[21:31] [Day: Tuesday. Time: 8:00 P.M.] [21:31] [MC is in the clubroom. whatever.] [21:31] [Session start] [21:32] Whoa. Deja vu. [21:32] * Shigeru slumps in his seat, somehow looking both worse and better than ever. [21:32] Hey, it's Sai! [21:33] * Mei-Yin walks in bearing her customary stack of lunches. [21:33] * Norii ruffles Shiggy's hair absent-mindedly. [21:33] Hello, Shigeru. [21:33] * Sai waves. "Hi. Is Shigeru alright?" [21:33] * Shigeru bats Norii's hand away absent-mindedly. [21:33] * Mei-Yin takes a seat next to Shigeru. [21:33] * Chelsea enters, looks to see who's in the room, and walks over to sit next to Shig, not saying anything. [21:33] * Shigeru blinks. "Hey Mei." [21:34] * Mei-Yin offers Shigeru a lunch. [21:34] * Shigeru smiles at her and takes it. "Thanks." [21:35] * Sai looks at Shigeru. "You okay?" [21:35] * Mei-Yin gives Shigeru a hug. [21:36] I'll be fine. [21:36] Wozzat? [21:36] * Norii point at Mei-Yin. [21:37] * Chelsea shakes her head. [21:37] Ah, this is Mei-Yin. She's been with us for the past week or so. Got some curse that keeps people from remembering or noticing her. [21:37] Uh-huh. [21:37] Interesting. [21:38] * Shigeru shrugs and opens his lunch. "It's the truth." [21:39] ... [21:39] * Shigeru glances at Eoi and sighs, then starts eating the lunch. [21:39] * Mei-Yin passes Eoi a lunch. [21:40] If you say so. So, Sai, hanging out with us, huh? [21:40] * Mei-Yin stands up and sets down a lunch in front of each person present, and then sits back down with the last one. [21:40] Seems that way. [21:40] * Norii eats the lunch. [21:40] * Chelsea absently eats her food. [21:41] ( Surprise, they are tasty and good! ) [21:41] Yum. You know, if Shiggy weren't so positive about her, I'd lay money on Mei being a demon sent to defeat us by making us fat. [21:42] * Sai thanks Mei, and eats. [21:42] Sorry. It's been that sort of school year. [21:42] * Shigeru keeps eating. "Tell me about it." [21:43] * Sai frowns. [21:43] I understand. [21:43] * Eoi looks towards the others. " ... I saw something interesting on the news yesterday." [21:44] Oh? [21:46] There were some political debates on. Nothing special, just some random political blabbering... then I spotted Quentin. [21:46] * Shigeru drops his chopsticks. [21:46] Oh my. [21:46] Who is this Quentin you all keep talking about? [21:46] * Chelsea looks up. "I beg your pardon?" [21:46] He's... um... [21:46] He waved the press away from Hiro Minakawa. [21:47] * Shigeru picks his chopsticks back up, but has some trouble due to his shaking hands. [21:47] Quentin? Who's that? [21:47] From who? [21:47] Hiro Minakawa. He's running for congress. [21:48] * Shigeru nods and finishes off his food. [21:48] Ah. And he's apparently chummy with Quentin. [21:49] * Eoi nods. "... One other thing... this may be nothing.." [21:49] * Shigeru pulls out his laptop and boots it up. [21:49] He's big anti-crime. [21:49] Er...I think I'm missing something. Who's this Quentin person? [21:50] (AFK for one sec.) [21:50] * Mei-Yin watches Shigeru's actions over his shoulder. [21:50] * Eoi looks directly at Shigeru. "Funny little news story. A large amount of mustard was found in an alley. Just.. lying there. " [21:51] About ten gallons worth. Funny story, huh. [21:51] ( Mustard. The ectoplasm of a new generation. ) [21:51] Quentin is a person in charge of, amongst other things, a project whose aim is to create loyal soldiers with psychic capabilities. [21:51] I'm not entirely sure mister Minakawa plans to decrease crime while simultaneously reducing the number of the police, but his main philosophy is that of 'quality over quantity.' [21:51] * Mei-Yin blinks. [21:52] Ah. That'd explain it, then. [21:52] ...I see. [21:52] Gesundheit? [21:52] (Back.) [21:52] What kind of psychic capabilities? [21:52] * Shigeru stares at Eoi. "Mustard... in an alley?" [21:52] * Eoi nods. [21:53] * Shigeru sighs and closes his eyes. [21:53] Looks like that voice told the truth. [21:53] ... They were Shigeru Mei. Shigeru clones. [21:53] * Chelsea nods. [21:53] ... [21:53] ...clones? [21:53] You mean... telepathic? [21:53] Yes. [21:53] And yes. [21:54] * Eoi shrugs. "Seems like it." [21:54] ...So if these two men are closely associated... [21:54] One has to wonder how many of Shigeru's powers they have... [21:54] Clones...of Shigeru...and he can...damn. [21:54] They could be trying to institute thought police? [21:54] Psychic police. Wouldn't that be lovely. [21:54] * Shigeru shakes his head and starts pulling up information on Hiro Minakawa. [21:54] Psychic Police who could destroy your soul. [21:55] ... [21:55] ( Wow! It'd be just like Harry Potter! :P ) [21:56] * Demota ( tosses a cloak over Shigeru ) [21:56] * Shigeru frowns slightly as he scrolls down a website. "'S interesting." [21:57] *** Brett sets mode: +v Sai [21:57] * Chelsea looks over Shigeru's shoulder. "Mmm?" [21:58] His slogan's 'Quality over Quantity'. Claims to be able to put less funding into the police *and* reduce crime at the same time. [21:58] [Chelsea sees what looks like a boring website of a candidate for congress, but Shig's reading and scrolling much too fast for Chelsea to understand :P] [21:58] * Mei-Yin sniffs. [21:58] Not hard to see how he'll do that if he and Q-man are linked. [21:58] * Shigeru skims the website some more. "Says that he'll do it by hiring less officers and giving them better training." [21:59] No kidding. [21:59] (What, Chelsea's a slow reader all of a sudden? :P) [21:59] ( For convenience purposes :P ) [21:59] (Oh, well then. ;P) [21:59] ( It's all political mumbo jumbo. ) [21:59] (It's unnerving when you're reading over someone's shoulder and they're controlling the scrollbar. Trust me.) [22:00] ( Reember how Shiori could only decipher it in GCI? :P ) [22:00] ( Yeah, yeah. ;P ) [22:01] * Shigeru considers, then starts looking up Minakawa's background. [22:02] * Mei-Yin pulls out her computer and starts it booting. [22:02] * Chelsea looks away from the screen. "So. Anyone want to pay a visit to Minakawa campaign headquarters?" [22:02] Sounds like an idea to me. [22:02] If you're going to go looking anywhere less than legal, Shigeru, let me help. [22:02] * Shigeru grins. "Chelsea had an interesting idea. Minakawa headquarters?" [22:03] * Norii grimaces. [22:03] Remember the last time we went breaking and entering? [22:03] * Chelsea chuckles. [22:03] Yeah, we forgot to knock. [22:03] * Shigeru looks over at Mei-Yin. "How about it?" [22:04] Or maybe we should try to see where he is going next? [22:04] I'm in. [22:04] Y'know. His next speech or whatever. [22:04] I'm obviously missing a joke here, but I won't bother you for an explanation. [22:05] Don't worry Sai, I don't get it either. [22:05] * Shigeru nods as he looks for the Minakawa database. [22:05] As soon as the thought police are a reality, freedom of the press will be on its way out. [22:05] On its way? It'd be gone. [22:05] * Mei-Yin boots up and tags along on Shigeru's connection. [22:05] The idea of psychic soul-destroying policemen under Q-man's control bugs me too. [22:05] * Sai shudders. [22:06] Agreed, but how do we go about opposing it? [22:06] Well, busting into his headquarters might not be the best of ideas. [22:07] It's sure to be watched, especially because Q-man is involved in this. This could very well be a trap. [22:07] I mean, poking our noses in at the his HQ is unlikely to give us any useful information. [22:07] ( Who said there was freedom of the press in Japan? :P ) [22:07] If this Minakawa guy isn't himself being controlled, being in charge of psychic