[Day: Thursday, March 20th. Time: 10:00 a.m.] [Weather: Cloudy, humid, misty, no chance of rain later because you're not in Tokyo anymore!] [Rather, you're on the train to Hiroshima. You've been on the train for a while, and yet still have another while to go.] [Kyon's asleep. Zzzz....] [Session Start!] * Haruko fell asleep a bit after she finished healing Kyon. She was sitting up straight at first, but after while she leaned her head against Kyon. [Which was awkward since Kyon was leaning his head against her, so they ended up sleeping skull to skull. Ow.] (Well, they are different heights. ;P) * Taki sits leaning against the window watching the world rush past in the wrong directiong, every now and then she glances at Haruko and Kyon, and grins for a moment before going back to the window. * Haruko is oblvious to Taki's amusement. Every now and then she grins a little, but then murmurs something and frowns. * Taki pushes herself away from the window and taps at her cellphone a bit just to make sure it's still working. * Haruko shivers briefly after a frown cycle and opens her eyes again for a moment. She sits up blinks a few times at the window and Taki, and then yawns and closes her eyes again. * Taki blinks at Haruko, and then covers her mouth as she starts to yawn herself. * Taki goes back to watching the window. * Taki starts and then fumbles franticaly for her phone as it starts to ring, finaly managine to answere her call and get it pointed the right way up. He..Hello? * Haruko opens her eyes at the rining and looks blankly at Taki. * Satoshi answers. "We found her." His voice sounds odd, like he's been crying. * Taki practaly shouts into the the phone, and then her voice falls as she notices Satoshi's tone, "You did?! That's...what's wrong?" "We found her... locked... in a closet... like she'd been there for days." * Haruko rubs her eyes after Taki yells and looks over curiously, still a little blank. "W..what? But...I talked to her last night." You were there. "I know. I know. But... she's in the hospital now. She's not in good shape. I think... she'll recover, but..." "She said there was another. Another her." That's.... * Haruko starts to focus on Taki, but still looks confused. "Did they find Katie?" "And that the other... was the one who did this... to her..." * Taki 's face goes through fright, worry, and then a bit of grim understanding. I think I've met her. * Satoshi breathes a bit heavily, like he's trying to keep himself from starting to cry again. "You... have? When?" * Haruko bites her lips and just watches. The bleariness is gone from her eyes now. Remeber when I didn't tell you about that dream? Anyway, do you want me to have Haruko get off at the next stop and go back? Actualy...maybe we should all go back... "Doctors here. And police. It'd... look suspicious. And you've got something important to do." * Satoshi gasps as he realizes something. "The... the fake Katie probably knows what you're trying to do!" * Taki starts to tear up,"You...You're rii...Oh Shit...she probibly went last night...Why didn't his allknowingness warn us?" * Satoshi sighs. "I don't know." * Haruko mouths 'she' and looks like she's trying to concentrate. She also looks quite worried. * Taki rubs at her face with her free hand, "Okay, the three of will go to the museum and see if the wand's still there...You...Katie...stay with her if you can..." "I will. As long as I can." G..good...maybe I can sneak Haruko into her room tonight or something... * Taki shakes her head. * Haruko nods. "No maybe about it." "Or something, yeah. I... I'm going to go check on her again. I'll call you back later, okay?" "I'm sorry." "Thankyou...and I'll call you when we get there." It's not your fault...neither of us noticed. "I should have, though. Please be careful." * Satoshi hangs up. * Taki drops her phone, curls up in her seat and starts to cry. * Haruko gently pushes Kyon so he's upright in his seat and switches over to Taki's bench. She puts her hand on Taki's shoulder. "How bad is she?" Sa...Sa...he said she'd been lock in a closet for d..ddaaays! * Haruko exhales and tilts her head. "So Meimi, a duplicate, or something. Are they sure they've found the real Katie?" I...I...don't know. * Haruko nods and calls Kaede. She's got a very determined look in her eye. (*RDM starts to wonder what !Haruko and !Kaede will be like >>) * Taki continues to cry and hug her knees. * Haruko puts an arm around Taki. "It'll be okay, if they need us immediately they'd tell us." * Taki nods slightly but doesn't stop crying. * Haruko speaks quietly but firmly into the phone. "Have you made sure it's really her?" * Haruko keeps quietly into the phone, and keeps hugging Taki as she does it. * Taki doesn't respond. * Haruko frowns