[Day: Tuesday, Februrary 11th. Time: 4:30 p.m.] [Weather: Rainy and cold.] [After a good hour of discussion, everyone split up! Most of the group decided to visit Remi, who's still in rehab. On the way, they stopped to get her flowers. They arrive at the hospital late in the afternoon.] [Session Start] * Katie walks in, holding two bouquets of flowers. She sighs at the warmth. "Rain shouldn't be that cold." Heh. I've gotten used to cold, really. * Satoshi is also holding a bouquet. * Taki nods at Katie, "At least with snow you can just brush it off." * Taki looks down at the pair of flowers she bought and makes sure they survived the trip. * Katie shrugs as she wrings out some of her hair. "So have I. Winters in the midwest aren't warm. But still." Anyway, do you know where Remi's room is? * Satoshi shakes his head. "I forgot." I followed you last time, and you were following Kyon. We'll just have to ask. * Katie nods and walks on over to the reception desk. "Excuse me." [The receptionist looks expectantly at Katie as she's approached. "Yes? How may I help you?"] * Katie smiles slightly. "Can you tell me where Remi Okui is located?" ["One second." The receptionist types the info into a computer.] ["Room 222."] Thank you. Thankyou very much. * Katie heads for the room, taking the stairs if necessary. * Satoshi follows. * Taki follows the leaders. [Climbing the stairs isn't too difficult; it's only one flight. So they reach the room before long in no time.] * Katie peeks in. "Remi?" [Remi is inside, along with one other person: A Seiryuu student, judging from her uniform. She's average height. Her hair is short and blond, combed back under a barette, and hazel eyes. She's relatively cute; nothing special.] [There's also lots of flowers, too.] Hi! I hope we're not interrupting anything. * Katie waves, almost shyly. Uhm, don't mind us too much. We can come back later. * Satoshi nods. * Remi looks over from her sitting position in bed as you enter. "Oh, hi. No, it's okay." * Remi gestures to the other girl. "This is Eiko Amano. Eiko, these are the Sakuragaoka students I told you about." * Satoshi bows. "Nice to meet you, Eiko." * Katie smiles at Eiko. "I'm Katie Andrews. It's nice to meet you." * Eiko bows politely. "It's nice to finally meet you, too. I'm indebted to you." * Taki bows to Eiko as well, "I'm Taki Shimiru and this is Satoshi Watanabe." It's the least we could do. Yeah, we're glad we were able to help. * Katie walks on in and hands one of the bouquets to Remi. "How have you been holding up?" * Remi takes it. "It's been better. I think I'm fine now, but..." * Eiko chuckles. "They don't want to let her leave yet." I guess it's better to be safe, though I can understand wanting to get out of here. * Katie nods. * Satoshi looks around for a good place to put his bouquet. Whatever's in those drugs... eh. It makes sense for them to want to hold onto you for a little longer. Still, it sucks. * Taki nods, "They always want you stay longer than you want to, but they're the doctors and it's their job." [Satoshi finds a spot he MAY be able to squeeze it in.] * Satoshi *carefully* sets the flowers down, attempting not to disturb any of the others. * Remi sighs. "Ugh, I'm going to have so much homework to make up." ( /me ponders having Satoshi make a flower-arrangement roll :P ) (Oh god. I am doomed. ;p) * Katie shrugs. "I'll help you with it, if you want." She smiles a bit. "Not that we go to the same school or anything, but if one of your classes is English, then I can definitely help there." Thanks. Not a problem. We're friends, right? I'd offer to help, but I'd probably do more harm than good. * Satoshi chuckles. * Remi nods. "Yeah, I guess we are." She smiles a bit. Which reminds me... * Satoshi smiles, too. Seeing Remi happy makes him feel a lot better. * Taki smiles back at Remi, "...of?" * Remi rubs the back of her head. "Uh... Sorry about that whole trying-to-kill- you thing." * Satoshi laughs. S'okay. You were upset, and for a good reason. And I was getting kinda impatient with you, so, I'm sorry about that. I'm just glad to see that everything worked out. * Katie chuckles. Apology accepted, just don't do it again... ::nearly manages to keep a straight face through that:: * Remi frowns, but only for a sec. "Yeah. I'm glad about that, too." It's fine, Remi. I'm just glad you didn't manage to pull it off. * Eiko nods. "So am I." So... How are things for you? * Katie frowns a little now. "I'm not sure. You heard about the Disney trip from Kyon?" Not really. He said he enjoyed it, but he didn't go into details. Sounds like Kyon. Very true. But yeah, it was fun. We got to meet Kaede's sister and all. Didn't win any plushies, sadly; there were no midway games. It's only Kyon if he was smirking the entire time too. * Katie laughs. * Satoshi laughs, too. "Yeah, was he?" You'd know better than I would... * Eiko suddenly thinks of something to say. "Yuji said to say thanks, too, by the way. So did Yumi." * Satoshi looks a little surprised. "Oh. Tell... tell them you're welcome." * Katie blinks. "To us? Um... tell them... yeah. And that