[Day: Sunday, April 4th. Time: 1:50 p.m.] [Weather: Bright and sunny and warm. Nice day!] [Katie is getting ready for her date! XD She's in her room. So's Saki, who's getting ready to leave for good.] [Session Start!] * Saki sits on Katie's bed, pulling on one of her boots. It's a bit of a struggle, but she's managing. * Katie is in her room, yes. She's already dressed, in a pair of black jeans and a fairly tight powder blue shirt with a wide collar and sleeves that flare out and end by the middle of her forearm. She's currently absorbed with the mirror, applying very light make up. "You need help with those?" * Saki glances up at Katie with a *look* before finishing with one boot and starting on the other. "I'll manage." * Katie shrugs to herself and allows a little smile. She totally saw that coming. * Saki finishes with that and stands, pulling on her fingerless gloves. Those are considerably easier. Sorry I'm kicking you out like this. * Katie finishes the lipstick, makes sure it didn't smear, and checks her nails before standing. * Saki shrugs. "Didn't want to stay this long in the first place." * Katie nods. "Yeah. Got everything?" * Saki nods as she slips on her jacket. Okay. * Katie takes a breath. "Thanks again for helping me out back there." [The doorbell rings.] And... * Katie blinks and looks over. "That'd be him." She smirks a little. "" * Katie goes to answer the door. [Ken is on the other side. He's wearing a sports jacket (the wool kind with the hood) and jeans. He's facing away from the house when Katie answers as if making sure nobody was watching, but when she does, he turns around. "Alright, I came. Now HOLY CRAP!" He nearly jumps as Saki peers over Katie's shoulder.] * Katie puts her hands on her hips and raises an eyebrow. "What?" * Saki slips on her shades and moves past Katie. "Thanks for letting me crash here, Katie. The past few nights were fun." She walks out the door, smiling at Ken, which seems to unnerve him. * Katie nods at Saki and says, pleasantly, "Sure, no problem." * Ken stares after Saki, then turns to Katie. "What the hell was she doing here?" * Katie blinks at Ken. "What do you think she was doing here?" How should I know? What'd she mean about the past few nights? ( And can I get on it?) (Ha!) Well, I'm not hurt, so she must not have been beating me up or something. * Katie goes about getting her purse and shoes and things. * Ken stands there dumbfounded. * Katie checks the straps on her sandals and steps out, locking the door behind her. She eyes Ken. "You look like a fish." * Ken stares at Katie a minute, then shakes his head. "Whatever." He turns around. "So, what do you want to do?" I thought you wanted to see a movie. Killing Y.O.U. or something like that? Oh. Right, right. Alright, let's go. * Ken starts walking! * Katie snickers. And walks after. * Ken heads to the subway! * Katie keeps walking along, looking around. She makes an attempt at small talk. "So, how are things going with you and Amiko?" Who? That's what I thought. * Katie lets amusement creep into her voice. "The girl you were dating last week." Oh, right. Well, obviously I'm heartbroken. Why else would I be dating a loser? (...) Of course. You're so heartbroken, you've forced her out of your mind. Very tragic. Right. Come on. * Ken walks down the stairs! * Katie shakes her head, but she goes along. * Ken buys two tokens. He holds one out to Katie. * Katie blinks, then takes it. "Thanks." She sounds a bit surprised. * Ken doesn't say anything to that! He just walks up to the line and waits. * Katie does, too, still glancing around. Paranoid? Maybe. [The train comes! Ken gets on, into the crowd. It's pretty cramped.] * Katie wrinkles her nose a little. What with the improved sight and hearing, crowds are bad... especially... * Katie hesitates a long moment, then finally gets in. By the door. Right by the door. (Least she doesn't have improved smell.) (God, yes. x.x) [The train zooms off!] [It arrives at Akihabara or Shinjuku or Harajuku or one of those up beat places. 