police would do wonders for any political ambitions he may have. Although I wouldn't put money on him not being controlled. [22:07] Hm. [22:07] Q-man has been careful before. I doubt he'd be stupid enough to let himself get caught on the news like that unless it worked into his plans. [22:08] * Chelsea rolls her eyes. "Alright, then, Norii, what would you have us do instead?" [22:09] Shall we throw daggers at a map of Japan to guess at the location of Quentin's base of operations? Or maybe find his home and break into that instead? [22:09] * Shigeru sighs. "It's not connected to the 'net. For such a boring guy, that's pretty clever." [22:09] How vexing. [22:10] * Eoi shrugs. "Find out where he gives his next speech and follow him?" [22:10] That might work. [22:10] Extremely so. I got his home and office addresses, though. [22:10] Well, I don't know. We're a bunch of college students. Quentin's probably got military ties. The only thing we could do to hinder him is physically harm him, or expose him to the media. [22:10] Quentin definitely has military ties. [22:11] As much as I hate to say it, the media will likely be no help. [22:11] I'd rather not get into straight assassination... and we'd need something really impossibly convincing to expose this. [22:11] * Shigeru mutters something about his parents working for the government and starts looking up Hiro Minakawa's campaigning schedule. [22:12] Like I said, each of these plans has a problem. If we try to tail him, we're gonna need some way to keep up with him. If we try to break into his headquarters, it's very probably a trap. [22:12] Minakawa's touring Hokkaido right now. [22:14] Okay. Shall we go to Hokkaido and see what we can learn about the guy? [22:14] Not unless we want to miss something like a week of school. [22:14] Heh. [22:15] * Shigeru considers. "Hey, Mei. Y'interested in trying to break into the most secure files I've seen anywhere?" [22:15] Hmm. Shiggy, do you think you'd be able to tell if someone was being mentally controlled? [22:15] ( Be right back. ) [22:15] Hm? Oh, maybe. Depeneds on how subtle they're being. [22:16] I'm always up for a challenge. [22:16] * Chelsea nods and thinks about that some. [22:16] ( Nano-machines. It's always nano-machines :P ) [22:16] Look, we don't need to break into the guy's headquarters. Surely they would give some enthusiastic student supporters a tour. [22:16] It's a challenge, trust me. Run interference for me, yeah? [22:16] * Sai looks at the ceiling, pondering...something. [22:17] No prob. [22:17] * Shigeru starts to try to get into the Project S website once again. [22:17] * Mei-Yin piggybacks along Shigeru's connection, running interference on anything that tries to trace and/or sever his connection. [22:19] And Shiggy could poke around in a few heads while we're there, and we could ask a couple interns out to dinner and pump them for information off-site. [22:19] We'd probably get more than with a smash-and-grab. [22:20] Okay. What if Quentin is with this fellow again? [22:20] ( I'm back. ) [22:21] Then we're in trouble. [22:21] * Shigeru curses under his breath and tries to remember the other site he couldn't get into. [22:22] Then our "visit" provokes a response. But if the Quentin was with this guy on the broadcast Eoi saw, so with the candidate out of town... [22:23] I'd rather not provoke a response that deep in enemy territory. It'd not for the best at all. [22:23] * Shigeru considers, then tries finding more information on his parents. [22:23] What I don't get is why he hasn't just clobbered us already. [22:24] Either he doesn't think of us as a threat.. [22:24] or we're working into his plan. [22:24] Pawns again. [22:24] Both possibilities, Eoi. [22:25] And even if Q-man isn't there.. I know he wouldn't be stupid enough to leave a base of operations unwatched. [22:25] * Shigeru starts hacking into the military network while muttering, "I'm going to fucking shoot whoever wrote the code for Project S..." [22:26] Calm down, Shigeru. [22:26] We'll get in eventually. [22:26] Yeah, yeah. But it's... [22:26] * Shigeru sighs. [22:26] Normally we could probably have Mei here just waltz in and take anything that isn't nailed down. But if they have S-types there it could go poorly. [22:27] ...that's true. [22:27] Shiggy, can you detect the S-types? Or can they hide? [22:28] If they're as powerful as me? I don't know if I'd be able to sense them. Got this mental block, y'know? [22:28] I didn't have that problem with the ones on the ship. [22:28] * Shigeru goes back to cursing as he glares at his computer. [22:30] [The computer does not respond to Shig's glare. It must be mocking him.] [22:30] (Yes, it must.) [22:31] * Shigeru sighs and keeps trying various things. "You guys have a plan? Because I'm really off, or my luck is terrible today." [22:32] * Chelsea hums. "Now, if we, as a pack of 'enthusiastic student supporters', acted as a front to get Mei inside the building, that might work. If there were only one or two S-types, or better yet none at all, we could distract them and let Mei do her thing. But we'd need to work out some details before trying it." [22:34] Again, this plan goes to hell if Q-man or one of his faceless goons are there. [22:34] Yup. [22:34] There is that problem, too. [22:35] Even worse, this could be really dangerous for Mei. If she goes in, and runs into a S-type.. well, that would just go badly. [22:35] His office is one of those nameless ones in a fifty-story skyscraper. [22:35] We could take the risk I suppose.. but it's mainly up to Mei, as she's the one who'd be doing the dirty work. [22:35] I... [22:35] I don't suppose following photos or tape of Minakawa's campaign trail could tell us if Quentin was going around with him or just hanging back here? [22:36] I doubt it, unless Quentin gets himself caught on camera again. [22:36] I just don't think there's going to be that many interesting documents around the campaign HQ. [22:36] * Chelsea shrugs. "That might not have been the only time it happened." [22:37] I doubt that their document server would be there, either. [22:37] Especially since they were smart enough to have it completely disconnected from the net. [22:37] I'm afraid I have to agree with Norii here. You'd don't leave plots to create psychic soul-destroying police around your home office. You keep those locked up in a file cabnit in the third sub-basement of your evil lair. [22:37] Well, yeah. [22:37] But where do we look, then? [22:37] What the *people* at the HQ know and think might be of some use, but... [22:38] * Shigeru blinks, then breaks out into a triumphant grin. "At least it's something." [22:38] You got through? [22:38] Not into Project S. Or into the military, for that matter. But I got into that one guarded website about the Nakatomi Incident. [22:39] Again, that is a catch-22 Norii. If we encounter someone who knows something of worth, they've probably been warned to watch out for us. [22:39] Nakatomi incident? [22:39] Yeah. Quentin mentioned it back when we were on the boat. [22:40] * Chelsea looks over Shig's shoulder again. "What'dja find, Shiggy?" [22:40] * Shigeru skims. "Officially, the Nakatomi Corporation moved to Hong Kong to escape bankrupcy. You know it's not *that* boring..." [22:40] Naturally. [22:41] Of course not. [22:41] In reality, they were furthering Dairoba's work. Remember when we visited that building? [22:41] Yes. [22:41] The company that could make me normal. [22:41] If only they hadn't exploded. [22:41] They tried to make a one of the artificial supernaturals