we're glad to hear they're all right." They're welcome, I mean. I will. I'm glad they're allright. And tell them the same from me. Anyway, I bet you and Eiko have a lot of catching up to do. * Satoshi nods. "Yeah. Take care, and maybe we'll run into you sometime." * Remi nods. "Yeah. Tell the others I said hello, too." * Katie pulls out a piece of paper and scribbles her number on it, then hands it to Remi. "Here's my number. Call me sometime, so we can work on bringing you up to speed." She grins. "Not like we can't visit you more, anyway." Will do. * Taki nods, "No problem there." * Remi nods. * Katie waves at Eiko, considerably more at ease with the blond girl. "It really was nice meeting you. We'll see you around, yeah?" * Eiko nods. "Yeah. Thanks again." * Satoshi smiles and waves. "You're welcome. Later!" * Taki bows out, "I'll see you again." * Katie nods with a grin. "Like I said, it's the least we could do. Bye." She heads on out, considerably happier (and warmer) than when she came in. * Satoshi follows. [They wave as you leave.] * Taki comes running back in, "I carried this all the way in here and then walked out with it. Sorry." * Taki finds a tiny place to put her flower. * Eiko chuckles. (That's why we love ya, Taki. ^_~) * Satoshi grins. * Taki walks out again. "Good bye again!" [They wave again :P] * Katie hums lightly as she heads to Meimi's room, twirling the other batch of flowers in her hands. * Satoshi follows. He didn't bring flowers for Meimi, though. Guess he's still mad at her. * Taki follows Katie and has a flower. [Meimi's on the first floor. Luckily, no undead get in your way as you get down there.] (Well, that's always a good thing.) * Katie opens the door to her room and looks in. [Katie sees Meimi! She also sees this guy. He's dressed REALLY unusually: he wears jeans and a jacket, with the sleeves torn off. He's got no shirt on, instead wearing a few black bandages over his chest. On his left arm is a bracer reaching almost to his shoulder. On his right is a studded buckle around his large muscles. ] (::hits the spacebar::) [His hair is white, albeit no longer spikey. His eyes are blue, instead of green. But you still recognize his face.] * Remi is now known as Takeo * Katie blinks, but steps in. "Am I interrupting?" Possibly. Ah. * Satoshi blinks. "Hey... haven't we seen you before?" I haven't, but then I missed a week. * Takeo shrugs and walks from Meimi's bedside towards the door. "Well, you're here. Not where I was expecting to meet, but that's alright." * Katie tilts her head. "Who were you expecting, if you don't mind me asking?" * Takeo laughs out loud. I'd been too busy recently. Too busy for what? What, Meimi sending you on too many errands or something? * Takeo frowns. "Errands?" He gestures towards the bed. "Take a look, idiot! She hasn't been anywhere in years." I'm too busy with my own issues. That's why we haven't met yet. I don't have time to kill you. What? Why!? Why?! You have to ask?! * Katie groans. "" * Satoshi looks at the comatose Meimi. "This isn't funny, Meimi. And I *know* you can hear me." * Katie switches to Japanese. "Yes, we have to ask." And, yes, we have to ask. When somebody says they're going to kill you, we usually want to know why. * Takeo glares directly at Katie. "Do you think we're just going to sit idly while you snuff out our existance?!" Snuff out your- what are you *talking* about? I'll NEVER let that happen! Yes I have to ask! This is the second, maybe third time I've ever seen her. So I've got no idea why you should kill me. Look, I don't want to kill anybody! I don't know what you're talking about. Who said we wanted to do *that*? * Takeo clenches a fist. "The hell you do." We want to *help* Meimi, dammit! But not now. I don't want to fight you here. Get the hell out of my way. * Taki moves out of the doorway. "I still don't understand." * Takeo moves towards the exit, looking like he'll walk right over you if he has to. Explain. * Satoshi folds his arms. * Katie swallows nervously and reaches a hand into her satchel. * Takeo glares at Satoshi. "And what's wrong with you?!" He gestures at Katie. "Don't you know who she IS?!" * Satoshi puts a hand to his head. "Oh, geez, not this again." She *isn't.* Get out of my way. I won't ask a third time. * Katie waves a hand for Satoshi to be quiet. She looks up at Takeo and says softly, "Who am I?" * Satoshi opens his mouth, then catches Katie's gesture and closes it. Right, like that's going to work. * Katie shakes her head. "No, really, I want to know who you think I am." Either you want to kill Katie Andrews or the Page of Swords. Outside of that, I don't know why you'd want to kill me. * Takeo smirks. "Page of Swords. Do you take me for an idiot?! I already KNOW who you are! You won't be able to fool me." Yes, Page of Swords. I've drawn from tarot decks plenty of times, and all I've gotten was the Page of Swords. * Takeo growls. "Enough! Move, or by God I'll kill you here and now, no matter how powerful you think you are!" * Satoshi blinks a few times. "Field." Uhm...just out of curiosity...how do you know