slightly as she waits without hearing much of anything. * Haruko hangs up the phone and squeezes Taki a little tighter. "Don't blame yourself, no one's been their normal self for a while Taki, and it's not like I've remembered to ask her what a zombie's favorite food is." (I don't know if there'll be a !Haruko and !Kaede. Too predictable. ;P) ( There's already a !Kaede ) ( We call him Hirokazu ) * Taki doesn't give Haruko the odd look she deserves for that, but simply slumps against her and crys into her shoulder. (I was going to say Akemi. ;p) ( I was going to say Haruko. :P) (Nah, they're all kaede inversed, not his evil clones) * Haruko just holds Taki. That'll probably work better than talking. * Taki continues to cry on Haruko for another five or ten minutes. * Haruko doesn't interrupt at all. * Taki eventualy slows down, and takes two deap breaths, before tilting her head so she can see Haruko's face. With her one eye bloodshot from crying, and the other covered by a very damp lock of hair, she croaks out, "...I'd like some water...please" (It's a pain in the arse to play a depressed char when you're demi-hyper and have the attentionspan of a goldfish x.x) * Haruko nods and grabs her bag with her foot. She tries to pull it closer to her, only to have most of the contents spill on the floor. She doesn't seem to really mind though and reaches down to grab her water bottle. Which happens to have the water inside of it moving in such a way as to roll towards her. Convenient that. * Haruko then hands it over to Taki with a faint smile. "Here, you can have it all." * Taki takes it, and fumbles to get it open, eventualy pouring a little in her mouth, "...We're making a mess..." * Haruko keeps the faint smile. "We deserve the right to, the tickets cost enough." * Taki takes another sip and then looks away from Haruko, "...I wouldn't know." * Haruko grins slightly. "Oh don't start with that. Buy me a car when this is all over, and we're happy, and that power of yours has made you rich." * Taki mumbles, "Yes, your highness." * Haruko grins a little wider then drops it. "You wanna talk about it?" * Taki slowly blinks a few times and then mumbles something even the real Katie would have trouble making out. * Haruko continues in a softer tone. "You don't have to if you don't want to." (*RDM just [EYES] one of his muses, "My brain just hurt itself.") (Taki has a crush on Haruko, too! She really is the Knight of Cups!) * Taki speaks a bit louder, "allready tol' 'Atoshi...too stupid..." (No, Shingo's dream + 2 Katies = 1 of them is also Judgment, = Katie & Satoshi same = why Taki fell in love with both.) (... That makes no sense. Good job.) * Haruko nods. "We're just kids, we're supposed to make stupid mistakes." (Taki's got a thing for judges. :P) (I hurt my head just trying to figure out where that one came from) * Taki pushes herself off of Haruko and continues the movement untill she's leaning against the side of the train. * Taki then brushes her hair out of her face and behind her ear, "I've made more than my fair share of them." * Taki takes a longer drink from the bottle. * Haruko nods and quietly adds. "So have I." * Haruko then looks attentively at Taki and waits. * Taki rubs her eyes, and takes another drink, "I...I'll...tellyou tonight...whenwevisitKatie...That way I only have to go through all of it twice..." * Haruko nods. "That sounds like a good idea." You gonna be alright until then? * Taki looks up at the trains ceiling, "What is it with this group and doubles anyway? First there was the other me running around...Then they tell me Meimi wasn't real...and neither was Shingo...Then get another one of him runing around" ::looks at Kyon for a second:: "and now we've got two Katies..." ( And Saki! ) (She's not in the group) (So the other illusionary band members don't count either) * Haruko nods and looks vaguely thougthful, but only vaguely. "If you ever wonder about me, just have Satoshi scan me, I wouldn't mind. Or ask me about cars, but be specific, or evil me might have memorized an answer. Hmm.. maybe have me fix something." * Taki snorts, "And how do you tell that it's the real me and the real Satoshi? I'm just going to keep going the way I've been going...not trusting anybody is too lonely..." * Haruko nods and smiles warmly. "I'm glad you trust that choice, even now." It's painfull, but so are the alternatives... * Haruko nods forcefully and leans down to put her stuff back in her bag. * Taki stands up, "And now I'm going to go try and clean myself up...Do you want me to bring back some towls or do you have one in there?" * Haruko smiles. "I've got some tissues, but a I could use some if you please." Sure. * Taki staggers into the aisle and looks around for the restroom. [Session End!]