a living bomb. [22:42] ... [22:42] ... [22:42] I'm sure we can all guess what happened next. [22:42] ... [22:42] I would guess that it does what all bombs do. [22:42] * Eoi cups his hands together, then pushes them apart. "Ka-boom." [22:42] And somehow, Quentin managed to cover it up as bankruptcy. [22:42] Yeah. Big surprise there. [22:43] Money owns the press. [22:43] Quentin is a slippery fellow, alright. [22:43] * Shigeru nods and goes back to typing. [22:44] * Shigeru snickers. "And it looks like Quentin changed his name to 'Deleted'." [22:44] How imaginative. [22:45] Heh. [22:45] * Shigeru runs his hand through his hair. [22:45] I'm not sure what to try next. Everything points at Project S, and I can't get in. [22:46] Well, can't you just try again? Or would you rather wait before giving it another shot? [22:47] Probably wait. Even with Mei running interference, I managed to botch it up so badly that if I were to screw up again, they'd put two and two together. And then I'd have to wait longer. [22:48] * Chelsea nods. [22:48] * Shigeru sighs and leans back. "So. Any ideas?" [22:49] No, I think we've managed to establish that just about everything we can do is either futile or trapped. [22:49] Hm, sounds pretty normal. [22:50] I don't like this situation. Not at all. [22:50] ( Guys, I'm gonna go afk for a couple minutes. Need to start some tea. ) [22:50] I don't blame you. [22:50] * Shigeru smiles bitterly. "Welcome to my world." [22:51] * Chelsea chuckles. "Well if those are our choices, trapped sounds like the better option. We at least get something for our efforts that way." [22:51] Yeah. Killed. [22:51] Although naturally I'd prefer an option that was neither. [22:51] There has to be something ELSE we can do. Start a smear campaign on this Hiro guy or something? [22:52] We don't have the pull. [22:52] How? He hasn't done a single interesting thing in his whole damn life. The most amazing thing the guy did is catch a baseball at some American stadium. [22:53] ( Your GM at his laziest, folkes :P ) [22:53] ... Are you sure he's not a robot? [22:53] No one in politics has a life that dull. Is he a fake identity? [22:53] Maybe he's a robot made by Q-man. That would eliminate the whole middleman. [22:54] Actually, if Quentin really wanted a front he'd have genetically engineered somebody to do it for him. [22:54] Maybe that is what he WANTS us to think. [22:55] Nah, it'd be cheaper to just buy someone. [22:55] Yes, but if he buys someone, there is a chance of problems. [22:56] With a robot he can control, there are no problems! .. unless it short circuts, but they probably have some way to avoid that. [22:56] I can't say Quentin strikes me as a perfectionist... [22:56] Maybe you could hack into the guy and have him mess himself up. Y'know, if he really is a robot. [22:56] If he really is? Sure, Eoi. I'll do that. [22:57] Good. [22:57] Norii smiles, then tries to hide it. [22:57] * Norii whatever. [22:57] * Chelsea chuckles. [22:58] * Shigeru drums his fingers on the keypad. "Well, I've got his office address and his home address. If Quentin's touring with Hiro, he shouldn't be around." [22:59] Maybe we'll luck out and the secret nerve center of his operations will be in his basement, or something. [22:59] * Chelsea chuckles at that. [23:00] I doubt it, but it may be worth a try. [23:00] This is going to end badly. [23:00] This Quentin fellow strikes me as very savvy. [23:00] It is not worth a try. [23:00] What, Eoi, like that's a surprise? [23:01] I mean worse then usual. I just get a bad feeling about this. [23:01] Me too. [23:01] Ah. [23:01] Then don't do it. [23:02] * Shigeru nods. "Much as I want to kick Quentin's ass, I don't want any of us getting killed over it." [23:02] Sorry, even if I think it's a bad idea, I couldn't just sit back while Q-man unleashes soul-destroying psychic policemen. [23:02] * Shigeru frowns slightly and considers. [23:02] I'm not saying to give up. [23:02] * Chelsea reclines in her seat some, folding her arms in front of her chest. "Really, we don't have enough information to do much of anything in this situation." [23:02] Y'know, I don't know if Quentin even realizes they can destroy souls. [23:03] ... He might not. I wonder how long it will take him to figure it out. [23:03] ... Probably a while. [23:03] * Chelsea thinks about that. [23:03] (BRB) [23:03] Exactly, Chel. We just found out about this connection. Before we try anything drastic, we should at least try less-risky methods. [23:04] * Shigeru shrugs and says quietly, "Traumatic experience. Self-defense mechanism." [23:04] Maybe we should go out for a movie. That always makes something happen. Maybe it'll be something helpful. [23:04] * Norii sticks out her tounge at Eoi. [23:04] * Mei-Yin laughs. [23:05] Oh, all right. But no pizza tonight - I've had too much recently. [23:05] You can never have too much pizza. [23:05] * Eoi nods sagely. [23:05] * Sai looks off into space. "We'd always just watch TV in the burger place...somehow that always worked..." [23:05] * Eoi stares at Sai. "... Guh?" [23:06] * Sai gives a start. "Huh?" [23:06] * Shigeru blinks at Sai. "Burger place?" [23:06] ( Pity you weren't there tonight. They had one hell of a show :P ) [23:06] ( I thought Ricky Rat's was a pizza place. ^^; ) [23:06] * Sai waves his hands in front of him. "Nothing, nothing." [23:07] You know a good Burger place? Let's go there then. [23:07] ( afk ) [23:07] (Back.) [23:07] I wouldn't call it 'good'... [23:07] Hey, it'd be a nice change! [23:07] Anyway, nevermind. Forget I mentioned it. [23:08] * Chelsea chuckles. "Hey, any information would be good information. 'Sides, we learned about that hot springs at a burger place." [23:08] Come on. Tell us the places name. [23:08] Oh yeah, we did. Come on Sai, tell us! [23:08] * Sai looks at the ground. "The Ricky Rats, near our school." [23:08] It was Ricky Rat's where... [23:08] 'our' school? [23:08] ... [23:08] As in, you and who? [23:08] Well cool. How about we go there then. [23:08] Well, there you go, I guess. [23:09] Me, and Saki, and...*pained expression*the other guys. [23:09] We've been there already. [23:09] We've been there? Oh yeah. [23:10] .. Well, that place was ok I guess. If we don't wanna go for pizza, maybe we can go and do that. [23:10] * Shigeru shrugs and puts his computer away, since it isn't doing any good. [23:10] ...fine. [23:11] ( Why did I open my big fat mouth? ) [23:11] ( There ya go, Brett. You can get us to the Ricky Rats. :P ) [23:12] ( If he has time to do what he originally planned. ) [23:12] ( Wai. Let's see if you guys can stay awake long enough. ) [23:13] (I have orange soda on my side. :9) [23:13] ( I have Earl Grey on my side. ) [23:13] ( Earl Grey outranks your puny orange soda. ) [23:13] ( I have nothing on my side. ((_; ) [23:13] (I'm sure it does. If I drank that, I'd be unable to sleep for days on end.) [23:13] ( /me dumps a pot of coffee down Atom's pants. ) [23:13] ( I have hot chocolate on my side. ) [23:14] ( I have coca-cola on my side. It has less class than Earl Grey, but by golly, it gets the job done!) [23:14] *** Demota is now known as DemoGaming [23:14] * Shigeru stands. "So, lead the way." [23:14] [And off they went to Ricky Rats. Time: 9:00 P.M.] [23:15] Oh yeah, you weren't there when we tracked down Saki. [23:15] ( Sorry, my cold meds are putting me to sleep. ) [23:15] Nope. [23:15] ( I'll try to hang on. ) [23:17] * Sai looks very uncomfortable. His shoulders are slumped, he doesn't look up much, and is generally completely drawn in on himself. [23:17] So