'Fox would know better than me.] * Katie hangs onto the handrail with a white-knuckled grip and keeps her vision focused *right* on the door's windows. Her breathing's shallow, and her eyes glaze over before long. * Katie doesn't get off right away, either. It's like she doesn't even notice it's there. * Ken starts walking. He looks back at Katie, then grabs her hand and pulls her. "Jeez, you're so slow." * Katie yelps and is torn from her grip, stumbling out of the train. She nearly falls over. * Katie regains her footing and starts walking, though she's still being dragged along. She's not looking at anything now, and... well, if Ken cares to notice, she's trembling. * Ken looks back. "Hey, are you sick or something?" * Katie winces and keeps looking away. "I just- I don't like..." She takes a breath. It shakes. "Just... trapped." Trapped, huh? You're the one who asked me for a date. It's not that. It's... * Katie quiets a little. "Just... always had a problem with it. And-" She wipes at her eyes, vaguely thankful she didn't use mascara. "Closet." * Ken shrugs. "What, your closet's too cramped. That's 'cause you're a girl. Always buying more clothes than you need." * Katie hisses, "No, you idiot." She pulls her hand from his grip and looks up at him. It's obvious she's been crying. "Not that one." * Ken stops and turns around. "Wha...?" * Katie glares for a moment, then breaks it off and takes a breath, forcibly calming herself. "Not that one." Oh. Oh, THAT one. Yeah, what the hell happened back there? * Katie studies Ken, then finally says, "I don't know if you'd believe me." Yeah? People don't usually wind up in closets in abandoned buildings. No, they don't. That's what I just said. * Katie goes back to walking, and as she does so, she comments, "Then I was agreeing with you. I know it's a shock." * Ken follows. * Ken then realizes he's following and moves up to take the lead. * Katie rolls her eyes at that, but she talks anyway, in a hushed voice. "I met a girl one morning. The morning I got put in the closet." * Ken waits for Katie to continue. She looked just like me. And sounded just like me. Lost twin? * Katie pauses. "And... acted a lot like me." She shakes her head. "I don't think she's actually a twin, but she did try to kill me." Well, that sucks. She tricked me into the building, cut my throat, and shoved me in the closet. And locked me in there, and left me to die. * Katie sighs. "Yeah, it does." Her left hand clenches into a fist, and her voice tightens. "For days, she pretended to be me. Tricked my family, and my friends, and you." Yeah, well, only because I wasn't paying attention. Yeah. My own parents couldn't pay attention. (You bet that if Ken knows any English words, they're the swears.) [You get to the theatre.] Well, it's not going to happen again, right? Yeah... * Katie looks at the theater. Maybe for movie times. "She might try." Brief pause. "I was kidnapped again, a few days ago. Just not by her. This time." That happen often? * Katie opens her mouth, closes it, then comments dryly, "A few months ago, I would have said no." * Ken frowns. Then checks his watch. "Well, we better hurry or we'll miss the movie." He grabs Katie's hand and heads towards the theatre. * Katie blinks and is pulled in! She doesn't stumble this time. * Ken walks up to the counter and buys two tickets! * Katie lets him? * Ken goes to the snack counter and buys a huge bucket of popcorn and a large drink, in which he sticks two straws. "Better hurry. It'll start soon." * Ken heads to the theatre! * Katie blinks at the popcorn. And then she totally double-takes at the drink, but by the time Ken's halfway there, she hurries after and catches up. [The theatre isn't too crowded. Ken selects one of the seats in the middle.] * Katie goes along and has a seat next to him. Fortunately, it's matinee, so there's probably less sticky floor. [Nope! It's still sticky!] * Katie doesn't wrinkle her nose at the sticky floor. ... Too much. [Shortly, the previews start.] * Katie proceeds to brace herself for the inevitable extremely loud noises. [The first one is for Dolby Surround Sound! ... Wait, that's not quite a preview.] (Ha!) 