[Either way it's half an hour before then on a Friday morning with weather that may get changed later. For now it's partly cloudy and cool, and two Arcana are exiting from the ice rink to start their walk to school.] [Minisession Start!] * Satoshi adjusts his sports bag on his shoulder, looks down at Taki, and smiles. "That was a good practice." * Taki rubs at one of her elbows and grins up at him, "Yeah, it's fun when I'm awake enough to see the shots coming... uhm... there's a couple of things I'd li.. I need to ask you about." Yeah? * Taki nods. "Yeah... I was talking to Haruko last night about everything that's gone on... pretty much since my fields started show up... I've missed a lot. So.. if you could maybe tell me about the parts that she wasn't there for? Oh yeah!" * Taki swings her backpack around and digs out a scrap of notebook paper, "I'm making a list of all the times it's happened so I can figure out how to stop it from happening." Okay. What has she told you so far? * Taki looks up as she remembers, "About the fight with the guy with the scythe and the computer club president, and what happened when the two of us went to the hospital. And then about most of us going to Kyon's and turning into ghosts and your saving us by getting The Cup from her last life in the world reversed but I'm not sure how that worked. And then about Saki getting into fights... and then.." * Taki trails off and takes a deep breath, "Then about what happened when we went to Yushiro and Fuyuko's house." That's... a lot. Has it really been that long? * Taki shakes her head, "It's... it's only been a couple of weeks less than that. So much has been happening." It feels like a lot longer. Anyhow. Did she talk about what happened after... the last thing you said? * Taki nods and speaks very quietly, "...She did... and that's one of the things I... I need you tell me about because there were... I'm not sure about what I did then... I remember wanting to hit Saori... until she would tell me where Katie was. Haruko says I didn't." You were really upset. But you didn't hit anyone while you were with me. * Taki gives a shaky sigh. "Tha... that's good to hear... an... and if you don't want to talk about it...." She holds up the paper. "Could you tell me if I missed any times?" * Satoshi takes the paper and starts reading it. ( http://gryphon.sandwich.net/arc_art/fieldnote.txt ) * Satoshi looks up for a second. "You realize that my memory's not all that great..." (Thanks; I was about to ask that.) (I was wondering if you'd typed that up. ^^) * Taki nods, "...It's probably better than mine right now... and I'm going to talk to everybody else too." (I was writing it during the mini and if Haruko had asked I would have shown it then) So you're trying to figure out how your fields and teleportation relate. * Taki nods, "...Yeah, I ... I don't think I've had a field without teleporting. But if there's anybody who'd be able to tell it's you." Right. And you haven't had a field show up without trying to teleport, or coming in from one. * Taki nods, "So... they're probably related... but I don't know how." Yeah, we've figured that it's not a conscious decision on your part and that it really drains you. * Taki nods several times. "Which is why I need to find out what causes it. I don't want to spend more time like I did these last couple of weeks." * Satoshi hands the paper back to her, then gives her shoulder a squeeze. "I don't want to see you like this, either." If you want, you could come over my place after school one of these days and we can try and figure out what might trigger it. And maybe I could cook you dinner, and we could watch a movie, and have something like a normal date. * Taki takes the paper back and wraps an arm around him. "That is the best idea I've heard in a long time... but uhm... testing and dating happen on different days so I don't sleep through it. Kay?" * Satoshi smiles and puts an arm around her. "Absolutely." So just let me know when you want to do the test and dinner. * Taki nods. "Uhm... Tomorrow maybe? That way I can sleep all of Sunday." Okay. What time? Uhm... as soon as whatever comes up tomorrow afternoon is done? ...It's kinda hard to plan because so much keeps happening. * Satoshi nods. "Boy does it ever. Okay. Tomorrow after... whatever." * Taki nods back and squeezes "Yes... I don't think it's going to get much more stable than that for while... Sorry." It's okay. Definitely not your fault. Things are... how they are. I... don't believe that I've been helping much. So I'm going to try and change that... but only a little bit at a time. It's a start. I should do the same. * Taki grins. "We'll do it together." * Satoshi smiles back. "Yes." [Mini End]