what's with this place? [23:18] * Eoi looks over the menu. "Mmm. Hamburger. Is it tasty?" [23:18] Depends on how you mean the question. [23:18] * Shigeru glances at the question, then picks up his menu and takes a look. [23:18] [The TV's playing an old Clint Eastwood movie. Clint points a .44 at a guy. "'Bout time you showed up, punk."] [23:19] Well, Sai looks... pained to be here, and it sounds like a few of you were here before. [23:19] (Question -> Sai. That was really weird.) [23:19] Oooh, I love this movie. [23:19] Hrm? [23:19] .. That man looks familar. [23:19] ( Huh? ) [23:19] Didn't that weird voice turn into him on the screen yesterday? [23:19] (Typo of mine.) [23:19] Yeah. [23:19] Clint Eastwood is so cool! [23:19] Mighty big gun he has there. [23:20] * Shigeru looks up at the screen. "It did? I don't remember." [23:20] [Clint: "This will teach you to interfere the GM." *blam*] [23:20] ( c.c; ) [23:20] ( o_o; ) [23:20] ( ((_0 ) [23:20] [A man comes running out. "Callahan, you've saved General Motors!"] [23:20] Eh, min'e bigger. [23:20] ( ... Urge to kill rising. ) [23:20] ( .... Urge to facefault, rising even more. ) [23:21] I think. [23:21] ( XD ) [23:21] ( is not a valid number Brett. [23:21] ( ::falls over:: ) [23:21] ( ... Shaddup, Dicey. ) [23:21] ... Who the hell wants to save General Motors? They suck. [23:22] * Shigeru snickers and goes back to reading the menu. [23:22] * Sai glances up at the TV once, then resumes his downward gaze. [23:22] [The menu is full of McDonald's ripoffs. [23:22] ] [23:22] * Norii burgers. [23:23] I'll have a Little Joe and a Dr Pibb. [23:23] (.... that would be a weird thing to see on TV. @_@ ) [23:23] [Clerk: "Um... Dr. Pibb?"] [23:23] ( I thought it was Dr. Pepsi? ) [23:23] Hmm. This is different from McDonald's. Instead of a shake, they have a "softie", and instead of McNuggets, they have "Rat Droppings." ... they really need to change that name. [23:24] ( ... ) [23:24] Definitely. I'll just get fries. Fries are always fries. [23:24] [A ceiling tile falls on Eoi] [23:24] I'll just have a Dr. Pepsi, thanks. [23:24] Ow. [23:24] ( Hey, that was actually ON the Rickie Rat's menu I made up. ) [23:24] [The clerk takes orders and gets food.] [23:24] ( Yeah, well, not here :P ) [23:25] * Shigeru idly munches fries while watching the television. [23:25] You know, I really need to watch out for those ceiling tiles. They keep falling on me. [23:25] * Sai quietly orders a burger. [23:25] * Eoi munches on the burger he ordered. [23:25] [TV: After the credits roll, the news comes on. "Police remain baffled by the ten gallons of mustard mysteriously found in an alley."] [23:25] Wonder why. [23:26] I will say again, that bodes poorly. [23:26] What, the mustard? [23:26] Yes, the mustard. [23:26] * Shigeru shrugs. "Easy enough explaination." [23:26] * Chelsea chuckles and shakes her head. [23:27] Isn't it the nature of those creatures that you never get quite what you thought you asked for? [23:27] Remember what happened with the voice yesterday. That guys so.. uh.. your wish was granted. With mustard. [23:27] * Eoi looks uneasy. [23:27] * Shigeru looks over at Eoi. "It... happened in that alley. Nine years ago." [23:27] [TV: "Experts hypothisize that a truck carrying mustard somehow crashed here." A diagram pops up, looking like it was drawn in crayon. It indicates with labels: "Truck" "Crashed here" "Mustard goes flying; covers alley" "truck rolls through alley, across street, hops over building, continues rolling, falls in river, floats out to sea."] [23:28] ... [23:28] O_O [23:28] * Shigeru blinks at the television. "Shit!" [23:28] That is some of the shoddiest reporting I have ever seen. [23:28] ... Even I know that shouldn't have happened. [23:28] * Sai looks up at the TV again, and twitches. [23:28] Well. It's nice to see such competence from police investicators. [23:28] I mean, honestly. Even I wouldn't be stupid enough to believe that. [23:29] ( Hee.... ) [23:29] [TV: "Police have yet to find this truck, however. Experts believe it floated as far as Hawaii by now."] [23:29] ... [23:29] ... [23:29] ... [23:29] ... [23:29] ( ... .@@; ) [23:29] I feel the urge to weep. [23:29] ...hasn't changed at all. [23:29] I feel the urge to drop my journalism minor. [23:30] So, am I the only one getting the feeling this guy is going to come back for revenge? [23:30] [TV: "In other news, there are no leads to the mysterious mass killing in downtown Tokyo two weeks ago."] [23:30] ( ...mass killing? ) [23:30] ( Which mysterious mass killing was that again? ) [23:30] ( Or is this new? ) [23:30] If he comes back for revenge, I'll deal with him. [23:30] ( Geez. No WONDER that guy wants to cut police funding ) [23:30] * Eoi looks hard at Shigeru. "... The same way you did before?" [23:31] * Shigeru glares at Eoi. "Not if I can help it." [23:31] * Mei-Yin GLARES at Eoi. [23:31] But it's my fault, and it's my problem. [23:31] * Mei-Yin reaches across the table and slaps Eoi upside the head. [23:31] Ow. [23:31] [TV: "A woman, apparently gone mad, began murdering citizens of downtown Tokyo. She was eventually stopped, carved into pieces by this boy: Andrew Fort" *Andrew's pic pops up*] [23:31] * Eoi glares at Mei-Yin. "... I think this was a reasonab... THE HELL?" [23:32] Shigeru wouldn't do that, not after we went to all that trouble to bring back his soul. [23:32] * Chelsea glares at Eoi, then is distracted by the television. [23:32] * Mei-Yin blinks at the screen. [23:32] * Shigeru gapes. [23:32] Hey, isn't that where I met you guys, and that freaky lady destroyed my camera? [23:32] [TV: "Andrew was found dead at the scene with the woman and several other innocents, with two Western blades on his person. He evidently died while fighting."] [23:32] ... Well. [23:33] ( Hey! They're giving him credit for my fatality. ;_; ) [23:33] ( Yay. Andrew's a hero now. Or something. ) [23:33] Quite. [23:33] Yeah. That... is. [23:33] That was.. unexpected. [23:33] * Chelsea frowns. [23:33] Well, I suppose that makes the most sense, given the evidence they had to work with. [23:33] [TV: "Police are curious as to Andrew's appearance, however; he was believed dead, killed in a fire in the Fort household two months ago."] [23:34] [TV: "Furthermore, his weapons were clean of blood."] [23:34] * Sai looks up. "You guys...were there?" [23:34] * Eoi nods. [23:34] Yeah. [23:34] We knew that guy. He was the brother of a friend of ours. [23:34] He did something stupid and got killed. Funny how they're giving him credit for stopping her. [23:34] [TV: "Officer Jenkins said this of the case:" Jenkins: "I dunno."] [23:35] ...we'd probably be safer with no police. [23:35] ... Man, I could do better reporting then these guys. [23:35] Brilliant. No wonder those guys don't have squat on Quentin. [23:35] ...what really happened? [23:35] [TV: "Police are currently trying to find out the real identities of the three burned bodies found in the Fort home two months ago." [23:35] ] [23:35] ... [23:36] * Chelsea shrugs and says matter-of-factly, "The woman attacked Shigeru and we killed her." [23:36] ( They'll never figure it out. ) [23:36] And Shigeru saved me! [23:36] ( Hell no :P ) [23:36] * Mei-Yin hugs Shigeru. [23:36] * Chelsea rolls her eyes. [23:36] Uh. [23:36] Wait, wait wait. What's this about the Forts? [23:36] * Shigeru sighs. "Nah, I didn't save her. Eoi, Chelsea, Miyu... they did all the work." [23:36] * Sai resumes his study of the table. [23:37] Norii, too. [23:37] * Shigeru grins at Norii, then looks back up at the screen. [23:37] ( Hikaru: Dammit, I rip somebody's head off and they don't even remember! ) [23:37] [TV: "Police theorize that Andrew may not have been the only survivor." *a woman's picture pops up*. "The three bodies were all male. Missing from the Fort family is Sarah Fort, Andrew's mother."] [23:37] (Do you really want me to drag Hikaru into this? ;P) [23:37] ( Shoulda stayed in the club then. ) [23:38] Of course. Andrew mentioned she's still alive. [23:38] Oh good. That means she's still out there too. Do we REALLY have to go looking for her? [23:38] [TV: "However, her wearabouts and condition are unknown, as only one person claims to have had contact with her since then."] [23:38] * Eoi blinks. [23:39] Who the hell had contact with her I wonder. [23:39] Maybe the television will be kind enough to tell us. [23:39] I just hope it wasn't Miyu. [23:39] [TV: *scene cut to a man sitting in a chair. At the bottom of the screen appears. "Christopher Lyte. Old Friend of Sarah Fort's"] [23:39] ...oh, okay. I thought it would be someone we knew. [23:39] * Chelsea raises an eyebrow. [23:40] * Shigeru whistles and pulls out his laptop. [23:40] Do we REALLY have to go find her? I bet she's scary. Plus that means we gotta tell Miyu. And that means there will be a little SmorfyFort running around. [23:40] What? Who is it? [23:40] [Chris: "Like I said, I'm not sure. I saw a gaijin woman coming from a grocery store. She looked like Sarah. But she didn't respond to me."] [23:41] Eoi, we don't have to find her. But is sounds like there was more weird shit going down with the Forts than even we guessed. [23:41] ( A guy named Christopher is talking about gaijin? :P ) [23:41] We did tell Miyu we'd find out. [23:41] No, we didn't. [23:41] [TV: *cuts back to reporter* "When asked how he knew Sarah, Christopher reported that they were in the same club in college. He declined to give the name of the club, and as such it remains a mystery."] [23:41] ( /me snerks. ) [23:41] I didn't, anyway... oh, shit. [23:41] ( /me groans. ) [23:42] ( ... ) [23:42] Oh, no. He didn't just- oh, hell. [23:42] * Mei-Yin quirks an eyebrow. [23:42] Did you guys just hear what I heard? [23:42] * Eoi sighs. [23:42] * Shigeru boots up and starts digging around in his Mystery Club files. [23:42] * Norii pounds her head on the table. [23:42] Indeed I did. [23:42] So, old Mystery Club members. [23:42] [TV: "Coming up next,'Can a ketchup bath help prevent Chicken Pox?'] [23:42] * Eoi resists the urge to follow Norii's example. [23:43] ... Ketchup and Mustard. Why am I noticing a theme here? [23:43] So. Shall we pay Chris a visit? [23:43] Maybe a giant hotdog will attack next, and we can defeat it by eating it. [23:43] I think that might be a good idea, Chelsea. [23:43] Works for me. [23:43] ( Eoi: You aren't Kirby. :P ) [23:44] ( Dem: So? There are 6 of us. It'd take a bit, but we could do it. ) [23:44] ( But he wants to be! ) [23:46] *** Ked has quit IRC (Quit: DBZ:S! still open to additional PC's. Mail kerryms@yahoo.com ) [23:46] [Norii suddenly remembers a midterm she has tomorrow and hastily leaves :P] [23:46] Er, bye Norii. [23:47] Well. That was.. quick. [23:47] * Chelsea waves dismissively at Norii as she leaves. [23:47] * Sai doesn't notice. [23:47] * Shigeru looks through the files. "Okay, Chris and Sarah were both in the Mystery Club." [23:47] So, what do their files say? [23:48] Well, Chris was a fire elementalist. He graduated and promptly got into the bomb squad. [23:48] Been doing the same thing for the past fifteen years or so. [23:48] Sounds fun. You know, if you like almost being exploded every coupla days. [23:48] * Chelsea nods. [23:49] Hey, it wouldn't be any different from what he was doing before he graduated, so why not? [23:49] ... True. [23:49] Shigeru... could I get a copy of these files? [23:49] Sure. [23:50] * Shigeru grins. "Ripped 'em off of Nakamu... er, Treasa's computer, and she won't miss 'em." [23:50] Sarah Fort was... a lot like Andrew. *winces* Dedicated demon hunter. [23:50] * Mei-Yin gets out her computer and brings it out of slumber. [23:51] How on earth did she survive? [23:51] *** DamienRoc is on IRC [23:51] * Shigeru digs in his carrying case and pulls out a disk, then starts copying files onto the disk. [23:51] *** DemoBaldursGate has joined #BESM [23:51] *** DemoGaming has quit IRC (Ping timeout ) [23:51] She was tough as hell. Andrew was too, if you remember right. [23:52] True. She must have been smarter then he was. [23:52] ( Under normal circumstances, Andrew was a great big can of whoopass. ) [23:52] .. or else she never encountered a room full of demons, and taunted them. [23:52] * Shigeru pops the disk out and hands it to Mei-Yin. "One mistake, 's all that needs to happen." [23:52] * Mei-Yin takes it and starts copying files. [23:53] *** DemoBaldursGate is now known as Demota [23:54] Oh, and I got Christopher Lyte's current address. Funnily enough, he's in walking distance. [23:54] Isn't that lucky? [23:54] Quite. [23:54] Shall we get going, then? [23:54] After today? Scarily so. [23:54] Yes. Let us be off. [23:55] * Shigeru shuts off his laptop and puts it away. [23:55] [A Spinning MC Zooms in and out, and then MC is outside Lyte's apartment.] [23:55] (*snerk*) [23:55] ( @_@; ) [23:55] * Eoi shakes his head. "Wow, that was quicker then I expected." [23:55] ( *snicker ) [23:55] ( Ah. My all time fave scene transition. ^_^ ) [23:56] ( I always liked the Superfriend's Sparkle. ) [23:56] * Chelsea shrugs. "Well, let's go let the man know we're here." [23:56] ( What was the SUperfriends Sparkle like? ) [23:56] Should I ring the doorbell? [23:56] Hey, you're best at it. [23:57] *** Kirby is now known as Man [23:57] * Eoi does what he does best and rings the doorbell! [23:57] * Man answers the door. "Yes?" [23:57] ( I thought he was best at answering the phone? ) [23:57] Mr. Lyte? [23:57] (He answers doors, too!) [23:57] ( Good old Eoi. How the heck would we answer the phone and ring on doorbells without him? ) [23:58] Yes. That's me. But call me Budd. It's sort of a nickname. [23:58] ( Nobody. You'd all be screwed. ) [23:58] *** Man is now known as Budd [23:58] ( I'm sure we'd manage somehow. ) [23:58] What can I do for you young folkes? [23:58] ( ... Urge to kill... rising. ) [23:58] ( ^^ ) [23:58] (*twitch*) [23:58] ( We'd probably meet angels far more often. :P ) [23:58] ( ... ) [23:58] ( You need to die now Brett. ) [23:59] ( ... am I failing to understand a ref here? ^^; ) [23:59] Uh, hi. We're from Mystery Club. We need to talk to you about Sarah Fort. [23:59] ( Lyte. Budd Lyte. ) [23:59] (... AH. ^_^; ) [23:59] * Budd blinks. "Mystery Club? Is that thing still going on?" [23:59] Well, kinda. [23:59] * Chelsea nods. "Yup. More or less." [00:00] * Budd observes the group. "Lot of girls. The old coot must be thrilled." [00:00] We're actually the pawns of a game between uberpowered demons. [00:00] * Shigeru shrugs. "Actually, we don't exactly have a teacher anymore." [00:00] Actually, we're kinda without someone to run the club. [00:00] * Chelsea chuckles. [00:00] Oh? Huh. [00:00] * Sai kinda stands slumped in the back. [00:00] Our old teacher turned out to be a demon who was manipulting us for his/her own means. [00:00] Shame that. [00:00] Except for Sai over there. He's new. [00:00] * Eoi points at Sai. [00:00] Treasa, yup. [00:00] Hm... So it's not Mirumoto anymore? [00:01] No. I'm afraid he passed on. [00:01] * Budd frowns. "Oh. That's a shame. He was a good man. Um... when he wasn't being perverted." [00:01] * Shigeru nods. "Retired shortly before he died. Nakamura took over." [00:01] Ah, may we come in to discuss this, sir? [00:02] Nakamura? Don't know- Oh yes, of course. Come right in. [00:02] * Budd steps to the side. [00:02] * Eoi steps inside. [00:02] Thank you, sir. [00:02] * Shigeru steps in and glances around. [00:02] * Chelsea steps inside. [00:03] [The apartment is relatively plain, except it's almost entirely lit by candles. Bright ones. [00:03] ] [00:03] So, what can I do for you? [00:03] * Shigeru blinks and thinks to the group, ~Candles? ... Oh, right.