2d6+4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Katie (2d6+4) and gets 10. [Dolby Tests its surround sound by blasting it really LOUDLY! Katie's ears hurt.] * Katie lets out a little shout of pain and covers her ears, wincing. * Ken glances at Katie and shakes his head. * Katie half-whispers, "" She glances at Ken, then remembers the title of the flick. Yup, she's doomed. [The first preview appears!] * Katie keeps hands. Over ears. And watches, hesitantly. [There's a guy in jeans. And a gi. And a cowboy hat. He's holding a sword and a gun. Behind him, the sun rises. A voiceover says, "In a world where samurai fight with cowboys for supreme power... one man shall rise above them all."] (Whoo, it's RSP!) (... And Tairan, apparently.) [Gothic chanting, which seems to be popular lately, starts as the man faces down hordes of samurai and cowboys. "From academy acclaimed director Steven Spielkirbyo comes a legacy in the making."] * Katie lets her ears get accustomed to the LOUDNESS. [The music is cut abruptly at a scene where a woman says, "But they've got an entire army! All you have is a gun and a sword."] * Katie adds, as though she can't help it, "And a hat." [He tips his hat and grins. "And a handful of dirty tricks." Cut to an action scene where he jumps off a train firing a gun. "J. L. Man". Then a scene with a female ninja kicking a cowboy. "R. Anne Dohm." And finally the title appears, spelled in FiRe: "Rising Sun Pioneers: The Legacy of Tairan. Coming soon."] (*nearly dies*) (bwhahah!) * Katie makes a note to see that. Or at least rent it. She likes the hat. (* kills Brett for turning him female, but laughs while doing it.) * Katie hesitantly removes her hands from her ears. [The next preview comes up. The same guy does the same DYNAMIC! voice as the scene opens on some old ruins with a broken down computer. "In the future, the world is a barren wasteland. Men were tricked by a supercomputer into fighting themselves. One year ago, one man destroyed the computer, freeing humanity... but some things never change." Sparks flicker, and the computer's screen lights up.] ["Now, he must fight again, against an enemy without a soul." Hordes of robots start charging.] * Katie looks a little disappointed. At the lack of soul, she rather wanted zombies. * Katie snatches a few kernels of popcorn, though. * Ken muches on popcorn and drinks. [A lone warrior rides towards them on a motorcycle! He wields his katana and hacks them to bits. God knows how he manages to stop robots with a sword, but...] ["Kyosuke Yohei is Akira Kurogama... in..."] [A nuclear explosion appears on screen, with the title superimposed over it: "Land of the Rising Black."] ["Two."] Now that looks like an awesome movie. It looks okay. There's no zombies. [The third preview!] (That's the sequel to the one Katie, Haruko, and Chikako saw, right?) ( Yep ) (Nanami saw it too, I think!) * Katie pops another kernel in her mouth. Unlike Ard, she actually likes the stuff. (Was that while I was gone?) [A pale white-haired man in a black cape and a tophat appears. His eyes are red, his ears pointed. When he smiles, he bares his fangs. "I am Count Dracula. For four hundred years I have been called the Lord of Darkness. But this year is different..."] (No. Break 11.) ["This year.... I'm throwing a birthday party!" The mummy, the wolfman and Frankenstein's monster all appear out of nowhere with party whistles and paper hats, and a cake is presented to the Count.] [Voice over: "Ed McMuffin is Count Dracula, in the Count's Birthday Bash."] [The screen fades out as Dracula says, "... I have a hat.... It's made of cheese."] [Then the theatre darkens even more and the actual movie begins.] * Katie watches in awed silence. Or something, because the next thing she says is, "That... is going to be so *bad*." It didn't look *that* bad. Hat made of cheese? Ed McMuffin playing Dracula? He can't even act. So? What's wrong with a hat made of cheese? * Katie idly grabs the drink and has a sip through her straw. Of course she noticed which one Ken's using. "It makes Dracula a total joke." Pause. "And a