[Day: Monday, March 17th. Time: 4:00 p.m.] [Weather: Cloudy! Windy! Warm!] [Yesterday you all split up for some reason. Camera 1 is following Katie and Satoshi. Taki was there, too, but she suddenly remembered something she had to do and took off.] [They're outside the YIPEE! Arcade.] [Session Start] * Satoshi looks over at Katie. "So, should we contact the others?" * Katie blinks at where Taki was. "She took off in a hurry. Hrm?" She looks over at Satoshi. "I guess. Kaede wanted to be kept up, right?" I don't think Kyon cares. Probably, yeah. So you wanna call Kaede or should I? I guess. I still want to talk to you, though. * Katie holds her hand out for the phone. * Satoshi blinks. "Yeah?" He fishes out his phone and hands it to her. * Katie rolls her eyes. "Really, Satoshi, I asked just a few minutes ago and you forgot already? Haruko must be getting to your brain." I *have* been reading her mind a lot lately... * Satoshi smiles a bit sheepishly. "Sorry." ( You asked a few minutes ago, yet for some reason it feels like about a week. ;p) ( Imagine that. ) * Katie nods and looks down at the phone. "I guess it can wait," she says in slight disappointment. "Kaede should know." * Katie dials, then holds the phone to her ear. [No answer!] * Katie frowns as she lets it ring a few times, but Kaede doesn't pick up. She cancels the call and hands the phone back to Satoshi. "He's not there. But it's not disconnected or anything." * Satoshi takes the phone and puts it back in his pocket. "Huh. That's odd. But I guess we have that time to talk now. Did you want to go sit somewhere or something?" * Katie hesitates for a moment, then nods. "Yeah. Private? Guess that means your apartment is out." ( Who loves Sushi? ) Yes. You can't trust those chickens not to blab. * Katie nods sagely and grabs Satoshi lightly by the arm, leading him away. Is there a park, or something nearby? * Satoshi makes a softly startled noise and is lead. (Aww, that's cute. Do it again!) (Well, you'll have to unexpectedly grab me by the arm again. ^_~) [There's a Sushi place!] * Katie spots the sushi place and takes a look inside. [The cook inside is serving yummy sushi!] (How busy is it, and how private is it?) 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Kaede (2d6) and gets 3. ( It's not busy, and it's fairly private. ) ( There's some light traditional Japanese muzak playing in the background to cover your talking. ) * Katie leads him in, then, giving the cook a slight smile as she goes to sit at a booth. Assuming this is a seat-your-own place, anyhow. * Satoshi follows Katie to said booth, with that same assumption in mind. [The cook smiles as you come in, and is over shortly. "Hi, Every-bo-dy! What can I get you to-day?"] 2d6-1 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Haruko (2d6-1) and gets 5. * Satoshi orders something small and simple. [Satoshi orders sushi.] * Katie does, too! Sure, why not. [The cook goes off to prepare it, and shortly comes back with sushi!] * Satoshi takes his chopsticks, picks up a piece, and chews it quickly. He swallows, then looks up at Katie. "So... what is it?" * Katie picks at her sushi. "Well..." She takes a deep breath. "What do you think about Taki?" * Satoshi blinks. What do I think about her? Yeah. * Katie has a bite. * Satoshi shifts a bit uncomfortably. "Didn't we kinda go over this once?" * Katie nods. "We did, but can I hear it again?" Okay, well... she's nice, she's patient, she's supportive, and she doesn't seem to mind the way I look. And I worry about her with all the trouble we get into, but then again, I worry about most of us. And I *do* like her, but... * Katie frowns a little. "But?" I'm not entirely sure how she feels about me. And I'm not going to go in her head and find out that way. And, well... how do I put this? We're not very good at talking. I don't know if it's the 'oh, there's a girl who might like me' mentality that gets in there and makes me mess up, or the fact that she's kinda shy, but we don't really talk all that much. * Katie nods. "That's no good." She picks at her food some more, then has another bite. So we should. Talk more, I mean, except that lately everything's been so... you know. * Katie nods. "It always is." But Satoshi, Taki isn't the only one who likes you. (There's Kaede, too.) So why- what? (I thought it was Kaoru. Dang.) (Kaoru is Kyon's. You can't have him. =P) * Katie sighs. "I said, 'Taki isn't the only one who likes you.'" She pops another piece of sushi into her mouth. (Kyon's very possessive.) (Right. I will not argue with him on that.) Well, yeah. But who are you talking about? ( Hirokazu ) ( And Akemi. Let's not forget Akemi. ) (*hides*) * Katie looks up from her food and at Satoshi, both annoyance and amusement showing through. "Me, of course. I can't talk for other girls." * Satoshi blinks, then blinks again. He opens his mouth partway, then closes it. Finally, after another few moments of silence, he manages a very quiet, "Why?" (Inquiring minds want to know!) ( 'Cause her other boyfriend is insane ) (And the other other one is also a little kooky.) Why not? Am I stuck being everyone's best