~ [00:03] * Sai walks in. [00:04] * Chelsea looks around. "Nice place." [00:04] Hope it's not demon hunting... I've kind of retired from all that supernatural-stuff. [00:04] Thanks ^^ [00:04] Not quite. Something only a tad more mundane. [00:04] ( Wonder how he'll react to finding out Sarah's going to be a grandmother. ) [00:04] Well, we're just trying to find out some stuff about Sarah Fort. We were friends of her sons.. [00:05] Sarah? She died, though. Her whole family did, I think. [00:05] ( ... ) [00:05] Before they.. uh.. died. We're trying to find out about her for one of our friends, who's having her grandchild. It's wacky shit. [00:05] * Budd said that. [00:05] We just saw a news report though.. [00:05] Grandchild? Hm. [00:05] Oh, that? Yeah, I thought I saw her. [00:06] I kept telling them I wasn't certain, though. [00:06] Well nuts. [00:06] She lived. I think it's her. [00:06] * Budd shrugs. "I can imagine she'd want to keep to herself, after... y'know, what happened." [00:07] If she were- Oh she is? That's good. [00:07] Andrew mentioned it. He and his mom were laying low from everybody. [00:07] Didn't really know her that well. Moto was always more my type. Cute, shy thing. [00:07] * Shigeru frowns. "Including Calvin." [00:08] Yeah, I heard about Andrew. He lived through the fire, only to die in a mass murder? A shame, that. [00:08] Wish I could've been there. I'm good with fire. [00:08] Well, uh.. he didn't die in a mass murder. Well, not quite like that. [00:08] Yeah, I've... heard. [00:08] * Shigeru nods. [00:08] He was mass murdered. A buncha demons ganged up on him. [00:09] Oh. [00:09] I remember when that happened to Hiroshi. [00:09] * Budd shudders a bit. [00:09] Poor guy never saw it coming. [00:09] Well, Andrew kinda.. taunted them. [00:09] ... Oh. [00:09] ( OOSHA! ) [00:09] ( /me SMACKS Demota. ) [00:10] Gee, that was kind of stupid, wasn't it? [00:10] Well. Yes. [00:10] Um... Sorry. Didn't mean to insult. [00:10] * Shigeru shrugs and mutters, "Shoulda stopped him." [00:10] We tried Shigeru. He uh.. was quite impulsive. [00:11] Huh. Sounds just like his mother. [00:11] No, I coulda stopped him. I trusted him too much. But I *knew* what he was doing, and... [00:11] * Shigeru sighs. [00:12] ... So... [00:12] ( Gah, Be right back. ) [00:13] Sorry I couldn't help too much. [00:13] * Budd snaps his fingers. "Hey! Maybe Moto can tell you something!" [00:13] Moto? [00:13] Yeah. She was... um. Our mage. [00:14] * Chelsea becomes more alert. "Oh?" [00:14] Originally, we thought she had very little magic ability, but it turned out she was incredibly powerful. [00:14] She just didn't have any combat skills. [00:14] Anyhoo... You know how trouble sometimes finds MC members, right? [00:15] Sometimes is an understatement. [00:15] Oh, yes. [00:15] We know quite a bit about that. [00:15] * Sai looks up a bit. [00:15] Well, after we graduated, Moto offered to make me an escape path, in case something happened. [00:16] A portal in the closet, that is. In case I need to get out of here quickly. [00:16] Ah ha. And you think she might have made Sara a similar offer? [00:16] * Budd nods. "She was always very protective of us, poor Moto. We were her only real friends." [00:17] * Chelsea nods sagely. [00:17] * Shigeru nods and glances at Mei-Yin. [00:17] I'm sure she would've insisted on creating a portal for Sarah if she knew she was coming back to Japan. [00:17] * Mei-Yin shifts uncomfortably. [00:17] ( Back. ) [00:17] Maybe we can ask her about it, then. [00:18] Alright. Can you give us her adress, perhaps? [00:18] K. She lives in Shinjuku. [00:18] ( Idle for a bit. Getting HC. ) [00:18] ( HC? ) [00:18] Pretty shy girl, though. Try not to pressure her too much. [00:19] Although, she did eventually find a husband... [00:19] * Budd frowns. "Hmm... Wish I got to see her more often. We should catch up on old times." [00:20] Anyhow, maybe she could help. [00:20] Sure. Where in Shinjuku? [00:20] * Chelsea nods. [00:20] * Budd gives Shig the address, since the GM doesn't know a darn thing about street names in Japan. [00:21] (I don't, either. ;P) [00:21] All right. Thanks for your help. [00:22] Sure thing! Tell Moto I said hi! I always did like her... Oh, don't tell her that, though ^^ [00:22] She's a married woman, after all. [00:22] ( The only thing I know about street names in Japan is that the numbers are based on order of registration instead of the location of the house. ^^; ) [00:22] Sure thing. Tell her you said hi, don't tell her you like her. Got it. [00:22] * Shigeru snickers. [00:22] ( ... which makes finding anything HELL. ) [00:23] * Chelsea smirks. [00:23] [And given that game time is around 10:30, how about I sliptime to tomorrow afternoon for you? :P] [00:23] ( Glee. ) [00:23] (Suuuuuure. :P) [00:23] ( yeppers. ) [00:23] (Sounds good to me. :P ) [00:24] [The screen goes black, replaced with "The next day....". Fade in in front of a large dojo.] [00:24] [Day: Wednsday. Time: 1:00 P.M.] [00:24] * Shigeru checks the scrap of paper the address is written on. "Here we are." [00:24] ( Er... pause a sec. ) [00:26] Hum. [00:27] ( Un pause ) [00:27] *** Budd is now known as Kirby [00:27] * Chelsea looks. "Another dojo, huh? Well, let's go see if anyone's home." [00:28] * Shigeru looks expectantly at Eoi. Wonder why. [00:28] * Sai hangs at the back of the group, still looking out of sorts. [00:28] * Eoi goes up and knocks. "Dojos. Why is it always Dojos?" [00:28] ( If Mystery Club was in space, Eoi would be the communication officer ) [00:28] For the same reason it's always snakes, Eoi. [00:29] * Chelsea follows up to the door. [00:29] The universe has a grudge? [00:29] Because the movie wouldn't be as exciting without them. [00:29] * Shigeru drops back to stand by Sai. "Hey, something wrong?" [00:29] (Dem: He would, wouldn't he? ;P) [00:29] ...probably. [00:30] ( Ard: Yep. ) [00:30] ( ...hey, yeah.) [00:30] [The door opens, and an eleven-year-old boy looks up at you. He's wearing a red and black ninja outfit. "Yes?"] [00:30] * Shigeru shrugs. "All right, I won't pry." [00:30] *** Kirby is now known as Ninjaboy [00:31] * Eoi blinks, but refuses to be phased by a ninjaboy. "Is Mrs. Moto home?" [00:31] * Shigeru blinks at the boy. [00:31] * Chelsea blinks at the boy as well. [00:32] [A middle-aged woman comes up behind him. "Hi-Hiroshi! How many times h-have I told you not to answer the door like that?" She shoos him away.] [00:32] *** Ninjaboy is now known as Woman [00:32] * Shigeru frowns and murmurs, "Hiroshi?" [00:32] ( Hiroshi. Named after the boy who died. ) [00:32] * Chelsea looks at the woman. "Ms. Moto?" [00:33] (A-yup.) [00:33] * Woman bows apologetically. "I'm s-sorry. H-Hiroshi just loves to pretend he's a ninja.." [00:33] Um... Yes? [00:33] *** Woman is now known as Moto [00:34] Good afternoon. We're from the Mystery Club. [00:34] Uh. We're sorry to bother you but.. We came to ask about Sarah Fort. [00:34] * Moto blinks. "M-Mystery Club?" [00:34] * Moto steps aside. "Er... Come in, please." [00:35] Thank you. [00:35] * Eoi steps