diffrent? Is there some other way to find out what card s...what? * Katie nods, closing her eyes. * Satoshi looks at Takeo. "Okay, fine." He moves out of the way. "Go." Satoshi said someone put up a field. I believe him. * Takeo makes his way out, but stops just after he gets outside. Oh...wonderfull. You think you're so great, but I've got news for you. * Katie opens her eyes and looks up at Takeo, almost giving the impression that she's looking through him. "I still don't know why you'd want to kill me. And I never thought that." We're not like the other people you've taken. We're united. And one of these days, we'll come back and destroy you instead. * Takeo leaves! * Satoshi sighs. "And he used to be such a nice boy." Field's down, by the way. * Katie watches him leave. "I think that was the person Takeo was based on. I have to wonder if his name really is Takeo, though I think it is. He didn't deny it." That's some good news... The real Takeo, then? Yeah, the real Takeo. * Katie shakes her head and walks over to Meimi's dresser, setting the bouquet there. "Not what I came here for, anyway. I'm so tired of people talking about killing me." * Satoshi nods. "Me too." ( People: "We're sorry" ;_; ) (Just don't do it again!) ( Sure you are. Vind!) One of these days we'll find out why, and then we can put a stop to it. Mmm. They think I'm Judgement. ( Argh! You'll pay for this, Captain Andrews! ;_; ) You're *not.* * Katie grabs a chair and drags it over to Meimi's side. [Meimi doesn't object.] We don't know for sure, Satoshi. But either way, I'm not about to let them kill me. That makes two of us. I'm not going to let any of us get killed. * Taki looks at Meimi and holds up her flower, "I don't suppose you've got an idea of where I should put this, or an explination of what that was all about would you?" [Meimi doesn't offer any suggestions or explanations.] * Satoshi looks at the bed. "Dammit, Meimi, we *do* want to help you." * Taki shakes her head, "I didn't think so." ::puts it down on a handy table:: The Meimi that hung out with us was really nice, and I thought we'd be good friends. * Katie takes a seat on the chair. She looks over at Satoshi and nods, then presses her hand against one of Meimi's still ones. "Sorry about the standoff when we got here, Meimi. I just came here to say hi, see how you were doing." I don't really know... well, I don't really know what you're thinking or anything, but I do know that you're probably lonely. It's never fun being alone. And I remember talking to the illusion of you, and liking her. If you really are like her, well... I can't help but like you, too. So, if you don't mind, I think I'm going to start visiting regularly. * Katie smiles slightly, seeming to forget Taki and Satoshi are even there. "No illusions, just me and you. Unless you want to talk to me through illusions. That's fine, too." * Satoshi keeps quiet, sensing that he'd somehow be intruding. I'm still angry about what you did to me, and I'd like it if you don't do it again. Lies are never easy to handle, and... sometimes I have a harder time handling them than most people. But I do care about you, Meimi, and if you want, I'd like to be your friend. For what it's worth. I can't bring flowers every time, though. Can't afford it. * Katie squeezes Meimi's hand. "So. I'll see you later, all right? Try to get better." * Katie stands and looks over at Taki and Satoshi. Um... there's something I'd like to say to her. In private, if that's okay? That's allright with me, gives me more time to get my thoughts sorted out. * Katie nods. "It's fine. I'll wait outside." She walks out and does that. * Taki follows Katie out the door. Thanks. * Satoshi sits in the chair Katie vacated. Meimi... I'm still pretty pissed about the whole Taki thing, y'know. ( Satoshi: "I don't really have anything to say, but my feet were killing me." ) But on the other hand... I think things are gonna work out okay... (*laughs*) (*giggles*) (heh) ...and I don't think I ever would have thought to look for it if you hadn't shown it to me in the first place. So... thanks. * Satoshi smiles a little. "And next time, I'll bring you flowers." * Satoshi stands up. "Um... later, I guess." * Satoshi walks out of the room, rejoining Katie and Taki. Hmm, guess it's my turn...::sighs:: You can come in or stay out here, it doesn't matter to me. * Katie waves Taki in. "Go ahead." * Satoshi nods. * Taki walks into the room and takes the chair. I'm not sure what to say to you. You've met me, but I don't remember meeting you. I wonder if we met back before...and if we did...did the boring quiet little girl you met suddenly turn back into a hyper one like I did? Or did we meet after and the illusion of me was allways like that? Anyway, I hope you get better soon, because I'd like to re-introduce myself to you. From what I've heard we'd be good friends. So until then I'll come visit you with Katie. And I think that's everything I want to say...Yep, want to meet you...meet the other me, and have lots of fun. * Taki stands, "Pleasant dreams Meimi." ::and walks out the door:: [Session End]