I'm willing to take that risk." I don't think that's such a good idea, though. We don't know what else Temperance can do. * Haruko gets to the station and stops before going in. "Well.. it's my choice really, they won't share it. Any other reasons?" Not really. Just my tendancy to err on the side of caution. A lot. * Haruko switches the phone over to earpiece mode. "Alright.. I'll get on the subway home. Could you inform the gang while I'm out of cell territory?" * Haruko folds her arms, each massaging the other. They seem to be totally bereft of strength. Well, Taki's here. I'll call Kyon next. What about Katie and Kaede? Should I even bother? I don't want to get them in more trouble. ( Too late! ) Tell them. It's there choice what to do with the knowledge. Their ignorance won't do anything to protect them. Talk to you in a bit. * Haruko hangs up and gets on the subway. All right. Bye. * Satoshi hangs up the phone, then walks over to where Taki is lying on the futon. He kneels down next to her and gently puts a hand on her shoulder. "Taki?" * Taki looks blearily up at Satoshi, "Time to go home allready?" Haruko just called. Do you remember that party that was supposed to be held by Ayako Kunoichi? * Jin picks up the phone. "Hello?" Sorta...isn't the day after to... wait, we missed Friday...it's not tonight is it? Hello? Hello? * Taki sits up and rubs her eyes. * Satoshi looks over at Jin and shakes his head, then turns back to Taki. "Yeah. It's tonight. And I have *no* idea what we're supposed to be doing about it." * Jin shakes the phone. Jin, hang it up already. ...This week is never going to end... Ugh. * Jin nods to Satoshi. "Sorry, you'll have to call back another time." He hangs up the phone. * Satoshi gives her shoulder a very very gentle squeeze. "We've almost made it." * Taki nods, "Any idea what time it starts?" Not sure. Sometime this evening. Haruko probably remembers more. I'll call her back after I get done talking to everyone else. But what about you? Will you get in trouble if you're out again tonight? * Jin picks up the phone again. "Hello?" ...Actualy Dad said to call him if I was going to be late...If I've got time I want to go home for a bit though. Need to prevent another fire and some clothes I haven't been wearing for three days would nice. ... Hello? It's Jin. Okay. If you want to head home now, I'll call you once I find out more information. I'm not sure. Hold on a sec. * Taki nods and eyes Jin. Chicken is good. * Satoshi stands up and walks over to Jin. "Jin? Who are you talking to?" * Jin blinks a few times at Satoshi. "I'm not sure." He repeats that into the phone, too. "I'm not sure." Can I have the phone, please? I'm not sure. Give me that, Jin. * Taki stands and streaches. * Jin blinks at Satoshi again, and gives him the phone. * Satoshi puts it up to his ear, fully expecting to hear a dial tone. ( If this were MC, Satoshi would hear "Hiiiii!" Or possibly, "Kill that darned ghost! I PAID you!" ) * Kyon speaks crisply into it, a bit of an edge to his voice. "Right. Is anyone there?" ( But it's not, so he gets Kyon instead. ) (I PAID you to do it! I'll sue your PANTS off!) * Satoshi blinks. "Kyon? I was just about to call you... Did you call here?" ( Hey, *I'm* the one who's supposed to answer the phone!) * Taki blinks and walks over to where the boys are standing. () (Not going there... o/~) * Kyon sounds very sarcastic. "No. Your phone automatically calls me whenever Jin picks it up." (*Taki eyes Katie's pants, they're not her size so she leaves them alone :P) I wouldn't be surprised if that actually turned out to be the case. Anyhow, we have a problem. Did somebody fill you in about Ayako Kunoichi's party? No. Didn't have times to pick up my social invitations when I got back. * Satoshi sighs. "Okay. We suspect that Ayako's a drug dealer, or at least involved somehow. She throws these parties at her mansion which are apparently very popular, and probably really good places to do distribution. And right now, Remi's not too keen on her since her other friend seems to be spending all her time with Ayako. Anyhow, at one point we were pondering sneaking into the party to see what we could find out. Right. So she's having a party, and ice girl isn't a fan. But who is she? A model at Seiryuu. Chikako interviewed her once. * Kyon speaks tersely. "While I was gone, then. So. Going to break things up, then." I don't know what we're going to do, aside from try and stop Remi from making too much of a mess. And hopefully gather some information in the process. Know the address? Yes. * Satoshi recites the address. And when should I be there? Let's say 7. I'm not sure exactly when it starts, but seven seems logical enough. * Kyon pauses for a few seconds before answering. "Right. You don't know. Well, meet there at 7, and if the timing is wrong, can wait somewhere." * Satoshi sounds vaguely annoyed. "I'm sure we intended to find out more, but we got a little sidetracked. Anyhow. See you there." * Kyon blows out a breath. "Wait. Is Reiji still there?" No. He's gone, and we don't know where he went. Jin is being his usual helpful self. * Jin isn't there, now that Satoshi looks for him! * Taki takes a seat and starts combing out her hair with her fingers. * Satoshi wasn't actually looking for Jin, but, hey. ;p (* Haruko's arms fall off on the ride home, but she reattaches them with a wrench and some fancy footwork. "Stupid buckets.") * Kyon