inside. [00:35] * Chelsea nods. "Thank you." She steps in and looks around. [00:35] * Moto leads the group to the living room just inside the door, and gestures to them to sit down. [00:36] [It's a very nice looking home. And big, too.] [00:36] * Sai trudges after the group. [00:36] * Shigeru steps in. [00:36] * Chelsea follows and has a seat. [00:36] Um... C-Can I... um... get you anything to drink? [00:37] * Shigeru has a seat. "Not for me, thanks." [00:37] ( Tell her about the grandkid! She oughta have a more interesting reaction. ) [00:37] Thank you, no. [00:37] ( Quiet you. ) [00:38] Oh... [00:38] ( BUt Mr. Peabody! I haven't eaten in weeks! When will you let me out of this box? ) [00:38] * Moto waits an awkward moment. "Um... W-What... What can I do for you?" [00:38] We're trying to find Sarah Fort. [00:38] ... Oh. [00:39] S-She died... A fire... [00:39] She didn't. [00:39] * Shigeru shakes his head. [00:39] Mister Lyte said that he saw her, though. [00:39] Chris...? Oh... [00:40] We know she's alive. We talked to Andrew, her son. We were friends of Calvin, her other son. [00:40] Um... I'm glad to hear that... I guess I was able to... to help... after all. [00:40] * Chelsea nods. "The magic escape route?" [00:41] * Moto blinks at Chelsea, then nods. She's constantly avoiding eye- contact. [00:42] We.. uh.. need to let her know she's got a grandchild on the way. We promised our friend we'd try to find her. [00:42] * Moto blinks. "G-G-Grandchild?! She... must be proud." [00:42] Actually, she doesn't know. [00:43] ...Oh. [00:43] Her son.. uh.. kinda died. [00:43] ... Oh. [00:43] * Chelsea nods. [00:43] * Moto sniffs. [00:43] So, we woulda asked Andrew where she was.. but uh.. he kinda died too. [00:44] * Moto stares at Eoi, he jaw dropping. "B-Both of them?!" [00:44] * Eoi nods. [00:45] Sadly, yes. [00:45] * Shigeru looks down at his hands. [00:45] She ... She tought them her style... didn't she? [00:45] * Eoi nods. "Yep." [00:45] * Moto stares at the floor. "... Knew it." [00:45] That wasn't what killed them though. [00:46] She... um... she was always getting... injured... when we would... hm? [00:46] It's part of it, Eoi. They didn't know how to defend themselves. [00:46] That's true Shig, but how were they supposed to defend themselves from that? [00:47] * Shigeru shakes his head. "Which one? Calvin or Andrew?" [00:47] ( There's no defense against stupidity! :P ) [00:47] Calvin was flown into the air and drained of his life. Andrew taunted those demons and they gang-rushed him. [00:47] ( Calvin would have fought, if not for that angel. ) [00:47] ( That damn Angel! Stupid vampire.. oh wait, wrong Angel. ) [00:48] ( Dom told him he was too fond of using violence, and Calvin, as was his wont, went too extreme in the other direction. ) [00:48] ... I tried to convince her... But she was dedicated... to the Fort style... [00:49] Calvin was flown through the air because he didn't dodge, and then drained because he didn't defend himself. I saw it. Andrew didn't bother running when they rushed him. I don't think he tried dodging, or even soaking, what they were doing to him. [00:49] If only... If only she gave it up... when I asked her to. [00:49] ( Actually, Calvin was caught because he failed to dodge. He tried. ) [00:49] (He did? Must be remembering things wrong again.) [00:50] * Eoi sighs. "Do we really have to tell Miyu if we find her?" [00:50] ( Miyu's offering moooooneeeeeeeeey..... ) [00:50] I'm afriad so, Eoi. [00:50] It's just gonna end up killing her kid too. [00:50] (Like this group cares anymore. :P) [00:50] I... I even offered... If she ever had... children of her own... [00:51] * Moto starts crying. "Sarah! Why...? Why didn't you listen to me?" [00:51] ... [00:51] ( Hm... Moto. May be important figure in the life of Miyu's kids. Or something. ) [00:51] (Demo> Chelsea has more than enough money on her own. :P) [00:51] ( She's an important figure alright. Not necessarily there, though. :P ) [00:51] * Chelsea frowns. [00:52] * Eoi sighs. "I don't know how the hell we can do this. We're going to condem Miyu's kid to the same thing Calvin and Andrew went through." [00:52] * Moto sniffs and wipes her eyes. "I... I'm sorry. I... I didn't mean to... get emotional..." [00:52] No, it's all right. Crying's okay. [00:53] ... I don't want to say it... but... [00:53] Yes. Yes, it is. [00:53] I-I-I... I don't think you sh-should tell Sarah. [00:53] * Shigeru sighs. [00:53] Guys, I'm agreeing with her here. I can't control what you do, but I think she makes sense. [00:54] *** RDMgryphon has joined #besm [00:54] I always thought so, too. But it's Miyu's decision. [00:54] * Chelsea thinks about that, and nods. [00:55] Maybe it is, but.. I just can't do this. It's the same as condeming her kid to the same thing Andrew and Calvin went through. Doesn't the kid deserve a chance for a happy childhood? [00:55] * Moto sighs again. "Sarah..." [00:55] This is my fault... I should've... should've been st-stronger... [00:55] ... [00:56] * Shigeru stares into space. "Yeah. Every kid deserves that." [00:56] Should've kept.. in touch... I could've... helped... maybe. [00:56] * Chelsea frowns. "No, you musn't blame yourself, Moto." [00:56] But... [00:56] Don't blame yourself Moto. If Sarah Fort was as stubborn as Calvin and Andrew were, I doubt she woulda changed anything. [00:56] * Shigeru chuckles. "Family trait." [00:57] ( Oh, yay. Watch Miyu's kid grow up being a stubborn coward. And have the capability to do multiple defenses, and lose the ability to attack ) [00:57] Both of Sarah's children... She always wanted to... to be a mother... It's not fair. [00:57] ( I'll be glad to. ) [00:58] No, it isn't. ...None of what has happened is fair. [00:59] If she'd have just... listened to me... Shiro would've t-taken care of the boys... But she... she never did listen. [01:00] I'm sorry... I'm being a poor hostess... [01:01] Is... Is there anything... I can do...? [01:01] No, don't worry yourself over it. And yes, perhaps there is. [01:02] * Moto nods, waiting for an answer. She wipes her eyes again. [01:02] * Shigeru looks for a box of tissues. [01:03] [Shigeru finds one on the table next to him, right in front of the man in the red and black ninja suit, standing with his arms folded.] [01:03] * Shigeru blinks at the man. [01:03] Do you think you could maybe... I don't know, mentor or sponsor us? We could use someone with more experience with... the sort of thing we deal with. [01:03] ( Heh. All Miyu asked was for you guys to locate the permanent location of Sarah. Then she's spend hte itme seriously considering whether or not to let the kids learn that style thingy. ) [01:04] *** Calvin is now known as Ninja [01:04] * Shigeru thinks to the group, ~Guys, we've got company.~ [01:04] * Sai gives a start. [01:04] ~Huh?~ [01:04] * Moto looks up. "Shiro..." [01:04] * Eoi jumps up with a start. "Wha?" [01:04] * Mei-Yin jumps a little, having been deep in thought. [01:05] * Chelsea looks around for said company. [01:05] * Ninja stands still, eyes darting around the group. [01:05] * Chelsea notices Mr. Ninja. [01:06] What the hell? [01:06] Um... I'm afraid... I've never been that good of a teacher... [01:06] We always... um... always listened to Hiroshi... until he... [01:06] After that... Sarah was in charge... [01:07] * Shigeru looks over at Moto and nods. [01:07] * Ninja doesn't react to the group at all. You'd think he was a statue, if he wasn't breathing. [01:07] ... Ok, this is surreal. [01:08] I'm sure you would do well, madam. [01:08] Everything's surreal. [01:08] * Sai looks around, rubbing at his eyes. [01:08] Yeah, but this is really surreal. [01:08] B-But... I wouldn't... Wouldn't know how... [01:08] More so than the world stopping a couple days ago? [01:09] Well.. no. [01:09] A-And... I don't deal with... paranormals... anymore... [01:09] I wouldn't... um... wouldn't know where... where to begin. [01:10] * Shigeru puts a hand on Chelsea's shoulder. ~Give it a rest. She deserves a break, if she's been through anything close to what we have.