cheese hat isn't even a good one." Well, what would you give him? A butter hat? Please. How about no hat? ... Then why see the movie? * Katie looks at Ken blankly. "Good question." She puts the drink back. "Why see it anyway?" It looks funny. I guess you'd find it funny. Sorry, I guess it's not a film for losers. * Katie rolls her eyes. "Please. It's hardly a great work of art." Who cares? That's the trouble with some people. They're all looking for great acting and artistic crap and things like that that they miss out on the fun a movie is. * Katie shrugs. "I can tell if a movie's fun or not. That didn't look fun." [Meanwhile the movie plays. I'm not gonna describe it. Rent a Van Damme movie; it's the same type of thing.] It's only a preview. * Katie winces on reflex, occasionally. Explosions, guns, yeah. Ow, loud. "Maybe, but that's all I have to decide if I'm going to spend money on it." Whatever. The other movies looked better anyhow. Isn't that the truth. * Katie watches. Seems she's not against Van Damme movies. She snatches more popcorn. ( It doesn't actually have Van Damme in it ^^; ) (Yeah, but it's the same thing, which is what I meant. ;P) * Ken yawns at some point and leans back. One of his arms goes around the top of Katie's chair, and his hand hangs above her shoulder. * Katie may notice. She may not. ... Okay, so she's Katie. There's no way she *can't* notice. She doesn't do anything about it, though, aside from wincing as another explosion happens. [The movie ends!] * Katie reaches up to the hand that's still hanging there, and she pokes the palm gently. * Ken gets up and stretches. "Ah, that was ok. Bloodstorm VI was way better, though." Really? I haven't seen it. * Katie gets to her feet, pushing the seat back up. Oh. That figures. * Katie smirks. "I'm not going to pretend I've seen a movie for you." Well, rent it. It's not like it's hard to find. And rent Bloodstorm IV while you're at it. That one was pretty good too. And the first one's not bad. * Katie raises an eyebrow. "But five wasn't?" Nah. They tried adding all this crap to it. But six pretty much had nothing to do with it, so it's cool. * Katie snickers. "I see. The credits are almost over." She grabs the mostly empty bucket and cup, heading out. * Ken heads out too. He makes his way in front of Katie. "So... yeah... You want dinner or something now?" * Katie glances at Ken. "You want to keep hanging out with me?" she asks lightly as she tosses the trash away. Hey, you asked me out, remember? I should be asking that question. * Katie grins. "You're the one offering dinner." Well, yeah. I took you to something cool, so now I figure I'll let you take me to some lame place to eat. So now I'm buying dinner? No. I'll pay for it. You need to save your money so you can be cool. * Katie laughs. If being cool means what I think it does, I don't want any part of it. Nah, having money doesn't make you cool. Some people can still be cool without it. It's just the losers that need it. Then what *does* make somebody cool, Ken? Because you talk about it, but I don't see it. Yeah? Well, that's why I'm dating you. I'll show you what you're missing from life. * Katie says, dryly, "Someone who will forget my name after we break up." Hey, whatever, Andrews. You should be greatful. You're cute, yeah, but you don't have the body that whatshername had. * Katie snickers. "If it's that great, why are you calling her whatshername?" You're lucky I said yes, frankly. I'm sure I am. I'm sure you weren't even considering the idea. Never entered your mind. Damn right. * Katie continues, nonchalantly, "And this is just a pity date. It's not like you actually want to date me." Like I said, if we can make you unlame I might. If I can fit it into my schedule. * Katie mmms. "Your busy schedule. You have gaijin germs now, by the way. You sipped the wrong straw." Whatever. Gaijin germs are weak. * Katie walks along. She's probably heading somewhere for food. "And here I thought you'd yell about cooties or something." I'll take a shower when I get home. * Katie chuckles. "Right." [This is a good spot to end!]