sounds a bit cooler. "Right. I'll look for him more before I go over then. Later." Yeah, see you. * Satoshi hangs up and rubs his forehead, then looks over at Taki. "Well, we've got Kyon. He didn't sound terribly happy, but when does he, really?" (When he's at home with the kitty and not being bothered. =P) When he isn't Kyon...So I've got untill seven? (But we're always bothering him. Poor Kyon. ;p) (It's ok, he mocks us to make up for it. ^_^) Yeah. We're meeting there at seven. I still have absolutely *no* clue how we're getting in, but... we'll think of something. Well last time I just teleported everybody throught the gate...but that didn't turn out so well... [Satoshi's phone rings!] Anyhow. If you- hang on a sec. * Satoshi answers. "Hello?" * Taki nods again and goes about putting her hair back up. Hey. Just got out of the subway. Whose left ot call? Heya, Haruko. Talked to Kyon. We're meeting at Ayako's place at seven. And I still have to call Katie and Kaede. * Haruko nods. "I can cover one of them. I assume you'd rather call Katie." ( Well duh :P ) * Haruko 's nod is of course unnoticed, but that doesn't stop her. (*snerk*) Yeah, I can do that. * Haruko is just letting her arms hang at her side at this point, still using the earpiece. Right... Oh and want to have Katie call Remi? I'm willing to, or Kaede could if he wants to. But, I didn't do too well last time. Kaede might be better. I'm not sure if Katie will be able to do much phone calling, depending on how hard her parents came down on her. Right. Bye, and sorry to put you through this. ::Haruko then hangs up:: * Satoshi sighs and hangs up, too. Okay. * Haruko dials offscreen for Kaede. * Satoshi looks over at Taki. "Do you have to go now?" * Taki shakes her head, "No, won't need much time to make something that my fathers iron stomach can handle and won't catch anything on fire." * Satoshi smiles at her. "Okay. Sorry if this is boring you. I just have to call Katie." He sighs again. * Taki shakes her head again, "It's nice to be doing something nearly normal." Nearly, yes. * Satoshi reaches for the phone and dials Katie's number. [Some guy answers the phone, in English first. "" *ahem* "Hello?"] * Satoshi replies, in English, "" "" (Your daughter's oft-neglected suitor?) "" "" "" He sighs heavily into the phone. "" He puts the phone down and goes to get Katie, who probably heard all this already anyhow. * Katie probably did! The phone gets handed to her, and she speaks into it. "Satoshi or Kyon, right?" Satoshi. Hi, Katie. Hi. I don't think I can talk long, so... I know. I'll make it fast. Ayako's party is tonight. Kyon, Taki, Haruko and I are going to try and go. Because Remi will be there. Yeah, Kaede and I remembered on the walk back. * Katie raises her voice, slightly. "I really don't want her to get hurt, but I don't know what I can do about it. I'm stuck here." I know. I figured... but is there anything you think we should look out for? Mmm. Just be careful? If you can stop her from going by herself, she probably won't get... in as much trouble, anyway. She doesn't need what's happened recently to happen again. Definitely. We'll be careful. I guess I'll call you tomorrow and let you know how it went? And remember, Yeah. I think my parents have had enough of me helping. I understand. I'm really sorry. I'll talk to you tomorrow, then. * Taki stands up again and starts to pace. * Katie sighs. "Probably. If you really need to talk, call. I don't think they're stopping my calls, just them, okay?" That I shall do. Take care. You too. Good luck. And try to keep her from hurting herself. * Satoshi hangs up and sighs. He seems to be doing that a lot today. ( Try throwing something out the window. ) * Taki lets out a sigh of her own, "I should have wished her luck or something." (But that's Jin's job. I don't want to take his job.) Okay. Kyon's in, I'm in, you're in, Haruko's in. Katie's out. Which leaves Kaede, and Haruko's working on him. And there's Remi. Who we're definitely going to have to keep an eye on. How do we get *into* these things? ( Tickets ) * Taki ponders for a bit, "We care?" Yeah. Guess I should check back with Haruko. * Satoshi dials her number. Does he get through, or get a busy signal? * Taki nods, "If my phone was working I'd do some of this for you." [Busy!] * Satoshi hangs up. "Probably still talking to Kaede. And it's okay. This isn't so bad, I guess. We're sort of getting things coordinated." * Haruko checks her phone and calls Satoshi back. * Taki nods a few times, "Wish I knew what we were getting into with this one." Me too. Me, too. * Satoshi then picks up the phone when it rings. "Hello?" Hey, got a hold of Kaede. And? He'll try to call Remi, but apparently he hasn't been having much luck. And he can come with us. I had to promise to do some work in his shop to pay him back, but that's not so bound. So long as I don't have to use Akemi's sales techniques. * Satoshi blinks, surprised. (Not that Haruko can see him or anything.) "Really? Huh... oh, so *that's* it. I'm sure you don't have to. In fact, he'd probably prefer it if you didn't." * Haruko then yawns and works on the note she's leaving for her parents. (...Would you *bounce* like to see something? *bounce bounce*) 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Kaede (2d6) and gets 5. Katie can't come. She said we could probably call her if we really needed to talk. And to be careful, and