friend? (You're not Haruko's best friend. :P) Well, no, I don't mean it like that... I mean, what do you see in me? (You're not Kyon's, either. He has someone impersonating him for that. =P) * Katie pushes her plate aside and leans forward on the table, keeping her voice even so other patrons wouldn't be able to hear. "You're a nice guy, Satoshi. You're smarter than you give yourself credit for, I like talking to you, and... well, I like you. These things don't always have a reason." ( She sees a guy who's name doesn't look like everyone else's. ) * Satoshi smiles. "Really? I guess... I mean... oh, damn it, don't tell me I'm going to get all awkward around you now. Because I like talking to you, too, and up until a minute ago I was doing fairly well." He laughs quietly. Oh, you're doing fine. * Katie grins. "See?" She picks up her chopsticks and starts toying with them. Oh, good. * Satoshi munches on another piece of sushi and seems to be considering something. * Katie lets him think. She looks out the window. I have to say I honestly wasn't expecting this. But I'm thinking that's pretty obvious. And I... well, I feel like I should give you some sort of answer or something. But I don't know. I'm kinda confused. Because I think that there's a part of me that's been liking you for a while now, as more than a friend, but another part that said it'd never happen both ways. Well, you can ignore that part. * Katie steals a sideways glance at Satoshi, a bit of mischief in her eyes. "Do I have to prove it?" * Satoshi smiles a bit more widely. "I can now, yeah. And, uh, no? I believe you." (Good, because she's been taking lessons from Akemi.) (Oh dear. *hides*) (Bwahaha!) ( She's not bouncy enough. ) [Satoshi's phone rings.] * Katie puts her chin on her hand. "Always ruining my fun." * Satoshi jumps slightly. "Oh! Hang on a sec..." He pulls it out of his pocket and answers. "Satoshi here." "Oh, hey, Haruko. Uh, no, nothing like that. What's going on?" "Okay, hang on a sec." * Satoshi puts his hand over the mouthpiece of the phone. "Haruko wants to talk to you, or at least wants you to hear what she's saying. You want to just be direct?" He holds the phone out to her. * Katie blinks, but takes the phone and puts it to her ear. "You always make things harder than they are," she says into the phone. "What's going on?" * Katie shifts a little in her seat. "Why'd she think that?" * Katie sighs. Great. Now what? * Satoshi eats more sushi in the meantime. * Katie furrows her brow. "So you're afraid Kaede's going to hurt himself. He doesn't seem like the type..." No, I take that back. He doesn't seem the type to care at the time. * Satoshi blinks, then frowns, because he can see that. That's what I meant, and good. I'm not sure if he'd want to talk to me or not. * Katie nods. She glances up at Satoshi, but keeps talking to Haruko. "Yeah. We talked to Yuji, and it sounds like Eiko's alive, if ignoring all of her friends." Nothing on her. We're not even sure where to start. * Katie rubs at her forehead with her free hand. "I don't know. If he doesn't want to be touched, sometimes yelling at him works. If that doesn't work- I just try everything. And if none of those work, let him work it out on his own. He's a big boy." * Satoshi sighs softly and finishes his sushi. * Katie gives a slight, crooked smile, even though Haruko can't see it. "I don't know. It's a reason, but maybe not a good one." Do that. See how it goes. Yeah. Give a call if you need something. Sure. Good luck. * Katie hangs up and hands the phone back, a blank look on her face. "Kaede's going to get himself hurt again." * Satoshi takes the phone back, looking concerned. "What's he doing now?" Nanami thinks he's trying to kill her. At least, Haruko thinks Nanami thinks he's trying to kill her. And Kaede thinks that too. I think. Wait, what? You try figuring out what Haruko's saying. ( It's a long and boring explanation involving look over there! *runs* ) * Katie wrinkles her nose. "Okay. Kaede tried to explain the whole situation to Nanami again, and now she thinks he's trying to kill her." (Exactly!) * Satoshi looks even more confused than he did earlier, which is no small feat. "But... *why*?" What did he *do*? No idea. Haruko said she wasn't paying attention. * Katie shrugs. * Satoshi sighs. "Great." ( It's no small feat. You have to be level 8 and have an int of 8 or less to take it. ) (She's polite, ^^;) (Well, yeah, but we don't know the context. ^_~) (And Satoshi has less than 8 INT? I think I'm insulted. ;p) (Not so bad, if we're talking BESM. :P Course besm doesn't have levels, or feats) Yup. She'll call us if doom's coming along. (Naw, dooms coming, she'll call you if there's any news about how the doom's doing. ^_~) Yay for possible impending doom. Then again, when *don't* we have possible impending doom? ( Sunday. ) (True.) No time in recent memory. We just have to make the most of what we have. So very true. Back to where we were earlier. Um... where were we earlier. I think I was believing you. * Katie smiles slightly. "Good, because I'm never wrong." Never? Wow. That's impressive. * Satoshi grins. [End!]