~ [01:10] * Eoi nods. "Thanks anyway ma'am." [01:10] * Chelsea sighs. ~I suppose you're right. I just thought it would be nice to have someone on our side for a change.~ [01:10] * Moto bows. "I'm s-sorry." [01:11] * Shigeru smiles slightly. ~Yeah, it would.~ He removes his hand and glances back at the ninja. [01:11] It's alright. [01:11] So.. uh.. who's the guy in the ninja suit? [01:11] * Ninja hasn't moved an inch. [01:11] Um... Sh-Shiro... my... um... [01:11] * Moto blushes. [01:11] * Shigeru grins. "Husband?" [01:11] Shiro Tominaga. Moto's husband. [01:11] Ah. [01:12] *** Ninja is now known as Shiro [01:12] Husband? [01:12] Ah. [01:12] But I think you've figured that out. [01:12] Nice to meet you. [01:12] * Shiro nods to Eoi. [01:13] A pleasure to meet you, sir. [01:14] What Moto was trying to say was that I offered to train Sarah Fort's children, should she ever have any. [01:14] Ah. [01:14] Knowing Sarah would force them to learn combat skills, she had hoped that Sarah might at least consent to my training them in the art of ninjutsu. [01:15] However, it seems Sarah chose to continue her own school. [01:15] * Moto nods. [01:15] * Chelsea nods. [01:16] * Eoi nods. [01:17] The fact is, she might very well attempt to continue it through her grandchild as well. [01:17] Yeah, that's what we tried to tell Miyu. [01:17] We were thinking much the same thing. We were also thinking that it might not be such a great idea. [01:17] This doesn't surprise me. And as much as she denied it, I think Miyu would let her. [01:17] Miyu was.. obsessive over Calvin. [01:18] * Shigeru nods. [01:18] ... You'll forgive me if I say how much of a bad idea that is. [01:18] The Fort school is powerful, but not formidable. [01:18] Forgive you? Hell, I'm agreeing with you. [01:19] * Chelsea nods. [01:19] They rely entirely on offensive tactics, and worry little about injuries. [01:19] In the end, all that power is ultimately ineffective against any opponent with training. [01:20] But then again, it is not my place to judge others. [01:20] Well, I don't know about the others, but I agree with you. [01:21] No, I agree with you. And any... training that'll probably get Miyu's kid killed... [01:21] * Shigeru shrugs. [01:21] * Eoi shrugs. "Although sadly, I think Miyu might attempt to continue it on her own." [01:21] Yeah. She would. [01:21] ( Heh. Miyu's idea of training is Time Crisis and Police 911. ^_^; ) [01:21] ( Wow, that's even WORSE then Fort Training. ) [01:22] Miyu couldn't train anyone. I doubt she even knows which end of the sword is sharp. [01:22] ( Blargh. I learned how to use a gun through TC :P ) [01:22] * Eoi snickers. [01:22] ( Well, it's less life threatening. Although possibly more expensive. ) [01:22] * Shigeru snerks at that. [01:22] ( Brett: True, but did you learn to dodge beyond pushing a peddle? ) [01:22] ( And got a great plot idea to boot! Wait'll you guys get to the nuclear sattelite bit. ) [01:22] ( Hee. ) [01:23] Eoi: Police 911 for that :P [01:23] ( + () ) [01:23] * Eoi nods. "I'm hoping she just forgets about it and lets the kid have a normal life." [01:23] * Moto nods. [01:23] It'd be nice if the kid could have a normal live. It really would. I doubt it'll happen, however, even if Miyu tries for it. [01:24] Well. Let's hope for something close to it, yeah? [01:24] ... Oh... The curse... I forgot. [01:24] Well yeah. As a Smorfort, I doubt the kid has much of a chance. [01:24] * Eoi blinks. "Curse?" [01:24] Curse? [01:24] * Shigeru blinks. [01:24] ( HEY! LOOKIT MEEEE!!! I LIKE PUDDING! ) [01:24] S-Sarah had a curse... A spiritual mark, I think... [01:25] Oh, like Calvin had.. the mark of a Demon Hunter thing? [01:25] * Moto nods. [01:25] * Shigeru frowns. [01:25] Uh... do you think that maybe the kid being half supernatural might effect that? [01:25] ( No, but it might affect it. ) [01:26] ( It's 2 in the morning. Gimme a break. ) [01:26] I... don't know. [01:26] * Moto shakes her head sadly. [01:26] ( ... well, considering the kid would detect himself as a demon hunter from birth and know exactly what it means... or maybe not. ) [01:26] Would someone be born with it? That mark, I mean. [01:27] * Moto nods. "It... um... runs in Sarah's family." [01:27] I... I can tell you... where she is... [01:27] ... I don't think we should tell Miyu. That's my vote. [01:27] I don't... Don't have the right to... hide her... but... [01:27] * Shigeru sighs. "Great. Demons are going to be going after the kid whether he's a hunter or- eh?" [01:27] No, but it'd be good to know where she was anyway. [01:29] ...you shouldn't tell her. Or tell the mother. [01:29] Grandmother, I mean. [01:29] But if there's a way to remove the mark... [01:30] Do you think she'd tell us Shigeru? [01:30] Hell if I know. Probably not. Are we going to give up without trying to figure it out? [01:30] ( Well, you COULD'VE wished it gone... :P ) [01:30] ( Hey, we've got more important things to wish for. Like pie. ) [01:30] (Mmm, pie. :9) [01:30] ( Mustard pie? ) [01:31] (No, banana cream pie. With mustard.) [01:31] ( Ah ) [01:32] W-What... Should I do? [01:32] I'm going to say don't tell us, but the others might decide differently. [01:33] ( Oi, is Mei still alive? ) [01:33] * Shigeru sighs and vainly tries to smooth his hair. "God damnit. Why can't these things be easy." [01:33] ( Yes. ) [01:33] ( She's being very quiet, and not moving much. ) [01:33] ( Oh :P ) [01:33] ( Other Mei is dead though. :P ) [01:34] ( No she's not. Mei-Fang's just fine. :P ) [01:34] ( Fine. Other other Mei. :P ) [01:34] ( Oh. Ok. ) [01:34] ( I wanted to play Mei so everyone would get confused with names when the two were together in the same room. ;-; ) [01:34] ( A-Mei is fine. ) [01:34] * Moto glances at the group expectantly. [01:35] ( Fine, in a different universe. ) [01:35] If... if we need to know where she is, I'd like the information on hand. Just in case. [01:35] * Chelsea nods. [01:36] Um... Alright... [01:36] * Moto tells MC the location of Sarah: A small cabin in a forest just outside of . [01:37] ... Guys. Please don't tell Miyu this alright? Just seems like a bad idea to me. [01:37] * Chelsea nods, and makes a mental note to stay far away from . [01:38] * Shigeru jots that down on a piece of paper and tucks it away. [01:38] I don't like it much, but I won't. I don't like it either way, really. [01:39] I just think that if there's any way to remove the mark, we should find it. If we don't, the kids' essentially dead soon as he runs across the wrong person. [01:39] (kids' -> kid's) [01:39] * Chelsea nods. [01:41] ( Heh. Watch the smorfy genes interfere with that, and give the kid a "Homosexual" mark instead. ) [01:41] (...) [01:41] ( ... ) [01:41] ( ... ) [01:41] ( More likely an "airplane" mark ) [01:41] ( Yeah. Maybe an airplane mark ) [01:41] ( A kamikaze airplane? ) [01:41] ( Or hey, it could become a "Give Me Money" mark. ) [01:42] ( ... ) [01:42] ( Erp. That didn't come out the way it was supposed to. ) [01:42] [Shall I end?] [01:42] ( Yeah, I think so. ) [01:42] (Go ahead.) [01:42] ( Sure. ) [01:42] (Okie.) [01:42] [Session End]