watch out for Remi. * Haruko nods. "All good advice." So we're meeting there at 7. And then, maybe we can figure out how exactly we're getting in. And do you have any idea what people will be wearing? Probably fashionable relaxed clothes, they're pretty well to do. Kyon's probably our best hope in thinking of a plan to get in. * Haruko then sighs. "Let me switch over to the house line. In case Kaede wants to call my cell." * Haruko does that, unless people want the specifics written out. :P [They don't.] (Whoo!) * Haruko sits on her futon cradling the phone in her neck. "Anyway we could get Kyon in on a conference call?" * Satoshi waits for Haruko to do so, then continues. "OKay, I think I can come up with something that'll work clothes-wise. And maybe? He's probably home now. We can try and call him. You've got three-way?" * Taki stands up and makes her way to her backpack and digs out some paper and a pen, she starts to scribble something down on it. * Haruko thinks. "Maybe." Yawn. * Taki walks back and holds it up for Satoshi to see, "Do you have an extension I can talk on?" * Satoshi covers the phone for a second and says to Taki, "Yeah, there's another phone in my dad's room." Then he uncovers the phone. * Haruko fiddles with the phone some. "Alright, figured it out. "I'll call him in." She then does so. * Taki nods and points a likely door. [There's a door!... So?] * Satoshi nods, since by process of elimination, it's not his room or the bathroom. ( No that's the door to the secret Judgment dungeon! Wait, I've said too much.) (But it's a really nice door!) (Shh!) * Taki goes in and looks around for the phone. (The phone is on a table next to the bed. The room is very very neat, since it hasn't actually ever been used.) (Satoshi just cleaned it every so often.) * Taki takes a seat on the edge of the bed, and picks up the phone, "hi Haruko." * Kyon picks up the phone and speaks coolly. "Yeah." Hi Taki. How you feeling? Oh, hey Kyon! I was thinking we should come up with a plan before seven. Cause Remi won't want to wait. I'm feeling much better now, thanks for asking. Good, I'm hoping to take a nap once we have a plan. ::grumbles:: Stupid buckets. Okay, plan. We're meeting at seven. We don't have invitations. How are we going to get in? * Taki makes a face nobody can see (except maybe Mimi) at the thought of what waits for her tomarrow. Maybe we could get Eiko to invite us. She does owe us a favor. Won't get Remi in though. Yeah, but do you know how to contact her? * Haruko sighs. "Good point. Crashing parties isn't my strong point. You have any ideas Kyon?" * Kyon stays quiet for a bit before saying, "Could bring connections. Chikako could want to cover the party for the newspaper. Probably knows her, if she's one of the models." That sounds good. Yeah. Yup. * Kyon smirks quietly, his voice somewhat amused. "Right. Want me to ask her out, then?" We may need to leave a backup group out with Remi. I'm not sure Ayako would let her in even with Kyon's connections. But if we had a cecll phone on the inside acting as a bug Remi might be placated. Mine's still dead, sorry. Mine'll work, so'll Kaede's. Mine should be on the inside in case we need to take picture. Mine's working, too. Good. Alright, so go for it Kyon. I feel a little guilty for dragging her into this though. But if it's the only plan we've got. Oh, and Kyon, any reason I shouldn't tell the truth about Arcana to my parents? I really want to at this point, but I'm trying not to be too reckless. Think they'd believe you? Or that you want to put them at more risk? Or that they wouldn't tell someone who'll throw everything open? * Haruko speaks with utter confidence. "They'll believe me. Maki has shown ignorance is no protection. And they'll keep my secret if I ask them too. They want me to take more responsibility and if that means giving instructions on how to handle this I will." Your parents. Your call. Anything else now? Not that I can think of. Nope. Just gonna rest up beforehand. Call my main line if you need me, keeping the cell free for Kaede. No...Just wish I knew more about what I was about to jump into. ( A vat of goo! ) (...) Right. Later, then. * Kyon hangs up. Whew, I was so hoping Kyon would have an idea. Right, bye guys. I guess I'll see you there Haruko. Bye, Haruko. See you tonight. * Haruko hangs up. * Taki hangs up the phone and then straightens out the sheets on the bed. * Satoshi hangs up, too. * Haruko offscreen then finishes her note, makes some tea, and settles in to rest up before seven. * Taki walks out of the room and softly closes the door behind her, "Right...that's that for now..." * Satoshi looks over at the phone, considering something, then shakes his head. "...no. If that turns out to be true, then... no. I need to be able to handle things tonight." I think you should call at some point though...find out who was telling the truth. I will tell you this right now: it doesn't matter to me which of them is. Oh, I will... I mean, I *have* to know. Just... I've got a reason to not do it right now. A legitimate one. * Taki nods again, "I know...You...just..I...I can...I know what I want to say, but I can't find the words for it." * Satoshi smiles a bit sadly. "You could try thinking them at me?" * Taki gives Satoshi a weak grin, "Just...be you...That's it realy. There's more, but that's what it boils down to...Be you." * Satoshi smiles back. "Yeah. I'll try." [End!]